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The crowd leaving the movie theatre was light, and the car wasn't that far away. Looking at Ann in the lights of the parking lot, I was taken by her smile. She was radiant, brighter than the lights that she was illuminated by. It was a warm, inviting smile; her deep brown eyes sparkling as she caught my stare.
"What are you thinking about, baby?" she asked.
"You," I said as I returned her smile with one of my own.
"I can only imagine," came her response; her words tinged with sexual imagery.
"I wasn't thinking like that, Ann."
I really wasn't thinking about sex with her at the moment. I had been so touched by the movie that my thoughts were more on how I loved her companionship.
"It was the end of the movie, wasn't it? Did you like it?"
"Yeah," was all I could bring myself to say.
"I knew you would. I saw you crying a little," she said as she stroked my arm.
"So, I suppose you got to see my softer side," I shrugged, but not from embarrassment.
"It's okay, Neil. I'm glad you weren't afraid to do that in front of me. I love the fact that you have emotions. It proves you're passionate... but I already knew that," she giggled.
I was okay. But having her say that she didn't have a problem with seeing her boyfriend cry made me swell inside. Knowing she knew it wasn't a sign of weakness made me feel stronger as a man.
"It made me think of me and Dad," I said, staring at the pavement as we stood next to the car.
"And?" she asked, knowing there was more to it.
"And, what?"
"You said you were thinking of me. How do I fit into that?" she asked.
I wasn't sure how to answer her. I wasn't sure what I was feeling at all. She knew I was struggling, and she squeezed my hand harder, bringing me into the moment with her.
"Are you sure you weren't thinking something naughty?" she said playfully as she toyed with the zipper on the front of her little shorts jumpsuit. She had a way of snapping me out of whatever serious thoughts I might have been trapped in, and luring me towards where we both really wanted to be. She lowered her zipper a little, exposing the inner globes of her cleavage to me. She practically hissed when she said, "I was really hoping you'd be thinking naughty, because I might let you do something like that to me before the night is over."
Suddenly, any thoughts I'd had about the movie and the feelings it has stirred in me had vanished, replaced by lust for my girlfriend. She saw the look in my eyes and knew she had ignited something else.
"That's more like it," she said as she lowered her zipper all the way. I couldn't help but reach out and pull her to me, drawing her into my arms as I swept her brown locks from her face. "Got any ideas?" she said with an arched brow and a wry smile.
"I might," I replied as my left hand slid down and grabbed her ass. I leaned in, kissing her full pouting lips. A low moan escaped from deep in her chest as she let me take her mouth. She was surrendering to my kiss, offering herself to me.
As I pulled my mouth from hers, she blinked wildly, her own eyes filled with lust.
"I'm all yours, Neil."
"What do you mean?" I asked, not believing my ears.
"Take me somewhere... anywhere. But take me, and do whatever you want with me." Then she bit her lip, like she couldn't believe she'd just said it. I was waiting for her to tell me to hurry up before she changed her mind, but instead she reached up and toyed with my nipple through my shirt.
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We drove out of the city, down the interstate towards home. I had no idea where to go. I wished I had a bed to take her to, but I knew my parents were home, and so were hers. And I'd sworn off taking her to a hotel because it felt tawdry and cheap. I was rethinking that, when I felt Ann's hand on my thigh. Looking over, I could see her breast in plain view, illuminated by the headlights of the cars on the other side of the freeway. She'd left her outfit unzipped when we got into the car, and she'd pulled the material over her sexy shoulders, exposing her upper body. I peered down to her lap, noting her right hand was inside the opening, her fingers working their way to her crotch.
"Anywhere you want to take me is fine, Neil," she said, reading my mind again. I thought about taking her back to the pond we'd visited after our night at the dance club, but that was way past town to the west. I didn't want to wait that long. I racked my brain trying to think of someplace that was private where we wouldn't be noticed or disturbed. All of a sudden, it hit me. Matt!
Actually, it wasn't Matt so much as his parents. Hank and Karen were an interesting couple. They'd both been married before. Hank had two older daughters from his first marriage. Karen didn't have children with her first husband, but she had been married to him for a few years before divorcing, and then later marrying Hank. The two of them had been married for over twenty-five years, but they were far from what one would call a loving couple. They bickered, and they argued. But they stuck it out, making their relationship work somehow.
Hank was an architect, and he also worked as the county surveyor. He logged a ton of hours between the two jobs. Karen owned a kids clothing store in town, and she worked even more. Being workaholics added to the angst, as neither had a lot of spare time. Helping to raise Matt and Maria fell on Ann's shoulders as a kid. She babysat them all the time, playing mother to them while Hank and Karen were making money.
With them each being independent entrepreneurs, they had a lot of disposable income, so they tended to spoil their kids to make up for not being around. But they also invested. I'm sure they had stocks or bonds that I didn't know about, but there was one thing I did know of. And it was that one investment that came to me as I drove down the dark Indiana country road toward home.
Just down the street from Matt's house, on the next block, was a small apartment complex. It was a one story building that had five two-bedroom apartments all connected. It was more like a strip mall in appearance. Hank bought it years before and renovated it. Being handy, and living close by, allowed him to keep an eye on the place and make sure it was well maintained.
All of the apartments were stylish. Karen saw to that. And, they were all furnished, which was unusual for a town the size of ours. Hank felt that having furnished apartments made them more upscale, and it kept damage down from people moving in and out all the time. He had several long time residents there, all with long term leases. But, there was one apartment, the farthest from Matt's house on the end, which only recently had become vacant.
Matt told me about it for a couple of reasons. One, he lamented the fact over a beer that he had to paint it before it could be rented again, which was something he didn't look forward to. Two, he was trying to get me to rent it, since I'd been looking for a place to call my own so I could move out of my parents house. I considered it, but the idea of it being furnished didn't really appeal to me. I had some of my own things, and I wanted a place I could call mine. And, I wasn't really thrilled with the idea of renting from the parents of a friend, especially one that gossiped as much as Karen did. I liked her, but I didn't necessarily trust her.
The third reason Matt told me about the apartment being vacant was he was using it. He wasn't living in it, but he did go there a couple of times to hook up with a girl he was dating. And, he offered it to me, knowing I'd been trying to hook up and yet not having any place to go. Up until that moment, I'd sworn off being desperate enough to use it. But it no longer seemed desperate. It seemed practical, and perfect.
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Pulling into town, I went down Main Street, but turned down a side street before I reached the Franklin's neighborhood. Coming in the back way, we approached down the street that Matt lived on, which was just around the corner from Ann's parent's house, which wasn't lost on her.
"So, you're taking that
anywhere you want to take me
comment I said literally, aren't you?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.