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“What stuff?” I’m not sure what he’s talking about until he starts pulling bags of groceries out of the backseat. “For Roni?”
“Yeah, you want to give me a hand?” He places a bag on the hood of the car as Jani and Noble approach us, on their way to the bonfire.
Jani grins, pausing beside us.
“Nick, this is Jani and Noble.”
“Nice to meet you.” Nick bumps his car door closed with his hip, then looks at me expectantly.
“Uh, yeah, her apartment is on the way. Just let me lock my door and we’ll go.”
When I return, Noble and Nick have a couple of plastic bags hanging from each hand, and we make our way down the street. Noble and Jani walk ahead of us.
“I can’t believe you bought groceries for someone you don’t even know. You didn’t have to do that.”
Nick shrugs. “I took up a quick collection from my work crew. We all know how it is to struggle.”
There’s a cynical side of me that wonders if he did it to score points with me, but honestly, he’s already gotten what he wants, and I’m sure he knows I didn’t invite him to stay tonight to play Scrabble.
Roni is in tears when we show up and she sees not only a solid week worth of food, but that Nick and his friends also provided a gift card to the local grocery store to get her through the rest of the month. He seems uncomfortable with her gratitude and retreats outside with Noble the first chance he gets.
Jani and I congratulate Roni on her new job, and head outside. I’m happy for her. She has a new job, making decent money. Once she gets over this initial hump of losing all the government help at once, and having her rent hiked, she’ll be better off in the long run.
“I think you’ve found a good one, Sam,” Jani murmurs as we walk across the yard to meet them.
I flash her a quick smile. “He’s great, but this is temporary. We just met.”
“Then you don’t know it’s temporary.”
Nick slings an arm around me, and we head down to the bonfire. I can smell the smoke and hear the laughter before we get there. The cool evening breeze lifts my hair and Nick’s warm arm wraps tighter around me. A simple joy flows through me. It’s the little things, the little moments like this that somehow make everything feel perfect. Like the everyday problems and struggles don’t matter.
Mitch is hosting the bonfire tonight, but neighbors come and go over the next few hours. There’s lots of laughter and good natured teasing. The most interesting thing I noticed was Mallory and Mitch spending most of the evening together. When Nick and I excuse ourselves and tell everyone goodbye, they’re sitting side by side, so deep in conversation they seem to have blocked out everyone else.
Nick loops an arm around my neck as we walk back toward my apartment. “Your neighbors are crazy, but they’re fun.”
“Yeah, you really haven’t seen their crazy side.”
“Trey had a pair of panties on his head all evening and Denton only talked in rhymes.”
He grins at my laughter. “Yeah they must’ve lost a bet. It happens so often I don’t even ask anymore.”
When we get back to my apartment, we waste no time getting naked. I’d like to think it’s the couple of drinks I had that makes me lose control around this man, but that’s not it. A glance, a sweep of his hand over my arm, is all it takes for me to want him inside of me. The way he kisses me, like he can’t stand for his lips not to be on mine for another second, makes me think he feels the same powerful chemistry.
We don’t even make it to the bedroom this time. He spins me around and pulls me backward until my back slams into his chest. His lips are on my neck and his fingers between my legs before I can take a breath. Fuck, I love the way he takes control.
His large hand presses on the middle of my back, bending me over the arm of the couch. I hear the crinkle of the condom wrapper a moment before he plunges into me, making us both groan.
It’s a night to remember. For a guy over forty, he sure can fuck like a twenty year old, and it’s nearly dawn when we finally shower and fall into my bed.
It’s after ten when Puffbutt licks my face, waking me to let him outside. I probably look like I’ve been dragged naked through a swamp when I take him out to pee, but none of the neighbors are out to see me.
When I get back inside, Nick is still asleep, sprawled out like a starfish on my bed, gloriously naked and sporting an impressive hard on. God, he’s sexy. Our little weekend is about to come to an end, and I can’t resist having him once more, no matter how much my vagina protests.
Quietly, I remove a condom from my nightstand, and roll it over him. He stirs a little but doesn’t wake up. Straddling his hips, I slowly lower myself onto him, relishing the way he fills me up.
A groan rumbles his chest, and his eyes flutter open as I start to ride him. The sleepy grin on his face does things to me, and his hands run up my thighs until they reach my hips. We don’t speak, just enjoy the slow and steady morning fuck.
I lean over to kiss him, and he rolls me until I’m on my side and he’s behind me, sliding into me again. I’m getting close, and the world is starting to slip away as I close my eyes and just feel him.
