“Kay.”she said and closed the front door silently behind her.
I grabbed my shorts that were sitting next to the blanket and pulled them on before getting up to look for my shirt and shoes.Ellie woke up just then and I kneeled to kiss her on the nose.
“I’ll be right back.Gotta take Steff to work real quick.”
“Mkay.”She sighed before kissing me and laying back down.“See you soon.”I smiled down at her and closed the door quietly before walking toward the parking lot.
In the car, Steff was looking at me with a huge grin on her face.
“What!?”I asked as I buckled my seatbelt and backed out of the parking spot.
“You guys couldn’t wait til I was at least out of the house today?”she teased.
“Wait for what?”I smiled at her.
“Don’t play dumb with me.”She accused and swatted my arm.
“Ow.That hurt.”I rubbed my arm jokingly.“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Right.Okay.Well just remember what I said and don’t go hurting her.She’s still my baby cousin you know.”
“I would never.”I tell her as she opens the car door.“What time should I be back to pick you up?”
“4’oclock” She closed the door.“That should give you all plenty of time alone.”She hollered through the window and turned her back to walk into the building.
Steff’s work was only a mile up the road, so I stopped and grabbed some coffees and banana bread from the café on my way back to the apartment.I didn’t know how Ellie liked her coffee, or if she even liked coffee, so I ordered her a caramel latte; it seemed simple enough.
When I walked through the door, trying to be quiet, I immediately saw that Ellie wasn’t in bed anymore.Then I heard the shower running, so I set the coffees and bag of pastries on the kitchen counter and walked over to the bathroom door.She left it open a crack and I debated if I should go in or not.
While I was considering my options: go in and revel at her naked silhouette through the shower curtain like a creep or wait in the kitchen to surprise her with coffee after she finishes showering; the car keys fell out of my hand and clanked loudly on the floor.
“Lee?”I could hear her pull the shower curtain open and ask.“Are you there?”
Idiot.I berate myself.
“Yeah I’m here, sorry.”I leaned my forehead against the door softly, hoping she didn’t think I was watching her when suddenly the bathroom door swings open, and I stumbled forward.
BREATHLESS
MOUTH OPEN
Ellie is standing there, with nothing on, dripping water onto the floor.
“Well…” she trails off with a smile.“If you’re gonna stand outside making all that noise while a girl is trying to shower, you might as well come in!”
No other invitation was needed.I stepped into the bathroom, closing the door behind me and kicked my shoes and socks off.Ellie grabbed my shirt and tugged it up over my head.I pulled her into my arms and breathed her in before dropping my shorts to the floor and picking her up.She wrapped her legs around my waist as I walked us over to the shower.My foot got stuck in the clothes on the floor and I stumbled.
She laughed.
I laughed.
We kissed.
We eventually made it into the shower where I took in the entire glory of her, kissing every bit of water that fell down her body.
The coffee was cold by the time we drank it but neither of us minded that at all.
Chapter Eighteen
