Abbie wakes Wednesday morning feeling so good. She had dreamed of Tim and her together, in such erotic ways. The dreams slip back in her head, leaving her smiling as she showers, dresses, and prepares for the day.
It will be fun to be back at the London site. Abbie will get to see the friends that helped her through her transition to what she is now. And okay, so a few of them are also ones she romped with in the past.
While Abbie would not go back to that life, especially with Tim now as a real, genuine, potential; it had been fun days and all with no strings attached.
Abbie grabs a coffee and pastry to-go and hurries to the train station just a few blocks away.
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Tim wakes early and glances at his clock. It is six am. A little too early to call off work, but hey, he can leave a voice mail, which would be easier. Tim calls his manager’s work number and says that he is taking the day off. Work should feel free to contact him if anything urgent needs his attention. He will be in tomorrow.
(Unknown to Tim interesting things, well thoughts, begin to happen when his manager gets the message later that morning. He tells his staff that Tim would be off today, which did start jaws to flapping. The manager is wondering also. Tim, this week has been acting so different. Taking lunch, leaving a bit early. Nothing against that but so opposite of the Tim they all know and depend on. And he seems so upbeat, so unlike his usual self. The manager wonders what is happening and if he should be concerned about losing his best employee).
Tim throws on a tee and shorts and goes down to the kitchen to fix breakfast. He is starving, and this will give him time to plot out what he wants to do today. He makes a list, but after a couple of things written, he picks up his phone and sees that it is nine o’clock.
He types a text to Abbie: “Good morning, my sweet Abbie. I hope you have a good day in London. I will be waiting for your return to my arms.”
As soon as he typed it, he realizes how silly that sounded. But he realizes right now he is wearing his heart on his sleeve for Abbie and just shrugs his shoulders as he blushes over his message.
Tim goes back to making his list of to-dos hoping to hear that lovely sound of a message waiting for him. After breakfast cleanup, he decides while here in the kitchen to start sorting through and getting rid of old things.
An hour later, several boxes filled for donating (luckily Tim has more than enough boxes stashed away under the stairs). Tim realizes he does need new of everything. He makes a list of shopping to do on the internet. It makes things so easy.
But Tim also knows, now that it is approaching eleven am, he needs to start calling contractors. So the next couple of hours is spent getting estimates and choosing companies. It works that tomorrow and Friday, a company can come in to sand and refinish all the wooden floors. Then a company that will come Monday and works hopefully for only a few days to paint all the inside rooms and paint the outside trim of Tim’s brick house.
The final calls are for someone to redo his kitchen completely. They will be at Tim’s house for a week to complete that job, beginning tomorrow if he wants.
Satisfied with all he has accomplished in such a short time, Tim, realizing he needs someone to let the workers in and keep tabs on them, calls Les. Tim knows he should have asked Les before starting all these projects. But talking to her, Les is more than happy to help him out.
For Les’s part, hearing Tim making so many long-overdue changes in his life stirs her heart for him. She is glad that somehow Abbie is bringing him out of his shell existence. Les hopes Abbie will not hurt Tim, but even if he is, this new outlook on life should hold.
Tim spends the afternoon choosing paint colors, appliances for the kitchen, new living room furniture, and more. Tim does feel a little heady over how easily he is spending money. Never having experienced that before, but it does so give him a rush as he knows he still has plenty of money left in his accounts.
No, he is just using the legacy from his parents how it should be. Making a real home for himself. And Tim hopes, for Abbie too.
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Abbie saw Tim’s message as the train rumbled down the tracks to London. The comment about Tim waiting for her in his arms again stirred something in her.
No one has ever talked that way with her before. Tim being so forward about his feelings for her. This rush runs through her, and she knows the precum is dripping. She calms herself enough to reply to Tim, “Oh baby, I hope to be there soon, too, it will just depend on what happens in the meeting I have ahead.”
Abbie clicks her phone off as they enter the station she needs to get off at.
Her day is filled with meeting after meeting and seeing her old friends and colleagues. It is about three when her meetings end, but her former cohorts press her to come out with them for a drink at their old stomping ground.
Abbie is torn, she so wants to get an early train back home to Tim, but ohh, the old life seems to draw her in. She gives in and goes to the pub with them all.
A few drinks later, one of Abbie’s old hookup maneuvers to sit beside her, and she feels his hand running up and down her thigh. She lets him keep it up for a few minutes as his touch did so stir her. He leans to her and asks does she have to head home tonight?
Now while his caresses do bring back memories of the enjoyable times they shared, Abbie suddenly fully realizes what she has let happened. She pushes his hand away, and looking deep into his eyes tells him, “I’m sorry that was fun back then, but I think I have found someone to love, care about. I am not in any way going to mess that up.”
The man, seeing the look on Abbie’s face as she says that comprehends, and a wave of remorse flows over him. No, he will never probably get to have that feeling, but he rejoices that Abbie has found that. After one more stroke of Abbie’s so velvet thighs, he takes his hands away, kisses her on the cheek. He wishes Abbie the best that it does all turn out, for that is what she deserves.