"I don't blame you for staring at her like that," smiled Sean. "There's times I've caught myself staring at either of you that way. Beauty is such a w...ndrous thing to behold." I had to stifle a giggle because Sean looked a complete mess, having just finished two hours of hard football playing in the rain. I kissed his cheek as I handed him his pint. He then joined his mates from the football team all huddled around the corner table near the darts board. Most of the regulars know about Máire and. A dix heure, oui? Un moment,’ he pulled the phone away from his ear and looked sideways at Samantha. ‘What do you think about meeting Monique at nine-thirty?’ he asked. ‘That is fine with me. It isn’t like I have anything else on my schedule this morning’ she said, looking at him questioningly. ‘Monique, nine-thirty is fine. All right, we will see you there.’ He closed his phone and put it back on his hip, taking a sip of his own coffee. ‘Well?’ Samantha asked, clearly intrigued. ‘It would seem. .. make me.... pee in my pants!" Suzi said between her giggles. "Oh Shit! He said. "I nearly forgot! Ted said to go take a shit before you do it!" "Well, it's a good thing you remembered before we got all naked," Suzi said grabbing her top. "Oh, I don't know," I said, turned on by the thought. "I kinda like the idea of running downstairs to the bathroom naked." "You're not serious," Suzi said, shocked. Joey didn't say anything. "I'm completely serious. Let's do it." "No.." Suzi said, starting. "Waiting at the fairy tale end of the curve. People don't seem to be out here any more." Just me and you. Like we really need the rest of the world." She slid up a little on me, kissing.We stopped talking. I guess she was digesting what we had just told each other. I know I was. The sound of city traffic penetrated into the park, but it was mitigated by the sounds of squirrels and birds and people. Little kids played a hundred yards away, climbing, swinging, running, laughing. And I had.