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“In a minute,” he said, meeting my lips again, this time his tongue parting my lips as his hands explored my body.
“Tristan.” I laughed.
“We have nowhere we have to be,” he murmured as he met my lips.
I allowed myself to get lost in his kiss, and soon, he’d kissed his way down my body and now lay with his face buried between my legs. I closed my eyes and arched my back off the bed as he licked and softly sucked at my center, my moans filling the room.
Sunday mornings had become our mornings, each one of them starting out the same way. It was one day during the week that we got to spend together, without anyone around. Afterward, we lazed around in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, until almost nine before we decided to get up. It was almost as if we were making up for lost time.
We’d just sat down at the table when we both heard a knock on the front door. I met his eyes and frowned. “Who could that be?” I questioned, glancing at the clock. It was only nine thirty.
Tristan got up and made his way to the front door, while I sat there quietly and took a bite of bacon. He appeared in the doorway and sat back down, Melinda behind him.
“Morning,” I said, pushing out the chair that was beside me for her to sit down on. “Want some coffee?” I questioned.
“No, thank you. I’m sorry to intrude on Sunday, but this really couldn't wait,” she said, sitting down.
“It couldn’t wait until tomorrow?” I asked. “This must be important.”
“It is. Really it is,” she said, setting a notepad down on the table.
Tristan and I looked to one another and then back to Melinda. “Well, what is it.”
“Well, you know my dad is in the Marines, right?” she began.
“Yes, of course. Is everything okay?” I questioned, worried that perhaps something had happened.
She reached into her notebook and pulled out a single sheet of paper. “He’s being deployed.”
“I see,” I said. I’d known that they hadn’t had the best relationship over the years, but since my mom had passed, she had decided to try and work things out with him.
“I’m sorry, honey,” I replied.
“Well, you know I’ve been volunteering my time out at the retirement village, and some of those seniors there are vets. Anyways, one of them mentioned to me that there used to be an army pen pal program. So, I did some research and found this.”
I watched as she dug around in the bag she had flung over her shoulder finally producing a sheet of paper that she slid the paper in front of me and I read it over. I looked at her and nodded. “I think this is a fantastic idea.”
“Really, you think that people would want to participate?” she questioned.
“I really do. My mom and dad used to hold the pen pal army program years ago. Honestly, I’d be honored to do it again. As a matter of fact, some of the older residents have asked me time and time again why I didn’t keep up with it.”
Melinda’s eyes flooded with relief. “Thank you.”
“Well, now wait a moment,” Tristan said, standing up and pouring a mug of coffee for Melinda.
“What?” she said, turning and looking in his direction. “Do you not think it’s a good idea?”
“No, I think it’s an excellent idea. I was just thinking that perhaps you should be in charge of it. What do you think, Brooke?”
I looked back down at the flyer, remembering all the work my mother had done with this, and nodded my head. It wasn’t that it would take a ton of my time. My mother had been different. But I could see how much this meant to Melinda. “I agree. I have no problem putting the flyers up, and of course talking to everyone who comes in, and providing coffee and cookies for writing nights like my mother used to do, but I think it’s a good idea that you be in charge of it.”
Melinda smiled at both of us. “Thank you, guys, it means the world to me.”
“Now how about some breakfast?” Tristan said, getting up from his chair and moving to the fridge to pull out more eggs and bacon.
Melinda looked to the both of us and smiled. “If it’s not too much trouble? I was so excited I forgot to eat this morning.”
“Not at all,” Tristan said, quickly getting things started.
As I watched him talking with Melinda while he cooked breakfast, I realized that I really was head over heels for this man. Once he’d found his true calling and the place he truly felt he belonged, he’d become a totally different man from the one I’d met all those years ago. With each day, I grew prouder of the person he’d become. After all, I knew he had it in him. He just needed to believe in himself.
As Melinda continued telling us more and more about the program, I caught eyes with Tristan. He gave me a wink and mouthed ‘I love you.’ I felt heat rise to my cheeks. It was the first time he’d said it. I looked down at the table and back up to see he hadn’t stopped watching me. ‘I love you too,’ I mouthed back. He blew me a kiss, and that was when I knew I’d found my forever, and I’d never have thought he would have been Tristan Ryan.
