Chapter 13 Romance?
At ten I walk into the store to see Linda downstairs, which surprised me given the fact she broke her hip a month ago. "Thought you were on bed rest." I tell her
"I can get up occasionally." Linda snaps
"Today she decided to use her ten minutes to annoy me at close." Ian says with a smile
"I know you're working for that roofer but winter's coming soon." Linda tells me "Want an indoor job? We could use another stock boy."
"I'm in." I tell her
"Figure out your schedule from Randy and get back to me." Linda tells me "Ian lock up, and if you two fuck in the freezer keep it down."
"Our date isn't happening here." I tell Linda as she starts to head upstairs
"Date?" both Linda and Ian say in surprise
"Date." I tell Ian with a smile and a peck on the cheek
"Ian I think I dare say it." Linda says "You have tamed the Milkovich beast."
After Ian is done closing up the store, he and I start walking towards the baseball diamond. I casually place my hand in his; I don't have to turn to see him smiling at the public gesture I just made. When we get to the field, I pull my backpack off my shoulder and take out a blanket that I set up on the field.
"What the fuck are you doing Mickey?" Ian asks
"I told you once that you had another thing coming if we were going to lay out on a blanket and look for shooting stars." I tell him as I pull Ian to the ground "I guess I was lying to myself." I kiss his temple "I was lying to myself about a lot."
"I never planned on falling for you Mickey," Ian says "But I'm really glad I did." I smile as I lay on back pulling Ian down with me. A smile breaks across fire crotch's face as he curls into my chest. Damn this feels nice.
After an hour of talking about everything, I turn and give Ian a kiss. "What do you say we go home and break in our new bedroom?"
"I love the sound of that." Ian tells me as he pulls me back into the kiss before we leave the field.