It Happened One Night

When Sara came over the other morning after her doctor's appointment, we really didn't get to talk much since it was getting late and we needed to get some sleep before working that night. I was kind of disappointed with how fast she fell asleep, it seemed to be just before her bed hit the pillow - I finished covering her up, she didn't get that done before she passed out. I didn't fall asleep that easily, maybe it was just the excitement of actually having her in my bed once again or maybe I wasn't tired. I stayed awake for a couple hours and for most of that time, I wondered what she's been doing in the pass couple weeks that would make her as tired as she was that day? I started to wonder about these doctor's appointments that she had in the last couple days, could something be wrong? Would she tell me if there was? I didn't want to lose the ground it felt like I gained by having her with me.

I wasn't able to wake her until just before we had to leave for work, so we didn't get a chance to talk then either. I don't understand why it took me almost an hour to wake her up and when I asked her about it, she just smiled and told me that 'dream me' was distracting her.

"Really?" I raised a brow, what I wouldn't give to know what those dreams were about.

She curled up to my side, "mmmhmm," she smiled up at me. "You were very baaaad!"

"Oh now you have to tell me what we were doing!"

"Ummm....no," she giggled, kissing my cheek as she moved to rest on her elbow. "Just 'model' dreams," she grinned.

For a second I didn't know what she was talking about. "Model? Huh?" She nodded and I laughed out loud. "Funny girl!" I moved quickly, grabbing her, turning her over onto her back as I moved over her. "You know you have to tell me about those types of dreams."

"Ha ha!" She linked her hands around my neck. "I don't remember you telling me about yours!"

"Oh?" I grinned, dropping from my hands onto my arms, a move that took me from hovering above her, to being pressed against her body. "Well there was this one dream where you -”

"Tanner!" She gasped as she got a glimpse of my clock. "Is that really the time?"

I glanced at the time - 10:20. "Yes Sara, that's the real time."

"No," she cried as her arms fell from around my neck. "I have to shower!" I lowered my head to her neck, "Tanner!" She giggled.

"You smell alright to me," I nipped at her neck. "No shower for you, you have to tell me about that dream you were having."

She insisted that she had to shower so I reluctantly let her out from under me. She jumped out of my bed, grabbed her bag and headed for the door as I laid in my bed, feeling very...let down.

The light streamed into my room as she opened the door. Groaning, I pulled the covers up over my eyes, blocking out the light. I heard her laugh and say my name, and then I felt a tug on my blankets. "Yes?" I lowered them enough to peek up at her smiling face as she climbed up on my bed, kneeling next to me.

"Don't be sad," she leaned over me, pulling my blankets down further. "I need to shower because of that dream!" Before I could respond, she pressed her lips against mine for a brief second and then she was gone. Running out of my room, her short shirt flapping as she ran, giving me teasing glimpses of her panty clad ass. Just enough to make me think that I was going to have to shower....again. Unfortunately, mom called out to me while Sara was in the shower so I didn't have the time to think about her in my shower with the water cascading over her body.

Sara drove us both to work that night, she said there was no reason for both of us to drive. "I can drop you off in the morning," she told me. I asked her if she was going to stick around in the morning. "Well," she hesitated. "I really should go home, I have some stuff I have to do; I'd like to get them done tomorrow morning so I don't have to worry about it on my days off."

I let it go at that.

Later that night, we were in the staffroom when Billy asked Sara if she was going to go to the bar with him. "You have some more money to win," he told her.

"I don't know," she told him. "I'm not sure if I'm up for that tonight." I tried to pretend that I didn't notice the way she glanced at me out of the corner of her eye when she spoke.

But Billy didn't pretend not to notice. "Oh? Did you have other plans?"

There was a moment or two of silence before she spoke again; I have the feeling she was waiting for me to say something. "I guess not."

Billy glanced back and forth between the two of us before his gaze rested on me. "So what are you doing tonight?"

It was a Friday night, Travis had called me up, asking me to go out with some of his friends. "Going out with the guys," I told him.

Sara turned to me, "With Luke?"

"I don't think so," I shrugged. "I might run into him some time, there aren't that many bars in town." Little did Sara know, since the weekend at the lake, I've been avoiding Luke which was getting harder to do since I've seen him coming and going from Claire's house over the last couple weeks. One morning, I swear he was on his way over to see me but mom was outside and she told him I was sleeping, so he left. It was only a matter of time before he cornered me, I knew this but I wasn't sure how I would react to him.

Break was over, Sara was gathering her empty pop can and bar wrapper. "Well I hope you have fun." But she didn't seem to really mean it.

Billy and I got up, following Sara out of the staffroom, with Crazy following us; even though we were ignoring her the best we could. "If you happen to be around the club tonight, stop in."

"Sure," I said. "I'll be there."

Crazy jumped in front of us. "What time should I be there Tanner?"

I heard Sara groan. "What time?" I asked Crazy and she nodded, smiling. "Oh I don't know," I pretended to think about it, catching Sara's dirty look as she swiped her name badge. She started around the corner when I answered Crazy. "Any time I'm not there is great for me! Now," I moved around her, swiped my card before turning the corner, leaving Billy standing alone with Crazy.

I would've felt bad about sticking him with her but I couldn't help but laugh as I heard him try to tell her nicely to leave him alone.

"That's mean." Sara was leaning against the wall by the women's bathroom, her arms crossed over her chest. "Leaving Billy alone with that!" My eyes traveled down to where her arms rested, I sighed. "Tanner!" She pushed off the wall, swatting my arm as she moved past me. "You are such a pervert!"

"Yeah," I agreed, turning around to watch her walk away. "But you like it." Sara just laughed. "I know you like it," I called after her as she turned to go into the infant department.

"You are a dead man," Billy growled at me when he flew around the corner with Crazy still talking to him.

"Billy! My man," I threw my arm around his shoulders, placing my other hand on my chest. "You can't kill me man, your best friend wouldn't like that much," I said jokingly thinking Sara was long gone into her department.

"Don't you go getting cocky now," she hollered as she poked her head out from the aisle, a big smile on her face. "You don't have me yet."

"It's just a matter of time!" I called back to her as she disappeared. "A matter of time," I chuckled as I turned back to Billy...

...who was giving me a funny look.

"Get off me Tanner."