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They were interrupted by the tones sounding, followed by dispatch announcing yet another brush fire on the east side of the 15.
“Let’s go, lovebirds. Nothing like a firefight to make you forget.”
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“What do you want for Christmas?” Jake asked.
They were on her couch, his feet in her lap while they watched TV. “I hate asking for a gift,” she said. “Surprise me.”
“Are you okay if I plan an outing? They say that’s the latest thing in gifting. Instead of racking your brain trying to buy something the person will probably hate, you take them somewhere.”
Absently rubbing his feet, Geri thought about it for a while. “I like that idea. Plan something for us to do.”
“Can it include an overnight?” he asked, looking across the couch at her.
Herein lay the dilemma. She was trying to keep them busy so that sex wasn’t key in their modus operandi.
“If it must,” she said, chuckling, the ongoing conversation about the topic where neither one would budge. He wanted to facilitate it; she didn’t want to make it amust haveevery time they were together.
“What can I do to make this not an issue?”
“You’re fine, Jake. I just don’t want you to plan a weekend at a hotel where sex is the main focus. I want to keep getting to know you in more than thebiblicalway.”
“Okay, what if I plan something that just happens to include a hotel in the package?”
“That’s okay, then. I can live with that.”
“What are you going to get me?” he asked.
“That’s supposed to be a surprise! If I tell you, I might as well give it to you now.”
“You’re no fun,” he mumbled.
“Your mom warned me that you snuck around trying to find hidden gifts when you were a kid.”
“Roberta has a big mouth.”
She aimed the remote at the TV, and when she was distracted, he tried to work his toe under the bottom of the sweater she was wearing.
“What are you doing?”
“Show me your boobs,” he said, pulling at her sweater with his foot.
“You’re crazy,” she said, but she pulled her sweater up along with her bra, exposing her breasts.
He sat up, astounded. It took him a few seconds to speak. “I don’t think I’ve seen them in the daylight.”
“They’re just boobs, Jake.”
“They’re amazing.”
Deciding to nip it in the bud, she pulled her sweater up over her head and pushed his feet off her lap. Straddling him, she smiled, playing the femme fatale.
“I might faint,” he said.
“I want you to feel good,” she purred, thinking,I really just want him to get it out of his system so we can move on to something else.
He reached up for her face, smoothing her hair back. “I feel good,” he replied. “This is all I want for Christmas.”
