She looked over toward the Barque and saw she was on the starboard tack now and heading more directly toward the Maidens Revenge."Thank you." Carmen c...lled over to him.Aba who had been standing next to Carmen followed her gaze out toward the De Droom, and having heard Carmen's soft words he said after a pause, "Men die in battle, Captain, They were not honorable men, and they made their own choice." I know, Aba. Thank you." She looked forward again. The De Droom was less than a quarter mile. Both their sons had moved on to California and reported that they were doing well; they wanted Bob and Alice to come live with them, but Bob and Alice preferred to stay where they had spent so many happy years. He admitted that they would have to move somewhere else pretty soon, because the water situation had become critical, but they wanted to stick it out as long as they could.Alice called us to supper, so we washed up a bit and went in. She had gone "whole hog," as they used to say back in. "Well maybe you should try it sometime!" Maybe I will," Says April."Why don’t you come and try it with my Uncle," Says Nicola. "I bet he wont mind too much" She sniggers."I have never kissed a grown man like that before," replies April while turning quite red."Like this you mean." As Nicola leans forward and kisses me again on the lips this time with her mouth half opened and just grazes my lips with her tongue."Mmmmmmm." Was all I could muster.April hesitantly rose from where she was sitting. But I don't care. I like it, and I'mgoing to send it in anyway, because there are no otherpages I really want to send it to. If you only readoriginal, fresh stories (and _you're_ surfing a TGfiction page?!), then keep looking. Otherwise,continue on. So I can't come up with an originalstory. Sue me. Gotta warn ya, though, my lawyer's apsychotic mutant. Moving right along...The Venus IdolBy TantoBrandon Webster walked, no trudged, forward. It wasonly a massive amount of coffee that kept him.