The White Rabbit

8.)Neighbors?

Dean unlocks the front door to his apartment and opens the door letting me in first, holding the door open with one hand.
"So this is my place..." he says shyly but also with a small sense of pride as he walks in behind me.
His place is full of deep dark blues and chestnut brown leather. It smells strongly of the Mahogany Tiekwood candle from Bath and Body works mixed with dude. His place is clean...like meticulously clean. Not a thing out of place.
"So here's the kitchen. It's a small New York style kitchen but it gets the job done. And then over there is the living room and dining area." He says pointing at everything he's saying.
I nod and walk around slowly taking it all in. We turn the corner where 3 doors are.
"So my roommate's room is there and our bathroom is there but he is basically living at his girlfriend's apartment so I really don't understand why he pays for this place" Dean chuckles.
"You have a roommate?" I ask inquisitively.
"Ya, but he's never around. Like truthfully it's been like a week since I've seen him." He starts easing my mind.
"I see...I mean once this baby come I'd hate to get on his nerves." I giggled rubbing my small unformed bump that I delusionally think I have.
"True! You hungry?" Dean asks glancing at me rubbing my stomach.
"Yes, but I wanna see where the magic happens!" I say shimmying my shoulders being silly.
"Ah, if the magic includes the back of my eyelids sleeping then I shall show you." He scoffs with a laugh.
He opens his bedroom door and ushered me in. His room is basically decorated the same as the rest of the place. I meander my way to the bed and sit down bouncing on the bed a bit as if I'm testing it out.
"This place is nice!" I state while Dean sits next to me on the bed.
"Could you see yourself being neighbors with me? Hopefully I won't need a cup of sugar or anything." He asks chuckiling and I turn towards him somehow being inches from him again.

He and I both linger there for much longer than we should've. Breathing in the sexual magnetic tension that I fear is building and soon will blow. I want him so badly and just knowing I can't makes me want him even more. I breathe him in for a moment and I feel him do the same before we turn away from eachother. We exhale slowly before I finally break the silence.
"Ya, this could be a very nice operation we start here." I smile with a hint of sadness that we didn't kiss.
"I think so too...let's get the baby some lunch." He grins helping me up from the couch.

30 minutes later:

"This grilled cheese is quite possibly the best thing I've ever eaten!" I food moan into the crunch that happens when I bite into it and the cheese pull that happens as I pull away.

Dean laughs while loading his dishwasher after finishing up making me lunch.

"I'm just shocked that you're an easy woman to please. I could've made you anything ya know..." he shakes his head while squirting soap onto the cheese grater.

"Usually I would want something more...intricate but this baby wants carbs anything else and I'm a hurling nauseous mess. I'm shocked I'm able to even eat the cheese and butter to be honest with you." I say fiddling with my sandwich.

"Oh true...why did my dumb ass forget for a moment that you're pregnant...and with my kid...geez I'm losing it." He chuckles closing the dishwasher and starting it up.

"Sometimes I even forget I'm pregnant and I'm the one who is pregnant...it still doesn't feel real." I say with a full mouth of grilled cheese.

Dean looks at the clock briefly and it's 11:56.

"Shit, we gotta go downstairs to see that apartment. Grab your other half of the sandwich and you can eat it on the way." He panics grabbing his shoes and keys.

I take a bite of sandwich and reply,"Dean...it'll take us like 32.5 seconds to get to that apartment...turn off the firefighter rush to get dressed. It's okay." I tease and stand up grabbing my shoes aswell.