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Kris and Rainy slept until eleven. He’d already gotten up and let Jimmy out. Then he rounded up the dishes that he stacked on the dresser the night before. As he touched their plates, he recalled the moment he cleared them and then made love to Rainy one more time before they had drifted off to sleep. Kris gathered them and left them in a sink full of soapy water and then brewed coffee. While she drifted between wake and sleep, he dashed off to his studio, brimming with inspiration.
Rainy found him shortly after. She had two cups of coffee on a tray. She didn’t interrupt him though. She moved into his studio quietly and waited as he worked something out.
“I got it,” he announced as he finished.
“Did you record it?” she asked.
It was really nice being with someone who understood.
“I did.” He reached for her. “Miss Wonderful.”
“How do you take your coffee?” She set the tray on the table in front of him.
“From a beautiful woman?” he replied. “Anyway she serves it.”
She looked around the studio, her eyes landing on his guitar. “Can I?”
He loved the way she asked. Grabbing a man’s guitar was like touching his woman. It wasn’t done without permission.
“Did you bring your guitar with you?” he asked.
He saw her pained expression, and he just couldn’t believe it.
“Man,” he said tensely. “That’s hardcore. Why bother getting a kid music lessons if you object to their being musical?”
“This is my doing,” she said honestly. “Not my parents’. I just need to grow a backbone and break their hearts. I needed a week at a big corporation to show me that. What do they say? Desperation takes you where you should be anyway? It’s all good.”
He melted. He loved the way she turned it around into a positive.
“You’re so right,”
“So back to my question. Can I?”
“Please. Let’s do it. You wanna play my new thing or can we do one of yours?”
She reached for his guitar and plugged it in.
“Let’s do what you were playing.” She gave him a brilliant smile. “I have ideas.”
He leaned in and kissed her slowly. It felt so incredibly right. He had no idea he was missing Rainy until he met her. He loved having her around. They played until it was lunchtime. He thought it would be a good time to break out the papers dealing with the use of her music by his band. It worked out great that she was a lawyer because she understood what the papers meant.
They moved their act down to the sunshine-covered dining table. The mid-day light of a beautiful day spilled in and lit up their meal. He made them Greek salads and raspberry iced tea.
“You’re fabulous cook.”
“You say you burn toast but everyone has a specialty. What’s your thing?” he asked, pulling up a chair beside her.
“I guess I’m more of a baker than a cook. Pizza is probably my thing.” She stabbed a tomato and held it in the air. “I have a secret recipe for sauce.”
“Secret huh? Too secret to tell?” he asked, cocking his ear towards her.
“Ketchup and pesto,” she whispered.
“All right then. We’ll have our pizza delivered.”
“Don’t knock it till you try it.”
He turned his face. She was still close enough to whisper, and now close enough to kiss. Again, right as they were about to eat, he needed her. His hunger for her outpaced his hunger for food. Kris encouraged her up and onto the tabletop. It was a banquet-sized table, so there was plenty of room for them without disturbing their meal.
