Please, Remember The Bench (BY: Book 3)

Circle! Circle! Circle!

Stef's POV

After crying into each other's arms for I don't even know how long. We pulled away slowly as I looked up into Lena's eyes... she was so beautiful and I can't thank her enough for giving me another chance, but I was damn sure going to honor it.

"I'm going to make it up to you, I promise." I swear as she doesn't look that convinced, but I know I've just hurt her very bad, so I'll give her some time.

In the meantime, I don't lose anytime to pick up her bags and take them back upstairs as she follows me.

When we got there, I look at her room, and... it didn't feel right anymore... so I turn around and look at her.

"I think you should come back in our room. Sleep next to me." I say for I don't want to be away from her, and I feel like this is the best way of getting closer to her.

"Stef... I don't think that's a good idea... it's too fast and I... I need some time now. If we're doing this, we need rules, because... what happened can't happen again Stef... I won't..."

"It won't, I swear." I cut her off, making it very clear that never, ever again, I'll be that foolish.

"Okay... so I... I won't sleep next to you for now... we'll do dates, but we need to have rules since our situation is... not very conventional."

"Okay, whatever you want." I say for at this point, I feel so guilty that I'll do anything to make it up to her.

"Well... first, on dates, we don't talk about our past, our memories or whatever, we'll only talk about us as a person, what we like, dislike... like we don't know each other at all, like a real first date, like a real beginning... just, you know... seduce me." She says.

"Okay. That's a good rule. What else?" I say, very determinate to follow everything she wants me to follow, but wondering how the hell I'm going to seduce her...

"When we come back home, we'll do as if we don't live together. We'll act as if you're walking me to my house, so I will get inside first and get in my room while you will stay outside for a few minutes before you'll go in yours. If I ever want to invite you in, you'll know." she says, kind of sounding bossy, which I oddly liked.

"Okay, good, I can do that." I say.

"Also, you have to ask me to go on a date with you the proper way." She says, taking a bit advantage of the situation so that I court her, but hey I deserved it, and I don't mind if I'm honest.

"Oh, you mean... like you want a card or something like that?" I ask for I never done this before, I have no idea how to ask a woman out...

"Just... be creative. Good night." She says, before she grabs her bags from my hands, and then walk into her room, closing the door in my face, leaving me standing there like an idiot.

Well, I guess I deserved that too... now I have to find a way to ask her out "creatively"... what does that even mean?

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Lena's POV

Stef was taking an awfully long time to ask me out. I mean... it's been two days...

Okay it wasn't that long, but hell I was waiting, thinking about it all the time, and she's just there talking to me as if nothing happened.

I was working hard on not to be angry at her after the shower incident... I know that she's not mean, that she's not cruel and she didn't do this to hurt me... I was trying to understand her. How complicated it must be for her, and just how she often struggles with her feelings.

I can tell she feels terribly guilty since she can barely look at me in the eyes, and when she does it's... it's written all over her face that she's sorry for what she did...

She's my wife... I love her, and I can't help but just feel bad for her, and want to make her feel better... however I plan on making her chase after me like nothing else. I want her to want me and to want me so bad that when she will make love to me, it will be real and she'll be fully there, because I would have made her longue for it.

It's going to be hard for me to resist her, because I miss her so bad, and making love to her has always been my favorite thing in the world, but I have self-control. I want to make her go insane and maybe... maybe she'd fall in love with me again, or... or finally remember me.

So another day begins and I'm at the table with Stef and Kamaya for breakfast. I'm peacefully eating my eggs, thinking about the people I have to see today for the renting of house when I notice Stef giving an odd look to Kamaya.

"Mama?" Kamaya then says as I lift my head to look at her.

"Yes, baby?" I say to my cute little girl.

"Mom asked me to give you this." she says as she hands me a small heart-shaped card with Yes and No probably for me to circle, as I try very, very hard not to smile, looking very briefly at Stef that herself couldn't help her silly smile.

"Oh... well... what is it?" I say, playing along, for there was no question on the card, so I guess Kamaya is the messenger.

"Mommy asked me to ask you if you would, please, go on a date with her?" Kamaya says so happily as I look at Stef, still sliming and it was borderline cheesy as I look back to Kamaya.

"Well... do you have a pencil so that I can circle my answer, honey?" I ask as she almost jumps.

"Oops! I forgot the pencil. Wait a second, I'll be right back!" she says jumping off her chair and running to go get a pencil for me.

"That's cheating." I say to Stef, for she used our daughter, how in the hell can I say no... even though I would have never said no, but still...

"You asked me to be creative." She smiles as shrugging her shoulders playfully as now I really can't help my smile... it was too cute and I'm weak in front of her.

"Here mama! You can circle yes!" Kamaya yelled coming running to me.

"Who said I was going to say yes, huh?" I tease, giving Stef a look as she still has her cheesy smile on her face, it was ridiculous.

"Oh, please, like you can say no to mommy! Come on! Circle! Circle! Circle!" Kamaya jumps, so damn excited and God does it feels good to see her so enthusiastic and happy... Stef really played that well, I can't deny her that.

"Okay, okay..." I say playing as if I didn't want to circle yes and that I was doing it just for her, when in fact I was myself very much excited... like my heart was beating fast and all. But I still make it a point to play my role, of the hard-to-get woman... Stef is going to have to work hard to have me.

"Here, you can give that to mom." I say to my daughter as she takes the little heart from my hand and run to her mother to show her the card.

"Good job, my love." Stef says before they both do a high five, making me shake my head. It was so cute though like... fuck I love them...

And at that, Stef then turn her head to me, and wink at me, instantly making me blush...