CD nudged Nate's side. "Hey, nothing against my couch, alright?" She grinned in a way that had two meanings which only Nate could understand.
"Hey ouch" Nate rubbed the spot where she had nudged him. "Okay.. I love your couch CD. You have the mostest wonderfullest couch ever, alright?" He smirked back at her.
"Yeah, I thought so too." She grinned back. When she looked through her apartment while sipping her coffee, she saw the letter of her landlord again and suddenly she got an idea. That would be the best way to help Jinny too. "Uhm Jinny, about this whole 'getting-a-new-apartment' thing, I mean, why don't we two get an apartment together since my landlord threw me out yesterday?"
"What?" Jinny looked at her confused. Then she smiled. "You mean like roommates? You and me move in together? Split the rent and all?"
"Yes, I just got the idea! And someone would be always around to be there for you!" CD said and was really happy about the idea. The only disturbing thing was that she and Nate had to be even more cautiously.
Nate realized that too but smiled. He knew that being alone most of the time was the hardest part of fighting an addiction. And Jinny had already pretty much said that if she hadn't been all alone she wouldn't have started to drink the night before.
Jinny smiled. "Yeah I like that idea I think."
"Great" she hugged Jinny. "So we'll take this afternoon off and go and look for an apartment for us!" Then CD realized that if she and Jinny took the afternoon off, Nate would have have to work together with Magda. He wouldn't like that. "Okay, Jinny. Breakfast will be ready in about 15 minutes. You wanna take a shower?"
She nodded. "Yeah." She couldn't believe it but she actually was happy. "Hey... uh... do you mind if I use your phone? I gotta call Dusty... ya know, the guy from AA." He wasn't officially her sponsor anymore but the thing that came closest to it. "I think I should go to a meeting... collect a new chip..." Then she realized they probably didn't know what that meant. "Because everytime you fall off the wagon and decide to go to AA again you get a chip... I mean.. it's part of the program and all. I guess it helps a little." She still wasn't buying the whole 'AA crap' completely but she had to admit that sometimes she really needed the meetings.
"Sure, go ahead. The phone is in the living room!" CD answered.
"Thanks guys... for everything" Jinny smiled at them and left to call Dusty.
CD made sure that Jinny couldn't see them. Then she turned to Nate and kissed him slightly. "I'm sorry that you're gonna have to work with Magda this afternoon ..." she said after breaking the kiss.
"Ohhh don't worry. Our darling Magda will get to hear what's long overdue." He kissed her again. "So you got yourself a roommate, eh?"
"Uhm, yeah, sorry. That doesn't make it easier for us. I mean, Jinny needs someone she's familiar with around her ... " CD bit her lower lip.
Nate nodded and kissed her. "God you're so cute when you do that." He whispered and stroked through her hair. "And we'll manage... I mean there's still my place if we need to be alone. I mean to talk.. or something... one day..." He blushed.
"And you're so cute when you don't know how to express yourself in private stuff." CD teased him. She stroked his cheeks where he had just blushed a second ago and looked straight into his eyes.
He grinned and wanted to kiss her again but saw Jinny walk back in.
"Hey, I uhhh I took some of your clothes." Jinny announced as she walked back in, wearing a pair of CD's jeans and a black shirt.
"That's fine, Jinny. Just make yourself comfortable. Breakfast is ready. Enjoy it!" CD said.
Jin smiled and started to devour the food.
Nate grinned. "Hey I'm gonna head back home and to work then okay? I'll make sure you two girls don't have to show up there today." He was tempted to kiss CD but knew he had to fight it.
"Okay, Nate. But you better get on your jeans." CD grinned. "Unless you wanna be the reason for the brand new gossip in the office." Then she stood up to accompany him to the door where Jinny couldn't see them.
"Hrm... uhh yeah." He cleared his throat and quickly got dressed into his jeans again. He pulled CD out into the hallway with him a little to make sure Jinny really wouldn't be able to see them. "Woman, I swear you're driving me crazy." He teased her.
CD just smiled. "I take that as a compliment."
"You better." He pulled her close and kissed her like there was no tomorrow. "I...." He kissed her again. "...really..." and kissed her again "....gotta..." This time his hands wandered down her back and gently cupped her ass as he kissed her yet again. "....go."
"Hey!" CD protested but loved the way behaved. "Then go..." She slightly smackerd his butt.
"What? You're just letting me go like this? You won't even miss me?" He feigned to be shocked.
"Yupp, that's it!" She grinned evily and kissed him again. "But I can't wait for you coming by tonight." She whispered into his ear.
"You bet I will." He snickered and then pulled her close and started to suck on her neck a little.
"Hey you vampire." She chuckled. "You'll be late!"
"Who cares." He sighed and turned to go but then quickly turned around again and grabbed her by the waist and dipped her over his arm and kissed her so that it left her speechless. He then pulled her back up again and winked at her and really left this time.
CD was still pretty surprised by his last action when she reentered the kitchen. She took her coffee and seemed a thousand miles away.
Jinny was still happy. "Hey, Dusty said he has a friend who knows a place that's vacant. He said he'd call me back with the number. It's a loft. Potrero Hill...." She noticed CD was lost in thoughts. "So what took you guys so long out there? Did Nate get lost on the way out?"
"Uh ... what? Sorry, just thought about the fact of moving out here." She lied, actually she'd been thinking of Nate and that she couldn't wait to see him again. "What did you say?"
The phone rang. "Dusty... I bet that's him." She answered it. "Exstead... Nate is that you? What? No this is not Chihuahua's Chinese Chicken restaurant... hey... hey whoever you are! STOP ordering fried dogs!" She slammed the phone down, shuddered and made a disguisted face.
"Who was it?" CD asked.
"Some whacko... I mean first I thought he sounded like Nate... but then he ordered fried dog steak and chicken legs or something. He thought this is the number to Chihuahua's Chinese Chicken... where you get REAL chinese food." She shuddered again.
"Oh my God" CD asnwered. "Some coffee?" She hoped that Jinny wouldn't get back to the question about what took her and Nate so long but started to wonder if it really had been a jerk or Nate pulling a prank.
to be continued...
"Hey ouch" Nate rubbed the spot where she had nudged him. "Okay.. I love your couch CD. You have the mostest wonderfullest couch ever, alright?" He smirked back at her.
"Yeah, I thought so too." She grinned back. When she looked through her apartment while sipping her coffee, she saw the letter of her landlord again and suddenly she got an idea. That would be the best way to help Jinny too. "Uhm Jinny, about this whole 'getting-a-new-apartment' thing, I mean, why don't we two get an apartment together since my landlord threw me out yesterday?"
"What?" Jinny looked at her confused. Then she smiled. "You mean like roommates? You and me move in together? Split the rent and all?"
"Yes, I just got the idea! And someone would be always around to be there for you!" CD said and was really happy about the idea. The only disturbing thing was that she and Nate had to be even more cautiously.
Nate realized that too but smiled. He knew that being alone most of the time was the hardest part of fighting an addiction. And Jinny had already pretty much said that if she hadn't been all alone she wouldn't have started to drink the night before.
Jinny smiled. "Yeah I like that idea I think."
"Great" she hugged Jinny. "So we'll take this afternoon off and go and look for an apartment for us!" Then CD realized that if she and Jinny took the afternoon off, Nate would have have to work together with Magda. He wouldn't like that. "Okay, Jinny. Breakfast will be ready in about 15 minutes. You wanna take a shower?"
She nodded. "Yeah." She couldn't believe it but she actually was happy. "Hey... uh... do you mind if I use your phone? I gotta call Dusty... ya know, the guy from AA." He wasn't officially her sponsor anymore but the thing that came closest to it. "I think I should go to a meeting... collect a new chip..." Then she realized they probably didn't know what that meant. "Because everytime you fall off the wagon and decide to go to AA again you get a chip... I mean.. it's part of the program and all. I guess it helps a little." She still wasn't buying the whole 'AA crap' completely but she had to admit that sometimes she really needed the meetings.
"Sure, go ahead. The phone is in the living room!" CD answered.
"Thanks guys... for everything" Jinny smiled at them and left to call Dusty.
CD made sure that Jinny couldn't see them. Then she turned to Nate and kissed him slightly. "I'm sorry that you're gonna have to work with Magda this afternoon ..." she said after breaking the kiss.
"Ohhh don't worry. Our darling Magda will get to hear what's long overdue." He kissed her again. "So you got yourself a roommate, eh?"
"Uhm, yeah, sorry. That doesn't make it easier for us. I mean, Jinny needs someone she's familiar with around her ... " CD bit her lower lip.
Nate nodded and kissed her. "God you're so cute when you do that." He whispered and stroked through her hair. "And we'll manage... I mean there's still my place if we need to be alone. I mean to talk.. or something... one day..." He blushed.
"And you're so cute when you don't know how to express yourself in private stuff." CD teased him. She stroked his cheeks where he had just blushed a second ago and looked straight into his eyes.
He grinned and wanted to kiss her again but saw Jinny walk back in.
"Hey, I uhhh I took some of your clothes." Jinny announced as she walked back in, wearing a pair of CD's jeans and a black shirt.
"That's fine, Jinny. Just make yourself comfortable. Breakfast is ready. Enjoy it!" CD said.
Jin smiled and started to devour the food.
Nate grinned. "Hey I'm gonna head back home and to work then okay? I'll make sure you two girls don't have to show up there today." He was tempted to kiss CD but knew he had to fight it.
"Okay, Nate. But you better get on your jeans." CD grinned. "Unless you wanna be the reason for the brand new gossip in the office." Then she stood up to accompany him to the door where Jinny couldn't see them.
"Hrm... uhh yeah." He cleared his throat and quickly got dressed into his jeans again. He pulled CD out into the hallway with him a little to make sure Jinny really wouldn't be able to see them. "Woman, I swear you're driving me crazy." He teased her.
CD just smiled. "I take that as a compliment."
"You better." He pulled her close and kissed her like there was no tomorrow. "I...." He kissed her again. "...really..." and kissed her again "....gotta..." This time his hands wandered down her back and gently cupped her ass as he kissed her yet again. "....go."
"Hey!" CD protested but loved the way behaved. "Then go..." She slightly smackerd his butt.
"What? You're just letting me go like this? You won't even miss me?" He feigned to be shocked.
"Yupp, that's it!" She grinned evily and kissed him again. "But I can't wait for you coming by tonight." She whispered into his ear.
"You bet I will." He snickered and then pulled her close and started to suck on her neck a little.
"Hey you vampire." She chuckled. "You'll be late!"
"Who cares." He sighed and turned to go but then quickly turned around again and grabbed her by the waist and dipped her over his arm and kissed her so that it left her speechless. He then pulled her back up again and winked at her and really left this time.
CD was still pretty surprised by his last action when she reentered the kitchen. She took her coffee and seemed a thousand miles away.
Jinny was still happy. "Hey, Dusty said he has a friend who knows a place that's vacant. He said he'd call me back with the number. It's a loft. Potrero Hill...." She noticed CD was lost in thoughts. "So what took you guys so long out there? Did Nate get lost on the way out?"
"Uh ... what? Sorry, just thought about the fact of moving out here." She lied, actually she'd been thinking of Nate and that she couldn't wait to see him again. "What did you say?"
The phone rang. "Dusty... I bet that's him." She answered it. "Exstead... Nate is that you? What? No this is not Chihuahua's Chinese Chicken restaurant... hey... hey whoever you are! STOP ordering fried dogs!" She slammed the phone down, shuddered and made a disguisted face.
"Who was it?" CD asked.
"Some whacko... I mean first I thought he sounded like Nate... but then he ordered fried dog steak and chicken legs or something. He thought this is the number to Chihuahua's Chinese Chicken... where you get REAL chinese food." She shuddered again.
"Oh my God" CD asnwered. "Some coffee?" She hoped that Jinny wouldn't get back to the question about what took her and Nate so long but started to wonder if it really had been a jerk or Nate pulling a prank.
to be continued...