Rainey Daye by Repercussions

Author:Repercussions
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781619264618
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand
Published: 2012-04-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Saturday night had been spent packing up Lois’s Christmas purchases after their dinner of turkey noodle soup. Maggie promised to take the packages to the post office on Monday to ship back home, thus saving her parents an exorbitant luggage fee at the airport. Both her parents took Jess and Alex aside while Maggie was in the bathroom and expressed their heartfelt thanks for offering their little girl a roof over her head and being such good friends to her. Her dad elicited a further promise that they would continue to watch over her, to which they exchanged a look and said that they would always do whatever it took to keep her happy and safe.

“You know, if you two weren’t gay, I’d have a hard time choosing which one of you I’d prefer as my son-in-law,” Bill revealed. “You are perfect husband material for Maggie, split into two.”

Alex and Jess shifted uncomfortably, and Bill laughed good-naturedly, mistaking the reason for their unease.

“We’re just glad she’s in such good hands.” Lois beamed at them, causing them to both flush.

Thankfully, Maggie entered the room at that moment, and her roommates excused themselves so that Maggie could spend more quality time with her parents before they flew home on the morrow.

* * * *

The good-byes at the airport were just as uncomfortable for the guys, who were encouraged to call, e-mail, or write anytime and to think about coming to visit her parents again—“With or without Maggie. You’re such good boys”—and Lois kissed and pinched both their cheeks.

They stood beside Maggie as she pressed herself to the wall of glass at the gate, watching the plane taxi and not moving until it was nothing more than a mote in the overcast sky.

“You can always go home for Christmas,” Alex gently offered.

“Are you kidding? And miss our first Christmas together? No. I’m just sad because I don’t know when I’ll see them next. Do you think we can make this a holiday tradition and invite them to stay every Thanksgiving?” she asked wistfully.

“If that’s what you want, then sure,” Alex replied. “Your parents are great and very easy houseguests. We won’t mind at all.” And Jess echoed his acceptance.

They draped their arms around her, hugging her close. “So does this mean you see many more Thanksgivings together with us in your future?” Alex had to know.

Maggie looked at her introspective lover and perceived the vulnerability beneath his intense surface. Reaching up, she gently stroked his cheek. “Frankly, sweetie, I can’t picture myself anywhere else except with the two of you.”

“Do you mean that?” Alex breathed.

“I mean that. I’m crazy about you two.”

“And we’re crazy about you, Mags,” Jess said, breaking into what was fast becoming an uncomfortable conversation for him. Maggie acknowledged that happy-go-lucky Jess did not often want to examine his own feelings, so she simply offered him a smile and decided that she had to take Alex’s deeper emotions to heart and have a serious conversation with him in the very near future.

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