She returned the kiss and savoured his reluctance to leave as it matched her own.  She continued the conversation as he made his way to the bathroom.    “There is a peak performance?  I’d like to see that.” She said, tongue in cheek.  After what they had just shared she doubted if anything would be any better, but there was no harm in teasing him.<br/><br/>“And taking you out back to shoot you seems a bit barbaric for this establishment.  I think they are more<em>swim with the fishes</em>” she said in a terrible mafia imitation “with a cement block on your feet.”<br/><br/>Although it was another warm day, the breeze that blew in the balcony doors chilled her cooling skin and without Coop close by to keep her warm, she shivered.  She quickly climbed under the duvet and snuggled up.