Sidney
"Do I look ok?" Anna asks me when she opens the door to her apartment.
My parents are downstairs in the car waiting for us. We're going out to dinner together. Anna cooked one night and my mom cooked another night so I suggested that we all go out to dinner so no one has to cook. It's my parent's last night in Pittsburgh. They've seen Anna every day of the week they've been here. A couple of times they came to the rink. Mom and Anna went to lunch while my dad watched practice and ate with the team. It's been a really great week.
It's also been a brutal week. I haven't had sex all six days, four hours and twenty minutes that my parents have been here. 'Blue balls' doesn't begin to describe the frustration that I feel. There's been more phone sex, but nothing can replace the real thing, who is currently standing in front of me. I'm sure that she was trying for conservative, covering her body in a long sleeve dress, but it's hugging her body in a way that shows off all of her curves. I have a vivid picture pass through my mind of how good all of those curves look naked.
I can't control myself so I grab Anna and push her up against the wall covering her body with my own. Her mouth quickly opens to mine and I sweep my tongue inside to taste her unique flavour. Her curves feel so good in my hands and soon I'm grinding up against her. Anna is giving back as good as she gets and her fingers dig into my scalp. I groan into her mouth and she moans back. So. Fucking. Hot.
"Sid" Anna says against my mouth.
I silence her quickly and her lips respond.
"No Sid, stop" she says and chuckles.
It's the laugh that gets through my sex starved haze so I pull back and let Anna's body slide down mine. I didn't even realize that I'd picked her up and that her legs were wrapped around my waist. We're both panting and trying to catch our breath.
"Sorry" I tell her.
I pull away and watch Anna pull her dress down and smooth out her hair. When she's done, she reaches up and smooths out my hair too and then wipes my lips.
"Lipstick" she tells me.
She moves to her purse and repairs her smeared lipstick while I shift myself uncomfortably. I should have thought this through. I'm all heated up and now need to have dinner with my parents. Although the thought of my parents does pour some cold water on my libido; not a lot, but it helps.
"Sorry" I tell her again.
Anna turns around and smiles at me.
"I'm just sorry that we don't have time to finish what we started" she tells me.
She looks so beautiful, standing there, with plump lips from kissing mine.
"You are so beautiful" I tell her, my thoughts coming out of my mouth.
Anna turns pink but doesn't turn away as she once used to when I complimented her.
"Thank you" she says.
I help her with her coat and then we're out the door before anything else can happen.
When we're in the elevator, Anna leans her head against my shoulder and sighs.
"I miss you" she whispers.
I don't need to ask what she means. It's very clear after what just happened in her apartment. I love my parents but they can't leave too soon. I need my girl.
"My mom was sentimental all the way here about missing you when they leave" I tell Anna.
"I'm going to miss her too" Anna tells me as we walk out of the elevator. "Quite a different visit than we had with my parents."
I feel bad for Anna. This isn't the first comment she's made about her feelings about my parents and the shortcomings of her own. She hasn't been complaining, and it's only been a few comments, but I have noticed.
At the car, Anna gets into the back seat with my mother and I get into the driver side. I haven't even turned the ignition before they start talking. I love how close they've become. I wish that Taylor could be here to meet Anna too. Maybe when she gets a break at school or when we play in Minnesota.
"Maybe next time we visit, your parents might be here too" I hear mom say.
"I don't know about that" Anna replies. "My father's schedule tends to be planned out long in advance and is difficult to change."
"Of course dear. We'll see what can be arranged" mom tells her.
We arrive at the restaurant which stops the conversation thankfully. Mom has been really good about not talking about Anna's parents. Only a few times has she mentioned them and then only in passing. I haven't told my parents all of it but I did share what I experienced meeting Anna's folks. Mom and dad were as appalled as I was when I met them.
The rest of the evening goes by without talking about parents or family. Actually, it's spent telling stories about me growing up, soliciting a lot of laughter from everyone but me.
"No!" Anna says. "You're kidding me. Sid, you had blond hair?"
Mom pulls out her phone and shows a picture to Anna which has tears falling from her eyes since she's laughing so hard. I was fifteen for fucks sake. Hazing is a bitch in hockey.
"Oh Sid. Blond is not a good look on you" she tells me. "This couldn't have been your idea even if you were only fifteen."
"It was not my idea" I answer her. "It happened when I joined the Shattucks hockey team. All the new guys had to do it."
She looks back at my mom's phone and starts laughing all over again. It's so infectious that even I join in. She's right that I looked ridiculous.
"You just have this picture on your phone mom?" I ask.
"No" she replies. "I Googled it."
"It's on the internet?" I'm stunned.
"Of course it is" mom tells me. "I think any picture that isn't part of our family albums is now on the internet."
"Why?" I'm still surprised.
"Sid" Anna says and I turn to her. "Everything about your life is on the internet. You're kind of a big deal, you know."
I shake my head and say "I don't know why anyone would want to see a picture of me in high school."
Anna looks at my mom and dad and all three of them laugh.
The conversation continues with more funny stories about me, a few of which I don't even remember. I notice a few times that people are watching us from other tables. A few phones have come out and I'm sure they've taken some pictures. Anna has noticed a few times but she's good at ignoring it. I feel sad that I know it's because she's had to deal with it her whole life.
The evening comes to an end too soon for me because I know that I'm leaving Anna at her apartment to take my parents back to my place. Once there, I walk Anna back up to her apartment but only after lots of hugs and a few tears while my parents and Anna say goodbye. I'm taking mom and dad to the airport first thing in the morning so they won't get to see each other again before they leave.
In the elevator, I notice that Anna's eyes are damp. It looks like my mom wasn't the only one who shed some tears saying goodbye.
When we get to Anna's apartment, I don't follow her inside because I don't want a repeat, or worse, of what happened when I picked her up. There's no way I'm going to have enough self-restraint to leave her if I'm worked up again.
"I have to get back downstairs" I tell Anna and give her a light kiss on the lips. "I'll call you in the morning, ok?"
"Sounds good" she tells me with a smile.
"We're off tomorrow" I tell her. "You?"
"Um, I'll know in the morning. Jen is going to do an email blast but she had to wait on whether a shipment of something came in for the next fan giveaway."
"Ok, I'll call."
I give her one last kiss, lingering a little, and then shut the door. There's too much temptation if I stay any longer. I have to take a few deep breaths as I walk to the elevator to force my body to calm down. One more night is all I have to get through. Just one more night.
Anna
I hear my phone vibrate beside the bed. Damn, I thought I turned it off after I saw Jen's email that we had the day off today. The clock tells me that I've had a few extra hours of sleep. When I look at my phone, all sleep and disorientation is gone. It's Sid.
"Hi" I say softly into the phone.
"Hi yourself" he replies. "Where are you?"
"In bed" I tell him. "Lonely."
I'm surprised by my own audacity but it quickly dissipates when I hear Sid's sharp intake of breath.
"Do you need to work today?" he asks.
"No" I tell him.
"Good" he says. "I'll be there in fifteen minutes. I want you in bed, naked, and blindfolded."
I can't respond. Did he really just say that?
"Did you hear me?" he asks.
"Yes, I heard you."
"And?"
"I'll be ready."
"Good. Make sure that you unlock the door for me."
"Ok."
I feel a shiver run through me. There is nothing hotter than Sid taking control.
I jump out of bed. There are things to take care of and I don't have much time. First I need a shower. I put my hair up and then jump in taking care of business as fast as I can. Once I'm shaved, clean, and moisturized I see that I only have five minutes left. The sheets were just put on last night so they're clean. I run to the front door and unlock it then go back to my bedroom. Everything looks ready. Only a couple of minutes left.
I pull out the blindfold that Sid brought over to my place a few weeks ago and climb into bed, naked, as he told me. Feeling very exposed, and a little chilly, I pull the sheet and duvet over me and wait for Sid. I am trembling slightly in anticipation of what Sid wants to do to me, with me, on our full day off. I've never felt like a sexual person before. Sure, I had sex with some of my boyfriends, but I never craved it or needed it like I do with Sid. It's as vital as breathing, especially right now.
I hear the door open so I quickly put on the blindfold. I can hear some rustling of Sid probably taking off his coat and shoes and then there's nothing. All of my other senses are heightened since I can't see. Although he doesn't make any sound, I sense that Sid is in the room and standing close to me. My body shivers in anticipation and I'm desperate to ask him to touch me.
"Sid?" I whisper.
"Quiet" he orders me.
Another shiver runs over my skin, I feel the goosebumps break out and my breathing quickens. I suck in a quick breath when Sid pulls the sheet and duvet off of me so that I'm naked to his eyes. There is no sound in the room except both my and Sid's breathing. I can feel his eyes looking over every inch of my body and I squirm and shift under his gaze. It takes a long time before Sid does anything.
"Lie down so that you are flat on the bed on your back" he tells me in a deep and husky voice.
I do as he says so that I'm lying on my side of the bed with my head on the pillow.
"Now hands above your head and under the pillow" is his next direction.
I follow his direction again so that my hands are under my head, under the pillow.
"You are so beautiful Anna" Sid tells me and I feel beautiful because he's said it. "Now open your legs, wide for me."
This embarrasses me but do as he says. I feel exposed but not in a bad way. I can hear Sid's breathing now and it makes me feel powerful. I'm doing this to him. Just being who I am, lying in front of him, is eliciting this response from Sid.
I jump when I feel Sid's fingers touch the top of my foot. He runs his fingers slowly up the top of my foot, ankle, calf, thigh and then slides them to the soft skin of my inner thigh. My hips shift anticipating his touch where I desperately want it, need it, but it doesn't come. Instead he moves his fingers to my stomach, up between my breasts, side of my neck and then strokes my cheek.
"So beautiful" he tells me.
He uses one finger to trace my lips and I open my lips reflexively but he pulls away.
I know that he's moved away from the bed and I hear more rustling like he's getting undressed. After feeling his touch only briefly I'm desperate for more. My entire body yearns for his touch, his skin against mine, simply him.
"What am I going to do with you beautiful girl?" he asks rhetorically. "Too many times over the past week, I've had to imagine your body like this while you touched yourself. Facetime is no substitute for being her. I want to see it, now Anna."
See what? I'm naked and lying in front of him. How much more is there to see?
"Do it now Anna" he tells me. "I want to see how you touch yourself."
Oh. That's what he wants to see. It was embarrassing enough to do it while I was on the phone with him. Doing this in front of him has me, what? My breathing has quickened. I can feel my body periodically shivering at the thought and under his gaze.
"Come on Anna" he says. "I want to see you touch yourself. Start with your breasts."
I move my hands from beneath my head, down, until I can cup each breast. My nipples are tight and I've barely touched them.
"Play with them Anna, like I would, play with them."
I take each nipple between my fingers and thumb and roll them. They elongate and tighten further.
"More" he tells me.
His voice is tight and very deep and I follow his direction. The feelings are overwhelming. My nipples respond to my touch and the pleasure it brings as well as the thought of Sid watching me pleasure myself. I wish that I could see him.
"Now slide your hands down your stomach" he tells me and I do. "Legs further apart" and I do. "Now, with your index finger, slide it between those soft folds of gorgeous skin and inside your hot, slick body."
My breath catches at his words but I follow his instructions and slide one hand between my legs and one finger inside of my body. I'm hot and wet and quiver at my touch, wishing it was Sid.
"Now swirl it around" he tells me. As I do, I push instinctively against my hand. "Now take that finger out and hold it up."
Confused, I move my hand and put it up in the air. I jump when his hand closes around my wrist and he pulls my hand to him. He takes my finger into his mouth, sucks on it and then bites.
"Mmm, delicious" he tells me in a sexy as hell voice. He runs his tongue over and around my finger then bites it again before releasing it. "Now, touch yourself again. Spread all that wetness over your clit."
I feel like I've run a marathon, I'm breathing so hard, and my body is aching everywhere. I don't want to touch myself. I want Sidney.
But I do as he tells me. His breathing is laboured too and it's a turn on to know what this is doing for him, to him. I find my clit with two fingers.
"Now push and move them around and around Anna." I do so and can hear Sid moving but don't know where. "Come on Anna, faster."
I move my fingers around and around, faster, and my hips begin to follow the movements pushing further into my hand. I feel pleasure flow throughout my whole body and settle deep in my stomach.
"Stop" he tells me forcefully.
I pull my hand away and lay both hands on my stomach.
"Put your hands under the pillow again."
I do. Thankfully, I don't have to wait too long. Sid places a hand on each of my ankles and runs them up my legs again. This time, when he gets to my inner thighs, he pushes them further and I feel the bed shift as he kneels between them. Finally, he's touching me and I'm desperate for more.
I'm surprised when I feel his hot breath on the junction between my legs.
"You are so very wet" he tells me. "Keep your hands where they are."
Sid's hands slide further up until his fingers pull aside my warm, wet flesh.
"Ahhhh" I cry out when his tongue flicks over my clit.
"Quiet' he tells me and I shiver at the feeling of his breath against the most sensitive part of me.
His tongue goes back to work. He flicks it a few times, presses down flat and then gives me a full lick. Over and over he works me and I can feel the quickening deep inside. It builds and builds until Sid pulls away.
"Oh" I cry out but I don't have to wait long.
Sid shifts, I hear a ripping sound and then he's back to me. This time, he kneels between my thighs and holds them wide open. I have no time to complain about how my muscles hurt because he pushes inside of me. It's hard, fast and deep while he calls out his pleasure. Then he stays still, deep inside of me, not moving an inch.
He finally pulls out, so very slowly, and then fast and hard pushes back inside. I cry out again.
"Ok?" he asks.
"Yes, more, please, more" I beg him.
He thrusts again but doesn't stop this time. Sid continues the pace and feel like I'm coming apart from all of the pleasure that is washing over me again and again. I feel my orgasm build again. I'm so close when Sid stops thrusting, leans down and pulls me up so that I'm straddling his lap. He pulls the mask off of me. It takes me a few moments to adjust to the light but when I do I see Sid's damp, beautiful face.
"I love you" he says and I feel my body liquefy.
"I love you" I tell him and kiss him.
As we kiss, Sid begins thrusting again and I meet his hips, grinding against him. I feel the pressure building again. I'm acutely aware of everywhere Sid's body is touching mine and it feels so good. The sweat on our bodies mixes as we slide over and against each other until I feel Sid penetrate deep inside me and it sets off my orgasm.
I think I black out at some point because when I open my eyes, Sid and I are lying on the bed, wrapped in each other's arms, face to face.
"Hi" he says with a smile.
"Hi" I tell him and give him a kiss.
"Was that ok?" he asks.
"Um, ok? There was nothing just ok about that" I tell him. His brow furrows so I quickly continue "that was mind blowing. Beyond anything. Indescribable."
He smiles at me and says "ok."
I pinch his side and say "just ok?"
"No, I agree, indescribable" he kisses me softly. "Actually, every time with you is pretty indescribable. But you're sure it was ok? I mean the blindfold and, um, everything?"
I've never seen Sid unsure about sex. We've done all manner of things to each other and he's never been unsure.
"Sid, I loved it" I say and kiss him. "And I love you."
He smiles again and replies "good."
"Did you enjoy it?" I ask him.
His smile broadens.
"Oh I would definitely say it's one of the top ten."
I want to ask Sid about the blindfold but I'm embarrassed. Having sex is one thing. Talking about it completely embarrassing.
"What?" he asks.
Damn him for being so intuitive.
"It's embarrassing" I tell him.
"Anna, we are physically as close as two people can be right now. I still have the fucking condom on. I think you can say anything."
Ok, I guess he's right.
"Um" I begin and look at his lips. I can't look into his eyes. "Every time you have me where a blindfold, you take it off of me before we both um, you know."
"Cum?"
"Yeah" I tell him. "Why?"
He reaches up with his hand and tilts my chin up so that I'm forced to look him in the eye.
"I like to see you" he says and shrugs. Now he looks a little embarrassed.
"That's nice" I reply but I'm not buying it. I feel like there's something else. "Is that all?"
He takes a deep breath and then continues.
"It doesn't feel right if you're blindfolded. I mean, we both clearly like it but only to a point, you know? For some of it, I think it heightens the sensations and I love knowing that you can't see me while I'm touching you. But when we cum, I want to look at you, see you, know it's you and have you see me. If not, it just doesn't feel right."
I don't know that I understand what he's saying but clearly he feels strongly about it. Sid must realize that I'm not completely getting it.
"If I can't see you then you could be anyone" he tells me. "And you aren't just anyone. You're my Anna."
Oh. That is incredibly sweet and loving.
"I'm a very lucky girl" I tell him.
"I'm a very lucky man" he replies.
The kiss we share is also sweet and loving.
Sidney
Although I wouldn't say it out loud, and definitely not to her, Anna is a basket case right now. I'm watching her pack for an overnight trip to Harrisburg. Her parents have chosen tomorrow to launch her father's presidential campaign and they want both Anna and her sister there to project the cohesive, all American family. Anna is still pissed off that she had to ask for the day off work tomorrow. Typically, unless it's the actual day or days off the Pen's provide, interns will work every day of their internship.
"This is the presidential campaign, we all need to be there for the family" she mutters under her breath. "Be sure you wear the navy dress and stockings. Ladies always wear stockings."
I made the mistake a few moments ago of asking her to repeat herself because I didn't hear what she was saying clearly. Uncharacteristically, she snapped at me to be quiet. I've not said anything since.
"Ok, got the navy dress and the other two just in case" she begins muttering again. "Heels, flats, stockings of all colours."
She continues to mutter although I can't hear her clearly any more. Finally, she zips up the carry-on bag that she's been packing and stands to look at me.
"Ok, I think I have it all" she pushes back her hair and reties her ponytail.
Does this mean that she's ready to actually talk to me? Should I wait in case there are other things she needs to do for the trip?
Anna walks over to me and sits beside me on the bed.
"I'm sorry that I snapped at you" she tells me and takes my hand. "I'm so pissed off about this trip and I'm sorry for taking it out on you."
I kiss her hand and reply "there's no need to apologize babe. I get it. Are you done? Do you want to have some dinner before I drive you to the airport?"
"Thank you but no. I'm not hungry" she tells me.
I've noticed since she heard about the announcement a few days ago that Anna has worked out longer and is eating less. This must be another side effect of her mother's upbringing. When I first starting seeing Anna, I remember that she often commented on working out and burning calories. I can't remember the last time that she made that kind of comment about her body, eating or working out. Her renewed interest over the past few days has to be related to her mother and this visit.
"When did you last eat?" I ask.
"Sid, I'm fine, really."
I decide to leave it alone because she needs someone on her side right now and not someone who nags her even if it's the best thing for her. I look at my watch and see that we have some time before we have to leave for the airport. I slide up the bed and bring Anna with me until I'm lying back with Anna in my arms. She's almost vibrating she's so high strung and tense.
"Babe" I say.
"Yes" she replies.
"I know that it never works to tell someone to calm down."
"Right, but …"
"But you need to calm down baby. You'll be there for twenty four hours, that's it, and then you'll come home. I'll pick you up at the airport."
"Sid you play tomorrow. You'll need to get some sleep after the game not pick me up late at the airport."
"Let me figure out what I need ok?"
She tilts her head and I shift so that I can see her face.
"Ok" she tells me and leans up to kiss me.
We kiss and I can feel how strung up she is even in her lips. I hold her to me and deepen the kiss. Maybe she needs a distraction and I know that I'm always up for it.
I reverse our positions so that Anna's on her back and I'm lying beside her. I slide my hand from her check, to her neck and then I cup her breast. Lazily I rub my thumb back and forth over her nipple while we continue to kiss. Soon it's a full on make out session. I love how pliable and soft she becomes in my arms. Her curves mold to my body in a way that makes me think she was made for me, we were made for each other, and this is about as perfect as it gets.
I lean away and slide my hand down her stomach, leg and then under her dress. It rides up her thigh as my fingers seek to bring Anna more pleasure. I'm surprised when she reaches down and holds my hand still.
"I'm sorry" she says and closes her eyes tight. "I'm so distract Sidney. I'm really sorry."
I kiss her softly.
"You have nothing to apologize for baby" I tell her. "I thought this might distract you from your distraction."
She cups my cheek with her hand and says "you are not a distraction. I love you."
"I know" I kiss her cheek. "I love you too."
"I'm going to miss you."
"You'll only be gone twenty four hours Anna" I tell her. It may only be twenty four hours but "I'll miss you too."
She giggles and I rest my head on her stomach so that I can look up at her. It feels good when she begins to stroke my hair.
"I love it when you leave your hair curly like this" she tells me. "You are so hot."
Anna usually doesn't talk like this without encouragement and it's nice that she's feeling this comfortable and secure or whatever is happening right now. It's these small moments that I feel love wash over me unexpectedly. It spreads through my body this time emanating from her hand as it continues to stroke my hair.
We lay like this for an unknown amount of time. I lose myself in her touch and the warmth of her body beneath my cheek. She's intoxicating.
"We should probably get going" she tells me.
"Yeah we should" I reply.
Neither of us move.
"We should go" she repeats.
"I don't see you moving" I tell her.
She laughs and my head rises and falls on her stomach with each giggle.
"Ok we really need to get out of bed" she says only this time she rolls and fall back on the bed.
"Fine, if we must."
I stand and pick up her bag while she puts on her shoes. The material of her dress stretches across her hips and ass in the way I love to watch and do so now.
"Stop staring at me" she tells me with her back still to me.
"I can't help it if you're hot."
"Sid, stop it."
"Fine" I tell her and leave the bedroom.
She meets me at the front door and we each put on our coats. When we're ready to go, I reach for the door but Anna puts a hand on my arm.
"I wish I didn't have to go or I wish that you could go with me."
She's expressing exactly what I've been thinking. I even tried to find a way to be there for part of it but there's no way that I could go tonight and be back for practice in the morning. Of course, then there's the actual pesky sleeping issue. It is a game day tomorrow and I'll need my sleep to play well.
"I want that too baby. I'm sorry that I can't make it happen."
"I didn't say it so that you could apologize Sid. I just" she stops and shrugs.
"Me too" I tell her.
She takes a deep breath and I open the door for her to pass.
During the car ride, I can feel the stress emanating from her again. She's clutching her fingers in her lap so hard that they are white and she's shaking her leg. It's killing me to watch this so I pull over to the side of the road under a bridge.
"What?" Anna says surprised.
I put the cars in park and turn to Anna taking her hand in mine. It's ice cold.
"Oh baby" I say and cup her cheek in my free hand. "I hate seeing you like this."
"Like what?" she asks clearly confused.
"Like this babe. You are so stressed that you're shaking" I tell her. She closes her eyes and leans into my hand. "It's going to be ok Anna. Even if the next 24 hours are horrible, it's going to be short and then you'll be back here and they'll be on the other side of the state."
She gives me a small smile but it's definitely genuine and some of the stress has dissipated.
"You're right" she says, turns her head and kisses my palm. "Thank you so much Sidney. I don't know how I would get through this without you."
I feel her kiss travel through my palm directly to my heart. How did this girl come to mean so much to me in only a few months?
"You keep remembering that for the next day, ok?" I tell her. "Ok?"
She smiles and replies "ok."
She seems calmer now, more sure of herself, so I start the car and resume driving to the airport. Anna is silent again but it's a comfortable silence. Then she looks at her phone when it vibrates.
"Oh God" she says. "She's at it already and I haven't even taken off."
I don't have to ask who 'she' is.
"What did she say?" I ask.
"She's telling me what to wear for the announcement tomorrow."
"Do you need to go back and pack it?" I begin to mentally calculate if we have enough time to go back.
"No" Anna says strongly. "She's going to have to live with one of the dresses I already packed."
It might seem like a small thing to others, standing up to her mother about clothing, but I know that it is a big thing for Anna and especially t her confidence.
"You know that you'll look hot no matter what you wear" I tell her and she laughs. "You do. When you get back, we'll have to go out to celebrate. You can wear that dress that you wore in New York. Very, very hot."
She chuckles again.
"Deal" she tells me.
I pull up to the terminal and wish, for the hundredth time, that I was going with her. We both get out of the car and I get her carry-on out of the trunk. I put it down so that I can take her in my arms for one last kiss.
When I pull away, I say "I'm really going to miss you."
"Me too but, as you keep telling me, it's only twenty four hours and then I'll be back."
She kisses me again and picks up her bag.
"Call me when you get there" I tell her.
"Of course" she says and begins walking to the terminal. Halfway there, she turns around and blows me a kiss. It's so sweet.
I only get back into the car when she disappears into the building and I can no longer see her.
I go on autopilot when I get home eating dinner, following up on some emails and then getting ready for bed. That's where Anna finds me when she Facetimes me. It's the first contact since she sent me a text that she arrived safely.
"Hi baby" I say in greeting.
"Hi" she replies.
I notice that she looks more tired than when she left. Actually, it's more like a weariness has invaded every part of her.
"How is it going?" I ask.
"It's ok" she tells me. She sighs and continues "it is what it is. My sister is here which helps some because my mother will focus her attention on her. My father is busy with his advisor finalizing his speech for tomorrow's announcement. I managed to escape them by saying that I had to study my speaking notes."
"Your speaking notes?"
"Yeah, when the press asks me questions I need to say the right thing. Other than that, I just stand there and smile."
"That's not too bad" I try to find the bright side.
"They've even given me notes in case someone asks me about our relationship."
I'm surprised.
"What do they want you to say?" I ask her.
She clears her throat.
"We met as I'm completing my internship with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney is the captain of the team. Sidney and I are very good friends. "
"That's what they want you to say? Seriously? That's lame."
"Well, it's what I'm supposed to say if asked."
"I guess it's boring enough that they might let it go" I tell her.
"Here's hoping."
I watch Anna shift and notice that she's lying in bed.
"Are you in bed?" I ask.
"Yes" she smiles. "But don't get any ideas Mr. Crosby. I'm in the Governor's mansion and who knows what can happen, who could knock on the door or walk into my room."
"You wouldn't want to be caught, huh?"
"Definitely not" she smiles.
"That's ok. I love simply seeing your beautiful face."
I watch her cheeks pink at my compliment but her smile widens.
"And I like to look at your handsome one."
"It's less than twenty four hours now" I tell her. "In fact, in twenty four hours, you'll be here in my bed with me."
"Presumptuous much?"
There's my girl. Flirty Anna is back.
"Are you saying that you won't be in my bed in twenty four hours?"
"I didn't say that" she replies. "I think we might be able to make that happen."
"Good because one night away from you is enough."
"I love you" she says simply.
"I love you."
"I need to get some sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a very long day."
"Ok babe" I tell her. "Sleep well and I'll talk to you in the morning, ok?"
"Ok."
Her face leaves the phone and I'm left missing her. I have to remind myself that it's less than twenty four hours until I see her again. I can wait twenty four hours, right?