We finally met, hugged each other and had a talk. She told me about how fun last night was. I told her I missed her and that I’d wanted to kiss her ...or such a long time. Then I leaned forward to kiss her. My hand was on her waist, but her jacket was too thick for me to feel her body.We broke the kiss for a moment. I immediately whispered, “This feels amazing.” It just came out of my mouth. She called me a flirt, and we laughed and then took a walk. Her friends called her, and she asked me to. The winds were strong and on the bow for most of the time. It had been frustrating taking shelter for days on end. He had started to feel the effects and was longing for some space, but on land. Goddess was doing her best to help him relax, on his first visit to her after his return from 6 months at sea. They had the apartment to themselves for a week, so he had come over for a long weekend so they could catch up in every way possible. First, after a glass of sparkling wine, Goddess decided. Her dense head of long natural curls was styled up into a bun. She was wearing a skintight hot pink dress and was all primped up and ready to go to the nightclub with her friends, who would be coming by her apartment any minute. Right as she was snapping another, her friend Bria walked right in. Apparently, she hadn’t used the doorbell. ‘Bitch!’ she called playfully. ‘I know yo’ ass is not in here taking another selfie!’ ‘Shut up, bitch!’ Alexis yelled back, laughing. ‘You know I’m the selfie. She just sat there. Helen looked at her questioningly. “Barb, is there anything wrong?”“No. But I was thinking.” She turned in the seat and looked at Helen, “How did that make you feel with the sales guy?”Helen got worried, “You think I manipulated him too much?”“No, no, not that. Frankly that was amazing. No, I mean … when he said he needed to talk to your mother?”“Oh, yeah, I guess I didn’t cover my reaction very well, after all.”“What do you mean?”“Well … I was just about bursting out with.