The Christmas Present

The next morning, having slept for only half the amount of time she had her eyes closed but not feeling any the worse for it, Sharni made her way to the nursery café. She couldn’t wait to see Mitch and had already decided to ask him back to her place afterwards. She wasn’t ready to sleep with him yet but she did want to spend time with him alone. She’d just have to set down some ground rules first so there were no misunderstandings. 

When she walked into the café she saw with amusement that he was already there. He stood as she approached and he bent to give her a quick kiss before they sat down.

“Are you going to be early every time we meet from now on?” she teased.

“Probably” he said with a grin. “How did you sleep?”

“Not well” she admitted looking away.

He laughed “well that makes two of us.”

She smiled. 

After they’d ordered Mitch asked “what are you up to for the rest of the day?”

Sharni took a breath “actually I was going to see if you wanted to come over to my place.”

He grinned “definitely.”

“I just mean to hang out” she said looking at him with a serious expression and trying not to blush.

“I wasn’t thinking you meant anything else” he said with a smile.

“That’s okay?” she said with a frown.

“Whatever you want is fine with me” he said still smiling.

She smiled too now.