You just ... make me smile." he did then, smile that is, and poured out his affection for her.She laid her head on his chest and tightened her grip. "... was afraid." she said, softly. "When you asked me the other day, I was a little afraid. I saw how sad my sister was when her boyfriend broke up with her, and I saw how sad my mom was after their divorce. She had remarried, but she always gets this little sad looks when she sees the pictures of my dad in my room. I guess I never want to feel that. The larger animals they saw were either out at sea, such as dolphins, manatees and seals, or in the distant sand dunes, such as the occasional antelope or elephant. In both cases, the animals were far too distant for the women to hunt, even if they had the tools and expertise to do so.Where too now were the villages? There was now no one foolish enough to settle on these inhospitable shores where there was so little food, so little shelter and where the oases and streams of fresh water were. As the stadium rock era grew, the demand for computer electronics and synthesizers grew, and there became less work for old piano dogs like me. I managed enough odd day jobs doing over-dubs for 2nd rate and worse bands that didn’t rate the normal full production package to keep the food on my table and keep up the payments on the seaside house I’d bought in Marin County when times had been good. I also played with several Bay Area retro ‘Dinosaur’ bands full of ‘B- Team’ guys just like me. How good she felt against his hands, against his body, against his lips. He imagined them together, no longer in the library but in her room, his room, it was all a little hazy like fantasy’s were want to be. Dream Holly reached up under her pleated skirt, rolled down her tights and pants, handed them to him, gave him. He was suddenly naked, she nodded her head, giving him permission to put them on ... God he wanted Holly. He wanted to wear her underwear. It was all so fucked up. He leaned.