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"Maybe we shouldn’t get any more worked up," she said in a whisper

"Whatever you say," he replied, but he was agonizingly unable to lift his head He was busy putting small kisses on her breast, her neck, her shoulder He ran a hand down her back, over her buh He accidentally found that slit in her dress and before he knew it, his hand was inside "Oh God, Nikki I’ too bad for a corpse," she said

"Nikki, you have no panties on, and I’m a dead, dead man"

"Then take your hand out of there," she advised breathlessly

"I Can’t"

He put his lips back on hers for a long, deep, wet kiss that lasted two ht, he was so any farther than her naked bue hand on one se of Crazy Glue holding him there, because if he slid it any farther south all the blood would drain froer zone She pressed against hiyrated her hips a little and moaned softly She kneas hard and ready to burst She knew he knew she knew He lifted his head "Nikki Let’s," he said

"Oh God," she said "We shouldn’t"

"Let’ssex with a marine on the deck?"

He chuckled in spite of himself "I’ll take you somewhere"

"By that time, I will have coprepared…"

He kissed her again Hot and hard kisses that lasted forever "It’s not really mine I borrowed it from Paul There aren’t exactly rooms to rent around here…"

"That funny little trailer?" she asked hiainst her lips "It’s very co him away a little bit "I haven’t ever--Ilike this This one-night stand thing Never"

"It’s not, I don’t think," he said

"H to bother saying so to sound like a line, even if it see it since the moain the second ti it all day today and he had absolutely no idea what it was But it sure didn’t feel as if he was going to be cured of it in one night "It’s just the first night," he said

"Talkaway a little "It’s up to you If you want me to, I’ll ht now" He kissed her again "It wouldn’t be easy, but I could let go of you"

"But ill people think--"

"Shh, people don’t have to know if you don’t want them to This--it’s just about you and me It onlyyou don’t want to do" He made a derisive sound deep in his throat "That was really hard advice to give, by the way"

She answered by kissing hiainst his, and he was only further weakened Ormore and more sure that he had to have this woman next to him, in his arms, in his life There was so, confirmed bachelors into ridiculous, desperate an to instantly think life would not go on if they didn’t have her forever They hadn’t even been intio He tried to tell hione, but he doubted it He’d wanted before, but he couldn’t relazed over and totally out of his mind for this one person

She pulled away "I want to," she said

"Sure?"

"Sure" She drew a ragged breath "I’m really sure"

He smiled down at her, took her hand in his, and they walked down the steps into the yard and around the house, stopping every few feet to embrace, to kiss and fondle And then he opened the door to that funny little trailer

It was a little aard at first, stepping up into that tiny trailer, because Joe was tearing the place apart looking for a condoht any? And he told her he never expected soin River "We usually just hunt Play poker Drink a little too much" And then he found a box of condoms in the drawer under the microwave and said, "Ah! God bless Paul"