Hidden Desires (55 page)

"Can't you tell? I'm Brooke! This is Dinner for Dummies." Wade said excitedly.

"Ohhh nooo. I'm hot and tired and I just want to grab a bowl and eat in bed."

Jodie pushed Cayden with a finger to the small of her back all the way to the kitchen table. "Your seat ma'am."

The tall woman closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I don't need lessons, I already know how to eat." She tipped the chair until La La jumped off.

Wade blinked demurely and giggled. "Aren't you going to pull out my chair Caydiekins?"

Cayden narrowed her eyes and then smiled innocently. "But of course, honey lamb pie." She went over and pulled out the chair with a small bow, and when Wade went to sit, she pulled it all the way out. He landed on the floor with a shriek and his feet in the air.

"That's not funny! I could have broke my spine!" He pouted scrambling to his feet.

"You landed on your fat ass, drama queen." Cayden hid the amused grin as his skirt rode way up in the fall.

"Cayden, just behave for five minutes will you?" Jodie said, pushing the tall woman back into her chair.

Wade made a show of smoothing the back of his skirt before he sat in the chair. "Ooo, sweet lips, the salad looks so delicious!" he said in a high falsetto.

Cayden rolled her eyes and Jodie poked her with a fork. "Ow! Quit that!"

"Now's where you offer your date some food, air-head."

"Brooke has arms, she can spoon her own fruit salad. Besides, the waiter is going to bring all the food to us anyway."

"Pretend, will you? One day you're going to cook for Brooke and you should show some manners. Sheesh!" Jodie complained.

Cayden frowned at first then sighed. They weren't giving up. "Would you like some, sugar butt?"

"I'd love some, ginger snap." Wade lifted his bowl and winked dramatically.

Cayden spooned some salad into his bowl. "Say when, tulip."

"When, marigold."

"I'm gonna throw up." Jodie announced.

Cayden gave her the evil eye. "Shut up, I'm sure this was your idea, now you have to deal with it." she turned to her
date
, "Right, sweet potato?"

"Yes, Brussels sprout." Wade pointed to his glass with another big wink.

"Oh, sorry, would you like something to drink, peach cobbler?"

"That would be splendid, apple crisp."

"Good lord, just eat already!"

They both turned to Jodie and she put her hands up in surrender.

Cayden began to eat, when she was struck with an attack of the willies. "I can’t do this."

"What happened?" Wade asked with concern.

"God, are you a butt ugly woman." She replied seriously.

Jodie laughed loudly and soon Cayden was laughing too.

Wade primped his hair and straightened his dress. "Well, I didn't have time to wax."

Jodie snorted a few times before getting it together. "Wade, it's not the stubble, you're just butt ugly."

"Where the hell did you get that outfit? That hair?" Cayden wondered.

"I stole it off of a mannequin at the shop." he said with a giggle.

"Put it back, you're much better looking as a guy."

"Well, that's funny, cuz," Wade jumped up onto the chair and began dancing, "Man, I feel like a woman!"

Jodie began to sing the music part.
"Da da da da da da!"

"The best part about being a woman..." Wade shook his hips back and forth.

"Is the prerogative to have a little fun," Jodie jumped up on a chair and began swinging the dish towel in a circle.

"FUN!"

"FUN!"

"FUN"

They each shouted the word alternately and did the bump as they sang.

"OH OH OH..."

"I'm getting the hell outta here!" Cayden said as she grabbed her bowl and tried to leaved. Wade and Jodie jumped off their chairs and each grabbed an arm, shimmying up and down the tall woman.

"Totally crazy... men's shirts, short skirts.. oh oh oh..."

Cayden broke free and disappeared into her bedroom, wide eyed. "Come on, La La, they're nuts."

 
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Brooke ran to the phone. "I'll get it!" she shouted, grabbing the cordless away from her mother. "Hello!" She said breathlessly.

"Did I catch you in the middle of something?" Cayden wondered.

"Oh, hi! No. I just saved you from Harriet hell." Brooke said with a giggle, closing the door to her room.

"Thanks, I'm glad you answered." Cayden nodded, and popped some cantaloupe in her mouth.

Brooke heard Cayden chewing, "What are you eating?"

"Dinner, fruit salad. It's pretty good."

"You didn't have to call if you weren't finished with dinner yet."

"Oh, no, La La and I had to escape the kitchen, Wade and Jodie have flipped out or something and are singing Shania Twain songs. Besides, I wanted to call you." She admitted.

"I wanted to call you a few times today myself, but I didn't want to seem pushy." Brooke also admitted, lying back on her bed and getting comfy.

"Pushy? You? Nah." Cayden replied sarcastically, but with a grin. "I almost called you today too, but I dropped the shrimp so I didn't call."

"What?" Brooke asked in confusion. "What shrimp?"

Cayden blushed on her end of the phone. "Oh yeah you'd have no clue would you. I almost got some chopsticks to work today and while I was lifting the shrimp to my mouth, the first thought I had was calling you to brag. But I dropped it."

"Oh, Cayden, that is so sweet." Brooke smiled warmly. "You just scored, big time."

Cayden sat up straight. "I did?"

"Yes, you did. See? And you didn't even know it, it's not so hard is it?"

"Well, no, I suppose not." She smiled proudly.
I scored, and I didn't even do anything.

"So how'd the rest of the day go? Anything interesting happen?"

"Besides wearing my lunch, nothing much happened. Your visit this morning, was the most exciting part of the day. Everything was boring after that." Cayden said matter-of-factly, popping a grape into her mouth.

"Wow. You just scored again!" Brooke beamed happily.

"Huh? Yeah? I mean, yeah." She said confidently, puffing out her chest.

"Oh Cayden, you're so cute I can't stand it." Brooke said with a giggle.

Feeling quite good, Cayden swallowed the grape and grinned cockily. "So, you want to go to Outback tomorrow night?"

"I'd love to! Truth be told, I can't wait to see you again." Brooke said with a sigh.

"Yeah, me too."

"What time and where Cayd?" Brooke asked excitedly.

Cayden took a deep breath and braced herself. "Well, I'll pick you up at your house," There, it was done, she couldn't take it back now. "You tell me the time."

"My house?" Brooke practically yelled. "Do you know what you're getting into?"

"Yeah, I mean, no, I haven't met our parents yet, at least both of them, but yeah, I guess so."

"Cayden, you're unbelievable. Here I thought I had some serious work to do with you and you're scoring all over the damned place!"

"I learn quickly." she shrugged.

"Okay, if you're sure you want to be subject to Harriet, come around 6:30, I should be ready by then."

"No problem," Just then Wade and Jodie burst into the room, La La jumped off of the bed in fear.

"R... E... S... P... E... C...T..." They sang, jumping up on Cayden's bed, Jodie wearing the wig now.

Brooke laughed heartily. "I thought you said they were singing Shania."

The two danced all around Cayden in a circle, flouncing and flailing.

"I guess they graduated to Aretha. They're in the big time now. Wade I can see your package from this angle, I'm trying to eat."

"His package?" Brooke asked through laughter.

"Yeah, he's got a rubber dress on... long story, and he's jumping on my bed. I can see clear up his skirt." "A dress? Oh man..." Brooke continued to laugh as Jodie and Wade belted out the song.

"Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me..."

"I better go, I can hardly hear you. GUYS! Off my bed!"

Brooke nodded and yelled into the phone. "Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Next time call me if you want, shrimp or not. have a great night."

"I will, you too."

Brooke hung up the phone and wondered how a cranky person like Cayden could ever put up with the likes of Jodie and Wade on a regular basis.

C
AYDEN OPENED THE front door to find Brooke, wearing the bicycle shorts and sports bra that she remembered from the park. Brooke leaned against the door frame and licked her lips, inviting the tall woman for a taste. Cayden took the one step needed to close the distance, and swooped the small blonde up off of her feet. Brooke wrapped her arms around Cayden's neck, their lips met hard, tongues burst into each other's mouth frantically. Brooke was hot and sweaty, her skin slick and glistening. It felt sexy under Cayden's hands as she slid her right palm up the blonde's back past the nape of her neck and slipped her fingers into Brooke's hair. The tall woman walked them into the bedroom, both grunting and groaning with the hunger of arousal. She propped her knee on the bed, lowered Brooke to the mattress, and lay on top of her. Brooke wrapped her legs around Cayden, pulling her weight down, covering her body completely. The kiss broke, Cayden gasped for breath. Her heart was beating so forcefully it hurt. "I want you." she breathed, in a gravelly deep voice.

Brooke opened her arms and legs, until she was spread-eagled, threw her head back and pleaded. "Please, make love to me Cayden, hurry."

 
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Cayden groaned in her sleep, clutching the pillow tightly. She turned over, kicking the blankets from her overheated body, disrupting La La from his nap. The annoyed cat smacked her in the head and jumped off of the bed with a loud meow.

Blue eyes popped open and Cayden looked around her room with great disappointment. "Aw, shit," she complained. "Always when I get to the good part." She sat up and threw a pillow at the cat. "Thanks a lot, fat ass, I almost got some."

 
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"Good Morning mom!" Brooke kissed her mother on the cheek and bounced into the kitchen for coffee.

"Well, good morning to you too!" Harriet said cheerfully. "You've been waking up in a good mood an awful lot lately. I like it."