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more time with you. I already had two really great nights, and then tonight was really wonderful.  I know you have jobs and kids, and hell, I have a job, too.  I just had a little stupid selfish moment there.  Ignore it.”
    Aaron arched a brow at her.  “I don’t remember telling you that we were just going to take you home and leave.”
    She frowned in confusion.  “You told John you weren’t staying because you both had to work.”
    “True,” Grant said, “but he didn’t say that we weren’t going to stay for a little while.”  Grant cupped her cheek and turned her head.  “We’re not done with you yet, sweetheart.  We want to spend some time with you, alone, before we have to go back to our cold, lonely beds.”
    Her frown disappeared in a broad grin.  “Really?”
    They both chuckled.  Aaron smirked.  “Unless you’d rather us leave?”
    “Hell, no!”  She laughed.
    After unbuckling their seatbelts, Aaron helped her from the truck as Grant snagged the key to her apartment from her hand, opening the door for them.  Aaron swung her up into his arms and carried her into the apartment as Grant shut the door and followed them into the front room.
    They sat on the couch together, talking and laughing for two hours before they said goodnight and left her to go home.  It was nearly one a.m. when she stretched out on her bed and closed her eyes, sweet visions of Aaron and Grant dancing behind her closed lids.
     
    * * * * *
     
    The week passed both incredibly fast and painstakingly slow.  During the day, when she would arrive at school and spend the day teaching, she would find herself looking at the clock almost constantly, certain that the minute hand actually moved backwards.  When she got home from school, one of them would be waiting for her to pamper her and cook her dinner.  She’d never been so tended to in all her life.  They switched days so that there was always one of them home for their kids when they arrived from school.
    On Thursday, Grant was waiting for her inside her apartment.  She had given both of them a key so they could let themselves in instead of waiting in the parking lot for her.  Grant wore a pair of dress slacks and a deep green dress shirt.  “You look so nice!”  She kissed his cheek and then wiped off the smudge of pink lipstick with her thumb.
    “Thank you, sweetheart.  You always look amazing, but I thought you’d like to go change so we can take you out to dinner.”
    “Oh, really?  Is Aaron here or is he going to meet us.”
    “He’ll meet us there in an hour.  He’s waiting for the kids to get off the bus, and then he’ll join us.”
    He followed her into the bedroom and sat on the bed while she opened her closet and looked through her things.  She cleaned up quickly in the bathroom and changed into a long sleeved wrap dress in a rich dark brown.  Twisting her hair up, she fixed the hasty chignon with pins, reapplied her makeup, and brushed her teeth.  Excitement wove through her at their first real date.
    And then it hit her.
    The three of them.  Together.  On a date.
    What would people think?
    She walked out of the bathroom and blushed at Grant’s low whistle.  “Wow, you look amazing, sweetheart.”
    “Thank you.”  She stood between his legs as he sat on the edge of the bed and rested her hands on his broad shoulders.  She could feel his muscles moving under her palms as he stroked up and down her sides.  “Do you think that anyone will have a problem with us being out together?”
    His brow furrowed.  “What do you mean?”
    “I mean, the three of us.  Do you think someone might say something?”  She chewed her bottom lip.
    He used his thumb to ease her lip from her teeth.  “We’re leaving Ashland, and people may be surprised to see two men and one woman together.  I really don’t know if anyone will say anything disparaging about us, sweetheart, and if they do, we’ll ignore them.  We’re proud to be your