CHAPTER 19

I decided to treat myself, and Valerie too, to a day of luxury; Facial, manicure, pedicure, the works. After we had been plucked and prodded and waxed and massaged and thoroughly pampered we floated home.

I dropped Val off at home then went passed McDonalds for a quick drive thru Big Mac.

I was a very happy girl; A day of beauty and relaxation, and saturated fats. – was there anything better?

I drove/floated home contemplating what could possibly make my day better; the list was short.

Rex was running a marathon on his wheel, my answering machine was blinking, my stomach was full, my legs waxed, my eyebrows perfectly arched, my skin deep cleansed.

I was brushing my teeth when the phone rang.

'Babe you busy?'

it was Ranger

'Nah' oh crap I needed to spit, great timing Plum! 'getting ready to go to bed'

'It's 7 O'clock'

'I've had a big day'

'Uh huh'

'So Babe, what are you wearing?'

Was he kidding? Over these last few weeks I had discovered a previously unseen side to Ranger's personality. The man actually had a sense of humour – who'd have thought!

But maybe he was serious.

Oh Boy. We'd had a lot of conversations, but we'd never had one like this.

'just something I picked up at victoria's secret'

'Really'

'uh huh' and technically it was. I was actually standing in my bathroom, toothbrush in one hand wearing a grungy old t shirt. But technically the underpants were from Victoria's Secret so I figured I was covered.

'You're just going to have to take my word for it'

'I don't know about that. You don't sound certain'

'Well Mr Manoso, I'm pretty sure I know what I'm wearing. And I happen to know that I am wearing one of Victoria Secrets best sellers.'

'What was that?'

'huh?'

'that noise, what was it?

I heard it now, there was someone at my door. Just great, we were finally getting to that phone sex thing I had heard so much about and someone was knocking on my door!

'there's someone at the door' I said putting the toothbrush down and heading out to the lounge room.

'and you're going to answer the door'

'yeah, it's probably just one of my neighbours' god only knows who else it could be

'you're going to answer the door wearing something you brought at Victoria's secret?'

oh yeah I hadn't thought of that

'So what if I am' ooo, I was feeling cheeky.

'Just thinking of the neighbours Babe, you open the door like that you're likely to give them a heart attack'

'hold on a second Ranger I need to see who's at the door. Maybe old Mr Brunstein needs to borrow a cup of sugar'

I unbolted the door and flung it open without checking the peephole, risky I know, but it had been months since I'd had a crazed stalker and I was still a little lightheaded after all that pampering.

It wasn't Mr Brunstein, and I didn't think that he wanted to borrow a cup of sugar.

'Hi'

'Hi'

'You lied'

'no I didn't'

'you said…'

'Shut up Ranger. Get your ass in here and kiss me hello.'

And he did. He had the door shut and bolted with me pressed up against it before I could even blink.

It was passionate and left my knees quivering and I was sweating in unusual places.

'Hi'

'Hi'

'So you're back then' he still had me pinned to the door, and his hands were doing the most delicious things.

'no not really'

'so that wasn't you just kissing me then?'

'no, that was me' and he did it again to prove his point.

I found it a little hard to find my voice, and my breathing was far from steady 'so you're not really here?'

I think all this kissing had shorted something in my brain

'no, I'm here' he said suckling gently behind my ear

'oh yeah' it was breathy , and I think it was more sighing than talking. But he got the idea and did it again.

'But I'm not really back.'

'not back' I repeated as I reversed our positions and slammed him against the door this time

'I have a meeting tomorrow I need to be here for'

'uh huh' I knew he was talking, and I was listening, I really was. But I was also busy running my hands up and down his amazing torso. There might have been some nibbling too.

There wasn't too much talking after that. There was however a lot more kissing, some groping and removal of clothing but nothing in the way of real conversation.

Earlier I had been contemplating what could possibly make my day better. I knew now; multiple orgasms.