I had been friends with Holly for many years. We were both in our mid-thirties and had known each other since our early twenties. Holly was the epitome of the old saying: 'It's always the quiet ones.' On the surface, Holly was a polite, mild-mannered, friendly young woman who was always on time for work, generally didn't stay out partying all night, and was well-spoken, and almost came across as vanilla and prudish. But u...

Summer was just starting to appear, but not yet in full swing. So Marie, Holly's foreign exchange student houseguest from France, was still here, as her semester abroad studying English still had a few more weeks to go. As it was the first warm weekend in months, and Marie would soon be going home, Holly had decided to host a barbeque at her house. It had been four months since I was first introduced to Marie, on the same...

My girlfriend Daisy and I had received an invitation to the wedding of an old friend of mine. I was looking forward to it, as I knew several good friends I had not seen in a while would be there, and it would be good to catch up. One long-time friend who I knew was on the guest list was Holly. I couldn't help but feel a spark of anticipation at seeing her. It had actually been quite a long time since our last steamy rende...