Chapter 6: Pillow Talk
After release, we lay in each other’s arms, sated and drowsy in the warm afterglow of our lovemaking. Dan sits up a little against the pillows, his arms around my shoulders, and I rest my head on his chest, listening to the steady beating of his heart and his breath as it begins to calm down. My arms are wrapped tight around his waist, as if unwilling to let him get up any time soon. It’s Saturday morning, neither of us have to be anywhere today, and I don’t plan on leaving the bed until it’s absolutely necessary.
Maybe if I keep telling myself that, my bladder will get the hint and stop telling me I need to pee.
I keep my eyes shut, safe in the protective cocoon of bed sheets and Dan’s embrace, and am drifting back to sleep when his nose rubs through the hair on
