Vo mere bagal me thodi jagah rakh kar baithi thi but after some time usine vo jagah kam kar di. Thodi der me vo muj se aur mere touch se comfortable h... gayi thi.Unreserved hone ke karan ek hi berth pe 5 log baithe hue the aur samne ki aur bhi kafi log khade hue the. Vo ladki Reena (I asked her name while we were departing from each other) berth k beginning me baithi thi aur main use sat ke uske bagal me second me baitha hua tha.Pehla 1 ghanta to main aise hi baitha hua tha kyuki vo bhi kafi. I read the news. I answered emails. Only when I finally felt sure my anatomy wouldn’t betray me did I go out into the kitchen to make dinner.Jared's door opened as I filled a pot with water. He wore cargo shorts that hung low on his hips and a threadbare t-shirt that clung to his stomach."You were home early today," he said.Behind me he opened a cabinet. The small city kitchen kept us close and if I extended my arm I could have stroked a finger down his spine."No," I said, keeping my voice. "I've been there," Clarissa said. "I grew up in Vacaville."We continued to learn little bits and pieces about each other as we played that morning. Cody and Clarissa were in their early thirties, so both were a bit older than we were, but not that much. Cody had been in military as well, in the air force, but had gotten out three years ago and gone to work immediately for the company he now worked for in Arizona. Clarissa worked at a bank as a teller.I quickly learned that I had the longest. “No… actually, I guess I’mjust a smoker now. I never did quit like I said I wasgoing to.” She indicated her classmates. “It’s kindanice not having to pre-tend any more.” We smoked andtalked; she bought two beers and we talked some more. Iwould watch her lean casually against the bar, Capri inhand, and tilt her chin slightly before each exhale.She was definitely more relaxed, and not in as big ahurry. One of Julie’s classmates came over and told.