The following is a work of fiction. All characters participating in sexual activities are over 18. Any resemblance to real life persons is merely coincidental.
This story is part of a series and it is advised to read the story from the beginning as each chapter continues directly from the last. This story is split between the different perspectives of his and hers. To get the full story it is suggested to read both sides.
The Nosey Neighbor - His Story
By: VanillaUnicorn
Paul could feel someone stirring next to him and it knocked him out of his sleep and the great dreams he was having. At least part of it hadn't been a dream, he thought as he looked down into Emily's eyes. He eyed the clock and knew he needed to get up for work but didn't want to leave the bed and Emily. Finally his alarm blared away and he was forced to get up and turn it off.
He made his way back to the bed and gave Emily a kiss on her forehead before heading into the shower. He was hoping she would come join him but part of him was glad she hadn't or he would've been late for work. His shower went quick and he wrapped a towel around his waist heading back into his room.
He put some clothes on and eyed the beautiful woman in his bed before telling her, "The shower is free if you want to shower."
She shot back, "Are you trying to say I smell?"
It wasn't what he meant but it did make him laugh. He shook his head no and continued to get dressed. When he was done he sat back onto the bed and she crawled to him and put her head on his shoulder with a big smile on her face. Paul reaches down and takes her hand before turning and giving her a long kiss on the lips. Breaking the kiss he stood back up and told her, "You can stay as long as you need, i'll be back around 5 from work."
Regretting leaving her, Paul headed into the garage and headed on his way to work. His work day felt unbearably long. All he wanted was to be home and have Emily in his arms. At one point Tony came over noticing the distracted look on his face. "So by that look on your face I take it that little minx from the bar turned out to be underage and you got caught with her didn't you?" he ripped.
"What? No why would you think that?" Paul asked.
"I'm just fucking with you man, unless you did get caught messing around with some minor. I mean they did look pretty young even if they were fuckable." Tony laughed. "You just seem like you are stuck in your head is all."
"Remember that girl I told you about? The one who was with my neighbor's kid?" Paul asked.
"Yeah I remember. It was all you talked about for weeks, why?"
"Well she came back and I think i'm in love with her." Paul says.
"She's all I can think about and now that she's here again I finally feel complete."
Tony just looked at him and laughed. "Sounds like you got it bad man, why don't you just ask her out?" He says.
Paul replies, "That's part of the problem, she is engaged to that dumbass kid next door."
"Well if you love her and you think she feels the same way about you, then fuck that guy steal her away." Tony says.
"And how exactly would I do that?" Paul asks.
"I don't know man, if she's engaged propose yourself and give her another option, if she loves you that much she might choose you instead. Hell if it doesn't work out you still have those two little jailbaits to fall back on too. Well unless like you said they gave us some fake numbers but based off the way they were checking you out they might be real."
Paul thought about what he said and wasn't sure if that was such a good idea but what did he have to lose. At least that way she would know how he felt about her, but was that how he really felt about her. Did he really love her that much? He did sleep with two other women and flirt with another while she had been gone. The hell with it, he would do it he thought. He felt a million times stronger for her than he had Lynn and he had proposed to Lynn.
The other part that Tony had brought up about the women from the bar was true too but he wasn't about to tell his friend what had happened with them. They would be gone for a while but when they got back he had promised to get with them again. That would be a new problem to deal with if Emily stayed with him though.
The rest of the day he thought about how he would do it. He thought about what would happen if she said no or yes. He just mainly knew that he wanted her and hoped things worked out for the best between them. The work day crawled to an end and he shot out of there with a purpose. In his urgency to leave he had barreled over one of the office secretaries as he rounded the corner by the door.
"Hey watch where you are going!" Yelled the skinny black haired woman.
"Sorry about that I didn't see you there Agnes. Here let me help you up." Paul tells her extending his arm out for her to grab hold of.
Agnes refused his offer and pushed his hand away. She hopped back to her feet complaining the whole time. Paul watched as she rambled away cursing him out the whole time. He shook his head at the woman's attitude and continued out into the parking lot.
He swung by a jewelry shop on his way home and went inside. A young woman in her late twenties came over to ask what he needed.
Paul stuttered and finally let out, "I'm looking for an engagement ring."
"Oh sounds spectacular let me show you what we have." The woman replied.
She led him over to a section of diamond rings. He looked at the prices, he wasn't a wealthy man by any means but a few nice ones he could certainly afford. He pointed out a simple platinum banded ring with a couple carat diamond mounted on it and said, "I like that one only problem is I haven't the slightest idea the size of her finger."
The saleswoman looked at him and smiled before asking, "No problem, that happens more than you think when men like you come in to get one. If nothing else you can bring it in for resizing if needed. Do you know an approximate size at least?"
Paul thought about it and remembered to how Emily's fingers had compared to his when they held hands. He remembered her ring finger had looked around the same size as his pinky finger did. "I guess around this size maybe." Paul said pointing to his own pinky finger.
"That might work." The saleswoman said before retrieving a ring sizer and placing it on his pinky. She noted the size and took out the ring checking its size. "What are the odds, this one is already that size no need to resize it yet. You would be able to take it with you today if that's what you want."
Paul looked it over one last time and then scanned the others he could afford. The one he had picked out looked the best of what he had to choose from so he told her he would take it. She rang him up and he paid with his credit card even though he wasn't sure the transaction would go through. It had been months since he used the card for anything and he wasn't sure what the available balance was. He stood there nervously waiting until the register printed out the receipt for him to sign and he was out of there.
He was back on his way home when his phone rang.