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was saying.   Combine
households?   I licked my suddenly dry
lips.   “You…you want to move in
together?”   He stepped closer and put his
hands on my shoulders.   “We have
practically lived together our whole lives, babe.   Just take your time and think about it.   We’re going to have a serious talk tonight
but not about this.   I just want you to
put the thought in the back of your mind and toss it around for a while.   Okay?”
    I
can’t deny this man anything.   I found myself
nodding agreement.   “Okay.”   “Good.   Now, besides beer and OJ, what else do you need?”   I cannot believe him.   He kisses me silly in the middle of the
grocery store in front of half the students from the college.   Then he tells me he wants us to move in
together?   And now he acts as if
nothing’s happened?   I growled in
frustration.   “Really?”   I followed him toward the juice aisle.   “Grant…”   He reached in the cooler and pulled out a gallon of orange juice,
placing it in the cart.   I knew he could
see the frustrated look on my face because he cupped my cheek with his large
hand.   I could tell by the look in his
eyes that he wanted to kiss me again so I put my hand on his chest to stop
him.   “Grant, you are driving me
crazy.   You know that don’t you?”   He chuckled and rested his forehead on
mine.   “The feeling’s mutual, babe.   But, I have faith that this will all work
out.   Just trust me?”
    I nodded.   “You know I trust you completely.”   “Good.   We’ll talk about this
later, okay?”   “Okay,” I nodded
again.   His eyes lit up when he grinned.   “Okay.   Now, what else do you need?”   I thought
a moment before responding, “We need bread and peanut butter.”   He grinned again.   “We?”   I rolled my eyes at him.   “Stop
it.   I also need to go down the
toiletries aisle.   Why don’t you go pick
up what you need and I’ll meet you up front?”   He laced his fingers with mine.   “Nuh uh.   I’m not letting you out
of my sight right now.”   I raised my brow
at this.   “I dumped a lot of serious crap
on you just now and I don’t want you to cut and run on me.”   “Oh good heavens, Grant, you know darn good
and well that I have never cut and run in
my entire life and I have no intentions of starting now.   Don’t be silly.”   I started down the aisle, dragging him behind
me.   “Come on, let’s get the rest of our
things and go home.”   I could see the
laughter in his eyes when I said that but my home has always been where Grant
is.   I’m
not telling him that, though.   Not yet anyway.

Chapter Four

 
    Grant
    Home?   Yeah, I
knew I had a totally goofy grin on my face but I couldn’t help it.   Even when we didn’t see a lot of each other
when I dated other girls in high school or during my junior and senior year of
college, home was always wherever Meri was.   I knew this woman better than I knew myself.   And right then, she was confused, nervous,
and yes, a little intrigued.   And that
kiss!   Holy smokes!   I thought I’d
explode just for wanting her when she kissed me.   I hadn’t planned on asking her to move in
with me just yet.   It just sort of came
out.   But, maybe it was time I was
completely honest with Meri.   Maybe it
was time I told her how I really felt.   As I followed her through the grocery store, my thoughts were all
jumbled around and confused.   Somehow, I
managed to respond intelligibly whenever Meri asked me a question but by her
quizzical looks, I could tell she knew something was up.
    We finally finished our shopping and headed for
the front of the store.   Meri began to
separate her things from mine but I leaned over the counter and whispered to
the cashier.   “Ring all her stuff up with
mine, okay?”   The cashier, a gray-haired
grandmotherly type smiled and winked at me as she began ringing up our
purchases.   As she got to Meri’s