You’re beautiful.” I took a breath and opened my eyes. She leaned down and pressed our completely unclothed bodies against each other. I groaned a...nd wrapped my arms around her and kissed her slowly, licking her lips. She wrapped a leg around me, and I wrapped one around her. She gasped and I smiled, tugging at her lip with my teeth. She opened her mouth and I stroked her tongue with mine. She sighed and she scraped her fangs over my tongue, cutting it. I moaned and she began to suck back the. "There are two lines in the window! You have made me pregnant! I love you, Tim!" She jumped on me as I lay on the bed."I love you, too, Wendy. I'm thrilled!" We kissed and made love again. I was happy and Wendy was, too. We had wanted this despite the risks.The other event started in the sky early that afternoon. We were meeting with some of the other couples and sharing our news. One couple was missing. We heard a loud explosion north of town in the general direction that they came and went. We were on our way home from our lake cabin and he had done his turn behind the wheel so he was in the backseat with me as we headed home with my husband, Paul, behind the wheel and Sarah riding shotgun.It was about nine or so, dark and I was nodding in and out of sleep as I dimly saw in the faint moonlight that my son had his hand moving up and down over his middle in an unmistakeable fashion.I had been curled against the door opposite him but could see well enough as he went along moving his. I like to think that her smiles and glances lingered on me a little longer than usual after that, even without her wanting to jump my bones, but it was probably my imagination and wishful thinking.In the due course of time, I finished my studies, got a career-minded job lined up on the other side of the country, and was preparing to receive my degree. That meant, of course, giving Mr. Walters notice that I was leaving. “Good for you, kid. We’ll miss you around here,” is all he had to say about.