Friday, September 28
Rebecca and Alice sat at the bar and clinked their
glasses. "To the Road Warriors. We ride again! Well, minus
one founding member."
Alice pulled out her phone. "Let's call her up!"
"No. Come on! She's on her honeymoon. Probably in
bed with Dan right now."
Alice laughed and waved the phone about. "Even more
reason to call her up. She's the only one getting any." She
squinted at Rebecca. "Unless you're getting some Tarzan
action, that is." She howled like a jungle woman, inviting all
the animals into her bed.
I'm getting Tarzan, but still no action. Rebecca blushed,
embarrassed by her lack of progress. Alice wanted juicy
details. Unfortunately after nearly two weeks, they'd still
had only one kiss. Alice was going to be disappointed.
Rebecca summarized. "I've been seeing him. A little."
"A little? How little?" Alice smirked and leaned closer.
"Or should I say, how little is it?" She wiggled her eyebrows.
"I don't know yet. Haven't seen it. We've been together a
half dozen times, taking it slow while his jaw heals."
Alice snapped her head and stared, waiting for further
information. When none came, she prompted. "'Jaw heals'?"
"Well. . . he broke his jaw in a bar fight and got it wired
shut. Now he doesn't want to sleep with me until he gets the
wires out." Rebecca wondered why O.E. was so intent on
waiting for his jaw to be unwired. He had made lewd
comments about licking and sucking and eating, but she
had a hard time believing him. The men she'd known didn't
use their mouths that much in bed.
Alice arched an eyebrow. "And when do the wires come
out?"
"Tuesday." Rebecca clamped her legs together just
thinking about it. "He's invited me over for dinner, but we
both know what's really cooking."
Alice burst into a huge smile. "Excellent!" After a few
seconds, the smile slipped discretely off of her face. "So. . .
bar fights? Who is this guy?"
"I'm still not totally sure. A friend of Dan's, I know that
much. In fact, he's staying at Dan's place while they're on
their honeymoon."
"No place of his own? Take that poor boy home and
tuck him into bed!" Alice bounced in her seat, and let her
tongue hang free.
Tempting, but dangerous. "Hey, I said I want his body. I
don't want him to move in with me. There's something
about him that I don't quite get." She looked down briefly.
"He's mysterious. No place of his own. Floats around with
no job and no money. He's got a huge ego but is also
surprisingly sympathetic and easy to talk to. And wow, wow,