too. I’m hoping that’s better than the possible regret I would have felt if we let it go any further.
I walk over to the table and lean over to pick up my plate and glass.
“Don’t worry about that, Dani,” Puck says, “I’ll clean up. You can get out of here - unless you want to stay?” he offers.
I think he’s kidding, but there is some seriousness behind his suggestion. I’m sure if I said yes, he wouldn’t argue.
“I’m back to ‘Dani’ now?” I tease, “I kind of liked ‘baby’, but I guess the other employees might get jealous.”
“We can keep that our little secret, baby,” he winks at me.
Puck clears the table while I collect my things. We walk through the kitchen and toward the front foyer together without saying a word. He opens the door for me and we stand there, unsure what we are supposed to do now. He takes my face in his hands and gently tilts it up so I am looking at him.
“I will make this right. You know as well as I do now that we are meant to be together. You can’t deny our feelings,” he professes, looking into my eyes.
“I don’t know what to think,” I reply softly, “my heart and my head are in tow very different places right now.”
Puck leans down and kisses me again, gently, lovingly, on the lips, almost as a confirmation that everything he has said tonight is the truth and this is his final apology.
I kiss him back, wrapping my arms over his shoulders, giving into my feelings. I press my tongue between his lips and almost instantly feel him getting hard against me as our mouths move together again. I gently suck on his lip and back away. I have a lot to process tonight, I don’t want to move too fast.
“Good night,” I say, beaming up at him.
“Night, baby,” he winks at me.
I turn and walk to my car. I feel Puck watching me from the door and smile. I open my car door, look back, and give him a little wave. I see him through my rear view mirror as I head down the never-ending driveway. He’s still watching me, not wanting to let me go for the night, but knowing it’s what is best.
As I drive home, I relive the night again in my head. That conversation we shared is all I needed to really move on. Not just hearing his words, but seeing his expressions, knowing Puck means what he says. I’m also pleasantly surprised to know that he had feelings for me when we were younger - that he wasn’t just an asshole. That everything he did, all the teasing, was because he liked me. The rumors were an entire other story, but so many things make sense now.
I continue in thought the whole way home. I fantasize about Puck and I together. How many teenage girls get to have their dreams come true? It may be over a decade later, but I just might get to live out my fantasy with my first crush. This time, when I think about him, I don’t stop myself, and I enjoy every minute of it.
PUCK
It doesn’t matter how cold the water is, a shower isn’t going to wash this away. Having Dani, tasting her, feeling her, holy shit. I almost came in my pants - just like a teenager again! That’s not going to happen though. I have her now. She knows I’m real, she knows I’m sorry, and when I told her I would make it right, I meant it.
I’m going to sweep that woman off her feet. Now that she’s let me in, I’m going to show her there is so much more to me than she knows. If we could make that kind of heat from a little kissing and touching, I can only imagine what we can do with our clothes off. I am imagining - maybe that’s why this cold shower isn’t doing the trick.
I love her. I really do. The more I’m around her, the more I believe that it’s true. We are going to be together - I know that now. Nothing would make me happier. I have everything I could want in life, except for her, and now ‘we’ are almost reality. I haven’t been this happy in a long time.
Chapter 13
D ANI
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I ’m in a new state of mind on my way to work in the morning. This is the
I walk over to the table and lean over to pick up my plate and glass.
“Don’t worry about that, Dani,” Puck says, “I’ll clean up. You can get out of here - unless you want to stay?” he offers.
I think he’s kidding, but there is some seriousness behind his suggestion. I’m sure if I said yes, he wouldn’t argue.
“I’m back to ‘Dani’ now?” I tease, “I kind of liked ‘baby’, but I guess the other employees might get jealous.”
“We can keep that our little secret, baby,” he winks at me.
Puck clears the table while I collect my things. We walk through the kitchen and toward the front foyer together without saying a word. He opens the door for me and we stand there, unsure what we are supposed to do now. He takes my face in his hands and gently tilts it up so I am looking at him.
“I will make this right. You know as well as I do now that we are meant to be together. You can’t deny our feelings,” he professes, looking into my eyes.
“I don’t know what to think,” I reply softly, “my heart and my head are in tow very different places right now.”
Puck leans down and kisses me again, gently, lovingly, on the lips, almost as a confirmation that everything he has said tonight is the truth and this is his final apology.
I kiss him back, wrapping my arms over his shoulders, giving into my feelings. I press my tongue between his lips and almost instantly feel him getting hard against me as our mouths move together again. I gently suck on his lip and back away. I have a lot to process tonight, I don’t want to move too fast.
“Good night,” I say, beaming up at him.
“Night, baby,” he winks at me.
I turn and walk to my car. I feel Puck watching me from the door and smile. I open my car door, look back, and give him a little wave. I see him through my rear view mirror as I head down the never-ending driveway. He’s still watching me, not wanting to let me go for the night, but knowing it’s what is best.
As I drive home, I relive the night again in my head. That conversation we shared is all I needed to really move on. Not just hearing his words, but seeing his expressions, knowing Puck means what he says. I’m also pleasantly surprised to know that he had feelings for me when we were younger - that he wasn’t just an asshole. That everything he did, all the teasing, was because he liked me. The rumors were an entire other story, but so many things make sense now.
I continue in thought the whole way home. I fantasize about Puck and I together. How many teenage girls get to have their dreams come true? It may be over a decade later, but I just might get to live out my fantasy with my first crush. This time, when I think about him, I don’t stop myself, and I enjoy every minute of it.
PUCK
It doesn’t matter how cold the water is, a shower isn’t going to wash this away. Having Dani, tasting her, feeling her, holy shit. I almost came in my pants - just like a teenager again! That’s not going to happen though. I have her now. She knows I’m real, she knows I’m sorry, and when I told her I would make it right, I meant it.
I’m going to sweep that woman off her feet. Now that she’s let me in, I’m going to show her there is so much more to me than she knows. If we could make that kind of heat from a little kissing and touching, I can only imagine what we can do with our clothes off. I am imagining - maybe that’s why this cold shower isn’t doing the trick.
I love her. I really do. The more I’m around her, the more I believe that it’s true. We are going to be together - I know that now. Nothing would make me happier. I have everything I could want in life, except for her, and now ‘we’ are almost reality. I haven’t been this happy in a long time.
Chapter 13
D ANI
----
I ’m in a new state of mind on my way to work in the morning. This is the
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