Page 24 of Learning to Run

“Alright.” Shrugging and looking innocent, I sighed. “I wasjust being helpful because I want you to have a good date with Bates. I want itto go well.”

“That’s because you planned it.” For some reason, he keptglaring as he said it, but it made me want to jump up and down.

“I know. I can’t wait.” He was going to have so much fun.

“I’d have more fun if I knew what we were doing and why ourdate had to start on Saturday morning. Are you sure we’re not going to the artmuseum you talked about?” Crossing his arms over his chest, he frowned evencuter and sat down on his bed in a huff. “There is no way this is dinner and amovie or something like that.”

“Ugh, would I make that your first special date with ourDom?” When we were all old and gray, I wanted them to have a nice story totell…like how great my first spanking was.

“I don’t know and that’s the problem.” Studying me like hethought he could see the answer on my face, he leaned forward, his inner Domcoming out. “You’ve probably picked something completely insane and have areally good justification for it.”

Yeah, that sounded like me.

“So what you’re saying is that I probably picked somethingfun and slightly out of the ordinary that you’re going to love but wouldn’thave done yourself?” He knew me so well. “That’s exactly what it is.”

It would’ve been the art museum but they were having somekind of private event. But my boyfriends were going to have so much fun andwould bond so well that we’d be able to have full sex soon…and Cash would startto realize that Bates was it for us so he’d stop worrying too.

And he was a dork about space and Bates was a dork about alot of things, so they’d have fun and I wouldn’t have to walk around anothermuseum.

Cash was kind of a control freak about plans, which madesense with the whole light switch thing, but he was going to make himself nutsbefore he actually went on his date if I didn’t distract him. “I need a kissbefore you go. I might even need several so I don’t pout.”

I was going to study while they were gone which was aterrible way to spend a Saturday but it couldn’t be helped.

He huffed, but he stood up and came over to me withoutarguing or complaining, so I knew he wanted a kiss too. “You’re high maintenanceconsidering this is my date.”

“What can I say?” I shrugged as I wrapped my arms around himand hugged him as I leaned against the bedroom door. “I like attention.”

And having two boyfriends made getting it so much easier.

“I think you’re just disgruntled because we didn’t sleepover at Bates’s last night.” Cash had a group project meeting that had gonelate and I’d promised Brady I’d watch the new Disney movie with him while Judehad been doing his own stupid project stuff.

So I’d babysat while everyone else worked.

“I’m not an attention whore.” Cash scoffed but curled intome and rested his head on my chest. “I don’t need to sleep at his place everynight. We’re dating, not living together.”

I was pretty sure that was debatable, but Bates had said notto drive Cash too crazy, so I was going to try to be good.

It was painful, though.

“He likes having us there. He says it helps him not to worryand he needs lots of cuddles too to be happy.” So that made it our job to bearound enough to give him all the cuddles he needed. “We don’t have a choice.”

That got a snort from the dramatic cuddler I was currentlyholding, so I kissed his head since that seemed to be an agreement to me. “ButBates said when you get back later from your date, we’ll do somethingtogether.”

I was hoping that meant another spanking or giving him ablow job, but if he had a specific plan, he wasn’t telling me.

“Do you know if he wants to do anything specific? Do I needto run any errands?” I was hoping I sounded innocent, but Cash’s snicker said Ihadn’t gotten it quite right.

“Nope.” He straightened, looking pleased with himself andvery distracted. “There’s nothing you need to do.”

“You know what he’s doing.” Now it was my turn to glaresince the sweet attempt hadn’t worked. “That’s not fair.”

Cash laughed. “Now you know how I feel.”

He was such a brat.

“No.” Shrugging, I tried not to smirk. “Because I know Batesis going to do something fun and naughty with us and all you know is that youhave a date.”

His groan and the way he crashed his head into me said I’dwon.

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