morning love making session, a shower with lots of washing and making out, then constant flirting while getting dressed. Today was a little warmer than yesterday, so I decided to take advantage of it with my red and white stripped flowy knee length sailor skirt with a white beater and a jean jacket. It was a little too chilly for my gold goddess sandals but I sucked it up!
We decided it’d be fun to go out for breakfast, since we planned to spend the rest of the day locked in my house. We left hand in hand (the way we had spent the past 24 hours) and it was (of course) that moment my Grandmother had chosen to show up. She had just left her car and was standing in front of us; arms crossed across her chest. Violet wore her ‘don’t mess with me’ expression and I knew I was in trouble. Instinctively I dropped Corey’s hand and took a step away from him. My grandma smirked at us, but it was far from an encouraging sight.
“Well, well…what do we have here? Good morning Corey, I see you seem to be very well acquainted with my granddaughter. Unless of course, either of you would like to give me some lame excuse about this being a ‘business’ meeting.” Shit—of course that was the first lame excuse that came to mind. With a sigh I shook my head.
“No, it’s not a business meeting. Corey stayed the night.” I admitted.
“Please Lord; tell me you are actually in a relationship and not taking after your mother. Every time I caught her the morning after when she had a man over—it was never the same guy. Don’t tell me you’re in a similar situation, Danielle.” I opened my mouth to retort and closed it again. Violet’s jaw dropped to the gravel but before she could curse me for breathing, Corey spoke up.
“We are in a relationship, Violet, have been for a few weeks now.” His fingers laced back with mine and my body immediately loosened at having him next to me again.
“That explains why you’ve haven’t been coming over lately, Dolly.” Her eyes darted between the two of us; taking in the image of the happy couple most people already believed us to be.
“Sorry.” I lamely muttered, as she closed the distance between us.
“The reason for my visit this morning is to let you know we will be having a family dinner tonight. No excuses. Corey, you will also be expected to attend.” My mouth opened to protest and with a sharp glare from Gram, she continued. “And before you give me one of your many excuses to get out of it, just know that this is not a request. If you try and tell me you need to work or have previous obligations—cancel it. If the two of you do not show up tonight, I will dissolve the Inn’s partnership with your bar, Corey.” Damn—guess she really wasn’t screwing around. There was really no choice but to accept but I wasn’t going to let her walk over the both of us. “Did you invite anymore unexpected guests?” I snap back.
“Well, I have no need to now.” She said with an overly sweet smile, as she looked at Corey.
“We’ll be there.” I finally said. Violet clapped her hands together with a grin.
“Wonderful.” She leaned in, placed a kiss on my cheek, and then did the same for Corey. “See you both at 6:00, don’t be late.” We watched her retreat to her car. Before getting in she turned to us one more time. “Bring the wine, Dolly.”
“Bye Violet!” Corey waved with his free hand and she returned it. While she was still in the driveway Corey wrapped both his arms around my shoulders. His lips pressed against my forehead.
“This could be fun, Dani. Besides, I already know your grandma, so I know what to expect.”
“I’m sorry you got roped into this.” Without caring that my Grandma had yet to pull away, he pressed his lips against mine.
“I’m not. Call me a fool but I enjoyed telling your Grandma that you were my girl.” I tried to keep a stern face but I couldn’t when he said cute things like that. My arms wrapped around his shoulders as I smashed my lips to his. Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all.
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“Stop fidgeting, baby.” Corey reached over and took my hands from my lap. We were sitting in his Jeep on our