He sat later on the sofa, his laptop open the cursor flashing at him like a neon bug. Caleb rubbed his eyes, yawning. Since he'd gotten the promotion he was able to work from home more. He felt his neck crack as he turned to look at the clock, nearly 5pm, he'd been sitting with the computer working on the new ad for the shampoo that was being targeted for men. He was more then ready to call it a night when he got an email from Greg. Opening it he let out a roar of laughter. Greg had sent him a cartoon of a female vampire naked sitting on a tombstone with little bats around her with the headline 'sometimes a ghoul just needs something hard between her legs'
Getting up the dark haired male wandered to the kitchen making himself a cup of tea before heading back to stare at the computer screen. The cartoon not only put a smile on his tired face but made him think of some of his fantasies. This in turn made him want to see Estelle.
He dialed her number for the second time in an hour but she still wasn't answering. Caleb was in prime mood to retry their middle of the night visit, in fact he'd even remembered to stop off at the drug store that morning on his way back from hockey practice and bought condoms. Two boxes of them. He texted Estelle just before giving up around 7pm.
The pizza box was half empty by the time his cell phone buzzed with a message from her. It simply said she was stuck across town for another hour and would come over if he was still interested when she was done. It was almost 8:50pm. Agreeing, he sent her the reply.
Shaking his head, he wondered when he'd become this man? When did he actually fall in love with her? Caleb felt a strange chill run through him at the very thought of the sentence.
But that was what it was wasn't it? The butterflies he got every time he knew he was about to see her, the constant fantasies about her, the electric jolt just from hearing her voice. It was more then sexual, it was emotional too. Caleb winced when he thought about the previous summer and the few weeks they had been fighting. It seemed like a life time ago.
Picking up the laptop again, he flipped through his movie files. One thing he'd admitted back then to Estelle only, was that he'd not only watched a Jane Austen movie, but had liked it. What he had not admitted was that he'd then gone and found a copy of Persuasion and downloaded it. It was his biggest guilty little secret.
He sat watching the film while he waited for Estelle to arrive.
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Part 8 soon
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