. anal. Good, huh?" He nodded and she reached for the roll of toilet tissue on his bedside table."Thanks," he muttered and then scowled as his eyes fo...used on his girlfriend. "Oh, I've marked you." He pointed to the red marks where his fingers had used her hips for leverage but she just sighed."That's nothing," she replied as she wiped her bum with the soft toilet tissue. "God men are so messy," she teased as the first wad of tissue was deposited in a supermarket carrier bag hung on his. "Wouldn't be your brother otherwise," Dave said with a slight laugh, relieved she had bought it."Whatever. We gonna study or not?" Uh, yeah. Maddie, you ok on your own for a bit?" Of course, I'll just do a bit of reading. Mind if I use your bedroom?" she asked in her sweet British accent."Sure thing."After a quick kiss on the lips, Maddie giggled and said, "I love you."Though Dave's breathing quickened at knowing that Cindy had heard, it wasn't enough to stop him from replying, "Love you,. But there was something different about her. He couldn't put his finger on it - but felt that she was like modeling clay, ready to be molded.When she had mentioned the online blog, he had asked which site. At first she had demurred, with obvious embarrassment, but had finally confessed that it was a dating site. He asked if she'd dating anyone from there. She told him, no, that she only joined to write stories and chat with people from all over the world.He didn't ask her online name, but had. I wondered why he wanted to go back over all that, again. But, I reminded myself that Nick never did anything thoughtlessly or selfishly, at least with me. If he was reviewing these events and times of my past, it must have something to do with a thought process forming in his mind, something he was working out or wanted to understand better, or to eliminate a potential of misunderstanding or assumption. Then, he got quiet. I looked over at him and saw his face seemed to be a reflection of.