Tryst II

A small wooded path opened almost imperceptibly in the otherwise dense forest on the right side of the lane. We glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then plunged deep into the trees.

'I think you're going to like this, Alfie.'

'I do already,' I said, and she turned back and kissed me.

After traveling about fifty yards down the path, we came into a sort of clearing. It wasn't as dramatic, certainly, as it would have been in the daylight, but it was still almost thrilling.

'Here I show you the Abandoned House.'

'That's magnificent,' said I. 'Might there also be an Abandoned Bed somewhere within?'

'Not on a first date,' Sam said.

'I was kidding, Samantha.'

'I wouldn't mind any other activities we might do in a dark, abandoned house on a mysterious night, though,' she said, with a naughty look in my direction. 'We enter here.'