She couldn't resist a few touches of the head, around the rim, and the hole. She felt a bit of lubricant, and spread that around with her fingertip. S...e asked if he liked any cute girls in his class and if they had the same effect on him. Yes. It only took another minute before he came, a little thin shot into her fingers. Beet red in his face, she said it was to be expected, and completely normal. They talked about it for a while, and moved onto now he always had to wear condoms since he could. How bitter a moment it must have been! How bitter, now, to swim back to what awaited her! Each watcher with her own vivid images in her mind, saw the flashing arms cease their ploughing of the sea. Saw the pathetic head bob for a long time before it turned and began it´s admission of defeat. Julie wasted no futile effort in striving to elude the girls and the woman who waited. It would have been useless. She would tire. Struggling through the surf and on to the beach, she paused for a moment. There was the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour ahead, with Gosport to port and Southsea to starboard. Asia was flying the wounded Admiral Maynard’s flag, and she was the first to exchange salute with Southsea Castle. For days, the hours had crept along like molasses, but now everything seemed to happen at once. They were already passing the Round Tower and entering the Harbour, and Tony stared at the docks like a desert wanderer would regard an Oasis. Malta needed a dry dock if she was to be. I thought she was headed down the hall but she came around the table and slammed into me, hugging me so hard I thought my ribs would crack.“I hope one day you’ll love me like you love them,” she whispered. I know Rachel and Beca were close enough to me to hear her and I think, by the way she rolled her eyes, that Mom heard. I sighed.“Can we all work together to plan something that will help meet our goals without killing the hopes and dreams and loves of everyone else?” I asked. I didn’t let go.