I turn to look at my best friend whose eyes just about pop out of her head. “Grey’s. Really?” I ask with a raised eyebrow.
“It’s not my fault that she’s actually old enough now to pay attention and report back to you! We’ve always watched Grey’s together. What can I say, she loves medical dramas.”
“Aunt Holly says they have hot doctors,” Brooklyn reports with a very serious face, which causes Holly and I both to crack up.
“Well, as long as the doctors are hot then,” I reply, giving my girl a kiss on her forehead. “Aunt Holly and Mommy are going to talk in the kitchen, so you play with your toys for a bit, and then we’ll run and get lunch. Okay?”
“Okay, Mommy!” she says as she turns and focuses her attention on the cartoons and her princess dolls.
Holly and I head into the kitchen together. I take a seat at the bar and she grabs us a couple of waters out of the fridge.
“Spill. Your face is glowing this morning.”
I take a sip from the water bottle and can’t help but smile as I begin to tell her all about theevening. I leave nothing out, from the slutty hostess and Maddox’s reply to the shopping on the pier. When I get to the part about returning to his place and his offer to take me home if I didn’t want to come inside, Holly is practically sitting on the edge of her stool.
“So, you went inside, obviously. What happened when you went inside?”
“We walked inside and barely got the door closed when I pulled him against me. He is an amazing kisser, Holly. Seriously, like the kind of kisses that make you forget what day of the week it is or even what your own name is. Someone could have asked me my birth date at that moment, and I wouldn’t have had a clue! Things started to heat up pretty quickly at that point, so we went back to his bedroom.” I glance up at her and add, “Didn’t even make it to his bed.”
“Shut up! I am so freaking jealous of you right now, you know that, right? I can’t believe you just had amazing sex with Maddox Jackson. Lucky bitch.”
I laugh a little at her comment. “It was pretty amazing. It’s been so dang long that I was worried I’d forgotten how to do it.”
“Oh, honey, they say it’s just like riding a bike. And I’m hoping that’s true because it’s beena while since I went for a ride around the block myself,” she adds with a giggle.
“It definitely all comes back to you, especially when you have an expert riding partner.”
“So what happened this morning when you woke up? Was it all weird and stuff?”
“You mean after we had amazing shower sex?”
“I’m really starting to hate you right now,” she mumbles as she takes a drink of her water.
“Well, we were just getting back to his room from taking a shower when Jake started pounding on the door.”
Her water bottle stops halfway back down to the counter, and she stares at me wide-eyed. “Jake came over? What happened?”
“Well, he didn’t know it was me who was there. I was basically hiding in his room while Maddox went out to deal with Jake. For the record, Maddox wearing nothing but a towel may be my favorite outfit I’ve seen him wear.”
“Uhhhhhh! That’s a visual I am happily taking with me to bed tonight,” Holly remarks, which earns her a playful slap on the arm.
“Don’t you dare! Maddox had to leave this morning with Jake for work, but we did get to talk for a few minutes before he left. We’re going to see each other on the sly and maybe see where it goes.”
“What exactly does that mean? Maddox doesn’t exactlydodating.”
“He said that, but he wants to spend more time with me. We agreed we wouldn’t date or sleep with other people while we are together figuring this out.”
“Honey, do you think that’s wise? I mean, sex with Maddox is great but what happens when you want more out of him than he’s willing to give.”
“Holl, aren’t you the one who encouraged me to go out with him last night? You’re the one who kept reminding me that he might be exactly what I’m looking for. Honestly, right now I’m not looking to get married. I want to date a little and have fun; things I haven’t been able to do very much in the past few years. I’ve been too scared to trust someone again, and I’m tired of sitting back and watching everyone else experience the things I want to experience too. And I like him. Like reallylikehim. I want to spend more time with him.”
“I want you to have all of that, believe me. And Maddox might really be the guy for you. I just don’t want to see you get hurt is all.”
“I know. Chances are I’m going to get hurt in the end. I can’t exactly see Maddox settling down and getting married, can you? We’re gonna take it very slow. Besides, no one can know we’re seeing each other. Jake can never know. He’ll flip his lid!”
“No shit! I don’t even want to think about what will happen if Jake finds out.”
“Let’s just pray that never happens,” I say after I took another drink of water.
