With a playful frown she grabbed the lever and adjusted it so they wouldn’t hit the pier as they backed out of the parking position. “Which way do you want to go?” she asked as she turned the boat away from the pier. “Entirely up to you,” he said. “Just try to avoid the rocks and the icebergs.” “
“That’s part of it, yeah.” “Okay…” She exhaled. Joe cleared his throat. “Sarah knows…” he started then. “She… well, she knows that I was at your place those two nights. There wasn’t much I could do, really. It was like – crazy. I had my sweater in my hand and she’s like – staring at it and then s
D had put her feet back on the pedals and suddenly started pedaling. And judging from how fast the boat was moving now, she was working off a lot of agitation here. Well, he could contribute his own… With both of them strongly pedaling they made it back around the peninsula quickly. D could see t
Joe opened the door to his room and felt his heart drop. The room was lit and from the bathroom he heard running water. Shit! Jack was back already! How had that happened? Feeling a little dumbstruck, he slipped out of his jacket and sat down on the bed. He was wracking his brain how he could pos
“Yeah… Right… Why didn’t I see that?” “Because sometimes you’re a freaking idiot,” Jack retorted. “I guess…” Joe shrugged. “Anyway,” Jack said. “Now that we’ve got that sorted out, I’m going to go to bed. Because I’m tired. And looking at you, I strongly recommend that you do the same. You look p
As much as it had initially shocked and surprised her that he had hooked up with D again, the more she had gotten used to the thought, the more excited she actually felt that there might, after all, be some sort of happy ending. Only that Joe’s face and somewhat strange behavior today gave reason fo
Jack usually was anything but shy, but in this particular constellation Joe was skeptical that Jack would ever work up the courage to make a move. It would probably require some form of encouragement or at least a little sign from Sarah. And Sarah (just like Danny) wasn’t exactly carrying her heart
D pulled the front door closed behind herself, parked her luggage under the coat rack in the entry way, dropped her purse on the dining table and hurried to the bathroom, the most important thing after a long drive like this. A few minutes later she wandered from the bathroom to the living room a l
“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