But I was intrigued. I put the magazine back in the drawer with the books and we went downstairs.A few days later, I was studying when I got to think...ng about the books. I went to the drawer and pulled a few out. I skimmed through them and saw one that caught my attention. I set it aside and later, when I was ready for bed, started reading it. I had masturbated before, but always in the shower and quickly. And I had never seen or read porn. As I got into the book, I felt myself getting. ‘Actually,’ Georgia, replied, ‘A water would be great,’ as she sat down in one of the plush burgundy overstuffed chairs in the waiting area. The young woman handed her a bottle, ‘We’re informal here, but if you want a glass…?’ she questioned. Georgia just shook her head, twisted off the top and took a sip. The question came from the side. It was a warm voice, soft and smooth, pitched a little on the low side for a woman. ‘Mrs. Plummer?’ Georgia turned her head, seaching for the source of this. It still seemed weird to me that birth control was something you gave to a man, not a woman. To my surprise, Alistair expressed incredible longing to have a family of his own, some day; I supposed, given his upbringing, it wasn't so strange. Growing up without one made the urge to have a family that much greater, as I could testify to from personal experience.We made slow sweet love again before passing out, limbs intertwined; somehow I thought that having been with him my desire would be less. ‘I had the CDs – it was Sophie’s idea to stick ’em in the car,’ Cypress calls up. Lisa gins. ‘Who’s good at electronics?’ she asks. ‘We have to be able to find a working stereo somewhere, right? For like, the floor.’ ‘The mall!’ Sophie chirps. Lisa and I exchange a glance. ‘No one’s going into the mall to look for a stereo,’ I say. Lisa just shrugs. ‘It’s been pretty stable lately,’ she says. ‘I didn’t even hear anything falling last time it rained.’ ‘That’s ’cause you couldn’t hear shit.