"It is just so divine being with Dirk" I told Lorraine, "he is divine and sooths my soul."
"I can imagine,Louise?" Lorraine replied with a wistful smile.
"I do think you are jealous " I suggested noting the blush in her cheeks after I told her about Dirk and I doing our beachcombing bit.
"But dear sister" acentuated Lorraine " he is half your age, don't you feel at all embarrassed about that?"
"Well I don't, what does age matter? I know what you are thinking; the proverbial toy boy and all that, well he is 22 and I am 40 so what the hell! We are good for each other, he makes me laugh and he is a wonderful lover."
Lorraine looked puzzled and again I asked if she was jealous.
"I s'pose I am if I really thought about it."
"Well there you go" I continued. "Why not find yourself a new guy, you have been stuck with Robert too long, it is habit, anyone can see you don't love each other any more, if you ever did."
"That's cruel Louise."
"But true?"
She looked forlorn, and then she admitted it was all over between her and Robert, that he was a dick- head and the rest of it.
"We shall have to see what we can do, you are my twin sister and we have always shared our problems and helped each other."
Later I was telling Dirk about it as we strolled along the river bank on a wonderful sunny June Sunday afternoon. He had stayed with me over night and it was divine, actually having a guy to snuggle up to.
It had been a hectic week in the hospital and being a theatre nursing sister I needed some relaxation. And if anyone could give me that it was yummy Dirk who knows all the things I like to do.
We sat on the river bank on a blanket and had a picnic. It was so quiet and we could only hear the sound of the river trickling in a gentle flow and the song thrush which was rather divine.
Afterwards, when we relaxed and stretched out a bit Dirk told me he liked my twin and that we ought to find someone for her, someone who could please her as much as I did him.
"That would be nice" I said starting to unzip him. "You are so divine, Dirk, and I love you so much."