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The last thing I expected yesterday was everything I had hoped for – Nico to show up and erase the memory that threatened to ruin us

He did, and then some

I know nothing is forgotten, but to have hih

After washingit dry with a hand towel and sliding it across my neck

My robe falls open slightly and I spot a small hickey just over my breast

I lean closer to the ers and then look into my own eyes

No guilt No shame

I step back, push the door open, and my eyes fall to my discarded jeans, then slide down the hall where Nico’s boxers lie

A s at his football pants on the stairs, and , his cleats a few feet from there

I pull the corner of e for a bottle of water

I unscrew the lid, taking a drink as I close the door

I screa in the next second as the cold-water spills onto my chest

My hand flies to hter

“Mom” My wide eyes snap from her to me and back “What the hell!”

My htly “What the hell?” she repeats

“I onlyup on me, you scared me”

“Maybe if you weren’t so lost in thought, you’d have noticed I was standing in the living room as you passed by” She blinks

She was?

“You were?”

She crosses her arhbor boy?”

“You know his name”

“Demi”

I put the lid on ainst the countertop I liftthe truth or not, but no,” I say and the corner of her eyes pinch the slightest bit “Last night was our was his first ti over”

Her gaze tightens, but her lips smooth out, so I can tell she appreciates the honesty

“Protection?” she asks

I nod even though, no, we didn’t pause for that like we should have I aone for double protection

Myto pick lint fro back to me

“I like him”