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“Thanks again for such a special evening,” she says, bending to retrieve my jacket and handing it to me. I take it, feeling confused, and then I watch while she pulls her key from her purse and looks up at me again. “Goodnight, Tanner.”
“Um… goodnight.”
She opens the door and disappears inside, and while I feel a little dismissed, I still can’t help smiling. I was being kinda presumptuous, expecting her to invite me in on our first date. That kiss was more than I expected… and she’s made it clear she wants to see me again, so all in all, I think I can say tonight was a success.
An enormous success.
I turn, throwing my jacket over my shoulder. I’m oblivious to the cold now. My body’s on fire, and I walk home at a gentle pace, getting back in about five minutes.
I let myself into my apartment and sit on the couch, leaving my jacket beside me, but pulling my phone from the inside pocket. I look up Zara’s details and, with a smile on my face, send her a text message.
— Hi. I just wanted to thank you for the perfect end to a lovely evening. T
I press send, put my phone on the table, and lean back, staring up at the ceiling.
Does it get any better than this? Okay, so I could be at Zara’s place, or she could be here. We could still be kissing, or touching… or taking things even further than that. But something tells me we’ll get there fairly soon, and in the meantime, where we are now is just fine with me.
My phone beeps, taking me by surprise, and I sit up, grabbing it from the table, and smiling when I read…
— I should be the one thanking you. Goodnight. Sleep well. Z xx
I stare at the screen, my smile widening. She’s put two kisses at the end of her message, and although I don’t know what she thinks she’s got to thank me for, I don’t care. I just know I can’t let it go…
— You too. T xx
There. That feels better.
“How was dinner?” Katie asks before she’s even removed her coat.
“It was great, thanks.”
“The first of many?”
I tilt my head. “She said she wanted to see me again, so…”
“So, you’re seeing her again tonight?”
“Actually…” I fall silent and she steps closer, pulling off her jacket and standing in front of me, looking puzzled.
“Actually, what?”
“We didn’t make any firm arrangements.”
“Why not?”
“I don’t know.”
It’s not like we didn’t have our chances. We spent hours talking last night, then I walked her home and kissed her on her doorstep. I sent her that message when I got back to my place. Not only that, but I contacted her this morning, too. The moment I woke, I had to know she was okay. She wasn’t beside me, so I texted her again, and she came back and told me she was fine, and she’d slept really well. I could have asked her to have dinner with me then… except I was running late. I was also preoccupied, because Zara had told me she was still in bed, and that thought was doing crazy things to my head… and my cock.
“I guess you could meet Nash from school again,” Katie says, interrupting my train of thought.
“No. I don’t feel comfortable using him to communicate with her.”
She shrugs. “Okay. Call her.”
“She’ll be in class all day.”
She rolls her eyes. “Are you trying to be difficult?”
