Christmas day dawned bright for Katie Shaw. Her clock
radio had awakened her to the sound of Christmas carols
and news of snow falling since 2:00 that morning. There
must be at least three inches on the ground. The
prospect of the roads being covered didn’t dampen
Katie’s spirits as she turned on the shower while she
brushed her teeth.

Stepping from the shower Katie took down the oversized
towel and rubbed it briskly over her skin. She could
feel the electric tingle she created as she rocked the
towel in a dental floss like motion between her legs as
it agitated her clitoris. As she finished drying, the
image reflected in the bathroom mirror was of a full
bodied woman nearing fifty with large breasts and
breeder hips. She had a pleasant face of no particular
distinction framed by shoulder length auburn hair. Her
best feature was her emerald green eyes which naturally
sparkled.

Catching her reflection Katie paused for a moment and
took in the sight. The wide hips set off by a full bush
with tapering thighs down to well shaped calves. Her
large breasts were accented by silver dollar sized pink
areolas topped by pouty nipples. She patted her well
defined paunch and whisper to herself, “Girl if you put
this on the open market you could retire.”

Instead of her usual slacks she wore an A line dress
that buttoned up the front. On any other day she would
have worn tights against the cold but instead she donned
leg warmers and her fur lined boots. Just before leaving
she put on her heavy winter jacket, scarf and watch cap
along with her wool gloves.

It was an uneventful trip in the snow and Katie pulled
into the lot and parked in her usual spot. She along
with a few others trudged into the employee entrance of
the largest veterans’ hospital on the east coast. Just
inside the entrance over the inner doorway was the
reminder, “The Cost of Freedom is Visible Here.”

As she rounded the corner she saw Ben Harris waiting for
the elevator. He was stamping his feet. He had not worn
boots but had on sneakers.

“Merry Christmas, Ben.”

“Merry Christmas, Katie,” he said still stamping his
feet, “Damn, it’s cold as a $2.00 whore.”

“You should have worn boots, Ben. What were you
thinking?”

“That’s it. I wasn’t thinking. I wasn’t leaving from
home and the available boots were a little small for my
size elevens. You going to be working alone, again this
year?”

“No. They have a first year to help me out for whatever
that’s worth. They don’t seem to know shit anymore. What
are they teaching in those nursing schools. In my day I
would have been fired if I hadn’t known any more than
these girls do. You would think they had never seen a
live patient.”

“You have to admit this is not the kind of hospital that
these young kids were expecting. We have a contract with
their nursing school and they send them here for a year
of learning patient care. The demographic here is not
quite like it is at civilian hospitals. We have older
vets with normal ageing concerns but on top of that many
have the ravages of war that need tending. And then we
have the young who are recovering from combat wounds
including the loss of limbs, loss of sight and
disfigurement. That’s a heavy load to tote for these
young kids.”

“Yeah, I know you’re right Ben. It’s just that we owe so
much to these guys. They have put it on the line for us
and when these young nurses act like they are dealing
with leapers it burns my ass.”

“Just be patient Katie. This is an occupation that takes
some getting used to. They’ll get there. Remember Sue
Bell? Man, talk about green but she is one of the best
nurses in this hospital now.”

“Yeah she sure is. And one of the best pieces of ass
from what I hear. You wouldn’t know anything about that
would you Ben?”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about Katie and
thank God this is my floor. Later.”

“See you later Ben.”

Katie went into the employee room where she had her
locker. She hung up all her outer wear put her leg
warmers into her boots and placed them in the bottom.
She slipped her feet into her white crocs, put her
stethoscope in the pocket of her white nursing dress,
fixed a cup of coffee and proceeded to the nursing
station.

There were only two nurses working in a wing that
normally had six to eight. There were no doctors
although they were on call and there were always doctors
down in emergency. Ellen Brown and Karen Hopkins were
having a final cup of coffee while inputting patient
information into the computer before their shift was
over.

“Anything special Ellen?” Katie asked as she walked
behind the counter, “Hi Karen.”

“No. Everything is quiet. Everyone had breakfast and
their meds without incident and they are all asleep
again or watching TV. I don’t think the parade is on
yet. That’s always a favorite. I want to thank you for
all us gals. We appreciate being able to have Christmas
with our families.”

“Glad to do it Ellen. Took me awhile to get this thing
figured out but it seems to work pretty well for one day
and I like to show the men how much I appreciate their
service to our country.”

Katie Shaw was a nursing supervisor and didn’t need to
work the floor on Christmas day or any other day for
that matter. She had started this limited staffing three
years ago and the men seemed to appreciate it and it was
a day of joy for her. Only once was a man still on the
floor for two Christmases running and his eyes lit up
when he saw Katie enter his room that second year.

Amy Hodge walked behind the counter into the nurses’
bull pen wearing a bright pink slacks and top matching
outfit. She was twenty-two and had only been at the
veterans’ hospital since September. She was cute and
perky and always wore a smile. “Hi, I’m Amy Hodge. I was
told to report here for the day. I’ve never worked on
this service before.”

“Hi, Amy I’m Katie Shaw and you’ll be working with me
today. This is Ellen and Karen. They are just finishing
up the night shift. It will just be you and me for our
turn. Things should be pretty quiet. There are never any
visitors on Christmas day. Everyone who visits this time
of year usually finishes by Christmas Eve so it will
just be us and the guys.”

“How many are there for just the two of us?”

“There are eighteen. Sixteen, in eight double rooms and
two in the singles. There are a couple of oldies from
the Korean War, three from Iraq, two from Afghanistan
and the other eleven from the Viet Nam era. One Air
Force, three Marines and the rest are Army,” Katie
answered.

“How do you know all that?” asked Amy.

“It’s all right there in their computer files. You
should try it. Frequently who they are is as important
as what they suffer in caring for them. They require
more than just medicine sometimes. Even in high turnover
wings such as this one you should know your patients.”

“We’re heading on out Katie,” Ellen said as she and
Karen walked out of the bull pen area. “Harry is
probably on his second drink trying to keep those
heathens from coming downstairs to where all the goodies
are. Merry Christmas everyone.”

“Merry Christmas Ellen, Karen,” Katie and Amy said
almost in unison.

“You hold down the fort here and I’m going to start in
the rooms. You might want to pull up those records and
give’em a look.”

In the room at the end of the hall were two heart
catheterization patients who had come up late yesterday
and would be leaving tomorrow or the next day once their
blood thinning medication had stabilized. Charles
Henderson, sixty, was in the bed nearest the window and
David Wilson, sixty-three, in the one nearest the door.
Wilson was asleep when she entered. Katie stopped at the
supply closet to get a towel and undo the top two
buttons on her dress. Walking toward Charles she pulled
the privacy curtain between the beds and turning to
Charles said, “Merry Christmas, I’m Katie and I’m your
nurse today Mr. Henderson.”

“Merry Christmas Katie, you can call me Charlie.”

“You picked a heck of a time to have a heart cath done,
Charlie.”

“Yeah, tell me about it. But it wasn’t by choice. I had
some chest pain and called my primary care doctor about
it and she told me to come right in for the procedure.
They found a blockage and put in a stint and now I’m on
some heart medicine.”

“You’re lucky they could do the stent yesterday; most of
the time you have to come back because not all cath
doctors do stents. Doctor Tropico must have been working
the cath lab yesterday. Here let’s have a look at the
wound site,” she said moving the covers down below his
knees. Below his left knee was a vacant space where his
lower leg should have been. He was wearing a gown and no
bottoms or underwear.

“How’d you get that little souvenir, Charlie?”

“During the Tet I stepped on a Gook mine. Took the leg
off just clean as a whistle. Spent six months in a VA
hospital and I walked out under my own power. I hardly
realize it was ever there.”

The right side of his groin had a large bandage firmly
adhered. It covered the area in his crotch where the
catheter had entered the carotid artery.

“The nurses did a nice job shaving you. They left you
nice and smooth,” Katie said as she rubbed back and
forth over his cock as if checking for stubble. While
grasping his cock with one hand with the other she
peeled back the corner of the bandage to be sure that
there was no bleeding. She could feel Charlie growing in
her hand and smiled as she replaced the bandage.

Charlie lay almost frozen in silence afraid to speak
least she let go of his hardening cock. His jaw was
hanging open but no sound came from his mouth. It had
been so long since anyone had fondled his cock. God, how
he missed it.

Then looking down at his erection in her hand she asked,
“You have a nice one Charlie. Would you like me to help
you with this?”

“Oh, God yes, please.”

“Maybe this will help,” Katie said as she opened one
more button on the dress and took out a very large
breast and leaning over placed it on Charlie’s face.

Charlie held it to his mouth with both hands and sucked
her nipple into his mouth while Katie stroked his cock
to a full erection. Without any hair it felt like velvet
as she ran her hand from its base up the shaft and over
the head and down again. As she came up she closed her
hand around the head over and over until she could feel
him shiver and then she took a firm grip and began
steady rhythmically increased stroking until his sucking
on her nipple become frantic and his moaning told her he
was ready to let go.

She reached for her towel just in time as he grunted and
started pumping his hips and cock against her grip as
hard as he could. She maintained a firm grip as Charlie
fucked her hand until at last he collapsed back on the
bed exhausted

Katie put her breast back inside her dress and after
cleaning Charlie she leaned over and kissed the head of
his wilting cock and smiled and waved as she left the
room saying “Merry Christmas Charlie.”

Charlie was still too much in shock to answer but he lay
there with a smile on his face and waved back.

As she worked her way back to the nurses’ station Katie
bestowed her special Christmas gifts on six more of her
patients. There were four more hand jobs and two blow
jobs. The blow jobs were for an oldie from the Korean
War and a young kid from Afghanistan. The old guy needed
the help just to get semi hard and she was only able to
get him off with her mouth, something she had learned
her first year. The young kid she did because he had
never had a blow job. Everyone got to play with and suck
her tits.

When she got back to the nurses’ station Amy was still
going over files on the computer. Katie could tell from
the notepad beside the keyboard that Amy had been taking
notes. A good idea for a new girl thought Katie.

“How was everyone?” asked Amy as Katie entered the bull
pen.

“They all seem happy and in good spirits. Lots of smiles
and good cheer.”

“Good spirits must be hard to come by on Christmas in
the hospital.”

“Hard? Yes, I would definitely say it’s been hard for
them. At least those I’ve seen so far. I think I’ll have
a snack,” Katie said as she took a pack of cheese
crackers from her bag. She put them on the table as she
got up to get a cup of coffee.

When Katie returned Amy looked up from her notes and
asked, “How do you do it Katie? All these guys with old
wounds, with missing limbs, with deformities and needing
so much care. When I finish nursing school I’m going to
a nice hospital where the patients just need to take
their medications and have their pillows fluffed.”

Let me tell you something Amy. It’s because of these
guys that you are able to go to nursing school and be
able to go to a nice hospital and fluff pillows.”

“What’re you talking about they don’t have anything to
do with me going to school. My daddy takes care of me
and makes it so I can go to nursing school.”

“Your daddy my ass. It’s because of these guys that you
have the freedom you do. It is their sacrifice that
makes it possible for you to turn your back on them.
I’ve got to the bathroom and throw up,” Katie said as
she left the nurses’ station.

“Damn stupid ass kids, when will they learn what they
owe these people? Ah, hell maybe I was too hard on her.
It’s not her fault. No one ever taught her. Shit, now I
have to say I’m sorry and I hate that.”

As Katie was about to apologize Amy spoke up. “I’m sorry
Katie I guess I wasn’t thinking very clearly in what I
said. You are right we do owe them our gratitude and I’m
sorry. I wish there were something I could do.”

“You really mean that? The part about wanting to do
something for them?”

“Yeah, I do.”

“How old are you?”

“Twenty-two.”

“Ever had sex?”

“Are you serious, of course I’ve had sex, so what?”

“Well, you said you wanted to do something. There are
four young boys spread out in four different rooms that
I’m sure would like to feel your touch; would like to
have you give them a special Christmas present. The one
in 267 can’t use his arms yet. Both of his shoulders
were dislocated when his vehicle hit a mine. He’s the
only survivor. He could use some help with a hand job.
The one in 269 lost a leg above the knee. I’m sure he
would like to feel that someone cares enough that his
leg doesn’t repulse them. The other two have shrapnel
wounds. The boy in 256 lost one of his balls to it. I’m
sure he would like to feel someone’s hand holding the
one that’s left.”

“You want me to jerk off these guys as a Christmas
present. Is that what I hear?”

“No. I want you to want to jerk them off or give them a
blow job. I want you to see how much you owe them and
that these small kindnesses will mean so much to them
and it may make you feel good in the process. Look at
you. You’ve what? A C cup with a nice little bubble ass
in the making. You’re cute. Just what young boys dream
of. Old boys too. This is one day a year for you to do
something great, and it’s fun. Every woman I know of
likes the feel of an erect cock.”

“Assume for a minute that I agree. How would I go about
it?”

“You go to the room like you are going to check their
condition. You pull the privacy screen between the beds.
These guys sleep a lot so in all likelihood the other
patient will be out of it but if they are not it won’t
matter. Make small talk and work their bottoms off if
they have any on. Most don’t. You can start with the boy
with the missing ball. It will be necessary to handle
his scrotum and cock in checking on his injury, so once
you’re holding that cock you should be able to take it
from there. Believe me when I tell you that no one is
going to complain about you servicing their cock and you
may find that you like it. Today you can get away with
it because there is no other staff. Just you and me.”

Katie could almost hear the gears grinding as Amy was
thinking of stroking new and different cocks and no one
would know.

“OK, I’ll do it. I’ll start with the boy in 256 and see
how it goes from there.”

Katie watched as Amy took the first step of a new
journey. “Hell, maybe if I can get a few more we can
start up an auxiliary and have meetings and everything,”
she chuckled to herself.

Katie decided that she would go ahead and eat her half
sandwich and boiled egg while Amy was gone. She didn’t
think she would get time later what with having to hurry
to get the gifts all delivered. About thirty minutes
later just as Katie was finishing her lunch Amy came
back to the station all grins and beside herself.

“Well, how did it go?”

“It was wonderful. He actually cried real tears when I
was holding his one ball and jerking him off. I got so
carried away I sucked his cock. He just kept thanking
me.”

“And how was it for you?”

“Oh, it was great. He was all long and smooth with a
funny little head. He was at least five inches.”

“If five inches is long you are in for some pleasant
surprises, Amy. Have you ever played with a guy’s cock
that was uncut?”

“If you mean uncircumcised, no I haven’t. Why is it so
different?”

“The head will come peeking out of the skin that covers
it. Most will come out all the way when you skin them
down. Some don’t and some come part or all the way out
when they get hard. You’ll see. Would you like to try
one and see how you like it?”

“Yes I like new things. You know who they are?”

“Sure. There are three in the wing now. David Wilson is
the first bed in the room down at the end of the hall.
He is sixty-three and as far as his records indicate he
has no erectile dysfunction. He had a heart cath
yesterday so he will only have a bandage on and no
bottoms to deal with. You will have to come in contact
with his cock in checking his bandage so it should be a
piece of cake. Did I tell you about using a towel?”

“No, but I figured I needed something so I used one with
one nut. OK, wish me luck.”

“If I’m not here when you get back just go to the next
boy. Oh and if you want more just ask me who is
available when we see each other next.”

As it turned out once Amy got started there was no
stopping her. After David Wilson she waited at the
station for Katie rather than go to the next boy.

“How was Mr. Wilson?”

“Like nothing I would have imagined. It was really
something.”

“Didn’t you work on cadavers in nursing school?”

“Yes but they were all shriveled up old men who were
circumcised and most were black.”

“Mr. Wilson is black.”

“But definitely not shriveled up and not circumcised. He
was at least six inches long and so silky feeling. I
thought I was going to cum just from the feeling of the
skin on his cock sliding back and forth over the head.
The head of his cock is pink. It’s not black like the
shaft. It looks almost like a white mans. He had tight
little balls up close to his body. Is that strange for
his age? He wanted to play with my breasts so I unbutton
my top and my bra unhooked in front and let him feel
them. He was so tender with them. Not rough like the
high school and college boys I’ve been used to.”

“The older we get the more sensitive we are to the
sexual feelings of our partners. You may get spoiled by
the elderly when it comes to sex. Oh, you may as well
put your bra in your bag until shift is over now that
you having contact with the men. I didn’t bother to wear
one today. What did you decide about the older men? Or
do you just want to stick with the young.”

“I’m willing to take some of the older men as well.
Could I have the two that are uncut or did you want
them?”

“No, that’s all right. You can have them. I’ll take the
boy in 267 that can’t use his arms and you have the
other two plus the two uncut men. I’ll get the other
three older guys and that will be the entire eighteen.
We should finish up with a little time to spare before
the overlap of the next shift.”

“OK, I’m going to start with a young, then an uncut,
then a young and finish with an uncut. See you later.”

Katie started with Henry Hobson in 267. He was resting
quietly when she came in. She pretended to study his
chart and then went to the far side of the bed and
removed his covers to the foot of the bed. Henry stirred
awake. “It’s only me, your nurse,” Katie whispered as
she pulled his gown down from the top and up from the
bottom. She could see she surgery scars and the hardness
of his stomach. She began by rubbing his chest and
stomach. How does that feel?”

“It feels great. The best I have had in days, no
longer.”

“And that?” she asked as she moved her hands down to his
crotch with one hand on each side of his balls forcing
his highs apart so that his balls dropped into her hand
and his cock into the other. She didn’t tease him with
her tits because she knew he couldn’t play with them but
she did get up on the foot of the bed on her knees and
bending over placed his erect cock between her big tits
and let him fuck between them.

His cock was long enough that it popped from her tits so
the head was hitting her lips. Each time it came up she
darted her tongue out to meet and lick it. She could see
it was driving him crazy and he was trying to push
further with each stroke trying to get it in her mouth.
She let just the tip past her lips and out again. Then
she released her tits and took a firm hold and began to
jerk him off. He was a nice size of about six inches.
She had him so worked up that it didn’t take many
strokes before he was moaning and she could feel the
heat in his balls about to push out and she deftly
caught his load in her ever present towel. After milking
him dry and cleaning him up she kissed his cock and
wished him a Merry Christmas as she left the room.

At Katie’s last stop Tim Waters, seventy-five, was in
one of the single rooms. His bed, around the corner, was
not visible from the door. He was a widower and had been
there a week. They were trying to get his Coumadin
intake regulated so he could go home. She grabbed a
towel off a rack as she entered.

“Mr. Waters I’m Katie Shaw and I’m your nurse for today.
How are you, is there anything I can do for you?”

“Hi, Katie, you’re not going to prick me are you?”

“”Well, you should never pass up a good prick I’m told.”

“Then a good prick it will be.”

“I just bet it will be Mr. Waters. It says on your chart
that no one has checked on you today so let’s have a
look,” Katie said as she pulled the covers down. She
raised his top and could see the signs of the bruising
on his stomach partially hidden by the pajama bottoms.
She slipped her hand down his bottoms to feel for lumps.
He started at her touch.

“Did that hurt?”

“No. As a matter of fact it felt pretty good. It’s been
a long time since I’ve had a woman’s hand down there.”

“Raise your hips Mr. Waters and let’s take a look,” she
said as she took hold of his pajamas and pulled them
down below his knees. With his pants down she
immediately noticed two things. Part of his leg had been
blown away and lying right next to the scar resting on a
large scrotum containing his balls was a five inch
flaccid cock. Her eyes opened wide as did her mouth at
the sight and she looked up at Mr. Waters who, with all
the signs of a leer, looked her right in the eye. She
held his gaze for a moment.

“Now that’s a real prick Mr. Waters,” Katie said as she
took it in her hands. It lay across the palm of one
while she rubbed it with the other as if she were
petting a kitten. “You could do some real damage with a
thing like this. Does it still work?”

“It is a nice one isn’t it. When I was about eighteen
after I first got drafted I used to catch some of the
guys in the shower sneaking peeks at it.

“Are you gay Mr. Waters?”

“No, of course not. Whatever gave you that idea?”

“I just wanted to be sure.”

“It still works. Just takes a little more fiddling to
get it primed and it needs a little more rest between
shots than it used to.”

“Well, let’s see what we can do. I’d hate to see a thing
like that go to waste,” Katie said releasing his cock
and walking over and closing the door. On the way back
to the bed she opened the top of her dress and let both
of her breasts hang in front of Mr. Waters as she took
hold of his cock again.

“I think we are on to something here Nurse Shaw,” Waters
said as he proceeded to dial in her tits. He couldn’t
seem to get enough of them as he lapped at them
alternately like a puppy. She let him have his fill
while she massaged and stroked his cock. It had grown to
over six inches but it was still not fully erect.

“Mr. Waters I think that you will need a little more of
a boost to get up today,” Katie said as she stood up and
turned facing the foot of the bed. She raised her skirt
and pulled her bikinis down and stepped out of them
leaving them on the floor.

“You can finger my pussy while I give you a blow job to
put some steel in your cock. Is that all right with
you?” she said bending to take him into her mouth.

“Oh, God yes, whatever you say.”

Waters twisted over in bed and raising Katie’s dress
looked directly at her ample ass. He ran his hands over
the large orbs of flesh sliding a hand down over her
asshole on the way to her pussy which he cupped in his
hand and gently massaged feeling the sponginess of her
bush. He could feel her labia move under his fingers as
they searched for entry into the now wet opening.

This was all helping Waters firm up as Katie was taking
as much as she could in her mouth and starting to let it
slid into her throat. This latter was new to her but not
totally objectionable as she was able to control the
penetration. A nurse friend of hers in describing her
experiences had explained how to get past the gag reflex
and relax to get a big cock down her throat. This was
the nicest cock she had ever had. It seemed to be fully
erect now and she would guess that it was something over
seven inches with a big head. As she paused from sucking
she asked, “Do you think you can take me on top of you?”

“I don’t see why not,” he said and almost cried with joy
at the thought of this magnificent woman astride of him.
Before he could say more Katie had climbed onto the bed
and had his cock sliding into her pussy. She wasted no
time starting a piston like movement. As she did she
savagely worked her clitoris with her right hand.

Katie had never been this hot in the three years since
she decided to celebrate Christmas with the troops. As
she continued to pump on Waters’ cock as he was trying
to corner her flying tits with both his hands. It was
like trying to catch a flight of bats.

“Mr. Waters I want to warn you I am about to cum and I
will be pressing down hard so you might want to get
prepared.”

“Cum a head Katie I am starting now. Oh, damn it’s good.
Thank you Jesus.”

Katie stroked herself hard one last time as she felt her
internal juices rise to the surface and explode through
her body. This was a new sensation and it was not at all
bad. She continued riding Waters’ cock for some time as
she eased down from her high and he did not immediately
wilt as she had expected which prolonged her pleasure.

Katie reached for the towel and slapped it over her
pussy as Waters’ cock fell limp from inside her. She
caught all his drippings as they exited her pussy. She
then wiped him clean and kissed his cock before she
pulled up his bottoms and covered him again. She bent to
retrieve her bikinis and put them in her pocket.

“Well, Mr. Waters you seem to be just fine today. I
think you will be able to sleep more soundly tonight.”

“Oh, yes I will most certainly be able to sleep today
thanks to you. Do you think that we might get together
sometime after I leave here? This was such a high
point.”

“As much as I’m sure I would enjoy that I don’t think
that would work out. I have a roommate you see, and I
don’t think she would be agreeable to me fucking anyone
other than her.”

“You mean you…you have a girlfriend that you, ah, that
you… you know, that you have sex with?”

“Every chance I get Mr. Waters. You may find that
strange after today, but I only do this one day a year.
It’s my Christmas present to the men who have served.
It’s the least I can do for your sacrifice. And wasn’t
this better than a tie? Merry Christmas Mr. Waters,”
Katie said as she opened the door and left.

“There is a God after all,” said Tim Waters as he began
to drift off.

“How’d everything go Amy,” Katie asked when she come
around to her seat at the computer terminal.

“It was great. One of the older men had a hard time
getting it up but he told me what to do and I was able
to suck him hard with him holding my head down on his
cock. He said if I would let it slide down my throat it
would get hard.”

“And did it?” Katie asked looking at the ceiling.

“Oh yes. I could feel the head being pushed out of the
skin with each thrust down my throat and the skin moving
up and over the head of his cock as it came out of my
throat. By him holding both sides of my head and pushing
it firmly down on his cock he was able to kind of fuck
my mouth and get his hard on. He said he wanted to fuck
me in the asshole but I told him we couldn’t. Then he
said that was all right and that he would just fuck my
mouth and I could lick his balls when he pushed all the
way down. Don’t you just love it the way that little end
part of the skin feels on your lips when you suck it in
your mouth.

“The other older man skinned his back and had me put my
tongue on the head of his cock and he let the skin slide
over the head and over the end of my tongue. The skin
felt soft and spongy like the skin around my pussy.”

“And you liked the feeling when he did that?”

“Yeah, and especially when I would just take the end of
his cock in my mouth and be able to move the skin all
around.”

“Then you like doing new things Amy?”

“Yes. This was fun today. It made me feel good.”

“Do you drink Amy?”

“Yes but not a lot. A few glasses of wine and I like
scotch. My daddy drinks scotch.”

“Well I know you are away from home and my roommate and
I are going to have a few drinks tonight to celebrate
and I would like you to come over and join us.”

“I don’t know about that. I mean drinking and the snow
and all. I just don’t know.”

“Don’t worry about that. If we have a little too much to
drink we have plenty of room. There are two bedrooms and
you can sleep with one of us if you don’t want to drive.
How about it? We don’t have to work tomorrow.”

“Well OK. I’d just sit in my room otherwise. But I have
to go home and change.”

“Here is my address and phone. It’s not far. You just
come over as soon as you can. I’m going to my locker to
get my coat and boots. I Hope I see you later to night.
Merry Christmas.”

Ben was in the lobby when she got off the elevator
getting ready for the outside. “Well, we made another
one Ben. I hope the men will have a good night.”

“God be with them. Merry Christmas Katie.”

“Merry Christmas Ben.”