”“You two aren’t married?”Nikki laughed. “No. He is a friend of the family and while we taught each other more about sex than most married...people in Russia know, we would probably kill each other if we had to live together for more than a few weeks at a time! Our parents insisted we travel together, that is all.” She smiled at me with full red lips and I felt a stirring below the water as her feet continued to play on my bare legs.After a few minutes of small talk Nikki asked me to come and. I did not stop for an hour and then I fell on my knees from exhaustion. I crawled under a rock outcropping that seemed to offer shelter from the harsh winds and cried myself to sleep, hugging my kit and praying that I would never wake up again.When I did wake up, I checked my chronometer by force of habit and realized I had slept for more than a day. The sun was at high noon in the sky, and the rocks offered little shadow. I extrapolated my location relative to the crash site as accurately as. ”The flight to Tapato was almost six hours. But with the mountain of paperwork, a very extravagant (for an airplane) lunch, and then the board meeting, the nap with some of my girls looked like it might not happen, I realized when I looked at the clock on the galley wall as I made my way towards the bedroom.“Only an hour before we land. Won’t be much of a nap,” I thought.Suddenly, Ileana, Abby, Nicky, and Eve joined me as I made my way to the flying bedroom.“Oh, goody!” I thought as I figured. "Y... You do?" Sure. I told you I'd cover you. I'll get it before we leave. Stop worrying."Elaine couldn't help herself. She reached up with both hands and brought his face down to hers, kissing him lightly all over it. His lips. His eyes. The tip of his nose. His lips again. And again. "Thank you," she whispered, over and over between kisses. "Thank you... Thank you..." Mmmmmm," Gary moaned softly, putting down his glass. "Nice." Ahem," said Kendra, standing by their table with a huge grin on.