“Oh Lee what are we going to do here all night? Never mind that. I have to call my mother. She’s gonna be worried sick if I’m not home for supper. You know we promised to spend more time with each other and she is holding up her end but I can never seem to make it on time, if I make it at all. She is going to be very disappointed with me.”

Lee grinned at her, “Slow down Amanda. Just call her from the car phone. Tell her we got caught in the storm and will be home as soon as possible.” He handed her the phone and listened as she conversed with Dotty.

“No Mother, we can’t call a taxi. The road is washed out. The bridge is gone and there is debris everywhere. How am I calling you? Well, Lee has a phone in his car. No, I don’t know when we’re coming home. I suppose as soon as the weather damage is under control and the film company can send someone to get us. Where are we? Umm we were doing research for a documentary on the…on the mating cycles of the American tree lizard. No I never heard of it either. Yes ask Jamie to look it up if you want. Mother, I have to go now. I can’t hear you very well. No don’t worry. We’re fine. Bye Bye.”

With an immense sigh she hung up the phone and said, “Well at least I was able to get her before the phones went out in the city.” She looks at him expectantly, as if to say, ‘Ok, we have a problem. Fix it.’

“What?” Lee’s tone is puzzled.

“What what?”

“What are you looking at me that way for?” Lee motioned with his hands for emphasis.

“I don’t know. I just looked at you. Can I not look at my husband when and how I want to? You look at me when and how you want to.”

“Amanda, do you want to know how I want to look at you right now?”

“How?”

“Oh never mind.” He swept his errant thoughts away. They were hardly in any position to act on them any way. “Let’s just listen to the radio and see if we can pass the time, all right?”

Amanda rolled her eyes at his peculiar behavior, unfastened her seatbelt, and leaned forward to turn the radio on. They listened to the news then switched to an easy listening music station. By now it was dark and they listened to the music in silence for some time.

Lee found himself thinking of the vibes she had sent him earlier. He knew that she was just as turned on as he was before they discovered their predicament. How had she turned it off so quickly? He was still having trouble keeping his hands to himself. He perused her profile thoughtfully. She was beautiful. He loved her hair up like that. It made him want to kiss her neck just above her collarbone. That always drove her wild.

Amanda could feel his gaze on her. She could practically hear the thoughts in his head. ‘He loves my hair this way. I wear it like this to drive him crazy.’ When she could stand it no longer she returned his gaze and licked her lips compulsively. She turned her body to face him once again and put one arm on his shoulder. She leaned close and said, “You know, Lee, you never did say what we were going to do all night.”

Lee breathed in sharply. His eyes went cloudy with desire. Something pulled at his soul from deep within him.

She felt the answering tug deep in the pit of her stomach. He hadn’t even touched her yet and she was ready to tear his clothes off.

He lowered his head to her neck and blew softly against the skin there. He didn’t touch her, not yet. He was afraid that if he touched her he wouldn’t be able to control himself.

She shivered in response to his breath on her flesh. Instinctively, she drew herself closer to him. The console bit into her thigh bringing her sharply back into their current situation. She shrank back and muttered, “Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. I’m sorry Lee. I wasn’t thinking about…well, I just wasn’t thinking.”

Lee heaved a sigh of relief. He wasn’t going to have to stop her. He wasn’t sure he could have if he’d wanted to.

“Let’s just try to get some rest, OK? Try to make yourself more comfortable.”

She nodded her agreement and reached down to remove her shoes. Simultaneously, Lee reached to do the same thing. Their faces came within centimeters of each other. They couldn’t seem to break eye contact and slowly they rose upward and toward each other.

Magnetically drawn together, their lips met at last. Lee cupped her face in his hands and pressed her lips open. His tongue dipped inside and tasted her warmth. For long moments he held her captive in his grasp. Finally he released her and each regarded the other almost warily.

Amanda listened to her pounding heart and obeyed its command. She leaned over and threaded her hands into his hair. She pulled insistently and he followed her lead. They kissed for what seemed an eternity. Finally she broke free and gasped, “Oh Lee. What are we doing?”

He grinned, “If you have to ask, I must not be doing something right. Let me try again.” He laid his mouth alongside the pulse bounding in her throat. He used both hands to pull her shirt out of her jeans and caressed the skin of her abdomen.

Amanda sucked in sharply in awareness of his fingers on the flesh of her stomach. She used her own shaking fingers to unfasten the buttons of his shirt. She traced the outline of his hard flat male nipples.

It was his turn to gasp for air. He captured her hands in his and fought for control. “Amanda, if we don’t stop now, I won’t be able to stop.”

“I don’t want to stop, Lee.”