Thoughts of summer

"Please..please..say..you'll come! Please." Halie felt as if she were begging.

Of course, Josie went on and on, on the phone, about how Halie had Dustin now. Wouldn't that cramp things..like as in weird.

"What do you mean?" Halie wrinkled up her nose with a wince. Of course, things were cramped. Sleeping in a regular sized bed with a bloke who was all of six feet or so. She barely had an edge to sleep on. And Alec was teething, as usual. Would he ever have a mouthful of teeth? He was a climber too. Such an active child. But what could she expect? He did have most of Gage's active genes.

"Well..you know.."

"No, I don't know." She didn't have time to think about sex with Dusty, who was certain every move they made would wake someone. Yes, they'd done it once on the floor and dust bunnies got on his back and some in her mouth. It wasn't quite as sexy as the movie she'd dreamed about in her head. Maybe some day it would be much more satisfactory. Especially, if it could be done in bed..alone...without a child in the room..but that would be a long time from now. After all, Dusty would practically jump to Alec if he saw he'd pulled himself up and was watching them sleep from the crib. "I'd love it if you could come."

"Well...Willow says they could probably help me get a ticket. I don't want to be in debt to Sky." Josie finally admitted.

"He could come with you." Halie told her it could be a holiday all summer. She was expecting Gage and Macy early on. She dreaded it, but at least she wouldn't be alone with Gage. She hated the thought of seeing him. "You, could come in late June. Even July." After all, her graduation was in mid-May.

"I doubt it." Josie sounded as if it might be the end of her and Sky. Halie winced hard. She hoped it wasn't so.