I don't know why I need it, but I do. I shouldn't have done it, but I can't help myself. He looked as me so provocatively, 'you know you can't do without it,' and he was right. Suddenly, after three long years, I'd finally convinced myself I was over him, it was past, dead, forgotten, but now he's back, here at the M1 Services Quick-Lunch Stand – and I can feel it starting all over again.
'No, please' I say. 'This is a straight job. I'm not doing THAT anymore. Leave me alone.' Determinedly I leave him, carrying the tray. Wipe the next table unsteadily, then retreat back up to the counter. Dave, Dave, why did you have to do it? I'd have done anything for you, I DID do anything for you. Then you left me. Just walked out, vanished without a word of explanation. I was devastated. I'd never known such withdrawal pain. But then I met John who is... kind, considerate, reliable. Everything that Dave isn't. And I'm married now. I'm happy. Sure I'm happy, if sometimes just a little bored. I work waiting tables while the pantechnicons howl by on the M1 fast-lane, and yes, I admit, sometimes I still think of Dave, but only in the past tense.
'I remember how you swallowed me five times in a single night, and you still wanted more.' He leans up against the table as I pass, hissing low so only can hear. 'Can't you still taste it?'
'Lay off' I say weakly.
His hands are in his pockets, pulling the denim material of his Levi's taut across his groin, my attention shifts to the firm erection it cleanly outlines. 'You want it as much as I do' he says.
I swallow nervously and lick my lips. 'No, please Dave, I'll lose my job, I can't.' But the words are defensive now, lacking conviction.
He laughed. 'You'll do it.' The submerged shape in his trousers twitches obscenely, and I catch myself blushing, realising I've been staring fixedly at it. 'I'll wait outside' he said, and turns to leave, walking out through the doors into the video-machine bay beyond.
I deposit the tray nervously, breathing heavily, and go to pick up some plates, all thumbs. I must fight the warm impulses worming their way up from my crotch. No. No. No. Then I'm saying 'is it OK if I take five?'