Five Dates Only by R.L. Kenderson

Author:R.L. Kenderson [Kenderson, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2019-07-22T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Two

Sloan

Caleb had been quiet throughout dinner. I could tell he’d been trying to sound like he was looking forward to the trip, but something had been missing. The good thing was, I didn’t think Ted or Mary had noticed.

On the drive home, Caleb didn’t say a word. He was so wrapped up in his own thoughts that he almost missed a Stop sign until a car honked at us. By the time he pulled into my driveway, I knew I had to do something, or he was going to make himself crazy.

I reached over and turned off the engine.

He turned his head toward me. “What did you do that for?”

“Come inside,” I said. “You need a beer and some Bear snuggles.”

He tried to smile. “Thank you, but—”

“I wasn’t asking.” I pulled the key out of the ignition. “Let’s go.”

Caleb sighed and followed me into the house where we were both greeted by Bear. I let him into the backyard to do his business and grabbed two beers from my fridge. I brought them back to the living room where Caleb was already camped out on my couch and handed him one.

“I thought you liked wine?”

I took a long drink. “I do like wine. But I like beer, too. Is that not allowed?”

He laughed. “No. I just didn’t realize you drank beer. Some people don’t like it.”

A bark came from the back door, so I went to let my dog in. “Come on, Bear. Caleb needs some love.”

Caleb snorted, but he seemed all too happy when Bear jumped up on the couch and attempted to lie as much of his body on top of him as possible.

I took a sip of my beer and sat down next to Caleb. “Did I mention that Bear thinks he’s still the size of a puppy?”

He laughed and scratched the dog behind the ears. “Nope.” He leaned toward Bear. “Are you a big baby?”

Bear licked Caleb’s cheek.

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

I picked up my remote and turned on the television. “What do you want to watch? What will distract you?”

He shrugged. “I don’t know. I don’t watch much TV.”

I wrinkled my nose at him.

He laughed. “Don’t look at me like that. It’s not because I don’t like it or think I’m too good to watch TV. I just don’t have a lot of time. At least, not lately.”

“If you say so.”

“It’s true.”

“So, when you do find time to watch TV, what do you like watching?”

“Sports.”

I stuck my finger in my mouth. “Boring.”

Caleb laughed again. “Turn on whatever you think is good.”

“Hmm.” I had to think about this one. The perfect show came to mind. Actually, two of them, but I picked the one I thought Caleb would like the best. “Have you ever watched Animal Kingdom?”

He curled his lip. “I’m not big on nature shows.”

I laughed. “It’s not even close to a nature show.”

“Then, what is it?”

“You’ll see.”

We were about five minutes in when Caleb said, “I totally see why you like this show. A lot of dudes with their shirts off.

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