Down there at my centre, it was simultaneously cool and warm. I shuddered in my torpor, and my fingers clawed at the clammy sheet. A soft whimper esc...ped my lungs. I didn’t know how this was happening, but it was okay if I was half-asleep, right? What happens in the tropics, stays in the tropics. Right? I hooked my right ankle over the edge of the bed. My legs couldn’t go much further apart than this. And then I froze awake. A new touch. Not just air, this time. The lightest of tugs at my. Then I can watch, one perfectly-curved smooth white cheek then the other, snugly hugging the tiny blue string bikini. She definitely helps keep Shirley off the mind. It was starting to get dark, and my wife had just gone inside to bring out some extra napkins, and I caught Bill staring too. I smiled and asked if he liked what he saw. He caught himself awkardly, "You're a lucky man, your girl is a fine, fine lady." I laughed and agreed, "Yes, she is, she keeps me quite busy with that fine. " My eyes caught her wavy hair bouncing on her shoulders as she nodded, her own eyes on the ground as well. "You hurt?" I asked, my hand barely tracing her leg. She blushed and pulled away instinctively, and realizing what I had just done, I turned away, my hands going to my pockets. "Drunk ... sorry..." I whispered. Like this girl didn't have enough on her hands.But she just nodded slowly and turned to look at the school. "Some guys ... don't know what 'no' means," she managed, her eyes. ..”Grace finally found her voice, “You said you watch movies and drink wine!”Peter finally decided to say something, “Oh we watch movies all right.” That hit several people hard. I just watched others. A few minutes passed. Time moves really slowly in a quiet group of people.Finally, Grace looked at Owen. “I think the mood is dead.”He rubbed her knee. “No worries, babe.”Lavi was just staring ahead into empty space. Melissa put her hand on Lavi’s shoulder. “Are you all right?”In a faint voice,.