The move had gone smoothly, but she felt pressure to get ready for Mercury's arrival. Her new little cottage, though cute, was incredibly small. She would spend the next few days into weeks trying to tetris her stuff into place.
It was incredibly bad luck that he happened to be in town the very day she had moved in, but at least she got to see him for a night. She hadn't seen him in person since Christmas, but they had talked for hours every Sunday on the phone. She'd talked to him through a small relationship he had, let him see that it wasn't right for him and then he had said he wanted to get together when he was in town. She asked if he wanted to meet up with lots of people for drinks, but he said he'd only wanted to see her.
Interesting.
She was just putting on the last of her makeup when she heard him walk through the door and yelled out hello. She gave him a big hug and he asked her if she was okay. "This is a big hug."
"I haven't seen you in 10 months, just let me be happy to see you." They kissed, and it was like not a day had passed. She let herself feel it, their tendency to cosplay as the perfect couple. She sank into the safeness of the feeling, knowing he wouldn't shrink from her affections in public or ever make her feel bad about just being into him.
She said they had to leave before she didn't want to anymore. They went to her favorite bar where her bartender greeted him warmly; "Well look who is back in town!"
They had a few drinks while catching up about the previous week. He showed her adorable photos of his new nephew playing with a toy he'd purchased for him. She got a bit more drunk than intended as she hadn't eaten at all yet that day. When she told him that she hadn't eaten, he'd kissed her and passed his last cherry from his old fashioned to her. Even though it was a cheap high school move, it made her smile like crazy.
As they made their way back to the car, she suggested they grab a late night slice from the NYC style pizza place. They were about to close for the night, so they took the slices to go. He laughed as she encouraged him to go faster as these slices tasted horrible after they got the least bit cold.
After pizza on the couch that was barely put together, they continued to kiss and flirt. She pointed out to him that her welcome mat stated no shoes, so he took them off. Then she told him that he couldn't see it, but on the other side it said no pants either. Eventually they moved into the bedroom. He asked for oral, something they hadn't done before. Even though it had previously been her rule, she broke it for him and enjoyed it. There was some regret after that it wasn't exactly safe with neither of them getting an sti test after their previous partners, but she decided it was a calculated risk.
Around 2am he said he had to go. She negotiated 5 minutes of snuggling on the couch before he headed out. She didn't ask him when they would see each other again, she assumed Christmas. She also sort of assumed that by Christmas he would have found yet another girl that wasn't right for him. Either way, she was content to just live in this moment and feel this happy for as long as she could.
