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Chapter 25
"Morning sunshine!" Marti beamed as I entered the kitchen after my shower, "Sleep well?"
"Don't start!" I growled holding up my hand as I walked around him to get to the coffee pot.
"What?" He asked innocently, causing me to turn and glare icily at him.
"I don't need your shit this morning... cause it will ruin the wonderful night I had." I answered with a smirk waiting for his reaction.
"So tell me, was it all you dreamed it would be?"
I slapped his arm, "You are an ass!"
"Maybe" he shrugged, "But I'm an ass that has given my two best trainers the day off." he sing sang before sipping his own coffee.
"What are you talking about?"
"You. Mark. Day off." he informed me when Mark entered the kitchen from the hallway.
"Why? What's going on?"
Mark came up behind me and wrapped an arm around my waist, "We are going to spend the day together." He answered for Marti, kissing my cheek.
I felt like a kid whose parents planned my day with out telling me, "We are?"
"Yep. Away from this house and everyone in it." he chuckled as he released me to grab a cup from the cabinet.
"Giving you a hard time, are they?"
Marti snorted, as he sat down at the counter, "Gave him a standing ovation when he came down this morning."
I couldn't help it. I found myself doubled over, laughing hysterically at the mental picture of everyone standing up from their breakfast to applaud a red faced Mark.
"See why did you have to tell her?" Mark scolded while I continued to laugh.
Wiping the tears from my eyes, I chuckled, "I told you so." then started laughing again.
Mark huffed and put his hands on the counter in front of him when I sat down on the floor, "I'm glad you find this funny! You know what... I was going to try and keep my word about protecting you from them, but no... Marti, I'm leaving her here with you."
I stopped laughing, "OH no you don't! Either you take me with you, or I'll go by myself." I exclaimed, eyes wide.
"Uh huh. You see she's singing a different tune now! Marti, what do you think?"
"Just take her with you. Hell, I don't think I'd be able to live with her if she had to stay."
I turned to Mark and he smiled at me, "Alright then, but if you misbehave, even just a little bit... you're coming back to face the firing squad."
"You two better hurry though, they are due back from the morning run any minute now."
Making a mad dash to the closet, I pulled out my tennis shoes and ran, in my socked feet, to Marks outstretched hand so he could lead us out the door. Once we climbed up into his truck, he threw it in reverse and headed out of the driveway, while I put my shoes on.
"So what's the plan?" I asked once we got out on the main road.
Mark smiled and glanced in my direction, "Well, after that... fiasco in the kitchen this morning, Marti and I agreed it would be best if we took off for the day. Marti said that you like to ride horses, so he gave me the number to the place you go to. I hope you're up for it."
"I'd love to go... but Mark, I'm in my gear." I replied looking down at my shorts and athletic tank top.
Keeping his eyes on the road, he leaned back and reached for something behind the seat, pulling out a small black duffel bag.
"Once I realized what we'd be doing, I ran into your room while you were in the shower, and got you a pair of jeans and a t-shirt." he announced, putting the bag on the seat between us.
"You couldn't have just popped your head into the bathroom and tell me what you had planned for the day?"
I could see Mark out of the corner of my eye watching me as I pulled my top over my head and began sliding myself into the t-shirt he had picked out for me, and he groaned low in his throat before turning his attention back to driving.
"What?" I asked with a knowing smirk as I reached for my pants.
Mark laughed at me, "You know very well I had no intention of letting you know that you were right about the others, and if I had known that watching you change in the truck was going to have this effect on me... I would have done the easy thing and went into the bathroom... but then again, I am enjoying this-"
Pulling my gear free from my legs I smiled as I dug into my bag and pulled out the jeans and showed them to him, "So, what you are saying is that you'd rather me spend the day... out of these?" I asked wiggling them back and forth.
He nodded, "Most definitely, but I don't think that the people at the stables would approve of you showing up in nothing but your panties, doll."
Lowering the jeans and my head I pulled my bottom lip between my teeth, "You weren't paying attention were you?" I inquired softly as the truck continued down the road.
"To what?" he questioned pulling his brows together in confusion.
"I'm not wearing any panties, Mark..."
