I slipped out of bed and cautiously approached the upstairs bathroom. All was clear.Thus my day began, toilet led to shower, led to my toothbrush, led... to gargling salt water. Thank God, I didn't have to shave yet. I wrapped a towel around my midsection and walked casually back to my room.Rodney was sitting on my bed. He didn't look like he had washed yet or even slept. "We have to talk." He stated.I tried to remember my promise to grow up. "I have to dress." I told him."Just tell me one thing.". Have been all day, really." I was thinking about when I was little and sometimes you would let me crawl into bed with you and you would go to sleep. It was delicious snuggled against your body. And exploring ... a little ... as you slept ... Is it OK to admit it ... now ... after all these years." Really? That's what made you think of it?"I nodded my head against hers.She thought it over a long time as I continued caressing her breasts."Oh, dear ... that is such a sweet thought! I think I adore. I tried to dry it off to relieve me of some of the exposure. I felt his eyes bearing down on me. I looked to see him staring at me with somewhat of a strange look.“Why were you trying to find Mercy Street?”“I was supposed to meet someone for a party there. He told me it would be on the right side of this street to just come down and I couldn’t miss it.”“Perhaps it was destined that you find me tonight? I had a party planned and the participant did not show. We can have our own party and. ’ He got out of the car and disappeared into the barracks. Margot drove the rest of the way home wondering if she had done the right thing. ‘Suppose he thinks I’m trying to…no, he wouldn’t think that…it’d be too ridiculous. Well, we’ll see in the morning.’ That night Margot was restless. She couldn’t help wondering if she’d made a fool of herself making the offer to Alex. As so many of us do when we make an offer to someone and it is not immediately accepted, she felt she had made herself.