the kissing gate | simanda ✓

17. confession

Simon took Amanda a date that Saturday and he ended up spending the night at Amanda's house when they got back after the date. Amanda had been correct about the date being romantic as Simon had taken her out to dinner to a small restaurant and took her for a walk in the park afterwards. When they were driving back home to Amanda's house, Simon confessed that he had a crush on Amanda since they had started working together on Britain's got Talent twelve years ago. Amanda didn't know what to say in response to it so she said nothing about having a crush on him, which she did, and asked Simon when he first realized that he had a crush on her.

She wanted to say that she had a crush on him but she hadn't felt ready at the time. Now she knew that she felt ready to admit it and tonight was going to be their third date as a couple. Amanda was planning on spending the night at Simon's house so she convinced Lexi to watch her little sister and Eric at Simon's house so Amanda and Simon could go there after their date instead of Amanda's house. Amanda's house was usually the home that they went to after their dates so they could shag but it felt as though Simon was becoming more gentle when they did shag, as if he wanted them to make love.

Amanda and Simon hadn't been caught by anyone except for Amanda's daughters and mother two weeks ago. Amanda had to reteach her daughters that if the door to her bedroom was closed, they had to knock and get permission to come in because Amanda and Simon were naked in bed in the morning because they had been shagging the night before. That had been a rule back when the girls' father was alive, before Chris passed away, and it was followed so Lexi and Hollie wouldn't see that much of their parents' bodies naked with only blankets covering them. The rule became necessary when Lexi had seen more than what she should have one morning when she was much younger than her current age. She had seen her parents almost completely naked in bed with not very much covering their crotches and Amanda's breasts.

Amanda told Simon this story on their third date and he laughed. He could relate to it as a past girlfriend and him had been caught in a similar situation by his mother when she had been alive and healthy shortly before the girlfriend and Simon broke up. Amanda couldn't help but laugh at that story.

"It's terrifying to be caught by your mum when you're naked in your childhood bed with a naked girl in your arms," Simon protested seriously. "Mum saw things she wasn't supposed to."

"Lexi saw Chris and I with not much covering us. That's worse than my mum seeing us naked in bed. Chris and I could've scarred our daughter for life," Amanda replied. She took a bite of her salad and chewed.

"Imagine Eric, Hollie, and Lexi seeing us naked in bed in the morning. That would be much harder to explain than just using the explanation of bouncing in the bed and taking off our clothes before we get sweaty," Simon said and then continued, "what are we going to tell them if the girls and Eric happen to see us naked in bed tomorrow morning?"

"I suppose we can just give them the same explanation as last time when Hollie asked. Only Lexi is old enough for the sex talk and I've already given it to her and explained what contraception is and why I take a pill every morning," Amanda replied. Simon took the last bite of his meal and he put the fork down onto the plate. Amanda finished her salad and she put her fork and knife into the salad bowl.

"Do you want to get dessert, darling?" Simon asked, taking the dessert menu off the table and began to look through it. "Or would you rather just go home and shag in my bed?"

"I'd hate to admit it but shagging sounds better than getting dessert. Anything else romantic planned for tonight other than going to your house and having sex?" Amanda asked as Simon put the dessert menu back on the table and he waved over the waiter for their table so he could get the bill.

The bill was paid by Simon because he refused to let Amanda pay for their food even though she had been the one that had decided where they were going to eat for their third date. They got into the car and Simon began to drive to his house. They both had their arms on the console and Simon was holding Amanda's hand in his.

"You know what I could do for you tonight, 'Manda?" Simon asked her and then answered his own question, "I could give you a romantic bath tonight."

"I like the sound of that. I would love that, Simon," Amanda replied. "But we need things for me so you can give me a bath. You don't have anything for it, do you?"

"I don't anymore. We can go and buy some. The girls and Eric should already be in bed right now," Simon responded. He pulled into the parking lot of a grocery store and parked the car. "Go pick out your favourite things for the bath."

Amanda got out of the car and went into the store, returning back to Simon's car with a couple of bags laden with her favourite things for a romantic bath. Now that Simon was going to do this to her, Amanda felt more than ready to confess that she had a crush on Simon since they had started working with each other.

"Is that much stuff needed for a bath?" simon asked her, eying the bags that she placed at her feet.

"Yes," Amanda replied.

[_] hey guys! So simanda went on a date again and Simon wants to give Amanda a bath. I love writing Simon when he's being romantic. What do you think is going to happen next and what did you love about this chapter? Bye until the next chapter!