"Andie! Where you at? You okay?" he asked, and I pushed myself up into a
sitting position. “What? Yeah, I’m fine. Why?”
Thunder rumbled above me, and I saw that while I had been lost in thought, the cloud bank had moved directly over me. Fat drops of water splatted down around my feet.
“Where are you? Did you get in a fight?”
“Yes and no.” I replied slowly, standing up and pulling myself upright. “I just needed to get out and clear my head. Can I call you back? It's raining.”
“Come over.” he said immediately. “It's just me over here, and my place is closer than yours anyway.” I smiled a little, and made an affirmative sound.
“Sure, I’ll be right over.”
Ten very wet minutes later, I arrived at the apartment where Ron was staying. I parked my car under the covered carport, then hurried up to the lobby crossing my arms tightly against the shivers that were overtaking me. Ron tagged me in, and smiled as he led me in the lift. The apartment was bigger than Jull's, with a dining nook and kitchen that swept right into the living room.
“You look a little wet sweetheart.” Ron commented, then pulled me into a hug. Immediately I felt warmer, and my spirits lifted. Being around him always put me in a good mood. He tipped my chin up and our lips locked as I leaned enthusiastically into him as a shiver completely unrelated to the rain ran down my body. “Sam's coming over soon.” he pulled back to murmur. “Besides, didn't you get enough yesterday?” I laughed, and nodded.
“You're becoming a bad habit.” I said. “But if you give me something dry to wear I’ll let you watch me get dressed.”
“I can deal with that.” he agreed happily, and led me by the hand around the corner to a room that was comfortably cozy. He nudged the door mostly shut with his hip, then pushed my hair over one shoulder and kissed the bare side of my neck, reaching around to unzip my shorts. I felt my nipples pucker harder than they already were as he stripped my shirt off, then unsnapped my bra, hands warm against my chilled skin.
“I thought you were going to find me something dry.” I said in amusement as he placed open mouthed kisses down my neck and shoulder, pulling me back against him so I could feel the erection straining his jeans.
“Me too.” he murmured, trailing his fingers down my soft belly to hook under the waistband of my panties. I let them hit the floor, then broke his grasp gently and turned to face him.
“Find me clothes!” my command broke into giggles as he grasped my waist and drew myself against him again for a kiss. “Stop it Ron!” Another kiss. “I'm serious I need to get dressed!” A kiss with tongue this time, until I pushed him away and crossed my arms to scowl at him.
“That's cute.” he chuckled, and moved past to the dresser, tossing me a pair of sweat pants and a loose tee shirt with a faded college logo on it. I pulled them on, and went out to sit on the couch while he put my clothes in the dryer. Ron was back in a minute, sitting on the end closest to me and pulled me back against him. He flipped on the TV, and we were snuggled up comfortably watching a movie when Sam came through the door twenty minutes later.
“Just friends my ass!” the pretty brunette commented with a laugh to Ron in passing.
“Should I move?” I whispered looking up at him in faint worry, but he shook his head.
“I'm pretty sure my sis already knows.” he murmured. “Sam knows everything. She's not the kind of person to spread it around, though.” I nodded, settling back in, and a minute later Sam came out in shorts and a tank top to join us.
“So, how are things?” she asked casually, staring down until I blushed and looked away. “It's about damn time, you guys have been dancing around this forever.”
“Shut up and watch the movie.” Ron shot at her, and she flipped him off, but settled back with a smile. My phone rang again, and immediately I tensed up. What if it was Jull? No, just Tam, I chided myself as I answered.
“Hi Tam.”
“Where are you? It's raining pretty hard. You better not be outside” she said, worry creeping through her voice. I could always count on Tam to take care of me if I really needed help.
“I'm with Ron...his place was closer to where I was, so I kinda popped in on him.”
“Okay, well, I’ll see you soon, with stories to spill.” Tam agreed, and we hung up after saying our goodbyes.
