Naked is Natural

He nods. "I'll try."

"Please do," I whisper.

He nods again. "For you. But I heard he has women in his room and he does seem different these days, if it's what I am thinkin' 'dan I should be happy "

I look up at him and swallow the lump that had been residing in my throat. I touch his tattooed bicep with the tips of my fingers. " But I am afraid he might hurt her She is my close friend" He laughed " That's mean we both fools fall for the same land beauty which cast a magic spell on us and now we are lost and falling" I frowned " Yeah yeah thank you for calling us witches" He doesn't answer. Instead, he skewers the skinned squirrel on a stick and thrusts it over the fire. I grimace. "That's ugly."

He laughs. "It is, isn't it? It won't be so ugly when we cut him up and beat him."

I scoot a little closer to the fire, pleased with the warmth that it gives me. "I honestly have to say that I've never tried squirrel."

"It's good," he tells me. "But small. Like snack, not meal."

I watch it coo