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though he were already half asleep

“I lay there in silence. I tried not to think of what
was happening to me. I felt an irresistible urge to
touch the body lymg beside me.

Franco turned. ‘May I kiss you?” he said quietly.
I turned and looked at Franco. I could sense that he
knew about the whirling thoughts spinning through
my mind. I turned my back to him and faced the
window.

“‘Please may I kiss you, please?” The tone of his
voice, the electricity of that soft flesh was more than
I could resist. I had had a glimpse of it as he
slipped into bed. Like satin, softer than a woman’s.

“I rolled around in the bed, grasped him firmly in
my arms and held his lips close to mine. I could feel
his hands moving down to his waist. There was a
sudden movement of his body as he slipped out of
his shorts. His nude body pressed close to mine as
our lips locked in an embrace such I’ve never
known. My hands moved up and down his back.
Not a flaw, not a blemish to mar the Appolo-like
beauty of that flesh.

My own body tingled, as our lips still crushed
together, Franco’s fingers reached out and began to
unbutton my own shorts. I lifted my body to help
him. First one leg then, the other.