sibling.”
A tiny smile escaped me. “Well, yeah…I just wish—”
“Honey, for now, let’s leave it at that, okay?”
I nodded. He pulled me into a hug, and I let myself relax. Maybe this wasn’t the fairy tale family I’d dreamt of for forever, but it was still family.
***
Devin and I went on the classic Friday night dinner and movie date. Except we reversed it, movie first and then dinner so we could talk about it over the meal. In the theater, we sat in the back row near the exit. Devin said he liked being far away from the screen, but something inside me told me there was another reason. I’d thought maybe he wanted to sit back there so we could make out, but he never made a move. And when I tried to advance on him, he gave me some polite kisses and then returned his attention to the horrible rehashed comedy they were trying to pass off on the screen as new and inventive.
“Can I get you something to drink?” I asked as Devin sat on the couch at my place after dinner. I’d never been jealous of a couch before, but looking at the way the couch molded around him, I suddenly was.
“Anything’s cool,” he said.
I placed two sodas on the coffee table along with a bag of pretzels. “So, that was some movie,” I said.
“Yeah. Really top notch.” He ran his hand through my hair and brushed the side of my cheek with his fingertips. “They should totally make a sequel.” His mouth moved closer to mine.
“Totally, I’m dying to know if those dudes ever get their car back.” I kept my mouth an inch away from his feeling the warmth of his breath on my lips.
“The car filled with pizzas that they drove into the lake?” He kept his ground; lips not moving a millimeter.
I licked my lips. “Yeah, I mean what a waste. I want to know what happened to all the pizzas. I mean did they get reimbursed for them or what?” My brain fought with my body, and I moved forward just a touch.
“Nothing hotter than pizza.”
“Nothing.” His breath hit my lips again, and a surge ran through me, and I broke the gap and landed on his lips. Immediately, his hands were roaming through my hair, gliding down my neck, stroking my back and teasing my breasts. There was no way to hide my hard nipples. Just like he couldn’t hide his excitement. As I crawled on top of him, pushing him back onto the couch, I could feel all of him pressing against my lower body. His tongue swirled with mine, and he tasted so sweet and warm. His hand squeezed my ass, and I pushed my pelvis into him, and he let out a quiet moan.
Somewhere in the thick fog, I knew I heard the front door, but I couldn’t break myself from his mouth to acknowledge it.
“Hey, no sex on the couch.” Fiona’s voice cut through the air, and I broke free from Devin and his sweetness.
We both sat up innocently, I repositioned my top so my bra was covered. “Oh hey, hi,” I stammered.
“No making whoopee on the couch is one of our roommate agreements.” She smiled her witty, devious smile.
There was a small throw pillow near me so I grabbed it and chucked it at her. “We’re fully clothed!”
“And as I’ve told you before, if you do it that way, you’re doing it wrong.” She winked at me and then turned her attention to Devin. “I’m Fiona, by the way.”
Devin stood up, the bulge in his pants still evident. He extended his hand to Fiona. “Devin. Nice to meet you.”
She stared at his crotch. “You too.” She let out a cackle. “I’m going to my room now, but remember you two, this is a common area. I don’t want to have to get out a black light and search for remnants of bodily fluids, understood?”
“Go!” I threw another pillow at her.
She tossed it back to me. “The walls have ears,” she sung as she walked away.
I sunk back in the couch and cuddled near Devin. “Sorry. She’s like that. We’re thinking of having her tested.”
Devin chuckled. “Don’t worry about it. She seems cool.”
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