Staring out of her window, D swallowed. Ten minutes and she’d be home. Thank God! Being all alone in the car with him made her feel exposed in the weirdest way. As if her tension or even her thoughts might be tangible to him in this environment. To distract herself, she tried to concentrate on the
“Exactly!” He threw out a hand. “But that’s just the perfect example of how you do these really stupid things just to…” He seemed to be looking for the right words. “…just to get back at me or whatever. Either that, or you just flat-out ignore me.” D’s expression had hardened at the mention of ‘stu
Couldn’t he just have kept his mouth shut? Let her get out of the car and leave? It wasn’t as if she had really needed that lecture on how she would have to drop the hostile attitude for the weekend. She had pretty much figured that out herself by then. Her reflection was looking back at her. And s
Pulling out into the main street, Joe turned the radio off. He felt exhausted. This whole evening, even though it had been fun at times, had been a bit much. He had always known that Sun was a handful. So far he had never had the problem of being the target of her flirting activities, however. He
He shifted his attention from his hand to the phone. Judging from where he had found it, it had to be Sun’s. Maybe tomorrow, when he took Jack back to his car, they could swing by her place and drop it off. There was no way he was going back there now. He almost dropped the phone when it suddenly
The street leading down to D’s house was quiet. Most houses seemed dark by now. Only in the first house to the left the lights were still on. Judging from the many cars that were parked outside, they must be having a party. Joe remembered being in this house for a birthday party once. He must have
She was standing in the half-open door in blue sweatpants and a T-shirt, and she was barefoot. From her T-shirt a green alligator was grinning and showing a big mouth with lots of sharp teeth. One of them was sparkling golden. He knew that T-shirt… Trying not to think about where he had seen that
”Well… have a safe drive home,” he heard her say through the haze that had just come over him. She had straightened up and, despite what she had just said, she looked at him a bit undecidedly. Giving himself a push, Joe nodded. “Yeah thanks,” he mumbled. “Good night.” And as he turned around and
“Let’s try,” she whispered and moved her hand down to his stomach.“Okay,” he put his hand back ontop of hers and slid his fingers between hers.It took only minutes until her breathing slowed down and a slight twitching of her hand told him that she was asleep again.Listening to her breathing and
Joe woke up around three, feeling really thirsty.It took him a second to grasp where he was (not in the cabin anymore) and that he was not alone.The realization caused a flash of excitement.D was sleeping far on her side of the bed.He remembered how she had always used to do that. No matter how
He was going for a mind-sweeping kiss here – one that would swipe her mind of any reservations there might still be. Even if, right now, she didn’t seem very reserved anyway. But he’d rather be absolutely sure…His own reservations were all gone by now. And having her so close just confirmed that ke
Three minutes later Joe returned, a chocolate bar in his left hand and a glass of milk in his right.“I see chocolate,” D chirped with a greedy grin. She had sat up and was leaning against the headboard. “Come here…” Like a lazy princess she waved for him to come over.Stopping at his desk, Joe set
“I don’t wanna mess this up…” he said, his gaze on the bedcover beside her head, his hand tracing one of the lines in the pattern.“Didn’t exactly feel like you were in the process of messing things up,” she said softly and reached out to touch his face.“You don’t think so, huh?” He leaned into her
Joe pushed himself away from the windowsill.“Guess I’ve really earned a jerk medal,” he contemplated as he stepped around the bed to her. “I’m sorry I didn’t pick up.”“Mhmm,” D growled, trying hard to unwaveringly hold his gaze as he came closer. “And you’re hopefully also sorry that you didn’t ca
He shrugged and kept glaring out the window. This had become kind of a habit - turning his back on people and staring into space. It was a bad habit he had developed thanks to Liz. It just helped him focus or stay composed, and it made it easier to get through situations he would rather avoid altoge
What she had before her, was part of the job ads from Saturday’s paper. One of the ads had her company’s swan logo on it. It was the ad for one of the jobs in London.Joe had gotten up from the bed again and returned to his desk. He pulled out the chair and sat down on it backwards so he was facing
D was rising from the bed with the intention to follow him. Only that she was momentarily strangely overwhelmed by something. Something indefinable that affected her more deeply than anything had in a long time.When it only got worse once she stepped out on the landing, a moist wave from the bathro