Page 75 of Falling Together

Blair laughed at her question. “Fuck yeah. I think I came before you even did. That was so fucking sexy.”

Blair reached over and took Erin’s hand in hers, and the sensation of their fingers intertwining had Erin feeling even more than the sex had. It was no longer the feeling of being completely satisfied or on the edge of a climax. This was different. Erin knew exactly what this feeling was even after not experiencing it for so long. This was the feeling of falling in love.

There was no denying it and no stopping it. Erin was falling head over heels for the woman lying beside her, and she’d never been more terrified of anything in her entire life. She needed to share all this with Blair, but was struggling to put her feelings into words. How did she explain that she wanted Blair more than anything in the world, but didn’t know if she could take the leap yet? How did she tell her that she had dreams of what their life together would be like but wasn’t ready to make those dreams a reality? Even as Erin said it in her head, it sounded completely crazy. But if anyone would understand, it was Blair. Not because she had experienced any of the same things Erin had, but because she was the most understanding person Erin knew. One more reason to take this leap (but also another factor that would make the potential fallout that much worse).

Erin took a deep breath and then blew it out. She just needed to say all of this out loud and get Blair’s input on it. “No matter how hard I try, I can’t stop myself from falling for you more and more.”

A wide, almost childlike smile spread across Blair’s face as she squeezed Erin’s hand and rolled onto her side to stare into her eyes. “Maybe you should stop trying. Maybe it’s time you finally let yourself fall.”

“I… I want to. I really do. I’m not trying to lead you on. I promise. My feelings areveryreal. I just—”

Before Erin could finish her sentence, her phone started to ring. As much as she didn’t want to, she stood from the bed to find it, because it could be about Nolan. “Sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it. I know you have to make sure Nolan is okay.”

Erin fished her phone out of her discarded shorts and found it was the number for the indoor playground facility where Nolan was having his birthday party. As much as she didn’t feel like talking to them right now, she also didn’t have a choice since the party was a week-and-a-half away.

“Hello?”

“Hi, is this Erin Corcoran?” the person on the other end of the phone asked, their voice sounding weirdly nervous.

“This is her.”

“Hi. Yes. I’m calling about your son, Nolan’s, birthday party. It appears we somehow double-booked that day.”

Erin scoffed. “You double-booked and didn’t realize it until aweek-and-a-halfbefore?” She didn’t like getting an attitude with people just trying to do their job, but she was so frustrated right now, she didn’t know how to hold it in.

“Yes. I’m very sorry. We have multiple party planners, and it seems they didn’t communicate. There are a few options.”

Erin couldn’t even focus on what the woman on the phone was saying, because she was so overwhelmed. “It’s okay,” she said, trying to make it sound like she actually meant it. “We will figure something else out. I just need my deposit back.”

“Absolutely. I will make sure that gets put back on your credit card as soon as possible. Thank you so much for understanding. I hope you consider us for a party in the future.”

“Of course.”Fat chance.Erin sighed as she hung up the call.

“Everything okay?” Blair asked from where she sat on the bed in all of her naked glory.

“Yeah, it’s fine.” Erin immediately shook her head, because she knew it was no use lying to Blair. She’d see right through her. “No. Not at all, actually. You know Nolan’s birthday party that was supposed to be happening in a week-and-a-half? Well, that’s ruined now. The venue was double-booked. I can’t do it at my house. There’s no way. I invited his whole class. Why the hell did I do that?”

Blair shrugged nonchalantly, as if this wasn’t a huge catastrophe. “We’ll do it here.”

“What?” Erin had to have heard that wrong.

“Seriously. It’s perfect. The pool will still be open. There’s a lot of space. Plus, Nolan loves it here. I’m sure he’ll be pumped.”

“Absolutely not. This is my responsibility. I’m not putting that on you and your family.” Blair got out of the bed, dildo still hanging between her legs, and walked over to Erin. She rubbed her hands up and down Erin’s arms, immediately making her feel more relaxed. “You don’t have to do everything on your own, you know. Let me do this for you.”

“Are you sure?” Erin really wasn’t used to someone taking care of her like this.

“Positive. We will have to put our talk on hold for a bit, though. We have a party to plan.”

We.Erin was really starting to love the sound of that.

Chapter 25

Erin

“Mommy! Mommy! How much time ’til my birthday?” Nolan asked from the back of Erin’s car.

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