“Lucy you have to race too?”
Lucy put her head on one side, frowning as she contemplated
Nate’s idea. “Okay, if I have to…GO!” Then off she flew, racing
ahead of both Ed and Nate.
“That’s cheating,” Ed called after her. “Quick Nate,
she’s going to win.”
Father and son raced after Lucy, their laughter escaping
into the air as they ran. Lucy looked over her shoulder, to see where
they were, Ed was gaining on her more quickly than Nate, who was running in the
rear, calling for Ed to wait for him. Then suddenly, Lucy found that she
was being hoisted in the air and carried, at some pace, back to where they’d
just run from.
“Put me down,” she squealed, unable to stop herself from
giggling.
“Run Nate, run,” shouted Ed, now passing his son running in
the opposite direction.
“This is cheating,” Lucy cried.
“You cheated first.” Ed was laughing now as he carried
on running for several feet, until eventually he dropped Lucy, with a thud,
onto the grass verge of the pathway.
Not wanting to hurt herself, Lucy hung on for dear life,
pulling Ed over on top of her. Lucy pulled in a sharp intake of breath,
because with Ed on top of her Lucy’s body felt electrically charged, ready to
respond to him. It was as though he’d flipped a switch inside her, as
waves of excitement churned in her stomach and then bubbled down between her
legs, her whole body was tingling, desperate for his touch, and she was almost
sure that she could feel something hardening against her!
“Brilliant,” said Ed, breathing heavily from his
exertions. “I think Nate may win now. Sorry am I hurting you?” he
asked, suddenly aware that he was lying on top of her. He looked down at
Lucy and tried not to sigh, she smelled so good and looked extremely beautiful;
her red hair fanning out over her shoulders, contrasting with the dark-green
grass verge. He felt as though every nerve ending in his body was being
set alight as a slow, insistent throbbing began to grow in his groin.
“It’s okay,” she said breathlessly. “I’m fine.”
Realising that if he didn’t get off her soon, Lucy would be
patently aware, of how much he liked her in that position, Ed stood up and held
his hand out for her. He looked in the direction of Nate, who initially
had stopped running to watch them for a few seconds before carrying on in the
direction of the tree stump in
“Come on, we’d better get Nate something to eat before he
starves.”
“Thanks,” she said allowing Ed to pull her up. “I’ve
really enjoyed myself this afternoon.”
Their eyes locked as they stared at each other intently, the
electricity between them fizzing through the air as Ed held Lucy’s hand in his.
“Good,” Ed finally replied huskily, before running off in
the direction of Nate.
Lucy watched as he picked up Nate, under his arm, and spun
him round, father and son laughing loudly. A warm glow flowed through her
body as she decided that she was going to like working for Ed.
Once Ed had spun Nate around a couple of times he dropped
him to the ground, and now breathless from exertion and laughter they waited
for Lucy. She finally caught up with them, patting grass and twigs off
her jeans as she approached them.
“Sorry about that.” Ed said, laughing at her.
“You’re not too dirty are you?”
“No,” Lucy said breathlessly, “I’m fine.”
“You cheated Lucy,” Nate joined in now, smiling
widely.
“I know, and I'm sorry Nate. I promise not to cheat
next time, if we come again that is.” Now she was looking up at Ed, from
underneath her eyelashes.
“Oh I’m sure we will,” Ed replied. He was breathing
deeply now, desperately trying not to kiss her.
“Can we go now please?” Nate interrupted the lustful
thoughts of both Lucy and Ed. “I’m hungry.”
"Well actually," said Ed. “I was wondering,
how about going to see Nanny instead of going for a burger?”
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