> > When the kiss ended, several seconds later that seemed like forever,
> >he said ever so softly, "Oh thank you for helping me forget the
> >universe.May I attempt to return the favor- help you forget your
> >troubles....." His eyes were absolutely glued to her, and nothing was
> >going to take them away...
>
> She was caught by surprise; she hadn't expected his reaction to be so...
> intense. If she breathed with lungs, she would be breathless. Indeed, her
> skin, which tasted and breathed for her, seemed like it was on fire, and
yet
> she'd never felt like she'd had such a breath of cool air. "Sam..." she
> said, hesitating. Usually her love affairs were immediate, intense, and
> short-lived, with hardly any... dancing. Something in the back of her
mind
> screamed not to get attached, because it would turn out the same as all
the
> others. But, somehow she sensed this man might be different... even if he
> was leaving in the morning. "Would you like to come in for a few minutes?"
>
With a grin that Will Riker would have been proud of, Sam replied,
"I don't think that coming in for a few minutes will hurt any..."
{lead on.....}
