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“Would you like to know my name so we can spend more time together tonight exploring the spanking conversation, or would you like to have another date before we do anything else?” The neighbor didn’t seem to think the conversation was insane, but I was starting to think he had a really high bar for what he’d consider too nuts to date.
Gareth thought it was a reasonable question and was mulling it over seriously. I was going crazy trying to be patient, but the neighbor was amazing and just smiled as he waited.
Weirdest first date ever.
“I’d like to know your name.” Gareth nodded slowly to himself. “Yes, and I’d like to continue to explore, and I think Cash has things to explore too because he liked it when you touched him.”
Yep, weirdest first date ever.
“Thank you for being so thoughtful with that and really focusing on what you and Cashel want.” The neighbor smiled and kissed his cheek. “My name is Bates. I keep forgetting you aren’t nearly as curious as I am.”
Bates.
“We forgot to ask.” Gareth’s confession made Bates’s smile wider. “I thought Cash knew and he thought I knew, and neither of us wanted to ask Brady.”
“For obvious reasons.” Bates’s nod looked serious, not silly. “We’d have never escaped and who knows what Jude would’ve done. That’s one Daddy who obsesses about everything. I mean, I like that he’s protective of Brady, but would he think I’m safe to be around?”
Oh, good point.
“Is it okay to hope you’re not safe to be around?” Gareth’s question had me flashing hot and cold, not really knowing if he meant it as dirty as it’d come out.
Bates’s smile got wicked again…because he’d obviously taken it dirty too. “You say the sweetest things.”
Gareth looked pleased but confused…the same thing I was feeling. “I’m glad it makes you happy.”
Instead of pissing him off.
Me too.
Again.
“Can we go to your place? You know, with Brady and all…” Gareth shrugged like the request made perfect sense. “I don’t know where they’re going to be tonight and I’m not sure I want interruptions.”
Wow.
He’d really said he wanted to keep the date going.
I was excited and still confused when they both turned to me and made it worse. I’d forgotten it was my date too. Strategic mistake. They were so much fun to watch, it’d slipped my mind that I was there too.
“What do you think?” Bates wasn’t the type to get upset or push me. That was obvious. But would it ever be okay to need a push?
As I obsessed over the probably stupid question, Gareth sighed. “His brain is going too fast. You have to do something to stop it or he’ll end up baking.”
That was the dumbest thing ever…but brownies did make everything better.
Shit.
Bates chuckled softly but took the ridiculous order very seriously. “Well, you are the expert for the moment, so I’ll take your word for it.”
As I wondered what he meant by that, his face got closer.
Oh.
“That’s a wonderful idea.” Gareth’s voice was the only thing grounding me in the moment and his thoughtful tone seemed really at odds with what was happening. “See, his brain has already slowed down, but don’t stop, he wants this too.”
Too?
Before I could wonder if Gareth meant he wanted it too, Bates’s smiling lips touched mine.
