She hummed while she got ready, thinking about last night. He was incredible. Forget him. She was incredible. She had met him thrust for thrust and begged for more. He should be bow legged after what she laid on him.
She finished getting herself together and tossed him a saucy grin as she shot down the stairs. “Hurry up. We have a mall to conquer.”
She was in the game room playing call of duty when he walked in. She was focused on the screen. It was not as much fun as actually being in the game. She was sure she shot one of the people on her team.
“Did you just shoot Nicolas?”
“Did he just step in front of my gun?”
“Poor Nicolas.” He leaned over her and helped with the controls, aiming away from his brothers and toward the enemy that was sneaking up behind her.
“I see I will have to make sure you know how to use a weapon before we have to do any real fighting in our VR world.”
“Don’t worry.” She said dropping the remote. “I can use the real thing. These two D games just get me turned around. Ready?”
“You really do like to shop?”
“Yes, but mostly I want clothes that fit. Besides, any man stupid enough to offer up his credit cards gets what he gets.”
“I don’t remember offering up my credit cards.”
“You did. I heard it somewhere between kitten you’re a sex goddess and damn that’s good.”
His deep laughter followed her out of the door. She got into the car thinking about how happy she was and almost fell.
She was happy. When had that happened? Had it been good sex, ok great sex, which was making her happy?
Yeah that was part of it, but it was more. He made her happy. He was open and honest with her, making her feel like she could trust him. He made her feel safe and even… She shivered when the word bounced around her head. He made her feel, she tripped over the word, even in her head before shying away from it. She would stick with happy for now.
The drive to the mall had been fun. They had fought over the radio like children. He liked country. She still couldn’t wrap her brain around that one. He said it was the twang in the voices and the fact that they sang about needing someone to love.
Seems it struck a chord in him. She liked the top forties. They traded stations and songs. He even got her to admit that there was a song on his station that came on that she sort of liked.
The male should be a lawyer, he was so persuasive. She reached her hand into a container of Rowl that just happened to be placed conveniently in the car.
The stuff was placed all over the house and she found herself dipping into it, even when she wasn’t hungry. First time she ever had meds that tasted good.
“First order of business is the food court, for strawberry lemonade, the drink of champions.” She looked around with a critical eye and found something she hoped was healthy to go with her very unhealthy drink.
“Why do you look so happy?” She asked him.
“Have you ever thought of the things you wanted to do and never thought you would be able to do them?”
“Yeah, lots of times.”
“When we were still on our planet we would see the others, those born not created, with their female halves. We spent a lot of time wondering what it would be like to have a female half, someone who would be what we were missing. Now I sit here with you, my female half. I never thought this would happen for me.”
She blinked rapidly. She would not cry. Ok, maybe she would cry just a little. He just told her he loved her. He hadn’t used the words, but the words he said meant so much more.
She cleared her throat. “Time for you to take me shopping.”
***
He slept with her. Her smell was all over him. He watched them from his place in the corner. He had grown bolder. He wanted to be nearer. He watched as they walked out of the food court, hand in hand.
They looked like lovers from the same planet. They may fool the small brains of those around them, but he knew better. He saw an abomination walking around with one that was not smart enough to know better.
They both had to be terminated. She would go first.
He trailed them through the stores. He stopped to talk to one of the human females, using her as a shield not to be discovered.
She smiled at him. He leaned over and whispered something into her ear. He reached out to touch the back of her neck and pricked her with his claw.
Her hand swatted at her neck.
“Sorry, I think something bit me.” She smiled back, her green eyes lit in anticipation.
“No problem. I have to go. My friends are leaving.”
“Oh.”
He left the store, following them. He smiled at the thought of leaving a trail of mindless humans behind him. It would give him something to do until he took the brothers, he laughed at the word, back for extermination.