The house was packed. Kate hadn't seen her boyfriend in almost an hour. It didn't help any that every time she tried to look for him, someone else flagged her down.
"Hey! Katie! What's new?"
Crap! Kate knew she'd met the tall, blonde guy before but she couldn't pull up his name to save her life. She was so ready to go home, kiss her little girl and fall asleep in her love's arms. If she could find him, that is.
After a few minutes of generic small talk she asked the blonde if he'd seen Erick.
"Yeah. I think he's downstairs playing RockBand with some people. What do you need that guy for?"
"He's going home with me." Kate replied coolly.
By the heartbroken expression on tall, blonde and boring's face, Kate could tell he'd been looking for more than small talk tonight.
"Thanks" she said. Hardly giving him a second thought, she made a beeline for the stairs. She thought she heard someone else call her name but Kate pretended not to hear them and hoped they wouldn't persist.
About halfway down the steps, she heard Erick laugh and couldn't suppress her own grin. RockBand, she thought, should have known.
He must have seen her strappy red sandals coming down the stairs because he was already waiting when she reached the bottom.
"Hi baby," she purred as he slipped his arm around her waist.
"I saw those perfect legs coming down the stairs and I figured I'd better get to you before someone else did."
Kate felt butterflies fill her stomach when Erick pressed his warm lips to hers.
"I missed you," Kate whispered.
"Really?" Erick asked, his eyes twinkling. "You've been pretty popular tonight. I didn't think you'd even notice I was gone."
She felt his hand slide down to caress her full, soft ass while he teased her. Kate always loved how bold Erick got when he'd had a drink or two. When he squeezed just slightly, Kate got instantly moist.
"Oh, Erick, don't!" She gasped?
"Why not? Are you ok?"
"Of course. It's just...I'm not wearing underwear."
As he looked up and down her little black dress Kate could see realization flicker across Erick's face.
"My messy, messy girl." Erick shook his head, grinning at her, his eyes still twinkling.
Kate just nodded, a little embarassed..
"You ready to go home, beautiful?" Erick asked.
"Yes, please." Kate replied with wide, needy eyes that told him everything he needed to know.
"I have to stop at the bathroom first," he said. "Come with me."
"Umm..ok..." Kate answered, a little confused.
Erick led her by the hand into the tiny basement bathroom and turned to lock the door behind them. When he turned around in the cramped space, he pulled her to him and locked her in a kiss that quickly cleared up any confusion she may have had.