. no.” She turned back towards the counter, hoping he would ignore her embarrassing response. Just then his hand shot out in front of her. She slow...y turned to face him again and his grin had widened. He looked at her with a knowing glint in his eye. “Sam,” he said, his low voice causing those butterflies to fly again. She reached out and took his hand shaking it silently. After a moment his eyes filled with amusement. “And you are?” he encouraged her. “Oh... Rachel.” She let go of his. .. maybe tonight, maybe next week ... sometime ... I guess."Thwack! The flat of her hand had come down hard on his flank. "Youch!" he reacted."Wrong answer, mister!" she snarled, only partly feigning anger."Uhmmm ... is the right answer ... now?" he smiled."Yes. Give the man ten points if he can say the words," she teased."My dearest Bonnie, I love you with all my heart. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" He had tried to be serious and yet, somehow it sounded. The door to the bath was ajar, about two or three inches… did I dare? Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I’ve always told myself. Positioning myself so that I could see a reflection in the mirror, I was just able to verify, With about 95% assurance, that the being encased behind the glass shower door was female. ‘Well, that’s one positive sign, at least,’ I said to myself. Still, I could not make out much more through the fog and rippled glass. The anxiety was building in the pit of my stomach…. When they were lit, Mandy switched off the two chrome lamps.Freddie Mercury started ‘Is this the real life?’ and Simon asked the same question. The whole scenario seemed completely surreal.Mandy knelt in front of the music system and pressed stop. She put the Queen CD back in its place, and her own disc in the player. After pressing play, she walked to Simon as Another Level started to sing Freak Me Baby.‘This is one of my favourite songs,’ Mandy announced, untying her belt. ‘It’s so sexual if.