Chapter 7
I leaned against the door after I closed it, a smile on my face and excitement running through me. I couldn’t wait until tomorrow when I could see him again. I planned on getting up early in the morning and I could see that he wanted to kiss me, I would’ve let him kiss me if he leaned into me but I could see that he didn’t want to push it on the first date.
“Glenda!” I called out, knowing that the maids had their own quarters in the guest house that was connected to the mansion but I was hoping she hadn’t reached the outdoors yet.
“I’m still here, come have a cup of tea with me.” Glenda invited me into the kitchen.
She already had the tea kettle on the stove and she was standing there watching it, I knew at any second the whistle would blow to tell her the water was plenty hot enough.
“Tonight turned out better than what I thought it was going to. I had a wonderful time, but there is one thing that worries me.” I bit down on my lip, I wasn’t sure if I should tell her, it was private but I had to tell someone and it couldn’t be Luke.
“What’s the matter, you look a little afraid. I thought tonight went extremely well, minus the cook bringing the food out late but it was still hot so before you go and yell at him in the morning he did keep the food hot.” Glenda pointed a finger at me, knowing me too well.
“That’s not what the problem is. Luke wanted to kiss me tonight, I could feel it in my bones. I could see the desire in his eyes.” I told her, hearing the low whistle of the tea kettle and before it got louder Glenda took the teapot off the burner and shut the stove off, pouring two tea cups and letting the tea bags set in the water before she brought them to the table.
“What’s the matter with that? Isn’t that what you’ve been wanting since you’ve been stalking him ever since you moved in?” She laughed, sliding my hot tea over to me as she took a seat beside me.
“Yes, that’s what I’ve wanted but kissing leads to other things…” I let my voice trail off, hoping that she was going to be able to read between the lines.
I knew that Glenda was smart and when she thought about it and her eyes grew wide she looked at me and I knew that she knew what was going on. I nodded my head and blushed as I looked down at my cup of tea.
“You’re still a virgin,” Glenda stated, knowing the answer but also wanting to confirm what she was saying was true.
“Yes, I don’t know how to tell him that. I didn’t really think it was going to be much of an issue.” I whispered, shaking my head.
“You didn’t see it as an issue because you expected him to be a jerk, you expected him to be a man that was stuck on himself and wanted to overpower everything about tonight but he was right when he told me earlier that he was a simple man and you have to believe that. I know I do. Even him picking the flowers was a big thing.” Glenda had nothing bad to say about the man, and frankly neither did I.
“My problem is how do I approach him with this?” I asked, looking for her advice, her guidance. I had to have some answer.
“Tell him the truth, if things get too close for you, you’re going to have to tell him.” Glenda shrugged her shoulders.
“Do you know how hard that’s going to be?” I asked her, it wasn’t the advice that I was looking for but it was the advice she gave me.
“Well, I can’t deliver every message for you. Like today, you were afraid to ask him over for dinner and look at how well that turned out.” Glenda showed me the positive of my worries. I had been worrying for nothing.
“You’re the one who asked him to dinner for me.” I reminded her, she was acting as if I had done it all myself.
“Then you’re going to have to be the one to tell him about this. Like I said, I can’t do everything for you, my dear but one thing I do want to tell you. Don’t lose sleep over it, you’re going to find it’s not that big a deal to him, he’s proven to you and me that he’s a man of his word. He told the truth about who he was and how he was before he even came over for dinner.” Glenda raised her eyebrows at me.
I wasn’t in the mood for tea, I was tired and wanted to make sure that I didn’t look tired when Luke came knocking the next morning.
“I’m going to go up and get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow.” I smiled at her, stifling a yawn the best I could.
“Is there anything you want to bring to the beach with you? Like maybe you could have a picnic there.” Glenda suggested.
“I don’t want him to bribe him with food Glenda. I think that we’ll be alright.” I laughed at her, shaking my head as I got up from the table.
“I’m glad that you had a wonderful evening tonight. Please don’t fret about tomorrow. Take it in stride and whatever happens, just let it happen.” Glenda told me.
“Thanks, Glenda.” It was the first time that I reached over and gave her a hug, a thank you wasn’t going to cut it. I wanted to show her just how much it meant to me that she stuck around when she could’ve just left. The way she had taken charge of setting up she didn’t have to do but she chose to do.
“You’re more than welcome Ms. Evans.” She hugged me back and when I let go of her, I realized that in just one day I had more fun with her than I had my parent’s a strange time to think of that but that’s what crossed my mind as I pulled away from her and headed up the stairs to bed.
As soon as I got into bed I couldn’t go to sleep, as tired as I was downstairs I thought I would be able to fall asleep quickly but that wasn’t the case at all. I know that Glenda had told me not to worry about my problem but that was the thing that kept me up. I tossed and turned trying to get comfortable when I never had to worry about sleep finding me before and the more I thought about kissing Luke the more anxious I got.
I was supposed to be as happy as any woman could be, and I was but there weren’t many women that I knew that were virgins. Everyone was one at one time or another but I still didn’t have any experience. Sure I let a man get to first and second base but when it came to going all the way I always found a way out of it, when Luke looked into my eyes I could see the flames of desire, I could tell that one kiss from him and I wouldn’t stop him, I wouldn’t stop myself from finding out what sex was all about.