This part takes place about a week after Tessa and Evan's initial tryst. For more background, please read Part 1. Any ideas on how this story should proceed? Please comment and let me know what you think.
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"Yes, Jamie's 18 and he is still Jamie's dad even after Jamie turns 18. I am not about to stop them from seeing each other, Jill!"
"Well, he can't just come over and have his way with you whenever he wants now can he? What kind of message are you trying to send?"
My friend Jillian was shouting her dissent on the phone. I had just told her about what happened between my ex and I. Clearly she was not a fan.
I let Jill babble on and let my mind wander. It's been a week since Saturday and I was still on edge. I was so turned on that I did what I did to combat stress: I baked.
My kitchen had become war zone of flour, sugar and butter. Pies (apple and peach), cookies (double chocolate chip, oatmeal-raisin and cinnamon sugar), bread and muffins, a testament to both my sexual frustration and satisfaction, littered the counter and overflowed to the table. I had just finished wrestling with some dough that was now rising sullenly in its bowl under a cloth cover. My arms were achy and I felt just a teeny bit sweaty.
I had forgotten how good the sex was with him. Just remembering made me ache with need.
"I just don't want you to get hurt again, girlfriend. Jeez it's like you never got over the guy and it's been like a hundred thousand years. We're not in high school anymore, Tessa."
Of course we weren't in high school anymore. This wasn't desperate coupling behind the bleachers of the football field while we professed eternal love to each other. For one thing, Evan was no longer the awkward, lanky teenager from 18 years ago. His blonde hair had darkened and his wiry arms and chest have filled out in hard muscle. As far as being intimate, well, he's had almost 2 decades of perfecting that and he knew exactly what he was doing. As did I. An involuntary shiver ran through my body as I smooth the knee length robe over my tummy, remembering his vise like grip.
"Okay, okay already Jill. It's not like I want to marry him okay?" I say, exasperated. Jill is a great friend but this was a time I wanted someone to listen to me and not lecture about practicalities. "It was the one time and- oh, hold on I'll call you back later. Someone's at the door."
I end the call and sigh. Jill's preachy tone was not really what I was looking for this morning. I wrapped my yellow satin robe tighter around me, cinching it around my waist. It was confusing, yes, but really wasn't anything more than a moment of weakness between 2 consenting adults who happen to know how to push each other's buttons. It was sex. With an ex. Plain and simple. Uncomplicated, that is if I didn't count that he had a girlfriend, or that our teenage son was in the next room.
I sigh. Jamie has been trying to get us back together for years! At this point though, I know we both know that that ship has passed. There was also the issue of Monica, the girl he's been with for 2 years now. "One time. That's it," I tell myself, "There will be no more fooling around."
I open the door slightly, hoping it's the Amazon delivery I've been waiting for when-
"Evan?"
"Hey Tessa. Can I come in?" It wasn't a question as much as a command. He closes the door behind him with a smooth click. I instinctively wrap my arms around myself.
"Jamie's not home. He's at a sleepover-"