Lexi listened about Neo’s advice about jobs or rather, not jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Better the devil you know than the one you don’t know sort of thing. She nodded and sipped her drink. The smoky burn slid down her throat, lighting her up from the inside. Almost immediately,, she began to relax.<br/><br/>The light from the TV played across his face as the baseball game cut to a commercial. She thought idly how fun it might be to join the von Engels traveling band, as she thought of them, but that would probably never be permitted to happen. She took another sip. Neo moved a little closer to her and she held her ground. He was her friend and had been her lover.<br/><br/>He patted around in his pocket for another Lucky Strike like he was trying to employ his hands during a stressful moment. Not finding any, he chatted for a little longer and then put his arm around her shoulders.<br/><br/>Lexi felt the same strong stirrings for him that she had initially but wasn’t going to make any false moves. Neo liked to be in control. She wasn’t too surprised when he leaned to whisper in her ear.<br/><br/>"...I want tear off ya' clothes and fuck yo' brains out."<br/><br/>She smiled but looked at him coolly, taking another sip of her drink. Her shoulder remained lodged against his side while she gazed at the ball game. The batter had just hit it out of the park.<br/><br/>“Just  so we don’t have any more misunderstandings about anything,” Lexi said, still looking straight ahead.<br/><br/>“I’m a bit vanilla on sex, but I guess you might have figured it out already. I don’t mind giving head but I need to be in control of it. My ass is off limits but other than that, I’m good. As for you tearing off my clothes and fucking my brains out, I do like that. a lot. You are a dominate man and I like that, no, I need that very much. When you fuck me, as long as I get to share in the experience then I’m happy.”<br/><br/>She took another sip. Now he might not want to be with her, but Lexi felt she had to set some boundaries quickly. Life since Neo had telescoped into a larger than life action movie. There was no time for finesse.  She turned into his embrace and set her drink on the counter. Putting her arms around his neck, she asked,<br/><br/>“If you are cool with that, then where did you want to start this little fuckfest?”