After looking at maps I was pretty sure I remembered where it had been and convinced Mike that we should hike out to there and sleep out by the lake. ...ike was as keen on the trip as I was, but I didn’t think he had all the same reasons for the trip that I did….I had known Mike since we were both small, he lived a few doors down from my family. He was in the same class as me through school but was one of the youngest in our year, so was a good number of months younger than me. He was a few. "Thanks," she said. "Like some wine?" Sure, I guess," I said. She left and was back in two minutes. She handed one of the two glasses of white wine. I guessed it to be a pretty good sauterne.We drank quietly on the couch. She was eyeing me I was eyeing her and the heat was building between us. I reached out and touched her cheek; she leaned into me. I kissed her gently. She came back at me with a scorcher. I let my hand tentatively slide down and in from her shoulder and brush her breast. She. Harry did his best to calm things, suddenly very conciliatory about their fears. but he was adamant he would be going. He was tired and unknown to them restless, he wanted something else, something different, what it was he had no idea, there was just this ‘thing’ in his head. On the night before his last day, he and Rachel had had a candlelit meal at an exclusive restaurant, he had asked her to marry him now and leave her job to come round the world with him. To his amazement she became. An hour later mum and I was sitting in the restaurant, “ho by the way” she said leaning forward so nobody over heard her, “try and leave the talking to me, your voice is a little deep” she paused, “we will have to work on that” she smiled and I knew what she meant, we had been there eating for about 20 minutes when a man stood just to the side of me, “Chloe, I thought it was you, out celebrating” he looked at me, “yes” “that was great news, thoroughly deserved” he remarked, “thank you kindly, I.