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I boob propped, I booty shook, I cheek pinched and hair tossed I was turning into the kind of girl I couldn’t stand I sucked lollipops,into a donut, and si two avocados in the saplant with the other He’d asked if I wasa salad

Not all still waters ran deep Thank God these particular still waters ran gorgeous

And while all this was going on, I was also getting ready to fly back to Philadelphia to pack up s and officially move out to Mendocino

The day before I left dawned clear and bright I woke horny and frustrated I’d spent another night being tortured/delighted by od and the mouth of a poet With his ed to hear, but had never been told He loved o to the ends of the earth to protectforinable

This dreamy dark lover was exactly the kind ofand lascivious that I’d been searching for since I’d first picked up a paperback and realized that dirty books could be a woman’s best friend

And when I woke fro and skin flushed I brought as? Right now? Was a cold shower I had stuff to do

I had breakfast in town since I wanted to catch up with Jessica before I left

"Hey, girl, you’re coht?" she asked when I hopped up onto the stool at the end of the counter She pouredand looked attoIt was chilly this e of seasons would be like out here I’d been raised on the beautiful explosion of color of the East Coast in the fall The woods around our hoolds, fiery reds and deep yellows You think California, you think sand and beach and sun But this far north, it got cold Would the leaves change?

"Miss you? Hell, no I love going through shit frohed

"You asked for it, sister You’re the one that wanted to help"

"Yeah, I know Thank God I finally got to get into your attic"

"Why does that sound so dirty?"