Page 26 of Unstoppable You (Sapph in the City #6)
James
“Are you ready?” I asked Delaney. She refused to show me her outfit.
“Yeah, just a second!” I leaned against the couch and crossed my arms. If she took too much longer, we were going to be late meeting everyone.
“Tada!” She burst through the door and posed for me.
I nearly slid off the couch and right onto the floor. “Oh my god. You look fucking incredible .”
She wore what I could only describe as a fluffy fairy dress in varying shades of orange, pink, and white. Her hair was curled, and she’d also brought the same colors to her eye makeup.
The colors of the lesbian flag.
“Well now I just look like a slob.”
I glanced down at my cargo shorts, and T-shirt that had two pairs of scissors on it. I did have a lesbian flag to wave, though.
“You look hot, shut up,” she said, coming over to me and kissing me until I didn’t want to take her anywhere.
“Are you nervous?” I asked. This was her first Pride as an out lesbian.
“Nah, I’m good. I mean, we already U-Hauled so I feel like Pride is a moot point.”
Less than a month after we started dating, we decided that living in two separate apartments was nonsense and we got a new place together in my same building, but the apartment had a second bedroom that I used as my office, while Delaney had her T-shirt press and the rest of her work in part of the living room.
The extra space was nice, and it was good for me to have a door I could shut so she could listen to her music while I did client meetings in the office.
I’d also finally cut off contact with my family after the Connor in New Hampshire incident. The guilt they’d tried to pile on me for not going to get him was the final straw, but without Delaney’s support I wouldn’t have been able to block their numbers at last. Now I would get the occasional email, but I had a filter on my email, and I deleted them without reading. Delaney’s parents had swept me right into their family and I’d grown incredibly close with her dad.
“Okay, we have to hurry,” I told her. We were not only meeting with Larison and Jo, but with a whole group of other sapphics that we’d become friends with. I’d invited Lea, but she had some event this weekend that she couldn’t miss. She and I had become besties, and I was so glad that I’d met her.
Delaney took my hand as we walked toward the park where the parade was supposed to start.
“You seriously look amazing, baby,” I told her as she floated and twirled beside me. “Everyone is going to be jealous of me.”
I saw our friends and we both waved, but Delaney stopped me.
“What is it?” I asked, turning to face her.
“Just wanted to tell you that I couldn’t have gotten here without you. I didn’t know it was possible to be this happy, James. I love you so much.”
She had heels on that made her almost as tall as I was, which made it much easier to kiss her. I was a big fan of the shoes. Hopefully I could convince her to keep them on later when we went to bed.
“I’ve always loved you, Delaney. Always.” I gathered her into my arms, and she squealed as I carried her the rest of the way to meet all of our friends.
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