22 - Crazy On You

~Holly’s Point of View~

I could tell Slade was doing all he could to ask the big question, and all I did was avoid it.

Would I stay, or would I go?

At this point not giving him a straight answer was probably just mean, and I knew it. But I’d managed to let the night and day go by playing it cool. I didn’t want to talk about things but it was beyond obvious now what Slade thought, what he expected. He expected me to stay.

And…

I mean come on, his mom’s ring? What had he said to her to make her think everything was that serious? As the night drew on I just laid in silence, staring into space. But it was the first night since I’d been here we didn’t make love. We didn’t even sleep naked.

Nothing about Slade’s life would have to change if we were together. Only obviously he’d get me and a mostly grown kid…

But he won’t have to move. He won’t have to give up anything at all. He’d have amazing sex on demand … if I do say so myself… And potentially fulfilling his life’s goal apparent