Heart of Lions

PART TWO: It's a Guy Thing

[Sean’s P.O.V.]

Here we go, we’re making up. Regardless of if we get mad at each other, I know we’ll eventually work things out. Guess that’s the best thing about being friends first because we know each other’s stubbornness well enough to overreact to things. My baby is looking good right now and kissing her at any chance I get is the only thing for me to do. The more we kiss, the more excited I get because it’s only a matter of time before we’re really going in. Sex for me tonight, and ain’t nothing better than makeup sex. Pulling back, I can see that something’s on her mind and my only thought is that I’m down for whatever freaky thing she wants to try in bed. Maybe she picked up something along the way that she wants to try out, I know her friends and her share their freaky thoughts, I’m just hoping she wants to try one out tonight.

“Well, I was thinking….in order for us to reconnect again….” Ariana said as she linked our hands together as I smiled on at her as I’m accessing the things I want to do to her “I was thinking we could….abstain from sex….for a month” she suggested and in that moment, any hard that I had went numb and confused as I did.

“I’m sorry, what???” I could only manage to say as I sat completely stunned

“I just think that we’ve had so much time apart, we could use this to reconnect and figure things out” Ariana says and I swear I hear B singing Drunk in Love in my head

“I thought us getting back together was us reconnecting???” I question as I’m desperate for her to ride on my surfboard. I want to beat the box up like Mike is the only phrase I’m hearing at this point.

“No, us getting back together is us doing something that should’ve never happened in the first place” Ariana replies “We’d be a year and some odd months right now. Technically, we’re on day four of starting over. We’re four days into dating each other” she stated

“We’re not four days in, it doesn’t work like that…” I begin to say

“We didn’t even celebrate our first year together. Our first year anniversary will always be remembered as you telling me that my father blackmailed you into breaking up with me” Ariana stated

“At least we won’t forget” I reply before she hits me and I’m hoping her hitting me is a Segway for sex on the sofa

“I don’t want to remember our one year as that. No, babe, I strongly feel like we need to do this” Ariana reasoned

“But why???” I question trying to find some Johnny Cochran argument to keep my ass out of the jail of abstinence “Nothing has changed, we’re still the same” I tell her as I kiss her hand

“Then how do we let what happened happen? I mean I’m thinking about my part in the break up, I should’ve had common sense enough to know that something was up the whole time. I shouldn’t have let you end things the way you did. I should’ve pushed harder for us to work it through and in that, I would regrettably learn that my father is the puppeteer in the mess” Ariana told me and even when I manage to get her damn father out the equation, his ass is still fucking with me. Maybe this is all just a dream. Yeah, this is a dream.