Chapter 6

"Where have you been all night, and today?" Amanda asks me when I go in.
I think. I don't know what to say.
"Out. I met someone. I think I'm in love" I say and go to my room.
"In love?" she asks following me.
I drop my purse on the floor, go in the hall and grab a towel out of the hall closet so I can go shower. If I smell like booze, weed and fucking, Spencer might get upset with me.
"In love?" she asks again.
I smile. "Yes" I say and go in the bathroom.
I turn the shower on and start stripping.
Amanda stands in the doorway. "I guess his dick wasn't ugly?"
"It is not ugly. It's beautiful. Can a dick be beautiful? His is."
"Well I guess you didn't tell Spencer you're in love because I talked to him a little while ago and he said you finally agreed to meet his friend."
I step into the shower. "Nope I didn't tell him. I thought it would be nice if I meet his friend."
"Can I come with you guys? I am dying to see this guy he wants you to hook up with."
"No it's a double date. We're setting Spencer up with Beth" I say.
"What? We who? I wish I knew what was going on" she says.
I realize I'm an idiot and just sort of told on myself. I wonder if I should just confess everything to her?
"Well...do you really want to know what's going on?' I ask.
"Yes!"
"Last night that cute guitar player stuck something in my hand when we walked by. It was a guitar pick. I was kind of mad when I saw what it was but turned it over and it had his name on it. I dropped it in my purse, I thought, but then couldn't find it" I start explaining.
"Is that what you were so upset about?" she asks.
"Yeah. I thought maybe I was losing my mind. That I dreamed him up or something. Anyway after you guys went into the bar I sat on the curb feeling sorry for myself, then someone came by, helped me up and showed me the most wonderful night of my life."
"I am so fucking confused" she says.
"About what?" I ask.
"Ok you have guy number one that found you on the corner and you are in love with. Then guy number two, the guitar player. And guy number three, the guy Spencer is setting you up with" she says.
"Well yeah, that sounds about right" I say. I turn the water off and step out of the shower. She hands me my towel.
"And...I feel like you are leaving out details...like you always do."
I smile. "It's all the same guy."
"Wait...so you're in love with the guitar player, and he also happens to be the guy Spencer has been trying to set you up with?"
"Exactly" I say laughing.
"Why do I think Spencer has no idea" she says.
"Because he doesn't. Eddie had this idea that we should tell Spencer we will meet but only if he buys us dinner. And wine."
"Eddie had the idea? And I guess Eddie is the guy?" she says.
"Yeah Eddie. Or Ed. And ok maybe it was my idea about free dinner, but Eddie said wine too. So Spencer is picking me up, Eddie is picking up Beth and we're all meeting at the bar by the coffee shop."
I go to my room. Look in my closet, not much hanging in it, most everything is on the floor all over my room.
"I have nothing to wear!"
Amanda just stares at me for a minute. "You know,  you could clean your room..."
"It's clean-ish. But fuck I need something to wear now. I want to look cute."
"So just to get this straight in my head, you're in love with that guitar player we saw, and coincidentally he is the guy Spencer has been trying to set you up with. Spencer is setting you two up tonight because he has no idea you two met last night. And somehow your sister is involved. Damn now I'm even more confused.  Can I at least meet this guy if you won't let me come?" she asks.
"I'll see if he wants to come here after we all meet. We're meeting at the bar, we're supposed to go eat, but I really just want to get naked somewhere with Eddie" I tell her.

"Bring him back here. I'll make cocktails" she says.

Her phone is ringing so she leaves to answer it.

I get a clean pair of underwear out of my dresser and put them on. I kind of want to look nice tonight, but I have nothing clean. 

I find a pair of jeans on the floor of my closet and put them on. I stand in front of my mirror in just jeans, well and underwear. Not bad, I just need a shirt of some sort, and shoes I guess. 

I go dig in my closet for a shirt of some sort and find a cute red dress I haven't worn in awhile. I put it on and look in the mirror . Yeah I think I'll wear this.

I take off the jeans. I find some black sandals and put them on. I put a black sweater on over the dress since it's kind of chilly out.

I towel dry my hair then brush it out. I think I'll leave it down tonight. 

I hear people talking in the living room, Spencer must be here.

I'm not sure I can stand to have my hair in my face all night so I pull the top of it up into a bun and leave the rest down.

I stand in front of my mirror for one last look. I think I look ok, hopefully Eddie does too.

I can't wait until Spencer knows about me and Eddie so I can ask him about Megan. I want to know what is up with her.

I go out into the living room, they're sitting in there drinking wine.

Spencer whistles when he sees me.

"Do I look alright?" I ask him.

"You look gorgeous. Fuck maybe I should keep you for myself" he says.

I sit on his lap, lean back and kiss his cheek. 

"Where's my glass?" I ask them.

Amanda gets up and get me one, pours me some wine and hands it to me.

"Shall we get trashed before we go?" Spencer asks.

"Should I? Does your friend only look good if I'm wasted?"

"Fuck no. He's pretty fucking hot. Always has girls after him" he says.

"Then why are you setting me up with him? Obviously he doesn't need you to."

"I think you two would be great together. I think you belong together" he says.

I sit there and quietly agree with him.

"And he says he's bringing someone for me. So now I know how being set up feels so I will never set you up again" he says.

"You said this guy is my dream guy, so you shouldn't need to set me up anyway" I remind him.

"You're right. I think he is. I can't wait until you guys meet."

Me and Spencer get to the bar before Eddie and Beth. I'm actually a little nervous about seeing Eddie again.

I let Spencer buy me a beer. 

We're just sitting there talking when Spencer gets a confused look on his face.

"What's wrong?" I ask him.

"I don't understand. Eddie just came in with I guess my date and it's your sister" he says.

I smile. "Really? That's strange."

They come and sit with us.

"I'm so fucking confused" Spencer says.

"Yeah? About what?" Eddie asks.

"I need a beer" Spencer says.

Luckily a waitress comes to our table. We all order a drinks.

"Spencer, this is Beth" Eddie tells him.

"I know Beth. I went to school with her. And this is Mara, she's Beth's sister" Spencer.

Eddie holds his hand out to me. "Hi Mara, I'm Eddie."

"Hi Eddie."

"This is kind of weird" Spencer says.

"Why is it weird? You don't want to be my date tonight?" Beth asks him.

The waitress brings our drinks so we all sit quietly for a minute and drink.
"So how do you know Beth?" Spencer asks Eddie.
"Um...she's Mara's sister" Eddie replies.
"Ok...but you don't know Mara, so how do you know Beth?" he asks.
Me, Eddie and Beth all look at each other.
"Um...well..." Eddie says trying to think of something.
"Beth likes you" I blurt out.
"Oh my god you bitch! Don't tell him that" Beth says to me.
Eddie laughs.
"Well she does" I say.
Beth looks like she wants to hide under our table, or slap me. Spencer looks even more confused and slightly scared.
"Yeah? And Mara and Eddie fucked last night" she says.
Spencer looks at me. I pick up my drink and take a drink. I drink too much, too fast and start choking.
Eddie gets up and comes over by me.
"Are you alright?" he asks.
I nod my head because I'm still coughing.
"What the fuck is going on?" Spencer asks.
Eddie sits back down. "We kind of met last night. Completely by accident. You guys left her sitting alone on the curb, when I found her she was crying. I asked her if she wanted to get coffee with me."
"So why didn't you guys tell me?" he asks.
"Mara thought we should agree to be set up, but make you buy us dinner, and wine" Eddie tells him.
"The wine was your idea?" Beth says.
"And how the fuck do you figure into all of this?" Spencer asks her.
We all laugh.
"I hate you assholes. I swear to god. I should just leave. You all set me up" Spencer says.
"Yeah we did. How does it feel?" I ask him.
"Ok. You got me. I will quit trying to set my friends up. But really, you guys are such assholes" Spencer says.
"Hey if it makes you feel better, you were right about me and Mara" Eddie says.
I smile. "Yeah. As much as I hate to admit it, you were right."
Eddie leans over and kisses me. We kiss.
"Let's skip dinner and go get naked somewhere" he whispers to me.
"That's exactly what I was thinking."
We kiss. I feel one of his hands slowly moving up my thigh.
"So Beth, how have you been?" I hear Spencer ask.
"Good. And you?"
"Pretty good."
Eddie takes his other hand, picks up one of my hands and puts it on his dick. He's hard.
The waitress comes to our table. "Does anyone need anything else?"
"I guess just the check. Looks like we need to leave" Spencer tells her.
"Hey Eddie. What do you want to do now?" Spencer asks him.
We stop kissing and look at Spencer.
"Are we still doing dinner?" Spencer asks us.
"We can just go to me and Amanda's, order pizza, hang out" I suggest.
"That sounds amazing" Eddie says and kisses my neck. "Think I can see your bedroom?"
"I think you're going to sleep in it tonight" I reply.
"I forgot my jammies though..."
"I think you'll be ok without them" I say.
Spencer pays the check.
"Shall we get out of here?" he asks us.

We all go outside. It's gotten chilly, I kind of wish I had worn my jeans instead of this dress.
"Did you guys walk?" Eddie asks us.
"Yeah" I reply.
"I guess we can all walk, I can pick my truck up later" Eddie says.
"Or tomorrow..." I say.
I shiver.
"Aww baby come here" Eddie says and pulls me to him.
He wraps me in his arms. "You know, the three times I've seen you you looked adorable, but you never dress for the weather. It's chilly, why did you wear a dress?"
"Because it's cute."
"My silly Mara. I love you" he says.
I try to push him back. I look at him so confused.
"What?" I ask him.
He actually looks as surprised as me.
He kisses me hard. So hard if his arms weren't around me I probably would have fallen backwards. We kiss. I know it's only been a few hours since we've been apart, but I missed him badly.
"How far to your place?" he asks me.
"Not far. About fifteen minutes."
"Let's go then. I just want to get as close to you as I can."
"Are we ready now?" Beth asks.

As soon as we get there I go in my room to get some warm jammies on. Eddie comes with me.
"Man I thought I was a slob" he says when he sees my room.
"It's not that bad...is it?" I ask.
He just looks at me.
I pull my dress off over my head, and drop it on the floor. Sit on my bed and kick my sandals off. I really am so tempted to just get in my bed with this gorgeous warm man and snuggle with him. I will be nice though, I'll be friendly. I will smile and play along for a couple hours, then I am bringing this delicious little elf to bed with me.
I put on a tee shirt, a hoodie and a pair of pajama pants.
Eddie looks at me. "That's a little excessive."
"I'm cold."
He grabs one of my hands and pulls me to him. "How about I just warm you up."
We kiss. Damn I want to be with him right now. And maybe forever.
"Come on you guys, let's get food I'm hungry" Spencer yells.
I pull away from my gorgeous little guitar player. "Come on, let's go play nice for awhile."
I take one of his hands and drag him to the living room. We sit together on one end of the sofa.
He sits down, I sit on his lap. I lay my head on his shoulder, close my eyes. This is where I want to be forever.

When the pizza gets there, I sit on the floor by Eddie's feet so he can eat without me on his lap. He spreads his legs apart so I can sit between them.
I pick at my piece of pizza. I'm not really hungry. We did eat a lot at my parent's house.
I drink a beer. Then another.
Eddie is running his fingers through my hair. Caressing my neck, my ear.
He lights a cigarette. Ewww I didn't realize he smoked.
I sit back up on his lap. I guess he's finished eating if he's smoking.
I kiss his cheek, his ear, his neck.
"I can think of better stuff you could be doing with your mouth and hands..." I whisper.
He leans forward and sticks his cigarette in one of the empty beer bottles.
"Let's go fuck" he whispers while kissing my ear.
"Should we wait until Spencer and Beth leave? I don't want to be rude" I say.
"It will be ruder if I start taking your clothes off right here."
He unzips my hoodie and takes it off of me. He kisses me. Just a sweet soft kiss on my lips. He reaches up and touches my ear, strokes it a couple times. He gently rubs his thumb across my cheek.
We're looking at each other. Our eyes locked. He's so beautiful.
I lean close to him, our lips just out of reach of each other. I can feel his breath on my lips. I kiss him, our lips barely touching, then pull away just out of reach again.
He pulls me close to him. His nose nuzzles against my neck. His lips touching me so softy I don't know if they really are, or if I feel them because I want them on me so badly.
I reach up and play with his curls. I twist one around my finger. Rub it across my lips. His hair is so soft. Last night when he was kissing my knee, kissing down my thigh, his hair fell across my leg and tickled so badly. I want his head between my legs again.
I realize it suddenly seems really quiet in here. Like deafeningly quiet. I pull away from Eddie to see if we're alone. They're all still here. All of them are just looking at us.
"What?" I say to them.
"What what?" Spencer asks.
"You're all looking at us..."
"I'm just jealous" Amanda says.
"Are you sure you two just met last night?" Spencer asks.
Eddie puts his hand on my cheek and turns my head so I'm facing him. He kisses my lips softly.
"I feel like I've known her forever. And now that we're together I don't ever want to be apart" he says.
I lay my head on his shoulder. The thought of him going home makes me sad. I feel the same way, now that we're together I don't ever want to be apart.
He cups my face with a hand and runs his thumb across my cheek.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" he asks.
"Don't leave me" I say quietly.
He smiles so sweetly. "Now that I have you, I'm never going to leave you."