It was Friday evening. Amelia's date with Randy was in a few hours. She was really nervous about it. All the kids were waiting with their bags of stuff. There was a knock at the door. Amelia answered it. It was Dean.
"Hi Dean." She said.
"Hi."
"Come on in." He went in.
"Hi dad." Renee said.
"Hi." "Come here you two." "Daddy wants a hug." He said looking at the twins. "Have fun with John, Paige and your sister." "I'll see you guys next weekend."
"Bye mom." Renee said. She hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. "I love you."
"I love you too be good for your dad."
"I will." They left.
An hour later there was another knock at the door. Amelia answered it.
"Hi John." She said.
"Hi."
"Come on in." He went in.
"Hey guys." He said looking at the twins.
"Hi uncle John." They both said.
"Come here." They went to him and hugged him. "I missed you guys." "Did you miss me?"
"Yeah." They both said.
"Go say bye to mommy." They went to her and hugged her.
"Have a good time with your dadd-um, I mean your uncle John." She said. She gave them each a kiss on the cheek. "I love you." John and the twins went through the door.
"Go to the elevator guys I'll be right there." John said. The twins went to the elevator. He turned back to Amelia. "Randy told me about tonight." "Have a good time."
"Thanks."
"I guess I should've asked you out when I had the chance huh?" He walked away.
It was 7:50. There was a knock on the door. Amelia was putting perfume on.
"He's early." She thought. "That's a good sign." "Coming." She said. She opened the door. "Hi Randy."
"Hi." "Sorry I know I'm kind of early."
"That's ok." "I'm ready." "You look nice."
"Thanks." "You look beautiful."
"Thank you."
They were at a restaurant.
"So I'm just gonna guess." Randy said. "I'm your first date since you got divorced?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"I just figured."
"I was really nervous about tonight."
"I get it." "When I started dating after my divorce I was nervous to." "It's a little intimidating to go back out into the dating world after you've been married."
"Exactly." "Not to mention this is my first date like this in thirteen years." "I mean Dean and I would go out while we were married but…
"I know what you mean." "It isn't the same."
"No it isn't."
"I'm glad you said yes."
"Me to." "I'm having fun."
"Good me to." "I'm glad I didn't listen to Dean."
"What do you mean?"
"He must of heard me ask you out because when I turned the corner he told me not to out with you unless I didn't mind being second."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah." "What does that mean?" "Unless you don't wanna tell me."
"No I'll tell you." "You know Darlene and David are John's right?"
"Yeah."
"After we found out the twins were his Dean got it in his head that I loved John." "He couldn't let it go and that's why we got divorced."
"Oh." "So you slept with John while you were married to Dean and while he was engaged to Paige?"
"Yes." "What happened between John and I that night was a mistake." "It hasn't happened since."
"How many times have you slept with him?"
"Two but the first time I wasn't seeing anyone and neither was he."
"I knew about the first time." "I just wanted to see if you'd tell me the truth about it." "Thanks for being honest."
Randy walked Amelia back to her room.
"Tomorrow night would you like to come to my room and watch a movie?" He asked.
"Sure."
"You don't have to dress up for me." "Just come as you are."
"Ok." He kissed her. She kissed him back. "That was nice."
"Yeah."
"Same time as tonight for tomorrow night?"
"Yeah. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
The next night she went to his room. She knocked on the door. He answered.
"Hey." He said.
"Hi."
"Come on in." She went in. They kissed. "How was your day?"
"Kind of lonely." "I miss the kids on the weekends."
They'd been watching a movie for about an hour. Amelia noticed that Randy was trying to find a clever way to put his arm around her.
"Here try this." She grabbed his arm and put it around her. "There."
"I guess I wasn't as smooth as I thought."
"You just needed a little help." She said smiling.
"You are beautiful."
"Thank you." He kissed her. She kissed him back. He laid back on the couch pulling her on top on him. They'd been making out for twenty minutes. Amelia knew they should stop this was only their second date. Her cell phone started to ring. She broke the kiss.
"I'm sorry." She said.
"It's ok." She answered the phone.
"Hello?" "Yeah put them on." She on the phone for about two minutes. She hung up. "That was David are Darlene they wanted to say goodnight."
"Aw that's sweet."
"I should go."
"Ok." They both got up and went to the door. "It's good that you're going because I want to invite you to stay but I think it might be a little fast and I don't want fast with you."
"I feel the same way." "Part of me does want to stay." "You're a really good kisser and I haven't had sex in a long time."
"I'll call you tomorrow."
"Ok." They kissed.
"Once we get to know each other better I'll show you a few other things I'm really good at that I know you'll love." He said smirking.
She laughed. "Oh really?"
"Mm-hmm." "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
The next morning Randy and Amelia had been texting back and forth all day. Dean showed up with Renee. Amelia told her to go inside while they talked.
"What's up?" Dean asked.
"Why did you tell Randy not to go out with me?"
"I just thought that I would save him some heartache."
"Dean, we've been divorced what five months now?" "Who's John with?" "It's not me."
"You know you want it to be."
"Look from now on stay off of my romance life." She went inside.
