<div class="floatleft">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/ElectricBadger/SlimSuzie.jpg)   <br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Suzie Lao</span></em></span></div> </div>Suzie nodded, considering.  It wasn't as if Alex were backing out, or refusing to obey; she had been amazingly amenable, actually, one of things that made her irresistible.  It simply hadn't been discussed before what this meant later: whether this was a short but intense affair, or a long term relationship.  Suzie was surprised to realize she would accept either; it was the first she'd considered having something deeper in...well, a very long time.  A quick fling would be fine, too, but...not as satisfying, somehow.  She wanted Alex to need to stay, to beg for it.  Asking for that seemed to defy the point, though.<br/><br/>"Why would you want to prove your commitment, pet?  Commitment to what?"  They were a bit leading, but honest; not the flippant tone she would have used with another to beg off anything serious.