Through suffering and war anew life is made and love is found.The secondary character of Anna in this story is the main character inmy earlier story, ...Nun so Lovely".At least the wine and the food had been good. Inwardly fretting at theboredom and Conte Roberto's dronings, I watched as my wife Catherine andmy sister Ophelia talked animatedly with Roberto's wife, the ContessaAnna. After dinner I had tried to make conversation to Roberto, but heknew nothing about cards, horse racing, or the. We’re going to need it because we’re going to run the rest of the way. It’s up to you if you want to drink it — you decide.’ He watched her drink, squeezing out the liquid into her eager mouth. It reminded him of those frozen-drinks of Kool-Aid he liked as a boy. ‘I don’t think I’m ready yet. Maybe I can have a small taste — to see what its like.’ She handed her bag to him. When he stuck his tongue out to take a taste, he saw how it was changed. He looked down at it with eyes crossed — puzzled. I let my breath out and drew in another shaky one. He moved toward me and I backed against the rack behind me. There wasn't a lot of room between the two racks so he brushed against me as he moved past. It wasn't like he meant to, it just happened. It still gave me a shiver.When he was on my other side he stood on a footstool and reached up to the top shelf. My eyes just naturally went to his butt. I hadn't noticed how tight his khakis were until he reached up. I could see the muscles flex. .I couldn't hide my blush now. They were both attractive " sorry about that" he turned to look at me "that's my little brother Nathan, Looks like were both home alone now" I smilled. My goosebumps starting to show.. "Its getting a little windy outside" he said looking at me " do you want to grab some hot chocolate at my place? We can watch a movie or something" he smiled. " Sure, just give me a moment to go change & I'll meet you there" he turned & walked away..I rushed inside, wow it was nice.