Amy POV
I was laying naked under the sheet, cuddled up to also naked Cooper. My head was resting on his shoulder and I was dragging my left index finger over his chest down to his abs. His prefect looking abs. Listening to his heart beat softly inside his chest. Coopers left hand was around me, laying softly on my back
"What are you thinking about?" he asks quietly in the dark
"Did you mean it when you said-" Cooper interrupts my trail of thought by quickly answering me
"Yes, I meant it. I am not looking for a one night stand either" he confirms it once again
"That's good because I kind of liked you from the moment I met you" I said honestly
"I kind of had my eye on you two. I didn't want to act on it because I was in a relationship and I was under the assumption that you were married. But now that I know that you aren't married, that you are single and I am single..." He took a small pause "How do you feel about trying it out…You and me?"
"I would like that" I hum back as I agree, he kisses my temple. I place another kiss on his lips and then sit up "But-"
"I know. We will take it slow" He read my mind "No need to rush into things"
"Also-" I wanted to say something, but he once again said it for me
"Yes, I know. You tell Callie. Not me. You need some time to figure it all out. I am totally okay with that. Take your time. I am not planning on going anywhere" He says back reassuring me
We lay in silence for a moment till I remember that I need to get home. That it was the middle of the night and Callie is still waiting home for me, worrying about me. I had already spent some 50 minutes just cuddling with him.
"I need to go home" I say getting up from the bed "Callie is probably worried sick"
"You texted her before we came here" he says leaning at the head board trying to reassure me
"That was almost like 2 hours ago!" I say walking around the dark room. I was walking around the room looking for my underwear, I think Cooper tossed it somewhere to the right side of the bed. Cooper turns on a lamp that was on his side of the nightstand just when I have found my panties.
I stand up and look around the room once I have gotten them on "Wow…nicely decorated. I love the wallpaper" I said looking at the furniture and softly green wallpaper
"Thanks, it cost me a fortune" he says still sitting in the bed, looking around the room himself
"Have you seen my bra?" I ask walking around the room half naked
"Here" he says lifting it up from the ground by the bed. He tosses it to me and then gets ready to get up himself
He wraps the sheet around his waist while I try to get back in my tights. I was amazed that he hadn't ripped them. As I was dressing, I looked to his white shirt, to the few buttons that I saw on the carpet. I look over my shoulder to him
"I will pay you for the shirt"
"No way" he says chuckling as he was picking up his own clothes "I told you to rip it and you did. The only way you will pay me back is in another round of sex" He smirks at me as he dust off his pants and jacket and then places them on the bed
I walk to the lobby and get in my dress. Cooper walks behind me and zips my dress up, without me even asking for it. He kissed the back of my neck once he did that. I got in my high heels and he handed me my purse.
"When can I see you again?" He asks as I turn to face him "Is tomorrow…I mean…today too soon? We could go for a late lunch and then go for a walk in the park? Just talk" he offers
"It's a date" I reply without hesitation. It was weird, I kind of already missed him. I haven't left yet, but I missed him. I lean for one last kiss before I head out.
"I will text you the address and time" He says as he unlocks the doors for me "Be careful…Officer" he says smiling at me
It was little over 2 AM when I finally pulled up to the house. There were no light on, but I did see thought the living room window that the TV was on. Callie probably fell asleep by the TV during a commercial break while waiting up for me. Even thou I specifically told her she didn't have to wait up, when I texted her few hours before.
I get my purse, lock the car and head to the house. In the dark I try to find the key hole on the doors and unlock the doors. In some minute or so I succeed and first thing I do when I get inside the house - I take off the heels.
Then as quietly as I can, I lock up the doors, place the purse on the small table and then head inside the living room, to see if Callie was indeed sleeping there. Some movie was playing on the TV. I tip to up to the couch first. Callie had curled up on the couch, facing the backrest of the couch. Her phone was clanged in her hand.
I carefully reach for the phone and take it out of her hand. She stirs a little, but doesn't wake up. I take the blanket that was by her feet, behind the pillow and place it over Callie. Finally I place a soft kiss on her forehead and then tip toe to turn off the TV.
After that I head up to my room. For a moment I struggle with the zipper, but once I get it open I wiggle my way out of the dress as fast as I can, get out of the tights, take off the accessories and go to bathroom to clean off the make-up that I had put on and go grab a quick shower. After that I get in my PJ and fall in my bed. I pull the blanket over to my shoulders and fall asleep with a smile on my lips.
Callie POV
The moment I woke up, for a short period of time, I was confused about my surroundings. I haven't slept on the couch for a long time. Once I realize that I had fallen asleep while waiting up for mom to return – I jolt up.
The first thing I do is look outside the window to the street to see if the car in there. I couldn't help, but to feel the horrible feeling. It was my deepest fear - people leaving me and never coming back. My mom left with my father for a date night and never came back. I was afraid the same thing could happen to Amy.
Once my eyes traveled to the driveway, I saw the car. That fact that I saw the car calmed me down significantly. My phone was placed on the coffee table, there was a blanket over me and the TV was off. Mom was definitely home.
I toss the blanket aside and sit up. I stretch out and rub the sleep out of my eyes. Walking out to the hall I notice that mom has dropped her shoes right by the doors. I chuckle at that, she will probably complain about how much her feet hurt. I notice that her purse was on the small table by the doors too.
I quickly make my way up the stairs. Because I still had socks on, I didn't run to the bedroom doors, I slide to them. I stop at the open doors and peek in. The bed had been slept in, the blanket was a mess, but I saw no sign of mom in there.
I look out down the hall to the bathroom. Those doors are open too. I tip to over to the bathroom doors and push the doors open slowly "Mom?" I ask and slowly peek my head in, just in case if she was in there.
The room was empty too. I looked back down the hall to Markus room. I stand in the hall looking at the closed doors. She wouldn't go in there. I look over to my room and go check it out. She wasn't there either. I make my way back down the stairs, in much slower pace and call out once I am on the last steps "Mom?"
"In here!" Mom called back from the kitchen, that should have been the first place to look for her
She was sitting by the table, humming to herself, newspaper in her hand, coffee by her right, empty plate, waiting for food to be placed on, by her left hand
"Morning honey" she greets me cheerfully with a big smile on her lips
"Morning" I greet her back as I walk to the table. She places the newspaper down and walks to the stove where there was freshly made pancakes. They were still hot.
"Pour yourself a cup. I just made a fresh pot" she nods to the coffee pot. I quickly get myself the morning cup of coffee.
I sit down by the table, opposite mom, three pancakes were already on my plate, opened jam jar stood in the middle of the table. Mom placed two pancakes on her plate and pushed the jam jar closer to me
"Feast on" she says with a smile and sips her coffee. I place two big spoonful of jam on my pancakes and push the jar back.
"When did you get back?" I ask as I had obviously missed her arrival
"Little over 2. You were sound asleep. I didn't want to wake you" she explains as she cuts her pancakes
"How did the date go?" I ask curious and place piece of pancake in my mouth, starting to chew on it
"It was good…at first. Lloyd was a sweet man, well mannered" mom explained. She had this sad tone in her voice "But then he said something and it turned out we want different things in life…it would have never worked out between me and Lloyd"
"So where were you till 2 in the night?" I ask carefully thinking she might have met someone else, there was no other explanation
"I run into someone after the date. He had also had a bad evening. We got to talking while we waited for our cars to be driven over" she replies after a moment. I watched her carefully as she spoke. She looked happy, her eyes were shining back as well.
"Who was it?" I ask curiously about this mystery man
Mom looked down, avoiding my look "I need a little bit more time on that" she said and looked up "I don't want to worry you, I want to get to know him better before I tell you who he is. I want to make sure that something serious could come out of it, that it is not just a fling. Once I will know that we are getting serious I will tell you. Are…would you be okay with that?" she looked to me, waiting for me to answer
"I'm okay with that" I say after a while
I would probably wait a while too to tell mom that I have someone special in my life. I had expected her to say something like that. She just tries to protect me every way she can. She doesn't like drama and I know she doesn't want me in the middle of it.
"But don't take too long. I want to know the mystery man that makes my mom so happy" Mom chuckled and blushed when I said that
As I was looking at her I noticed something on the side of her neck. At first I thought it was some grime, but the longer I looked to her neck the more I was sure that it was not some dirt. It was a hickey. I laughed to myself, mom looked up once I did. She was confused about what I was laughing about.
"What's so funny?" she asks clueless, wanting to join in on the fun
"You um..." I point to her neck "You have something…right here" I show to my neck where she needs to look on hers
Her hand goes up to her neck and she tries to wipe it off "Did I got it?" she asks and looks to her fingers
"No, it's not something that you can get off. You will have to wait till it…fades" I said keeping the laughter to myself
"What are you talking about?" she asks confused, raising eyebrow at me and once again trying to get it off, rubbing her fingers over the hickey
"You have a hickey, mom" I said and I no longer could keep the laughter to myself. Mom blushed badly, she looked so embarrassed. And then it hit me. The smile, the look in her eyes, the humming, the cheerfulness - I connected the dots. I place the fork and knife down on the plate and look right to her eyes.
"You had sex, didn't you!?" Moms eyes grew big for a second, she looked surprised that I said that
She looked down and admitted it "I did. But I am sure you do not want to talk to me about my sex life just like you do not want to me to talk about yours" she stuffed a big piece of pancake in her mouth after she said that
I screwed up my face once it hit me that she was right. I wanted to know as little as possible.
"My sex life has stopped completely, so you can talk all you want about it" I said back quickly, thinking that will put end to the talk
"Not stopped, it technically hasn't started yet. What you and Liam had, that was not sex. That was rape. You weren't ready, you didn't agree. You were 14, Liam was 19. He forced himself on you, he took advantage of you. And you need to understand, that it was not sex. It stopped being sex the moment you said -No- and he didn't listen to you" she said very serious yet gentle
I hide my face in my hands as she started to talk about my experience "Can we go back to laughing about you having a hickey on your neck, please?" I ask still hiding behind my hands
"Callie, it is important that you understand-" she didn't back down till I show her that I understand
"I know!" I take my hands away from my embarrassed looking face, I looked back at her "I said no, he forced himself on me. It was not sex. He raped me." I said seriously, mom only nodded back.
She watched me carefully for few seconds. Once she knew that I was okay after that short talk, she continued "Now, what did you do while I was gone? What pizza did you order?" she asked with her mouth full
"Jude and Lena stopped by..." I said picking up my tableware and keep on telling her about how my evening went