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My lips parted just before his touched mine and it was clear that he wasn’t kissing me to shut me up anymore. He was kissing me to make me understand what he wanted from me. I knew from the first touch, in explicit details. I could feel his desire down deep in my bones as he held my head and slipped his tongue past my lips to taste me. I whimpered and he growled in response, taking the lead and kissing me deeper.
His mouth tasted like mint when I shyly ran my tongue over his. I hesitated when he let me control the kiss, but when I copied the things he’d done, I felt his hand tighten on my thigh at different points. He liked when I sucked his bottom lip into my mouth and when I sucked the tip of his tongue the most. I grew more confident and found myself grasping at his shirt, clasping handfuls of it as I held him tight.
When I felt the world shift under me, I gasped and felt something even sturdier under me and between my thighs. My eyes popped open and I leaned back. He’d pulled me onto his lap so I was straddling him and as much as I liked the feeling of him under me, I was all too aware that people were in their yard just a few houses down.
I ducked my head and pressed my face against his neck. “I’m sorry. I can’t… People can see and I-”
Andrew swore and moved me back to my own side of the tailgate. “Fuck. I’m sorry, Olive. I wasn’t thinking.”
I was blushing so hot that I just wanted to get away from the situation for the moment. “Can we go inside? I should check on Jesse.”
He stood up and helped me down. “Of course. Jack’s been reading in the room while Jesse naps, so he hasn’t been alone.”
“I trust you, Andrew.” I stole a glance up at him and found him studying me. “I do.”
He let out a deep breath and nodded. “Thanks, Olive.”
The front door flew open before Andrew could grab it and Caleb ran out of the house like the devil himself was chasing after him. Jesse sprinted out after him, holding up his finger and threatening Caleb with it.
“Call him off, Olive! That’s the grossest thing I’ve ever seen!” Caleb jumped into the back of Andrew’s truck and waved his arms dramatically. “This kid really just pulled a giant booger out of his nose and was just sitting there, staring at it! No. No! That’s not okay.”
“Jesse!” I watched as my son froze in place, finger still held in the air towards Caleb. “Unless you want to be grounded until you’re thirty, you’d better turn your little butt around and go find some toilet paper.”
Andrew’s entire body was shaking with silent laughter next to me and I could hear Jack just inside the house laughing. They seemed to take pleasure in their friend’s torture.
“Aw, Mom, we were just playing.” Jesse wiped his finger on his shorts and shrugged. “It’s just a boog. Least I didn’t eat it!”
I heard Caleb gag and barely managed to contain my own laugh. “It’s super great that you didn’t eat it, but you just wiped it on your shorts, buddy. Also, chasing Caleb when he’s clearly scared of you and your boog isn’t nice.”
“I’m not scared of him.” Caleb climbed out of the truck and cleared his throat. “I don’t know what made you think that.”
Jesse turned back to Caleb and I barely managed to catch him before he took off after Caleb again. I saved Caleb but I didn’t escape boog free unfortunately. You win some, you lose some.
9
***Olive***
Mondaymorningcametoofast. I managed to get Jesse into his new school with only a few fits and I handled my first day at work with only a few flashing incidents. I had an afternoon class and then Jesse and I spent the evening in the campus laundry mat while we ate lunchables and did our laundry. Tuesday was a busy class day for me and instead of the laundry mat, Jesse and I went to the library and then ate our lunchables on our living room couch. It’d come with the apartment and it wasn’t exactly comfortable, but it was clean.
Wednesday, I was back at Jolly Pines all day and I spent it following Kitty around, learning the ropes. I loved it already, especially being around Kitty. Every time I saw her, she had a different rhinestone outfit on and I was mesmerized. That night was my first night class and the first time I needed to use the campus childcare center. I’d already arranged everything and all I needed to do was drop Jesse off. He’d get a better dinner than a lunchable and I knew he’d have fun, but he didn’t see it that way.
We were standing outside the center and Jesse was making it known that he was tired of all the changes. He’d finally stopped melting down when I dropped him off at school in the morning but he wasn’t ready to handle another drop off at another new place. His face was red and I could feel a tantrum coming on. He didn’t have them often, but when he did, it was all consuming.
“Jesse Clarkson Oakley, do not do this right now. I have to get to class, buddy. I know it’s scary, but Mommy will be back in no time at all. They have cool toys here and you’ll have so much fun. We just have to get you inside, okay?” I was close to begging.
“No!” Jesse crossed his arms around himself and turned his back to me.
I tugged at my hair and looked up at the still bright blue sky. “Please, Jesse. I can’t be late to class.”
“No!” He screamed it that time and I knew people were starting to stare. The campus was busy with students going to and coming from dinner. Jesse didn’t care if they all watched him. I did, so he had the upper hand.
“Hey, what’s all the screaming about, kid?”
I spun around and saw Jack walking up to us. I was equal parts embarrassed to have someone see me fail at parenting and thankful to see a friendly face. “Jack! Hi. Hey.”
He lightly gripped my elbow and squeezed before moving to kneel in front of Jesse. “Hey, dude. I heard you screaming all the way in my room at our house. Were you yelling ‘ho, ho, ho’?”
Jesse grinned and shook his head. “No!”
