" He needed no further urging. His mouth returned to mine, sending the fiery need to every part of me anew. His hands clutched at me, like I might esc...pe. We were already exposed to one another; it was just a matter of fitting one last key in one last lock. With his lips still on mine, he positioned and thrust. I felt myself tear; his solidness pushed past all resistance. In the absence of my mother, Mary had taken it upon herself to tell me of how things were between men and women, so I wasn't. .. Rosa was still naked when she went in from the shower, but that didn't stop Manuel from following her in to get dressed. Whatever - twins. On the other hand, I'd been showing my stuff all week anyway, so who was I to question it."See you later Pa." I yelled from the doorway. He called something back but it met the door. A block down I looked to the end of the cul-de-sac, wondering who'd be coming out of that door. They'd probably wait for me here if they came out first, rather than our. ‘It would seem like we were celebrating something,’ she said. ‘It wouldn’t have to.’ ‘Mom, you and Dad only take us out when something special happens. If you want to treat us to dinner, then order takeout or something. But the idea of going out just doesn’t seem quite right under the circumstances.’ ‘All right,’ Lynn said, disappointed. ‘Do you want pizza or Chinese?’ Dani’s father spent the afternoon trying to teach Sean and Anna to play Chutes and Ladders. Sean caught on quickly, but Anna,. Night came and no sign of the girls or help, so the two of us drank somewater and snuggled up to sleep, at least the girls had sleeping bags withthem.The next day really passed slowly, the two of us imagined all sorts ofawful things happening to Charley and Kelly; we were sat in the shade ofthe car when we heard a strange noise.Standing up the noise was coming closer and sounded like a motor bike,putting our pepper spray in our pockets (you can't be too sure) we scannedall around, then we saw.