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When we pull into the parking lot, I quickly help gather up all of Lexi’s goodies. She got a few new sweaters and scented lotion-y stuff from her sisters, a new smock with her name embroidered on the front, and a gift certificate to Adam & Eve from her grandparents. The looks on the girls’ faces when they all opened the gift certificates to the online sex toy retailer may have been one of my favorite moments of the night.
“This is what holidays will be like when we have a baby, won’t it.” I didn’t realize I say the words out loud until Lexi stops and turns to face me.
“What do you mean?” she asks, questions written on her beautiful face.
“A loving family who spoil and worry and stick their noses into each other’s business. Our child won’t want for anything.”
“Probably not,” Lexi confirms softly.
Not used to dealing with so much emotion in one day, I offer her a genuine smile. “Good.”
We’re quiet as we head up to the third floor. I bypass my own door and head down the hall towards hers. Our arms are laden with gift bags, but I manage to slip her key into the handle and unlock the door. When I walk in, the first thing I notice is the scent of pine.
“Is that the tree?” I ask, depositing all of her bags onto the kitchen table.
“What?” she asks, and I don’t fail to notice that she locks the door behind us.
“It smells like pine in here.”
“Oh, that. No, that’s not the tree. I bought a pine scented candle to cover up the scent of your dead, rotting evergreen.”
Laughing, I step forward and wrap my arms around her. “It didn’t smell that bad.”
“Even the critters vacated it. They couldn’t take the stench of death,” she quips with a smile.
“Oh, my little firecracker. Whatever will I do with you?” I ask, nuzzling her neck like some poor lovesick sap.
“I can think of a few things,” she purrs, her hands slipping under my button-down and skimming up my abs.
“I like the way you think,” I say, placing a chaste kiss squarely on her lips. “Let’s get this stuff put away so I can defile you in front of the dead tree.”
“Oh, that won’t take much. I’m the naughty sister,” she says, turning and grabbing the leftovers and putting them in the fridge.
“Oh, I believe it.” To punctuate my statement, I give her a quick slap on the ass.
We make quick work of putting away all the food and stacking the opened gifts in the corner of the living room. They’re all things she’ll have to put away after I leave. But when she comes into the living room with two mugs of homemade eggnog, something tells me I won’t be heading out anytime soon. Instead, I pop back into the kitchen, grab the leftover cream puffs Levi made for dessert, and join her on the couch.
“That was very stealthy of you to stick the cream puffs into our bowl when no one was looking,” she says, the corner of her lip curving upward.
“These little fuckers are delicious.” I should probably savor it and take bites, but instead find myself shoving the entire treat into my mouth and chewing.
“They are,” she says, reaching for one. Before she can grab one, I move the bowl just out of her reach.
“Hey,” she says, leaning forward and chasing the bowl.
Shaking my head, I take one of the treats and hold it up to her mouth. I’m transfixed on her movement as she slowly leans forward, her eyes locked on mine, and takes a bite of the puff. My heart thunders in my chest as her little tongue slips out of her mouth and licks away traces of white cream off her lips.
I almost groan.
Lexi leans forward, taking the rest of the cream puff into her mouth, and moreover, my fingers as well. Her eyes dilate as she sucks the sweetness off my fingers. How in the fuck can something as simple as eating dessert turn so erotic?
“Can I ask you something?” she says, leaning into the cradle of my arm and kicking her legs up onto the couch.
“Sure.”
“What was your childhood like? You kind of alluded tonight that it wasn’t so great.”
Sighing, I knew this question was coming. “I have an awesome mom. Got pregnant with me young, while she was still in high school, and my sperm donor ran off before she had a chance to tell him. It was tough, very tough. Money was tight, but she made it work with what little we had. Then she met Larry, married him, and had the twins. Everything seemed great for a while, but it didn’t last. He’s gone too, like my father.”
