******************* ‘Penny for your thought Abigail?’ Thomas was behind me smiling. I opened my eyes smiled back at him. Sat up so he couldn’t n...tice I was having an erotic dream. ‘No thoughts to share. At least not tonight. Are you ready to leave, Thomas?’ I said with a calm I was possessing at least for tonight. His body language seemed to have changed. Or was it I wanted it to change? We got our coats and walked out into the night’s air. He drove me home leaving me chaste at the door. ‘Night. This is it."~~~"This is where I live now. This is my place." She was standing in the kitchen galley, her eyes glistening ever so beautifully."Can you stay the night, Russ?" Yes." I want to show you my teddy bear. He's in my bedroom." Come, Russ, come with me and I will show you my bear." She'd moved and was standing by the couch, interrupting my view of her CPU, the screen emblazoned in the familiar XHAMSTER logo--upper left. The dozen virtual roses, plus one I'd sent her that morning present. ‘OK, now I want everyone to stand up, and get in a line in alphabetical order.’ ‘Where do the A’s go?’ Annie didn’t have an answer as she surveyed the chaos that was quickly unfolding, children moving in all directions, pushing and shoving. Directionless. Shit. ‘OK, everybody freeze!’ ‘We’re already freezing. It’s cold in here!’ a dark haired boy said. ‘What’s your name?’ Annie asked. ‘Carl.’ Annie took another look at the boy. ‘Alfalfa?’ ‘I thought you said we can’t use my nickname here!’ . I looked from Hein to Chris, then to Raul who was nodding his approval.I smiled at her, “Wow. I love it. Let’s talk about how we want to present this to the couples. This might be the very thing that pushes them into participation, too.” That discussion pushed us all back into sharing our bodies. It was a great night.* * * * *When Hein and I met the couples at the door on our next Sociaal gathering, I was dressed in a special outfit to create the image that we were taking the evening to another.