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on his lap. He didn’t want to walk out on her in the middle of the night, even though nothing sexual happened between them. He also didn’t want to frighten her by still being there when she woke up. He gently lifted her head without waking her and rose up off of the couch. He pulled the throw blanket that she had over the back of the couch onto her. He plugged her phone in so it would be fully charged when she woke up. He then sent her a text so she would know it was sent when he left.
     
    Gia, I just want to let you know that I had a really great time on our first date. I could sit and watch you sleep all night, but I wanted to give you privacy. I want to see you again soon. I’ll call you tomorrow to check on you. Sweet dreams, baby. Talk to you tomorrow.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Five
     
    The sun shined brightly through the living room window casting its rays right on Gia’s face. She opened her eyes groggily, trying to gain her composure. How did she end up sleeping on the couch all night?
     
    Oh shit, Brad. What the hell happened? I fell asleep!!! What kind of date am I?
     
    She turned to get her phone to check the time. It was 10 A.M. Damn. She slept like she had never slept in her life. She didn’t normally get up this late. She was an early bird. She had three text messages. Two were from Rachel and one was from Brad.
     
    The texts from Rachel were from this morning. The first one asked about my date.
     
    Hmm… I’ll let you know when I know.
     
    The second one said to call her ASAP. In Rachel terms that was just an ordinary text. She returned her text and said “I’ll call you later. I just woke up”.
     
    It’s too early to deal with her.
     
    Then Gia opened the message from Brad and read it. He was such a sweet and caring guy. She wondered what the future held for them. He seemed interested but it was somehow too good to be true. It made her a little nervous since she had not been serious about anyone since Jesse. It was one date . She replied:
    “ Hey, thanks for charging my phone. I can’t believe I fell asleep. You should have woken me up. I had a great time last night considering I passed out, lol. Did you fall asleep too?”
     
    “ Hey baby... Hope you slept well. I know I did, thinking of you. I did fall asleep and when I woke up, I didn’t want to disturb you. You looked like sleeping beauty.”
     
    “ AWWW Brad, you make me blush. ” 
     
    “ It’s true… Oh, I can make you blush if you want me too!!”
     
    “ Haha”
     
    “ What are you doing today? If you’re not busy, do you want to go swimming in my pool? I can cook a mean barbeque, too.
     
    “ Now this I have to see,” Gia quipped.
     
    “ I can send my driver to pick you up.”
     
    “ I have a car. I can drive over.”
     
    “ I’d feel safer if my driver picked you up.”
     
    “ You’re a smooth talker. Lol. If you insist, I’ll take the driver.
     
    “ I’m not a smooth talker. I don’t ever want anything to happen to you.”
     
    “ Hmmmm... What time should I be ready?”
     
    “ He’ll be there at 2 P.M. His name is Gary.”
     
    “ Ok. See you then. By the way, I may need to bring my laptop to do some work while we lay out and catch some rays. Is that ok?”
     
    “ Sure, whatever you want, baby. See you soon.”
     
    Gia couldn’t believe she was going to see Brad again today. She wasn’t expecting him to invite her over to his pool. She needed to get out her hottest bathing suit. Not that she was trying to seduce him or anything.
     
    Yeah right, don’t lie to yourself.
     
    She picked out her black strapless bikini. The bottoms tied on both sides, and the top tied in the back. She threw a black and silver strapless cover-up dress over her bikini and slid on her silver and black thong sandals. Thankfully, she had her hair and nails done yesterday, so she wore her hair down.
     
    She packed her Coach carry-on bag, with a change of clothes. She gathered some toiletries