"How was New York?" Lauren asked as Adam settled back on her couch, slipping off his shoes. She already felt the tension between them but feigned interest in his trip to cover it.
Adam shrugged, stiff. "Not too bad, I stayed in the office for the most part."
Lauren tucked her legs underneath her. She and Adam had mutually separated and ended their relationship when his work became too much of a strain on them. The break up was punctuated by an offer from his office to spend six months in New York working on a project. He'd taken it easily with nothing to keep him in Tennessee.
He'd gotten home two weeks ago and Lauren was surprised to see him calling her cell phone yesterday. He wanted to catch up and see her. She listened for any hint in his voice, that perhaps he wanted to get back together, that maybe he had a new girlfriend and he wanted to tell her before she found out other ways, any clue that would prepare her to see him.
She hadn't been able to figure it out, feeling uncomfortable when he arrived at her apartment, a mix of excitement and the attempt to quell it.
"Did you have any fun while you were there?" she asked with a smile, teasing, trying only to talk like his friend would.
He winked at her and she blushed. She hadn't meant it like that.
Adam looked around her apartment, seeing if it'd changed. He felt strange to be in here again, pretending they were just friends... He knew for a fact that they were more than that and he knew she was dying to figure out why he'd wanted to come over.
Adam chuckled. "Not really... nothing was quite to my taste."
Lauren blushed again, looking away. It made Adam smile. He could tell she was trying to distance herself and not be reminded of how their relationship used to be.
"You know how particular I am," Adam winked at her.
Lauren rolled her eyes. "You're a very hard man to please."
Adam remembered the last time he'd slept with her. He'd fucked her hard and she'd taken it, wanting more. He remembered the feel of her skin on his and the way her breath felt on his neck.
Adam's smile fell thinking about it, his voice getting quiet. "You never had trouble pleasing me..."
His voice reached a part of her that hadn't been touched for months. She froze. His eyes grew dark and she looked away, trying to keep her composure. Her blush reached down to her toes.
Adam sat up, leaning closer to her, causing her breath to go shallow. She could almost feel his breathing in the air around her. She wanted to jump up and get away from him. She wanted to distance herself and rationalize that he'd just gotten home and this wasn't logical. But she didn't move. Her brain had been taken over by the simple thought: 'how far will this go?'
He touched her knee and she looked down, suddenly grounded, her breath quickening and her pulse beating in her throat. His hands were rough and warm. As she looked at them, she could almost feel them touching the rest of her body like they'd done months ago. Her skin began to ache.
