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Chapter Sixteen
Alex
All afternoon I’d been dying to have her all to myself, and tonight did not disappoint. Making love to Lexi was an incredible experience, and I could imagine us continuing this for years to come.
The next morning, I had a cup of coffee with her before I headed back to my apartment to get ready. Two hours later, we were all back in the training room, and several guns were laid out on the front table. A few of the people in the class browsed over the weapons and asked a couple of questions, but it was Lexi that I was most interested in.
I had a feeling that she was going to be pretty good with a firearm, and it wasn’t until we were done with the nomenclature of the weapons that I realized just how good she was. We had asked a few people to volunteer to come up to field strip the guns and then put them back together again. I put Lexi in front of the Glock 19 and watched as she broke the gun down in seconds and then had it back together just as quickly. She grinned as she moved on to the next gun, an M4 rifle. She had no trouble breaking that one down and putting it back together either, and I’m pretty sure she earned the entire class’ respect if she didn’t already have it. Could Trevor tell how proud of her I was when he smirked my way?
Okay, so she knew weapons, but could she shoot? We’d find that out later this afternoon. I noticed that while Ralph was still seated beside her, he wasn’t showing her as much attention as he had the day before. Was he content with her decision that they not continue dating? Would he try to come between us?
While I knew what Lexi had told me, I continued to keep my distance from her for most of the day. It was as we hit the range later that day that I had a hard time keeping that distance. Lexi handled the weapons as if she’d been born with a gun in her hand. I was amazed at her ability, and while I did help her once or twice with her stance, it was evident that she knew what she was doing.
While a few others were shooting, Lexi stood with me near the back of the room, and I leaned toward her. “Where did you learn to shoot?”
“I grew up on a farm; my father and brother hunted. I killed my first deer at the age of eleven.”
I laughed, picturing a young Lexi taking down a deer, then I thought about Nica. Would Nica ever want to learn to shoot? Probably not.
“It’s a good skill to know,” I told her before I went to help someone with a malfunction of their weapon.
The day hurried by, and before we knew it, we were finished. The next two days of class were explicitly for the members of the group that would be going overseas, and I knew Lexi wouldn’t be there for them. As we got ready to leave, I was able to get a second with Lexi alone.
“Dinner tonight?”
“Sorry, I’m meeting with Clare. It’s our regular Tuesday night happy hour.” She smiled.
“Okay, but we are still on for tomorrow, right? I’d like to take you out for your birthday.”
She laughed. “You remembered.”
“Of course, I did.”
“Okay, then it’s a date. I’d love to have dinner with you tomorrow night.”
As much as I wanted to kiss her goodbye, I didn’t. Instead, I said goodbye and walked away before the compulsion got the better of me.
Later that evening, I was sitting on my couch, going over my notes for the next day, when I thought about going down to the tavern. I reconsidered it after a few minutes and knew that I’d at least get to see her the next night. It was almost ten when there was a knock at my door, and I pulled it open to see Lexi looking a little nervous.
“Everything alright?” I asked as I held the door open for her to step in.
“Yeah, everything is fine.”
“Okay.” I closed the door and turned to her.
She shuffled closer. “I just wanted to say good night.”
“You could have done that by text,” I told her.
“I could have, but then I couldn’t have done this.” She wrapped her arms around my neck and brought her body to mine as our lips met. It was like coming home, and I held her tightly to me as I deepened it. She tasted of whiskey, and I drank her in.
When we pulled back, Lexi grinned at me as I spoke. “No, you could not have done that by text.”
“You don’t mind that I stopped by, do you?”
I cupped her cheek. “Are you kidding? I’m glad you did. I missed you tonight.”
“Yeah, I missed you tonight, too.”
