"The house white?"Shelly pulled the bottle from under the bar, showing the label to Dean before refilling my glass. "Wine is like duct tape for women,...it fixes everything."Dean grinned as he put his arm around me."Ugh!" I exclaimed pushing him away. "You smell like sawdust, go clean up before you get me all woody."Dean rolled off the barstool, but not before giving me a tickle. "Speaking of 'woody' don't forget tonight's date night." What are you guys doing?" Shelly asked.I rolled my eyes.. Now how bout you turn that shower off and let’s relax a bit.” Emily moved without thinking about it. She turned off the water and moved into Mark’s arms. The feelings that came over her were almost overwhelming. She felt bad for not going to work but she felt so good and safe in his arms. This decided things for her. She would skip work today and spent it with her lover, but first she made Mark lay down on some towels she put on the bed. The doctor in Emily had kicked in and Mark knew. I would never get makeup on yourclothes and you can always use my shower to remove any traces I leave onyou," I said, a little angry at his actions."I suppose I could get naked, couldn't I," he answered, as if he had hadan epiphany."Well why don't you do that while I put my lipstick back on. I'm sureyou would prefer me to look as feminine as possible?" I replied and wentinto the bathroom and applied two coats of lipstick with a slightlyshaking hand.I was beginning to wonder again if I had done. The archers had trouble targeting the agile canoes as they darted for the shore, while many of the survivors from the sinking ships swam for land to escape the deluge of arrows. “Shield wall!” yelled Torstein, “Get back here! Shield wall!”“We’re too spread out; form a shield wall!” he yelled frantically at Vidar.Now Vidar too recognized the danger. Three hundred warriors were charging at them from the front, another fifty and growing in their rear. The enemy would fight like cornered rats.