He stepped up on the small platform in front of the chair so that he could have access to her entire body.The sting of his bare hand on her already cr...imson bottom told her to not move. She held her body still, but her mind was running frantically for any explanation on why he would hang the mirror, then step in front of her. She refocused her gaze to the wall and watched her reflection slowly crawl along the wall, passing back and forth in front of her eyes.He slid his fingers down the chain.. It was the girl from the group of three kids I had played and sang for. They must have turned west when they got to the end of Weiner. I concluded that we had approached the corner of Cord and Silver at the same time. Because I had been traveling a lot faster on my bike, that was entirely possible."Yeah, dude," said the shorter boy. "You like drove right up into the snow bank and flew over your handlebars. At first we were laughing our asses off, but when you didn't move, we came over to check. "Did I love her? We've only been together for an evening but I had to admit that no other woman I'd been with made me feel like she did."Stacia, honey, I don't want to throw out some post-sex 'I love you' line. You deserve better than that. I've known you pretty much all your life. You've grown up into a beautiful, sexy young woman."Do I love you? I don't know is the best answer I can give you now. What I do know is that you make me feel different than I have with any other woman. I may be. ”I shook my head, “Please don’t. That’s a question for Will, after you retire.”“You do realize that sometimes you can take humility too far, right?”“Sensei, if Will is going to be master of this dojo in six years or so, it should be up to him. And asking him NOW, before his promotion to full instructor, puts him in a VERY difficult position. I’d very much prefer he be master of the dojo before I’m granted what amounts to an honorific. I’m not in any way demeaning the rank, but simply saying for.