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It was a short hop on a sht was uneventful but I couldn’t stop fidgeting in my seat like a barrel of ate, the quiet old man next to me patted my hand and said, "It’s OK, we’re safe now" Oh, if only I knew that was true

When it was tirabbedwith exciteain, this was stupid girly thinking on my part, but there was no way I could pretend I didn’t feel that way

After giving the pilot an enthusiastic salute as I walked into the terminal, I saw Dex

I wish I could say that he was "just athere by the gate, it just wasn’t true

He was leaning casually against a supporting pole, a toothpick darting in and out of his mouth His dark hair was spiked up at the front and the scratch down his forehead had faded It still added a little roughness to his face, which looked younger and fresher than ever His eyes were bright and shining, and I could have sworn his eyelashes were longer or so because he almost looked pretty Even his Errol Flynn ‘stache barely showed and his goatee was groomed as clean as an early ski run

His attire was different, too--a white long-sleeved dress shirt and black pants He could have been a waiter if it wasn’t for the oversized arreen windbreaker he had on top

I can’t lie The sight of hi around in slow motion in my chest Our eyes interlocked, and as if I was in so drawn to hih sense to stop as soon as I ithin striking distance of hi more than I would have liked

He took the toothpick out with one hand and flicked it on the floor in front of a woave her a sleazy grin in return and wagged his eyebrows at her suggestively Then he turned to rinned

"You came" He sounded surprised

"Yup," I replied, adjusting the purse onhiht," he reached out and smacked my arm "God bless the youth"

Before I could even process what he meant by that, he took his pocket watch out of his pant pocket and glanced at it

"We better get going, hmmm?"

And he was off like a shot down the ter to wonder if I hadhis coat was a bit shorter so I could see his ass better Yup I was pretty done for at this point

The drive doas fairly long, with traffic ja that tie

"At first I thought ere fucked because a lot of the shots were just black with the occasional sound coh But then I realized if I could at least save the audio and then play them at other parts then it would add to the whole aet your narration at certain points it would fill up the blank spots"

Watching Dex speak about the film madeand how he knew exactly what he was talking about He could see the big picture, whereas I couldn’t i If I had the camera myself up in Old Roddy’s face, it would have been a different story But Dex see on his hands, even if I didn’t believe it myself

He must have seen the cynicism on my face because he turned to ood thing going on here"

"One of those instances where I’ht?"

"I would hope you’d always trust me," he answered rather seriously

I wasn’t sure what to say to that, so I didn’t say anything I looked out theIt’s not that Dex wasn’t trustworthy He saved my life, in a way But because he was so unpredictable, I had a hard ti he said There was also the whole self-ad more than for him to pull the car over so I could climb on his lap and molest the crap out of him Well, I knew frouys you thought were as sexy as hell

Dark, brooding and mysterious? Handle with care

And of course there was the terether indefinitely As much as I wanted to, the responsible adult side ofinto Would it interfere with ? Basically, as in it for e of

Ithe rest of the drive and even until ere in an elevator going up one of Seattle’s skyscrapers I guess for a little internet co quite well for theot off of the elevator and turned left at a sign that read "Shownet" We paused in front of a French door lass

Dex reached for the handle and then stopped He looked at me

"You OK?"

I nodded I was OK, though each step toward the door hadin my boots

"Just a bit nervous," I adet nervous Always No matter what"

"Let’s hope he finds that as endearing as I do," Dex said, with his tone not as pro as I would have hoped