slide my cock into home plate. But her company was nice. Being with her made me think that maybe relationships could be more than the power struggles I was accustomed to. After going home and getting cleaned up, I picked Deja up from her house. She came out dressed in a long yellow body hugging dress. Not the nerdy gear I had grown used to. She hopped in my ride and shut the door. “Hey.” Damn her dimple is so cute. “Hey, you look nice.” “Thanks.” “Where do you want to go?” “I don’t know.” I pulled off the curb with no particular destination. “You hungry?” “No, not really.” “I know a place we can go. It’s a surprise.” “You have a surprise for me?” “Yep.” I looked over at Deja and smiled. “This surprise doesn’t have a scrotum connected to it?” What the fuck? “No, please stop obsessing about my penis parts.” Deja raised an eyebrow. “You’re so funny.” “I know. The surprise is PG. I know you’ll love it. How was school?” “It was school. I’m just doing my time.” “Did you go to college?” “No only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.” I knew this already. I remembered everything she ever told me but I loved to hear her talk and I wanted her to know I was interested in everything about her. This wasn’t a game to me. I was really into her. Deja already had enough credits to graduate high school. She even had college credits. Deja was special. She was going to be a good wife to some doctor or lawyer. We talked about the horrific murders of children and teens that were plaguing the streets of Chicago. Deja talked about the War in Iraq. She was knowledgeable on some many topics that she made you smarter. You had to retain a bit of her knowledge. She talked with confidence. She talked like a woman, not a girl, definitely not a virgin. She talked and I chimed in from time to time. Soon I reached my destination. We pulled into the parking lot of the Barnes and Noble Bookstore at the Bolingcreek mall. I turned the car off. “We’re going on a date at a bookstore?” “Yes babe, I know how you love books. I’m trying to impress you. I’m may be dumb but I actually know where the bookstore is located.” We both unbuckled our seatbelts. “I’m impressed. RJ you’re not dumb. Don’t ever say that to me again.” She was smiling at first and then her face was absolutely serious. “RJ, did you hear me?” “Yes I hear you.” “Different people have different smarts. Some things you can’t learn in books. Some things you have to experience for yourself. I know you have experienced a lot… Why are you looking at me like that?” “Like what?” “I don’t know. Like, I don’t know.” “Do I look funny?” I asked. “No, you look--” “Sexy?” I cut into her words. “Ah no.” “Handsome?” “Ah no.” “Horny?” “No.” “Well you’re terrible at reading people. I’m sexy, handsome and horny all day every day. Good thing you’re going to be a cardiologist and not a psychologist.” “RJ, I have a question for you.” Deja turned her entire body toward me. I might be in trouble. “What’s up?” I turned to face her in the minimal space of my Mustang. “Why haven’t you tried to kiss me?” Shit. I don’t have an answer to that question. Why haven’t I made a move? “Ah, I didn’t think about it.” “You didn’t think about kissing me?” “No, I thought about it but I didn’t want to scare you off.” “How the hell can you scare me off with a kiss?” “I don’t know. Do you want me to kiss you?” “I don’t know. Seems like if you wanted to, you would have by now.” “I have always wanted to.” I want to kiss your entire body. “I thought maybe we should be going together first before I made a move. You never said you would be my girlfriend.” “We see each other every day. It’s like we’re a couple.” “Seems like we are a couple.” I shrugged. “Yeah,