“Pa pulled me aside and said that he’d once been sick in a fever and had been traveling for several months. He guessed you might be, too. He hoped...your host hadn’t died. But last night, after we saw the panic attack, he decided to call Merv.”“Bet that freaked Aubrey out,” I snorted.“She was gone when he got here this morning. He strung the teeth and beads and when he put them around your neck, your sheet slipped and I think he saw your boobs.”“Whatever,” I laughed. “He’s a doctor-like.”“Yeah,. Our fire play sessions were magic though. We both loved pop music from the 1960s and even though it was now 1970 it was still the sort of music people sang, danced and listened to and most could be sung along to. Occasionally we reminisced our “courting” days by Sarah wearing stockings and suspenders for me when she preferred those damned tights. Sarah would brew a lovely cup,of coffee in our percolator and we,d chat and listen to pop music and now and then read the hard to believe “reader,s. Finally, breathing hard, I broke our lip-lock and said, "OK, this is 1985 and all, but it's also still deep in the heart of Dixie -- and the bible belt. We are just about a half-hour from my apartment. Do you think we can keep our pants on that long?"Then we both laughed, remembering that neither of us had pants on.So for the next thirty or so minutes, we sat, primly, saying nothing, with Jeannie seemingly intensely focused on the drive and me trying to ignore the wetness between my. When’s a good time for you? I’m available most of the evening…” Thinking back to the night before he corrected himself. “Actually I’m available any time after six o’clock tonight.” She smiled wide, making his heart skip a beat as she dropped the leaf and stood up.“Sounds good! How about seven? I get out of band practice at six thirty so I can meet you…?”“Is your house ok? My family is a bit crazed.” He flashed a smile at the question, praying for her to say yes. He refused to take people back.
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