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board, searching for his
name. I point it out to him, interestingly displayed just a few names over from
mine.
    "This
will be your first, then?" I ask.
    "Yeah. I
won't lie, I'm nervous as hell."
    I bump his
arm playfully with my elbow and say with a little laugh, "Ahh, come on.
You'll do great."
    "Let's
hope so."
    He smiles
down at me and I realize we are standing only inches from each other, our arms
almost touching, with my hand dangling just centimeters from his own. Resisting
the urge to reach out and touch him, I run my hand through my hair instead,
tossing it over my shoulder. After I do, I realize he's watching me carefully,
studying my movements, staring at my hair as it falls back against my neck.
    I lick my
lips, not to be seductive, but because my mouth is suddenly as dry as the
Sahara desert and when I do, Sloan bites down on his lower lip before looking
from my mouth to my eyes.
    "Piper,
I…" he starts, but is interrupted by Niles and his friendly introduction.
    "Mr.
Nash, what a pleasure," he says, leaning around me to shake Sloan's hand.
    "Hello,
again. Mr. Abbott, right?"
    "Yes,
but you can call me Niles, son."
    "Nice to
see you again, Mr. uh, I mean, Niles."
    "I see
you have your first case," Niles says with a hint of surprise in his
voice.
    "Yeah, I
guess Piper and I will be going out around the same time."
    I shift on my
feet nervously as I look between the men as they talk. One is the equivalent of
my after-life father figure and the other is the man of my dreams. Or at least,
he was from my dreams but now he's here. Actually standing in front of
me and I have no idea what to do about it.
    "Since
you just signed up for your first case, I imagine Carlson should be around here
someplace, yes?" Niles asks.
    "Oh, he
was. But he said he had paperwork and he'd be back to show me the Depot
room," Sloan answers Niles, but as he does, he looks down at me.
    An idea
occurs to me and I jump on it before Niles has a chance to mess up my plan.
"Why don't I show you? I mean, if you know where it is ahead of time,
maybe it will help?"
    Niles smiles
at me knowingly and I swear he's barely able to contain a wink before we part
ways and he shuffles off to another part of the Consignment Department. I'm
left standing in my pajamas next to the hottest guy in the room. Now what?
    "Shall
we?" I gesture for him to follow me into the main hall and guide him down
to the Depot room door. Right before we reach it, Sloan stops and places a
heavy hand on my shoulder.
    After I turn
around slowly, I find him directly behind me. "Just…can I have a
second?" he asks.
    "Sure,
take all the time you need," I answer, "I remember how nervous I was
my first time. In fact, it felt pretty much the same way as it does now,"
I laugh.
    "No, no,
that's not…I meant, can I have a second with you… alone ?"
    Oh. Take all
the seconds you want. My mouth has forgotten how to work again, so I simply
nod my head and watch him as he watches me.
    "Piper,
there's something I want to ask you," he starts, but a group of loud women
come bursting out of a nearby room, forcing us to move apart as the ladies walk
between us.
    "Excuse
me," a woman with frizzy brown hair says as she wiggles by Sloan with a
shy smile. I roll my eyes. It will be never-ending; the unabashed attention he
gets from women.
    Once they are
out of ear-shot, Sloan reaches down and grips my hand, guiding me next to him
and over to the Depot door once again. He opens it and glances around quickly
before pulling me inside. Baffled at the fact that he is still holding my hand,
I don't hear him close the door behind me, but I see that we are alone in the
Depot room. With a gentle tug, Sloan pulls me into his chest.
    My knees go
soft and threaten to buckle as he softly whispers next to my cheek, " I've
been wanting to do this for a really long time. "
    His mouth
comes down onto mine with enough force to part my lips, but his kiss turns
gentle and warm almost immediately. A delicious shiver runs