Their eyes connected. She propped up on her elbow and leaned in to kiss him again. Jake slid a hand around her waist, accidentally moving his hand up ...the back of her shirt and feeling the soft surface of her back. She didn’t push his hand away as it moved a little lower—she simply continued to kiss him, her hand resting on his face, eyed shut. Their lips did their dance again, and she felt his mouth smile as it worked. After a while, she got up, standing on her knees on the bed next to him. She. "I'm fine, actually. For my height and weight, I think I went over my limit awhile ago.”Drew returned the offered beer to the cooler.“So speaking of, I think I’m tipsy enough to apologize for any…noise, you guys may have heard last night.Both guys laughed.“Um, thank you,” said Drew.“I didn’t mind it so much,” said Ian, with jokey wink.“Uh huh. Then why did you text Tom telling him he’d have to go buy you earplugs?”Ian’s face froze in light confusion.“When did I say that? Today?”“You texted him. It was the very first time that they had left us alone. They were going to be away for the night and come home late on Sunday. We would have almost two full days to fool around.I asked, “Are you sure about this?”Amanda replied, “Sure I’m sure.”I said, “But you are only thirteen.”She said, “Yes, and I’m one of only three virgins left in my class.”I knew what she was saying because at fifteen I was probably the only virgin left in my class. Of course I figured that most of the boys were lying. " I don't have any," Karl rejoined."That's not what I see," Lela said with a shake of her head before shesaid, "Come on, let's go out for dinner." You don't want to eat with the group?" Karl inquired."Nah, we're going to be having breakfast and lunch with them tomorrow.I want some alone time with my pretty boy." You mean sissy," Karl rejoined."You're way too pretty to be a sissy," Lela replied, trying to comforthim.Her praise of his appearance made him oddly feel better about himself.Karl.