CJ was stuffing things back into her gym bag as she spoke "So you're gonna hang with us girls tonight?" Paul smiled and walked over to the end of the row of lockers and leaned against that as he continued watching CJ try to get her gym bag to close. "Yep, just consider me one of the girls I guess" Paul said with a big smile. CJ's head snapped up and looked at this large man leaning against the lockers, close enough to touch. CJ smiled and burst out laughing "I'd rather not, if you don't mind" Paul faked shock " Are you saying I would not make a pretty girl?" Which caused CJ to laugh harder, when Lily appeared on the side of Paul and draped her arm around Paul's shoulders "No, of course not. You'd be the prettiest girl in the locker room I'm sure" Lily protested, barely able to keep a straight face, as CJ continued "Yeah, and your moustache would be the envy of women world wide" and without missing a beat, and with a straight face Paul retorted "Damn straight". Lily and CJ looked at each other and just laughed harder. Finally recomposing herself, CJ was able to get the damn gym bag to close and threw it on the floor, while she finished tying her shoes. CJ looked over at Lily, who had her backpack already on and ready to go, "You ready?" CJ asked to her younger sister who looked up and nodded "Yep, and I'm starving". CJ grabbed the straps of her gym bag, and lifted up only to have Paul grab the straps from her and take the bag from her hands "What are you doing?" CJ asked. "Being a gentleman, I think it's called" Paul said with a smirk on his face and gave CJ a wink. CJ just nodded her head and looked to her sister "Alright, let's go" and began walking out of the locker room. As Paul followed CJ, Lily spoke "Hey big guy, wanna be a gentleman and help me too?" she said motioning to her backpack. Paul smiled and replied "Don't take this the wrong way, but that's not my type of thing". Lily stuck her tongue out at him, then slipped her backpack back on and huffed out of the locker room, with Paul nodding his head walking behind her.
They got to the car, got things settled then piled into the car. CJ buckled her seatbelt and turned to Paul "So you hungry?" she asked. Paul looked over at CJ with a big smile and replied "Always". CJ looked in her rear view mirror to Lily, "What sounds good, kid?" she asked. Lily thought about it as CJ began to pull out of the parking lot, Lily spoke "Let's go to Blazers", CJ nodded, and spoke "You wanna try Blazers?" Paul looked back to CJ from his passenger side window, "What's Blazers?" he asked. CJ glanced over to Paul with a smile "It's a small little family restaurant. It's not much, but the food is kick ass! We eat there anytime we can." She explained. Paul smiled as he listened to her talk, then nodded "Sounds good, I like small places" he said with a smile. The whole ride to Blazers, CJ and Paul talked shop, as Lily put on her ipod earbuds and turned it on full blast.
CJ pulled into Blazers, and they all got out of the car and into the restaurant. The restaurant was small only a few booths, there was only a couple customers sitting at the bar eating, other than that the restaurant was bare. Paul looked around, it was a quaint little place. He was kind of glad they chose a small place, so he could get to know CJ better, instead of a large place where he would be bombarded for sure. The waitress, who looked to be at least 60 sat them at a booth in the far corner of the restaurant. Paul looked through the menu "So what's good?" CJ and Lily looked at each other and both at the same time repeated "Everything" and began laughing. Paul looked a little sheepish and mumbled "That narrows it down". CJ watched Paul, and felt bad for responding to his question like that. She knew she found him attractive, but she really liked his personality so far, he was definitely growing on her.
CJ spoke "OK OK, I'm sorry. What I meant was, the steak and eggs platter here is probably the best in the state" as she reached across the table and put her hand on his. He looked down at her hand covering his, and before she could remove it, he lifted her hand to his mouth and laid a gentle kiss on it, and laid it back on the table. Paul looked up at CJ, who was a bright shade of red and gave her a huge smile, while massaging the back of her hand with the tips of his fingertips. Paul and CJ's eyes locked and they gazed into each other's eyes for what seemed like forever to them. Suddenly, they were awoken from their world by Lily, CJ shook out of it, and grabbed her hand back from Paul's and spoke "What did you say Lily?". Lily sat her menu down and repeated "I said I hope the waitress comes and takes my order before you two make me lose my appetite" CJ and Paul looked over at Lily, and then looked back at each other, released each other's hands and smiled, before looking back at their menus.
The waitress came and took their orders, and soon enough the three of them were happily eating their meals. Paul had his steak and eggs, while CJ had ordered a Turkey sandwich, and Lily was munching on a hamburger. CJ looked up from her meal, watching Paul, slowly and precisely cut his steak, when he lifted his head and their eyes met, and he gave her a small smile. "How's your steak" CJ asked, waiting for Paul's response. Paul swallowed the food he was chewing and spoke "Delicious. What'd you get?" CJ looked down at her plate, and lifted half of her turkey sandwich "A terrific turkey sandwich…wanna bite?" she offered the sandwich to Paul. Paul's gaze never left her eyes, as he slowly descended on the sandwich half, she was holding, once he got mere centimeters from the sandwich, he dove in and took a bite that was blatantly sexual. CJ could feel the temperature in her cheeks rise, as he slowly raised back up to his sitting position, letting a small smirk slowly appear cross his face, as CJ's cheeks began turning redder.
CJ and Paul were awaken again from their thoughts by a gagging sound, they both turned to look at Lily. Lily looked at both of them, and spoke "Seriously, ya'll could make me lose my lunch." CJ turned away from Lily, and back to her plate " You sure know how to ruin a moment" she grumbled. Paul just chuckled and continued his meal.
The three of them finished their meals, and paid for their meal. Paul wouldn't take "No" for an answer as he offered to take the check. CJ tried to bargain with him, to which Paul simply replied with a smile "You can pay me back later", to which Lily quickly responded "Hey CJ, ask him if he takes sexual favors." Which caused a deep laugh from Paul, as CJ turned dark red and elbowed her sister in the ribs.
All three climbed into the car, and they drove to a tattoo parlor. All three got out of the car at the tattoo parlor, as Paul looked around, looking a little uneasy. CJ looked over at Paul on the other side of the car, and noticed his uneasiness, she smiled to herself, thinking how cute he looked. "You ok Paul?" CJ asked smiling. Paul looked around again, and spoke "No, I'm fine, but are you sure this place is legit?" he asked looking at the bar across the street. CJ walked around the car, and stood next to him "I promise, I know a guy who works here, it's a good place." Lily got out of the car excitedly, and walked ahead of CJ and Paul, "Can we go in now?" she said as she opened the door and entered the shop. CJ looked over at Paul, who was looking at the shop, but slowly turned back to CJ. "It really is a nice shop Paul, but if you want, you can hold my hand" CJ said smiling, liking the fact that she could joke with him like this. Paul looked down at the hand CJ had jokingly held out, and suddenly grabbed it with his larger hand and interlaced his fingers with his. CJ seemed a bit surprised at this turn of events, and stared up into Paul's eyes, when suddenly they heard "Hey! Come on! I've waited too long for this!" Lily yelled, from sticking her head back outside the shop. CJ and Paul walked up to the shop, and inside holding onto hands the whole time.
The shop was pretty empty, and as soon as CJ walked in, a very tattooed man walked up to her and enveloped her in a huge hug. Paul looked on, almost jealously, as he saw this strange man put his arms around CJ. The tattooed man and CJ released each other, and CJ looked to Paul. "Paul, this is Scott." She introduced the men. Paul shook Scott's hand as CJ continued "I went to school with Scott's sister. Scott's one of the best tattoo artists around. He even tattooed me" Paul looked back at CJ surprised "You have a tattoo?", CJ nodded, and lifted her right leg onto a nearby chair and rolled down her sock to reveal a small tattoo on her ankle. Paul stepped closer and leaned down to get a closer look at the tattoo, he ran his fingers over the small tattoo, and the feeling of his skin on CJ's sent shivers down her spine. Paul stood back up, and interlaced his fingers with CJ's once again and smiled as he said "cute!". Scott just then came back to them from setting up the tattoo equipment from behind the counter, "OK CJ, all we need you to do is sign here, and we can get this show on the road" Scott handed the papers to CJ. CJ walked over to the counter and began to read the papers, as Paul let go of CJ's hand and walked over to Lily, who was staring at the tattoo designs on the wall. "What ya gonna get?" Paul asked, standing next to Lily. Lily looked over and smiled, and then showed Paul a piece of a paper with a small tribal design on it. Paul looked at the design on the paper, before Lily continued " I designed it myself. It describes me the best I think." Paul nodded and handed the paper back to Lily, before he spoke "You sure you wanna get one? They're permanent you know" Lily smiled back at the big man "I'm sure. I won't regret this" she said as she turned back around and headed towards Scott, who was standing next to CJ at the counter.
Paul watched as Scott, got the design ready, and watched as Lily climbed in the chair and Scott transferred the design to her skin, and began to get the needle ready. Paul walked closer and pulled up a chair, as he had never seen a tattoo done in person before. Lily sat in the chair calmly, until she saw the needle ready. CJ looked down at her sister in the chair, and before Scott started, she offered her hand to Lily, who quickly grasped CJ's hand and hung onto it tight. CJ looked over at Paul, as Scott began to tattoo on Lily, CJ watched as he was enthralled with the process, she smiled at him, he looked so concentrated. Soon after Scott began, Lily let go of CJ's hand and began to relax on the chair, while Scott finished up the tattoo. CJ walked over to where Paul was, and put her hand on his shoulder, which shook him out of his thoughts. Paul looked up at CJ "She ok?", CJ nodded looking back at Lily "She realized it doesn't hurt as bad as everyone thinks", she explained. CJ looked around the shop, looking for another chair, not seeing one not being used, so she leaned against Paul. Paul looked up and than stood "Here, have mine" as he was about to stand, CJ put her hand out and stopped him "I'm fine" and Paul sat back down. Suddenly Lily spoke "Here's an idea, you two could actually share the chair", both Paul and CJ look to Lily, suddenly Paul opened his arms wide and patted his leg "Here, have a seat". CJ looked down at Paul quizzically "Please, I'll break your leg If I sit on it" which caused Lily and Scott both to burst out laughing. Paul chuckled a little, until he looked up and saw CJ turning red and talked in his most convincing voice " Honey please, you can't hurt me" wrapping an arm around CJ's waist guiding her to his lap.
CJ began to descend to sit on his lap, just mere inches from his lap, CJ stopped and stood back up, her face deep red "I can't do this, I'm too heavy." She went to walk away from Paul who quickly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled him back to him, she looked down at the man as he rested his chin on the waistband of her pants and looked back up at her smiling. Suddenly while she was distracted Paul swooped under her legs with one hand causing her to fall into his arms, as he caught her in a carry position. CJ yelped as she felt herself fall, but then being caught. She looked down and realized Paul was holding her as if she was a little child, in his lap. Lily, who had just seen this whole scenario started clapping and said sarcastically "Aww". CJ looked over at her sister with a death glare, popped her the middle finger, and removed her legs from Paul's arms, and placed them on the ground. Just as she was about to get up from his lap, Paul wrapped his arms tight around CJ's waist, as Paul whispered in her ear "Now that I got you here, I'm gonna keep you here for a while", CJ turned red, as she giggled a little and whispered back to him "What till I cut off your circulation?" sarcastically. Paul squeezed her tighter to him and whispered, huskily in her ear "Girl, just being near you makes my blood pump faster". CJ couldn't believe it, was this real? Was Triple H actually hitting on her?
Lily suddenly appeared from behind the counter, showing off the part of her skin that was covered with Saran Wrap. CJ and Paul both turned their attention to Lily as CJ spoke "Was it worth it?". Lily smiled widely and said "Yup, every penny." CJ tried to raise from Paul's lap, when Paul suddenly tightened his grip on her, she turned to the man, who had a big smile on his face. "I have to get up" she pleaded, Paul nodded "No you don't." CJ rolled her eyes, and laughed at Paul, and then said "Seriously, I have to get up or else we'll be here all night" Paul pouted a bit as he responded "If I let you go, I might never get you back in this position again", CJ looked at Paul with a small smirk before retorting "I'm surprised you'd want me back in this position", and without missing a beat Paul responded "There's a lot of positions I want you in", as he looked deep into CJ's eyes. "Oh God!" Lily yelled, which caused Paul and CJ to wake out of there deep stare, they turned to look at Lily, who had a disgusted look on her face, "What's wrong with you?" Paul asked the girl. Lily, still with a fake traumatized look said bluntly "I just got visual images". CJ and Paul busted out laughing, as he released CJ and they walked to the counter.
After paying Scott, and saying goodbye, the three of them got back into CJ's car. As CJ drove away from the parlor, she turned to Paul, who was resting his hand on CJ's knee. "So can I drop you off somewhere Paul?", Paul looked over at CJ, with a sly smile "What? Trying to get rid of me so soon?", CJ rolled her eyes and responded "No, of course not, but we're heading back to our house, and I wasn't sure if you would want to go with". Paul smiled and responded "So your taking me home?", CJ smiled and winked at Paul before saying "Yeah, and I didn't even have to get you drunk." Paul laughed out loud at that response as they finished the drive to a nice neighborhood, and pulled into the driveway, of what looked to be a nice house.