We sat on either side of the breakfast bar and talked about music, movies and books. We both liked going to concerts, we had actually been to the same...Dire Straits concert, and we liked a lot of the same movies, romantic comedies like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Roxanne. What we did not talk about was the future, we both new we needed to talk about what our intentions were but we avoided it. Was it to be a one or two nights of passion or did we want to commit some emotional capital. We had. He had long since worked out that she was smarter than the average. They had found so many topics to discuss that time just disappeared on them. They had even enjoyed just sitting and watching the sunsets over the semi-arid riverine landscape, as the kookaburras with their strange laughing calls and the cockatoos’ squawks competed in singing the sun to bed.Watching the southern stars filling the night sky was just awe-inspiring. He loved that Bambie didn’t need constant chatter to keep her. First, there was a picture of an old run-down house that Melissa recognized straight away. A look of confusion changing to elation as Jamie continued. “It’s a couple of streets away from Melissa’s parents.”Jamie looked at his new bride,“Melissa, remember when you saw this beautiful old house for sale and you said you’d love to buy and renovate it, but then when it sold quickly how disappointed you were. As we’ve been driving past, we’ve watched as the new owners were doing a major renovation.. Don't be bashful. I saw how you looked at me out there." Ma'am?" I said, kneeling to face her, tempted to grab her. I sat back on my heels and tried to relax."Damn it, I've told you about that. Show me your weapon, your fuggin' stupid male member, that I'm sure you're terribly proud of. We don' keep men that aren't going to be useful. Be quick about it. Been a'while since I seen one."I looked down at her and saw that she was serious, leaning back on one elbow and studying me like I was a bug.