She leaned back in the train seat and glanced over at the man sitting next to her. They'd had an interesting day sight-seeing but the train ride back was dragging slightly despite the beautiful countryside she could see from the window. She reached in her handbag pulled out her compact and checked her face in the mirror. She powdered her nose, a wonderfully quaint term. Taking out the lip pencil she redrew the red outline around her lips more firmly before filling it in with lipstick. She pushed her lips together to even out the colour before pouting to admire the effect.
She checked her watch and smiled over at him licking her lips just slightly. She'd been slightly disappointed when despite a number of opportunities to avail themselves of quiet corners in the old buildings he had just smiled at her and moved on. This despite her promise to wear no panties, not today, in fact never when they were together. The outfit, the skirt, boots and hold ups could have been entirely designed to provide ease of access but much good it had done her. She had flirted, her conversation littered with innuendos but still nothing in response.
"So what are we going to do this evening," she asked him raising her eyebrow slightly.
"I'm not sure," he said, not a flicker of taking the bait.
Well that one clearly hadn't worked either and she pouted slightly pulling her phone from her bag. Then she smiled slightly a thought occurring to her and began to tap away on the screen.
"I want you," she tapped in that line they used so often, hit send and grinned.
A moment later he reached into his pocket and she looked innocently at him as he opened the phone.
"Anything, um, important?" she enquired.
"Not really," he said deadpan.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck," she whispered under her breath to herself, "what the hell do I have to do?"
Seconds later her phone vibrated and she checked out the screen.
"Where and when?" it read.
She smiled at him wondering at how he managed to give so little away.
"You know I was just thinking of that Martini advert," she said conversationally. "The one with Joan Collins, do you remember?"
"No," came back his terse reply.
"Anytime, anyplace, anywhere!" she typed in and hit send on the phone.
"We will be in the city any moment now," he said glancing down at his phone just a flicker of response this time.