Maybe I can see Elly tonight if she’s not busy.
Ian: Hey, I’m about to head home for the day. Can I see you tonight?
Elly: I’d love that! I just need to go home and wrap my present for the party tomorrow.
Ian: It came?
Elly: Yep! Just in time…
Ian: Good. Did you
get me anything yet?
Elly: I have a pretty good idea what I’m going to give you. Did you get mine?
Ian: I’m picking it up on the way home.
Elly: Do I get it early? :)
Ian: That’s no fun.
Elly: You can’t blame me for asking!
Ian: Why don’t we meet at my house in two hours? I’ll pick up Famous Sid’s if you want.
Elly: That would be awesome!
Ian: Okay, I’ll see you there.
I didn’t know if I would just get to spend a few hours with Elly or if she would spend the night in my arms, but I was certainly hoping that she would. I certainly wasn’t going to complain if it led to more than that, even if all I got was another taste of her cherry. I stopped at Famous Sid’s on the way to my house and picked up our order. Elly wasn’t at my house when I arrived, so I changed into comfortable clothes and set the table. It seemed a little silly to set the table for a sandwich, but it was just instinct for me. My family always did it, whether we were having a home-cooked meal or take-out. I heard a car outside and walked to the window to confirm that it was Elly. The sight of her stepping out of her car was enough to make my heart skip in my chest.
“Hello beautiful.” I opened the door with a smile on my face.
“Hi!” She looked up at me and smiled.
I pulled Elly into a tight embrace, and we kissed so long that the room started to get cold because I didn’t even bother to close the door. I finally broke the seal that our lips formed and pushed the door closed. I wanted another taste of her lips, but we were both pretty hungry, so we decided to have dinner first. I led Elly into the dining room and pulled out her chair. Neither of us were really in the mood for wine, so I poured two glasses of tea. I felt like I could use a little boost from the caffeine anyway after having a rather long day at the office.
“So what would you like to do tonight?” I lifted my tea to my lips and took a sip.
“We could finish Uncle Nick.” Elly looked towards me and shrugged. “Or try…”
“That didn’t go so well last time.” I put my hand on hers and smiled.
“Are you sure?” She narrowed her eyes. “I felt like it went really well.”
“I meant the movie, not what we did instead of watch it.” I chuckled under my breath and reached for my sandwich.
“I’m okay if we don’t finish it tonight either.” Elly grinned.
“Me too.” I raised my eyebrows and nodded.
I doubt we’re going to be paying much attention to it anyway.
We continued eating our sandwiches, and the conversation shifted to decorating Elly’s apartment for Christmas. The first thing we had to get was a Christmas tree. Her apartment building had a no-real-tree policy, so we were going to have to find a nice fake one—I assumed there would be plenty of those available at one of the stores near her house. There was a better chance of that than finding a decent tree on a lot since it was so close to Christmas. We could pick up the rest of the decorations while we were there and then spend the rest of the day filling her apartment with Holiday cheer.
I need to pick up her present too. It should be ready by the weekend. Maybe I’ll give it to her early after all…
After we finished eating, we moved to the living room and started Uncle Nick. The movie barely got started before we were teasing each other, and it was clear that we had no intention of watching it. We made out on the couch for nearly twenty minutes before the teasing got to be too much, and I just stopped the movie. The heat that was radiating from Elly’s body and the hunger in her kiss told me that we were never going to actually pay attention to the television. We craved each other way too much.