Mark felt something was about to happen. He shrugged off the feeling and relaxed.A light breeze whispered in the tops of the pine trees. The sunlight ...filtered lazily through the branches. A perky little red headed Chipping Sparrow looked down from his perch, high in a tree. Mark figured the little bird and his mate had a nest nearby.He closed his eyes again and napped. There was no hurry. He decided to enjoy the moment and put off any thought of the reason for this hike. He felt Melissa and he. “I do that,” I said in a whisper, “and we could both be fired.”“If Windy finds out your girlfriend blew you a few sets ago,” Jenny said, “she might fire you anyway.”I knew better than to respond to that. Anything I said could be used to confirm what happened, and the last thing I needed was to get fired. If anything, I would rather be fired over doing something to help me keep working than something stupid, such as what Jenny suggested.Jenny continued to press her nipple against my lips, and I. Sure there had been a couple of real clusterfucks but during war if anything actually goes right you count it as a blessing; a pooch-screw now and then is just standard operating procedure. Besides, if we didn't get stuck in a good ol' goat-rope now and then we'd probably start believing in all kinds of silly things like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and effective government assistance."Hope you don't hold it against me," she said."Naw," I answered while sitting down in the one empty chair. "No. They didn'tnotice a familiar figure emerge from a nearby pub."Kelly, that is you, isn't it?!" said Mark. "And you are with that redhaired freak."Kelly turned to look at him."She is no freak! Leave her alone!" she shouted."I knew you were still seeing her. Don't you realise you like boys now?"he said."I don't like boys! I'm a lesbian!" said Kelly"Get away from her, she's no good to you!" said Mark. "Get a realboyfriend!" Never! I love her and you'll never break us apart!" said Kelly.Mark was.