Then we both showered and got dressed. I was getting antsy so when a naked Oz stepped out of the shower, I said. "How about I get in the shower and wh...en I come out we just load one of the cars and head to the coast?" I asked."You mean go without a plan of any kind. That isn't like you," Oz said."Of course it is. Most of my life has been filled with the unknown," I replied."Maybe when you are on a case, but not when you are between cases," she said."How do you know what I did between cases," I. They eyed him up and down and smiled with approval. A tall brunette reached out and grabbed a corner of Magnus’s leather jacket. He turned around, slightly irritated.“Hey” she purred pulling him to her. She caressed the lapels of his jacket between her thumbs and forefingers admiring the contrast of her long red nails against the soft black leather. He grasped her wrists firmly but gently and pulled her hands away from his broad chest. He smiled kindly in an attempt to mask his irritation. What we did in the car had taken the edge of my not having seen her for a while. But I still didn’t wait long to pull her tight toward me so that I could stand my leg between hers, lifting her skirt so that she could straddle it while we kissed. She had put on fresh lipstick to make her mouth a deep succulent red because she knows that I like it when she paints herself. I love kissing her when she is fresh like that. The sound she always makes when I first push my tongue against her. It is. I’ll buy you a six-pack, just this once, if you promise not to strangle me.’ He fully expected Virginia to jump at the chance to get some beer, suspecting the whole apology thing was simply a pretense. She surprised him. ‘Really, I’m not that bad. Promise. Here,’ she said, pulling out a ten dollar bill and handing it to him, ‘just get something not too dark. Then we can have a beer like actual neighbors.’ ‘Do you want me to bring it over to your place?’ ‘No, I’m fine waiting for you here,’ she.