“Our first vacation,” I declared.
 
 My body started shaking because his body was shaking since he was laughing.
 
 “You find this funny?” I asked tartly.
 
 “Babe,” was all he said.
 
 Ugh.
 
 He kissed me and rolled us so I was on top.
 
 Oh well.
 
 Whatever.
 
 He’d see.
 
 But we had a mondo box of condoms on hand, so first things first—we’d see about what was going to happen next.
 
 Spoiler: what happened next was awesome.
 
 19
 
 I LOVE HIM ALREADY
 
 Diana
 
 The next evening, I walked down the hall while putting in my last earring, hit the living room and saw Hugger slouched in the couch, his eyes on the TV.
 
 When I showed, he turned his head to me.
 
 Then I watched with a good deal of interest as every inch of his long body went alert.
 
 “This is the first time I’ve worn this,” I announced, raising my arms at my sides like that would show him the LBD I was wearing better.
 
 It was pretty simple, as LBDs should be. One long sleeve, one shoulder bare, skintight, a short skirt that hit several inches above the knee, slit on one side.
 
 I’d convinced myself I could pull it off at the store when I tried it on.
 
 I wasn’t so sure now.
 
 “Does it work?” I asked Hugger.
 
 “How?”
 
 His question confused me. “How what?”
 
 “How do you want it to work?”
 
 I looked down at myself, saying, “Well, I have kinda wide hips, and then there’s this.” I put both hands to my little belly.
 
 “Come again?”
 
 I was even more confused, so I turned my attention to him. “It’s so tight, you can see my pouch.”
 
 “All I see is my woman in a dress that’s makin’ my dick hard.”
 
 Hmm.