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“Josh, do you always speak in riddles?” she asked.
“Only when it comes to relationships,” I said, making her laugh again.
“That’s helpful,” she said. “So now that we’re having a mature fling…when do you want to get together again?” she asked. “I feel like we have some unfinished business, don’t you?”
“I think so, there might be a few things we should discuss.” I said, smiling. Naomi giggled. “How about Friday? We can meet up at my place or yours, whichever makes you more comfortable,” I said.
“My place,” she said quickly. “I hope you aren’t allergic to cats?”
“Not at all,” I said and smiled. A huge weight had lifted off of my shoulders and I wanted to skip ahead in time to Friday.
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I tossed Kaden into the air and he screamed and giggled on the way down to the couch.
“Again! Again!” he hugged me around the waist as I picked him up again.
“I know she can be a bit intense at first but she’s really cool. Just try to go on another date,” Amy said. I shook my head adamantly.
“Negative, not gonna happen,” I said. “She wants to be on the fast track for marriage. I’m not there yet,” I said. I debated telling Amy about Naomi, then my common sense caught up with me. I wasn’t feeling for a lecture and her judgement at that moment.
“Again unca Josh!” Kaden climbed onto my back and pushed my shoulders.
“Kaden, you had enough rounds, the game is over,” Amy said. We had all come back from having dinner out. Amy made a big sale and we had to celebrate.
“Well, I do have other acquaintances that I can set you up with. Maybe someone a little younger who isn’t ready to settle down?”
Kaden sat in my lap and rested against my chest with the tv remote in hand. I paused, wondering if I was walking into some sort of trap. “What do you mean by younger?” I asked slowly.
“Like late twenties? Thirty, thirty-one?” she said.
“I don’t know, that date kinda…spooked me, you know?” I said.
Amy’s eyes widened. “Jeeze, it was that bad?” she said.
I chuckled. “Not that bad but I feel like I still have some kind of groove to settle into before I jump into dating, that’s all,” I said, obviously lying to her face. Amy shrugged. I stifled a relieved sigh, glad that she wouldn’t press me on the subject.
“I just don’t want you sitting in the dark alone, stalking your ex-wife’s Facebook page,” she murmured. I picked up a pillow and threw it at her. Kaden squealed with laughter.
“No unca!” he yelled and then climbed to his mom and kissed her cheek. Though he was still laughing at her, he at least had her back.
“Such a good kid, you lucked out on him,” I said.
Amy laughed. “Well I did give him life so he should be on my side, right bud?” She showered him with kisses and tickled him until he got the hiccups from laughing. It was times like that when I felt like finding ‘the one’ again, settling down and having a kid, my own kid. Then it was dates like the one I was set up on that brought me back to reality. Finding the right woman to build a family with was no walk in the park. I certainly couldn’t do it while having a tentative relationship with my student.
