“What do you mean?” She took a cautious step toward the couch. He walked toward her and smiled nervously. “I’m thinking that Granning will giv... us more if…” He trailed off suddenly unable to finish. “If what?” She was feeling oddly defensive thinking that his idea was probably not something she was going to like. “If,” he swallowed and tried to look earnest. “We trial the equipment on a few subjects, present him with all of the new data and show how it can be used in a variety of ways to his. He was happy about it too. When we got to his house I already knew his dad wouldn't be home, and his mom had ran off. It wasn't hard to figure out why he was so fucked up in the mind, but it was one of the things I loved about him. I went straight to his couch and turned on the TV for no reason, because as soon as he sat down it was obvious we would not be watching TV. He grabbed my face, and we made out like the fucking world was ending. I was sitting on him with my legs spread to either side,. They were dressed in jeans or dungarees or scrappy clothes. They didn't care whether they fell over and got messy. For some reason I did. I felt that it was terribly important that I not fall over and ruin my nice dress and clean white tights. Apart from doing my best to avoid them, I didn't pay too much attention. I was focused solely on a wooden table I saw in the centre of the play park. It had a bench attached on both sides but nobody was sitting at it. I walked up to it and placed the. She kissed me good morning. She had that sparkle in her eyes again. The three of breakfasted together and chatted like old friends.Carl left shortly after breakfast. We shook hands."Bye, Ben. Thanks for a great evening!"He kissed Kelly goodbye, gave her breast a soft squeeze and then he was gone. Kelly put her arms around me and kissed me tenderly."Well, Ben?" she asked.I couldn't answer her straight away because there seemed to be a lump in my throat. I managed to compose myself. "You've no.