Chapter 7
"I am glad you like it," Tom gulped hardly able to get the words out.
"I don't like it, I absolutely love it! I think I could make a meal out of these alone," she reached for more bread and the same moment he did. Their hands touched and it was like jolts of electricity shot up her arm. Looking briefly into his warm brown eyes she shyly dropped her head and moved her hand back to her lap. "Maybe I had better wait for the main course, I
wouldn't want to make a pig out of myself."
He smiled at her, as affected by the touch of her hand, as she had been, "How about we share this one and then both wait for our main course?" he asked and broke the bread stick in half, handing her one half of it.
Smiling she timidly reached for her half of the bread stick, "Thank you, it really is good. How do you like your new job, Tom?"
"As well as I expected, of a paper pushing job, but it feels good to be serving actively again. Are you looking forward to starting your new job on Monday?"
"Yes, I am. I think I'll like it here this close to Washington. So many interesting things to see and do," she explained. "I guess you've already seen all the sights."
"No, not really, it's odd, if you live in a place, you never seem to see the sights around you, unless someone new comes to town, and they ask you to show them around..." he looked at her hoping she would take the hint.
"Then I don't suppose you'd be interested in seeing the sights with me, would you, Admiral?" she grinned. "What would you suggest we see first?"
"Well, I don't know if it's much of a sight, but you were talking about somewhere other than that apartment to live, and I just happen to have a wonderful apartment above my garage, would you like to see it and see if it might suit your needs? It's just far enough out of town that you could have that dog you were talking about."
"Tom, that sounds wonderful! How soon can I move in, and out of the city dump? Oh, I need furniture and everything else! And I can have a puppy too? I feel like a kid at Christmas!"
He laughed at her delight, and said, "You can move in anytime you want, and we could go shopping for anything that you need, once you see the place to be sure that you'll like it!"
"Does it have roaches, a dumpster out front, and thugs hanging around?" she asked propping her elbows on the table.
"No...but if that's what it would take to get you to move in, then I suppose I could make those changes..." he laughed.
"Tom Boone! If you make those changes then you can live there and I will move in your house!" she leaned over the table to make her point giving him a good view of her ample breasts.
"Now that sounds like the best thing I've heard all night!" he said and gave her a very warm smile.
"Have any idea where I can get a good vehicle to travel on these snowy roads," she asked, frowning. "Oh, and I'm going to pay you rent. I won't live there unless you let me pay rent. We'll figure that out later."
"Car shopping goes on the list with the furniture hunt too huh?" he smiled and knew that he would never take rent from her.
"I guess we'll have to wait until next weekend to do anything, what with me starting to work Monday. Damn, I hate to wait. If something has to be done, I want to go ahead and do it," she pouted. "I guess it can't be helped."
"What about tomorrow? We could get you the bare essentials to get you through till the next weekend, and if you have no furniture then you can't have much to move!"
"That's true, but I'll need everything. Bed, nightstand, dresser, couch, chair, TV, dining room table and chairs, stove, and fridge, washer and dryer. Have I missed anything that is essential?"
"Well, the apartment has a stove, dishwasher and fridge, and you could use my washer and dryer since the house is so close. So really the only thing that you would need is a bed until you could do the rest of the shopping."
To be continued…