The fire's out."They lay locked together for perhaps five minutes longer, then Dirk withdrew his limber rod and sat up, reaching for a box of tissues ...nd taking two for himself before he passed the box on to Faith. Both cleaned themselves, then went hand in hand to join the others, who were now gathered back around the table, sipping another drink and puffing another stick of pot."Really, Dirk," Lucia chided. I've always known you were a man of many talents, but it came as a complete surprise. They are 'friendly' looking blue eyes is what everyone tells me, and for a long time I thought that meant girls wouldn't be interested in me. My beard was full and red; though the rest of my hair is real dirty blond (that would be the Irish from my dear old mum). I am not a tall man; at five eight, the low ceiling in this attic didn't threaten me. And here this girl and yes, she was a girl older then ten but probably not older than thirteen or fourteen, was telling me I was good looking. Well. In this case, it was the maitre d’ at the upscale restaurant she works at. So she had to get out of the leather corset that she was putting on and change into her work clothes.And I was so looking forward to going to Charlie’s party. Charlie was a friend, and the leader of a semi-formal group of partiers that she ran. Tonight it was to have been a “Kinky Fetish” party at her house. So Naomi was going to be in a sexy leather corset, and I was going to be wearing skin tight light blue lycra. But. I corrected her, "Five next March, Lana." I knew the date well, it marked the point where I would finally be vested in the company pension plan. After bouncing through a series of jobs that didn't last more than three years, I was lucky to find a stable company where I could finally make long term plans.She tapped her knuckles on the top of her cherrywood desk. "That's right... five years is a big milestone. And your work has generally been more than satisfactory..." I wondered what the hell.