"I think Charley is getting suspicious already. We gotta be careful, Throttle. She's smart."

"I know she's smart. Do you really have an appt. across town?"

"Yep."

"And dinner?"

"Yep. Sorry it won't be hot dogs and root beer, though."

"I could get use to other things besides dogs and root beer, especially if you're cooking."

"I do pretty good. I'm no professional chef, but I do alright."

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Just like he said, he got me to my appt. with time to spare. I love this bike. I got off the bike and gave him my helmet and told him I shouldn't be long.

"Take your time, beautiful. I'm in no hurry." I gave him a kiss on the nose then went inside to my appt.

While he was waiting for me, Vinnie pulled up next to Throttle. "Hey bro. Where have you been?"

"I've been with Mike, why? What's up?"

"If you would have had your helmet com. on, you'd know what's going on. You've been distracted by her since you asked her to get coffee. And since when do you drink coffee, bro?"

"I like a variety, Vincent. Not just root beer. There are other things out there. And I wouldn't say that Mike has been distracting me. I just happen to enjoy her company. She's a great friend."

While Vinnie and Throttle were talking, I had just come out of my dentist appt. "Hey Vinnie. What's up?" Then I got on Throttle's bike. He handed me the helmet and I put it on.

"Vinnie thinks you're a distraction, Mike."

I looked at Vinnie. "Really? You think I'm a distraction? How so? What's wrong with him spending time with a new friend?"

He had nothing to say to that. "I thought so. Let's go, Throttle." Then I wrapped my arms around his midsection. I gave him my address so we could go back to my place for dinner and a good night's sleep, then we left.

Vinnie sat there on his bike and watched us leave. He decided to call the garage.

"Yeah, Vinnie. You find Throttle and Mike?"

"Yeah, I did, Charley, but I didn't get the chance to tell Throttle the news. Mike came out and then they left."

"Don't worry about it, Vinnie. Maybe you'll get the chance tonight at the scoreboard."

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45 mins. later, we arrived at my place. He parked the bike and we got off it. Throttle put the helmets in the saddle bags then locked them. He followed me upstairs. I unlocked my door and walked in. He was right behind me. Throttle closed the door behind us and looked around my place.

"Would you please lock it for the night, babe?"

"Not a problem, beautiful." Then he used his tail to lock the door. He noticed that I had taken my shoes off, so he decided to take his boots off, too. His pants were tight all the way down to his ankles.

"Talk about built in socks."

He looked at his feet and wiggled his toes. "Guess so. Been a while since I've had my boots off. It feels good to let them breathe, especially for tonight."

He walked over to the sofa where I was sitting and sat down next to me. He pulled me closer to him and I leaned my head on his left shoulder.

"What did Vinnie want?"

"I don't know. Do you have a bathroom I can use?"

"Down at the end of the hall. I'll go ahead and get dinner ready."

"Sounds good to me, baby." Then he gave me a kiss on my forehead before getting up to head to the bathroom.

I watched his ass sway back and forth as he walked down the hall. "Damn he's hot….for a mouse" I whispered. Then I got up and went into the kitchen to make dinner.

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An hour and a half later, dinner was ready and Throttle had just finished up in the shower. I had put the kettle aside on a cool burner and went to check on Throttle.

I knocked on the bathroom door. He opened it with a towel wrapped around his waist. He had his glasses off, too. "Feel better after your shower, Throttle?"

"Yeah I do. Its nice to have privacy when taking one, too. There is no privacy at the scoreboard showers. A mouse could get use to this. Dinner smells great, babe."

"Thanks. Do you need some clean clothes?"

"Yep, but I don't think you'd have anything that would fit me. I'm like 7' tall."

"That don't mean anything. What's your pant size and shirt size?"

"I'm not sure on my pant size but I wear a large t-shirt. Let me look at what size my pants are." Then he picked up his pants and looked for the tag.

"Found it. Size 32x34."

"I wear that size too. Sometimes I wear a 34x30, but during the summer, I prefer shorts. Perhaps you should be wearing shorts, too. It is rather hot out there in the early evenings."

"If you have some you don't mind giving me or having to put a hole in for my tail."

"Not at all. Hope you don't mind blue?"

"Blue is one of my favorite colors. Black and red are too."

"Red is my favorite color, too. I'm assuming you don't bother with underwear."

"Nope. That ok with you?"

"Of course. Let me get your clean clothes, then we'll eat." Then I walked into my room and grabbed the blue Levi shorts and a white tank top for him to wear.

After he got dressed, he walked out to the kitchen table and sat down. I was already eating. He dished up his food and started eating. He was starving.

"What do you think, Throttle?"

I waited until he was done chewing. "This is good, babe. You are a good cook. I would love to come home to your cooking everyday, Mike. Hell, I might have to learn to cook so you won't have to do it all the time."

"You saying you wanna move in with me, Throttle? There is a 2 bedroom place for rent just below this one."

"Who said anything about needing 2 beds? I wanna be able to wake up with you in my arms every morning and be able to hold you close to me every night. Just get a bigger bed so both of us have room."

"I have a new bed on order, actually. It's a queen size bed. It should be here in a couple of days. Charley wants my twin bed. She's getting rid of her old mattress in the upstairs loft of the garage. So for the time being, my current bed will have to do."

Throttle leaned over and whispered in my ear. "I'm fine with that, gorgeous." Then he went back to eating his dinner.

I smiled then went back to eating my dinner, too.

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After we ate and I washed dishes, we sat down on the sofa and watched a movie. I snuggled up next to him during the movie. He wrapped his right arm around me and sighed. I looked up at him.

"What's wrong, babe?"

He looked at me and smiled. "Not a thing wrong, babe. That was a sigh of complete contentment. The one thing I never was with Carbine. Content. I am completely content with you. First day meeting you and you're already spoiling me. I feel blessed to have a good woman in my life."

"Awww, thanks Throttle. I also feel blessed to have a good man, er, mouse in my life, too. Would you be upset if I told you I enjoyed watching your ass sway back and forth when you headed for the bathroom earlier?"

"Why would I be upset? I did the same thing when you went into your appt. this afternoon. You have a nice ass, babe."

"You do to, handsome." Then I looked at the time on my phone. It was getting late. "Time to call it a night, Throttle. Its getting late."

"So it is. I better call the guys so they don't get worried."

I took out my cell phone and handed it to Throttle. He dialed the number to the scoreboard and waited for one of the guys to answer.

"The scoreboard has a phone number?"

"Something Charley set up for us."

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Quigley Field scoreboard. Modo picked up the phone an answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey big guy. Just thought I'd check in and let you know I'm staying over at Mike's place tonight."

"Appreciate the call, Throttle. Did Vinnie talk to you?"

"About what?"

"Carbine and Stoker had been mouse napped by the Plutarkians."

"Stoker is a smart mouse. He can get himself out of any situation. So can Carbine. She's not my problem any more, bro."

"I know that, bro, but that's the word we got from Rimfire. Vinnie just wanted to make sure you got the message."

"Thanks for letting me know, but I have to get some sleep, big guy and so does Mike. She has a long day ahead of her."

"Alright bro. You coming back to the 'board tomorrow?"

"Not sure yet, Modo. I'll let you know. Good night."

"Night, Throttle. You and Mike sleep well."

"We will. Tell Vinnie not to drink any caffeinated drinks before he goes to bed. Remember what happened last time?"

"How could I forget. I was dead on my feet the whole day. I couldn't stay awake and that's dangerous on a bike."

"Tell me about it. I have to get Mike off to bed. She's falling asleep on my shoulder. I'll call you sometime tomorrow."

"Ok, bro. Have a good night."

"You too, Modo. Night." Then he hung up the phone and handed it back to me.

"So what was that all about?"

"My ex and our unit leader were mouse napped by the Plutarkians."

"You plan to go back to Mars to go get them?"

"Nope. Stoker and Carbine can get themselves out their predicament. They're smart."

"That's what Vinnie wanted to tell you? I think that could have waited 'til you were at the garage or the scoreboard."

"I agree. Don't matter. Carbine isn't my problem any more. You're all I care about now." Then he gave me a one arm hug and smiled at me. I reached up and grabbed the back of his head and brought it closer to me, then I kissed him.

His eyes went wide then he closed them and enjoyed the kiss.

After I broke from the kiss, I looked at him in shock at what I just did. "I am so sorry, babe. I…"

He put his finger over my lips to hush me. "Don't apologize, Mike. I'm not mad. I quite enjoyed it, actually. Come on, let's go to bed." Then he got up from the sofa and took my hand. He pulled me up from the sofa and we headed for my room for the night.

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During the night, I felt something moving up and down my leg. I lifted the blankets and noticed it was Throttle's tail feeling me up. I shrugged it off and went back to sleep. I enjoyed having his strong arms wrapped around me. I snuggled closer to him and drifted back into dreamland.

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The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed. Then I heard the shower going. I smiled. I grabbed my phone and looked at the time. 9a. 'Why am I up this early?' I thought. Back to sleep I went. I was nice and cozy under my warm blankets. I brought them up to my nose and breathed in the musky smell of my tan furred hunk. I loved the smell.

Throttle came into my room after his shower. He had a towel wrapped around his waist. "Morning beautiful. How'd you sleep last night?"

"Other than your tail feeling me up, just fine. I really didn't want to wake up this early. Charley text me last night and told me I could have today off since I worked most of the week with her."

"Great. I made plans for us for today. No bros. No Charley. Just you and I. How's that sound?"

"Sounds great, but I would like to get some more sleep. Care to come snuggle up with me?"

"I'm not completely dry yet."

"Not worried about that. You smell good right now. I love the smell of a clean, strong mouse. Come here, good lookin'" Then I patted his side of the bed. He walked over and I pulled the towel off of him.

"Damn babe. You have a hot bod." Then he climbed into bed with me and covered up. He laid on his left side, facing me.

"You really think so, huh? You have a smokin' hot body, yourself. Perhaps further into our relationship, I'll show you what I can do with that body of yours, if you catch my drift?"

"Oh, I do. I look forward to that day, too. I'm glad you're being a gentleman. Most guys want sex the first night. I'm glad you wanna wait."

"I'm not like most guys, babe. I believe in working up to it when the time is right. Besides, you're too beautiful to take advantage of."

I kissed him on the nose, then I flipped over onto my left side and snuggled up against him.