Chris sat up on the side of the bed and slowly ran her fingers through her curls. Colin rolled closer and began to kiss at her lower back. Chills ran through her as his tongue traced slowly over the tattoo there.
“Are you going to tell me the story about this?”
Chris’ eyes were closed as Colin’s hot breath sent even more chills over her.
“You mean the tattoo? It’s simple, really. The Irish part is in honor of my family, and it’s a tribute to Mark McGrath, the goddess part, well, that’s just…”
“Because you are.” Colin wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her back onto the bed. “I’ve always been known to be impulsive, but I’m not one for one-night stands.” His eyes pierced into hers. “You understand what I’m saying?”
Chris nodded. “I think so. It’s your bad-boy way of saying you want to date me.” With that, she tossed a pillow at him.
Colin caught it. “Oh, I can see I’m going to have to tame you, eh, lass?” He covered her body with his, and their lovemaking lasted long into the afternoon.
They sat together in the kitchen, sipping tea and reading through the newspaper. Chris thought how odd this scenario was, considering they had just met this morning…but it did feel comfortable to her.
Colin was leafing through the entertainment section, looking to see how his latest film was doing. He stopped when he saw the picture of Heath and two blonde women, all of who looked as though they were partying rather well. He silently debated mentioning it, but the caption with Chris’ name in it caught his eye.
“Well, I see a mention of you in here. Fancy that…”
Chris slid closer and looked at the page. Her breath caught when she saw the picture, but it was the caption below that really bothered her.
Ah, the photographer must have been hard to replace, as Heath gets down with not one but TWO replacement blondes…
“Ah, damn photogs, anyway!” Chris slid back in her chair and gathered the cups from the table.
“I’m sorry babe, I didn’t mean to upset you.”
Chris walked back to the table and kissed Colin’s forehead. “I’m not really upset. Heath and I were only just friends. Yes, we had a fling, yes, we spent time together, but neither of us wanted anything permanent. The gossip rags just make me tired. Why bring me up at all? They did the same thing with Orly about a week ago.” She shook her head. We’re all adults, and I get tired of being judged.”
Colin kissed Chris goodbye at the door, with plans for the following night. He had 2 interviews to get to, and Chris needed to wrap up her shots for the day.
Busy with developing Colin’s pictures for the calendar (yes, they had finally gotten to them) she really didn’t think any more about the newspaper pic…