Madam Mim
One Big Modern Mess
- Joined
- May 30, 2013
Erik blinked several times in surprise. Had she just said she wanted to ride--? Well she had corrected herself and so he wouldn't think further on it. Besides, this was just the first date and though the morals of the age were shifting most people still waited til marriage. Erik...hadn't, but as Anne Marie had predicted his sexual encounters had been few and rather awkward. His heart pounded against his chest so hard he was afraid she would see it moving the fabric of his shirt.
"Course, y'all took me dancin'. Ain't it th' man what's supposed ta lead?"
He grinned widely. "I will never live that down, will I?" Erik drank down his beer and left money on the table to cover the tab and tip before standing and offering his arm. "Let's go for a ride then, Samantha. You can walk any time; I don't suppose there are many automobiles out on the ranch, hm?" He smiled, his courage a little bolstered by the booze, and led her out to the curb where they waited for the car. "I never will get used to that, you know; calling you Samantha. It is a beautiful name, but you have insisted on Sam for so long..."
The car was pulled up and Erik opened the door for her before going around and sliding into the driver's seat. He started it up and away they went into the night. The silhouettes of the tall buildings faded into smaller buildings and then, eventually, to pastures and fields. There seemed to be a million stars in the sky and he stuck his head out of the window laughing as the breeze blew back his hair. With his free hand he closed his fingers around Sam's once more, enjoying the simple touch though he certainly wouldn't have objected to more.
"Course, y'all took me dancin'. Ain't it th' man what's supposed ta lead?"
He grinned widely. "I will never live that down, will I?" Erik drank down his beer and left money on the table to cover the tab and tip before standing and offering his arm. "Let's go for a ride then, Samantha. You can walk any time; I don't suppose there are many automobiles out on the ranch, hm?" He smiled, his courage a little bolstered by the booze, and led her out to the curb where they waited for the car. "I never will get used to that, you know; calling you Samantha. It is a beautiful name, but you have insisted on Sam for so long..."
The car was pulled up and Erik opened the door for her before going around and sliding into the driver's seat. He started it up and away they went into the night. The silhouettes of the tall buildings faded into smaller buildings and then, eventually, to pastures and fields. There seemed to be a million stars in the sky and he stuck his head out of the window laughing as the breeze blew back his hair. With his free hand he closed his fingers around Sam's once more, enjoying the simple touch though he certainly wouldn't have objected to more.