He was able to joke, a good sign that things were going well between them. She leaned back more into him as he took them through rolls, twists, turns and a loop. Enough aerial acrobatics to make her weak in the knees and still shaking with gales of excited laughter.

When he slowed down, and seemed in more conscious control of what he was doing she offered him a mock pout, her voice silky in his ear. "You know.... we really need to work on your endurance."