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Becky grumbled.
“That’s why you love me.”
***
After breakfast was over and Melissa had gone into work, Becky cleaned up the kitchen. Once she’d gotten the dishes in the dishwasher and everything else back where it belonged, she called Jade.
“Becky! What’s up, hun? We’re just getting ready to head out.”
Becky could imagine Jade standing there in the hallway of her parents’ house, piles of suitcases and skiing equipment lined up for a week-long ski trip.
“Right, I just wanted to catch you before you go. Will a lot of people be at the party on Friday?”
“What?” Jade asked absently. She covered the phone and shouted out directions to someone in the background. “Sorry. Yeah, it’ll be a pretty big group. Why? Are you backing out on me?”
“No, I, uh, just wondered if I could bring Matt along.”
“Matt? Absolutely! The man was freaking gorgeous.”
Becky laughed. “It’s nothing like that. I need to check with him about it first anyway, but I’ll let you know.”
“What made you want to bring him then?”
Becky sighed. She hadn’t yet told Jade about running into Matt last night. Or about him walking her to her car on Friday evening. “He wanted to get together on Friday. I just don’t think I can be alone with him though, so a party seemed like a safe bet.”
“Hmmm. Can’t be alone because you’ll argue with him? Or can’t be alone because you’ll jump his bones?”
“Jade!” Becky burst out, her face turning red. Thank God they were having this conversation over the phone. “I just need more people around us. Sort of as a buffer or something.”
“Right. Just bring him already. I’ve gotta go, but we’ll talk soon?”
“Yeah, have a fun trip. Call me later this week.”
The girls said their goodbyes and hung up. Now all she had to do was what? Call Matt back? Even though Friday night was his suggestion, she felt like she was asking him out on a date or something by inviting him to Jade’s party. She sighed. This moving on thing was a lot harder than she thought.
Chapter 10
Matt pulled up to the brick Colonial tucked away in a quiet neighborhood on Friday night, admiring the recently-built home. Becky had said her sister was a realtor, and apparently she did pretty well for herself based on this. His own apartment seemed downright miniscule compared to her large house. But what would he do with a home when he was deployed half the time and didn’t have a family to fill it? Hell, he didn’t even have a girlfriend. A place like this would be awfully big for a guy like him. Someday when he got out of the military he’d buy a house. He’d been saving up for a few years, but for now his possessions were few and far between. He’d always liked it that way in the past, but as of late, life had been feeling pretty empty.
He eyed himself in the rearview mirror, wondering why he felt so fucking nervous. He’d led men into battle, shot at insurgents hell-bent on killing any American they came across, jumped out of airplanes. But driving up to a woman’s house had him quaking in his boots? Hell. Becky had taken her sweet time calling him back earlier this week, too. He’d left her a message on Sunday morning and run into her that evening, but Becky had been perfectly content waiting until Tuesday night to return his call. He’d been thinking she’d had a change of heart about wanting to see him. And when they finally had spoken, instead of saying Friday didn’t work because of her friend’s party, she’d invited him along.
If this didn’t feel like a date, he wasn’t sure what did. It was probably for the best that they’d be around other people, because he didn’t trust himself to be alone with her. He’d held back before when she was with his best friend, but now? It was damn near impossible to keep from pulling her into his arms and
“That’s why you love me.”
***
After breakfast was over and Melissa had gone into work, Becky cleaned up the kitchen. Once she’d gotten the dishes in the dishwasher and everything else back where it belonged, she called Jade.
“Becky! What’s up, hun? We’re just getting ready to head out.”
Becky could imagine Jade standing there in the hallway of her parents’ house, piles of suitcases and skiing equipment lined up for a week-long ski trip.
“Right, I just wanted to catch you before you go. Will a lot of people be at the party on Friday?”
“What?” Jade asked absently. She covered the phone and shouted out directions to someone in the background. “Sorry. Yeah, it’ll be a pretty big group. Why? Are you backing out on me?”
“No, I, uh, just wondered if I could bring Matt along.”
“Matt? Absolutely! The man was freaking gorgeous.”
Becky laughed. “It’s nothing like that. I need to check with him about it first anyway, but I’ll let you know.”
“What made you want to bring him then?”
Becky sighed. She hadn’t yet told Jade about running into Matt last night. Or about him walking her to her car on Friday evening. “He wanted to get together on Friday. I just don’t think I can be alone with him though, so a party seemed like a safe bet.”
“Hmmm. Can’t be alone because you’ll argue with him? Or can’t be alone because you’ll jump his bones?”
“Jade!” Becky burst out, her face turning red. Thank God they were having this conversation over the phone. “I just need more people around us. Sort of as a buffer or something.”
“Right. Just bring him already. I’ve gotta go, but we’ll talk soon?”
“Yeah, have a fun trip. Call me later this week.”
The girls said their goodbyes and hung up. Now all she had to do was what? Call Matt back? Even though Friday night was his suggestion, she felt like she was asking him out on a date or something by inviting him to Jade’s party. She sighed. This moving on thing was a lot harder than she thought.
Chapter 10
Matt pulled up to the brick Colonial tucked away in a quiet neighborhood on Friday night, admiring the recently-built home. Becky had said her sister was a realtor, and apparently she did pretty well for herself based on this. His own apartment seemed downright miniscule compared to her large house. But what would he do with a home when he was deployed half the time and didn’t have a family to fill it? Hell, he didn’t even have a girlfriend. A place like this would be awfully big for a guy like him. Someday when he got out of the military he’d buy a house. He’d been saving up for a few years, but for now his possessions were few and far between. He’d always liked it that way in the past, but as of late, life had been feeling pretty empty.
He eyed himself in the rearview mirror, wondering why he felt so fucking nervous. He’d led men into battle, shot at insurgents hell-bent on killing any American they came across, jumped out of airplanes. But driving up to a woman’s house had him quaking in his boots? Hell. Becky had taken her sweet time calling him back earlier this week, too. He’d left her a message on Sunday morning and run into her that evening, but Becky had been perfectly content waiting until Tuesday night to return his call. He’d been thinking she’d had a change of heart about wanting to see him. And when they finally had spoken, instead of saying Friday didn’t work because of her friend’s party, she’d invited him along.
If this didn’t feel like a date, he wasn’t sure what did. It was probably for the best that they’d be around other people, because he didn’t trust himself to be alone with her. He’d held back before when she was with his best friend, but now? It was damn near impossible to keep from pulling her into his arms and
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