My First Time with Alice: A Lifetime of Nervous Heartbeats
The cabin stove crackles. Late night. Deep in the ZAD mountains. Simon sleeps behind the door. Alice and I slip under the wool plaid. My heart thumps wild. Like that July night, nineteen, villa poolside. Her feet dangling in water. Curly hair wild. Eyes hazel fire. I sat. Passed the joint. ‘Alone with you,’ I…