‘Sorry,’ she said, feeling somewhat guilty. ‘I guess I could have just told you that from the start but…I really didn’t expect you to – to...say all that.’ He shrugged again and looked down, actually shuffling one of his feet like a school child being admonished. ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’ she asked timidly. ‘You never called.’ ‘I – I didn’t think you wanted me to,’ he said, baffled. She sighed loudly, partly in frustration and partly with affection. ‘I did,’ she said quietly. ‘But -‘ He looked. ?She was reluctant about the handcuffs, but I think she’s getting used to them.?Merida says nothing, her head still craned in the other direction, her heart pulsing with anger. Then, as if shame has finally clutched her brain, she begins pulling madly at the cuffs, ordering us to release her, still thinking she can weasel out of this. She crosses her legs at the knees, rolls over, attempting to shield herself from our amused stares. Her plight is almost funny, her reaction, her humiliation.. ‘No question what YOU’VE been doing,’ Jesse remarked with a knowing smile and raised eyebrow. ‘Willow always gets that ‘well-fucked’ look after we’ve been at her. It’s unmistakable.’‘Yeah, well I firmly believe the woman-to-man ratio in today’s relationships is usually skewed,’ I quipped. ‘I believe it should always be 1:2 now, boys. Two men can keep a woman happy and healthy in her sex life.’‘Well, it IS more difficult for women,’ Myles agreed.‘Yeah, we just need a hole,’ Jesse said.. Afew minutes later she returns, in a better mood but still not quitethere. I motion her over and after a quick eye roll she flops down onthe bed. "What!" she says.I reach over and pull her in for a kiss. "Good morning. I love you," Isay in my sappiest voice. The grumpy toddler that is my girlfriendresponds."I love you too, but I am still not happy with you. My parents areNEVER staying at our place," she tells me before I pull her in for a hugand thank her again for doing this for me. We.