much what they’d been doing for days.
But this time, they were both a little more vocal about how they felt toward each other. He realized they’d each been holding back a little bit of themselves and once they were breathless and lying beside each other, he turned to her and said, “Was it me or did that feel so much better than it has in the past?”
“You mean in the last four days?”
“Well…yeah.”
“It did,” she said with a soft hum, rolling toward him. “It was definitely better, and I didn’t think that was even possible.”
Chuckling, he replied, “Me, either. But just to play it safe, we should keep doing it. A lot.”
“Right now?” she cried. “Oh, God, Levi, I don’t know if my hoo-ha can take anymore. She needs a rest!”
“Your…what?”
Burying her face against his chest, she laughed. “Never mind! Forget I said it!”
As much as he wanted to tease her a little more, he saw it was getting late and knew she needed to get ready for work. Placing a kiss on the top of her head, he maneuvered away from her and stood up, pulling his clothes back on for the second time this morning. She was watching him hungrily, and it took all he had not to strip again and join her back on the bed.
“I really need to go.”
“It was the hoo-ha, right? I ruined things. I swear I’m not really a huge dork! Just…give me another chance and I swear to say things in my head before I say them out loud!”
Laughing softly, he leaned down and kissed her again. “This has nothing to do with your hoo-ha–and yes, I know what that is–and everything to do with the fact that you need to go to work. And honestly, so do I. It’s going to be a long day and I know I’m going to be swamped.”
“Yeah, me too.” She rolled over and sat up, pulling the sheet up to cover herself. “And I really need to shower and get caught up with all my dog peeps too. Then there’s grocery shopping. Ugh…now I’m overwhelmed.”
“Don’t be.” He slid his sneakers on and kissed her again. “I’ll call you later, okay?”
She nodded.
“But…you can call me too if you want.”
She smiled sweetly. “Okay.”
Unable to help himself, he leaned in for one more kiss. “Have a good day, Willow.” When he turned to leave, she called out to him. “Yeah?”
“You’re going to totally love having me as a girlfriend. I promise to take really good care of you.”
One more kiss.
“You already have.”
15
“What in the world is all this?”
“These are chocolate-covered bananas with marshmallows on the base,” Donna explained, pointing to the platter in her hands.
“They look like penises.”
“They’re supposed to.” She winked.
“Oh, my God…”
“And these,” Jen added, “are Flirtinis and they are super yummy. You may have to ditch your boring Malibu and pineapple for them. Trust me.”
“What’s in them?”
“Okay, so it’s very similar to your drink, but different. It’s vodka, champagne, and pineapple juice. You’ll love them.”
“Oooh…I wonder if we dip the banana in the Flirtini if it tastes good?” Donna asked excitedly. “Let’s check that out!”
“What is happening right now?” Willow asked as her friends made themselves comfortable on her sofa. “I thought we were going out?”
“Nah, we needed a girls’ night in,” Donna said, waving one of the chocolate banana penis things around. “We want all the details about your trip with Levi, and we don’t want to hear it with him hovering.”
“Levi doesn’t hover…”
“Oh, please…,” Jen said, snorting. “He totally hovers. There would be no way for us to talk about him if he was right there. That’s why we decided to come over tonight and get all the details. This way, when we go to McGee’s tomorrow night, we’ll know how to be around him.”
“Be around him?” she parroted, still not quite following this ridiculous conversation. “Why would you have to worry about that?”
Her friends looked at each other with knowing smirks before looking at her.
Here it comes…
Donna put the banana down and shifted a bit on the couch, her elbows resting on her knees. “We were hoping to ease into the subject, but…it’s clear that you’re not going to let that happen.”
“Let what happen? I still have no idea what’s going on!”
“Oh, Willow. Sweet, sweet, naïve Willow,” Jen said, reaching out and patting her on the knee. “You had that delicious man all to yourself for a whole week and a day. Or two. I can’t remember, but either way, you had