‘Tell me the truth girl. NOW.’ Suddenly he was menacing. She felt a thrill at that. But she knew that there could be no more dissembling. ‘It�...�s true, Celeste is my name. I adopted the name Joanna when we met, and so I have continued it through our companionship.’ ‘Dammit! You were so hard on me for not using my true name, and all this time you’ve made a fool of me!’ He was shaking a little with anger. ‘I’m sorry Terence.’ She cast down her head in contrition. His voice was low and menacing,. She gave off no overt signals and besides, getting romantic could jeopardize a nice friendship. So he just stood there, shivering a little himself, watching the storm, debating the pros and cons, when… ‘I hope you don’t mind,’ Melissa said, bumping up against him, ‘but I need to borrow your body. I’m getting really cold.’ Mind? Hardly, he thought. They hugged each other, sharing body heat as the rain came down and the cars whooshed by and the thunder clapped and lightening lit up the heavens.. ” I let loose a sigh and she continued, “That should explain the bruises when you go back to work tomorrow.”She gave me another kiss, “Let’s shower.”She beamed a guileless smile in my general direction that flatly told me that she expected her request to me granted not as if it were a casual suggestion, but as if it were part of the natural order of events. Inside, I shrugged. It was, I realized, now part of the natural order. I took a few steps forward and past Jenny and reached into the. She smiled as she stepped towards the bed. “Am I going to be the only one to get comfortable?” she asked, twirling a finger in her long brown hair which fell softly across her round shoulders. I unbuttoned my shirt and stripped out of it, as Beth Ann took a seat on the bed beside me. She stretched out her hand and placed it on my abdomen. “Looks like you work out a bit,” she said. “No,” I replied, “But I need to.” I tossed my shirt to the side and unfastened my trousers. “Let me help you,”.