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Tuesday, 6.15 p.m.

Barbara had thoroughly enjoyed the movie and was sorry it had come to an end. She sat through the
credits and was still sitting there when the lights came on, wondering where to go from the theater. She
was just about to get up when a tall, attractive blonde woman sat down one seat away from her. Barbara
immediately settled back into her own seat.

Very tasty, she thought, very tasty indeed. She waited to see if the woman was on her own or if there was
a man with her whoтАЩd paused to buy popcorn or something. But when the intermission ended she was still
on her own, to BarbaraтАЩs relief.

Throughout the intermission Barbara had kept her under discreet observation. Several times sheтАЩd been on
the verge of speaking to her, but her usual shackles of anxiety held her back. She never could make the
first move in these situations, no matter how much she wanted to. Her fear of rejection was too strong.

So instead she fantasized as to how such a conversation might go, what delights it might lead toтАФnot just
for that night but for other nights to come. She desperately needed to get involved with someone else. It
would give her the necessary strength to break up with Shirley. Things couldnтАЩt go on the way they were
for much longer. Yet she couldnтАЩt just leave Shirley unless there was someone else to go to. She couldnтАЩt
stand being alone. Even life with Shirley was better than being alone.

She glanced again at the blonde woman, admiring her fine profile. She looked a proud, strong-willed
person. Barbara needed those qualities in a partner. Shirley had them, it was true, but she was also cruel.
This woman wouldnтАЩt be like that, she was sure.



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By the time the lights dimmed, Barbara had decided to sit through the program again. After all, the main
feature, a comedy starring Richard Pryor, was very funny and, who knows, something might develop.

During the coming attractions Barbara got up to go to the toilet. As she went past the blonde woman she
prolonged the moment of contact with her knees for as long as she could, muttering a soft, тАШSorry.тАЩ In her
mind she had inflated that one word into a blatant invitation dripping with tonal suggestiveness, but the
other woman said

On the way back, after some heart-racing moments of anticipation in the toilet, she deliberately stumbled
as she passed by. Pretending to lose her balance she tipped towards the woman and for a delicious few
seconds found herself embracing her. тАЬIтАЩm dreadfully sorry,тАЭ she said in a loud whisper as the woman
took hold of her arm to assist her. тАЬItтАЩs quite all right,тАЭ said the woman in a cool, well-educated voice.

Barbara continued on to her own seat. SheтАЩd wanted to sit in one of the empty seats on either side of the