Shivering only slightly, the cool sand and ebbing wave oozing between his toes, he walked farther down the beach toward the spot where she had lain th... wool Tartan-plaid blanket on which they sat, mostly in silence with her head against his shoulder, just star gazing. ‘What are you thinking?’ she had asked, almost whispering. ‘Huh?’ he said, startled briefly, as he returned from wherever his mind had taken him through the galaxies of stars. ‘You look like you’re a million miles away!’ She. I like to study people’s body language, you know.” “And you can tell someone’s sexual preferences from seeing them walk around in an airport?” “Well, you have to admit that I was right, right? “I guess.” “You know, when I sat behind you and the plane was waiting on the runway for takeoff, I fantasized about you. How I would do things to you.” “Things?” “How I would open my seat belt, walk to your row, sit next to you. I was picturing myself looking you in the eyes, and you’d be surprised. Then. “What’s up?” asked Mel. She had noticed my misgivings. “Didn’t I do it right?”“No, you were exceptional.”Mel’s brilliant smile was a fitting reward for the compliment.“Could I have something to drink?” she asked.I should have anticipated she’d want something to take the taste away. “What would you like?”“Coke, please.”“I’m not sure I have any. Come with me to the kitchen and see what I’ve got.”The two of us padded naked to the kitchen. I switched on the kettle then opened the fridge door. “Help. The heat was obvious, I hoped it wasn’t too much. Next, I began to lube the tube, starting at the tip and slowly working down, inch by inch, until the entire tube was covered. Some groans from the audience indicated they knew what was going to happen. My subject remained quiescent, committed to whatever I demanded. Again I was pleased with her response or maybe I should say lack of. With that done, I motioned for her to turn around and back up to me. I guided her over my legs so a she was.