Her skin was shining lightly with sweat and she looked like she wasn't going to take no for an answer. Which was fine, because he wasn't interested in...telling her no.He did wait until she came to him though, then they were wrapped up in a deep kiss, as her breasts pressed against his chest. It was a really amazing kiss. She tasted of the wine that had been served with dinner, and he wondered how much of it she'd had. His hands roamed over her well muscled back, and she gripped his shirt in an. . not that Teresa's afraid of Keri, it's just Teresa's too smart to want to get in the middle of this. The girls will be home in Chicago for a few weeks after graduation anyway so we'll see lots of them." Keri giving you any trouble?" No, not really ... it's just that sometimes it seems she can't grasp that we're divorced, and I'm remarried, and that I'm not going to come back home and beg her to take me back."Fitz knew better. Keri was also his friend. "Sounds like a coping mechanism." Is that. With a smile she closed her eyes and blew the candles out.Opening her eyes she said, "Thank you, everyone." Don't thank me. I didn't know," I replied as I stood up and walked over and kissed her.Breaking the kiss, I whispered, "Happy birthday, wife." Thank you, James," she said as the rest kissed her.Jane handed Charlene a knife and we watched as she cut the cake and Kari added ice cream to each plate. I watched as the two youngest took a plate and I felt a plate touch mine and I blinked twice. ”“I like you fine.”“You know what I mean, like me like a girlfriend.”I had just enough alcohol induced bravado to treat her as she wanted. I looked around the room and spotted what I was looking for “Come with me.” I grabbed Holly's elbow and towed her to the large chandelier that hung at the center of the room, when I stopped I pointed toward the lights. Holly looked up at a big sprig of mistletoe, she dropped her eyes to mine and started to say something but I wouldn't let her. I leaned.