Gold Skies

Twenty-eight

STEF's POV

   "So I asked her to be my girlfriend," I said, taking a puff of the joint we were sharing.

   Harry laughed his ass off looking at me. "You did that? And what, you're not freaking out right now?"

   I laughed myself. "I am a little bit but I don't know, man. She's like, the dream woman. And when I'm not with her I'm talking about her. It's crazy as fuck, I can't even explain it."

   Harry shook his head. "I never thought I'd see the day Stefanie Foster fell in love."

   I laughed and took another puff of the joint. "I expected this from you already. But it's not like you're in a position to judge."

   "Yeah, yeah, I'm in love too, whatever," Harry took a puff of the joint.

   A second later, my phone rang. "Hey, hot stuff. What's up?"

   She laughed on the other end. "Really, Stef. Listen, I'm bored and I miss you. Can we meet?"

   I smiled because I missed her too. "Sure. Where?"

   "I don't know. Where are you now?" Lena asked.

   I looked at Harry and he nodded at me, giving me full permission to leave. "Go!!"

   "I'm at Harry's but where do you wanna go?" I picked up my bag and headed to my car.

   Lena thought about it for a second. "We could just eat somewhere? I don't know."

   I started the car. "Kay. I'm on my way to pick you up. We'll figure it out in the car, how's that?"

   I drove to her place as fast as I could, though respecting the speed limit for once, and when I got there she was already outside, waiting for me.

   I unlocked the door and Lena came inside. She shut the door and I kissed her. Hard. Like I meant it, because I did.

   "Oh wow," Lena said. I smiled at her and started driving again.

   "Well, hi," I said, driving down the street. "Where are we going anyway?"

   "We could go watch a movie?" Lena asked.

   "Okay. How about Netflix and chill?" I asked.

   Lena looked at me and smiled. "That's perfect. What did you do at Harry's?"

   I shook my head, knowing that she was not going to like the answer. "We smoked a joint, caught up..."

   Lena tensed near me, but didn't say anything about that. "I see."

   "And you?" I asked back.

   "My mother called. She says she's coming over for a visit. She might wanna meet you..." Lena said.

   Now it was my turn to get nervous. "She might, huh?"

   "Yeah, but she's not coming till next week. Let me check what movie we're watching." She grabbed her phone and checked what was on.

   I kept driving, trying not to think about meeting Lena's mother. "What romcom are we watching this time?" I said, playing with her.

   "Excuse me?" She asked.

   I smiled at her, laughing a bit.

   "Well, fine. Just because of this unnecessary teasing, we are watching a romcom movie. I'll make sure it's the cheesiest ever."

   I laughed. "Oh, no! Come on," I kept driving. I tried to hold her hand for a second but she denied, moving her hand away jokingly.

   "You asked for it, didn't you? Well, now you're gonna get it," she shrugged.

   I smiled. "God, I hope so."

   Lena stopped searching on her phone and turned to me. "Jesus. You're a lost cause," she rolled her eyes at me.

   I laughed. She couldn't just roll her eyes at me. I'd have to have her here and now. She is incredibly hot. But not in the obvious way, you know? In the way that you'd just- she was art.

   When we were about to get to my place, I remembered I didn't have pop corn, wine, anything. "Fuck," I mumbled.

   Lena unfastened the seatbelt as I parked the car. "I'm out of wine. And pop corn. And anything you can possibly eat or drink actually."

   "Ok. What do you wanna do?" She asked.

   I thought about it for a second. "I'll grab some things from the grocery store. You can get comfy up there, I'll be back soon."

   "You don't want me to come with?"

   I shook my head. "You shouldn't have to. I'll be back soon. You can choose what we're watching - I officially give up."

   She laughed. "Like you were ever going to win that fight," she kissed me softly and grabbed the keys to head up to the studio.

   I went to a small grocery store to pick up a few things, including a couple of bottles of wine and pop corn. It wasn't long before I was back - maybe twenty minutes.

   I knocked on the door, as I'd given Lena the keys. She opened the door to me, fully naked. I couldn't believe my eyes. I almost dropped the bags. She'd lit some candles too.

   "You're going to get it," she put the bags on the table and kissed my neck softly.

   I smiled at the attention. Lena made sure to remove my  sweatpants and sweatshirt quickly. "Shit," I said, grabbing her ass as she licked my neck.

   Lena unstrapped my bra with one hand - what? - while she took me to bed.

   Netflix would have to wait.