They were all nice guys. Some of them flirted with her. Mainly, she just wanted to disappear from the whole thing. She was still trying to deal with the mental fall out from jumping Kip earlier that morning. Her body was humming for more already.
Finally, Colton said he was hungry. With that Kip ushered them out of the room. Now they were in the truck heading for the nearest pizza place and Mandy was leaning on the door, her eyes closed. "No wonder you are in such great shape," Mandy said. "How in the hell do you do that with your legs?" She sat up and looked at him.
Kip laughed. "Practice love."
His laugh made her shiver. It was deep and rich, like his voice. It touched her deep inside her belly. "I can't wait to see the game tonight."
"Should be a good one," he said. Then he spoke to Colton. "I think it was too much for your mom. But did you enjoy yourself?"
"Yeah," Colton said, looking up from his camera. "I got tons of great pictures and nearly everyone signed my shirt. I totally can't wait to show Mark. Hey, can we go up in the Calgary Tower today?"
Mandy was going to negate that, but Kip spoke first. "Sure. After we grab some lunch."
Mandy leaned her head back down. She smiled at Kip when he reached over and rubbed her thigh. "Too much?" he asked.
She nodded. "A little. I just-" she sighed. "Sometimes I still feel like the shy teenager."
"You are the shy teenager. It's one of the things I love about you."
Mandy wanted to snap at him. Tell him to stop being so sweet all the time. If he got any sweeter they were going to be in a fucking romance novel and she would start believing that everything in her life was perfect.
"You look upset by that."
"I'm just tired and hungry."
"Good thing we are here. We have to go to some store and get my kitchen stocked," he pointed out.
Mandy stifled a yawn as he parked the truck. "Right. Ikea."
"Ikea?"
"Sure, they have the best stuff for cheap."
Colton whined at the suggestion. "I hate that place. You always take a million hours to go through there."
"Well, cross you fingers that the play area is open for you."