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
On the other end, Mom laughed. “He is!” D insisted while she scratched her left eyebrow and tried to decide if she wanted to kill the subject or talk about it. “He was there,” she finally said in response to a question that hadn’t even been said out loud yet. Maybe talking to Mom was just what she
Monday turned out to be a busy and crazy day at work. D didn’t get off until six, and when she did, she still had a list of errands to run on her way home. First she stopped by the home appliances store. The fridge she wanted was in stock. She paid for it and arranged for a delivery early Wednesda
Before her inner eye she visualized this little rift that had been created Saturday on the lake and had since grown into this big gap that kept growing wider and deeper with every hour that passed, and that would probably soon be impossible to bridge. Exhaling tensely, she threw back the covers and
“…deal with me in addition.” “I didn’t say that…” “Okay. But that’s what it comes down to?” She was struggling to keep her voice steady when nothing about her felt steady anymore. “Why don’t you just concentrate on Liz then? I really don’t need you to–“ “Danny, stop it!” He cut her off. “Please.
On Wednesday Joe walked the fifteen minutes to the restaurant where he was supposed to meet Steve. It was a foggy day, but the air felt good. He arrived at the restaurant a few minutes early, but Steve was already there. “I’m surprised you’re already here?” Joe said as he sat down. “On the radio t
On his way home, Joe had just turned the corner into Sarah’s street and was pulling out his key for the front door when something seemed off. He squinted. Where was his car?!?! He had parked it right here last night. It was one of these I-think-I-must-be-dreaming moments where you hope that, if
She watched him come closer, her expression expectant. Or triumphant? He pulled the door on the passenger side open. She leaned her head back, her blond hair falling over her shoulder and gave him a victorious smile. “That was quick!” Resisting the overwhelming urge to scream at her or punch her
“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