Theresa and Aj stared at one another, not completely sure how to act, after the night before and this morning. Theresa just shifted her weight to one foot then the other and avoided eye contact with him.
"Theresa, umm, I umm…" Aj tried to get out but couldn't manage to finish the sentence. She signaled him not to continue, and forced a small smile.
"Sorry I umm, interrupted you. I thought Steph and Nick were misbehaving in your bathroom…" She blushed, and looked at her feet, biting her lip softly.
"Well, umm, since we have the day together, what do you want to do?" He felt his face get hotter, and couldn't help but stare at her, wondering how he had the courage to still be in front of her.
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Nick and I rode along the Interstate, towards his place, the radio thumping throughout the green Durango. I feel his gaze every time he looked at me, and smiled to myself. It felt good to be stared at like that again. I took a chance and placed my hand over his on the stick-shift. His hand clasped mine and we continued our ride to his house.
"Hey, Steph?" He breathed out, turning off the radio as 'I Drive Myself Crazy ' by N*SYNC came on. I looked over at him.
"Hmm…"
"Um, are we… ya know… boyfriend/girlfriend now?"
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Aj tossed yet another skimpy dress towards Theresa as they wondered through one more clothing store in the mall. She gave him a curious look as she held it up to herself. It was a tiny dark sapphire colored mini dress with slits across the chest all the way down to the navel and side slits as well.
"I don't think so J. I wouldn't be able to wear anything under it for one thing and it's a bit tight for my bod." Theresa stated, giggling softly.
"Well, just try it on, not like anyone's gonna see ya…" Aj smiled, 'Except me…'
'Except you… but what the hell, not like he hasn't seen it all already!' Theresa felt herself blush at the thought and shrugged. "Alright I'll go try it on…"
Aj smirked as she headed for the dressing room, and followed right behind her. She stepped behind one of the small curtains, drawing the heavy drapery closed.
"Do you have it on yet?" He asked slightly impatiently twisting the rings that rested on his fingers.
"I'm not coming out." Theresa stated staring at her image in the mirror.
"Oh come on. You can't look that bad, you have the body to wear it…" Aj stopped abruptly realizing what he was about to say. "Umm…err…just come on out."
"Fine." Theresa sighed as she rested her hand on the black curtain and slowly pulling it open.
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"Umm… I… isn't this your house?" I asked, quickly pointing towards the large white house. "I think it is."
Nick just sighed and nodded silently slowly pulling his Durango into the brick covered drive way. "Well here's my crib." Nick said, cut the engine and climbing out of the truck quickly.
I frowned and cursed under my breath as I rested my head on the headrest of the seat. 'I should have just admitted it.' Opening the door, I jumped out and headed for the open front door. "Nick!" I hollered as I walked around the empty living room. Just as I was about to go out and explore this interesting place he calls 'home', I heard clinging on the hard wood floor followed by barking. Looking down, I noticed a full pack of English pugs gathered at my feet. Squatting down to rest on my ankles, I reached out petted each one. "Hey guys, where's your owner?" The 3 dogs just barked and moved closer to my hands for more attention. "Gee, that helps." I laughed lightly to myself standing back up. "Later." I waved to the pups and headed further into the house for my journey to find Nick.
Heading up a staircase, I noticed a door slightly ajar. 'He must be in there.' I thought slowly heading for it. Making it to the door I pushed it open and looked inside. "Nick, are you in…" The words just died on my lips when I noticed Nick, fully exposed in the front, standing in front of me. "OH MY!" I gasped. "I'm so…so…s-sorry." I stuttered feeling the blood rush to my face as I began to blush.
"Stephanie!" I heard Nick call as I ran from the room he was in. I just ignored him, heading out the nearest door that I saw.
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"Oh wow!" Aj gawked as Theresa carefully walked out of the small changing room.
"I'm afraid to move. I feel like if I did, some part of my body would fall out." She smirked slowly turning around so Aj could take in her full view.
"Very nice." Aj smirked his eyes roaming over every nearly exposed part of her body.
"Ok, well you've seen enough. Time to get it off." Before Aj could say anything, Theresa had already disappeared into the changing room.
"I'm buying this." Aj commented grabbing the limp fabric that Theresa had tossed over the curtain.
"Do what? Are you planning on wearing that some where? Because babe, I really don't think its your color." Theresa giggled lightly as she slid on her shirt, then headed out the room.
"It isn't? Damn." Aj chuckled. "No I was more in the hopes, that you'd wear it for me sometime."
Arching a quick eyebrow at him, Theresa snorted, "Do what?"
Aj smirked and crossed his arms against his chest, "Well I'd like to see you in it again sometime."
"And where would I be able to wear something like this?" She asked grabbing the dress from his grasp and dangling the 'barely-there' fabric in front of his face. "The only place you could wear this is to strip for someone then rip it off…" Theresa stopped short in her sentence feeling her face flush. "Um…that's not what… I… um… meant." She stuttered looking down at her baby blue FUBU sneakers.
"Don't worry about it." Aj waved it off with a grin as he slowly slipped an arm around her shoulders. "Now, after I pay for this…" He trailed off taking the dress from her grasp, "where shall we dine?"
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Tucking my knees up to my chest, I watched at the small fish swam beneath me under the deck. What the hell was I thinking? I cursed myself, moving my eyes from the water and towards the backside of his house, then back to the ocean that caressed his backyard. "Should've knocked." I muttered shaking my head.
"Don't worry about it." A voice said behind me making my legs drop into the water.
"What! Shit! Carter, don't do that." I yelled punching Nick in the shoulder as he plopped down next to me. "How long have you been there?"
"Long enough to see you pick your nose, and hear you fart." Nick smirked.
"WHAT! I don't think so." I couldn't help but laugh, as I lifted my legs from the water, then standing from the spot.
"Where do you think your going?" Nick questioned turning to look up at me.
"Oh no where, just pushing you into the water."
We both came up to the surface of the water laughing, Nick's arms wrapped around my waist. I, in turn, wrapped my arms about his shoulders, keeping us close together. He looked so sexy dripping wet and his hair clinging against his forehead. The tiny drops of salty water that rested on his full lips were so intriguing, I couldn't help myself but to trail my tongue to collect them from his mouth.
"Mmm…Stephanie…" Nick trailed off as I felt his large hands remove from my waist and down lower to my rear. Capturing his lips with mine, I started to feel him move us towards the deck, gently pushing my back against it. Pulling away quickly, knowing what this was leading to, I sighed resting my hands against his soaked chest.
"Wait, Nick, we really shouldn't be doing this."
"Fine." Was all Nick said as I felt his hands leave my body, and his presence extend further away from me. "You know Steph, you confuse me a lot."
"Excuse me? What do you mean?" I asked quietly, my fingers softly playing with the crystal blue water.
"First, you want to kiss, and the next second you don't. And then you're just…jeez! I don't know." Nick huffed in frustration. I knew I was driving him crazy, but I was doing the same thing to myself. I honestly didn't know how I felt for him, but I did know that I felt something.
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