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A few minutes later, we were back inside and stripping the wet clothes off. I went to change my clothes as I hadn’t had as much protection as Nica had. She knocked on my door as I pulled my pants up. “Lexi said to come up whenever.”
“Okay.”
“I’m going up now. I’ll see you up there.”
“Hey, wait for me.”
“Nope, you’re old and slow. See ya.”
“Nica!” I yelled and grabbed the doorknob to pull it open. Just as I did, I heard the one to the hallway close. I laughed to myself. I hope Lexi didn’t mind her coming up alone.
I took a moment to recheck my email and had to reply to a few things before I finally made my way up to her apartment. I knocked and was surprised when Nica answered it.
“Why are you answering her door?”
She shrugged. “Because I knew it was you, and she told me to.”
I stepped in and closed the door behind me. I could hear noise in the kitchen off to the right and peered around the corner. “Hello.”
“Hi to you. Sounds like you and Nica had a good time.”
I stepped around the corner, glancing around her kitchen. It was the same design as mine, but it was decorated a little more and had a lot more stuff on the counter. She lifted the lid to the pot on the slow cooker, and I leaned over her shoulder to get a big whiff. “Smells great.”
She shifted so that we were face-to-face. “Glad you think so.”
I stared at her for a moment and then leaned forward to touch my lips to hers. She smelled great, not just the food, and both made me hungry for different reasons. Maybe tonight I would get a chance to sample her menu.
I took a seat at her table as Nica helped her serve the food. Not only did we have chili, but she’d made fresh cornbread too. Nica talked almost nonstop through lunch, and when we were done, she brought her cellphone over to the table and showed Lexi and me videos of her last competition and some other videos of them practicing what she called stunts.
I took the phone out of her hand and rewound the video a bit. “That’s really you?”
“Um, yeah.”
“I had no idea you could do that.” She was bouncing and flipping, and I was astounded.
“That’s a double back handspring into a tuck. I actually just mastered doing a tuck from a standing position.”
“A what?”
“A tuck. You tuck yourself into a ball and go backward in the air.”
I shook my head, amazed as Lexi laughed. “That’s not easy to do. I never mastered a tuck. I could do a double back handspring, but that’s as far as I ever got.”
“It has taken a lot of practice,” Nica commented.
We helped Lexi clear the table, and Nica went into the living room to text one of her friends while I stood watching Lexi put the leftovers away. I let my gaze drift around her apartment, taking in the photographs on the wall and the cozy furniture placed just right. It felt homey and comfortable, and I liked it. My gaze went back to her, and I sure as hell loved watching her.
She had just put the chili in the fridge when I grabbed her arm and pulled her to stand in front of me. I spread my feet wider as I leaned back against her counter and pulled her in between my thighs.
“Thank you for lunch.”
“You’re welcome.”
I cupped her cheek. “Can I still come back and see you this evening? Or have you had your fill of me already?”
She tilted her head as if she were dwelling on her answer. “I think you can come over.”
I pulled her lips to mine, kissing her slowly. “You realize that when I do come back, I’m going to want to do a lot of that.”
