6
Mallet awoke the next morning to find Harley comfortably snuggled up in his arms. He smiled at the sight of her beautiful face. "This feels like a dream. Nothing like this could ever happen to me," Mallet thought, amazed at the fact that something good was actually coming out of this whole on the run thing.
Just
then, Harley yawned, stretching her arms, which just barely missed
Mallet's face. "Watch it Cooper, you don't know your own
strength," Mallet chuckled. "Yes I do know my strength, and I'll
use it on you if I have to." "No. No you wouldn't. Because you
know I'm stronger, and I would use my strength to overpower you."
"You can overpower me anytime Mallet!" "What's that supposed
to mean?" Mallet was hoping that his thoughts weren't irrational.
"What do you think it means?" Harley questioned (though she
already knew). "You don't really wanna know Harley. But I have a
feeling you already do." "Yeah, I think so. Maybe I did mean
that. But right now, I gotta take a shower."
Mallet began to
follow her into the bathroom. "What the HELL do you think you are
doing!" Harley yelled. "Uh, I gotta take a shower too," Mallet
said, innocently. "Don't act innocent with me A.C. Mallet. I know
damn well what you were trying to do, and it ain't gonna happen
buddy!" Harley was still yelling, but it became more playful (as it
always was with them). "Ok, ok I admit it- I wanted to take a
shower with you. But can you blame me. I mean, you're the most
beautiful woman in the world. Any man in his right mind would wanna
shower with you Harley." Mallet was smiling, and, though Harley was
hiding her face, he could tell she was smiling too. "About that
'most beautiful woman' comment. Did you really mean that? Or are
you just saying it because you wanna get into my pants?" Harley
joked. "I've already been in your pants, Cooper, and it's
a damn nice place to be!" "Mallet... Thanks, I guess. But no,
really, I have to get cleaned up. Maybe we can finish this later. And
I'm gonna stress the word maybe."
Harley touched Mallet's face and almost as if it was a natural impulse, they kissed. "Ok, well, not so much stress on the 'maybe.' But still... I'll be out in a few minutes." Harley closed the bathroom door (but left it unlocked, for some reason...). "Ok Cooper! But I'll remember that you took the stress off the 'maybe.'"