Reminiscing

Picking Up Desirée

Nancy's POV~

It was Tuesday morning and I was ecstatic!

Today I would be able to have my daughter with me for a few days and then I'd have the love of my life for the rest of the evening and hopefully the night as well.

That's if Candice agreed though.

Either way, nothing could knock the smile out of my face. I would pick up Valerie after her last period and then we would both drive up to the hospital to pick up Desiree.

Which reminded me, I had to head over to Valerie's house in a bit.

Desiree loved brownies and I had wanted to surprise her with a freshly baked batch when I picked her up. Sadly, I couldn't bake. At all! Even if I tried I already knew I would burn them or they would literally taste like sand. So I mentioned to Valerie that I would go to the bakery and order a batch of brownies, but Valerie then informed me that her mother made the best brownies ever and that we should ask her instead.

After her mom agreed to bake them she said I could go help. So there's the reason behind my visit.

I got up early in order to shower and prepare for my long day today.

I changed into something comfortable and I was soon out the door and heading for Valerie's house. I was practically bouncing in excitement and I was just so f-cking happy!

It didn't take that long to get to Valerie's house considering that she lived only ten minutes away from my place. I cut off the engine and gradually made my way towards the front door. I pressed the doorbell and gripped my sweater around me. It was kind of chilly and the past days had been pretty cloudy. It was expected for it to rain any day now.

"Hi!" An excited voice greeted me. "Please come on in!"

I smiled at Valerie's mom and shook her hand politely while placing a kiss on her cheek as a form of greeting.

My curiosity reached its peak though when I took in the woman's outfit. Now, I don't know if Mrs. Delarose had done it intentionally or if she normally walked around her house wearing almost nothing. Her legs were barely covered by a short pair of shorts and her T-shirt almost poured out her boobs.

She was beautiful, I wasn't going to deny that.

Especially with her extremely long, dark brown hair and tanned skin. But this was my best friend's mom and I was not going to start anything with her.

Or any other woman for that matter.

The only person I wanted was a beautiful woman with a breathtaking dimpled smile and those eccentric brown-gray eyes that seemed to be ever changing in color under different lighting.

I didn't know much of Valerie's mother, just that her husband died and that she has yet to begin dating anyone—according to Valerie. She couldn't possibly be over her thirties, so she was fairly young. And attractive. I couldn't help but wonder if this brownie baking would turn out to be uncomfortable for me, but I really hoped that it wouldn't.

I seriously reached these lengths just to get my daughter some goddamned brownies!

"Make yourself at home." The woman began. "I was going through the ingredients that would be needed and I realized that I've no mini M&M's since Valerie always eats them. So I'll just head to the store real quick to buy some."

"I can come along if you want?" I offered.

I really didn't want to stay inside their home while there was no one around. So I figured I could tag along.