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"Okay"

"Well, it’s not going to be as good as a suit of arhted blanket at the dentist"

She stands up and then just as quickly sinks onto hs I freeze, completely at a loss for what to do In fact, I’et to worry about the crowd around us or even the sounds of the hockey game

She turns and says, "Is this okay? Are you okay?"

I lean forward a little so she can hearon my lap As Jordan would say, What’s not to like?

Slowly, she leans back, settling against h her legs to her hips, which rest against hs, and her back is pressed to my chest Her head is tilted to the side so that I can still see past her if I wanted to watch the gaht now, I couldn’t concentrate on it if I tried

My heart is racing The feel of her and that ser now Is it her sha?

"You coain, her silky hair brushing against ood kind of relish Not ‘relish’ the code word

Noould be a bad time to use that code word I could sit with her like this all night

My hands are gripping the arrip Jenna lays her ar her hands on ers fit in the crevices between mine I can feel ainst hers

Her neck is three centimeters from my mouth It looks soft…succulent I want to taste it Would she taste as good as she sht not likethat My hands have callouses on theh and hard on her s her and touching her, and ht where she’s sitting on me, and I don’t want her to know

So I say into her ear, "Relish"

I really didn’t want to say that word, but I don’t want her to feelBut her reaction is slow and she’s asking me to repeat myself At the sa at the two players on the ice who are fighting

I twist and slideher up with me in one swift motion

"What the--?" says the et out of here and she’s co with me

"Wil!" she exclaims, but the rest of her words are lost in the crowd I shoulder my way down the row and out to the aisle Then it’s up the stairs to the deserted concessions area, where I stop, finally able to breathe

Jenna is staring at et out ofon your lap was helping" She frowned

"It was helping" In so it more difficult in others

"Well, you alood" She pauses, her face growing a shade of pink "It’s, uh, it’s a good thing you’re strong, so you could just pick o like that" She licks her lips and looks up intotoward it

"I wouldn’t have to be very strong in order to carry you You can’t weigh more than a hundred pounds"

"Woht"