Just say you'll come and if it sucks, you can go back home." Fine," I said, my hands literally shaking as I typed those four letters,"how about 7 p.m....? Nate responded with, "Perfect! I will see you atGrapes and Hops on McDaniel Street." I leaned back in my chair and tooka deep breath, I was done working, no sense in even trying to concentratenow. I needed some food to settle the butterflies in my stomach, so Igrabbed some crackers and a diet Coke, as I contemplated the eveningahead and. She paused and watched it’s approach, feeling a tightness in her chest and a longing in her heart. She knew it couldn’t be her sailor, that she was imagining that it was the right shape, that it was the right hair colour, that it was the same movement in the shoulders. By the time she realised that it WAS her sailor, he was already out of the boat and running for her. That embrace … that long yearning, that need, that happiness. They cried, they laughed, and they dreamed of lying in each. Beverly said, "I told her how much fun it is to have sex and how great it feels and she wants to try it." I do," Olivia corroborated. "Do you want me to get on the bed?" Sure," I said. "Let me go tell Bethany that it might take me a little longer to get to her."I was learning! Normally, I would have gone right at Olivia and let the chips fall where they may, but I had the sense to go to Bethany to tell her everything.Bethany was surprised Olivia was here. I found out she was Lauren's sister.. As she mused, a crackle of twigs directly behind her drew her attention."My, my, my." A man with a pistol stood about four feet away. "Where the hell did you come from lady?"She realized she was a wreck. Her hair was matted from the drenching rain, and mud of the swamp. The dress she wore was tattered and torn from the underbrush. The guy couldn't help but know she was out of place. Oh well, she had to try to baffle him."I took a walk and got lost." Not without an escort you wouldn't. You were.