29 Nighttime (2/2)

”Oh, I didn't know I had told you about it,” Meaghan blithely continued, ”but, yes, it's going to be a group of girls. Tina is turning sixteen, so I decided to allow her a slumber party.” She chuckled, a sound that caused Rickie's gut to tighten. ”It'll be hectic, but fun for her.”

Rickie tried for a casual tone. ”So what are you doing now?”

”I just finished all the prep work, so it was just quiet time here.”

Rickie decided to just jump in.

”Can I see you tonight?”

Meaghan pulled the phone away from her ear and stared at it owlishly. Tonight? She put the phone back to her ear.

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”I'm not really up to guests tonight, Rickie. I'm sorry.”

”What about the front porch?That's safe, right?” Rickie's voice became wheedling.

Meaghan almost smiled at the little-boy tone. She thought of a quick way to squelch this.

”Only if you can be here in five minutes,” she said smugly, sure that she had crushed his hopes.

Instead, she heard a quiet knock at the door, and heard it echo in her ear. Suddenly realizing she outfoxed herself, she looked down at her pyjamma pants and t-shirt. While comfortable, they might as well be sequinned, silver-thread-embroidered harem pants in this situation. She quickly ran to her bedroom, grabbed her favorite white bathrobe, belted it tightly, and went to carefully open the door.

She could only stare for a moment. Rickie, his dark blonde hair bright in the moonlight, stood before her door, his cell phone still in his left hand. He looked her up and down, then, with a devilish grin, grabbed her arm and pulled her outside and into his warm embrace.