But, as he glanced back over his shoulder down the side street where the entrance was, he felt a surge of excitement. This was going to be a lot of work, but he had a feeling it was also going to be a lot of fun. Plus, he could still scratch his performing itch if everything went as planned. He wondered if Ellie would be down for doing some demos with him.

Staring at her computer screen, Ellie made a face.

Not because the current design she was working on looked bad - it didn’t - but because she was having serious trouble focusing for the fourth day in a row. Fortunately, she didn’t have anything urgent this week, but since she was a freelance graphic artist, the faster she worked the better. After all, she couldn’t take on new projects if she was already working on too many unfinished ones.

This week she was working particularly slowly. Her mind kept wandering, back to the weekend and her scene with Michael and forward to this upcoming weekend and fantasizing about what this scene might be like. What he might do. What he might try to surprise her with. How she might act.

Whether or not they’d have sex this time.

It was weird; before scening with him, she’d fantasized, of course, but it hadn’t made her so antsy. Hadn’t made her feel so impatient and needy. Scening with him had awoken some kind of itch inside of her, and she couldn’t scratch it, not with a regular dildo, a vibrator, a plug, her Hitachi, or even a combination of toys. She just stayed... itchy.

When her phone buzzed with an incoming text message, it was a relief to turn away from the computer screen.

Angel - I’m bored at home. Wanna go to lunch? Olivia’s in the area so she’s coming too.

Ellie grinned. Distraction? Yes, please! Plus she could give Angel the present she’d ordered for her last week, which had come in yesterday.

Sure, where?

Murphy’s Meals in half an hour?

The restaurant Maria was the day manager of… duh. She should have guessed; Murphy’s was the go-to place for all of the girls in the group if Maria was working. Fortunately, it was also really good food and affordable.

Sounds good, see you there.

Strangely, having a new distraction in the form of going out to lunch actually helped her get some work done in the fifteen minutes before she had to leave, which meant she didn’t feel so bad about going out to lunch. When she got to the restaurant, Angel was already sitting in a booth with Maria and Olivia, all of them chatting animatedly. As soon as Angel saw Ellie, she perked up and waved, making the other two turn.