"The end of the trip and home again."
LauraI could feel him pushing the ring down my finger as we kissed. It was slow, steady but inevitable, just as our relationship had been. I just hadn’t expected it to happen when we came away. These last couple of...
"A day at the beach with others"
LauraIt was my turn to wake early. I took advantage of my internal alarm and set up my camera to capture the dolphins. As I was setting up, I was also mulling over the previous night and the day before....
"Love born under a full moon."
“I got it!” George shouted through the tiny flat to his new bride, Nina.In January 1982 the University of Hawai’i signed off a plan to support the continued development of scientific facilities at the site. They wanted someone neutral to...
"Watersports? Not really, but more fun beside the water."
TommyHaving scared off our audience, I lay out the picnic sheet in the shade of some eucalyptus trees and we dried out in the afternoon heat. We may have been of Mediterranean descent through our mum, but we also had...
"Did they or didn't they?"
TommyWe had played starring matches as children. If mum caught us, we would usually get told to stop it. This was one staring match that mum would definitely tell us to stop. We were naked on the bed together. I...
"In La Gomera"
TommyLaura had warned me that the director was quite up himself. He was successful at what he did and was well aware of it. My first impression was of someone trying to make people think he had done more than...
"The morning after and departure for La Gomera"
LauraI did love Tommy, but he had learnt to get into my head. The way he remembered things that had been said. Throwing the plaything back at me, using the environment and everyone in it. He held me as I...
"Kazumi joins Laura and Tommy for dinner."
Tommy“So, what did she say?” asked Laura, always patient.She had been that way since we were little. I smiled at the memory of the seven-year-old girl sat opposite me. She was nagging her mother to tell her what the surprise...
TommyI don’t know what had come over me. All I was going to do was ask if Laura how long she would be. When I saw her leaning over the sink in just her knickers, something clicked in my head;...
TommyFucking doorbell! I was going to rip it out of the door and shove it up the arse of the person on the other side, then march them to the end of…“Hi, Bev, how nice to see you again,” I...