42 Chapter 42: Freudian slip I

(Michelle POV)

As Andy and I sifted through the menu, the waitress approached us to take our orders. I ordered some pancakes, while Andy ordered sirloin steak tips and eggs. I noted his heavy breakfast and inevitably, I checked him out. Alright, for an 18-year-old turning 19 in a week or so, he's really fit. He must be spending a lot of time in the gym.

Ok, so, I admit. I'm a little perverted and I don't know if it's what a normal 18-year-old girl should be thinking of on her first date with a guy, not that this is a date, but uh, I matured late in life so, I'm not so sure.

When I was at the age of 18, I recall that I was a prude and all I thought of were spending happy days and dates with the man I have a crush on, ehem ehem, Anthony to be precise. Like date, I like him, he likes me, we'll go on a lovely walk on the park and tralala! We fall in love. Then we'll get married and live happily ever after.

This kind of thinking followed me until I had Steve as my boyfriend. I used to be dubbed as the 'girl of all girls' even when I was already 26 because I can't even handle listening to sex stories and not blush. I thought that it's something abnormal and I felt embarrassed listening. However, when I myself experienced sex, I changed. I realized that there's something more to relationships than that of just love. I mean, physical intimacy became important.

Don't get me wrong, although Steve, as my husband, was usually busy at work, our sex life was not bad. I mean, ok, so it left some room for improvement but when we first started going out, it was great. Anyway, let's not talk about that.

What I wanted to say was, as I looked at Andy in front of me, his pheromones oozing in waves, my thoughts were not only on his handsomeness and masculinity but also on his size and his stamina. He's young and sexy. Off-handedly, I thought that he would bring a girl to the heights of pleasure some older women can only fantasize about.

Is it hot in here or is it just me? I reached for the glass of water in front of me to take a sip.

Gods. If he could read my mind, I wonder if he would still smile at me like the way he does now.

Then, he asked. "What are you thinking of Mich?"

He was staring at me innocently with a smile on his too handsome face and I… I choked on the water I was drinking and spluttered. Ok, so that wasn't too elegant.

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(3rd POV)

Andy wanted to laugh. So, Michelle was not immune to his charms. He has been with enough girls to know that she was checking him out.

When she declined his offer to pay the bill, he felt glad, but at the same time, he was also a little disheartened.

Glad because by the way he phrased it, he wanted to let her know that although he asked her out, he just meant it as a friendly outing. Like he doesn't want her to think that this was a date, but he also doesn't want to look to shabby by not paying for the bill, so he came up with that excuse.

Disheartened because although he wants to be friends first, he doesn't want to be friend zoned! Like her rejecting his offer and even splitting the bill meant she was not even a bit interested! Like normally, girls would already feel flattered and even blush.

He was almost tempted to insist, but then what if she gets turned off? In the end, he decided to play it cool. Seems like he chose correctly.

Wanting to see her reaction, he tilted his head to the left, smiled, and innocently asked, "What are you thinking, Mich?"

He did not expect that Michelle would blush, choke, and splutter. He could not stop himself from chuckling. She was too cute!

"Sorry, are you alright?" he asked as he handed her a napkin.

Michelle took it to wipe her mouth and hand. Somehow still thankful that at least the water did not come out of her nose. Recovering, she pouted and said, "Yeah. I'm ok. Don't laugh."

Andy stopped chuckling, trying to sport a serious look.

Michelle pretended to glare at him.

What now?

then, something clicked, and they both suddenly started laughing.

When they both had enough of the laughter, they looked at each other again, both smiling.

"You have to admit, that was funny." Andy began.

"I'm glad that I made you laugh albeit it's at my expense." Michelle replied.

"So, what were you thinking of? You were just blankly staring at me." Andy just said it out loud. Friends should be able to talk like this.

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TBC