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HARD PROMISE Rev. Cotton Mather



- 4 After our last home game the whole gang was invited to a party at

Brittany and Jared Felson's house. Brittany was a junior on the

cheerleading squad, and her brother was our star running back. Since

everyone was going to be at the game, we agreed that we would go to

Fabrice's for our usual post-game pizza, and then head over to the Felson

house. That would give Brit and Jared time to get home and get things set

up the way they wanted before everybody showed up.

At the pizza parlor, Melissa was nervous about her parents finding out

about the party, even though her curfew had been extended for this evening.

She ended up calling home from Fabrice's so that her mother could hear all

of us in the background. This way, according to Melissa, her mom wouldn't

think she was with just one boy, but was safely enjoying herself in a large

group.

We headed over to the party. Brad and Lindsey were only going to stay

for a little while, and then they were heading off to one of their secret

hideaways by themselves. They promised to be back at the party in plenty

of time to give Missy and I a ride home, as usual. We got to the house as

two more cars pulled up, and the whole large group of us walked in and

joined about 20 kids already at the party. We found where the sodas and

snacks were put out, and helped ourselves before wandering off to find some

of our friends. The radio was playing and there were some kids dancing in

the family room. We chatted and goofed off with a bunch of people

scattered throughout the family room, kitchen and living room of the first

floor, until somebody mentioned that there were more kids in the finished

basement. We found the stairway and went down into a large room, lit only

by one light by the staircase and a few scattered candles. There was a

stereo playing softly, and we could see that this was a much quieter crowd.

There were a couple of groups of kids, but mostly this was the "couples"

area. Once our eyes adjusted, we could detect couples scattered on the

floor around the perimeter of the room, taking advantage of the

surroundings. We stopped to talk with some friends by the couch for a

little while, but it was plain to both of us that we were drawn toward an

empty dark corner.

Eventually we found our way over to the corner, taking our sodas with

us. We sat on the floor side by side and watched the dynamics of the room

for a little, occasionally commenting on some surprising pairings that were

being temporarily created by the tides and eddies of the party. I slipped

my arm around Missy, pulling her closer to me. She rested her head on my

shoulder, her hand resting casually on my knee.

"We're nearly alone again," I said softly to her. "Are you still

afraid?"

She turned to look up at me briefly, and then relaxed back against me.

"Not yet," she replied.

I cupped her chin in my hand and gently lifted her head up and leaned

down to give her a tender kiss. She reached up with her right hand and

tangled her fingers in my hair behind my ear as we kissed.

"But then, we're not exactly alone like we were last time," she said

with a smile.

"True," I agreed. "But I don't think anybody is paying any attention to

us anyway," I added.

She looked up at me seriously for a moment. "And a good thing, too,"

she said as she pulled me down for another kiss. We both slid to the

floor, facing each other. Missy was next to the wall and I had my back to

the room as we rolled into each other's arms. Our kisses became sweeter

and hotter and more demanding as the room, and its other occupants, seemed

to dwindle away from us.

Once again my hand found the bare skin of her lower back under her

sweater, a sensuous strip of nakedness that created a delicious heat in my

solar plexus. I knew that this was not the place to continue our

explorations of before, so I contented myself to this small pleasure. As

her tongue and mouth became more insistent, I felt her reach down to my

belt and tug my crotch into hers as she once again wrapped her leg around

mine. My rigid cock, standing up in my jeans, pressed against her pubic

area. It seemed like I could feel the heat and moisture emanating from her

crotch, and the sensation went right to my bloodstream, making my cock even

harder, making my hips rub into her. Her hips started to bump into me,

creating an exquisite pressure pulsating between us, and I lowered my hand

onto the firm cheeks of her ass and pulled her into me. She moaned into my

mouth, and sucked my tongue into her insistently, and reached down to the

small of my back with both hands and clenched me tightly to her.

I don't know if it was a conscious decision on her part or not, but she

had chosen to wear a pair of cotton blend pants with an elastic waistband

this evening. The harder, thicker material of my denim jeans only had to

transmit through two thin layers of cotton to create a rough and intense

rubbing sensation against Missy's virginal slit. Almost without volition I

slipped my hand under the elastic of her pants, and under her silken

panties, to caress the bare skin of the ass I had admired for so long. As

I ran my hand down onto her butt, she broke our kiss and pulled my lips to

her throat. I kissed and licked her from her ear to the base of her

throat, thrilling to the softness of her skin, as she held me even tighter

and jerked her hips into me.

All of a sudden she tensed, then frantically rubbed her pubic bone

against my erection, and her breath caught in her throat. I looked up at

her to see her eyes wide and unseeing, her bottom lip caught between her

teeth, her face tensed up in anticipation. She rubbed against me, and then

her hips gave me one more hard bump. The force of that last jerk caused my

erection to hit and glide across her flowered pussy lips, stimulating her

clitoris, and it sent her over the edge. She bit down on her lip harder,

and she started to let out a squeak that climbed the register, until it

became a soundless exhalation. My hand on her smooth ass pressed lower and

harder until I could feel the secretions of her orgasm soaking her panties
and oiling my fingertips.

As she slowly relaxed and came down from her high, I slipped my hand out

from her pants and hugged her to me. She rested her cheek on my shoulder

for a moment, and then lifted up to kiss me softly and sweetly.

"I guess I got a little excited there," she whispered. "Are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah," I said softly. "I'm probably going to walk funny for the

rest of the night, but other than that I'm okay. Maybe even more than

okay."

"Oops," she said sheepishly. "Am I leaving you in pain?"

"It's okay, kiddo. Nothing that about an hour in a cold shower won't

cure."

She reached down between us and rubbed my erection through my jeans for

just a second.

"I don't think that's helping," I said to her in a bit of a panicky

voice.

"No? I'm sorry, Ray, it's just that all this is new to me. Am I doing

something wrong?" She had a worried tone in her voice that calmed me down,

even as her hand kept on running up and down my erection.

"No, you're doing something too right, but please stop. I'm going to

have an accident in my pants if you don't," I said as I held her hand still

on my rampant cock.

"I don't want to be the source of your discomfort, Ray. What would you

like me to do, considering the surroundings?"

"What I'd like to do is continue what we've started, but somewhere else.

Considering the surroundings, though, I guess I'm just going to have to put

up with blue balls for the time being." Missy looked hurt at that, so I

hurriedly added, "I'm just kidding, Missy. I'm really fine...or at least I

will be in a minute."

I smiled at her, and gently removed her hand from my crotch, then kissed

her again. We sat up against the wall and looked for our sodas.

"Was that the first time you've cum?" I asked her quietly.

She blushed and lowered her head, and looked up at me shyly through her

eyelashes. "Well...not the first time I've cum...but the first time I've

had help."

"Wow, really? I'm glad it was me, then, who was here to help you."

"I'm glad, too," she replied. She had a mischievous smile on her face

that made her look very wise and very sexy. I wondered what she was

thinking.

When Lindsey and Brad came back to the party, they were both breezy and

friendly. I, on the other hand, was suffering from a bit of sexual

deprivation, brought on by our session in the basement. Missy grabbed our

coats, along with Brad's keys, and told Lindsey that we were going to warm

up the car for them, and suggested that she and Brad take their time.

We got out to the car and Missy started it up and put the heater on

high, then climbed into the cold back seat with me. She immediately

wrapped me up in a hug.

"I'll try to make it up to you sometime, Ray, I promise. Be patient

with me, okay?" she whispered.

I put my arms around her and bent down to kiss her. She pulled my arm

from around her waist as we kissed, and took my hand in hers. She then

placed my hand on her soft breast underneath her coat, and then dropped her

hand onto my thigh. My cock immediately inflated to capacity and began

throbbing. Still kissing me hard, she moved her hand up to rub my erection

through my pants. I could feel the precum bubble out, moistening my

underwear, just at this almost incidental contact. As she stroked my rigid

cock, I squeezed her breast, feeling her nipple expand and poke through the

layers of cloth. Missy unzipped my pants and reached in to pull my fat

cock out through the opening in my shorts. It was my turn to groan and

moan as my temperature climbed and my swollen cock pulsed in her tiny hand.

She looked over my shoulder and saw Brad and Lindsey walking out of the

party, so she lay down on the back seat and rested her head on my lap,

facing the seat. She grabbed my coat and pulled it down to hide my

erection, and brushed her hair across my lap.

"Tell them I'm tired and that you think I might be asleep," she said to

me quietly, a gleam in her eye.

Brad and Lindsey got into the car, and glanced at us in the back seat.

In answer to their unasked question, I told them that Missy had fallen

asleep, tired from the long week. They looked doubtful, but turned around

and started driving off without comment.

Missy, meanwhile, had not relinquished her grip on my turgid cock. As

soon as she felt the car moving, she resumed stroking me, taking care to

cover her movements as much as possible.

For my part, I was having considerable trouble keeping quiet during her

ministrations. I was breathing through my mouth, trying not to scream out

loud, as the sensations coursed through me. She was inexperienced but

enthusiastic, and I had been on the edge for hours at that point, so the

end was near.

Suddenly I felt my balls constrict, and I clutched Missy's upper arm in

warning. She was prepared, though, and continued to stroke me as I started

to cum. She held a wad of tissues in her hand over my cock as I spurted,

her other hand continuing to milk me. As the last feeble spurts pulsed,

she removed the soaking tissues and gazed at the drops of sperm spilling

down from the head to land on her fingers as they were wrapped around me.

She reached out with her tongue and licked the drops off, tasting a boy's

cum for the first time, then lowered her lips around the head of my flushed

cock, covering the entire head, and sucked hard.

I very nearly lost it right there. My eyes nearly popped out of my head

from the sensation her sucking caused, and my hips pressed up at her. She

held the pressure of her lips on me for a moment more, then pulled my cock

slowly out of her mouth and licked her lips as she looked up at me with

laughing eyes. She tucked my deflating cock back into my pants and relaxed

back down into my lap and closed her eyes, pretending once again to sleep

until we got to her house, where she slowly raised up, as if groggy, and

said good night to Brad and Lindsey. She kissed me and held me close.

"I didn't want to leave you to suffer from blue balls. Good night,

sweet dreams," she whispered to me.

I was astounded. It was the last thing I expected to happen that night.

I was thinking that I would be jacking off half the night trying to relieve

myself from the party, fantasizing about Melissa, instead of enjoying a

post-orgasmic laziness in the back of Brad's car.

She surprised me that night, and I think that was the first time I

started to think that I might be in love with her.



- 5 "Hey, Doofus!"

I turned around at hearing the familiar voice. Jared Felson was walking

toward me down the hall. His locker was just down from mine, and we often

stopped to talk before our first-period class.

"You talking to me, Shit-for-Brains?" I grinned at him.

"Shit for brains? Me? I'm not the one who's got the brown eyes, oh

observant one."

"Just because the eyes are brown doesn't mean I'm full all the way up to

there with bullshit, like a certain overconfident running back I happen to

know," I shot back.

"Hey, not overconfident, just sure of my abilities," he replied.

"Besides, I'm not the one who was walking out of the party Friday looking

like I was constipated and in some serious pain," he added with a grin.

"Well, that was Friday, and I'm feeling right fine on this Monday

morning, but thanks for your concern," I said.

"So, Ray, what's up with you and the delectable Miss Melissa? Brit

tells me you guys disappeared into the basement for quite awhile, and

didn't hardly come up for air."

"You know," I said, looking up and down the hall. I really didn't want

any eavesdroppers on this conversation. "I saw your sister down there too,

but I'm surprised she even noticed us. She looked like she was too busy

liplocked with Donny to pay attention to anything else."

Jared looked pained when I said that. I knew he wasn't terribly fond of

Brittany's boyfriend.

"Ah, shit, you had to go and tell me that, didn't you? Well, at least

it was our house, and there were a bunch of us around. That little fuck

wasn't gonna try anything much with most of the football team there. I

just wish Brit would get tired of his skinny ass soon. I'm tired of his

smirks, but I can't kick his ass while she's still hanging on to it," he

said.

"Maybe she just needs a little of the good lovin' from the Ray Machine,"

I said to him, giving him my best Groucho Marx eyebrow shimmy.

"Nope," he said with a smile. "You're too tall and big for Brittany.

She likes 'em skinny. Besides, the Ray Machine is, I believe, in the

process of being wrapped up and stamped with a big 'Hands Off' sign by

someone else in a letter sweater."

"Does this mean that Melissa is coming off your list now, buddy?" I

asked.

"No way!" he called back as he walked toward his first-period classroom.

"She stays on the list until she finds out what a true doofus you really

are, and decides to try the obvious quality of a star running back

instead!"

"Ain't gonna happen, Jared. She doesn't know any quality running

backs!"

We waved at each other across the sea of heads starting to fill the

hallway as we went our separate ways.



Later that night I just couldn't resist. I was tired and cranky from

doing homework and not being able to talk to Missy. Fuck it, I said to

myself, and I called Melissa's house.

"Hello?" It sounded like her mother had answered.

"Hi, is Melissa there?"

"Who is calling, please?" She sounded suspicious.

"Um, this is Ray. I'm in her Algebra class, and I have a question about

our homework," I said.

There was a pause. "Just a minute," she said. I heard the handset hit

something hard. There was a loud thunk, then silence.

A small voice came on. "Hello?"

"Hi, it's me," I said.

"What are you doing?" she fiercely whispered. I think she had her hand

covering her mouth and the microphone on the handset.

"I just wanted to talk to you. I told your mother I had a question

about Algebra."

"Algebra?" she said louder. "Just a minute, I'll get my notebook."

Then, quieter, she whispered, "Don't hang up."

After a couple of minutes I heard another telephone being picked up, and

Missy's voice called out, "Mom! Hang up the downstairs phone! I've got it

up here!"

She waited until she heard the click of the other telephone hanging up,

then whispered to me, "What, are you nuts? You know how my parents are!"

"I missed you. I didn't see you all day today, except at lunch.

Besides, they're going to have to find out about us someday, aren't they?"

"Yes, of course, but not TODAY, you goof! What am I going to do with

you?" she said, almost to herself.

I lowered my voice into what I hoped was a seductive tone. "Would you

be open to some suggestions?" I asked.

"Ray! You are terrible!" But I could hear just a trace of a giggle in

her voice. Score another point for the Ray Machine.

"Listen," I said quickly. "A bunch of kids are planning on getting some

rooms at the Holiday Inn for after the Snowflake Dance in December. Do you

think you can talk your folks into letting you stay out all night?"

"Oh, God. I doubt it, I really doubt it. Besides," she added

pointedly, "nobody's even asked me to the dance yet."

"Hey, not my fault," I said hastily. "Your parents haven't let you date

yet, and I didn't want to be turned down, you know?"

"Well, they might make an exception for one of the big events of the

school year. I'll work on them. Does this mean that you're going to ask

me out if I can convince them that I'm old enough to go out on a date?"

"You could ask ME out, you know. It shouldn't always be up to the guy

anymore."

"With my parents, that'll be the day," she grumbled.

"Okay, if you insist, then I'll do the asking. Melissa Samuelson, light

of my life and holder of my heart, will you accompany me to the Snowflake

Dance?"

There was a pause long enough that I wondered if she was still on the

line.

"Do you mean that, Ray?" she asked quietly.

"Of course I do, Missy. I would like you to go to the dance with me.

What did you think?"

"Not that part, dummy. The other part."

"What? Light of my life and holder of my heart?"

"Yes, that part. Do you mean that?"

Suddenly I knew that this was very important to her. The glib answer I

had ready died on my lips.

"Yes," I said softly. "I mean it. I belong to you until you send me

away."

There was another long pause. Then, so softly I barely heard, she

whispered, "Thank you, Ray. And I am yours, too. Good night."

And with that the line went dead as she hung up the phone.

Oh my God, what did I do? I thought to myself. Suddenly I was nervous.

Did I just commit to something? Did my mouth just make a promise that my

body wouldn't be able to keep? Christ in a Bucket, I hope I didn't just

step into some very deep shit, I thought.



I didn't sleep very well that night.



- 6 Two weeks later I was going to eat dinner with Melissa, her little

sister Megan, and her parents at the Samuelson house. All week long Missy

was coaching me about her parents, desperately wanting me to make a good

first impression. I was pretty desperate, too. I was having nightmares

about dribbling ice cream down the front of my suit, or sneezing a big

goober out all over the table, or some such other calamity during dinner

with her parents. I was nervous as hell about it, but no matter how bad it

got for me, I knew it was worse for Melissa.

She was getting a lot of flak from her parents about bringing a boy to

dinner, and her sister was incessant in her taunting. For an 11-year-old

(never a good age anyway, in my book), Megan seemed to be particularly

annoying and spiteful, and I hadn't even met her yet.

"Missy," I finally said in exasperation, "you're 15 years old. What do

they want to do, keep you in a convent until you're 21?"

"Probably," she muttered. We were in the library, having gotten passes

out of our respective study halls so we could be together for a little

while. "But until I can talk some sense into their thick heads, we've got

to do it this way. So lighten up, Raymond."

We had only been seeing each other for a couple of months, but I knew

when she called me Raymond, that I had better pay attention. Who says a

16-year-old hormonally charged jock couldn't learn anything?

"Remember. With my dad, a firm handshake is necessary, but don't

squeeze so hard you crush his fingers. Look him in the eye when you're

shaking his hand, but not in a challenging way. Don't disagree with him if

he says something you think is wrong; just keep your mouth shut. I know it

isn't right, but just do it, for my sake, okay?" She looked at me with

those big blue eyes, her head down so she was looking askance through her

eyelashes. Who could resist?

"Okay, I've got it. Meek and mild, that's me. Agreeable right down to

my shoes."

"And don't let Megan get on your nerves. She will try, you know."

"Yeah, I know, but really, how much trouble can an 11-year-old really

be?"

"Hoo, boy, do you have a lot to learn," she said.



So there I was that Friday night, driving in my dad's car over to

Melissa's house for dinner with her family. I had a fresh haircut, I was

showered and shaved, and so nervous I thought I'd sweat right through my

suit coat. I kept on wiping my sweaty palms on my pants, vainly trying to

will myself to calm down. I managed to park in her driveway without

knocking down any trees, or driving over any rose bushes, which,

considering my mental state, was an accomplishment. I knocked on the door,

half hoping they had forgotten about this and had gone out somewhere. I

was relieved when the door opened and Missy was there. She was dressed in

a simple black sweater with gray pants. There was a fine gold chain with a

small pearl pendant around her neck. She had curled her blonde hair so

that it lay on her shoulders, soft and lustrous. She had never looked

lovelier.

"Pow," I said, gazing at her in awe.

She blushed, shook her head, and dragged me into the house by my arm.

She looked around quickly, then reached up and gave me a quick peck on the

lips, careful not to smudge her lipstick.

"Take it easy, Ray. You look like you're walking to your own execution.

It's only dinner," she said with a bit of a smirk.

She led me into the living room. Her father stood up and strode over to

us.

"Daddy, I would like you to meet Ray Kennedy. Ray, this is my father."

"Pleased to meet you, Mr. Samuelson," I said as I held out my hand.

"Ray," he acknowledged, as he grasped my hand and shook it. 'Melissa

has been telling us about you."

"Only the good parts, I hope," I said. I glanced at Missy, but she

seemed fairly calm, not really nervous at all. Maybe, I thought, things

will go okay after all.

"Sit down for a moment, Ray," said Mr. Samuelson. "Dinner will be

ready in a few minutes. Melissa, would you like to offer your guest

something to drink?"

She jumped slightly, caught by surprise, and asked what I would like.

"Uh, just water is fine with me, thanks," I said.

"I'll take a glass also, please, Melissa," said her father. He turned

his attention back to me. "So, Melissa tells me you are in the 11th

grade."

For the next half hour he grilled me on school, my grades, football and

basketball and baseball, my college choices, my career choices, and a dozen

other subjects. About the only thing he didn't ask me was my hat size. By

the time he was done, I felt like I had been wrung out and hung up to dry.

Missy's mother dropped it briefly to be introduced, and then she hustled

back toward the kitchen to finish preparing dinner. Missy sat by me on the

couch when she was not needed in the kitchen, which probably tempered her

dad's questioning somewhat. I was grateful for her presence. There was

still no sign of her sister Megan.

Finally, Mrs. Samuelson announced that dinner was ready to be served.

We all stood up, and Mrs. Samuelson ushered us out of the living room and

into their dining room. There were only four places set at the table.

"Oh, by the way," said Mrs. Fergus, "Megan is eating dinner at Ivy's

house tonight. She'll be home at about 7:30."

We sat down, and Mr. Samuelson said grace, and we started passing food

around the table. The conversation became lighter as we ate, now that the

ice had been broken, and I started to relax a little. Missy gave me a

quick secret smile as she passed the vegetables.

Mrs. Samuelson was a good cook, and I was effusive in my compliments.

She tried to pass it all off as a normal Friday ritual for them, but I

thought she looked pleased with my comments. Mr. Samuelson looked on, all

seriousness, but I think he was a bit amused. The good news, in my

opinion, is that I made it through dinner without sneezing out a big goober

all over the table. I took it as a small victory over my nightmares.

After dinner we wandered into the family room for coffee and dessert. I

heard the front door open and a loud voice called out, "I'm home!" The door

slammed, and we heard the sound of feet pounding up the stairs.

Mrs. Samuelson got up and went to the bottom of the stairs and called

up, "Hi, dear. Come down and meet Melissa's friend from school."

The feet came pounding back down the stairs, and a small, thin and

gangly dark-haired girl walked into the family room.

Mrs. Samuelson introduced us. "Megan, this is Ray. Ray, meet

Melissa's younger sister, Megan."

I said hello to her, but she just stared at me without saying anything.

"Megan? What do you say?" asked Mrs. Samuelson.

"Did you kiss her yet?" Megan asked sarcastically.

"Excuse me?" I said.

"I said, did you kiss her yet?" she repeated. "Or should I use smaller

words for you? You don't look all that bright."

"Megan, you are such a brat!" cried Melissa.

"Oh, did I hit home?" said Megan. She sashayed over to sit on the floor

by the fireplace. "Or are you just too much of a Little Miss Perfect to

sully your lips with someone else's germs?"

"Mother!" cried Melissa. "Can't you do something with her?"

"Megan, you must be nice to Melissa and her friend," chided Mrs.

Samuelson.

"Oh, all right, I'll be nice," she sulked. "I always have to be nice

'cause Missy is always so perfect. 'Why can't you be like Missy?' I don't

WANT to be like Missy. I am myself. I'll NEVER be like Missy." She looked

around the room, daring anybody to disagree with her. "So, Ray, what do

you do? You look like a jock. What do you play?"

"Ummm...well, I was on the varsity football team, and I'm on the

basketball team, and then in the spring I'll probably play baseball..."

"I play soccer," Megan interrupted. "None of those other sports

interest me. Have you ever played soccer?"

"Well," I said hesitantly, "I played for a couple of years, but I wasn't

real good at a game I couldn't pick up the ball in, so I dropped it."

"Figures," she muttered. "Just another brainless jock who doesn't

understand a game he can't play."

I turned to Melissa. 'What a sweet sister," I said to her. "I think I

know now why there are only two kids in this family."

Mrs. Samuelson choked on her strawberry shortcake, and Mr. Samuelson

nearly spat out a mouthful of coffee. Melissa looked as if I had struck

her.

Oh shit, I thought to myself. I've really cooked my goose now. I was

just about to apologize when Mr. Samuelson burst out laughing.

"By Christ, that's a great comeback, Ray," he said, still chuckling.

"Megan, I don't think he is quite as brainless as you think he is. And

he's right, you have been a brat. It's past time you apologized to Ray and

to Melissa for your behavior."

Megan looked sullen. Finally she said, "Okay. You're right. I

apologize. I'm sorry you're a brainless jock." She stood and walked out of

the room and up the stairs. We heard a door slam.

Mrs. Samuelson turned to me and said, "I am so sorry for that, Ray.

Megan, I'm afraid, is quite headstrong. I'll go talk to her."

"No, no, please," I said. "Don't go up there and make matters worse on

my account. I was out of line, and I apologize to both of you, Mr. and

Mrs. Samuelson, and I will be happy to personally apologize to Megan,

too."

"Sit down, Ray, and stop talking nonsense," said Mr. Samuelson. "Megan

deserved it, and she's going to have to accept the consequences of letting

her mouth run. Linda will handle her, and I will have a little chat with

her, but you have nothing to apologize to her for. Now, tell me about this

Snowflake Dance that Melissa has been bending our ears about."



An hour later, I felt like I had been through a negotiating session with

Yasser Arafat. I was exhausted from the experience of dinner with the

Samuelsons, but by the end of the evening both Missy and I felt very good

about how it all went. Her parents had accepted me, and Missy could stay

out until 2:00 AM the night of the Snowflake Dance. It wasn't perfect, but

it was a lot more than Missy ever expected her father to agree to. I said

good night to her folks, and she walked me to her front door. We stepped

through, and she softly closed the door behind her, then wrapped her arms

around my neck and stretched up to give me a soft, sensuous kiss. I hugged

her tight to me, glad the ordeal was over, and playfully grabbed her

earlobe between my teeth.

"Careful," she whispered huskily. "Don't start something you won't be

able to finish tonight." She rubbed her hips against me then, and kissed me

hard, then let go and turned to go back in. She turned with her hand on

the doorknob and said, "Way to go tonight, Ray. You were a star."

"Just trying to come through for my Missy girl," I said, the very

picture of modesty.

"Well, you did come through, but I think it was for both of us," she

said with a smile. "Tomorrow at Fabrice's?"

A grin traced itself across my face. "Tomorrow it is," I said.