“There’s nothing wrong with friends hooking up every once in a while.”She moved to the edge of the bed and sat down beside him.“Friends can’... fuck and stay friends. If we wanted to stop being friends and date or just hook up, I’d have no problem fucking you; but that’s not what we’re doing.”“You just don’t know how to fuck and stay friends.”“No one knows how to fuck and stay friends.”“I fucked plenty of my college buddies who I’m still friends with.”“I’m not one of your college buddies. I knew. "Shit, sorry!" I muttered, red-faced.Jess is laughing. She's perfectly aware of what my 'problem' was right there. "No, Mark, it's me who should be sorry, I think. Shouldn't distract a man when he's driving, should I?" She pulled her top back into position (i.e. so it reveals merely oceans of cleavage). "There, is that better?" she grinned. "Are we safe now?" She's mocking me, but also being very affectionate. She seems totally at ease. Me, on the other hand, I'm all at sea. I'm feeling kind of. They created wonders and shared them freely with their neighbors.This was the land of Theras...until a century ago, that is.A century ago, from the seas to the south, a somehow floating land-mass came. It floated through the air, surrounded by dark clouds and looking to be as big as a small island itself. It floated to the edge of the southern shores of gnomish lands and then it sank down onto the shore. It sank down and became as one with the land to the south. It landed and then the clouds. The best bed in our house was in my parents' bedroom, so I led her there and told her it was their bedroom. She asked where they were, and I told her they were out of town for a few days. Then I happened to think of her parents and what time she might have to get back home. When I asked about her parents she said they had taken a flight to Cuba to visit with relatives there so she could spend the night if I would like for her to. I smiled, and kissed her to give her my answer. I opened the.