Ramona wanted to take things slow, and though they had been dating for more than a year, it was only in the last few months that she had finally felt ...omfortable staying overnight. And every time they did, he noticed that she was curled around him in the morning.It wasn't long before she woke up too, of course, because the thing that had roused him was the alarm, telling them in no uncertain terms that they had to get up or Ramona would miss her flight. She was flying back west in only a few. This time as John’s parentshad made the offer to look after the girls I decided totry and incentivise John into making time for theholiday by offering to do absolutely everything thatJohn asked me too for the duration of the holiday andif the holiday was again cancelled I would startsearching for a new home closer to the sea. The bargain was designed to maximize the prospect of usgoing on holiday, I’m usually a very strong characterand John seldom gets his own way in anything, so. She was a woman and she was in love with the first man that ever kissedher.As she stood there, time seemed to slip away. Before she knew what hadhappened, it was getting late. It was time for her to get to bed.Tomorrow would be the last day at sea and the last day of theconference. There would be a lot to do before they reached the ship'shome port.The next day, everything had gone pretty much the same for theconference as the other days had. Only today there were a couple ofthings that had to. A boy named Bobby. He had asked me. But I was in still in love with you. So I had to check if I had a chance with you. Since you said no to me… I said yes to him. Well… that’s pretty much that.”I stared at her for a minute or more.“But why?” I asked “Why did you accept it when I asked you again.”“I… still wanted to be with you.”I placed an arm on her silk soft belly to calm myself.“It would be cruel to dump him ‘course of me. I did refuse in the first place anyway. But wouldn’t he accept us?.