Lighting Fire by Leslie North

Author:Leslie North [North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Chase

Chase took his most recent paycheck and rented a car. He met Sookie outside her place the next evening. He was surprised to find it wasn't a National Guard pilot who descended the steps to meet him, but a tight little cowgirl. Sookie had it all: the red leather boots, the red checkered shirt that tied around her midriff (without ever really covering said midriff), and a pair of light denim Daisy Dukes that taut bottom of hers barely filled. She had her short chocolate hair styled to one side, and it rippled with her enhanced curls beneath the brim of her red cowboy hat.

Chase rose up out of the car and whistled as she strutted down the steps and struck a pose for him. "You clean up nice," he said approvingly.

"So do you," she returned. No tongue in cheek, no sarcasm—just the truth as she perceived it, and a clear hint of admiration in her voice on top of that.

Chase's chest swelled. It was the best fucking compliment a woman had ever given him. He moved quickly to pop the car door open for her, and she let him hold it as she folded herself inside. Another risk, another victory. They both knew damn well that Sookie was perfectly capable of holding her own doors.

"Where we going?" she asked as he joined her inside the car.

"Let's just say you're dressed perfectly for what I have in mind," Chase said as he backed them out of the driveway.

The ride to Red Hook, the next town over, was short and sweet—or at least, that's how it felt, having Sookie there in the car with him. She regaled him about her shift, somehow making the most routine motions of her day perilously exciting, and Chase realized that was how Sookie perceived her job. She loved flying with all her heart, and no day she spent in the sky in service to others could possibly be boring.

When the conversation lulled naturally, he reached across to squeeze her knee. He kept his hand there the rest of the way to Red Hook.

"Oh, God," Sookie said as they pulled up to the bar. "The Red Hook Hootenanny? Chase, what the hell have you done?"

"Don't pretend like this isn't the greatest date idea in the history of date ideas," he said proudly as he got out of the car. Strings of lights crisscrossed the bar's deck and patio and illuminated the evening, lending everything a festive glow that the smoke-obscured full moon could no longer provide. In fact, the lingering haze only made the lights seem to blaze all the brighter.

There were scores of people moving about, conversing and laughing with drinks in their hands as the jukebox played the night air. "Want a drink?" Chase snatched Sookie's arm and steered her toward the outdoor bar. “Your post-shift beer's on me, today."

"You keep using that word," Sookie said suddenly. Chase glanced sidelong at her as he divvied out the cash for two Buds. "Date," she clarified.

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