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I choked on her words. I felt almost sure my eyes were going to leave my head and roll over the floor in response to her flat-out comment, but instead I laughed as she wandered toward me. She patted my chest and looked up at me with eyes full of hope, like all her Christmases had come at once.
“Don’t worry yourself, Jamie. I don’t do this often, and I’m sure I’ve had infinitely less partners in the bedroom than I imagine you’ve had, but I know what I like; and I like what I see. There’s no point in pretending otherwise, so unless you get a better offer in the bar later we’ll see where our flirting takes us.”
Her offer hadn’t sounded like a vague suggestion to me, more like a promise. A promise I was more than excited at the prospect of, and I knew there and then that no matter who presented themselves in the bar that evening, I’d bet none of them would interest me as much as Daisy did. Lucky me.
As she wafted past me at the door, she drew her fingertips along my belt, glanced up at me, and gave me a small smile.
“Bet this belt looks better undone,” she remarked and chuckled to herself. “Alright, freshen up and meet us in the bar in half an hour. The Ceilidgh starts in less than an hour.”
Without looking back at me she wiggled her way down the hall and disappeared down the stairs again.
I stood for a few seconds shaking my head, then wandered into my room for the night and closed the door. Crashing down from my euphoric state of meeting Daisy, I felt bone tired.
Half an hour felt like a long time in my own company since Daisy was down in the bar, so I kicked off my shoes and climbed up onto the old brass bed. Damn it was as comfortable as a I imagined it would feel if I’d been able to lie on a cloud.
Within seconds I fell asleep, dead to the world and uncharacteristically low in energy. The time change and being up for almost two days had totally wiped me out.
