Homerun

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"I'm so tired." Dansby groans flopping down on his couch. Their game had gone into 12 innings so we didn't leave until 1.

"Why don't we go to bed then?" I ask lifting his head so I can sit down and then laying it back in my lap.

"No, no I really want to watch a movie." He widens his eyes.

"Ok, ok." I laugh running my hand through his beautiful hair. Dansby's eyes flutter shut as he sighs in content. "What movie do you want to watch?"

"Anything you want baby girl." He sighs keeping his eyes closed. I laugh lightly as I reach over grabbing his remote and going to Netflix. I scroll through the movies in search of one in particular. "Forrest Gump." He chuckles.

"What?" I ask continuing to run my hand through his hair. "It's my favorite."

"Nothing." He shakes his head smiling. "I love this movie." I smile down at him and lean forward kissing him. I pull away with the sound of Tom Hanks voice.

"Hello. My names Forrest Gump." I turn my attention from Dansby to the movie playing in front of me. I continued to absentmindedly run my fingers through his curls. At some point I look down and see Dansby smiling up at me.

"What?" I cock my head to the side as I let my hand fall on his chest.

"Nothing, I just like looking at you when you aren't paying attention because I think that's when your the most beautiful. When you aren't trying and your just being you, to me that's better than any picture you or anyone else can take." He says making my heart explode.

I was at a lost for words as I sat there staring at him. "How in the hell did I get so lucky?"

"No baby I'm the lucky one." He says before sitting up and kissing me again. It started slow and passionate before Dansby decided to take control and licked my bottom lip asking for entrance. I parted mine letting our tongues battle for dominance as I push him back on the couch so I was on top of him. We continued this way for minutes until I pulled away.

"O-ok I n-need to stop myself before I get to carried away." I pant sitting back again the arm of the couch.

Dansby sat up and leaned against the other arm with a nod. "Yea, I was about to lose control." He admitted running a hand through his hair. "I'm uh gonna run to the bathroom, do you need anything while I'm up?" He asks standing up and pulling his shorts off his crotch making me stifle a laugh.

"If you have a hoodie I could wear I'll take that." I had changed into running shorts and a t-shirt after the game and even though it's the beginning of May Dansby keeps his house freezing.

"Yea I'll grab you one." He says walking back towards his head room. I turn my attention back to the movie and notice we were already half way through. A few minutes later Dansby returns with a Vandy baseball hoodie in hand. "Here baby."

I smile slipping it over my head. As it passed over my head his smell hits me like a ton of bricks. "Mmhhh smells like you."

Dansby chuckles as he falls next to me again, this time I lay down letting my head rest in his lap. "Tired baby girl?" He asks running a hand through my hair.

"Very." I nod closing my eyes.

"Wanna go to bed?" I don't respond keeping my eyes closed but I guess Dansby gets the memo as he picks me up and carries me into his bedroom. "Hey what time do I need to wake you up for work tomorrow?" He ask quietly as he pulls the covers over me.

"Mhh I work from home on Tuesdays so whenever." I grumble pulling the covers closer to me.

"Ok. I'll let you sleep then." He says before walking off into his bathroom. He returns minutes later climbing in next to me. I scoot over laying my head on his bare chest as he wraps his arms around me. "Goodnight Taz." He whispers pressing a kiss to my head.

"Night superstar." I respond kissing his chest before drifting off into a peaceful sleep.
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The sound of my phone ringing on my bedside woke me up. "Hello?" I answer harshly not looking at the caller Id. Dansby stirred beside me trying to pull me closer as I went to sit up.

"Hey slugger bad news." My dad begins. "Your Mom and I have to fly down to Orlando tomorrow to see Mimi so we won't be able to make the game Sunday."

"What happen to Mimi?" I ask fully awake now.

"Nothing to serious she just fell and broke her him, so we're going to go down there and spend the week with her." He assures me. "But that being said I'm going to need you to watch over the office while I'm gone."

"Alright yea sure." I nod glancing down at Dansby who was still passed out looking as cute as ever.

"Good now also, are you and Dansby free for lunch today? I really would love to meet him since he's dating my daughter." I laugh at my dads comment.

"I'm free but I'm not sure what Dansby's doing? When I get off the phone with you I'll ask and shoot you text." I say reaching out and petting Bentley who lays at my feet.

"Sounds good. Talk to you in a sec." He says before handing up.

I turn my attention to Dansby who somehow was still dead asleep beside me. "Dansby." I whisper in his ear pressing a kiss behind it. "Come on baby you gotta wake up."

After shaking him a bit Dansby finally rolls over opening his eyes. "Mhhh what time is it?"

"Almost 10:30." I say running my hand through his messy hair. "Hey my dad called and they can't make the game on Sunday because the have to fly down to Orlando to check on my Mimi but he wanted to know if you wanted to go to lunch today?"

Dansby sits up pushing his hair back out of his face. "Yea lunch is fine, is your Mimi ok?" I smile at his concern for someone he doesn't even know.

"She fell and broke her hip so they're just going to go down and check on her. So I'm going to run home and change for lunch do you just wanna come by and pick me up at 12 and we'll head to meet him?" I ask standing up from the bed.

"Sounds good. What should I wear?" He questions coming over to me and wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Just wear a polo shirt and some khaki shorts or something." I shrug.

"Alright, so I'll be at your place at 12." He says leaning down and kissing me.

"Mhh see you then."