Home AgainWhen we finally got to New York, we took a cab home to Brooklyn. Both exhausted, we went straight to bed and fell asleep. It was dark when I awoke and Mel was still asleep, on her stomach, her face turned away from me on her pillow. After using the bathroom, I returned to my side of the bed and lay on my left side watching her breathe. I raised up and lowered my lips to hers. She reacted but did not awaken. My lips lowered to her neck and I ran the fingers of my right hand across her cheek. She reacted more. Suddenly I was on top of her, grinding into her as I wrested her lips apart. Her eyes opened and she looked confused and disoriented and for a moment I feared she would push me away. I felt her hands instead circle to my back, clutching me closer, her tongue battling mine. He
