Quid Pro Quo - Reversed

He looked down at her and smiled, a sweet and almost shy smile that was at odds with the raunchy scene she had just seen played out.

"I love you," he said and she felt the familiar clench of her heart that hit her each time she heard those words.

"I love you too."

She got up from the palette pulling down her skirt and righting her clothes. After she'd smoothed her wild hair and fixed her makeup asked him if she looked neat and tidy.

He laughed, used his thumb to wipe the side of her mouth and said, "Oh yeah babe, you look really respectable."

"Quid pro quo," she said to him as she pulled open the door back into the noisy bar room. "So honey, do you think you've actually paid me back yet?"

Those dark eyes flashed down at her and he said, "Oh no, not yet. I've got years and years to make up for."