Page 19 of His Sunshine Baby

“Seems like you had a good time.”

I blush. How could he read my mind right now? I growl, annoyed, but he shakes his head.

“Don’t get mad at me, you’re the one having dirty thoughts so early in the morning! So, you want to tell me about your wild night with blondie?”

“You do know you’re blonde too, right?”

We bicker for a few minutes, but I end up telling Daniel everything, well, not the details of course, but just enough for my best friend to have a general idea. He listens to me while preparing some breakfast for the two of us with whatever’s in the fridge. I’m not really a good cook, and aside from a few family recipes, I’d rather leave the cooking to Danny.

When I’m at the point of the story where I left the hotel, he brings me a bowl with a mixture of fruits, cereals, and a bit of almond milk.

“You know babe, that sounds like a very good night of sex, but are you sure that’s all it was?” he asks while sitting next to me, our knees touching.

“What do you mean?”

He sighs and takes a spoonful of his bowl.

“I’ve had my share of one-night stands, you know, and this doesn’t sound like one. I mean, from my experience, men usually do their business quickly and go, especially those who say they don’t want to get attached. But here, your guy took you to a suite, stayed the whole night, asked for seconds, was gentle and all.”

“He owned the suite, may I remind you, and not all men are beasts, Danny. Besides, the sex was really good. Doing it more than once was probably just about enjoying it. That’s all.”

He shrugs and makes a smug face before filling his mouth again.

“Well, you were lucky then. The guy was a gentleman. Never happened to me.”

I feel a bit sorry to hear that. Daniel has one-night stands too, but I have never seen him in a relationship that lasted longer than a couple of weeks. Of course, my best friend is the nicest, most adorable guy in Silver City. Sadly, all the guys he ever went out with always turned out to be jerks, stupid boys testing their curiosity, or even married men. Moreover, he’s so busy with his studies, except for our Friday nights, he barely has any time to look for a companion. I just wish he would find his own man already, but I feel like he’s half-given up. Guess one heart can’t take too many bruises.

I put my hand on his knee.

“Come on, Danny, I bet we’ll find you a nice man. The nicest, most committed guy in all of Silver City.”

He scoffs.

“Thank you, honey, but that only happens in TV shows. Wait until you realize they were just testing the waters with you.”

This time, I give him a slap on his leg. He groans, but I don’t care. I won’t take his pessimism today!

“Don’t say that! There’s got to be one gay gentleman out there for you, and we are going to find him! Tonight, we are going to Pepe’s and you are getting laid!”

He raises an eyebrow.

“Who are you, and what have you done to my babe? Get laid? Girl, one night with Black, and you start talking like me!”

I laugh, well, I do feel like I broke through a few barriers. I feel a lot better, enough to be the optimistic half of our pair for the day.

“You know what? Ditch your work for today. We clear our schedules, and we have fun, just the two of us!”

“Elena, I have to go check on my experiments and you have a whole bunch of bustling teenagers to train.”

“You can call and ask for one of your colleagues to take over for one day, Danny. You spent the whole night working your ass off! And the kids won’t die from a day without training either. Come on, just for today.”

He opens and closes his mouth. I can tell he’s tempted, so I bat my eyelashes and act cute while he’s still hesitating. After a while, he smiles and takes out his phone. Yes!

“Sylviana? It’s Danny. Do you think you could do me a favor and… oh, well, yeah? Really? Are you sure? Thank you, girl! I’ll buy you lunch next week. See you.”

I have a bright smile on. Danny’s off the hook and all mine today! I want to ask him what he wants to do, but before that, he hands me my smartphone.

“You call Chris and tell him to do a self-class with the kids. It’s always better than having one of them tell your uncle you never showed up.”

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