Couple Territory

Missie's phone rang and she saw Mike's picture on the screen. Smiling she answered.

"Hey you." Opening the office mail and sorting it without thought. She smiled as he quickly complained about his boss's rampage from that morning. He rattled off some smart comments that had her laughing so hard she had to sit the mail on the desk. They chatted for about ten minutes and one of the tenants walked into the office.

"I have to run, talk to you later?" She asked.

"How about tonight? Want to come over and I'll cook for us?" She smiled and agreed before taking care of the tenant's rent payment and filling out a maintenance request.


Later she pulled up her chat screen and fired off a message to Gina. Having a good day? She had to wait for a response. Yeah, I'm fine. I have things today but we should do lunch tomorrow.

Missie agreed and logged out to deliver the announcements about a scheduled parking lot re-pave. She'd love to just stick notices in all the POs but because so many of their tenants don't ever check their mail she actually had to take them and stick one beneath every door.

She was our riding around in the golf cart, grateful for the nice weather. She'd had to do this in the rain before and it sucked. She got to the unit that would be Joshua Greene's by this time next week and left the flyer. He'd get here just in time to find out what a pain it was to have to park in the grocery lot next door and walk over.

Funny that she met Mike when she did. It was probably good. It really wasn't a good idea to get tied up with tenants. That could get awkward if it did end badly somehow. She finished dropping off flyers and went back to her office. She more or less wasted the rest of the workday social networking and online shopping.

After work she ran home to change into jeans and a casual tee shirt before jetting off to Mike's. She grabbed a lightweight jacket on her way out since the nights were starting to get chilly. She thought about Gina and hoped that everything was ok. It would be good for them to have lunch tomorrow. Hopefully she would talk to her about whatever was going on.

She got to Mike's and hopped up the front steps, knocking once before he swung the door open and motioned her inside. He shut and locked the door behind her before pulling her in for a quick kiss.

"Mmm," she hummed, slowly pulling away. "Hello yourself." She grinned as she stepped away. "Do I smell pizza?" She peeked into the small kitchen and saw two small boxes on the table.

"Guilty." He laughed and placed a hand on her back as they walked into the kitchen. "I figured it'd be easier clean-up and we could watch a movie or something."

Missie shrugged and grabbed a paper plate. "I love pizza. I'm not going to complain." She grabbed a few slices and a breadstick while Mike poured their drinks. They settled on the couch and ate in companionable silence watching an old drama. When Missie finished she sat her plate on the edge of the coffee table and leaned back into the sofa cushions. Mike set hi plate aside and curled Missie up next to him on the couch.

She was watching the movie. She was even following along, but next thing she knew, she was waking up in bed next to Mike. She was in her bra panties and t-shirt. He'd taken off her jeans, and she was tucked into his side. Once the initial confusion went away she decided she liked waking up this way.

She snuggled in closer and pressed her cheek against his chest. Missie realized that she was getting dangerously close to couple territory. They'd spent a lot of time together over the past couple of weeks. And now he tucked her into his bed instead of waking her? he probably set a super early alarm so she'd be able to go home and get ready for work.

Missie debated getting up and going home now. She could always say that she was afraid that if she went back to sleep she'd have trouble getting up in the morning. She fought against her flight response and stayed tucked in next to Mike. He was sleeping so soundly. He probably wouldn't register if she did get up and leave.

Instead she snuggled in and let her self drift off to sleep again. Thinking about how much warmer she was with a man beside her.