Emma felt her hand slide down her smooth firm flat stomach and straight down her pants, it felt like she had just dipped her hand into a pool she had ...ever been this wet before. Emma heard another slap and jumped as her mum shouted "im cuming Dave" Emma tried to quietly and quickly make her way back down stairs because she knew she would get caught at any minute, bJulie'snearly tripped down the stairs. Worried that she had been Emma tried to look as natural as she could, but she was still wet. One of the best nights of my life. I hope to see you again. But I know the sorts of things people on this planet are saying about me, and I know the circles you travel in. I suspect that you may have some ulterior motive for inviting me here tonight.”Miranda bit her lip. “That’s true. But I didn’t expect that we would…that is to say, I didn’t expect—”“Neither did I. That’s why it will be less painful for both of us if I go now. I promise this will not be the last we see of each other. But for. But after frantically running around the house yelling for them to get up, it finally dawned on me that the house was empty. It was a strange feeling and to be honest I was so out of sorts for a while that I didn't really know what to do with myself. I did the basic household stuff on autopilot for a while then went and got dressed. I finally ran out of excuses and sat down at the computer. I looked at the photos again and once again I began to feel the tingles. I decided that now was the time. There had been quiet for the past mile, so she accepted that conversation was not now an unreasonable thing."What?" Do you know any songs?" Songs?" That had been a random question. She looked at the girl beside her. Her braid looked like a shipboard rope, water soaked and heavy. Her shoulders slumped under the weight of her pack. At camp, Shanna would have to go through it, see what could be divided among the others for the next day's travel. There was no reason for the teen to kill herself.