I'm not actually proofreading this story, so please forgive any errors you find.

Chapter 3

After arriving home and showering, Mac put on a pair of sweat pants and a tank top. She was rifling through her kitchen looking for something to make for dinner when her phone started to ring.

"Hello."

I told you that the only problem was not having your number.

"Hi Dick."

Whatcha doing?

"I was about to order Chinese, but the prick from the beach interrupted me."

How about if he picks up some Chinese and brings it over to apologize?

"Well, if he does that, I may have to forgive him."

Ok. I'll be over soon. What do you want me to get you?

"Surprise me."

About 30 minutes later, Mac heard a knock at her door and found Dick standing there with a bag from her favorite Chinese restaurant.

They went to the couch and Dick began pulling out the food. Mac saw her favorite orange tofu, which wasn't on the menu.

"How did you get this?"

Dick smiled while he sat everything out. "I asked them if you ever order from there and they told me what your favorite was. It made ordering for you a little easier." Dick pulled out some spring rolls. "He also told me that you always get these."

Mac's mouth dropped open. "Good job Dick."

"So are you still mad at me?" Dick gave her puppy dog eyes.

Mac grabbed a spring roll and took a bite. "I accept your peace offering." She stood up. "Do you want water or beer?"

"Beer."

Mac went into the kitchen and grabbed two beers from her fridge. She came back to the couch and handed one to Dick. She noticed his eyebrow shot up when he saw the beer. "What? It's the only beer I have."

He took a sip. "This is my favorite beer."

She smiled and rolled her eyes as she sat down next to him. "Oh god. We have something in common. Whatever will you do?"

Dick leaned towards her and placed his hand on her cheek to guide her face to him. He kissed her bottom lip and then slowly pushed his tongue into her mouth with another kiss.

Mac had been worried about why she had previously slept with Dick, but this kiss caused her toes to curl. She realized she was developing feelings for Dick, which scared her.

Throughout the years, Mac had a few guys she dated. They were the nice, safe guys, but she had always ended up getting bored in the relationships. Dick was the complete opposite of all the previous men she's been with.

When he pulled away, Mac felt a blush on her cheeks.

The next morning Mac woke up to her cell phone ringing and rolled away from Dick to answer it.

"Hello."

Are you still asleep?

"Oh shit! I'm coming Wallace. I'll be there in ten minutes."

Mac flew out of bed and grabbed some leggings and a tunic before running to the bathroom. She quickly dressed and brushed her teeth. Mac ran into the kitchen and pulled something out of a drawer.

"Dick. I have to go. I forgot that I was supposed to meet Wallace and Veronica early this morning."

Dick sat up and rubbed his face. "Okay, I'm getting up."

"No time." She tossed a key on the bed. "You can go back to sleep. Just lock up when you leave."

He picked up the key in his hand. "You're giving me a key to your apartment?"

Mac was zipping up a pair of tall boots. "I will be getting that back."

Dick laughed as he laid back down. "That's what you think." He moved the hand holding the key under the pillow and turned away from her.

Mac rolled her eyes while she hurried out of the apartment and arrived at the diner about 15 minutes after Wallace had called her.

"I'm so so so sorry!" She sat down at the table where they were already eating and a plate was sitting for her.

"I went ahead and ordered for you." Veronica gave her a questioning look. "What is with you this week? You were late Monday and now today."

"Nothing. I just forgot to set my alarm for earlier today."

Wallace raised an eyebrow. "That's not like you." He placed his hand on her forehead. "Are you sick?" He snapped his fingers. "The students have been crazy this week. It must be a full moon."

Mac pulled up the moon cycle on her phone. "The full moon is tonight. So that explains it."

After breakfast, Mac was getting into her car with her phone pinged with a text.

Dick: make ur breakfast?

Mac called Dick, so she wasn't texting while driving. "Yes, I did."

So, I'm alone in your apartment. Where are the best places to snoop?

"Anywhere you like, just not the box in my closet." Mac was helping collect decorations and props for a 50 Shades of Grey gay bachelor party, so she had some very interesting things in that box. She knew telling him not to look, meant he would.

Ok, so didn't expect to find that in you closet.

Mac smiled to herself. "I told you not to look." She could hear him moving things around in the box.

You surprise me with a collection of whips and handcuffs. I'm a little jealous of all the men's ties though.

Mac laughed. "They're decorations for a bachelor party I'm hosting."

Why are you hosting a bachelor party?

"Because that's what the best man, or in this case woman, does. It's for my gay best friend, J.J."

Ok, that makes sense. Are you planning on stopping home before going to work?

"I can't. Veronica got a client after I left yesterday and needs me to run some background checks ASAP."

So I have to go all day thinking about you and this box?

"Well that's what you get for snooping. Just stay out of my lingerie drawer." She was glad that she and Veronica went on a shopping spree last week to update that area of their wardrobe. Mac had thrown away most of her previous pieces.

She heard drawers opening and closing through the phone.

Found it!

"You aren't very good at following directions. I believe I said to stay out of it."

I was never very good at following directions. I guess you'll just have to punish me for being bad.

When Mac arrived home after work, she found her red lace bra and panty set laid out on her bed. She and Dick had been exchanging dirty text messages all day and Mac had just come up with an interesting idea.

She changed into the lingerie and added the matching garter that Dick must have missed along with hose. After looking through her closet, she found her black heels and trench coat. She grabbed a dress and threw it in her bag.

She texted Dick asking where he was. Luckily, he was at home and after asking she knew he was alone.

Mac drove to his beach house and knocked on the door. When Dick opened the door, Mac walked in.

"Hi Mac." He closed the door.

She turned around to face him and dropped the coat. "I assumed you wanted to see what this looked like since you left it laying out for me."

Dick's eyes were wide and he nodded his head. "Damn."

He took a few steps towards her to close the distance. As he went to touch her, Mac pulled away.

"No sir. You've been bad and snooped through my things. I don't think you should be rewarded." Mac smiled. She picked up the dress out of her bag and put it on before picking up her coat and bag. Mac moved around Dick and opened the door. "See ya later."

Dick grabbed her arm and pulled her back inside. He closed the door and pushed Mac against it. "Like hell you're leaving." His eyes were dark and filled with lust.

"Sorry Dick. I have to go meet J.J. for dinner." Mac kissed Dick and lightly bit his bottom lip.

Dick pressed hard against here. "He'll forgive you if you're late."

"You don't know J.J." Mac pushed him back. "Bye Dick." She gave him a finger wave as she walked out the door.

Mac was pulling out of the driveway when her phone rang. She smiled to see Dick's name. "Miss me already."

You better be coming back here after your dinner.

"I don't know. Maybe if you ask nicely."

Cindy, would you please grace me with your presence later this evening?

"I guess I could."

Mac and Dick continued seeing each other most nights during the week and spending time together on weekends. It had been three weeks and Mac wondered if it was time to brooch the subject of what they were actually doing when she was getting into her car at Dick's house.

Things were going well and she found herself constantly texting Dick throughout the day. She was starting to worry because things were going so well. She felt guilty about them staying a secret from everyone and wondered if she was alone in her feelings of wanting a real relationship.

That night she was planning to go out with Veronica and Wallace to watch her friend J.J. and his band perform. Afterwards, she had planned with Dick to come to his house to spend the night before going to work in the morning.

After work Mac went home to change. She put on a pair of ripped jeans and a t-shirt for the band that was cut to hang off one shoulder. She tied it in back to show a few inches of her stomach.

When Mac arrived at the bar, she found Veronica and Wallace at the table. She was surprised to see Logan and then Dick. "Hey guys."

Veronica smiled. "I hope you don't mind. I invited Logan and since Dick is attached at his hip, he came too."

Mac smiled at Dick. "The more the merrier, as long as they are on their best behavior."

Before Mac could sit down, she felt arms wrap around the skin of her waist and lift her up. "MAC!"

Once her feet were back on the ground she turned around to see J.J. standing there. He was just over six feet tall with brown hair and a neatly trimmed brown beard. "Hey there good looking." She hugged him before turning back to the table.

Dick's smile had fallen and he's eyes narrowed.

"Hi Veronica and Wallace. Who are your friends?" J.J. put an arm around Mac.

Veronica chimed in before Mac could. "This is my boyfriend Logan and his friend Dick."

J.J. put out his hand and shook with Logan, but Dick just nodded off the handshake. "Nice to meet you. I'm Jeff. Please excuse me, I need to kidnap Mac here." He pulled her away before she could say anything to the table and especially Dick.

Mac couldn't slow J.J. down and before she knew it she was on stage.

"Hello everyone!" The crowd cheered. "I brought the woman in my life up here on stage with me to sing a couple of songs."

Mac rolled her eyes at him before standing in front of the mic. "I fucking hate you right now." The crowd cheered. "I guess this mic is live then. Oops." She noticed J.J. was getting his guitar on, but hadn't told her what they were singing. Since she had been coming on stage with him for years, there were a lot of songs they would sing together. "So you got me up here, now what are you going to do with me."

He came to the mic. "I thought we would start with Stay then maybe do Distance." The first was a Rihanna duet while the second was by Christina Perri and was one of Mac's favorites.

When Mac made it back to the table, Dick wasn't there. She knew he didn't realize that Jeff was J.J. She stuck around for a few minutes, before faking a text from her brother.

"Hey guys. I gotta go. Ryan needs my help." She stood up from the table.

Wallace turned to her. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah. I just need to go give him a hand. You know med students, everything is life and death."

Mac got to her car and quickly dialed Dick while she headed towards his house. The first call rang a couple of times until it went to voicemail and the next call went straight to voicemail. "Damn it Dick." Mac knew things were going too good and now it was about to crash.

When she got to his door, she knocked and rang the doorbell. "Open the door Dick!"

The door swung open. "What? Shouldn't you be with Jeff?"

"It's not…"

"You constantly surprise me. I mean, I never thought you were the kind of girl to juggle two guys at the same time. I guess I'm just your man-whore. Boy is my slut radar off and it used to be the best in Neptune."

There was a loud slap. Mac didn't realize she had slapped him until she felt the burn in her palm. "Fuck you." She turned to leave.

"You've already done that honey."

After she had gotten into her car, she looked back and saw Dick in the doorway rubbing his face. She drove away and kept control of her tears until she got to her parking spot in the garage. Once the car was turned off, she let the tears pour out.