wearing. I never had liked dresses much. Jacob pressed himself against me as he glanced around the corner. His hands traced over my thighs and trailed up the hem of my dress. “Let’s not risk it,” he whispered as he pulled away from me again. I wanted nothing more than to pull him back into my arms and fuck him right there. I took a deep breath. I didn’t want our first time to be in an alley. I followed him to the fence. He looked at it, then at me. “Are you going to be able to get over it in that?” I laughed softly. “It may not be graceful, but yes.” He crouched down and interlocked his fingers. I stepped into his hands and grabbed the fence as he boosted me up. I got enough momentum to get my leg over the other side of the fence. I felt his eyes on me as I carefully lifted my second leg over and dropped to the ground. I landed on my feet, but felt the force of the jump in my legs. I watched as he quickly scaled the wall. He landed beside me, grinning. “So, how’s this for a first date?” “It’s definitely one I will never forget.” I returned his grin as he held his arm out for me. I took it, my grin widening as I felt his muscles. First date. There will be more? We walked down the alley in silence until we neared an intersection with the street. He looked out and around the corner. “Alright, we should be far enough away from them.” My heart raced as he pulled me out onto the street. I glanced over my shoulder to see the group of people had grown. They were all circled around someone, though I couldn’t tell who. I was just thankful that it wasn’t me and Jacob. “I hope you’re at least enjoying yourself so far.” I laughed. How could I not be? “I am.” “Good.” He turned left onto another street. It looked familiar. I saw our hotel in the next block. Most of the stores were closed by now, all the lights were out and the doors were locked, except for one. Even this late at night the traffic was heavy, office lights were still on and I could hear people shouting in the distance. I heard Latin music coming from above. The light in front of us signaled to let us know we were allowed to walk. “So, Dean says you two have known each other for a long time.” “Yeah. He had it rough growing up. We lived right down the street together, so he spent most of his time at my place. He’s like a brother.” “He’s a fighter too?” I had heard them on the plane, but I needed to get my mind off my dampening panties. “Yup, we started training together when we were twelve years old.” Is he single? I have a friend who might be interested in him. I couldn’t help but smirk at my own thoughts. Carly would love a fighter. She’d always been into MMA, wrestling and boxing. I didn’t like to watch. I just boxed to keep myself in shape. “I have a friend like that. Well, I guess I’m more like Dean. I spent all of my time at my friend’s place growing up. Not that there was anything wrong at home.” I added the last part quickly. “It was just that she had the hot tub, and her parents weren’t home very much.” Jacob laughed as he came to a stop in front of one of the few places with lights on. He pulled the door open and motioned for me to step inside. I took a deep breath as my lungs filled with the scent of fresh pizza. I took another deep breath as Jacob stepped in behind me and we headed to the counter. “Hey!” The guy behind the counter looked like he’d known Jacob all his life. “How’s it going? You look pretty beat up.” “Rough fight tonight.” Jacob returned the grin. “You should have come to see it.” “I always miss the good ones.” The guy laughed. He looked young, like he was maybe sixteen. His acne-covered face beamed. “What can I get you?” “The usual.” The kid turned his attention to me. “And you ma’am?” Ma’am? Wow, I’d never been called ma’am in my life. “I’ll…” I looked around. There were so many to