*Kelly*
“Come on, baby, it’s cold out here. Let’s go in,” AJ said wrapping his arm around me and rubbing mine to keep me warm.
“Okay AJ, that’s fine with me,” I said following him inside. “Hey where’d everyone go??” I questioned, not really talking to anyone.
“I don’t know, but that means we’re all alone!”
“AJ, we’ve been alone most of the night anyway.”
“Yeah, but, well, anytime alone with you is fabulous,” he said giving me a kiss.
I kissed him back, but then I yawned.
“What? Is my little angel tired?” he said with puppy dog eyes and a baby face.
“Yes, pumpkin, I am. I drove most of the day and then spent the rest of it kissing you!” I laughed.
“Hey, that’s alright with me. My schedule is wide open tomorrow!” he smiled at me.
“Oh, stop! You’re just a tease!! C’mon…walk me to my room,” I said tugging him toward the door.
“Aww…baby, just one more dance, please!!!” AJ begged.
I rolled my eyes and gave in.
We danced for a bit and then I said, “Okay, times up you studmuffin, I need some sleep!”
“Oh, alright…come on!” he said putting his arm around my waist and leading me to my door. We arrived there and we stood outside for a while talking and then he leaning down and gave me a deep kiss goodnight.
“Night baby, I love you!” he said, slipping one of his many rings onto my finger.
I smiled and gave him another kiss. “Night, honey. Love you, too.”
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*Gail*
“This is for me not showing up tonight like I should have,” Nick gestured to the dinner on the table and pulled out my chair for me.
“Oh good…I’m starved!” I said, reaching for a roll.
Nick laughed and we both sat there and ate and talked like we had known each other our entire lives. He was so easy to talk to! For once, we actually had a break of silence when Nick broke it. “Gail, I want you to come meet my family when we go back to Tampa. Would you come with me?”
Wow! Meet Nick’s family…that’s sort of a serious thing.
“Oh Nick! Do you mean it? I’d love to meet your family! You’ve talked about them so much, I feel like I already know them, though!” I exclaimed.
“So you will? Really? Oh, I can’t wait…they’re gonna love ya!” he exclaimed.
“Do you really think they will?” I said, thinking of the many possibilities.
“Of course they will. I do!” he smiled at me, reaching across the table, grabbing my hand.
I couldn’t say anything for a minute…I was a bit speechless.
“You um…you, uh, what??” I stammered out.
He got up and pulled me out of my chair and pulled me to him with his strong arms around me and said, “You heard me…I said I love you.” He kissed me on the lips then. I wanted to kiss him back, but I pulled away instead.
“Nick, you don’t mean that. I mean, you’re still so upset about your ex-girlfriend. I don’t want to just be your rebound girl, Nick,” I said very sternly.
“What? Gail, I love you! I really do. I understand that it’s hard for you to believe after the way I’ve been acting all day, but I was thinking that if something were to happen to you and I never saw you again, I don’t know what I would do without you. I know I’ve only spent a few hours with you and I just met you, but I can’t live without you, honey.,” he reached over and placed his hand on my neck and leaned in for a kiss. I didn’t move, I just sat there and let him kiss me. I whispered, mid-kiss, “I love you, too, Nick.” He pulled back and looked at me very seriously and got the biggest grin I had ever seen on his face. We both pulled back for a bit and I looked at the clock and saw that it was late and I realized how tired I really was. “Listen Nick, tonight was great and it was my dream come true to meet you, but I’m tired and should get some sleep. I’ll call ya tomorrow, ok?”
“You’d better!” he said teasing me and gave me a kiss goodnight and I left the room and walked back to my own.
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*Claudi*
I had no clue what was going on in the movie because neither Brian nor I were watching the movie. Yeah, we had kissed and all, but that was earlier. We were both sound asleep in each others arms by now. I woke up and didn’t recognize where I was at all. I jumped up and then I saw Brian lying there, with a little trickle of drool coming from him mouth. I couldn’t help but laugh and think how cute he was sleeping.
“Bri, Bri honey, wake up. Wake up, sweetie,” I said shaking him gently.
“Hmmm….huh? What?” he said groggily.
“Brian, the movie’s almost over, I guess and we both fell asleep. You should get to your room and go to bed.”
He had sat up by now and was rubbing his eyes.
“Come on, honey, I’ll help you to your room,” I smiled and pulled him off of the loveseat. We walked hand in hand to his room and there he gave me a deep kiss and told me that he would call me tommorow.
“Alright, night hon, love ya,” I said turning to walk away.
“I love you too, Claudi. Sweet dreams!”
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*Theresa*
I ran out of the kitchen and saw Howie about to walk out of the dining room. “Howie! Howie, wait!! Please!” I yelled after him, trying my best to run in the high heels I was wearing.
He stopped and looked at me rather impatiently, “What Theresa? What do you want?”
“Howie, I realize that I do love you! I was being stupid and ridiculous. I’ve always been stubborn and defensive, but with you, I know that you won’t let me down, Howie. I have faith in you and I know that I can count on you to always be there for me. I love you!!!”
He didn’t say anything at all. He just looked at me and I knew he understood perfectly and then we were both enraptured by our emotions and hugged and kissed each other.
Eventually, after we had sat down and talked for about an hour, he walked me back to my room and we kissed goodnight.
“Meet me for breakfast, alright?” Howie said.
“Yep, sure will! 8, right?” I double checked.
“Yep, night baby!”
“Goodnight, Sweet D!” We shared one last kiss and then I watched the man of my dreams disappear into his room down the hallway.