Try again

   But in the beginning of October she was at a show in Washington, and so was I.   I went by her booth maybe ten minutes after the show opened, and Anna broke off her spiel to wave at me and yell, "Choy Sam?"  
   That was the Chinese restaurant we had first eaten at back in June.  I nodded and yelled back "Quarter to five?"
   She nodded vigorously and went back to her customer, starting over the sentence she had broken into.   I got to talk to her a little more during the day, when things had settled down, though her work stayed pretty steady.
   I met her after the show closed.  This time the conversation wasn't quite as light and the silences were longer.  Anna spent a lot of time looking at me and thinking.   I was pretty sure just what she was thinking about; I was thinking about exactly the same thing, though I was maybe a little more sure of what I wanted to do.
   When I helped her put her coat on as we left, I decided to **** things a little by kissing her on the lips.  I held it a bit longer than she wanted to and she drew away.  But when we were out on the street she suddenly pulled me aside and gave me back better than I had given her.
   While we went straight to her room, it was only to leave our coats.  She stayed away from me to emphasize that.
   It was very plain to me that Anna wanted to have her legs wrapped around me before this weekend was over, probably several times.  The question was whether she was now just hesitant, trying to increase her desire for me by frustrating it, or being coy.
   Which was the truth could make a big difference.