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“Pizza. There’s still some left in the house,” I tell him, pointing to the door.
“Do you want to eat that?”
On cue, my stomach growls so loudly Dean can hear it. “I do, but I was sort of saving myself.”
“For what?” he asks.
“You.”
“Ah, I see.” The sudden heat in his eyes, and the way they take me in so appreciatively tells me he’s definitely got it. “How about we go inside, take a nice hot shower. You’ll be my main course. We can have pizza once you’ve had enough of me.”
“What if I don’t get enough?” I ask, watching him undress in my shower.
“I promise to do everything within my power to satisfy you, kitty cat. Even if it takes me the rest of my life.”
Suggesting we have forever is crazy. But just for right now, I’ll let him believe it.
Sex with Dean is all consuming. My brain can’t handle my need for him, and my need for food at the same time. Going into survival mode, it went for what it needed most. Him.
Hours after we went inside, he fucked me in the shower. Then I fucked him on the bed. We attempted to make it to the kitchen, but we ended up doing it in the hallway. Thank god Reese didn’t come home right then, because she probably would have been traumatized.
When we finally came up for air, I was literally dizzy. From starvation, or from too much humping, I don’t know. Regardless, the three slices of pizza left in the fridge were nowhere near enough.
It was hard deciding which vehicle to take, his Jeep with the top down, or my Mustang, also topless. In the end, we decided to take the Mustang. Dean drove, saying it had been too long since he’d driven a muscle car.
We went to an Italian market close by. Of course, I ordered pizza. Although he ate it, I’m not so sure he enjoyed it nearly as much as I did. There was a live band playing eighties music outside. It was a nice affair, relaxed, with no expectations. We talked and laughed, and when it was done, he drove me home.
“If you make it past tomorrow, would you like to spend the night with me?” I ask.
“Why not tonight?”
Tomorrow is the second elimination. We will both be getting up very early to warm up. Sleep is of the essence. If he spent the night, there would be no sleep, regardless of how full I feel. I place my hand on his chest and lean into him. “Good luck tomorrow.”
He bends down and takes my lips in his. “Get some rest,” he says, jumping into the Jeep, honking twice as he drives away.
Wishing for time to stand still has worked for no one. Even so, I wish it. It was a perfect, dare I say it? Date. It was a perfect date. But tomorrow may see everything change. This barely there relationship might just poof away. I sigh looking down the empty street.
As the sun begins its descent, the evening comes to life with a vengeance. A buzz in my ear tells me I’ve got mere seconds to get indoors. I make a run for it. By the time I get to the front door I’m swatting away bat-sized mosquitos. But even that’s not enough to bring me down from this high Dean’s left me with.
That is until I walk inside and spot my kid laying on the couch.
“Where’d you go?” Reese asks, yawning.
“I could ask you the same thing. You guys left me there.” I shove her legs out of the way, more than a little peeved, and sit beside her.
“Aunt Liz thought you’d get bored.”
“You could have still offered.”
“Mom, it’s school stuff. It’s much easier if I can do this with someone who knows about it.”
Feeling resigned, I slump my shoulders. “I just want to be a part of your life. It feels like we’re drifting apart. You and Liz have some bond that I can’t connect to. You spend more time with her than me and I’m already going to lose you in a few weeks.”
Reese’s face softens and she brings her arms around my shoulders, resting her head against mine. “You’ll never lose me, Mom. But I’m an adult now. It’s okay for me have a strong relationship with Aunt Liz. And you raised me to be a woman of worth. Independent. To go after what I want. That’s exactly what I’m doing, and I can’t relent.”
“How’d you grow up to be so smart?” I ask her.
“You made me that way,” she replies with a smile.
