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That’s My Girl

Drew

I t's been a couple of days with Ronnie staying with us, and things are going better than I thought they would. I didn't think anything catastrophic would happen, but I thought maybe we'd have some turbulence.

The only bit that has been rough is the sleeping arrangement. I guess you could call that some turbulence, but Ronnie has been so understanding about it. I’ve made sure to show my appreciation every time we have some alone time.

Tonight, I'm really going to owe her because Sandy called, saying that she's not going to be able to take Colton this weekend due to having to get a Colonoscopy on Friday. I was really looking forward to spending the entire weekend naked with her.

Since I have to break the news, I decide to go home for lunch to see her. On the way, I quickly stop for flowers and a bottle of wine.

When I walk through the front door, I'm greeted with Ronnie's plump ass up in the air. She's bent over, touching her toes.

Looking through her legs, she cocks her head when she sees me.

"Oh, hey," she says.

“Hey, beautiful." After a quick glance at the instructional video on the TV screen, I ask, "Yoga?"

"Yeah" She moves so that she is right-side-up.

"Don't stop on my account. I have a great view."

“I'm glad you liked it, but I don't think yoga is for me."

“You've never done it before?"

As she walks over to me, I hand her the flowers and the wine. "These are for you."

"Man, you're going to spoil me. When I go home, I won't get any of this special treatment."

"Baby, even when you go home, I'll still spoil the shit out of you.” As she walks to the fridge to put away the wine, I take another look at how great her ass looks in the tight yoga pants.

"To answer your earlier question,” she says. "No, I've never done yoga before."

"So, why now?"

"Because I've realized that I need some hobbies–as much as that pains me to say because it means my mother was right."

When she doesn't finish her thought, I say, "I'm going to need a bit more information."

She hops up so that she’s sitting on the counter.

"I've spent over a decade traveling. Almost all of my time was wrapped up in that.

I never found other things that I liked to occupy my time.

.. except fucking." She winks at me. "The past couple of days, I haven't known what to do with myself.

I can't start work on the inn yet, and I realized I have nothing else to fill my time. "

"And you decided yoga would be a good first choice?"

"It's supposed to be relaxing and calming . Let me tell you that it's exactly the opposite. It's hard, and the chick on the video is annoying. Apparently, I have really terrible balance. I've fallen over twice.”

"Yikes."

"Yeah, needless to say, I don't think yoga is for me.”

"I'm sorry, beautiful. For what it's worth, your ass looks fantastic in those pants."

"How about I wear them while doing anything other than Yoga?"

I smile. "I think that is an acceptable solution." I give her a quick kiss before saying. “I have a little bit of bad news."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. Sandy isn't going to be able to take Colton this weekend. She's having a colonoscopy."

“Oh man, that sounds like bad news for her."

“I know we were both looking forward to some alone time.”

She raises her arms to adjust her ponytail white she talks. "Drew, it's not that I think we are going to have every single weekend to ourselves until Colton turns eighteen. It's not a big deal."

“You know, you are handling this whole kid thing pretty well," I tell her.

"I'm realizing that he's not quite as much work as a baby. At least he can talk and walk and all that."

“I guess that's true. Natalie and I were still together when Colton was a baby, but she did most of the heavy lifting."

"Babies just freak me out a little. No offense."

I chuckle. "None taken. They used to freak me out too until I had one."

"Speaking of Colton, I wanted to ask you something."

"Okay." I draw the word out because I'm unsure what's coming.

With Ronnie, I never quite know.

"I know you said that you haven't had time to finish his room because you've been too busy with work... and me. Would it maybe be okay if I finished it?”

"You want to decorate Colton's room?"

"I mean, it would be one less thing for you to do. And I’m bored as hell and need something to do.” She takes a quick breath. "I'm alright at decorating, and I could do it as a way to say thank you for letting me stay with you guys.”

I was right. I had absolutely no idea that she was going to say that.

She adds, "If you don't want me to, that's okay. You won't hurt my feelings.”

She never ceases to amaze me.

I set my hands on her thighs. "Baby, that is so sweet of you. I don't care at all, but I haven't gotten all the stuff yet.

She stops me. “I'll handle everything. You won't have to worry about any of it.”

“Okay. Go for it. I'll let you have free reign. Just let me know whatever you buy, and I'll pay you back."

She grins. "My endless boredom thanks you."

"I should be the one thanking you. I'm sure Colton will absolutely love it."

"I'll get started on it." She looks up at me. "Now, I just have one more question."

I brace myself for her to shock me again. "What's that?"

"You wanna bang one out before you go back to work?"

That’s my girl.

"I'm offended you even need to ask."