John closed the small space between them and took the key from her hand, easily unlocking the door and pushing it open. She smiled at him thinking how cavalier it was that he did that. He turned back to her taking a step closer and causing her to be trapped between him and the porch rail. He slid his hand easily up her neck caressing her face with his thumbs, holding onto her as if she was made of porcelain. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest so hard if felt like it was going to knock a wall down and come through. He lowered his face to hers, and watched long enough to see her eyes close, then he closed his own, and tenderly kissed Tatem�s lips. She made a mental note to thank Darcy and Cat for talking her into keeping the rails, because if it weren�t for them she�d be a puddle on the porch.  After what seemed minutes he eased away, his breathing more ragged than before, he smiled as she bit her bottom lip.

�Thanks for the ride, and dinner, and ice cream, and yeah.� She blushed.

�No Thank You, for everything, including being on that corner this morning,� he kissed her lightly again, �And I think I might live through your cootie infest, dancer.�

�That�s good, cause I�m kinda liking your cooties champ.� She smiled stepping into the her house, �Be careful, get some sleep, and as soon as I get the mock ups, and issue printed I�ll send you copies of all of them.�

�Thanks, I appreciate that,� he turned walking back to the limo he pause just before she shut the door, �I�ll talk to you soon.� With that he got in the car, and watched as she shut her door, and flipped on the lamp inside her living room. The limo pulled away, heading back to his hotel, he went to get out of the car and noticed that she�d left her hair-tie in the seat. Smiling to himself he picked it up and put it in his pocket as he rose from the limo seat. Once inside and safely in the elevator he flipped his phone open and dialed her number. The phone rang suddenly almost jumping out of the cradle; she snagged it quickly pushing the talk button.

�Hello?�

�Hey dancer, I just thought I�d tell you good night, I forgot that.� John�s deep voice buzzed through the phone, �Oh and you left something in the limo, but your gonna have to see me again if you want it.�

�Well, thanks, and I left something in the limo?� she was puzzled, �What did I leave in the car?�

�Well, your gonna have to wait and see,� he laughed, �I�m off to bed, I�ll talk to you soon, good night.�

�Night champ.� She smiled as she hung up the phone. Then immediately picked it up again, she didn�t care what time it was, there was going to be a conference call and Darcy and Cat would learn to love it.

John scrolled through the numbers again, pushing the button when he got to Randy�s.
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