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"Don’t rehed "No It wasn’t like that At least not for me You were like the only drop of water in a desert You stood out to me because you were so fresh and so beautiful There was no pretense with you"

"You do realize I was drunk off ht"

"So? You were honest You didn’t slide up to ainst me, and then act all innocent You boldly asked if I’d take you to bed"

He saw her griht oodabout that night I still reaze to his "So do I"

"But how do you remember it?"

"What do you ht where this beautiful young woet She was so sweet, so innocent, and yet oh, so sexy And we spent an aht about a lot over the years"

She took a deep breath, looked away for a few seconds, then ain "For a while I tried not to think about it at all I felt like I’d made a mistake I was so heartbroken But that was youth, and fantasies After a while I got past it And yes, I do think about that night"

"I’naled to the waiter, who brought the tab for hirabbed her jacket and held it for her while she slid her arms in They headed outside and he hailed a taxi

"Your place or mine?" he asked

"Isn’t yours closer? I’d like to see it"

He nodded and gave the driver his address It was a short ride to his brownstone, especially this late at night with less traffic on the streets He paid the driver and they got out

"This is nice, Drew"

"Well, it’s not your place, so don’t expect "

He could tell she was buzzed and a lot ether

Which he liked He wanted her to have a good time He just hoped he’d reame

They walked up to the second floor Drew took his tiainst him He pulled out his keys and unlocked the door, then flipped on the light, exhaling as he saw the place That’s right He’d just had it cleaned yesterday, so it wasn’t its nor it on the rack by the door "This is nice, Drew"

"Thanks Just a one-bedroo fancy like your place"

And it wasn’t It was a simple, one-bedroom apartment He had some basic furniture, a sofa and a couple chairs He had a killer TV and ga system, of course, but this wasn’t ho the season

"You want so to drink? I have water, pop, andbeer No wine Sorry"

"Water would be great, thanks"

Drew grabbed two bottles of water froerator, opened the tops and handed one to her

"Thank you," she said

Carolina walked around his living roo the door to his bedroo to ease into it, maybe turn on the television or play so-size bed There wasn’t room for much else in the s on sohtstand and shoved the dresser in the closet

"Big bed"

"I’ to face him "And I love how you’ve decorated the place"

"Thanks It’s ainst the doorway "I don’t spend a lot of ti, mainly"

"This place isn’t ho back, hesitant He wanted to go to her, touch her, pull her into his arms and kiss her Oh, man, he really wanted to kiss her But he wanted her to co here with him

This had to be her call He kne resistant she had been to him, and her sudden turnaround had surprised the hell out of hi he’d do was push her into doing so she really didn’t want to do

She wandered into the room "The bed is the focal point"

"Yeah I don’t need a lot of furniture" He suy I just need a place to crash"

She walked along the side of the bed and traced the tips of her fingers across the comforter "It’s a nice bed, Drew"

"It’s cohtstand and cli them drop to the floor "Care to join me on it?"

He pushed off the doorway and ca his water on the table He picked up her hand, held it in his "Waraze to his "Hot, actually"