Uninvolved (8 page)

"Hello?"

"Hey
,
Becka
.
"

It was a guy
,
but she couldn’t place the voice.

"Who is this?"
Becka
asked
,
curious
.

"It's
Nate
.
"

Oh my God
,
she thought to herself
,
sinking onto her bed
.
Be cool
.
Just
be cool
,
she thought to herself.

"
Oh
.
Hey,
Nate
.
How
are you?"

"I'm good
.
H
ey
,
you live
over by
Arrowhead Mall
,
right?"

"Um
,
yeah
.
I'm a few streets south of the mall
.
Why do you ask?
”

"Oh, well
,
if you're not doing anything I thought I would swing by and say hey since I'm near
there
.
Did you have any plans tonight?"

Becka
was
stunned
.
S
he would love to see him but how pathetic would it be to admit she had nothing going on
.
Plus, what was the deal with him calling all last
minute just wanting to drop by?

"Um
,
Becka
, are you still there?" he asked.

"I'm here
.
I was just surprised
.
I went out last night
,
so I had planned on staying in tonight
.
I guess you could
come over
.
I just
have
to
put on some clothes first
.
When were you thinking of coming?"

Becka
grinned at herself
.
She
felt very
flirty
for
mentioning her lack of clothing
.
It had its intended effect
,
though.

"
You're not wearing any clothes
?"

"I
,
um, just
got out of the
bath
.
I'm sitting here in a towel
.
"

"
Well, um,
I'm actually in my car right now
.
Depending on what your address is
,
I can probably be there in like
five
minutes
.
Is that too soon?
Besides, you really don’t have to get dressed on my account.
"

"
Really funny
.
I guess we'll find out
,
"
Becka
said and then gave him her address.

How flirty was that! He just told her she didn’t have to put on clothes. Becka was sure he was joking but
,
still
,
it made her stomach flip. She
raced around her room shoving all of the clothes that were just randomly laying on her dresser and floor into her closet
.
She pulled on a cute matched underwear set and a pair of short running shorts
and a tank top
.
She then hurried
into the living room
,
causing Dave to jump up.

"Christ
,
Becks
, you scared the shit out of me
.
Wh
at's up?
See a spider?" he asked
,
pausing his game.

"
Nate
,
that guy I told you about
,
is coming over right now
.
Help me clean
up
and then go to your room
,
"
Becka
ordered as she folded a throw blanket and laid it across the back of their sofa.

"Screw that
.
I want to
see
this guy
,
" Dave said mischievously.

"I will chop off your balls if you embarrass me
,
"
Becka
threatened.

Dave grudgingly helped her pick up
by taking
out their kitchen and bathroom trash while
Becka
lit a couple
of
candles. Then she
threw on some make up and ran a brush through her
wet hair
.
Becka
left her hair down to air dry and rubbed her legs and arms with lotion
.
Lastly, she
misted herself with vanilla
body-spray just as she heard a knock at their door.

Dave had gone
out back
to have a smoke
.
She
peered at him through the sliding glass door
,
praying
he wouldn’t embarrass her
.
F
ishing a piece of gum out of her purse
,
she popped it in her mouth before opening the door
.
And there
Nate
was
,
all hot
and
on her front door step
.
He
was wearing a pair of dark blue
jeans and a white button down dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows
.
Becka
felt her mouth water.

Becka
motioned for him to come in and asked if he'd like a tour
.
She explained that Dave's room was on one side of the house and
that
hers was on the other
.
She named off the rooms as they walked
.

"This is the kitchen
.
That’s
the dining
slash living
room
.
Guest
bath
.
Did you want to see my room?"
Becka
asked
,
turning back to him.

Becka
wasn’t expecting him to be so close behind her
.
She could almost feel the heat coming off of him, and
,
L
ord
,
did he smell good
.
She had never been this close
to him before and not barefoot, so now
she had a better idea of how tall he was
.
She had
to guess that he was about four inches taller than her, maybe
5'11
.

"Sure
,
"
Nate
grinned down at her.

Becka
loved her room
.
She
had a queen
-
sized bed with a wrou
ght
-
iron canopy
frame
.
There were
sheer
fabric
panels tied off at each corner and ice
-
blue sheer material wrapped around the posts
.
Her bedding was this dreamy purplish blue swirl print
.
Becka also
had a ridiculous amount of pillows on her bed
.
Nate
walked further into her room and looked around.

Becka’s
senses
were
in overdrive
, probably because this was the first time she and Nate were all alone
.
It felt like her entire being was conscious of
his. When he walked past her
,
Becka
felt the movement of air brush her legs. Her room wasn’t huge so
,
even though he wasn’t right next to her
,
she could just barely smell his cologne
.

"That's cool
,
"
Nate
said
,
motioning to her make
-
shift wall art.

Over her dresser
,
Dave
had m
ounted a piece of lattice board
.
Becka loved it
and had all of her scarves looped through it
.
It was a cool cluster of colors on her otherwise white walls
.
Across from her bed
,
Becka
had a small flat screen
TV
on top of a
brimming
bookshelf
.
Nate
walked around her bed
,
looking at
her
pictures and
picked
up her e
R
eader from her bedside table.

Holding it up and mo
tioning to her bookshelf
,
he asked
,
"Read a lot?"

She nodded
,
taking
her e
R
eader from him and hugged
it.

"Read those dirty books everyone's
been
talking about?"
h
e
ask
ed,
laughing
.
He
sat on her bed.

"I have and
,
don’t get me wrong
,
they were fun to read
,
but I like other stuff more
.
"

Before she could fully appreciate
the
fact that the guy she was lusting after was sitting on her bed
,
he asked what kinds of books she
like
d
to
read.

"
Um, a bit of everything
.
I go through phases and sometimes get sucked into series
.
I read pretty fast
,
so I guess my favorite books are really long ones
.
Otherwise
,
I feel let down if I'm not ready for a story to end
.
Pretty silly, huh?"

Nate
regarded her
.
"Nope
.
I think it's pretty cool
.
I
read a lot too, mainly mysteries
.
I try and solve them before
they
give it away
."

There was something so sexy about a guy who liked to read
.
Becka
considered jumping him right then and there
, but
,
before she could
,
Dave popped his head into her doorway
.
He saw
Nate
sitting on her bed and raised his eyebrows at
Becka
.

"Thought I'd come introduce myself
.
I was outside when you came in
.
I'm Dave
,
" he said
,
reaching his hand out to
Nate
.

Becka noticed Dave trying to puff his chest out to seem as big as
Nate
and chewed on her lip to keep from laughing.

"Nice
to meet you
.
I'm
Nate
.
"

"So what do you crazy kids have planned tonight?" Dave asked
,
trying to act all fatherly.

Becka
shoved him
into the doorframe
.
"Not sure
,
Dave
.
I was just giving
Nate
a tour and then we started talking about books
.
What did you feel like doing?" she asked
Nate
.