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CHAPTER 5: SNEAKING AROUND

"We are home!"Lennox yelled through the front door.

"We are in the kitchen!" Joe yelled back.

Ryder and Lennox enter the kitchen worried about their Aunt. "I hope Aunt Mel is feeling better." Lennox thought.

"Aunt Mel... you look...much better." Ryder said.

"Thank God!" Lennox said happily, while smiling at Mel.

"Wow! Aunt Mel does look better. I have a strange feeling something went on between her and Joe today." Lennox thought excitedly.

"It's so boring here." Lennox said. "Can we go do something?"

Mel and Joe looked at each other and smiled. Mel shook her head giving Joe a look that said "No way, not there. That's our place."

"Let's go mini-golfing!" Ryder suggested.

"Alright, just let me go change." Mel said happily.

Mel went up the stairs and Ryder went outside. Lennox was sitting at the table next to Joe looking at him as if he had three heads.

"Joe, why is Aunt Mel so happy?" Lennox asked smurking at Joe.

"How would I know?" Joe asked. "I have no idea,nor do I want too, know what goes through that woman's head."

"Whatever you say Joe." Lennox said staring him down with an accusing look in her eyes.

Joe smiled. "Lennox, you don't have to look at me like that." He said.

"You don't have to lie to me." Lennox countered as she got up and went outside.

Mel came back down stairs in a more casual outfit, and while she was walking passed Joe, he pushed her up against the counter. They began kissing. The kiss started heating up, and Mel thew her hands around Joe's neck and he curled her hair in his fingers. They soon forgot about everything else and passion started taking over. Joe picked Mel up without breaking the kiss and began carrying her over to the couch.

"Hurry up Aunt Mel!" Ryder screamed as he opened the front door.

Joe quickly and gently pushed Mel off of him as Ryder came through the door. He is Ryder and therefore was completely oblivious to what was going on just seconds before he came through the door. The feeling Mel and Joe felt from almost being caught was exhilarating. Fire burned in there bodies and it could be seen through their eyes.

"Why are you two looking at each other like that? Ryder asked. "Did I miss something?"

"Um no...Me and Joe were just... having a staring contest." Mel said without thinking. She had to admit that was the worst acuse ever and she didn't even sound confident when she said it.

Ryder may be Ryder, and therefore be very oblivious to the obvious connection Mel and Joe shared, and also he didn't know what was going on before he walked through the door, but what he did know is that something weird was going on. His aunt and Joe were definitively NOT having a staring contest.

"Oh well," Ryder thought. "for now I will just let it go.

"Whatever." Ryder said looking suspicously at Mel and Joe.

"Wow, I can't believe he bought that," Mel and Joe thought completely believing he didn't notice anything. "he really doesn't pay attention."

They were wrong. He did notice, but for now he was just going to keep it to himself.

AFTER MINI GOLFING

"That was SO fun!" Lennox and Ryder said in unision.

"Good I'm glad you guys had fun." Joe said smiling back at them. "I had fun too."

"Me too!" Mel agreed.

"WOW!" Lennox said. "You finally agreed on something."

"Yeah... you guys have been doing a lot more of that in the past couple of days." Ryder said.

"It's been kinda nice." Lennox admitted.

"I guess." Ryder said in that "somethings going on" tone.

The rest of the ride home was very quite, and when they finally got home Lennox and Ryder went to do homework, Joe went to cook, and Mel went to check on some things on her computer. There was a loud, and obnoxious knock on the door.

"I GOT IT!" Joe yelled up the stairs.

"YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE DOWN THERE!" Mel yelled back playfully.

Joe chuckled, and opened the door while Mel came down the stairs.

"Why so happy, bro?" Tony said pushing his way through the door.

Tony gave Joe a quick 'bro-hug' and then grabbed Mel's hand and kissed it. Mel pulled he hand away quickly.

"Tony, what brings you here without notice of any kind?" Joe asked annoyed.

"Well, I just thought I would stop in and say "hi" while I was in town."He said.

"Well I suppose if you would like too stay for a night or two you can." Mel said flirtatiously, trying to make Joe jealous.

It was working. Joe's whole face turned red and he said "No, Mel. He doesn't have to stay! Tony. GET. THE. HELL. OUT!"

"Calm down." Mel said looking Joe in the eyes seductively.

Joe realized Mel was only trying to see what kind of reaction that would bring and calmed down immediately. He smiled at Mel. She was very happy with his reaction.

"Sorry." Joe said. "I'm just a bit over protective."

"Or you don't want Mel to have anything to do with me." Tony said.

Joe completely ignored that comment, and hearing all the ruck-ass the kids came down stairs.

"Tony!" Ryder said.

"You guys can call me Uncle Tony." Tony said.

No that hit a nerve for Joe. He again turned beat red, and got very mad. He tried to hide it but there was no hiding his anger.

"No thats ok, I will just call you Tony." Ryder said smiling at Joe.

"Yeah, me too." Lennox agreed.

Joe felt much better now. They just basically shot down Tony's ego and stroked Joes. He smiled at the kids.

"OK, go finish your homework guys" Joe said. "Dinner will be done soon."

"Alright." They both said, while going up the stairs.

Tony grabbed Mel's hand and pulled her down to the couch with him. He put his arm around her, and said "Can I just have one kiss?"

"No!" Mel said. "I have a boyfriend."

Tony looked at Joe. "Remember that one night I acussed you of being in love with your boss?" Tony asked. "Do you remember your answer?"

"No." Joe lied he remembered. How could he possibly forget?

"You don't have to lie Joe." Tony said.

Joe pushed Tony.

"Joe, I acussed you of being in love with your boss, and you said 'she's not my boss. I'm freelance.'So you were or were not in love with Mel months ago?" Tony asked making things very awkward, while Mel sat there questioningly with her mouth open.

Joe just couldn't admit to that. Mel probably already knew, but he couldn't say it. He couldn't say Mel was the last thing he thought about before he went to bed and the first thing he thought about when he woke up. He couldn't admit how jealous he had been when she was going out with Tony, or any other guy for that matter. He couldn't admit he was in love with her.

"I..."

TBC

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