first.”
By
mid-afternoon, I had dusted, cleaned the bathrooms, bedrooms, and vacuumed.
Now, I was in the kitchen making Blue and myself a sandwich for a late lunch. I
felt kind of bad I hadn’t offered him anything before this time, so to make it
up, he was not only getting two sandwiches, but a piece of chocolate mud cake,
a coffee, and a soft drink. I placed them all on a tray and took them into the
lounge where his behind was still planted on the couch, now laughing at Judge
Judy on TV.
“Wow,
baby. Maybe I should have confessed my devotion for you a long time ago if this
is what I’m going to get.”
I
blushed and stuttered, “U-uh, no. I mean, I’m sorry for not…for being busy all
morning and forgetting lunch. Um, no devotion needed here.” I nodded and went
back into the kitchen where my own lunch was waiting to be consumed.
I’d
just sat down at the table when the phone rang. “Hello?” I answered.
“Why
the frig have you not called me yet?” Deanna quietly hissed into the phone.
“Why
would I call you at work?”
“Your
brother and his partner popped in for a visit. They laughed at me, ‘cause I was
as sweet as pie, no matter what I did; but then they informed me that Blue was
all up in your face this morning. What happened?”
“Um,
I can’t really talk right now.”
“The
fuck you can’t…oh, I am so sorry, but I do not believe that is an option for
you.” I laughed. Someone must have walked into the library to cause Deanna to
change her tune like that. On another hiss she added, “Unless you want me to
tell Maya about that time we smoked a joint when she was a baby and you ended
up laughing so hard you cried ‘cause you thought you had an ugly ape baby, you
had better start talking.”
That
was a bit uncalled for. Not every baby was cute, and it just happened that Maya
was one of them; didn’t mean I loved her less.
“Jeesh,
alright. Hang on a sec’.” Taking my plate with me, I got up, walked out to the
lounge where Blue gave me a knowing smirk. “Uh, I gotta take this. Be back.”
And I quickly headed down the hall to my bedroom. “You ready?” I asked into the
phone after sitting down near the pillows on my bed.
“What
do you think? Hurry it up, woman, before I get a customer.”
“Okay,
the quick low down. Blue came in, walked up to me, ran his hand down my cheek,
and said ‘morning, baby.’ Mattie and Julian left. Then—oh my God, Deanna. Then
he confessed that Talon wasn’t the only one watching me for two years. So had
he. And he wants me in every way.”
“Holy
David Hasslehoff,” Deanna yelled. “Sorry, sorry.” I knew she was apologizing to
people at the library. “Heck, Zee. What are you going to do?” she whispered.
“Nothing.”
“What
do you mean nothing?”
“Deanna,
hun, he isn’t the one who gets my heart and loins racing when he walks into a
room. Sure he is great looking, but…my-my heart already knows who it wants.
Even if that guy can be a bossy, alpha-male ass sometimes. He’s all of those
things, and mine.”
Silence
on the other end. That was never good coming from Deanna.
“Deanna?”
“That’s
good, Zee. I’m glad for you. Look I gotta go. See ya later, loser.” She sounded
deflated, or her boss had just caught her on the phone once again.
“Yeah,
okay, I’ll see you later.” When we’d have a serious talk.
After
we’d hung up, I dropped the phone to the bed; a second later it rang again. I
answered it with a chirpy, “Hello.”
Nothing
but air on the other head.
“Hello?”
I said again.
Zilch
reply.
“Look
if this is one of those heavy breathing idiots, go out and get a job.”
Still
nothing.
My
bedroom door was flung open, Talon stood there breathing hard. Two steps and he
had the phone out of my hand and ended the call.
“Hey!”
I glared.
“Kitten.”
He closed his eyes and breathed deep. Upon opening them, he pulled me from
By
mid-afternoon, I had dusted, cleaned the bathrooms, bedrooms, and vacuumed.
Now, I was in the kitchen making Blue and myself a sandwich for a late lunch. I
felt kind of bad I hadn’t offered him anything before this time, so to make it
up, he was not only getting two sandwiches, but a piece of chocolate mud cake,
a coffee, and a soft drink. I placed them all on a tray and took them into the
lounge where his behind was still planted on the couch, now laughing at Judge
Judy on TV.
“Wow,
baby. Maybe I should have confessed my devotion for you a long time ago if this
is what I’m going to get.”
I
blushed and stuttered, “U-uh, no. I mean, I’m sorry for not…for being busy all
morning and forgetting lunch. Um, no devotion needed here.” I nodded and went
back into the kitchen where my own lunch was waiting to be consumed.
I’d
just sat down at the table when the phone rang. “Hello?” I answered.
“Why
the frig have you not called me yet?” Deanna quietly hissed into the phone.
“Why
would I call you at work?”
“Your
brother and his partner popped in for a visit. They laughed at me, ‘cause I was
as sweet as pie, no matter what I did; but then they informed me that Blue was
all up in your face this morning. What happened?”
“Um,
I can’t really talk right now.”
“The
fuck you can’t…oh, I am so sorry, but I do not believe that is an option for
you.” I laughed. Someone must have walked into the library to cause Deanna to
change her tune like that. On another hiss she added, “Unless you want me to
tell Maya about that time we smoked a joint when she was a baby and you ended
up laughing so hard you cried ‘cause you thought you had an ugly ape baby, you
had better start talking.”
That
was a bit uncalled for. Not every baby was cute, and it just happened that Maya
was one of them; didn’t mean I loved her less.
“Jeesh,
alright. Hang on a sec’.” Taking my plate with me, I got up, walked out to the
lounge where Blue gave me a knowing smirk. “Uh, I gotta take this. Be back.”
And I quickly headed down the hall to my bedroom. “You ready?” I asked into the
phone after sitting down near the pillows on my bed.
“What
do you think? Hurry it up, woman, before I get a customer.”
“Okay,
the quick low down. Blue came in, walked up to me, ran his hand down my cheek,
and said ‘morning, baby.’ Mattie and Julian left. Then—oh my God, Deanna. Then
he confessed that Talon wasn’t the only one watching me for two years. So had
he. And he wants me in every way.”
“Holy
David Hasslehoff,” Deanna yelled. “Sorry, sorry.” I knew she was apologizing to
people at the library. “Heck, Zee. What are you going to do?” she whispered.
“Nothing.”
“What
do you mean nothing?”
“Deanna,
hun, he isn’t the one who gets my heart and loins racing when he walks into a
room. Sure he is great looking, but…my-my heart already knows who it wants.
Even if that guy can be a bossy, alpha-male ass sometimes. He’s all of those
things, and mine.”
Silence
on the other end. That was never good coming from Deanna.
“Deanna?”
“That’s
good, Zee. I’m glad for you. Look I gotta go. See ya later, loser.” She sounded
deflated, or her boss had just caught her on the phone once again.
“Yeah,
okay, I’ll see you later.” When we’d have a serious talk.
After
we’d hung up, I dropped the phone to the bed; a second later it rang again. I
answered it with a chirpy, “Hello.”
Nothing
but air on the other head.
“Hello?”
I said again.
Zilch
reply.
“Look
if this is one of those heavy breathing idiots, go out and get a job.”
Still
nothing.
My
bedroom door was flung open, Talon stood there breathing hard. Two steps and he
had the phone out of my hand and ended the call.
“Hey!”
I glared.
“Kitten.”
He closed his eyes and breathed deep. Upon opening them, he pulled me from
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