A grin spread across his face and his eyes looked at me in a way no man had looked at me before. He stepped forward right up to me, grabbed my arse wi...h one hand and pushed the door closed behind him with the other. His other hand was now on the small of my back, pulling me towards him until his lips met mine and his tongue slid into my mouth. His kissed me hard as his hands slipped from my back, across my arse, down to my thighs and back again. My knees felt weak. I instinctively slid my hand. ‘Not much. I was wondering if we could talk, if you’re not busy?’ ‘Sure, I’ve got twenty minutes before choir practice. What’s on your mind?’ Ok, she seemed warmer now, more receptive to hearing him out. That could only be a good thing, right? He took another deep breath, trying desperately to muster up all the confidence he possessed. ‘Well, remember that day when we were all at the movies together?’ ‘Yeah. What about it?’ The happiness had gone from her voice, replaced by a brusque, almost. No one noticed because they were entranced looking out the windows as we drove up the road.We pulled into the main compound around the ranch house about 2 o'clock. I had everyone get out and herded them into the house. I told Billy to put the van away and come on back up so we could talk. I'd leave the Hummer there for the time being. Billy took off with the van and I went in with my family. I had to explain that this was my home here. The ranch house proper was about 3800 square feet. I had. It was a two-story building, made of stone and wood. Like most stone structures I had seen, it had been built without the use of mortar. It had a simple wooden door, with a sign above it that read, “Titania’s Tavern and Inn”. Amenthia opened the door and pulled me inside. The place was filled; adventurers of all kinds and races sat at a number of tables, as well as regular folk from the town. I recognized some of the people we had passed heading to the Dungeon earlier today and gave them a.