Ryker was comforting in a way. I thought that after everything that happened with "Joey" that I would be scared of men, scared of what could happen. I know that I cannot think that way. Not every man is out there to hurt me. There is something about Ryker that I can't quite figure out, but it has me intrigued. We finished up in the shower, Ryker got out first and dried off, and then he stood there buck naked with the towel open waiting for me to get out. I climbed out of the shower, and he wrapped the towel around me. I felt...safe. "I'm going to go get dressed, when you get your pajamas on, meet me downstairs. We will put on a movie and make some popcorn. Sound good?" he asked. I shook my head yes as I walked into the bedroom. I couldn't find any clean pajamas so I put on some

