“He’s a big boy,” I said as we struggled through the soft sand. “He might be our secret boyfriend right now, but it’s up to him to stay that... way.”Before Mark had snuck back to Joe’s room last week, we planned as much as we could. I wanted some way to spend the whole night together, but both Bethany and Mark warned against trying for fear of being caught. In the end, we agreed to play it by ear and hook up if we found a safe way.The dunes opened up to the surf. Bethany and I laughed and held. The wash of the light swell as it eased across the sand quietly added such a peaceful aural quality to our surroundings. Everything happens for a reason and I suppose that was true of our opportunity to share a few hours on this beach. Who knows what that reason might be or might yet reveal? Certainly not I. Perhaps neither of us was meant to know the reason. And regardless, that reason is not the subject of this recollection. On the drive to our 'stepping-off point, Kitty and I had talked. .. ABOUT FACE! ... DOUBLE TIME, MARCH!” Jim gave the same command to his men, the command was repeated by the squad leaders, and we all stepped off at a rapid pace toward the remaining Erglets.We caught most of them before they could escape, but a few did get away. I was really sorry that we did not have enough pikemen to have a line behind those demons. If we had, none of them would have escaped. This was more like a real battle than our other excursions, but the maneuvers by the Erglets. What are you doing?" I asked."I was going to take a shower, read a book, and then go to bed. What about you? What are you up to?"Jerking off. Reading. Playing with the piano. Jerking off, again."I think I might watch a movie," I said.I avoided talking about what I really wanted to talk about, what she knew this was about. I told her I had to take it easy with my money. I couldn't afford drinks, couldn't afford to show her the good time she deserved. I felt cheap, but honest.She came up with the.