Reality was too real. Too many people and too good an atmosphere. Was it even the right house? Then she saw him. It’d been so long, her stomach clen...ched in the desperate way it always did. She’d never felt so helpless for anyone before him. He looked relaxed. Happy. It wasn’t what she’d expected. He always sold his reality as a chore, as something he was dying to escape but it didn’t equate with what she was seeing.Perhaps it was easier not to know, not to push, not to risk everything. Perhaps. “She’s just being weird about it. I’m sure it’ll be fine by tomorrow.”“I hope so. She’s been acting weird around me, haven’t you noticed? I hope she’s alright.”Nick shook his head. “You’re just seeing things where there aren’t any, babe. Everything is fine, don’t overreact about this. And hey, you’re one step farther from having to go commando now.”I smiled. “Well, that’s true.”***I tried to put Charlie’s weird behaviour at dinner out of my mind, but it just kept coming back to me. She had been. Sorry…I just…I have to go” she said her voice trembling on the verge of tears.“Are you ok Isabella?” Daniel asked obviously concerned. She nodded tentatively and pulled her coat firmly round her body to try and regain a sense of composure and strength. “Of course. I’ll get you a cab”. He stepped into the night traffic and raised his arm. A black cab pulled far down the street flashed its acknowledgment and soon pulled up with a squeak of its brakes at the side of the road. Daniel opened the. I turned slightly at his touch as it went lower past my navel. He unbuckled by belt easily, and slowly slid his hand down the front of my pants. I tightened my legs together so he could not go any farther, slightly embarrassed. My panties were already damp just from him barely touching me, his presence alone had an extremely powerful effect. I looked into his eyes, my own betraying my fear and uncertainty. He reassured me with a kiss, pulling me closer to him so my half-turned ass was pressed.