‘What?’ ‘You’re just smearing it around!’ and she outright laughed. ‘Look, if you promise me you don’t have any blood-borne diseases, I�...�ll do it. Promise?’ She was looking in my eyes again, confident and comfortable, right at me. ‘No blood borne diseases, promise.’ She put her right glove back on – I’m not sure she totally trusted me – and pulled another wipe from the mini-dispenser. With the softest touch she daubed at my face. The alcohol stung for a moment and I probably flinched the tiniest. But for now, this willtide her over. I absentmindedly twiddled with it my pocket as I walkeddown the sidewalk.As I thought of ways that I could propose I found myself lost amongstthe untouched scenery, but quickly found where I was when I noticed alocal convenience store some ways from the beach. Then I received atext.Sick. Can't meet you at the beach. Must sleep all day. Love you.Johanna was under the weather. Not a perfect day. Perhaps Ill see her tobrighten her up. I thanked the store clerk. “Yeah I’m just a bit nervous that’s all. I really didn’t think you would actually be here.”“It’s understandable. Truth be told I’m nervous too. I have never done anything like this before.”“We then we are in the same boat. What do you say we go grab a drink at right over there?” I ask her as I point across the way to a local bar.“Lead the way”We arrive at the bar and we order a drink. We both decided to have soda since we were going outside to drink. I find Hope’s company to be pleasant. We. He had been looking at a digger that had been in an accident when he caught a glimpse of her eating lunch alone in the smidge of green left beside the quarry. Instead of words he just chocked and gave a cough.***Well, every day is Halloween around here. She gets out of the car and walks across the yard. The dust from the quarry gets up her nose straight away, she sucks it up, its just dust, and what is so terrible about dust? Everything turns to dust anyway, she works in the dust and it will.