Camden Vaile

Monday, April 27th

When I woke up, Joel was still asleep and curled around me. I just lay there for a few minutes and breathed him in. I was really looking forward to a lifetime of this! When I slipped out of his arms he frowned and shifted. I stopped half in – half out of the bed until he settled again. I went to the bathroom then went to start some coffee. I looked at the clock and was shocked to see that it was already 0900. I grabbed my iPod and decided I'd listen to some music while I folded clothes.

I had already folded half the clothes and was reaching into the dryer for some more when hands grabbed my butt. I shrieked and swung around with a fist. My forearm hit a solid wall of muscle. Joel's eyes got huge but he didn't even budge. His mouthed formed the word, "OW!" and he reached up to rub his chest.

I pulled the ear buds from my ear and said, "You scared the shit out of me!"

He sniggered and said, "Sorry! I couldn't help it." He grabbed my hips and pulled me to him and said, "Your butt said grab me so I did." I laughed and pulled his mouth to mine.

I went back to folding clothes and he stood there propped on the wall watching me. He said, "What time do you wanna go running?"

I said, "Since you're up, we can go when I'm done." He nodded and I said, "Coffee's in the kitchen. I'll make breakfast after we run."

He smacked me on the butt before he turned to leave and said, "Sweet!"

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When we got to the park, we found a place to stretch. I bent over to touch my toes and he just stood there. I looked back at him and said, "What are you doing?"

He smirked and said, "Observing how you stretch... making sure you're doing it right."

I rolled my eyes and switched positions. He joined me but kept his eyes on my butt. I wondered if he'd been doing this for the last four months. Haha Maybe I should have been paying more attention!

I stood up and put my ear buds in and took off. A few seconds later, I felt his presence just behind me and to my right. I figured he'd move on up and run beside me but he didn't. Instead he stayed in his usual spot.

I came to a sudden stop and he plowed into me and looked shocked. His arms automatically came around me and he let out a strangled laugh and said, "What are you doing?"

I grinned and said, "Well... hello big guy!" He grinned back and I said, "I should have done this a long time ago!"

He laughed and said, "Yeah... you should have."

I said, "Soooo... we're together now?"

His eyebrows shot up and he lifted my ring hand and said, "I don't know. You tell me."

I grinned and said, "Soooo... why aren't you running beside me now?"

He smirked and said, "Because I'm enjoying the view." I cocked a brow and he gave a cocky grin and grabbed my butt with one hand and pointed to my boobs with the other. When both brows shot up he said, "I especially like it when you wear the green shorts and that white tank top. They fit snugger than the others."

I snorted and gave him a quick kiss then took off again. When he fell back into pace with me just behind and to my right I couldn't help but grin. So the mysteries of his endurance run were solved. Ha and to think he had been doing this for almost four months. I just didn't realize how lucky I was at the time.

We ended up running three miles and I was thinking about pushing for a fourth when Joel grabbed me around the waist from behind and lifted me off my feet. I let out a startled scream and when he sat me back on my feet he said with a laugh, "I think three's good!" I laughed and he said, "I'm starving. You promised to feed me if I ran with you."