“You want to watch a movie tonight?” she asks as she yawns slightly. “We meant to watch a movie last night, and we didn’t.”
“I think you’re too tired for that.”
“I know, but we only have a finite amount of days together while you’re in town, and I just want to do all the things that we used to do when we were young.”
“You mean younger?”
“You know what I mean.”
“I know,” I say.
My breath catches as she pulls her dress up and throws it onto the couch. She stands there in front of me in a black push-up bra and a very slinky pair of pink panties. My stomach tightens as she runs her fingers down the side of her body.
“What PJs should I wear tonight?” she asks as she heads toward her suitcase and starts unpacking it. “It’s kind of warm. Should we turn the AC down?”
“If you want to,” I say, unable to keep my eyes off of her.
She spins around and gazes at me. “I guess I’ll just wear a T-shirt and shorts. That seems like the most sensible thing to wear. That’s what I wear at home.”
“Sounds like a plan. I’ll just wear my boxers.”
“Good. For a minute, I thought you were going to say you were going to sleep naked or something.” Her voice is silky.
“Why would I do that, Mia?”
“I don’t know. Maybe you would if you thought Rex might barge into our room in the morning, and you might want to be naked so that he’d believe us that this is real. So then you might think you had to sleep naked.”
“If I was worried about Rex sneaking into the room in the morning, I’d make sure we didn’t have a pillow fort,” I say dryly.
“That’s true.” She giggles and then runs up to me. “I’m so glad you’re here.”
She wraps her arms around me and holds me tight. I wrap my armsaround her and give her a hug in response. The feel of her warm body next to mine is driving me crazy, but I can’t let her know that. Mia loves touch. She’s always been a woman who loves to give hugs, and I’ve always enjoyed receiving them from her, but this is different. We’ve never hugged with her in her underwear and me just in pants.
“Well, I’m just going to brush my teeth, and then I’ll come back and we can choose what we want to watch.”
“Are you yawning, Luke?”
“Nah, I’ve got plenty of life left in me for the rest of the night.” I grin at her. “You’re the one who should be worried. You’re the one who always falls asleep when we watch movies.”
“Only when we watch your boring movies, as you very well know.”
“Okay then. So, tonight, you’re saying you’re going to stay up all night?”
“I’m going to try my best.” She giggles. “Okay, let me find my PJs, and you can brush your teeth, and then I’ll brush mine.”
“Sounds like a plan.” I head into the bathroom and unzip myself so that I can pee before I brush my teeth. I stand there, relieving myself, and all I can think is what sweet torture I have gotten myself into.
“Did you know Andi and Rex weren’t even—oops,” she says as she walks into the bathroom and looks down.
“What are you doing?” I say as I quickly zip myself up.
“Sorry. I didn’t realize you were peeing. It’s not like I saw anything.”
“I don’t care if you saw anything,” I say, shaking my head and turning toward her. “I just want to make sure that I didn’t burn your eyes out or anything.”
“Oh, I’m okay.”
“Anyway, what were you going to say?” I say, trying to extinguish the fire that I’m feeling as she just stands there in her bra and panties.
