Playing the Field (Hot-Lanta Series) (14 page)

             
“I want to make sure I get to take you out just in case there are complications from the impact of carrot to your skull.

             
“Well in that case, tonight it is.”

             
Lucy noticed Connor smile even more brightly when she accepted his date offer. They exchanged information and he told her he would pick her up at her place and to wear a dress because they were going dancing.

Lucy could not contain her excitement. This was the perfect distraction she needed from Austin and Connor was actually incredibly adorable and funny. She watched Connor pack up Winnie’s stuff and wave good bye.

Lucy finished her wrap and paid her bill. She needed to go shopping to find a cute dress to wear for her date tonight because she knew there was nothing in her closet that screamed sexy and that was how she wanted to feel tonight, sexy.

                            ***

              The Braves had a day game today and lost which put Marc in a terrible mood. He hated having to deal with a loss during the day. At least if they lost a night came he could just go to sleep, instead he had to think about his two strikeouts and the fact that Phil Montgomery could not throw a strike to save his life.              

             
Slightly depressed, Marc sat in his house staring at the ceiling drinking a beer. Brady asked if he wanted to come over but Marc didn’t really feel like socializing. His life was beyond confusing right now. For some reason he was falling head over heels for Patty which had never happened to him. He had always been very much a ladies’ man and would tell that to anyone who asked. But ever since he and Patty started becoming closer he hadn’t had the urge to go out and screw with some random girl. No, instead he sat at home, by himself, dreaming of taking Patty to bed with him. What the hell?

             
He never pictured himself as a relationship kind of guy but ever since Patty came into his life, all he wanted to do was be with her, talk to her, hold her and kiss her. The worst thing was she didn’t want anything to do with him, romantically, and if he made a move on her he would lose her forever, thanks to the brilliantly-stupid idea he had for a friend contract. Boy did that idea back fire in his face.

             
He was taking another sip of his beer when his pone beeped. Most likely it was Brady asking if Marc wanted to come over again. He looked at his phone and surprisingly, it was a message from Patty. She never was the one who initiated conversation. Marc sat up and read the message.

Patty: Hey, sorry about the loss today. I think I could have done a better job pitching than Phil.

Marc laughed, yes she could have and she would have looked a hell of a lot better than Phil as well. God he wished Patty was next to him making him feel better. Marc knew he was being a baby about the game. He was just irritated with life in general but he couldn’t help but wonder what life would be like if he came home to Patty after a hard game instead of an empty, cold home.

Marc: I agree, especially after witnessing that mean Frisbee toss of yours.

              Marc thought about yesterday and Patty’s “touch down” dance. If he wasn’t already in love with her then he would have fallen in love with her the moment she started backpedaling in the park. She was so energetic and fun. If only she gave him a chance, gave a relationship between them a chance, gave love a chance.

             
All of a sudden there was a crash at his door or what sounded like one. He got up to see what the commotion was. He opened his door and found a Frisbee sitting at his doorstep with a note attached.

Let’s have a pool party. Meet you out back.

PC

              Marc’s heart skipped a beat as he read Patty’s handwriting. Patty was in his backyard, wearing what he could only hope was a very skimpy bikini, swimming in his pool, getting all wet.

             
He grabbed his trunks from the guest bathroom, threw them on as quickly as humanly possible and went outside. He was blown over when he saw Patty floating in his pool, wearing a green bikini that made her hair shimmer in the light. She was wearing dark sunglasses and had a beer in her hand.

             
“About time, it’s sad partying by yourself.” She said with a smile.

             
“How did you get in here?” He asked completely confused but beyond overjoyed that she was at his house, scantily dressed.

             
She sat up from her float and tipped her glasses so he could see her eyes. “I work with Jane, who is engaged to Brady, who knows how to get into your house. All I had to do was ask. You should really have better security, you know.” She set her glasses back in place and put her head back down on her float.

             
“Apparently.” Marc said with a smile.

             
“Oh, do you not want me here, I can leave.”

             
“NO! Please stay. You made my day.”

             
“Well come join me but I must warn you I’m not keen on splashing and remember the friend contract don’t take this as an opportunity to stare at my fantastic bikini body.”

             
“Too late.” Marc said jumping into the pool forming a canon bomb right next to Patty tipping her off her raft and into the pool. When he surged to the surface, so did Patty completely soaked. She looked at him with the intent to kill.

             
“You are dead, Sully.”

             
“And what are you going to do about it? I probably have about a hundred pound of muscle over you.”

             
He watched Patty look around the pool area. She quickly grabbed a pool noodle and swung it in his direction. He was so caught off guard that she hit him square in the jaw with the Styrofoam floating device. She laughed hysterically and floated away.

She hopped out of the pool and went over to a cooler that was next to a patio set with a fire place. He could not stop staring at her fantastic body. He thanked
God for the invention of a bikini. This day was turning out to be better than he expected.

                            ***

              Patty grabbed a beer from the cooler knowing the whole time Marc was staring at her. She got out of the pool on purpose. She was not feeling like herself lately, she was feeling extra flirty. She told herself that she didn’t want to be in a relationship and she was not ready but all she wanted to do was be around Marc. She sat at home watching the game, begging for it to be over so she could see him in person.

             
She planned on a little pool party for the two of them because frankly, she wanted to see him with his shirt off. She had not gotten any in two years and was past the point of horny. She just needed a little look at Marc and that would hold her over.

When she saw him come
out to the pool area she thanked God for her sunglasses because she knew her eyes must have popped out of their sockets. Marc had the best body she had ever seen. Marc was older than her and in baseball years considered old and ready to retire but by no means did he look it. Patty had to really dig deep to remember the reason she didn’t want to be in a relationship. She didn’t want to get hurt again and could not trust people she thought loved her.

             
Marc lifter himself out of the pool and Patty just watched the water drip off of him. She swore the world switched to slow motion and his every step toward her was drawn out so she could see every muscle in his body ripple. Sweet lord, what did she get herself into?

             
“Is there a drink in there for me?” Marc asked throwing Patty back into the real world.

             
“There might be. What are you looking for?”

             
“Shirly temple?”

             
Patty pulled out a beer and said, “We ran out of those in the 30’s but if you would like to strap your balls back on and have a beer you can take this one.”

             
Marc smiled at her and said, “I guess I don’t have a choice.”

             
They sat down at the patio set and just watched the sun disappear. Patty in the back of her mind wished they were sitting together but instead they were sitting across from each other. Patty rested her feet on the fire pit and watched Marc’s eye start from her toes and wonder up her legs. He was not coy about checking her out at all and Patty loved it. 

             
“So what made you want to have a pool party? Not that I would really call this a party. Two people and some beer does not quite classify as a rager.”

             
Patty decided to be honest. “I wanted to see you with your shirt off.” She knew Marc would take that as her joking.

             
“Now if I was stickler Patty Cakes I would say that comment falls under a breach in our contract as flirting but I’m going to take it as a science experiment.”

             
“Science experiment?” Patty asked confused.

             
“Well yea, you said you wanted to see me with my shirt off and clearly since I am the perfect example of a male specimen that means you are checking me out to learn about the perfection of male anatomy.”

             
Oh Jesus. Patty rolled her eyes at him and took another sip of beer…more like a gulp.

He continued. “So what do you think?”

              “What do I think of what?” Patty asked.

             
“Of the epitome of the male body sitting before you.”

             
Two could play at this game Patty thought.

She got up and stood right be
fore him and said, “I think it’s lacking a little in the pectorals.” She cupped her breasts and leaned over his body saying, “These are breasts see how they are soft and jiggle with the slightest touch?” She saw marc gulp. Then she poked his pec and continued. “See how that just jiggled? You need to tighten up a bit Marc.” She turned away from him and laughed to herself. Then was hit hard by a massive bare chest from behind and was carried to the pool.

                            ***

              Marc could not take it any longer, he needed an excuse to touch her and if that meant tossing her in the pool then so be it. When she leaned over and shook her tits in front of him he thought he was going to come right there in front of her. She was being a tease and she knew it. This was good news for him because it gave him hope for the future of their relationship Marc so desperately wanted.

             
He flung both their bodies in the pool making sure to take the impact of the water first so Patty didn’t get knocked out by his heavy body. They both kicked around reaching for the surface. They popped up at the same time and treaded water only an arm’s length away from each other.

             
They didn’t say anything they just stared at each other. Marc didn’t know how long they were like that until Patty made the first move. She turned and headed for the stairs. He grabbed her wrist and asked her where she was going.

             
She looked into his eyes and said, “I’m a little chilly, maybe we can start a fire?”

             
“Of course, I didn’t hurt you did I?”

             
“You would have to do a lot more than throw me in a pool to hurt me Sully, don’t give yourself so much credit.” Then she grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body. There went his free show.

He followed her out of the pool and grabbed some wood that was on the side of his house. Patty was
sitting on one of the chairs when he got back and he noticed she was shivering.

             
“Did you bring any other clothes beside that amazingly tiny bikini.” He asked

             
“I couldn’t tell you were such a fan of my suit. Not with all the staring those eyes of yours have been doing.” She teased.

             
Marc laughed. “You can’t expect me to hang out with you while you wear such little fabric on your clothing and not stare. I know this is not in the rules but damn girl you have one amazing body and I would be dead if I didn’t notice.”

             
Marc saw her blush, one of his favorite things about her.

“Thank you and I all I have to wear are a pair of shorts and a tank top
. Apparently, I wasn’t thinking.”

             
“Not a problem.” Marc said. He ran into his house real quick, grabbed a freshly cleaned Braves sweatshirt out of his laundry room and handed it to her as he pulled on a t-shirt for himself.