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I pulled into my street and into my driveway. My headlights reflected off of a bright red Corvette sitting in the driveway. I killed the head lights and drifted up behind it. As I got closer, I could see Holly leaning up against the back of it. I put my truck in park, set the brake, and turned it off. Holly was staring at me, looking for a sign from me. Approval, disapproval, happy, anger. She wanted some sign, some type of vibe. But she didn't get it. I was a little of all of the above, but I didn't know what proportions. I was probably more confused than any of those, but I wasn't going to let her see that.
I got out of the truck and she just stood there leaning back against the car. "Surprised?"
"Yes. Shouldn't I be?"
"Well you did say, anytime."
"Yes I did."
"And this is anytime."
"Yes it is."
"I just need to talk to someone. Do you mind?"
"No. I don't mind. How long have you been here?"
"Since we left downtown. I came right here."
I walked over to her. She stood up from the car and wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me. I quickly found myself kissing her back. We must have kissed for a couple of minutes. Her tank top was still soaked and left an impression on my shirt. Her blonde hair was still damp.
"Holly, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten dinner yet."
"Neither have I."
"Want to come inside and have something?"
An evil grin came across Holly's face. "Can we eat something first?"
I asked for that. I took her by the arm and walked up to the front door, unlocked it, opened it, deactivated the alarm, and asked Holly inside. I walked into the kitchen and turned on the light. I went over to the refrigerator, opened the door, and pulled out two bottles of beer. "Would you like one?"
"Yes, please. Thanks."
I looked at her wet tank top again. I knew she had to be cold. "I'll be right back.", I said as I walked out of the room. I went to my bedroom and took one of my shirts out of the closet and went back to the kitchen. "Why don't you go in there," I pointed to the powder room just outside the kitchen, "and put this on. We can throw your top in the dryer." I handed her the shirt.
"Do I look cold or something?"
"Yes you do." I smiled at her as she took the shirt and walked towards the door.
I opened the door to the freezer and pulled out two steaks. "Is steak okay?"
I heard her yell from inside the powder room, "Yes. That would be real nice. Are you sure it's no bother? I hate you going to any trouble."
"Yeah, I'm sure. Heck, I'll put it down as an expense on my bill to you anyway."
"I'm sure you will." We both laughed.
"By the way, there is a hair dryer in the cabinet under the sink, in case you want to dry your hair a little. There should be a brush in there somewhere."
"Oh! So I take it I'm not the first girl to come into your house already wet?" There was dead silence followed by a slight chuckle in her voice, "I mean... never mind."
"Never mind what?"
"Never mind my last comment."
"Okay. Consider it never minded." I acted like I didn't hear her, but I heard every word.
I walked out onto the back deck and fired up the grill. I set the flame to low and walked back inside while the rocks heated up. When I went back in to the kitchen, Holly was leaning against the counter. She had taken her jeans off too. What a nice pair of legs. This girl is really something.
"Are you okay?", I asked her.
"Yeah, my jeans are a little wet. Is it okay if we dry them too?" She was standing there wearing only my shirt with the sleeves rolled up and had only from the middle button down buttoned. I assumed she was wearing panties, being she didn't want them dried. She had her heels back on. She looked really good. Damn she's cute. I can't help saying it.
"Of course." I took her top and jeans from her and went to the laundry room. I tossed both into the dryer and set it on low heat for 20 minutes. "That should do it." I walked back out to the kitchen.
"My feet are killing me. I've had these on all day."
"Why don't you take them off?"
"I didn't know if you'd mind me walking around barefoot in your house."
"Why not, I do it all the time."
"Can you give me a hand?" Holly hopped up onto the counter and lifted her left leg out. I undid the ankle strap and slipped the shoe off her foot. Then I did the same for the right one. While I was still holding her foot, I rubbed it.
"Ooo, that feels good."
"Yeah?"
"Ooo, yeah. I'll give you an hour to stop, or else..."
"Or else, what?"
"Or else... or else... oh never mind, just don't stop."
Even her feet were pretty. She obviously had them professionally pedicured. Her nails were done in super shiny, fancy polish, kind of a bright metallic red with gold specks. It almost matched her Corvette. She was wearing a yellow gold toe ring on the second toe of her right foot. Most girls I knew that even bothered with toe rings could only afford silver. She was also wearing a yellow gold anklet on her right ankle. I knew what that meant for a married woman, but wasn't sure if the same applied to singles. And then, I wouldn't know if Holly knew. I played with the ring a little.
"You like it?", Holly asked.
"I like anything gold, except the ones you wear on the third finger of your left hand."
"Wedding rings?"