"Hey, it's not funny!" cried Julia, trying to keep a straight face, but it wasn't an easy thing as David just couldn't stop laughing…

"Yes, it is! It's awfully funny!" he was shaking with laughter, "… But wrong timing, sorry."

"I think 'wrong' just isn't the word to describe it…" she finally let herself to smile, while she desperately tried to find some napkins, "Everything is covered with coke!"

"Look on the bright side, at least it was light coke…" he remarked as he handed her some paper towels, but she didn't get it,

"…"

"Not so sticky."

"Yeah, much better really…" she nodded with a chuckle as she was wiping down the table, "And you have to know, that was a cruel joke."

"…"

"You're always teasing me…" she added, but he didn't answer, so she turned to face with him.

"…"

"What…"

"Actually…" he answered hesitatingly, "It wasn't a joke."

"Are you fucking kidding with me?!" she threw a cushion towards him, couldn't decide he was that hot or that shameless to ask such a thing.

"Why?"

"Is this what being a gentleman means to you?"

"I said nothing wrong…"

"Nothing wrong, really?! You've just said you wanted to have sex with me!"

"That's not quite true…" he denied it.

"So you don't want it, right?"

"Well… actually, it's a tricky question."

"…" she raised her eyebrow.

"I mean of course I want it, who doesn't?" he tried to lighten the moment, but her expression didn't change. "However, I never said something like that."

"I see… so maybe you meant you will sleep in my bed, while me on the sofa, right?"

"Uhm, not exactly… I meant we would both sleep in your bed."

"Okay, so before I would think on anything else…" she took a deep breath, "Could you explain me how did you imagine this whole thing?"

"Sure…"

"So?"

"So we would both sleep in your bed… fully dressed of course," he added quickly.

"…"

"And you would be on one side of the bed… while I would be on the other side."

"Uh-huh, and?"

"What 'and'?"

"That's it?" she asked at a loss, "I mean what's the point in this whole thing?" she asked, but before he would have a chance to answer, she continued, "Oh, I see! You must think I'll jump on you after a while, right?"

"What?"

"Yeah, because I won't be able to resist you."

"I've never thought something like that," he said with his boyish smile, thinking better not to mention 'like yesterday on the street'. "But I must admit, that if it'll still happen, I surely won't protest…" he grinned, but it wasn't a good idea as the soaked paper towel landed in his face, "I just wanted to make things clear…" he grinned as he removed it.

"You definitely don't have to worry about that!"

"Okay, it's just better to clear."

"Uh-huh… and now, you have one last chance to tell the truth."

"So you don't believe me?" he smiled with disbelief,

"They say do not trust someone, when you know you would lie in his place… and if you come up again with this 'you just want to feel the role' thing, I'm gonna punch you in the nose."

"Okay, okay I see."

"So?" she asked with her well known questioning face.

"I just love being with you…" he shrugged his shoulders with his boyish smile and she couldn't help but softened immediately, "And this whole day was so much fun, I truly enjoyed every minute of it… and I don't really want to go home."

"…" she was just staring at him.

"I would love to stay a bit more and… and I think it would be exciting and fun, it doesn't matter what happens or not," he seemed so honest and cute, she didn't know what to say for a moment,

"… Exciting and fun, right?"

"Yeah," he answered fondly. "And if you want it, I promise I won't touch you… otherwise, you can throw me out and I'll go home."

"…" her gaze was a bit suspicious.

"I swear," he affirmed with a smile, then she bit her lip and he knew it was a good sign, so he added, "But if you do not dare to spend the night with me in the same bed, I do understand that also."

"Do not dare to spend?" she repeated, her eyes filled up with challenge.

"Yeah, no problem if you feel that way. After all the temptation would be… well, you know."

"You really think that, right?"

"I just think you're afraid that you can't resist me, that's all."

"Really?" she knew what he was doing, but couldn't resist to take the challenge. "So you can't touch me…"

"As you say."

"I mean you SWEAR you won't touch me, right?… and before you answer, you have to know that giving your word is a very important thing to me."

"Yes, I solemnly promise so to do." he nodded, then added only to himself 'even if I die',

"So let's say you're so sure of it… that I don't know," she tried to be nonchalant, "Would you even bet on it?"

"Uhm," he knew it was a trap, but he had to be confident. "Yeah, sure."

"Okay, so if you'll break your promise, I'll throw you out immediately and send you home."

"That's right."

"And…" she added with a smile, "You'll have to spend a whole day… with Rob."

"What?! No way!"

"But you don't have to worry, right? I mean you swore you won't break your promise, and you're that kind of bloke who keeps his word."

"But of course." he answered as an instant, then added quickly, "And what if I win?"

"Well, in that case…" she bit her lip on a sexy way, "I don't know yet what your reward will be, but you will enjoy it, that's for sure."

"How much?" he flirted.

"Very… very much."

"That sounds great."

"Fine, then it's a deal…" she held out her hand and they made it official. "And since we already have our late night program, maybe we should watch that movie… unless you want to go to bed right now," she said with a challenging smile.

"No, of course not." he smiled, "So… you want this movie, what you have read the summary of?"

"Uh-huh."

"Fine, then just give me the controller and I'll find it in the video library," he offered and as she gave it to him, he couldn't resist to ask, "What do you think? Don't you want to sit a bit closer?"

"Well, actually…" she pretended thinking, then just smiled, "I think I need a little space for eating… you know it's much more comfortable."

"Yeah, sure." he accepted with a sigh, feeling a bit sad, but he was also happy that she didn't throw him out already.

While the film was going on TV, they seemed like who was watching it, but both of them was lost in their own thoughts. She made a whole battle plan for the night, because she so wanted to teach him a lesson… to teach him, that it surely won't be her challenge, but his… while David was lost in his own world, couldn't resist to fantasizing about what could happen in the best possible version of the night. When they regained their senses, another movie was already playing, but none of them have realized it.

"I think I'm bringing in the ice creams. Where are they?" she asked, but he didn't respond.

"…"

"David?"

"Sorry, what did you ask?"

"Where did you put the ice creams?" she repeated as she stood up,

"Uhm, on the kitchen counter, because they were too frozen… but wait, I'll give you a hand," he jumped up and went after her.

"So let's see them… a bit melted, but just right for eating," she remarked as she took off the caps, then grabbed the coffee flavored one and two spoons, "Could you bring in the rest of them?"

"Yeah sure, but no need for bowls or anything?"

"Why? We have two spoons, that's perfectly enough. I'll start with the coffee one and you with whatever you like, then we'll switch later, right?" she just smiled cheekily, and he loved this carefree side of her so much. Eating ice cream somehow smoothed everything between them and at the end of the second film, she was already sitting on the sofa with her legs across him, while he just massaged them gently.

"Well, I think it's getting late…" he tried to be nonchalant, although he knew it sounded a bit funny.

"Are you kidding with me?" she chuckled.

"I mean it's already dark outside and I have a sleepy feeling."

"Uh-huh, so you think we should go to bed soon, right?" she asked and couldn't help, but felt those butterflies in her stomach again.

"Yeah, if you agree with it." he nodded with a smile, "But I would like to ask something first and I only hope it won't be too much…"

"Really?" she laughed up, "I'm all ears to hear what you want after you said you wanted to share the bed with me."

"Actually, I couldn't take a shower for two days…" he started, "So I would really like to have one if it's okay."

"... Gosh, sure," she answered as she regained her senses, she didn't expect such a thing. "Sorry, I didn't really think how long you haven't been at home, so…"

"No problem."

"Then, uhm… you'll find some clean towels next to the washbasin."

"Great."

"And in that cabinet over there…" she pointed above the bedroom door, "There's a few brand new packs of T-shirts and boxers. I bought them for Roger before we… well, so I just never gave it to him."

"Thanks," he smiled gratefully and took them out from the cabinet, "Then I'm just…" he smiled, pointing towards the bathroom, but when he wanted to go in, her cheeky remark made him stopped,

"And I'm sorry if I ruined your plan…" she smiled wildly, when he turned back at a loss,

"What plan?"

"I think it's obvious… to running here up and down only in a towel around your waist."

"You have to know," he shook his head with a smile, "That even the supposition is offensive…"

"Uh-huh…" she nodded with a winning smile and watched him disappearing in the bathroom… as the door closed behind him, she immediately headed to her bedroom to find some sexy nightgown for the night, because he had to pay for his shameless confidence… she selected a lot of things, then in the end she chose a long split nightgown made from pure black silk with a very sexy v-neck cut out covered with lace… she was highly satisfied as she checked herself in the mirror, then she just applied a few drops of her favorite perfume which she used only for seduction, and as a finish she put on a big white robe to hide what she wears underneath… just when she realized that the little card from the flower is still up on the cupboard and this is the perfect opportunity to take a look at it… so she was in the kitchen in a flash, quickly pulled over a chair and jumped on it, then stepped onto the kitchen counter from where she could easily reach the card… while she was opening it, a lot of things were running through her mind… but as she finally could read it, she caught her breath for a moment… because the little note on the card said,

'I can't help falling in love with you'…

To be continued…