I thought ofcalling the IPS officer but there were so many people in the home. Icouldn't find my phone. I started searching for it frantically but Ico...ldn't find it. Meanwhile it was time for bridal preparations to start.I told a little guy and gave him some money to find my phone and went forthe preparation. They applied foundation on my face. They did my eyebrowsand attached eyelashes. Little bindis covering my whole eyebrows weredraw. Hair was done in a beautiful way and maang tika was. She blushed. I knew she wondered what I’d seen. ‘Yon gent a little too frisky?’ I asked. She looked relieved and nodded. ‘Allan,’ she said. ‘Do me a favour. Put your hand on my thigh, then move it up nearer to my crotch.’ ‘Why, madam,’ I jested. ‘We’ve hardly been introduced.’ ‘Shut up and do it,’ she commanded. I obeyed. I could see him bristle out of the corner of my eye, but Ann was looking directly at him with a smile. ‘That’ll teach him,’ she said, then looked at my hand, which had. ‘Gee thanks. Am I to guess yours is … yellow?’ ‘You could, but only if you wanted to. Mine is green as well though, for the record.’ Lena smiled to herself. She started to like Austin. But it really wasn’t the same as Rye. Austin was more of a best friend, that just so happened to be a guy, where casual flirtations were allowed. Rye was a heated desire to pounce him and ‘do it like they do it on the discovery channel,’ as Bloodhound Gang so nicely put it. But she new she needed a combination. Zack offered me a cigarette. I took it and put it in my mouth. He immediately put a lighter at the tip. I didn't have to, and maybe it was just a reaction from the past, but I protected the flame from the breeze. My hands caressed his as I did. I had more touching, and that was unnerving to me. I took a small drag because it had been a while. I let the smoke slowly exit through my nose. His comment on seeing that was, "Now that is sexy."On the veranda, as we smoked, he kept moving in and out of.