In the café’s parking lot, Joe told Sarah that he needed to go by an electronics store on the way home to buy a charger for his phone. That was only half the truth, of course. Even though he hadn’t brought his charger, he still had the one for the car. And with his phone currently being turned off
Of course, if something like that had happened, he had only himself to blame. He had been at Liz’s flat several times during the month leading up to the party. Only the first three times had really been purely to help her with her computer troubles. She had kissed him when he had been about to leav
Anyway, there she had been, purring like a cat, batting her eyes and persuaded him to meet her later for dinner. Over the course of that dinner he had had way more to drink than he should have. Right in the middle of the dinner he had received a message from Danny saying that he needed to contact t
About half an hour into the party, Jack had asked him to get some drinks from the big fridge in the basement. So he had gone downstairs. And then, just as he had been about to leave the room with the fridge and the big freezer, there had been Liz. She had been standing in the doorway in that red,
Then, even though she must have had a sufficiently good view from where she was standing, she had come down the stairs two more steps as if to have a closer look. After another moment of glaring at them, she had dismissively shaken her head and said something like, ‘Wow. So, that’s what you want, h
He had also gone to the dorm again two days later, but again, she had either really not been home or pretended not to be. Sitting in his car now, Joe released a long breath. The more he thought about all this, the more he realized that the enlightening breakfast talk with Sarah had opened up an ent
She had been surprised when he had called her out of the blue and asked her out. It had been either that or killing his Dad or Sarah (or taking the next plane to London and making a fool of himself)… Seeing Liz again had felt good and comforting. Maybe because she had been the only person around hi
When Joe got back to the house, Sarah was sitting at the kitchen table, flipping through some advertisements that had come in the mail. She looked up as he walked in from the hallway, the bag from the electronics store and his sweater in one hand and the glass dish in the other. First she squinted
“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