Inviting Him Over.

I had a quick thought while accessing the situation. Could it be Melinda thought I was trying to seduce his son by cross-sitting? Not just that, my smooth thighs were exposed in a way that would make a man go crazy.

Determine to know where Melinda was heading, I remained in my seductive sitting position, while maintaining a look look at my friend.

She broke the silence at last by smiling briefly at me. "Okay, Becky never mind. You know, I was thinking maybe you will not feel comfortable if you sit that way," she pointed at me to demonstrate what she meant.

"No, that's cool. I think I'm comfortable this way," I told her while raising my head slightly.

The whole time, Johnny ate in silence, I guess he might conclude that there was no need to interfere in what could be considered a feminine conversation

Our faces over and over! Yes, that happened many times as we eat. The funny part of our encounters was that they always end with smiles on our faces. Sometimes, I would wink at him, amazingly he would wink back in a concealed manner.

I was surprised that Melinda was never caught and neither was there any suspicious gaze at us from her.

I finished eating before everyone. I sat in silence and kept making eye contact with the fellow sitting in my opposite direction. My subtle strange behaviour was cut short when Johnny stood up and was about to leave for an unknown destination. I was forced to ask him where he was headed since I was enjoying every activity that has been going on between me and him across the dining table.

"Where are you going, Johnny? Are you done eating?" With a tender voice of concern, I asked him.

"Yes, Aunt Becky. I'm good!" He pushed aside one of the dining chairs so he could find his way out.

"He doesn't eat too much! You know eating to his satisfaction has always been his problem!" teased Melinda from her corner of the dining table.

"Oh, really?" I reacted to Melinda's ridiculous joke. "Are you damn serious about that?" I turned to Johnny and asked. "Are you sure you are doing the right thing? Why don't you have some more?"

"Okay, let me get this straight up, you are kidding, aren't you? Tell me you are kidding just like mom! Ha-ha! So unbelievable!" By now he has moved away from the dining table as he was speaking with a long smile on his face. "Birds of the same feather flock together! Now I understand why you and Mom have always been best of friends. Both of you think alike. Do you think, I did eat to satisfaction? Hell no! I did!" His funny reactions made I and Melinda to cackle.

The unfolding scene made my tension to be at ease. The feelings I had built for him when we ate at the dining table seemed like they had been temporarily suspended. However, it never stopped me from asking him for the second time where he was going.

"So, what's next now, Johnny?"

"Uhm, I'm not sure about it, Aunt Becky but, I'm going to fix the air-conditioner in one of the rooms."

"Oh, I see, you can fix it?" I became inquisitive as to know when he learnt such a skill. I turned to face Melinda. "You never told me that Johnny was good with electricals until I found out myself?"

Pardon my negligence darling but, you just came back after such a long time. How can I remember everything that happened over the many years of your absence, all at once? Hey, come on!"

"Come on, Melinda, you could have told me on phone and stopped giving me one of those weak excuses of yours!" We both laughed at the way we spoke to each other.

While we were having fun, Johnny had worn a T-shirt. That means I could no longer see his bare chest or the sexy hair on his chest.

"I gotta go now!" He left while I and Melinda stayed behind.

"You can call him any time your air-conditioner breaks down, he will help you to fix it," said Melinda immediately after, her son left the scene.

"Hmmm! I think I have got one in my apartment that needed to be fixed. The home cleaning service I paid failed to notify me about it. I found out when I came home."

She smiled and began parking the plates since we are done eating. "Maybe you should tell him right the way." She glanced at the plates I have gathered myself. "About that, let me handle them, go and tell him about your air-conditioner that needed to be fixed. Go now, hun!" She nudged me slightly, typical of her.

I left Melinda and followed a narrow corridor which leads to the room where Johnny was working. One of his hands held steadily to the screw which he had used to lose the nuts. The coated wires were all little in the open air-conditioner. He turned around upon noticing my presence. Just as expected, he was all smiling. This strange mood of his left me confused. I wondered if he was beginning to feel the same, just like me.

I told him about my predicament and then, begged for a little favour.

His response was gentle. It seemed like he was excited to come over to my apartment. "Aunt Becky, you and I know that I can't turn your request down. Tell me when you would want me to come around."

"At noon tomorrow, that's perfect for me," I told him.

"No problem Aunt Becky. I will be there," he winked.

Back in my apartment, there was no peace of mind. I was thinking. So many things were on my mind, ranging from the unhappy divorce to my little cupcake. Johnny was the little cupcake I thought about. Although the pain from divorce hunted me, there was always a glimpse of a smile on my face whenever I remember Johnny and the subtle naughty things we did earlier in the day. I couldn't just wait to set my eyes on him again when he comes around the next day.