." he said, as he placed the food and silverware on the bar."Thank you," they both politely said and smiled."So," Andy started," if this what girls no...mally do at a bar? Checkingout the other women and ripping on them?" Yup!" Dani said taking another sip of the martini. "Except we normallydon't say it out loud!" It's fun!" he said, then leaned in and gave her a soft kiss.They both giggled and dug into their salads.Fortunately, they had the foresight to realize that driving was probablynot. I wasn't scared of people hearing us, the door at the top of the staircase was shut and the music upstairs was blasting. I doubted that Bryan had noticed I was gone. He had the habit of forgetting about me and becoming engrossed in conversations. He always had been a 'chatty Cathy.'But I forget Bryan and focused on the amazing sensations rippling through me. Derek withdrew his fingers from me and in a moment I found myself helping the situation by quickly unbuckling his pants and trying to free. "Take me home now."I left Sean standing on my front stoop, and when I reached my third floor flat and looked down out of the window, he was still standing there. I didn't bother to watch and see how long he'd remain, I went into my bathroom, filled the tub with hot water and jasmine and soaked myself - relaxing in the near scalding water and stroking myself gently to the thoughts of my next encounter with the cowboy.It was three days before I paid mind to Sean again outside of the teasing I. The lovely clear sky we had enjoyed since the last storm was also disappearing. It was clouding over fairly fast and my old skin burns were tingling — usually an excellent judge of a change in the weather.We did not find good shelter that next evening but we camped at dusk regardless and set our wards and made a careful watch all throughout the night, giving each of us a little sleep in turn. The sky was darker the next morning and thick clouds seemed lower and heavier with the promise of snow.