She would have punched the guy over and over again unless she was stopped by two arms that kept her firmly from moving towards him.

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“Ok …what about … that one, over there with the green shorts?”
“Shane I told you. I don’t want to find a person here.”
“Come on Al” 
“Arghh…….Too skinny”
Ok …. Fair enough……How about the one with the pony tale….. that blond one?
“Too blond”
“The one with the cute ass over there by the tree?”
“Too straight”
“You don’t know that!”
“Sure I do. And that’s her boyfriend over there. I saw them kissing earlier”
“Maybe she’s a bisexual like you!”
“Yeah whatever. I don’t care. She looks like a Barbie doll and she kisses like one.”
“Barbie dolls don’t kiss!”
“Exactly!”
“I’m sorry, you lost me”
“It doesn’t matter Shane. I’m just not in a mood for checking out chicks”
“Oh Al look at that one over there ….”
“I don’t see anything….”
“Come on! The one that comes climbing that bank. Is she crawling?” Shane grinned looking at the woman from a distance.
“I believe she does”
“Oh look! Now she stands dusting her knees.”
Alice and Shane had stopped their walking to watch the interesting scene.
“Why did she climb?”
“I don’t know Shane. She must have a reason.”
“She’s shouting something”
“I think it’s “Lighthouse””
“Lighthouse?” 
“It must be a pet dog or something”
“She looks worried the way she runs up and down like that asking people”
“Yeah ….. she does ……… Let’s go closer. I want to see her face.”
“ok…”
Three seconds later…..
“Hot!”
“Beautiful”
“Look at that body Al”
“Yeah……….” Alice said her eyes fixed on the worried face of the woman who now talked to a young man.  

“Al… Alice……AL!”
“What?”
“I’m talking to you ……. Do you want to go talk to her?”
“Ummmmm ……..I don’t know….”
“Come on. I know you fancy her.”
“What? ……. No! …I’m just worried because ……..she looks……”
“Because she looks worried, right?” Shane said smiling “Come on let’s talk to her. Maybe we can help somehow” Shane usually wouldn’t do something like that for Alice just because she was sure that when Al wanted something she would put herself out there and get it. She never needed a match maker before. However, this time was different. She could see the look on Alice’s eyes and she could sense that she was interested but she couldn’t understand why she remained so still. It was like she enjoyed watching and studying that woman’s face from a distance more than actually go there and talk to her. That was so unlike Alice.