At his will

The Gala

Wow, the Vice President is here!? my mind is reeling, all of this for us?

"Excuse me darling ....... i need to go to the bathroom; I'll be right back" I smile and nod understanding that he needs a moment to get over what his dad just exposed.

"Mom! Dad!" i screamed; very unladylike I might add as i run to my parents, causing a few stares.  "Hey precious" my dad greets as he places a kiss on my forehead. "you look beautiful dear, I love your dress" my mom beams "where on earth did you get it?"

"Actually, Raymond bought it; and the shoes......... and the jewellery"

"Well you look gorgeous"

"Thanks mom; so you two knew about this? how? they barely told me!"

"We got the invite yesterday..... I wondered how you hadn't called", "Yesterday!!; but how and Ray didn't say anything and...." i'm cut off by my dad.

"All right, enough of that, come dance with your old pops sugar plum", "You're far from old dad" i encourage. "If you say so.." my mom teases and we all laugh. My dad leads me on the dance floor and we start swaying to the music. "How are you dear, you doing okay?", "Yeah; more than okay dad" he nods and we dance in silence until the song ends and people applaud the band.

"May I cut in and get a dance?" "Of course you may, after all you did work so hard to get her to love you" my dad teases Ray and he looks like he needs another bathroom break.

"You really didn't want anyone to know that did you?", "no i D-didn't, dad and his big mouth" I laugh and rest my head on his chest, "It's ok though, I already knew so it's no one else's business" This is the second time we have ever danced and we've known each other for a year. Ray never took me to intimate places when we dated, I know he knew that I didn't want to be placed in that position and he respected my decision; the first time he did it I freaked out and stormed off; thinking about it and how i treated him during our relationship pull at my chest and i feel horribly guilty.

Flashback

We were at a Japanese restaurant and and he was close to me, I tried to ignore it and then he wrapped his arm around me and rubbed my arms; I wanted to move, i wanted to disappear but then he picked up some sushi and tried to feed it to me and......... i just lost it! I yelled, I shook his hand off, I got up and I stormed out. He followed me out to the curb while i was waiting on a taxi and apologised for overstepping; I wasn't hearing none of that; I ignored him for almost three weeks, until my mom invited him over for dinner and I pretended that everything was fine.

He used the opportunity to tell me over and over that he was sorry and it wouldn't happen again. I gave him another chance because it wasn't the first time that a man had tried to get over cozy with me and I thought that maybe it was just their way of testing the waters to find the woman's limit.

After that 'incident' he avoided personal spaces like a plague. We went to the movies, parks, sport games, we even went to restaurants but it was never that personal again, always arrive, order, eat and leave, no extra chatting. One time we went to a pool party, that was fun! he made me laugh a lot. I had never viewed him as the funny type but he was; maybe because he was around his friends and in his comfort zone.

It was the most attended Bar-B-Que I had ever been to; yes I hadn't been to much but I see on TV what they usually look like. His College buddies came together with their families; it was nice, i smile at the thought. It was about four to five months into us 'dating' and I really didn't want to go as it was such a personal event, people bringing their wives and children and I was nothing to him but Rachel talked me into it; she even talked me into wearing a florescent green bikini, it was sexy I grant you that but I loath colours, they draw too much attention.

When we arrived he opened the door for me and got all our bags and took them inside with me on his trail; he went into a bedroom and placed them there like he owned the place and i just stood out the door nervous; he took us to the kitchen and he introduced me to some people there, everyone was very nice and welcoming.

He and his buddies left 'the women' as they called us to 'gossip' as they said; he winked at me and they left. I blushed then scolded myself for blushing making him feel like he had me.

We chatted a bit and I discovered that their main joy in life was their family, mainly their kids; I felt so awkward in the conversation so i made an excuse and exited heading out to the pool area.  I look around and see Raymond laughing heartily looking young and beautiful. What the hell is up with me today? maybe i'm ovulating! I thought. I sat by myself and played on on my phone not wanting to seem lonely.

"Would you like a Malibu and Pineapple Alicia?" his baritone voice bellows "Yeah sure, why not" I answer not wanting to seem to excited for my favourite drink of all time!. "You wanna take a walk with me?" he says while handing me the drink. I spring to my feet before I even thought about it and he smiles and directs me using his hand placed in my lower back.

"You look radiant today by the way; not that you don't always look radiant, It's just that today you're glowing" he quickly corrects himself. "thank you" I laughed at his rambling.

We walked through the house and ended up in a garden. The house was beautiful, typical I have money so my house reflects that kinda home. His friend Sean is an NBA player and his wife Terri was a dancer s***h model before the kids 'nothing special to see here'.

"This garden is beautiful, their gardener is good, maybe Ishould hire him" I mumbled the last part in my head but Ray heard and informed me of mind blowing news. "Actually Sean is the one who maintains this garden" 

"What!? You're shiiting me right?" It's not that I doubt he could do it he just didn't seem the type. "Yeah he loves it out here; most times when I'm over here I help him with it; and we just hang out" he shrugs his shoulders like its no big deal that two hunky professional black men are gardening together. I wasn't insinuating that they were gay or anything I just fell into the stereotype. "Let me show you something, now I see the look on your face but don't laugh and don't think im gay; I'm far from it. Not that something is wrong with gays or being gay!; you know what I should shut up; I'm just a mess" I laughed so hard at his ranting and he just looked like he could bury himself in the garden. We walked in silence till we came up on a fountain that ran a stream for about twenty feet. It was lined with grey rocks and pretty purple and pink flowers. 

"Their called trailing Fuchsia flowers I think the mix of colors is so beautiful; I found it in a flower shop a couple of years ago and I fell in love with it so I bought it and brought it here and I.... take care of it, well Sean makes sure nothing happens to it daily but I visit it as often as I can". 

"You make it sound like visitation rights for a child" I laugh as I say that. "But It is a beautiful flower; really beautiful. You did a great job"

We walk back to the party and I'm smiling at the discovery of Ray's humble side even Sean's I doubt this is something his fans know about him. Ray got pulled away into some push-up match and he asked excuse and went after I nodded. He was having lots of fun today! I decided to go swimming and I got in the water and did some laps. After surfacing I noticed that I had an audience; Ray and his buddies were literally starring at me I blushed so hard involuntarily and just ducked back into the water and swam to the far side of the pool. I didn't dare look back at them when I got there.

I did hear mumbles and a few people close by were still looking at me. What the hell! I got out of the water and walked to where our clothes were. Soon Ray's hand were around my waist as I tried to run awat and he pulled me into his hard, bare, muscular chest. I practically crashed into him with my back. He used the opportunity to snake his hand more securely around me. I was so overwhelmed with embarrassment my eyes glassed over. "Hey, hey, it's okay, we didn't mean to stare you were just really... amazing.. and we're really sorry for making you feel uncomfortable." I just listened while trying to get my breathing under control. He cooed in my ear and for some reason it was really soothing.

He walked me to the room and we talked until I was ready to go back out. I told him of all the extra activities I was involved in during high school and college and what my hobbies are and he told me of his and what were some of the things he, Sean, Rondel, Alex, Aidon and James would get into in college. For a bunch of nerds they sure sound like cool kids; I called them nerds because Sean and Aidon Majored in Chemical Biology, Rondel in Pathology, Alex in Financial Management, James in Chemistry and of course Ray double major in Neurology and ; bunch of over achievers!

Me on the other hand, I did a double major in Management and Fashion design, Julia's idea of course to join her company after college. The management was my idea and she loved it saying that I would jump into a management position where i belonged next to her; sigh. I plan to go back to college and do sociology mainly geared towards children but I'm not telling anyone that in case they tell her. I love my mom but she is a pain.

The rest of the party people came up to me and complimented me on how well i swim. Raymond stayed with me the entire time and told me stories and kept me laughing. I kept thinking about what a really decent guy he is but I can't allow myself to fall for him because if it's one thing I want to choose is my husband.

End of flashback

"You look amazingly beautiful in that dress; I am so tempted to take it off right here" the flirtatious way he grumbles it sends electricity flying to my core and im sure i have to change my panties. He notices my look grabs my hand, ask for excuse from my dad, his dad and the Vice President before leaving and im impatient because this man is too polite but the feeling hasn't died down, it probably increased. As soon as we step into the bedroom he claims my mouth in a steaming kiss and pushes me back against the door while riping the dress off.