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Lost, Even with a Map

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Enlai held his map at arms’ length, his arms spread as far as he could spread them.   He didn’t recognize anything.
 “So.  Just how lost are we?” Mei asked.
 “Errr… quite.  We are quite lost,” Enlai admitted.
 “Let me see,” she said as she popped up between his arms.  The top of her head barely grazed Enlai’s chin.  Enlai shifted uncomfortably as her skirt caught in the wind and danced across his thighs.
 “You’re right, we’re completely lost.  I can’t even see where we came from,” Mei said.
 “I’m so sorry,” Enlai said.  He was trying to concentrate on the map rather than simply glancing down Mei’s low-cut blouse.  He failed and saw hints of a pink polka-dot bra.
Mei suddenly looked up at him, her head bumping into his chest.
 “What do you think?” she asked.
 “I, uh, I’m sorry, what do I think about what?” he asked, his face flushing.
 “I said it’s not so bad around here.  Do you think we could just have the picnic here?” she said.
He glanced around.  There was a babbling brook, birds singing, green grass and flowers.  It was pretty.
 “What about the others?” he asked.  
 “Suí biàn,” she said with a smile.
Enlai was fairly certain he could not remain a gentleman with this woman for another five minutes.  They would bring shame to each other’s families in very short order.  He had to find the others.
 “Er, um, ah! Oh!  Here, I think I see where we came from,” he said, looking very intently at the map.
 “Oh?” she said, looking back at the map.  He couldn’t quite see her expression.
 “Yes, see over there on the left?  I can’t point, but over there by the Planet Xin Huǒxīng?  I think we skipped from New Blighty all the way over here, which is why we can’t see it on the map.”
 “Ah yes, I see!  Good eye!  Here, you just hold the map like that and I’ll start up the launch sequence,” she said.
She kicked off her sandals and turned to face Enlai.  He looked down at her in confusion.  She grabbed both of his ears, pulled his face down to her lips, and kissed him passionately.  She reached behind her with her left leg and tapped the launch icon with her toe.
They were still locked in that kiss when the map enveloped them and launched them back across the Planets.
Flash Fiction Month, Day 16.
Man, I was pretty dry of ideas today. I was actually sparked by a prompt. "An unusual way to travel."
Suí biàn means, more or less, "choose as you wish" in Chinese. Not that I actually know Chinese. I should ask `zebrazebrazebra.
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I like it---especially this line--->Enlai was fairly certain he could not remain a gentleman with this woman for another five minutes.  They would bring shame to each other’s families in very short order.  He had to find the others.