Chasing Kate

Chapter 31. Smiled Myself Silly.

I woke up as the bed shifted and I pried my eyes open and rubbed them with my hand. I rolled over to my side as my eyes trailed the naked backside of Kate.

My idea of paradise is here, watching her get dressed. The mere sight of her messes with my head and I smile against the pillow reminiscing about last night.

"Good morning." I mumbled.

She turns, shocked to realize I was staring but smiles at me.

"Morning."
And she tosses on a tshirt and leans down to kiss me.

"You know it's rather early." I say looking at her clock that read 7:29 am.

"And you don't realize how early a particular brown haired little boy wakes up." She replied.

"I'm going to make us breakfast, eggs and bacon sound ok?"

"Mmmhhhhmmm." I say back.

I raise up from the bed and wrap my arms around her, the only thing separating us the thin sheet from her bed. I pull her close and whisper to her, "Kiss me." She responds happy to oblige me.

I feel a specific part of my body getting an increase of blood flow and I try really hard (pun intended) to control myself. Damn, I'm a Man. Just give me naked Kate, the mention of breakfast and a kiss and I'm saluting.

She giggles as she realizes what's happening and she provokes me.
Moments later I hear a faint noise.

"Mommmmmmmyyyy!!" Rhett hollered.

"In here baby." She hollered back.

I hear little sock feet shuffling through the carpeted hallway before he enters Kate's room.

He stands at the door and his eyes turn doe eyed when he sees me lying on the bed.

"Daddy!" He screamed as he dropped his toy truck and blanket and ran toward me. He jumped on the bed and I grabbed him in a bear hug.

"Hey little dude." I say squeezing hard.

"Daddy, play?" He asked.

"Yeah, daddy will play." Kate responded.

I smiled to her. My heart swelled bigger than the ocean. Damn emotions, I feel like I live in a Nicholas Sparks movie. How cliche.

She led him out of her room while I got dressed. She began breakfast as I sat cross legged in front of Rhett's car track and we played.

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I was on my way home to shower because Kate & I are taking Rhett to the petting zoo 2 towns over when I got a text from a number I didn't recognize.

You owe me big time.

What? I think to myself, someone must have had this number before me.

Wrong number? I replied.

Not if this is Luke.

Who is this? I sent back.

Catch you later.

Who is that? I owe them big time? It's probably Flynn or Xavier messing with me.

I stepped off the elevator to my apartment rambling through my mind as to who that could be texting me. It was odd. I've lead a pretty sketchy life before, I'm not oblivious to things that happened in that lifestyle. I shouldn't worry though, I'm coming up on 5 months sober.

I climb in the shower washing the remains of Kate off of me, her scent puddles at my feet and slips down the drain.

I toss on a pair of jeans, a plain white tee, a baseball cap and my solid white Nike Air Max sneakers.