<div align="center"><strong>~* Mae Little aka "MeiMei"- Searching for a distraction …. In search of the elusive shower, The Gamble *~</strong></div><br/>Mae snuggled into Vincent’s arms, her body molding perfectly against his. Her soft giggle, warm and tender, found humor in her lover’s claim.<strong>”You’ll love me forever and ever and ever?”</strong>she asked innocently, punctuating each ‘ever’ with gentle kiss upon Vince’s neck.<strong>”Even if I gain a million pounds and loose all my teeth?”</strong>Mae asked trying very hard to keep from falling into fit of giggles.  Her ordeal had shaken her, had she been left alone to recover she might have dwelled upon what might have been until her head hurt. However, having the good fortune to recover with Vincent she had been able to find the strength to carry on, very quickly pushing the unpleasant experience to the back of her mind where it could fester in the inky blackness.  It wouldn’t be forgotten, but for now it would most certainly be ignored.<br/><br/>Shifting under the blankets, Mae suddenly popped up and rested on her elbow.<strong>”Who’s flying the ship?”</strong>her smirk tugged at her lips as she fluttered her eyelashes, knowing full well that Vinnie would have engaged the auto pilot.<strong>”I still need to take a shower”</strong>she added softly, her voice taking on a breathless resonance as one hand slowly drew random shapes over Vinnie’s chest. Clearly looking for a distraction to replace the ugly memory of her attack, Mae leaned down to place her lips against her boyfriends smile, brushing his lips as she spoke<strong>”I think I might feel more comfortable if someone was with me…you know…to watch my back.”</strong>Pulling back so that she could see into his sexy eyes, Mae’s smile grew to its former cheeky expression<strong>”if you’re a good boy I can let you do other things as well…like wash my back.”</strong><br/>