I mean, we'd just announced to the world that we'd be living together and yet we still hadn't even slept together ... like we were saving ourselves fo... something or the other.I tried to put that in words, finally sort of lamely concluding, "And I think that may not be that far from the truth – I mean, by the end of the evening, we'd both had a fair amount to drink, someone – I – had to take Hal back to his hotel – while Debbie ended up helping Naz get Seffi back to their place – and, you know,. Instant Gratification." Really? That's not what Nat says."By now, I was used to this kind of 'good-natured ribbing'. Turning the tables was the best tack to take, I had learned. "In that case, why don't you tell me exactly what she said, hmm?" I replied, a fake leer on my face.She colored rather prettily, I thought. "Oh, you *are* mean." First law of teasing: don't dish it out if you can't take it in return." I'll keep that in mind." She looked at me thoughtfully for a second. "Natalie is a. And then we’d had sex and that was very very good. Oh yeah.At any rate, I’d gotten up early I had to have my coffee and maybe some quiet time before the hullaballoo. Stacey surprised me coming up behind me.“Got an extra cup?” she asked, rhetorically.“Morning,” I said, only slightly miffed that I wouldn’t be getting my quiet time. “Yes, I guess. I was just going to take mine out on the patio and relax a bit before everyone got up and moving. I’d cooled off some from the night before, that after. I parted my shades a couple of more inches, doing it slowly so he wouldn't notice any movement. Then I moved my chair to where I could watch without being noticed. I considered texting Amber to come over -- and bring her binoculars. But Henry was only about 20 feet way, and I had a tingly feeling that this might be too good to share. At first, watching Henry made me a little nervous. It was that feeling I always got when I knew that my parents, my favorite teacher, or that big Guy in the Sky.