“First of all it’s not cheesy. Secondly I figured after a long CD filled with me buttering you up and letting you know how much I loved you, you’d be willing to give up a little something in appreciation.” Bette squeezed my thigh to get my full attention. I think we have just left the Friend Zone for the 100^th time today.

“Is that what you thought? That I was just going to drop my pants because of a CD?” See what I’m trying to do is bring back some levity here. After all this would have been fun and exciting on the freeway, but now we are both yards away from our current lovers.

“I was going to use to extra tools of seduction. But yes, that was the goal.” Oh please.

“The seats recline, you know.” Oh my God, what a perv. I hit her on the shoulder as we both laughed. Even though the fog was lifting, there was still a lot to be said here in the car. One of us just has to bring it up.

“Well it was a nice thought.” I say to her. This is me trying to close out this subject and open up another. Or we could wrap this up and go into our own houses.

“Can I you a question, T?” She asks turning to me. Her big brown eyes have me drowning and quickly. I think that this subject won’t be dropped anytime soon.

“Sure.” I replied. She immediately opened and closed her mouth when she started to focus on my lips. I wonder what she was going to say. Whatever it was, I don’t she’s gonna say anymore. I can recognize it by the way her eyes got darker if that were possible and she started to blush a little.

“Would it have worked?” And for the first time today, I was reintroduced to Bette the predator. Her eyes caught fire as soon mine met hers. My body ignited from her simple question. Her tone, slow, sensual, and deep, left me struggling to breathe and helpless. Through no fault of my own, I felt my body travel closer to hers. My voice struggling to make its way out of my mouth brought with it all of the sexual feelings for Bette I thought long since buried. The result was a deep timbre coming out of me as I responded to her question.

“Bette, it definitely would have worked.” I was so close to her face. I wanted her, all of her. And not in some cheap motel. I wanted her in her room so we could have a repeat performance of that night eight months ago. She was gripping my thigh a little harder now, her signal that the games were over and she wanted something that we both knew we couldn’t give each other. Not yet anyway. So it took all of my will to remember where we were, who was there, and what they meant to us. So god dammit, shit, motherfucker I did the mature thing and backed away from her. But I couldn’t leave this car without some contact with her, so I kissed her gently on the cheek. She opened her eyes and smiled up at me as I exited the car. I felt her eyes on me the entire time as I made way to my own porch. This round two was definitely gonna be more fun than the first.