She never grew tired of watching him. She was sure the strength of the current between them would have ebbed by now, but just when she thought they had settled into some kind of comfortable routine... Bam! It would hit her again out of nowhere. It was usually something simple, like a lazy half-smile or the way his hand grazed her hip when he moved past her in the kitchen. She would get wet sometimes just locking eyes with him. It confounded her.
Tonight she was especially revved up; it was Halloween and they were hosting a party at their place. She had always loved the holiday and this time of year. She felt so alive in autumn, and tonight, very sensual, as well. The sexy zombie-librarian get-up might have something to do with it. She was keenly aware of the effect her tight pencil skirt with thigh highs and low-cut blouse was having on some of the men around her, but she didn't care. The only opinion that mattered to her belonged to one Mark Twain, who was leaning casually against a door jamb a few feet away. Even with the silly white mustache and snowy-powder dusting his curly hair, he was still the most handsome man in the room. Simply looking at him made her heart start to race. As she stared at him unobserved from her corner, she silently chanted her own version of an old Yeats poem: "Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, I am looped in the loops of his hair..."
As she gracefully weaved her way around tables brimming over with colorful candy and decedent desserts, she smoothly eluded a very tipsy Tinkerbell and a rather handsy George Washington, much to the latter's dismay. She could almost feel the night pulling her outside. It was an errant playmate, teasing her with the promise of cool, dark secrets and a few sweet minutes of solitude. A gentle breeze traced its fingers across her cheek and chest and flirted with the hem of her skirt as her lungs filled up with a cold, smoke-tinged crispness that she could almost taste. As she exhaled she felt him behind her, his warm hand stealing around her waist, and she leaned into him, the softness of her curves welcoming the hard planes of his body, the unyielding, comforting shelter of him. She smiled into the darkness as his lips brushed against her ear, sending ripples of pleasure throughout her entire body: "I knew I'd find you hiding out here."
"Not hiding," she grinned, "just catching my breath."
He chuckled softly, sending another wave of ripples through her. "And I'm sure that has nothing at all to do with a certain president and his inability to keep his eyes off your cleavage and hands off your ass."