He had her right where he wanted her, and by all accounts, she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Her messy bun curls sporadically popping out of the tight updo. She truly was beautifully poised, and fucking perfect but he was about to ruin all of that.
Harlee sat there, her brow furrowed and a slick smile filling up her face. Suddenly she stepped back and her arm swung back behind her and then quickly released it forward. They both held their breath, seconds ticked slowly until that final moment when the ball crashed into the pins! Strike!
"YES!" Harlee jumped for unimaginable joy in the living room. The Wii remote flew from her hand and swung around her wrist as she did several victory fist pumps into the air.
"I finally won! Woohoo!! "Harlee exclaimed pumping her knees to her chest as she jumped foolishly around the living room.
"Hey hey hey, now. Calm down turbo. I still have to bowl too you know" Alex said, with a stiff voice trying to not sound bitter.
"You have to pull two strikes out of your ass to beat me, so I think It's safe to say I won," she said with a smile filling up her face playfully.
Alex gave Harlee a side eye and the engine gears started to turn over in his head. he was employed with a sticky good idea. His left brow rose and this top lip followed as he turned his head to face the tv again. The light bulb had flickered and became luminous he was on to something on to something juicy.
"Alright fine, let's make it interesting. If I win," He stopped turning to look Harlee with a wicked smile on his face. "If I win," He said again. "You have to let me take you out to 'Split' next weekend. That way I can publicly kick your ass in our weekly bowling grudge match" He said quizzically while he scratching his chin.
"...and if I win?" She said more cautiously more nervous about her fate of a lose.
"If... " He said with a pool of sarcasm, "If you win, I will surrender all my rights and let you have your way with me" Alex's wicked grin filled up his face as he playfully threw his hands in the air.
For a few moments, Harlee remained silent. A part of her wondered if he could hear the racing of her heart beating out of her chest as she weighed her options. This was a game of risk and he was far better at it than she was. She blinked up at him trying to read his eyes for the lack of seriousness. They told her nothing. She began to swish her lips from side to side and narrow her gaze at Alex.
"Hmmm..." She stopped, taking in the next few words. "I already have my way with you, so if and when I spank that ass which clearly I am about too. I want..." again she stopped and placed her left arm over her stomach while placing the right on top of it to touch her soft lips in one swift motion, daring him with her eyes. She could feel his anticipation growing as he leaned into her waiting to hear her response.
"I want, the Mustang," she said matter factly moving her hands and her remote to her hips staring him down from below his eye level. Their eyes never left one another and the intimidation built between them.
"Ha, yeah right! We aren't betting her. Na-ah. nope. Not happening." He said in protest. Walking to the other side of the circular table in his living room.
"Fine, she said, "if I win, I get to take her for a spin. A nice long, hard curve enthused spin." she said with a twinkle in her doe eyes.
Silence fell in the room for a brief moment he lost himself in her soft eyes looking up at him, the seduction, the passion, and even the competitiveness of this moment electrified between them, he knew he couldn't say no to that face. The innocent sexy face that he loved to watch come, the one he loved to watch sleep and the one he loved shooting. He knew he had to win this damn game because he really wasn't going to let her drive his baby.
"Alright bet. But here's the thing we are shaking on it, and when I win, you're going to be in awe of my Wii skills." Alex said extending his hand out to shake on their little bet.
They shook hands and Alex prepared to pull magic out of a hat. He wanted to take Harlee out on a proper date, he wanted to do normal couple things with her. To him, they were a couple. The laughed, played, lay, together just as couples did, it had been like this for too long. Staying in the house mundanely hiding from society. It took him weeks to even persuade her to let him give her a ride to campus if she had stayed the night, but the faintest disconnect between them was living in front of him.
Alex continued the game and prepared to play his turn. He got up into a stance and became devilishly serious. All he had to get was 21 to tie and it was the 10th frame. He didn't need the tie though he needed the win and the odds were not in his favor. He hadn't bowled a strike the entire game and he wasn't very good in the first place. He had been lucky every other time they played. He instantly regretted placing a bet on his horrible skills. He said a quick prayer to a higher power and geared up to bowl.
"Don't mess up," she teased as she played with the hem of her shirt.