Eric called home. Kitty answered the phone. "Mom calm down please. Is anyone home?"
Kitty checked and no one was home. "No Eric! I am here by myself."
"Ok here is Jackie!"
"Mrs. Forman, I can't come home. I am happy here. I need to stay and finish this and earn my degree just like Eric is."
"Jackie, please Steven needs you."
"Mrs. Forman, I don't love Hyde anymore. Do I care for him? Yes, he is my friend. He is trying to get me back and I am never going to be with him again." She looked at Eric like we have to tell her. Eric just nodded at Jackie.
"Mrs. Forman, I am not coming home to Hyde. I have fallen in love while I was in Africa with the best possible man there is."
"Oh Jackie, an African?"
"No Mrs. Forman! Eric!"
"My Eric?"
"Yes Eric! He is my future, he treats me with more respect than any other man I have been with."
"But you two hated each other!"
"I wouldn't have come all the way to Africa if I hated him. We just never got to get know each other. We suspect the group didn't want us to be true friends. We have been dating for six months now. We didn't want to tell anyone until we were certain. I am certain he is the one for me. Besides he likes my bossiness."
"Ok well I didn't know Jackie. Let me talk to him please."
Handing the phone over to Eric she gave him a kiss that would have killed him six months ago. Instead he returned it and held her hand. "Hi mom!"
"Eric, why didn't you tell me you were dating?"
"Because mom, we wanted to be certain. And we are!"
"Alright Eric! I can't tell your father, it might give him another heart attack."
"Ok mom! I will call on Saturday as normal."
"Bye Eric!"
"Bye mom!"
Eric turned to Jackie, who was tying her shirt up and revealing her flat stomach and showing more than enough cleavage. "God Jackie, you are the most amazing woman ever!"
"You know the right things to say to a woman. Now why don't you show me how amazing?"
Eric gave a kiss like no other she had received not even from him. God it was hot. Her knees gave out on her and if he hadn't been holding her then she would have been on the floor. Eric noticed he was holding her and simply lifted her higher off the ground. Jackie wrapped her legs around Eric.
Jackie woke a short time later in Eric's arms. She felt safest there. He had changed since coming to Africa. He had muscles and worked out daily. He could do 100 push-ups without really trying, it got to where in order to make it harder on himself he would get Jackie to sit on his back while he did them.
Jackie loved when he held her after they made love. Eric stirred at that moment. She watched as his bright green eyes opened and found her face. Eric saw her looking at him. He could see the love in her eyes. "Hey beautiful, like what you see?"
"Yes! However what I am feeling is even better. Wanna go again?"
"I could always go for that but if we don't make something to eat you will be angry Jackie and she's no fun."
"Fine! But you better make it good tonight or no Jackie special for desert."
Eric set out to make a great dinner for Jackie. He always enjoyed Jackie special.
