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A slow grin emerges on Alden’s lips as he sets the plunger down and watches me laugh at him. He stands there and nods, waiting. The other guys start to filter in now that it’s safe.
“Hey, we grabbed what was handy,” Smith says.
Once I catch my breath a little, Alden walks up and grins down at me. “Are you going to survive?”
“Barely,” I giggle.
“What are you assholes laughing at?” he demands. “You ran out of here like your dicks were on fire.” He slaps Smith on the shoulder. “We know who the real men of this shop are now.”
My laughter dies when I see a spot of blood on Alden’s wrist. I grab his arm. “Did it bite you or did you hurt yourself on something chasing it?”
“It bit me,” he confesses. “I’m going to have to go to the doctor.”
“Now!” I stress. “We need to go to the doctor now.” Three tiny pinpricks of blood well on his skin.
Milo hands him a stack of napkins to hold over the bite. “She’s right. You need a rabies shot asap.”
“I’m taking you to the emergency room.” I look over at Smith. “Did it get you too?”
Smith shakes his head. “No, it never touched me.”
“You didn’t try to unclog it,” Hudson snickers.
“Go on and get it taken care of,” Oliver says. “I’ll stay until closing tonight.”
So instead of a nice lunch at the taco place, we end up in the emergency room. “Have I told you that you’re never boring?” I ask Alden, while we wait for the nurse to return with the multiple injections he needs.
“Maybe I’ll turn into one of those sexy vampires from TV.”
“You want to sparkle?”
“God no, I’m pretty enough.”
The nurse returns and administers two shots in his arm, a tetanus and rabies vaccine. They also give him a shot of something called immune globulin right near the bite mark. He’s cautioned that he has to get another rabies shot in three days, five days, and fourteen days to be sure he’s properly protected. The nurse gives him the paperwork he needs to report to their outpatient clinic on those days.
Once they’ve cleaned the bite and applied a small bandage, we’re on our way. “Does it hurt? We can reschedule our plans to go to my parents’ place tonight. They’ll understand.”
“No, I’m fine. Are you late for a client?”
“I rescheduled. My afternoon is free. Do you want to go back to the shop?”
He slings an arm around my shoulder and snatches my keys from my hand. “Nope, I promised you tacos. Then we have a whole afternoon for me to fuck you into oblivion. That’s your punishment for laughing at me. I’m driving.”
“You know that’s not a punishment, right?” I laugh, climbing into my passenger seat.
“See if you feel that way when you can’t walk later.”
* * *
“Are you sure your dad doesn’t plan to bury me in the backyard?” Alden asks, as he parks in my parents’ driveway.
“Don’t be silly. Would he have invited Oliver and Breanna as witnesses?”
“Good point, but you’re tasting my drink for me just in case.”
“They wouldn’t poison you. Dad has a perfectly good gun in his safe.”
Alden slings his arm around my shoulders while we walk to the door. The ache between my legs is a reminder of the “punishment” he followed through with earlier, but I’m not complaining. “You always know how to set my mind at ease, babe.”
