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Amelia's Starring Role
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She was small, and somehow childlike even though her eyes were wise
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and her gait determined. A casual observer would notice the grace in her
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step, and admire the resoluteness in the pose of her head; she seemed to be
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searching for something, but gave the impression its find would be unexpected.
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Like a sleepwalker, perhaps, or just a solemn little girl playing hide-and-
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seek with an imaginary friend.
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Soft, shimmering folds of cloth fell in a swirl from her almost
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too-high Imperial neckline. She was long-limbed but short-waisted and favored
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this style for its complementary treatment of this imperfection. Her grey
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eyes widened as she caught a glimpse of herself in the glossy surface of the
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domed metal corridor, and her pensive look spoke volumes on her self-esteem.
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Her lips were next to widen as a tall figure moved into view directly behind
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her.
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"Oh, sir, I hadn't expected to see you...you startled me." she
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lilted delicately in a surprisingly mature tone.
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"I can see that." smiled the older, silver-haired man whom she turned
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to face. "I'd been told you were looking for me, so I decided to shorten your
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trip. Would you prefer the lounge, or is my office more suited to the
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matter?"
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"The lounge would be alright, I suppose. It's nothing of any real
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urgency, but I thought you might like to hear this from me, first; it is my
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assignment, after all." she smiled in return.
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"Cut! Okay, we've been here long enough for tonight, and that's a
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wrap for this scene. We'll pick up at 9 am with the reshoot of scene 2 --
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that footage doesn't look as good as it could. Remember, everybody, plenty
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of sleep and be ready for another full day of shooting tomorrow. We're
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doing good and we're staying on schedule, let's keep it up!" The director
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stood as he said this and the crew began breaking up the equipment. The
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actors gathered belongings, hoping to change in their trailors and have
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enough time to beat the late traffic; the two on stage allowed their
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characters to leave them, slowly.
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"Amelia, you're doing a wonderful job. It's amazing to me that you've
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never filmed before! Stage actors are rarely this poised when it comes to
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making movies."
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"Yes, well, it's new but it's fun. I've been told I'm a natural,"
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she replied with the nonchalance of someone who's not sure she's really been
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paid a compliment, "but I think it's just luck: good luck to have my founder-
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ing ego boosted by some of the best actors in the business."
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Shedding his role like a lazy chameleon, Patrick resumed his natural
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British accent; a reversal, of sorts, as she regained the oddly-inflected,
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strangely neutral "American" accent of her own. "I think your ego is a
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healthy one, no worries there." he chuckled. "Would you like to go into town
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and have dinner this evening? I'm absolutely cringing at the thought of
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another repast in my cabin, and I'd enjoy the company."
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"Sleeping was my only other option tonight, someone borrowed my cards
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and I can't play solitaire without them, so, why not?" Her mischievous grin
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was infectious, and the two of them laughed as they parted to their respective
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trailors.
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Escaping the gown was a monumental achievement, its stays and pins
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being reminiscent of a straitjacket; Amelia was almost afronted at being
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forced to hide her perfectly good, natural figure within its confines. Oh,
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well, it was her chosen occupation and this was one of its hazards. She
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smiled again, and blushed...Patrick Harrison, for all his status as an
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*actor*, on stage and off, was proving a delightful new friend. He was still
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the dashing, impeccably-attired, prematurely-greying hero whose exploits
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shaped her life; he had, of course, grown into his grey a bit and he'd look
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equally impeccable in a tuxedo or faded denims. Now, here she was, in what
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was being touted as the hottest movie of the season in a year studded with
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spectacular releases; the leading female role opposite the man she'd fallen
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in love with when she was a little girl. A sci-fi flick, at that! The
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ultra-futuristic sets made her marvel, even though they were just mock-ups.
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Well, with all the praise she was receiving, as well as the prompting and
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approval of others in the field whose names had been household words for
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years made her feel more at-ease with her success. She rushed at the last
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minute, mindful of Patrick's waiting and aware that her own unbidden fears
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of making a fool of herself in such glamorous company could prey too heavily
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on her mind to allow sleep if she let it get too great an advantage.
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"Oh, there you are. You surprise me, Amelia, most women take their
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time and make a man's stomach go through horrible agonies waiting for their
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suppers. I approve."
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That, spoken with such a serious face, caused Amelia to break out in
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giggles. He Patrick was, if nothing else, a very entertaining and diverting
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fellow. If he hadn't been there she honestly believed the "magic" would have
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been missing from the film completely. Such spontaneity put her at her ease
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immediately, and he seemed genuinely to like her.
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Patrick cocked his head, then cocked his left eyebrow, returned her
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smile and gestured to the door. They left quickly, eager to be rid of the
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site for awhile and anticipating "real food" at an unspecified restaurant in
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the town below.
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"...and then we switched places, and soon everyone in the chorus was
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playing `musical chairs'!" laughed Patrick. Reminiscing was pleasant with
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Amelia; she seemed to enjoy his discourse, and found amusing those exploits
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he'd all but forgotten. At forty-three he was still in his prime, but he'd
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started so young that many of his memories of the stage were more than twenty-
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five years in the past. She was a novice, just starting out in her first
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large part and showing tremendous promise -- he was happy to be a part of this
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experience for her, and knew she depended on him a great deal. She was per-
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haps twenty-four or -five, but commanded much dignity for one so young. She'd
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go far...
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Amelia laughed with childish eagerness, amazed to hear some of the
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finer points of the behind-stage antics of what were some of her favorite
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productions. She was dressed in a light, summery dress that grazed her
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shoulders and allowed her freedom of movement, weary of the tightly clinging
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garments she wore for the better part of each day of filming. She leaned
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toward him in a gesture of innocence and trust, delineating even more the
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small space between them. They'd almost finished their meal, a pasta made
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sweet with basil and herbs and accompanied by a chickory salad and a good
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white wine. The waiters brought extra tidbits throughout the evening to
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Amelia, who jokingly passed them along to Patrick. They both declined a
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sweet, looking forward to a coffee in the quiet of the trailers later.
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"Shall we go now, before these Lotharios decide to tag along behind
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you?" he quipped. It was getting late and they did have to be ready for
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makeup at 6 o'clock in the morning.
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"Hmm...I suppose we should. It's a shame to have to stop our talk
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here, though. I've been learning a lot from you, Patrick, and I appreciate
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the fact that you're here when I need you. I'd like the opportunity to get
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to know you better, I think we have the potential to become good friends.
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Maybe you can even be my mentor." she teased.
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"Or, perhaps, your Svengali. I've always fancied myself a psycho-
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logical Frankenstein..." mused Patrick.
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The drive back was uneventful and decidedly too short. The night
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was perfect for a long walk, but they didn't have the time to call their own.
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"Would you like to have a nightcap? I really don't want to end the
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evening right now. I have a good recipe for Irish coffee..." Amelia offered.
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"Alright, but we'd best part company soon. We are creatures of our
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contracts, you know."
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"It doesn't take that long to make coffee, and I'm sure you'll make
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short work of the drink...you did with everything else tonight! How you can
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eat calamari I'll never know!"
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"I like squid." was his typical reply.
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"You know, I've been a fan of yours for a long time; I can hardly
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believe I'm actually working with you on a movie!" breathed Amelia, with
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something akin to wonder. Her coffee was long since gone, and Patrick was
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having his third. The surrealism of the past weeks' events, coupled with
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the alcohol which always made her introspective, produced a quality of
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vulnerability in her expression. She leaned against Patrick as naturally
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as though it were a lifelong habit, and his arms encircled her gently.
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"Have you?" he whispered. It was an unusual friendship they shared,
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founded on mutual respect and admiration. They had come to know each other
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very well in a short period of time, and he brooded on the fact that he may
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have allowed himself to become too close. She was everything he'd ever
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imagined she'd be in their shared art, and would grow even more than she
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already had, given the chance. And he didn't feel the least constrained,
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wasn't bored by her chatter and didn't dread her company as he did with most
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of his leads. Amelia was, in his estimation, the epitome of the ideal
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companion.
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"Patrick? What's the matter?" she asked. He stiffened a bit, a
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little annoyed she sensed his moods so easily. He'd never before been an
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easy cipher.
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"Nothing, I'm just thinking." He relaxed, and chided himself. It
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was a lucky man who could win the concern of a woman like Amelia. "I've
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been reflecting on how quickly we've gone through the traditional getting-to-
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know-you phase of this relationship. It's uncanny how easy it is for you to
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read me."
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"Oh." Grey eyes gazed out into the dim room. Then a warm body
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pressed into his, and the kitten-soft lashes framing those glorious eyes
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brushed his cheek. Their fluttering, and the light, shallow breath pulsing
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against his throat made Patrick Harrison, a normally deliberate and con-
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scientious man, renowned the world over for his ability to bring strength
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to any production whose presence he graced, miss his cue for the first time
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in his life; only when Amelia half-smiled, and pulled his mouth to hers, did
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he realize he'd stopped breathing.
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They kissed exquisitely, cherishing the contours of each others'
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lips, and teeth, and tongues. Exhaling rapidly into her mouth, Patrick
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almost stopped cold at the feelings she elicited in him. It was a shock to
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experience such joy, and tenderness, and passion... he had been blase about
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the whole issue of sex after the tumultuous three years or so following his
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awkward first fumblings with a girl he'd thought he loved. Now, this sweet
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creature had reawakened emotions he'd believed long-dead. He moaned against
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her cheek, raining kisses along her eyelids and nose. Amelia nuzzled his
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jaw, amazed at her own, intense desires. She didn't know what she should
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do, though, not being sure what Patrick would like; he wasn't exactly a
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schoolboy, he was decidedly a man who knew his own mind. Her own mind was
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refusing to respond, anyway, her pleasure sensors taking over...she
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abandoned reason and gave in to more primal instincts.
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Amelia felt large, warm hands caressing her back. Patrick pulled
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her with him as he reclined, and held her on top of him. She was writhing
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sensuously against him, and teasing his throat with light nips and occasional
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flicks of her tongue; he responded in kind, tracing her jaw from her chin to
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her ear and sucking the lobe. Her breathing quickened perceptibly and she
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ground her hips against his. She was driving the hardening, thickening length
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of his penis against her swelling mound, rubbing up and down and making her
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moves more precise and deliberate. Patrick, in answer, pulled the skirt of
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her dress up over her thigh and began kneading her tender flesh. His penis
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was so full now he felt as though he'd explode.
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"Amelia, help me. Lift up so I can pull this damned dress off you!"
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he whispered. His vocal cords would have been useless for anything else.
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Amelia got up abruptly, lifting her dress up in one swift movement.
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Her breasts were small, but high and firm and she had no need for a bra. Her
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panties were tiny scraps of white cotton held together with lace, a tiny
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curtain for the triangle of curly blonde hair trying to peep through. Her
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eyes lowering suddenly, she blushed; it served to make her look even more
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enticing, and shifted subtly the tint in her small, pink nipples. Then, with
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a determined look, she reached down to Patrick's shirt and started to
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unbutton it.
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Her hair fell in honeyed waves as she leaned forward, and Patrick
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caught a handful and kissed it swiftly. He could barely keep his hands off
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her, but he wanted to let her make all the moves. She reached in as his shirt
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was half undone and ran her hands lightly over his chest and across his
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nipples. She rolled her thumbs and forefingers around them gently, and gave
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slight, insistent pulls until they were so erect they ached; he finished
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taking off his shirt and pulled her head softly to his chest. Amelia touched
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the tip of her tongue briefly to each nipple, then circled first one, then
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the other before fastening on them. She allowed one hand to drift down over
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the bulge she'd thrilled to earlier, to massage its length and to caress it.
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Her other hand occupied itself with Patrick's other nipple, his entire body
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now sensitive to her every move.
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Amelia worked her fingers underneath his waistband, teasing him. He
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unzipped his slacks and pushed her away enough for him to slide them halfway
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off. She rose, and pulled him by his hands; he stepped out of the pants and
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positioned his thumbs inside the waist of his briefs, but she caught his
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hands and pulled them away. She knelt before him and pulled down, slowly, on
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the undergarment until his penis was in full view. Amelia smiled, and hugged
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his thighs; then she placed her tongue on the base of his penis and began
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stroking him up and down, sucking with her lips at the base of the glans and
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lowering her mouth over the whole organ. Patrick wove his hands into her
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hair, and held her, and thrusted into her throat whenever she covered him.
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She was soft and gentle and yielding and she was doing the most incredible
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things to him with those luscious lips!
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With growing intensity she sucked every inch of him, wrapping her
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tongue around him and massaging his tightly clenched buttocks. She had him
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at her mercy, she knew; she was also aware, for the first time, that she was
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the one who'd initiated contact to begin with. It was with some amazement
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that she realized he was shaking and whispering her name...
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"Patrick? Are you alright?" she queried with a bemused smile.
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"Dear God, Amelia, you don't know what you've done to me! I'm an old
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man, remember? I don't think I can move." he breathed as he collapsed onto
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the couch. Amelia leaned forward and kissed him lightly.
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"Would you like to try to get as far as the bedroom? Once there you
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won't have to do *too* much."
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With that promise in mind Patrick found the strength necessary to
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follow right behind her.
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"Here, isn't this better?" She held out her hands to him and pulled
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him down beside her. He quickly pinned her to the bed and began kissing
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her hair, her eyes, her nose, her mouth; making her gasp aloud as his lips
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and tongue traveled down her throat and lit on her breasts. He circled
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the dark pink aureoles, one after the other, lavishing his tongue over each
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nipple and teasing them until they stood tautly away from her breasts.
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Patrick was the one to take note, this time, of the effect his efforts were
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having -- Amelia's mouth was drawn into a small "o" and her eyes were tightly
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closed. Her skin was incredibly smooth, he thought, scented of baby powder
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and glistening with a fine sheen of perspiration.
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Amelia's eyes flew open as her back arched involuntarily, thrusting
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her hips out and opening herself to Patrick's exploring tongue. She wasn't
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expecting such a sudden change in his attentions, and this unpreparedness
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compounded the searing heat in her loins. His fingers penetrated the soft
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folds of her labia, searching for and spreading her natural lubrication. The
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tip of his tongue buried itself just above her clitoris and, having found the
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rapidly swelling organ, began circling it. His lips teased as well, sucking
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gently then kissing the little button of deep-pink flesh until it was nearly
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double its original size. Patrick balanced much of his weight on his elbows,
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which were atop Amelia's thighs, to keep her from bucking and finishing this
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game too soon...there were many more tricks to teach her before allowing her
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to reach her climax.
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"Patrick...more, please, more...can't take much more of this!" she
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begged. Her whole body seemed numb, all her senses centred on the remarkable
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feelings his tongue and fingers were eliciting. He slipped his tongue into
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her vagina, savoring the sweetness that was almost overpowering. He could
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feel her muscles contract in an involuntary effort to drag his face even
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closer than he already was, and knew it was time to give her what she (and
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he) both wanted.
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Patrick pulled himself to his knees and gazed into the fevered eyes
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and flushed face of the beautiful girl who had become a part of his life in
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an incredibly short time. She sincerely liked him, he could tell...and he
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liked her *very* much. The emotional always enhanced the physical...
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"Please, don't stop now, I need you, Patrick! I want you to make love
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to me." Her simple plea was a ragged whisper, and her hips twitched in
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anticipation of his next move. He grasped them and lifted them and positioned
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the tip of his penis at the glistening entrance of her vagina. With infinite
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slowness, and great care to prevent her hips from moving, he penetrated her
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completely. Her creamy folds engulfed his length, and he could see her now-
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protruding clitoris quiver in hopes of direct stimulation. Patrick massaged
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her buttocks firmly and tightly, and began to grind himself into her; he
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withdrew reluctantly, then pulled her to him as he thrust. He felt her legs
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encircle him and draw him closer, but he retained his control and refused to
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put down her hips. Her vagina was tight, but her natural secretions made it
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wet and inviting.
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He placed one hand under the small of her back and brought the other
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around front. Her quiet moans crescendoed as he used his thumb to rub her
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clitoris, and he felt her body shake. Amelia pulled herself forward and
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grabbed Patrick's head, drawing him to her waiting, open mouth. He moved
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slowly downward, releasing her lower body and hugging her to him as he reached
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for her kiss; as their lips met he began thrusting methodically and deliber-
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ately, increasing his tempo quickly. Their pelvises ground together and their
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legs entwined and, after that well-timed kiss, their eyes remained locked.
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The intensity of their rythmic coupling made them lose track of time.
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Amelia felt the first tiny quivers of orgasm building and tightened her hold
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on Patrick's back. He followed her pace, allowing himself to loosen his
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restraint and begin his own climb towards release. Waves of excitement and
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sexual heat rippled through her spine and focused on her vagina as his penis
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stroked her insides faster and faster: her clitoris seemed to reach out to
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him and was rewarded with a throbbing assault by his pelvic bones. His
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testicles slapped against her with every thrust, and the backs of her thighs
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and her buttocks were brushed and tickled by his thick nest of pubic hair.
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Breathing heavily, and hearing his blood scream in his ears, Patrick
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forced himself to hold back until he felt her vagina constrict against him,
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proof of her own orgasm. It was vitally important to him to make this good
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for Amelia, and watching the look on her face as she climaxed would enhance
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his own enjoyment. She was caught up in the incredibly fast pace of their
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lovemaking, and was thrusting back as strongly and eagerly as he. The
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seeming innocence in her eyes created the strangest sensation of longing in
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him, made him want to hold her forever and satisfy her every desire; that
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last he could do, obviously -- he grinned, then grimaced as a spark of
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urgency spurred him on to even more furious lunges.
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"Pat, I'm cumming...I'm cumming!" shrieked Amelia, clawing him to her
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and locking him between her legs. She bucked and pushed against his back,
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driving him even further inside her. His testicles demanded release, and
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he drove into her with a shudder.
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"Amelia...so good...oh, God, Amelia..." he breathed as he felt his
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semen shoot through the tip of his penis and into her quaking vagina. They
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lay tangled together until they fell asleep.
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"Good morning, sleepyhead." Patrick whispered into Amelia's ear. It
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would soon be time to be made up for the morning's filming and his sixth
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sense for time had awoken him on schedule. Her honey-colored hair fanned
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across her cheek, and he brushed it away as she opened her eyes. She saw
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him and smiled, then stretched and looked for all the world like a sleepy
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kitten.
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"Hmm...I almost thought last night was just a dream, Patrick. I feel
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so *good* this morning!" she purred, "...and hungry." as an afterthought.
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"Well, you should be hungry, after all that exercise." he teased.
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"I never would have believed it would be like this if anyone had told
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me...I'd always heard it would be painful." mused Amelia.
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With a start Patrick turned: "You're not telling me this was your
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first time?" The incredulity on his face made her laugh.
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"Yes, Patrick, you `deflowered' me!" quipped she with much amusement.
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"Oh, Amelia, I'm sorry -- I had no idea, you should have told me -"
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"Patrick," she interrupted, "I wanted you as much as you wanted me. I
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still want to be with you, to go out with you, to stay in with you. I like
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what you taught me about myself, and I appreciate the fact that you were
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gentle even though you didn't know I'd never done it before. I guess I've
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just never wanted to before...you're the only man I've ever been this com-
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fortable with and I don't want you to feel guilty about making me feel good!"
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With a slow smile Patrick held out his arms and she snuggled against
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him eagerly. "I suppose I'm too old-fashioned to take the surrender of your
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virginity that lightly. I like you, Amelia, and that could turn into some-
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thing more with time. And Heaven knows we have time!"
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"You never know...but I'd like to have you teach me about some of the
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finer points of lovemaking. I'm sure I can be a good pupil." she said as she
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pulled away and started to rise; "Why don't we practice again tonight?"
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"You know, they say you're a natural..." |