Outside the Box (24 page)

S
: 
Still on for tonight?

L
: 
Maybe?
 

I laughed when he didn’t text me and called me instead;

“What do you mean
maybe
do you not want to see me?” he asked.

That voice, I sighed, it made my skin tingle every time I heard it,
“I was just kidding, where are we going to go?  Do I need to dress up?”

“Well, since you haven’t bothered to tell me where you live…(he waited for me to tell him my address but I didn’
t) I can meet you at The Vibe.  You’ll have time to go home and get showered if you want.  Or you can come straight there it makes no difference to me.  I can have Joe pick you up.”

“Tell him to pick me up after school, he’s use to having to wait on me while I get ready.” I said with a laugh.

“I heard you were wearing a sexy little number Saturday night, wear that again.” He told me, I could tell he was smiling.

“You’re having me followed?”

He laughed his deep laugh, “Not hardly.  That would just be creepy, I’ll see you later.”

“Okay.”

Class went great, I was successful with the three hair colors and the perm I put in on clients.  When I walked out of the building Joe was leaning against the hood of the car.

“We meet again beautiful.” He said with a big smile and opened the door for me.

“Did he tell you where I’m meeting him?”

He nodded his head, “He sure did.”

I practically sprinted through the lobby of the apartment building, Clancy was just leaving as the elevator opened.  “Everything okay Lexi?” 

“Yep I’m going to be late for a reservation, night Clancy!”

“Night Lexi.”

I rushed through the shower in record time, the dress I wore Saturday was wrinkled on my floor so I chose a different strapless black tube dress and put my gladiator wedge sandals on.  I blow dried my hair, put some red chandelier earrings in and a red drop necklace.  I threw my makeup into my purse and walked out the door. 

“Whoa, you look stunning!” Joe said when I walked out of the building. 

“Thank You!” I lowered myself into the backseat, pulled my makeup compacts out and applied my eye makeup.

We arrived at ‘The Vibe’ it had floor to ceiling glass windows in the front, there décor and lighting gave a romantic dim glow to the inside.  I gave the hostess my name and followed her through the maze of tables, through a set of double doors, and on to a terrace that over looked a garden that couples were walking through holding hands and hugging against each other. 

Spencer thanked the hostess and told her to give us a little bit before she returned to take our orders.  He smiled big at me when she left us, “Fucking beautiful Alexia.” He slowly walked towards me never taking his eyes o
ff of mine.  I looked up into his eyes as he lowered his mouth to mine. He cupped my ass in his hands and pulled me against him, slid his hands up my back and softly ran his fingers across my shoulder blades.  When his hands were cupping my face he deepened the kiss until I was dizzy and had to pull away. 

“You look pretty good yourself.” I whispered.”

“Not bad for a creep huh?” he smiled. 

“Feed me, I’m starving!” I said and stepped away from him. 

A waitress came out to us and told us the chef specials for the evening so we both ordered the Scallion Beef.  Spencer poured us each a glass of red wine, “Well, I think we need to go ahead and discuss some things.”

I nodded my head, “You go first.”

“I’d rather hear what you have to say first.”

I took another drink, “That night in the shower, you told me you don’t do relationships.  So what’s this?  Why are we meeting?”

“I said that because I knew that the feelings I feel for you are the stronger than what I had for my ex-wife. If she crushed me you’ll fucking ruin me.”

I gasped,
“Doesn’t it seem a little crazy that we’ve only had sex with each other and there are feelings there.  I think it’s just lust, we are something new, something exciting for each other.”

“I think you’re wrong.” He deadpanned.  “Have you had sex with anybody else since the last time you and I did it?” he asked.

“Well, yes.  Sky…and a friend.”

He raised an eyebrow at me, “Were you and this
friend
intimate when we were in the box together?”

The death glare he gave me made me cringe, the waitress chose that time to bring us our food.  I thank
ed her and looked at Spencer.  He was leaning back staring at me with his arms crossed over his chest.  I put my fork down, “Only once during and a couple of times since then.  You can’t tell me you haven’t given in to another woman since me.”

“I have.” He nodded once but still didn’t move to start eating his meal.  I felt
a knot of jealousy in my stomach.  I nodded my head and took a bite of food.  The beef melted in my mouth, the flavors exploded against my taste buds, he was still staring at me.  “What?”

“I hated it, she wasn’t you.  I even called her Ember, I was drunk and couldn’t get you out of my mind.”

I laughed, “The drunk excuse only works if you’re dating and know you’ll get in trouble.”

He finally started eating but continued talking, “Sky and you obviously didn’t have any chemistry.  Is there chemistry with this so called friend?”

I shook my head, “No, at first I thought there was, until I spent more time with you.”

“And?”  he asked.

“It’s you that I picture when he’s kissing me, when he’s…”

“Enough.” He said in an angry soft tone.  “Does he know how you feel about me?”

“He doesn’t know about you.  All he knows is that I won’t have a relationship with him because of how crazy my life is.” I told him and pushed my plate away. 

He laughed, “He doesn’t
know
about me?!  So you’re just going to string the poor guy along?  For how long?”

My anger boiled and I stood up from the table to leave, just as I was about to make it to the doors Spencer caught up with me.  He lo
cked the door and pressed my back against it, “Why did that make you so mad?” he asked with a smile.

“You just made me sound like a whore.” I said through gritted teeth.

“Don’t ever call yourself a whore again, and I sure as fuck wasn’t referring to you as one.  I just don’t like hearing that some other mother fucker is getting you in his bed, getting touching this body, when I should be the only one doing it.”

He pulled away, unlocked the door, grabbed my hand and led me out the back door to the garden.  He handed the guy at the door some money,
and walked us quickly to a large glass encased gazebo and locked the door behind us.  Music was playing softly until he turned it up so that I could hear it better, he took my purse and laid it on the red velvet chair.  When he had me pulled firmly against him he started swaying us to the beat of the music, he lowered his head and rested his forehead against mine, “I got all the answers to your questions, I’ll be the teacher You be the lesson, I’ll be the preacher you be the confession, I’ll be the quick relief to all your stressing…” he sang along with Aloe Blacc ‘
The Man’
then his lips moved to my exposed shoulder.  I gripped his biceps as he licked a slow path to the top of my dress.  He used one hand to slide the zipper on the side of the dress down until I was standing in only my lace black thong and my gladiator sandals. 

Spencer moved to sit on the bench and pulled me to stand between his legs, the song stopped and the room was filled with silence.  “You know what I think?  This body, (he leaned forward and kiss each hip then circled my bellybutton with his tongue), this skin, this heart,
know what they want and you’re trying to deny it.”

He looked up at my face, “You can’t keep denying your body of what it already knows it wants.”  Slowly he pulled my thong down, so I stepped out of it, he traced the leather straps of my sandals up to my knees, “You can’t keep denying it…” he trailed off when he kissed the top of pussy. 

“We can’t do this here.” I finally said. 

He slipped is tongue between my folds, “Nobody can see us.”

I looked around the gazebo and knew it was the same kind of glass that the rooms were at the Box.  He massaged the back of my thighs as he looked at me, I leaned forward and unbuttoned his pants, his boxers covered his cock but the tip of it was pushing past the waistband.  I lowered my head and licked the tip, once his saltiness hit my tongue I couldn’t stop what was going to happen between us.  He pushed his pants down while I unbuttoned his shirt, ‘
Drunk in Love
’ by
Beyoncé
started playing.  He pulled me onto his lap so I was straddling him.  I rocked my hips pushing his cock back and forth between my folds.  He took control and thrust slowly inside of me, I could feel his pulse all the way to my core.  Each time I would rise up he would hiss through clenched teeth, each time I slid down he licked a nipple and pulled on it gently with his teeth, causing my pussy muscles to tighten more around him.  The pace didn’t quicken, he kissed me until my orgasm made my entire body ignite around him then he pushed as deep as he could and released his thick hot cum inside of me.  “Alexia?”

“Hmm?”

“I’m in love with you.” He confessed and cupped my face in his hands. 

“I don’t think it’s love.” I told him. 

“Yes it is, I’ve tried to deny it.  You’re trying to too.”

I shook my head and climbed off of him, using a
Kleenex from my purse I cleaned up and handed him some but he refused as he dressed.  Once we were both dressed again I unlocked the door and started to walk out. 

“You aren’t walking away from me.” He caught up with me and spun me around. 

“Spencer we can’t be in love, we don’t even KNOW each other!”

He laughed, “I think we know each other better than you think we do.”

“Because of the sex?  If I said we weren’t going to have sex for six months, you’d walk away!”  I laughed.

“I would?
  You’re pretty sure you have it all figured out huh?” he asked.

I laughed again, “You and I both know, we only know each other in bed!  I want to get married
someday, have kids, I want to be able to get fat and be bitchy with somebody that will love me no matter what!”  I said trying not to yell.

“Annnd you don’t think I’d like you if you are fat and bitchy?  Christ
you’re skinny and bitchy.”

I rolled my eyes, “I want to have twelve kids!”

His eyes got big, “I’m not opposed to kids, but…twelve? Really?  I can’t even think of twelve fucking names to name twelve other little human beings.” He said and crossed his arms over his chest. 

“Huh?” I asked confused, he wasn’t running the other way at the mention of marriage and kids.

“You heard me Alexia.”

“I don’t even know how old you are!”

“I’ll be twenty nine, I have a brother, I don’t like cats, I have no known food allergies…”

“I’m going to be twenty in four months, I’m adopted,
my biological mom died when I was born and my adopted parents died two months and six days ago.  I hate sushi, the subway is pretty creepy, and I’m scared of flying.  And… I like to cook.”

“Don’t forget…you want twelve kids.” He said with a smile and pulled me towards
“Here’s what I think we need to do, if you think it’s all about sex then we’ll cut the sex out and just spend time getting to know each other like you think we need to.  I know that I love you and I’m going to prove it to you however you want me to.” He said and brushed his lips against mine. 

I didn’t know what to say, “I…”

“Alexia, don’t push me away.  You’ll break your own heart.”

“I would rather break my heart myself than open it up for you to rip apart.”  I stepped back. 

“Just give me time, that’s all I ask.  I’ve never been in love like this, I’m so confused right now.  Why couldn’t I have met you outside the box instead of in it?”  I wiped a tear off my face.

He cupped the back of his neck and stepped out of my way, I walked past him and never looked back.  Joe was waiting out front, I couldn’t even look at him when he pulled the car door open for me.  The drive back to my apartment was silent, I stared out the window with my head resting against the cool glass.

The apartment was silent when I walked in, so I went into the bathroom stripped my clothes off and started the shower.  I stepped inside and slid down the wall;

“Lexi?” Destiney said my name, opened the bathroom door and walked in. 

“He said he loves me.”  I told her.

“I told you!  Are you on the floor of the shower?”

“Mmhmm.”

“You’re not happy that he told you how he feels?” she asked.

“I’ve never been in love Destiney, what if I give him my heart and he rips it out when he figures out that we aren’t good for each other that what we feel between each other is just lust?”