Page 63 of All Stars Fall
“Y-yes.” She swayed toward me.
“I’m clean. Sadly I had to double check since some dick was dipping itself into my ex-wife, but know, I would never… put you at risk for anything. And the only reason I ask is because I’m a single dad who had no intentions of finding anyone like you. Ever. Not just in Seaside, but ever. I also haven’t been with anyone, including the ex in years.” Tears filled her eyes. “So I don’t have condoms here. Besides, there’s something very wrong about storing condoms next to the Legos.”
She burst out laughing.
“What I’m saying…” I pulled her naked body into my arms. “…is this isn’t a one-time thing, this isn’t something I do. This means more, all right?”
A smile broke across Penny’s face that made her glow, and she wrapped her arms around me. “And here every time I stared at your poster I imagined you as the guy who had a new girl every night.”
“I knew you looked at my poster. It would make my day to know you circled my face with a heart and imagined what holding my hand would feel like.” I lifted her into the air and set her down.
Penny laughed. “Sorry to say I didn’t heart your face, but I did wonder…”
I waited.
And waited.
“Wonder?”
“Mmmm…” She crooked her finger. “Not when I was a teen, but last year, when you guys had your tour and were at the Grammys…”
Oh God, I knew where this was going.
I couldn’t hide my smile if I tried.
“And you wore those leather pants.” She slowly moved to her knees in front of my bed. “If all the rumors were true, that you have to literally tuck in order to perform in tight pants, plus those pictures went viral really fast.”
“Some might say the hashtag bulge never had so much play.” I laughed, already painfully aroused.
“Yup.” She popped the P and lowered her eyes.
“Disappointed?”
“More like, how are you going to make sure you don’t puncture a lung?” She gripped my length with her hand and moved.
My hips jerked toward her. “Yeah, you shouldn’t do that to me if you don’t want me to toss you against the bed. Swear it will be the best five seconds of your life.”
She released me and burst out laughing. “This isn’t how I thought it was going to be.”
“So you thought about it?” I walked her backwards toward the bed.
“Yeah, just don’t put that in your recommendation letter.‘Nanny thought about Dad naked, often.’”
“Often, hmm?”
“Here.” She handed me a pillow. “Just get it over with.”
“I’m not smothering you with a pillow.” I tossed it aside and lifted her onto the bed, my hands stilled on her hips. “Besides, I’m just as guilty. I knew I was fucked the minute I invited you into my house.”
“It was the pot roast.” She nodded her head seriously.
“It was your heart,” I whispered, devouring her next words before she could utter them. “And your crazy beautiful smile.” I pulled away and then kissed down her neck. “It was the way you treated my kids.” I slammed my mouth against hers and positioned myself near her entrance. “It was you being you.”
“Fresh start.” Our eyes met, time stopped. It was just us alone in the universe making love.
Two people on separate paths, somehow drawn together by sheer luck I would never deserve or understand.
“Fresh start,” she echoed, just as I slid into her body.
