They had control of most of the satellites and had been scanning the Earth for heat signatures of surviving humanity. They found heat signatures in th...e mountains of South Africa. They appeared for a few hours and then disappeared until a few days later. This had been going on for a couple of weeks, but today they confirmed that they were humans, as one of the military satellites that had a much higher resolution scanner was able to identify a large group of people, maybe twenty or thirty, and. . You know, sexually.”“All teenage boys do that,” I proffered, before adding, “So that’s no big deal.”“Yeah, but it never stopped there,” he added in a barely audible whisper.“Oh,” I replied uncomfortably.“Please understand, I am happily married and have no regrets about that, but now and then I get an itch," he shamefully informed me.I did not ask for any more details and allowed the conversation to end naturally.We continued splashing around and sipping our wine after that for a short while. "Hayden?" her eyes came into focus and she gave him a look of bewilderment. "Are you alright?" he questioned. "Huh?... Oh yeah, I'm fine. I guess I spaced off." "Yeah, I noticed. You've been staring at me for the past 15 minutes." Her face turned bright red and she looked at her lap. "Sorry," she mumbled in response that was followed by his soft chuckle. "It's alright, sorry to have snapped you back to reality. Looked like you were daydreaming about something nice." Her face turned even. ?Now if that ain’t the pot calling the kettle black, I don’t know what is,? I laughed.?Why? What d’you mean?? Sheri asked me, innocently.?Well, the first day you came here, I told you to leave and several days after that and look at where you are now.??That’s only because I was reflecting off your stubbornness,? she stated smugly.?You’re so full of it,? I claimed, flipping her over so I could tickle her.No sooner had I begun to tickle her ribs, when the dogs were suddenly on top of me. Jake.