‘Come on, let’s go outside and you can call your roommate.’ Elle casted one last look at the DJ station, searching for Ben, but he was nowhere t...o be seen. Feeling depressed, she allowed herself to be led away. *** Ben watched Elle left through the front doors with her boyfriend. He rolled his eyes at the sight of the both of them with their arms around each other. Going to have a roll in the sack, no doubt, he thought. Almost immediately he berated himself for that judgmental thought. Truth. I could sit here all day and listen to that.’ ‘Oh, I didn’t see you there. Thank you for the compliment. Some days it just seems to flow out of me.’ ‘Well, I’m glad I was passing by on such a day,’ she said. She was in a kayak about twenty feet away from me, sitting motionless on the flat water. She put her paddle in the water and very slowly came towards the dock. ‘You have a beautiful home,’ she said. ‘I’ve often admired it.’ ‘Oh Thanks,’ I said. ‘Do you live around here?’ ‘No, I live in a. “You turn me on and do all the revving my motor can handle,” he said affectionately.“All right then, before. Before us. When you didn’t have anybody. Did you—”“Did I go to strip shows and nudie bars and that?” he asked. “Not a lot. But I’ve been, yeah. And yes, before you ask, it was sort of a turn-on. I mean, I’m a guy, I like looking at pretty naked women. Hell, if one walked in right now I’d look and if you want me to be honest I’d enjoy it, doesn’t have anything to do with you. Hey, want to. Each one of the them had their own silly outfits.The day before Thanksgiving was super casual at the local bar, NewYear's Eve was dress up with cardboard hats, St Patrick's day wasanything green, and Halloween was costumes. If everyone dressing like anidiot was not enough reason to want to stay at home on those fournights, then just how packed the bars were should help. If, somehow, aperson still wanted to go out, then add dealing with the binge drinkerswho cannot hold their liquor to the list..