Please note this is a pretty long one.
If you want to jump to the steamy bits go to the "The room" part.
This is a followup with a character from one of my previous stories "My first time with Alexa".
Alexa and I remained friends over time, but I did not keep in touch as much I probably should have. For both of us, life kinda just happened.
We bumped into each other again at work one day, discovering that we hadn't been sitting in the same building for about 2 months. This encounter sparked a couple of texts and some long chats that helped us catch up. The chats and texts lead to the two of us having a morning coffee at least once a week.
One morning, early on a Monday I got a message from Alexa:
"Mc Donald's Coffee?"
I replied as quickly as my fingers would allow.
"Sure, I'm at the office already, you mind picking it up?"
Alexa responded quicker than she normally would.
"I'm past the Mc Donald's already, but I'll pick you up then we'll go and get it."
I felt some butterflies and responded with a smiley emoji and walked to the entrance. I distinctly remember the moment I got into Alexa's car that morning. She greeted me with her beautiful smile and her standard playful greeting.
"Aren't you looking all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed so early?"
I looked at her, took a deep breath, and noticed how her hands were wrapped around the steering wheel. For a brief moment, my head jumped to the clouds and I remembered how those fingers felt wrapped around me...
"Yeah..." I barely got the word out. "Not too bad for 06h15 right?"
I took another breath and hoped that she didn't notice the almost stutter.
"You're looking bright-eyed and springy yourself!"
I could feel how I was trying to cover up with my words as they came out. I gave her a half hug and wondered if she caught my lingering stare at her hands.
We ended up having breakfast and coffee that morning, and no chocolate, because the icecream (yeah for breakfast) replaced it.
Our conversation at breakfast lasted for almost an hour and a half that morning before I got caught staring.
"You okay? It seems like I lost you there for a second."
Alexa smiled as she asked the question.
"Yes, uhm... sorry I just, I drifted away in my thoughts for a moment."
For a quick moment, Alexa's posture changed and she looked me dead in the eye. Her words came out almost silently.
"May I ask what the thoughts were?"
I saw her moving closer as if to hear better. My head started spinning, I didn't know if I should bring it up. I sighed and locked eyes with her again.
"Let's just say I've been reminded of the past this morning, and I lost my focus for a second."
I took a deep breath.
"If that's weird I'm sorry, we can pretend that I didn't say that."
Alexa covered her face with her hand to try and hide the smile and blush that just crept up on her.
"No, please, don't feel bad. What exactly did you remember?"
Her voice changed to a slightly more playful tone. I knew I was blushing because she was now trying to make that blush worse. I sat back in my chair and shook my head.
"I don't want to make it weird, but I remember how some of the goosebumps you have on your arm now resemble ones that I've seen before."
I looked at her and bit my lip, yes I was now trying to get a reaction.
"I'm glad I'm not the only one remembering that."
Alexa's eyes drifted to the table and back as she spoke. I looked at her and decided I needed to take a shot. My words came out as confident as I could make them sound.
"It's a shame that I'm not house sitting at the moment, otherwise we could have gotten a stronger coffee after work at some point."
Alexa looked away, pressing her chin against her shoulder and smiled. We laughed and just went straight back into the conversation, half pretending as if nothing happened.