"Hi, I'm Sylvia. I'm thinking this is your first time here?" My first time anywhere," I said and laughed. "I don't know what exactly I want. I thought...about a neck and shoulder rub, but my friends said I should get a total massage." For our records, you are?" Mary Bradford, from Ohio." Well Mary, fill out this short form and we'll get started." Mary, may I suggest the full body massage. We call it the works. It loosens all the kinks in your back, neck, and legs. Jeff is the best masseuse in all. ..” Buffy explained.“Wow, I ... I never saw one that big...” Josie whispered to herself, her face suddenly turned red, “Did I just say that out loud?” She gasped as her hands covered her mouth.“It’s okay Josie, don’t worry about it, I understand the reaction ... Just, please, say something coherent, you still love me as you did a moment ago?”“Ahmm ... I ... It...” Josie stumbled in her speech. She stopped for a moment to think things through. “I still love you, I mean, it’s strange you have a. I dropped my eyes, teeth nipping at my lips staring down at my thighs; “Was left sorta… unsatisfied.” I answered.“Ahhh…” he replied, “Guess it’s a shame Jake is away this weekend,” Paul said referring to the third and final housemate, “Got to admit I know you and Jamie have been going out for just a few months but I would never have guessed you had an open relationship.” I looked up and saw Paul slowly lift his eyes from my crotch and shook my head in reply. “Ohhh… that is a whole different. I'm sixteen and I'm grown up and I'm despicable." Her eyes bored into me. "And I need you."I still didn't understand. But there's nothing I can deny her.She slept in my arms, her breathing deep and even, the lines gone from her face; like light and warmth and love taken form and bundled together under blonde hair and unsinkable grey eyes. And I stroked her hair and kissed her forehead and wondered what I had missed.I guess there are a lot of things we don't understand. But maybe, if I can count.