I had seen similar men before. The distance between their location and England told on them as time went by. He had gained weight and drank quinine in...the form of tonic water profusely, mixed in with far too much gin to afford him and entirely sober disposition. He scoffed at our expedition and explained away the reports of an island as the tall tales of sailors seeking a free pint of rum from someone who liked a good story, or the services of a naïve wench. The last comment was delivered with. ?? Ted?s face was flushed from all the excitement.? I was on an emotional high from the successof the show.? I could feel the sexualtension in the air.? Without thinking, wehungrily reached out to each other and kissed.??When his lips touched mine and our tongues swirled in each other?smouth, in my heart it felt like that is where I belonged. Right or wrong,teacher and student, it didn?t matter.?What counted was how much I yearned to be touched by him. Our lust took over and Ted reached out. I had prepared a light meal after we sat in the lounge a fire burned in the hearth I slid my arm around Millie’s shoulders she rested her head on my shoulder she asked why didn’t we speak when were younger seven lost years.We talked well into the night Millie told me about Lancaster university and the two brief lesbian affairs with fellow students and her search to find me. She has a couple of days off so I asked if she would like to stay ‘I thought you would never ask’ I told her then I loved. Sweaty moisture glazes my chest and drips into folded crevices of skin. I reach for the suntan lotion, but before I open it, footsteps run by and dive into the water, raining a giant splash upon me. I awake and spy the culprit – a short freckle-faced kid who by now was at the other side of the pool. I dry myself and see climbing out of the water a tall dark-skinned girl whose small teenage breasts jut unashamedly out of her water-shrunken bikini. She returns to her towel, dons sunglasses and.