"You're right," Buffy whispered. "I much prefer you awake." And willing?" Dawn added."Depends," said Buffy. "Are you?"Dawn's only response was with a ...iss of her own. Buffy embraced her s*ster and what had first been an almost chaste meeting of lips now became less innocent as Buffy's tongue pressed into Dawn's mouth.Dawn moaned softly, happily, her hands moving all over Buffy's bare back.Buffy broke lip contact and kissed Dawn's cheek, jawline, neck and then her breasts. Buffy loved her. He could see the torrents of water as they swept across the waves, heading right for him. He headed down the small set of stairs to the ground and came around the side of the small house, his kayak was already banging up against the small storage room built under the house. He pulled it around and stuffed it as best as he could in the small shed. Next he took the bicycle and chained it to a pole that held up the stairs. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, he headed back into the house,. But at this point, who knows? I thought Janey and I might have a chance at being the real thing and that went straight down the tubes.”“Not Tasha?”“I was in love with the IDEA of Tasha, not WITH Tasha. And she was in love with the IDEA of Doctor Mike, not WITH Doctor Mike. We agreed to start over at square one.”“So there’s nobody?”“Pretty much every serious relationship, and every not-so-serious one, fell apart. Except me and Clarissa.”“But she’s a lesbian!”“Which doesn’t mean she and I can’t. ‘What would your wife say?’ was the best I could think of, but I wasn’t really stopping him, I hadn’t moved away or tried to prevent him and anyway he was not listening to me and I was vastly embarrassed that his attention had made my nipples hard and excited. He was tweaking them expertly as only an older man, or a woman knows how. Little bullets of pleasure were darting round my body and I was breathing much more deeply.‘Are you sure this is such a good idea?’‘In a moment, if you really want.