When Jake pulled out, Louisa stayed sprawled across the bale with her jeans in a tangle and hay in her hair. She was smiling blissfully as Jake zipped...up.“We expect you in bed with us tonight. Be ready. We have a treat for you,” Jake said.Louisa nodded weakly. In a daze, she rearranged her clothes. It was only two-thirty, and she had horses to tend. The anticipation of a night with her lover after two weeks without had her motivated.At supper that night, Jake mentioned the airplane idea. In. Sarah was nineteen years old. It was her first year at University. She was always studying, trying to make something of herself. Boys were the last thing on her mind. Saying this, it did not take Chris long to get in her brain.In one month of knowing Sarah, tonight was their third date. The first was to watch a movie. The second Chris took her out for a meal, ending with a half hour of kissing in his car. Tonight, they were going to a Halloween party the university had organised. “Tonight will. All that was missing were a couple of items that were temporarily out of stock. They even managed to gather for a coffee and cake in a chain coffee house on the mall premises. Reg was mostly detailed as bag carrier, freeing the girls to go looking for something else. A few customers and staff wondered at the gaggle of girls together, with just one man and one older lady accompanying them. The assumption was easily made that it was a college group with two teachers on a class outing, perhaps. .. no...” Brash said, sounding guilty. “That’s ... natural ... wibbly ... interference from ... snuggle fields...”Julia had rolled off of Merton’s lap. Looking down at her, Merton felt the normal rush of love and happiness that seeing Julia inspired in him. He might also be feeling feelings for Relix – though they hadn’t had time to talk about them since the Ouster raid – but Julia had been with him longer. And seeing her lithe perfection transformed from words on a screen to real life (with a.