Sean paused, while he struggled for the right response.  Of course, with his natural boyish good looks and easygoing charm, he had certainly had his share of experience in intimate moments like these.  That didn't mean that he did not commit more than his share of mistakes.  More than once he had talked himself right out of a girl's bed and/or her heart by saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time.<br/><br/>"I like you too, Beth," he said, slowly, as if tasting each word on his tongue.  "A lot.  You strike me as, I dunno...<em>complicated.</em>That's not a bad thing by any means; it just makes you all the more interesting.  In normal circumstances, I could very easily see myself hooking up with you.  And I won't lie; I<em>love</em>aggressive women."  He snickered.<br/><br/>"But this experiment...I've never done anything like it before.   I want very much to get to know you, but I want to get to know Mike and Katy too.  I guess I'm afraid that, if we go too fast, we'll be all over each other and then when the time comes to...well, spend time with someone else, one of us will get jealous. So, y'know, if you really want to do this..." he looked into her eyes, closely, searching for something to hold onto, some gleam of understanding there, "well, I'm game.  I think, though, that we might want to slow down, just a bit."<br/><br/>He blinked, and looked down.  The whole time he had been talking, his hands had been groping and palpitating her breasts, squeezing and stroking, acting almost independently, making, in fact, a complete liar out of him and negating what he had just said.<br/><br/>"Then again," he sighed.  "I might just be so full of shit."