And yet again, the forest path drew near the house of Ulric the Woodsman. Haply, good Ulric would take her in and give her lodging. Haply, warm hospit...lity would be offered. Haply, even more. Surely if the trail proved too treacherous, she could call upon him for sanctuary. Rose recalled in her mind his fair face and manly frame and her mind was made; the forest path and a friendly visit to the woodsman.The sky was still light when she came to the center of the forest and neared house of Ulric.. They talked about their childhood, families, jobs-the basic first date topics. The conversation flowed easy and light. After about an hour, Allie suggested that she not keep him any longer, since it was his night off, and she had to work in the morning. The music was still playing, a slow, seductive tenor sax. Nic decided to take advantage of the moment. ‘Well, you can’t leave yet, because I haven’t forgiven you yet.’ ‘What do you mean, you said I had to buy you a drink?’ She looked at him. "Sammy, did you get something to eat?" Wanda asked, sounding almost human."Yes, thanks for asking," I said, wondering if that was why she had called. I soon found out."What I said before." Yes?" I answered, wondering if she was going to back out of going to Duane and Laura's for dinner on Saturday night."I had to pee."I laughed."That's why I went right inside and didn't thank you. I'm sorry." That's understandable." I wanted to tell you that I found the domino. You must have seen me throw it in. After a while, I asked her what the deal was. She said the boyfriend/girlfriend thing was more a he thing and that she really wasn’t all that into him. Me today, would have jumped all over this. However, I was young and just made a mental note of sorts of their situation. Besides, I really did know if she was interested in me or not. After some more partying, the blonde was sitting at a table with a few guys and gals. I sat down and the blonde said, “Let’s play strip poker!”. “Garcon!” I said,.