“Hey.” I said and ran my hand down her arm breaking her concentration. She instantly turned around to face me, but before I could ask her what was wrong she answered.
“Things aren’t going to be weird between us right? I mean you’re not going to be a flake on me because we had sex because that would be a real dick move Mikey and I thought you were actively trying to repent against your inner dick.” She poked her finger against my chest adding extra emphasize to her words by digging that finger further into my skin with each word. “In case you forgot we’re stuck with one another for god knows how long and we’re in a pretty dangerous situation so we really don’t have any room for freak outs.”
I raised an eyebrow at her, but I decided not to point out that she was the one who in fact was having the freak out. I bit the inside of my cheek to stop from laughing because like she said I was repenting against my inner dick so instead I held up my hands in mock defeat.
“Not freaking out.” I said, watching as she eyed me suspiciously. “I swear.”
The truth was I was far too amused with her freak out to remember that I was in the throes of one myself. I’d just let her have one for the both of us after all I was exhausted anyway.
“I suppose I have no choice but to take your word for it.” She said taking her accusing finger off my chest.
“Good. Now that that’s settled you think maybe we can get some sleep because if not, then I rather not talk about any impending freak outs there are much better ways I can keep you awake.” That seemed to calm her down a bit and she slid further under the sheet resting her head on the pillow.
“Nikki?”
“Hmm?”
“You can come closer I won’t bite, I’m too tired.” I said as I closed my eyes. She didn’t say a word, but a moment later, I felt her arm around my waist and her head fall gently on my chest. I smiled slightly draping my arm around her shoulder and wondered if there was ever a time in my life if I had fallen asleep with a genuine smile on my face.
Chapter Twenty
I bit back my smile as Mikey held my hand while we walked across the parking lot towards a diner. We had just crossed the state line finally making it to Florida but we still had about an hour more of driving until we reached Aunt Gina’s house. We decided to stop and get a bite to eat giving me time to catch him up on Aunt Gina and Nana and the shenanigans that were to be expected of them.
I glanced down at our joined hands as the waitress escorted us to a booth the memories of last night as well as the wee hours of this morning came rushing back to me. I guess I never paid much thought to how it would be if Mikey and I had sex and by that, I don’t mean the actual deed but the aftermath. I would’ve pegged Mikey for acting completely weird shutting me out or telling me it was a mistake but he did none of those things. In fact, I woke up this morning with his head between my legs. Yeah Mikey was all about starting the day off right.
We sat across from one another and Mikey ordered us each a cup of coffee as we took the menus from the waitress. I opened my menu my stomach growled as Mikey placed his on the table and stared at me distracting me from trying to decide what I wanted to eat.
“What?” I asked quietly, looking at him from the top of the menu.
“Nothing.” He said smiling.
“Right.” I closed the menu and placed it on the table on top of his cocking my head to the side. “So you’re just staring at me for no reason?”
“I’m staring at you because you’re easy on the eyes.” He winked at me. “Why? Does it make you uncomfortable?”
“No.” I said automatically, but pointed towards him and wagged my finger. “But don’t get any ideas. I’m not into getting it on in the bathroom of a diner.”
He leaned over the table, eyes trained on mine and whispered.
“That’s a shame Princess because spontaneous sex is the best kind.”
“I didn’t say I was against spontaneous sex just not into being propped against the door of a bathroom stall or bent over a sink while we wait for our burgers.” I smiled sweetly and reopened my menu again.
“You paint a pretty picture.” He said one of his hands disappearing under the table as he did so. “Just picturing you bent over anything has me hard as rock.”
“Keep your dick in your pants Mikey.” I bit my cheek to stop from laughing when I heard him groan. The waitress placed our coffee on the table and gave us a few more minutes to look over the menu.
“Fine I’ll try and behave.” He said, a slight frown playing on his lips before he took a sip of his coffee. We ordered our food and ate like savages. Mikey was a bottomless pit clearing his plate in mere minutes before picking at mine. It was kind of cute and didn’t feel like we were just friends sharing a meal instead it felt strangely intimate. I liked it maybe too much.
I picked at my fries as Mikey leaned back and looked around the diner.
“This place reminds me of back home.” He said as he stared at the patrons that ate at the counter joking with the people behind it.