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I glance behind the frog at the total chaos happening in Gianna's normally tidy living room. It looks like Taylor has been unsupervised in there.
"Unicorn, come here! Hot daddy from next door is here." Who? Oh, my god! She just referred to me as 'hot daddy'. I'm both flattered and offended at the same time.
Another girl comes running to the door. Pulling the frog away.
"I am so, so, sorry. I think she is still a little drunk from last night." The other onesie-wearing character says, "Gianna! You have a visitor." The one in the cat outfit drags the frog away and Gianna arrives at the door.
I grin at her. "Unicorn?"
"The one and only." She says with a giggle, "It's a funny-onesie story."
"I --- let's just say I am an idiot." She says nothing. Her bright green eyes watching me calmly and making my heart stir in uncontrollable ways. "Please join me for dinner tonight at my place." I invite her over, hoping I am not too late to fix the fuck up I made.
"Is there a dress code? She looks behind her at the aftermath of the party. I happen to have an interesting outfit you might want to see."
"No dress code, unless you want to make it a pajama party." I joke.
She laughs light-heartedly then says, "I'll see you there, Hudson."
Without warning she stands on her tiptoes and pulls my face closer to her level and plants a soft kiss on my cheek. Reaching out to her I pull her against me and kiss her lips. Everything rushes back to me, and I wonder how in the world I ever thought I could let her go. The frog girl starts giggling behind her. They're enjoying the show.
"Six?" I smile and step away reluctantly. She nods, blushing, and watches me walk away.
* * *
Late afternoon takes forever to arrive. I am so impatient waiting for six o'clock. I think I may have over-prepared. I've ordered almost every kind of sushi on the menu, way too much of it. I have chilled three different wines and lit candles, and Taylor has his own plate of kiddy sushi which mostly consisted of avocado and rice and crumbed chicken.
Now I am pacing up and down the living area.
Five-forty-five. I want to check the clock batteries because I'm sure it is stuck.
Okay, I think it is safe to pour a glass of wine while I wait for the last fifteen minutes. I definitely need to calm my nerves; this is ridiculous. We have had dinner before, and I wasn't a wreck about it.
There is a soft knock at the door and before I can answer it Taylor is there with his face pressing against the long glass pane next to the door.
"Geeeeena is here, Daddddy!"
I hear laughter float into the house from outside.
Soft, beautiful laughter.
I gently move Taylor out of the way so that I can open the door. As soon as he can squeeze past me, he crashes into her and wraps his little arms around her legs. She reaches down to pick him up. "Hey, little guy. I missed you." He stays in her arms while I manage to steal a one-armed hug of my own.
"I was just about to pour some wine; would you like some?" I offer, as we walk inside the house.
"I'd love some thanks." She smiles.
Taylor wiggles free; shouting about wanting her to see his new spaceman and runs off to collect the astronaut teddy that I had bought him the day before.
"What have you done, Hudson?" With a fright I turn around, wondering what she is talking about. But she is smiling gesturing towards the dining room table covered in sushi.
"You know me" I shrug.
She laughs. Taylor comes running back in bowling straight into her again repeating "Up, please. Up." She picks him up again, resting him on her hip and admiring his new toy.
"That is a very awesome spaceman." She indulges his enthusiasm.
"Come on Taylor, time for sushi." I wrangle him free from her and into his chair.
