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the engine of the car he is working on.
    “What the hell are you doing?”
    Tate and Jake’s laughter echoes in my ears at my question.
    “Mike’s been like this all morning.” Tate’s voice replies to my question.
    “Did he forget his medication this morning?”
    Tate and I fall back into a natural rhythm.
    “Hey!” Mike shouts bringing my attention back to him. “I resemble that remark.”
    Then as if he didn’t miss a beat he starts dancing around the car as he does his post inspection. I find myself laughing at his antics. It’s hard not to. Mike has always been the clown of the group. No matter how shitty things are this man will make you laugh whether you want to or not.
    By this time I give up all pretenses and just enjoy the show Mike is putting on. It sets my mind at ease watching him. I’m not worried about Tate or what to say to Tate. Comfort envelops me.
    “How do y’all work with him?” My words are not directed at anyone in particular.
    “We all have our quirks.” My eyes cut to Jake as he speaks.
    “Yea I guess we do.”
    I find myself looking at Tate as I speak. His head is bent down over a car but as if sensing me staring he glances up and his eyes twinkle as he smirks at me. Smug bastard! He goes back to what he is doing as if I am just another customer standing in the shop.
    By now Mike is back to twerking around the shop. He holds a clipboard in his hand as he dances his way to the waiting room. He dances a little too close to me causing me to back up. I hit something hard and firm. Looking over my shoulder, Tate is standing behind me. My knees grow weak. I shouldn’t be melting over him, I gave him up but can’t help I still love him. I walked away and there is no way my pride would let me crawl back.
    “Careful Princess don’t want you to get hurt.”
    I stomp away from him like a bratty kid instead of the grown ass adult I am. Tate’s always had that ability over me though. I’ll never forget when we had our first talk about sex together. My cheeks heat a little at the memories.
    “I’m always in control in the bedroom. I’ll never make you do anything you don’t want to do but let’s be clear I’m in charge.”
    “You’re in charge?”
    “Yes Princess.”
    My mind reels in that moment. I wonder what I have gotten myself into with him. Steve had never been like that in the bedroom. It would be safe to say that I was the one in charge with Steve. In a split moment I decide it may not be so bad to let someone else be in charge.
    “So do I need a safe word?” I have read one too many romance novels.
    “It might not hurt…”
    Tate has a giant grin on his face. He’s so damn cocky and smooth. I want him touching me right now. I’m not too sure my panties aren’t already drenched just thinking about the possibilities.
    “Um so… my safe word is… Eagle.”
    “Eagle?”
    “Yes Eagle! It’s not something I normally cry out while having sex.”
    We share a laugh over my choice of safe word but we agree to it. And all the while I am asking myself what the hell am I doing with this man?
    Mike hollering out next to me startles me back into the present.
    “Look at the ass on that one!”
    I can’t stop myself from following the direction he is looking as do the other guys in the shop. On the trail that runs along the front street of the shop a woman is jogging. I commend her for trying to be healthy but she is a bigger woman and I have to agree with Mike she has an ass for days. But surprisingly it’s a shapely ass and I almost want to run out there and tell her not to lose it in her quest to be healthy. An ass can be an asset with men.
    “That’s too much ass for me.” Jake’s lighthearted reply is the first.
    “Yea I like ass but even for me that’s too much.”
    I twirl around and face Tate with shock on my face because that was another thing I learned over my year with Tate. He loved woman no matter their shape or size. The one thing he found most