More silence. Then he felt her hand reaching out for his and he held it out so that she could clasp it. Her hand was so warm and felt so small in his own that he immediately felt a rush of emotion wash over him. He couldn’t believe how fond he was of someone that he had just met. He kept thinking of her standing in the room without her clothes on and he felt himself get excited. “You’re beautiful Anna,” he whispered. He said it so softly that he wasn’t even sure if she had heard him. Nothing happened for a while but the two of them lay there in the dark, holding hands. He felt her shift over a bit closer to him and he did the same, until eventually they were almost touching.
Albert wasn’t sure if he should do anything but luckily Anna made the first move. She rolled over to her side and t
