The “challenge” scene came on, where all the main characters in the movie had a dance-off in the dance studio.
“You dance way better than those guys,” he said.
“I don’t, Eddie.I’m not worthy to kiss their feet.Those guys are icons.”
“Isn’t that the guy on the poster on your bedroom wall?”
“Gregory Hines, yeah.And it’s notmybedroom, it’sourbedroom.”
“So if I want to put up a poster of my own, I can?”
“Sure.”
“What if I want to put up a poster of you dancing?”
“Why would you want to do that?”I said.
“You look hot when you dance.”
I teased my fingers through his hair.He’d been growing it out because I’d asked him to.He turned and kissed me.
“Tapper?”he said.
“Yeah?”
“I wanna blow you.”
I pulled back.“What?”
“And it’s not ’cause I feel guilty about what happened today, or because you’re sick or because I owe you a few, even though I do.It’s because I want to.”
He put his palm on my chest.“Stay put.”Then he slid off the couch, went down on his knees, gently moved my legs apart, and got between them.He put his hand on my zipper.
“Eddie...I can’t right now.”
The truth was, the way I felt, I couldn’t get it up.Not even for him.
“You’re turning down a blow job?”He looked shocked.I guess he’d never said no to one.
“I’m sorry.After what happened, I wouldn’t appreciate it the way I should.I want you to, but just not now.Rain check?”
“Sure.”He sat beside me, not trying to guilt-trip me.“Maybe I’ll blow you at the cottage.Or maybe in the car on the way to the cottage.”
“The things you say.”I kissed him.
After dinner, I showed him the listing for the cottage on my laptop—a two-bedroom place near Haliburton.
“It’s got a fireplace,” he said.“We can fuck in front of that.”
“I could take a vacation day from work.If we go over the weekend, we could have three days together.’Cause two days is not gonna be enough for all the sex we’re gonna have.I’d like you to fuck me up against a tree at least once.”Right after I asked him to marry me.
“When do you want to go?”
“See what’s happening with your job first.”
“Jack left a message on my phone.”
“What did he say?”
