Renewed Family

Chapter 6: Again

Jasmine decided to clean up after the girls left. The girls were clean but Jasmine needed to get a few extra things taken care of. She collected all the spare dishes from every bedroom and rinsed them out. They didn't have a dishwasher so she used dish soap and scrubbed the cups out.

She wiped down the counters and swept the floors. She hears a knock at the door that must be Anthony. She collects her dust pile and then opens the door.

"Take your shoes off I just swept." Anthony pulled off his shoes and placed them on the mat.

"You need help baby girl?" He noticed her cleaning.

She smiled. "Um, if you wouldn't mind mopping? I just use this rag."

"Of course." Jasmine handed him a rag and he began to wipe down the floors. He noticed a small sticky spot on the floor. He tried scrubbing it out with the rag but it wouldn't clean it up fully.

"Let me try. She walked over and took the rag out of his bare hands. She bent over scrubbed it out.

"I think I got it!" She groaned. "Just needed a little more scrubbing."

Anthony admired her figure as she was bent over. She had the most perfect frame, especially to him. Anthony was reflecting on the past days and he knew he screwed up. Seeing Jasmine everyday taking care of these girls made him realize how much he regrets in life.

Jasmine attempted to get off the floor but fell back down on her bum. She laughed at her clumsiness. Anthony reached out his hand to pull her up. Jasmine hesitated and then accepted his help. She put her dead weight on him uprubtly and nearly pulled him down.

"Jas, what the fuck." They laughed uncontrollably. Jasmine missed this addicting feeling of laughter with Anthony. They eventually got off the floor and controlled their giggles.

There was a moment of awkward silence. Jasmine felt the smile on her face. She missed this feeling. She needed it.

"Um I think this is good for now." She said. "I'll put this rag in the hamper."

"I kinda want mac and cheese. Do you want some?" He offered.

"Yeah sure. I'm gonna try on a few things I bought yesterday."

"Mkay."

Jasmine went into a extra small room to try on some things she bought at the mall. She pulled out a lime green corset dress. It was short and had thin halter straps. It flattered her figure perfectly.

She let her curly hair down. She played around with the outfit, trying on some shoes and earrings. She decided that the dress looked best braless and made it most flattering. She spun around in the dress like a little girl playing dress up.

She tried on some new perfume from Marc Jacob's and adored herself. She realized something. She hasn't felt this way since the breakup. It was Anthony's influence since she has gotten here. It was him.

She overheard Anthony singing in the kitchen.

"Now I like opening doors mmm.. treat her like a lady." He harmonized to The Temptations song.

She pressed her ear to the door to hear him singing. That was her biggest turn on. She missed their perfect duets. She slowly swayed her hips to his deep voice.

She jumped at a loud alarm sound.

"Shit!" Anthony yelled.

Jasmine ran out of the room to find smoke coming from the pot of macaroni.

Jasmine ran over and put a cover over the small fire.

"How do you burn mac and cheese?"

Anthony looked panicked as he stared blankly. It was the beautiful green dress. She was lovely. Jasmine looked at his sultry eyes and his freckled impression.