Chapter 9: The Blanket Incident, Redux
I woke up to the chiming of my phone. It wasn't bright and early; the late-November morning was overcast and it was just past ten. We hadn't made it back from the outlet malls until really late. By the time I'd dropped Natalie off and returned to my place, it had been after midnight. I sleepily picked up my phone, and sure enough, there was a text from her.
Nat: Morning sunshine. You were in my dream last night
I perked right up and eagerly replied.
Me: All of me? Or just a certain part?
Nat: All of you
Nat: But mostly a certain part
Me: You're welcome
Nat: Ha
Me: To be honest, I'm mildly disappointed that no pretty girls snuck in this morning and pulled off my covers
Nat: You should be so lucky
Me: I was, once...
Nat: Ha ha
Me: I hope to be, again
Nat: You'd really be ok with that?
Me: Okay? Hell, I want you to do it
Nat: I dunno...
I figured that was the end of it, but one more text came in.
Nat: I'll think about it
I couldn't believe my luck. I decided it was best to stop there. I didn't want to press too far and have her pull back.
We weren't able to get together for the rest of the weekend, so the next time I saw her was Monday after work when I knocked on her door. As soon as she saw me, she practically jumped into my arms. She stretched up and gave me a big kiss, and I could feel her smiling.
"I missed you!" she said happily. She pulled me inside and I closed the door behind me.
"Aw. You know how to make a guy feel special. I missed you too."
She wrapped her arms around me and hugged me tight, inhaling deeply. "Mmm, you smell good."
I chuckled and ran my fingertips through her hair. "I have some news."
"Oh?" she asked, intrigued. "What is it?"
"I got my bonus for all those business trips."
"Ooh, so they finally made good on their promise!" She looked up at me. "Well? How much was it?"
I told her and she inhaled sharply. "Wow."
I looked away, suddenly a little self-conscious. "Yeah. I figured it'd be maybe half a paycheck or something. Apparently, when the CEO himself tells you he's pleased with your work, he's not kidding around."
"So what are you gonna do with it?"
"I have one thing in mind. Other than that, I'm not sure. I guess I'll stick it in my savings. I should start looking into investments now that I'm making more money."
She tickled my sides. "Jeez, are you gonna make me drag it out of you? What did you buy?"
I grinned. "A newer, bigger TV."
She chuckled. "Of course you would do that." She paused for a second. "Um, if you don't have other plans, do you think I could have your old one? Since I don't have a TV at all."
I hugged her tight. "Come on, I need your help with something."
I led her out of her apartment and down the steps to the parking lot. I popped my trunk and inside was my old TV, and a plastic bag with a bunch of cords and wires.
She laughed when she saw it. "Oh, you have me
all
figured out."
We carried the TV up into her apartment and set it on her dining table. I looked around at the available furniture. "Uh, I guess you're gonna need a TV stand."
We went shopping after that. We drove to the nearest IKEA, at her suggestion, which was in the next city over. We wandered the huge place for a good long time, before finally focusing on what they had in the realm of TV stands. She picked out one she liked, and she took the opportunity to also pick out a couple smaller furniture items she said she needed. When it came time to pay for it, I offered, but she insisted on taking care of it herself. We managed to get her purchases to fit in my car's trunk, though just barely, even with them being flat packed, and then we headed home.
We grabbed food and ate it on the way back. When she was done, she snuggled up against me, her hand again finding its way to my thigh, even closer to my dick than before. With my jeans in the way, I don't know if she realized it.
Back at her place, we prepared ourselves for the fun and exciting frustration of assembling the IKEA furniture. We only made a couple mistakes, and everything went together pretty well, so it only took us about an hour or so to get it all done. Then we arranged her living room how she wanted it and set up the TV.
When we finished, we turned the TV on, but without internet or an antenna, it was just a big, empty screen. "Looks like it's finally time for me to get my internet hooked up," she said, hands on her hips. She glanced at me. "What? Haven't needed it until now."
All done at her place, we headed back over to my place to watch a movie. I changed out of my pants and into some lounge shorts, because I was tired of hanging out in my jeans. Natalie glanced down, but didn't say anything.
The movie wasn't doing a good job holding our attention and we were soon ignoring it and making out on the couch. I immediately realized my mistake when I started getting hard. Without the thick denim to keep things under control, my erection was free to do as it pleased, and I was too worked up to will my way out of the situation. Soon enough, Natalie noticed the large lump in my shorts.
Her eyes got big and she literally covered her mouth with her hands, but not before I saw her jaw drop. She looked up at me, excitement plain on her face. She was into this! This was awesome!
"Someone's excited," she teased, biting her lip.
I made my best helpless
what can ya do?
face and shrugged. "I can't claim to be in control of it at times like these."
"What, when a hot girl's making out with you?" She winked at me.
"Mm. That'd be it."
Grinning wide, she came in for more kisses, though she kept checking out my package, which was totally fine by me. Her hand stayed above the clothes, but her fingertips found their way down to the elastic waistband of my shorts. I was so hard, the tip of my cock was straining the material, making an overhang above her fingers.
She stared at it. "It's big."
"It's super excited."
"Because my hand is so close?"
"Yeah, and the making out, and the general proximity of a beautiful woman, and--"
"Alright, you," she teased. "I get it. I turn you on."
"Guilty as charged, your honor."
She got a mischievous look on her face. I eyed her, having no clue what sort of shenanigans she would get into, this being a wholly unexplored facet of our relationship. Then she surprised me by quickly placing her hand directly on my cock through my shorts. I wasn't thinking straight, but I'm pretty sure I felt the tiniest of squeezes. Maybe it was just her fingers twitching. Either way, my brain overloaded briefly, the kind where your thoughts fuzz out and the most intelligent thing you can manage is, "Gaaaaaah."
Her fingers were only on my erection for a split second before she yanked back and clasped her hands together against her chest, her face red and glowing with excitement. My brain finally got unstuck, and I sat up straight, a stunned look on my face. She laughed, eyes wide, face flushed. "I can't believe I did that!"
With my faculties back, I could now resume communications. I said eagerly, "Do it again!"
She bit her lip, but then said, "No, just sit back and let's watch the movie."
"Aww," I complained. She giggled.
"If you need to go deal with that, hurry up." She had a sparkle in her eye as she spoke.
"Uh, you mean...?"
"Look, Rob, you're a guy and everyone says all guys do it."
"Do what, Natalie?" I asked in mock seriousness.