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Authors note: Hey again! Here's the next chapter. Hope u enjoy!
Chapter six
I woke slowly, to the sensation of a gentle touch along my cheek bone. I opened my eyes to see Vince sitting on the edge of my bed, leaning over me slightly.
"Hey baby, sorry to wake you, but dinner's ready now" he gently stated. I rubbed my face with my good arm and yawned a bit, waking up slowly.
"'kay" I mumbled sleepily "Now do I have to pull a sleeping beauty to get a kiss or" My ultimatum was cut off as Vince's mouth swooped down on mine, helping me to wake up in the most delightful way possible. He pulled back, leaving me feeling deliciously flustered and detangled me from my bedclothes.
"We should probably put you in some real pants – we're eating outside" Vince suggested. I nodded and directed him into finding my ratty, but undeniably comfortable faded green cargo pants, a bra and a red cotton and lace singlet.
Vince, clothes in hand, walked back to the edge of the bed where I was seated and put the clothes on the bed beside me, obviously about to step back and give me room to change. As I was loving the closeness that was so rapidly building between me and Vince I didn't want this distance, so I raised both my arms – appealing in the same was as your average 3 year old to have my top removed. Vince chuckled low in his throat and stepped forward immediately, gently slipping his fingers under the bottom of my singlet, drawing it slowly up my body and over my head, leaving me once again topless in his company. Almost as if he was enchanted Vince dropped to his knees his fiery gaze taking in my exposed skin before his eyes returned to battle with mine. He stole a quick kiss from my lips, then trailed kisses down my chin, neck and tracing the line of my collarbone. The heat his skilled mouth evoked made me melt back into his arms – supportingly wrapped around my back. I let out a low moan as his lips covered my left nipple, his talented tongue sending bolts of sensation right to the deepest core of myself.
"Vince, Riss, Hurry up!" Leon yelled up the stairs, causing Vince to abandon his pleasurable pursuits.
"Busted" He joked as he released my breast, quickly reaching for my bra and slipping it over my arms before reaching behind me to fasten it. I slowly surfaced from the haze of passion, feeling Vince slip the singlet over my head, basically stuffing my pliable arms into the arm holes.
"Oh god, the things you make me feel" I whispered rawly, leading Vince to pause in his grab for my cargos. He turned to face me, cupping my face in his hands.
"I would show you just how well we go together, but I know if we're not down in 2 minutes Dom will come and get us" Vince spoke, his voice husky with restrained passion.
"Sorry V. I don't mean to teas.." I was cut off by a finger gently placed on my lips.
"You're no tease Clarissa Standthorpe – you're perfect. Now lets change these pants and head on downstairs." He suggested, causing a happy grin to cover my face as I nodded in acquiescence.
When we arrived at the table set up outside 1.5 minutes later, it was to a general, but good-natured ribbing from the assembled team. Vince gently placed me in a seat to the left of Dom, then sat to my left, so we sat opposite Letty and Jessie. Brian sat beside Jessie, Mia at the bottom of the table, with Leon in the remaining seat beside Vince. Once everyone was seated they just waited, looking at Dom with an odd expectant look on their faces. The silence lasted nearly 3 minutes, before I worked up the nerve
"Excuse me Dom, may we please eat?" I asked nervously.
"You most certainly can Riss" Dom stated, with an odd smugness
"Unfair!" Jessie exclaimed. I gave him a puzzled look
"Ok, so I'm totally missing something…" I exclaimed slowly. The whole table burst out laughing, which totally didn't help my puzzlement. I looked to Dom for an explanation. He obliged, explaining their tradition of trying to catch the new members of the team into reaching for food, then making them say grace. They had all decided to wait as long as it would take for me to go for the food, while they were waiting for me and Vince to come down from upstairs.
"Jessie's just bitter coz we've got him more times than we could count" Letty laughed.
"No one thought of asking before" Mia commented. I spoke without speaking.
"I used to get smacked if I even moved towards the food before my parents and guests ate" They all stared at me, and I uncomfortably shrugged.
"I didn't normally live at home anyway – catholic girls boarding school"
"Did you have one of those cute uniforms?" Leon asked instantly, causing a laugh to echo around the table.
"Of course." I answered with a cheeky grin to Vince, who raised an eyebrow.
"Later huh?" He whispered into my ear. I giggled totally forgetting about all the rest of the people in the and whispered back
"If you're good"
"Oi! You two! Cut it out" Dom joked. I felt the heat of a blush spread up my cheeks, dropping my head briefly onto Vince's shoulder before facing up to the others again.
Dom said grace – a blessing like I had never heard before, thanking God for Corona, chicken wings and the new racing tires just brought out by Toyota. I was moved however when Dom's finishing words were spoken
"And thanks for giving us Riss, and that sweet ride she came with" before everyone said a vehement Amen.
"So I'm good to eat now?" I asked Vince quietly. He smiled and scooped the tray of chicken up, offering it to me
"Yep – dig in"