The ride into Valletta was hot, it seemed to Mike that it was hotter now, than it was when he was a schoolboy out here. The bus he was on, was a real oldy and rattled along at no more than 20 miles per hour, Mike looked at his watch, it was 12-35, plenty of time to get the flowers before meeting Nann. As the bus got to Peita hill, it got stuck behind a horse drawn cart full of fruit and vegetables, it was a very slow run up, then halfway up the hill the horse gave up, he had had enough, he was going nowhere at that moment in time, around his mouth was a load of froth and his back was wringing wet with his own sweat. The cart that this poor horse was trying to pull up this hill, was fully loaded, in fact, it was as Mike saw overloaded, and the horse had no chance of pulling this load any further. The cart driver, who had been sitting on the cart with the load got off the cart, and with the whip, he held in his hand he started to beat the horse to make it move, however, a little old lady who was sat at the front of the bus, saw the situation, and with brolly in hand decided to get involved, she laid into the cart driver with her brolly, which made him leave off the horse and protect himself, as all this was going on and the passengers on the bus looked on, some in horror, others like Mike with smiles on there faces, a police land rover came down the hill, saw what was going on and stopped to investigate, then one of the officers told the bus driver to go around the cart and carry on with his journey. By now, the bus was running late, but the driver still refused to take his bus any faster than 20 miles an hour.
The bus got to the bus station at Valletta at bang on 1, and Mike had to make a mad dash to get to the square to meet up with Nann. As Mike passed the old opera house, he saw Nann coming around the corner, catching up to her, he walked behind her and then spoke to her in a cockney accent. "Hello darling, how about you and me finding a nice dark corner for some how's your father." Nann stopped, she didn't look round, but her right hand suddenly swung round behind her, Mike ducked to miss the blow to his head, Nann at this time was with the force of the arm coming round was turning as well. She was ready to give, whoever it was a good tongue lashing, but then she saw that it was Mike. "You bugger," she said. "I thought it was some sailor trying to pick me up, in fact, I was waiting for the tap on the bottom." "I am trying to pick you up," Mike said. "I'm just glad I'm youts, by the way, do sailors slap girls bottoms when they pick them up." "Well," Nann said. "That one in Sliema did, you remember when we were on our little beach, and I nipped over the road to buy us some food and drink." Mike looked at his girl, her arm around his neck, she kissed him. "If I had known that," Mike said. Nann put her finger to his lips to stop him saying any more, it was all in the past and forgotten. Mike told Nann he had to buy some flowers for his mother, he told her about the new arrival in the Palmer family. "That's wonderful news," Nann said. "I feel very jealous of your mother, I wish it was us with a new baby." Mike put her arm around Nann's waist and as they headed for the cafe, he said. "Your turn will come, love, your turn will come." Mike and Nann bought a nice bunch of mixed flowers and arranged for them to be sent to the Palmer residents, in it they put a card saying congratulations for new baby daughter, lots of love Michael Maureen Roger and Grace, then ending with three kisses the job was done, and Interflora did the rest, Mike and Nann were told that the flowers would arrive at Mike's Portland home the following morning.
At the cafe they had iced coffee and a sandwich, Nann put her hand out and took Mike's hand in hers. "So love, tell me, how does it feel to know you have a baby sister." Mike looked at her. "I don't really know, I cannot get my head around it at the moment, but I suppose in time, I will get used to the idea." It was really hot, even under the sunshade it was hot, and Mike could feel this river of perspiration running down his back, he needed a shower to remove, what was left of the dry shower he had had before leaving the ship. After there snack, they headed for the bus station and caught the next bus to Msida, it was full up, so as Mike had done in the past, he wedged himself behind the driver's cab, then holding Nann around the waist, he held her tight. At Msida, they got off and walked to the flat, in the flat, they were alone, but there was a note from Grace saying, out all day, meeting your father later, then going to the mess for a drink, see you, food in the fridge, help your selves..
"Right." Nann said I need a shower." "So do I," Mike said. "It was hot this morning, and when Shinner and finished our duty, so all we had time for, was a dry shower." They both stripped off in the bedroom, then Nann looking at Mike burst into fits of giggles, grabbing him by the hand, she dragged him over to the full length mirror. Mike looked, his body was white, except where he had perspired, in those areas, there were streeks of bare flesh showing. In the shower together, it took Nann some time with the help of soap and a large flannel to get Mike clear of the powder, but like she said afterwards. "It was fun doing it." Having dried each other they made there way back into the bedroom. Standing either side of the bed, they looked at each other, they both knew what they wanted to do, but Nann said. Come on we need to eat, turning round and going to the dresser she removed bra and panties, then from the wardrobe a pale pink dress. Once dressed she stood in front of Mike. "Well, what do you think." Mike looked, the dress stopped some 4 inches above the knee, Nann gave a little twirl. "Very nice," Mike said. "Good, I bought it last week while you were on duty, but because of the situation, I thought I would keep it for later." They both walked into the lounge, then Nann headed for the kitchen. "Michael love, what do you fancy to eat." Mike walked into the kitchen. "How about you," he said. "I'm talking food, something you put into your stomach," Nann said. Mike walked towards Nann and made to put his arms around her waist, but Nann put her hand on his chest. "Behave yourself," she said. "Go and sit down, read the paper or something." Mike left the kitchen, with Nann pushing him gently out. "I need to fill your belly, we can play later, I promise." "Ok." Mike said, "In that case, surprise me, you usually come up with something nice to eat." he left the kitchen and sat on the sofa with the Malta Times.
An hour later Mike was sat at the table eating corned beef, buttered potatoes and mushy peas. "Well." Nann said. "is it to your liking." "Beautiful," Mike said. "If you cook like this when we are married, I will never complain, I promise." He leaned over and kissed her, as he did so he could taste the butter on her soft lips, and as a good future wife, she returned the kiss so tasted the butter on Mike's lips as well. After the meal, Mike went into the kitchen and helped Nann with the washing up, he dried up the pots and pans, and as he finished off, Nann made then both a cup of tea. Once the kitchen was all cleaned up, they both went out onto the balcony, it was dark now, and as they looked up, they could see all the stars in the cloudless sky. As they stood drinking their tea, they watched as the moon came up, it wasn't a full moon, but it was big, and its light filled the whole area, it was, however, a cold sort of light, not warm like the first rays of sunlight in the morning, but as Nann cuddled into Mike she watched the moon. then said. "How romantic." Nann was leaning over the balcony rail, she was looking down at the boatyard, Mike was stood behind her, he put his arms around her. Nann's body gave a sort of shiver. "Are you ok love," Mike asked. "You're not getting cold are you." No love, it's not that, it's just when you put your arms around me I wonder what plans you have for us, it seems, that when you make love to me, it's always different, wonderful but different, and I wonder sometimes if you are following some sort of pattern." Mike asked Nann to stay where she was, then he left the balcony and made his way to the bedroom. Back on the balcony, Mike handed Nann a small book, she read the title."What's this." she asked. "Well." he said, I acquired it, and it has all the lovemaking positions in it, and I was just hoping that with this book, we could find a couple of really good positions for making love that we would both enjoy, and use on a regular basis." Nann placed the book in the balcony rail and looked at Mike, put her arm around his neck saying. "You silly thing, it's you I love, and it doesn't matter how we make love, I don't care, all I care about, is that I am making love to you." She then picked up the book and placed it against Mike's chest. "So my darling, you can get rid of that stupid book, and let's get back to enjoying each other, and making love in our own way." Mike held the book in his hand, then with the flick of his wrist he sent it flying towards the water of the creek, it spun like a flat pebble dropping as it went, then with a slight splash it hit the water and lay floating for a while before going under. "I love you my darling," Nann said. "We both have good imaginations, so for us, lovemaking will be an adventure.
Grace and Roger came into the flat. "Hello you two," said Grace. "What's new." as Mike went to talk about the new baby, Grace got in first. "How's the new baby sister." "Ok, as far as I know," Mike said, he took the signal from his back pocket and showed Grace and Roger, then Roger did the same, his signal read, please convey to Michael that mother gave birth to a daughter mother and daughter both doing well. Mike told Roger and Grace that he and Maureen have sent a bunch of flowers from the four of them, and they would be arriving in the morning, Grace went over to Mike and her daughter and kissed them both on the cheek, looking at her husband she said. "You know something love, these two people are pure magic, I love them both. Ok, how much did you pay for the flowers." Nann handed over the bill and Roger looked at it, going to his wallet he took out some money and went to hand it to Mike but he said. "That's ok, the bills been paid, let's forget it." Roger looked at his daughter. "Its ok daddy leave it to me," Roger told everyone that he had sent a signal to Ken from all the staff in the ship's office and pay office with there congratulations.
In the bedroom, Nann tried to get Mike to take the money, but he again declined saying put it in your purse, the bills paid. As they lay alongside each other, Mike told Nann that he was not that tired, and did she want to mess around, she looked at him a twinkle in her eye. "I'm game if you are, Mike picked Nann up and held her over his body, she looked down at him and saw that he was ready for whatever lie ahead. As Mike lowered his arms and Nann felt Mike's body join with her own, she kissed him hard, then lay on top of him enjoying the sensation he was giving her. Nann hit cloud nine within five minutes, as she screamed into Mike's mouth, she realised he was taking her higher, and she loved every moment of it. Sometime later laid alongside each other holding hands she said very quietly." You see love, we don't need a silly book to tell us about lovemaking, you do it naturally, and it's wonderful." Mike smiled to himself. "It was rather good, wasn't it." they both rolled over, there bottoms touching said goodnight love and closed there eyes.
In the morning, they woke up in the same position, the only difference, Nann was holding Mike's hand. As Mike woke up Nann squeezed Mike's hand."Are you awake love?" Yes, I am, what happened." Nann looked at him. "You nearly fell out of bed last night, seems you were looking for a cool spot, and if I hadn't woken up, you would have been on the floor, so I held your hand, and that seemed to stop you. Tell me, sweetheart, what is it with you and cold sheets." "I don't know," Mike said. "I just need to keep cool all the time, maybe I'm hot blooded, but I do need to find the coolest place in the bed, and sorry love, but that's what I do. Anyway, when we are married, we will have a king size double bed, and not a king size single like this is." "I think." Nann said."I am going to have to put baby bars on any bed we get, just to keep you safe." She leaned over and kissed him. "Oh and by the way, you are definitely hot blooded, you proved that to me last night, I'm going to make a cup of tea.
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