1. Marcy's Playground 2 by loyalsock


    Date: 2/3/2017, Categories: First Time Author: loyalsock 

    ... strobe lights. Or no, maybe lions thundering across the plains, desperate to get something that had caught their attention. Evan was cute. Jean-Luc was...heart stopping. I tried to look busy when they came out. They waved. I had a warm and fuzzy feeling watching them go. Was it because I hoped I'd see them again? Next time Evan was there I didn't hear him come in. He slid a book under my nose. I looked up. I looked down. It was the brand new Jodi Picoult novel. I looked up at him again. He gave me a smile. God, he had a gorgeous smile. Thoughtful, understated. &#034Oh, gosh, thank you. I've been looking forward to this. I'll give it back as soon as I finish.&#034 &#034No Marcy,&#034 he said quietly. &#034It's a gift.&#034 He handed me his card. Swipe. &#034Oh, wow, thanks.&#034 &#034No problem.&#034 No one's ever given me a book. Wow. I held the book to my chest as I thought about the differences between Evan and Jean-Luc. I didn't know them well enough to really know. It seemed like...I don't know, Evan was more Bach and Jean-Luc was more Lady Gaga I guess. Melody's was closed for July 4th. Bevvie and I went down to the lake and sat under our favorite shade tree. Usually our spot was pretty secluded, but it was the fourth of July. The smell of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers made me feel starving even when I'd already eaten. Sigh. If I kept eating the way I'd been lately I doubt I'd be wearing a bikini next summer. Could it be that I was hungry all the time because I ...
    ... really wanted sex? Nah. I read the book Evan gave me, finished it late at night to the sound of firecrackers. I wondered if I should buy Evan a book. I was spacing out at Melody's, back to work as normal on the 5th. I brought my favorite J.R. Ward book to work, but I wasn't concentrating. I hate to say it, but I was watching for both Evan and Jean-Luc. Last time Evan snuck up on me, but this time I saw him coming. Evan was walking up the grand steps. Jean-Luc was only a few feet behind him. I could see them clearly through the glass door. Jean-Luc put one hand on the door handle and used the other to clasp Evan on the shoulder. I missed the first few words of the sentence, but as Jean-Luc opened the door, I heard him, &#034...ward to goin' in through the back door?&#034 Evan laughed hard at that. &#034You know it.&#034 Huh? They walked to my desk. &#034Hey Marcy,&#034 Evan said. &#034Hi.&#034 Swipe, swipe. I watched them go in. There's a back door to this place? Is Mrs. J. checking in people, and I don't know it? You think she would have told me. Hhm. A whole swarm of people came in after that, and I didn't have time to think about it. Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe. Everyone was laughing, and they hadn't even gotten in yet. There's one thing to say about this job. Lots of happy people. I was driving home, sort of zoning out and enjoying the scenery of the drive and thinking how weird it was that there'd be another door to Melody's. And why would Jean-Luc say that when ...
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