“Goodnight,” I said as Kayla leaned over and kissed my cheek.
I watched as my two girls made their way up the stairs. I leaned back against the couch and smiled, thinking about how lucky I had gotten to have these two in my life who care about me so very much. Kayla had really opened up to the idea of having Alissa around, and it had only been a few days. I could hear the two of them giggling upstairs, and I smiled, pulling myself to my feet and picking up the games. I tossed them back in the closet and then started picking up the snacks, feeling like I was the luckiest man on earth. I carried the dishes into the kitchen and began to rinse them, pausing as I felt Alissa’s hands sliding around my waist and her face pressed against my back. I dried my hands on the kitchen towel and turned around, looking down at Alissa as she pulled her head back and smiled up at me.
“She actually let me tuck her in,” she whispered.
“I know,” I whispered back excitedly. “Everything is working out just perfectly.”
“The only thing I could think of to make this night better would be me in your arms,” she said, reaching up and kissing my lips. “I’m not ready to leave you yet. Why don’t you let me spend the night?”
“Spend the night, huh?” I chuckled. “In my newly renovated bedroom? I don’t know. What are all my other girlfriends going to think?”
“Hey,” she said, tapping me in the stomach. “I do have to say I like the sound of being called your girlfriend.”
“Me too,” I replied, kissing her lips once again.
“I just want to be with you tonight,” she said with a pouty lip. “I’ve been here for hours and hours before, but I’ve never actually stayed the night here. It seems like the best place to sleep ever.”
“Oh, you want to sleep,” I said, shrugging my shoulders teasingly.
“I’m serious.” She laughed. “I want to know what it feels like to lay in your arms and wake up the same way.”
I was giving her a hard time, but in reality, I wanted nothing more than for her to stay the night, wrapped in my arms, and held close to me. She didn’t know it, but I had every intention of asking her to stay before she had even gotten there that night. I knew how hard it was to say goodbye to her, and on top of that, I really wanted some adult alone time with her. We hadn’t been together since before we broke up, and watching her shimmy and shake along the floor with her tiny little shorts and bouncing tits was driving me absolutely crazy.
I had to keep myself from groping her in the middle of charades as she hopped around like a bunny in front of me. She had to be the sexiest contestant of charades to ever play the game, and I was totally picturing her naked as she bounced across the living room, her legs tight and her ass even tighter. I wanted to tell her yes, but I also liked to watch her squirm. I leaned down and kissed the side of her neck, feeling the goosebumps pop up on her skin. She shook as a streak of cold hit the back of her neck and laughed as she reached up and kissed me again.
“I understand completely why I didn’t spend the night before,” she said. “It would have been a dead giveaway of our relationship, even to a 7-year-old. We were protecting Kayla, but now, she knows we are together, and she is already used to having me around.”
“Very true,” I said, nodding.
“I think our relationship has progressed quite a bit now that Kayla is in on the secret,” she said. “So personally, I don’t think there is anything wrong with it.”
“You are all about voicing your opinion now.” I laughed.
“I learned my lesson from last time.” She smiled. “I can’t let you go and get scared off when I’m not around. When I want something, I have figured out it is best to state my case and wait for you to give in because I am irresistible, or state your rebuttal, to which I have to warn you, I have already thought through extensively when it comes to this discussion.”
“Oh, yeah?”
“Yep,” she said, chuckling. “I am turning over a new leaf, and I decided that I don’t want to be unhappy ever again, so I am going to tell you when I want something. Right now, I want to go climb into that soft, comfortable bed with you.”
“And what, may I ask, are you planning on doing with me once you have me up there?”
“That, sir, is top secret,” she said. “I have many different tricks up my sleeve, but I can’t be giving away my secrets before you have even agreed to the terms. I’ve seen the cop shows. I know that you need it in writing in front of you before you give away any precious information.”
“I don’t know,” I said. “I don’t make it a habit of negotiating with terrorists.”
“Did you just call me a terrorist?” She opened her mouth wide and slapped me on the arm, making me laugh and flinch at the same time.
“All right, all right,” I said, putting my hands up. “I give in. Stop the torture.”
“If you think that is torture, you haven’t seen anything yet,” she said with a wink. “Now come on handsome, take me to bed.”
I smiled and kissed her deeply before reaching over and shutting the light off. I watched as she triumphantly walked from the kitchen and toward the stairs, looking back at me with a huge smile on her face. I laughed and shook my head, knowing that I was in trouble with her. I could no longer find a way to tell her “no” about anything, especially when she was flaunting her body the way she was. I clicked off the living room lights and climbed the stairs, pausing at the top.
“You go ahead,” I said. “I’m just going to check on Kayla really fast.”
“Okay,” she said, smiling. “Meet you under the covers.”
She walked into the room and slowly closed the door before I walked past and tiptoed into Kayla’s room. I pulled the covers up and over her, since she had obviously tossed and turned enough to be laying in a ball, cold from the air conditioner. I leaned over and kissed her cheek, standing back up and staring at her for just a moment. She was clutching her favorite doll and looked like such a sweet angel, sleeping snuggly in her bed. It was moments like those that reminded me that Kayla was still a child, and she was the sweetest and brightest thing in my life.