CHAPTER 6

By six o’ clock, I was really anxious to get home and take some aspirin and take a scalding hot shower!  I need to ease the tension out of my body and hopefully my migraine will ease up too.  My cell rang as I was digging out my keys, as I approached the front door of my apartment.  What the hell could it be now?!  I looked at the screen and saw that my on again off again boyfriend, Tucker!  I haven’t talked to him in a month, why would he be calling now?  I took a slow breath, trying to slow my heartbeat.  “Hello?”  I was surprised at how calm my voice was given my sporadic heartbeat.

“Hey there good looking!  It is so good to hear your voice, I have been thinking about you all day!”  His voice sounded husky. 

He had always been able to make her weak in the knees when he spoke.  I had a smile on my face just remembering the last time Tucker and I were together.  “It good to hear your voice too.”

“How hungry are you?”  Tucker sounded excited.

I was momentarily confused by his question.  After a month of no contact, I didn’t expect that from him.  “I’m famished, why do you ask?”

I could hear his soft chuckle.  “Meet me at Antonio’s around 7:30.”

I couldn’t help the little butterflies in the pit of my stomach.   “Ok, how should I dress, casual or formal?”

Tucker let out a low growl before answering.  “I’d go with something semi-formal; you would look killer in one of your sexy dresses!”

“Okay, I’ll see you soon.”  As soon as I hung up the phone, I quickly opened my front door and threw my keys and purse on the table just inside my door.  I stripped my clothes as I made my way to the bathroom.  After a quick shower I dressed rather quickly and was out the door in half an hour, record time!  I had been seeing Tucker for almost a year, neither of us in a hurry to make our relationship official.  We had a good time together, but I knew that he was not the type of guy I could completely give heart too.  I was saddened about how our relationship would change when we came to that particular bridge, but I pushed the feeling away and decided to just be happing living in the moment.

Tucker was already seated at a table in the middle of the restaurant, by the time I had arrived.  He was dressed in a black mock turtleneck, a pair of nicely pressed Khaki slacks.  He has short brown hair that looked tousled all the time.  Tucker had always been able to create a slow burn in my core at the very sight of him.  I could feel the heat begin to sizzle in between my legs.  I knew then that this dinner would be excruciatingly long.

I finally walked into the restaurant after taking a couple shaky breaths.  I was led to his table by the hostess.  Tucker arose from his chair to push mine in, as he did so his left hand grazed my bare skin ever so slightly, turning the slow burn into molten lava in my veins.  I had missed his touch.

“You look incredible!”  He whispered into my ear.

I couldn’t help the schoolgirl grin as he sat down.  “Thank you and so do you.!”  When he looked into my eyes, I knew that dinner was just the beginning of a very long and satisfying night!