Two Lonely Souls ch. 14
For the last few days, I tried raking my brain for ideas for where to take Chloe on this makeup date to make amends for getting rained on during the last date that I took her even she says that I have nothing to apologize for but I still bad for it. The guys weren't much help in giving an concrete advice and CR already has too much on her plate with her baby on the way so I didn't want to bother her with my drama so I had to the bullet in asking Posen of all people where to take the redhead. The would-be lawyer actually made work for Intel on her best friend and she was so fuckin' smug about it too that I almost stormed away from her but I didn't as I bit the insult that I wanted to unleash. I found the perfect place to take the songstress as I now find myself standing in front of what's practically mansion while feeling rather intimidate by the sheer size, wondering what parents did for a living.
I was about to knock on the front door when it opens suddenly as a woman in her late forties who's the splitting image of Chloe only older in evening gown, makeup tastefully done as she stares at me with a confused look on her face. She's soon joined by who I assume is her husband who's wearing an expensive tuxedo that could paid the rent of my apartment twenty times over as I could see where the singer gets her expressive baby blue eyes from. Before either one of them could ask me who I was or why I was here, their middle child appears of nowhere to grab my wrist as she leads me away from her parents who call out to her but she simply ignores them. I don't know what's going on but I have feeling that something's going between the songstress and her parents that she's not telling me but I guess that I'm not the poster child for having functioning relationships with suppose parental figures in my own life.
We hop into my car before driving towards to our destination as the redhead slumps against her seat, tension slowly draining from her body as it leave me to wonder what that was all about but I don't press for information. If she wants to tell me then I'll listen but if she doesn't then that's fine too as I reach over the console to take her hand in my free hand, lightly squeezing to let her know that I'm here for her. The singer looks at me with a small sad smile before pressing a light kiss against the back of my hand which sadness fit on her face or anywhere near this girl who's like sunshine personified. Hopefully this will help take her mind off whatever's going on at home with her parents. It takes fifteen minutes to get to our destination as the redhead's face lights in recognition at Mr. Hurdle's Trampoline Park building comes into view and I silently thank Posen for giving me the idea as I park the car.
The second that I step out of the vehicle, excitement radiates off my date in waves as she drags me inside of the building to see trampolines of various shapes and sizes before paying for the both of us. We were given special socks to wear before placing our shoes in the cubby holes as the songstress races off with me trailing behind her then launching herself onto the closet trampoline that she could find. It was almost like watching a sixteen year old girl relive her childhood and I'm glad that I get to see this side of her before jumping along side her, watching do all kinds of tricks and flips. It's insanely how flexible Chloe is as she could easily be a cheerleader yet she wasn't with the skills that she has before moving onto going through the various obstacle courses when a group of college kids asked us to join them for a dodge ball.
The game quickly got heated when the singer and me were put on separate teams as she was doing everything that she could think of to get me out but thankfully my short stature works in my favor while catching the opposite team's balls before tossing to someone with better aim. After a few more times was when we decide to take a break to catch our breath and grab a bite as I order two drink and a medium pepperoni pizza to share while discreetly noticing that she's wearing jeans that look like they're painted on while wearing a bright pink tank top. Her fiery hair is pulled back into a ponytail with a few strains framing her face, bringing attention to the slenderness of her neck and shoulders as it's obvious that this girl is beautiful but seeing free of make up and all done up like how she is at school makes her even more beautiful.
The songstress looks up from her slice of pizza with a smudge of pizza on her cheek as I without thinking, reach over to away it with my thumb before licking it away then it dawn on me what I had did, muttering an apology for it. She giggles slightly before leaning forward to kiss me on the mouth like it was nothing at all or the fact that people could see even though I could care less what other think but I don't know how I feel about public display of affection. Some people don't have any shame and would just openly grope, maul each other down regardless of who was around. People like me make uncomfortable as hell. Conversation flows easily between us as I found out that when she was younger that Chloe's uncle used to bring her and older sister here all the time before he went into the service but misses him dearly because she doesn't see him as much as she would like to.
She talks about her friends, singing, her sisters, things like that but the subject of her parent never comes up as we stay until the places closes for the night before driving to her place to see the lights in the mansion were off. It turns out that her sisters are out for the night and the redhead's gonna be alone in this big empty house as I could see the obvious dread that washes over before turning to look at me with this hopeful expression. I don't feel right leaving her like this as I park the car out front before calling Shelia to tell her that I wouldn't be coming home until the morning as she tells me that she's glad that I called and would see me in the morning. I walk up the house with redhead and the inside is just as impressive as the outside with artwork on the walls and a chandelier in the main hallway before heading up the staircase that leads to the second floor.
The house feel a bit cold, void of warmth or anything that would make it homey at all unlike the apartment that I share with Shelia as I walk into the room that belongs to the songstress. The walls are painted a soft green color although I was expecting them to be yellow or pink or something like that but they were covered in framed pictures of her, Aubrey, Ashley and Stacie or ones of her and certain family members. Chloe rummages through her dresser before a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt for me and sleepwear for herself before handing them to me then unabashedly changing in front of me as I turn, back facing her and cheeks ablaze. The songstress lets out a girlish giggle as footsteps are heard, arms wrap around my waist as I'm all too aware of breasts pressing up against my back and full lips hovering over the shell of my ear.
"You can look if you want, Beca. It's nothing that you haven't before" Chloe husks out. "I'm pretty confident about all of this"
"A-As you s-should be b-but come on Chloe, I gotta change. Where's the bathroom?"
"Fine, fine it's the second door on your left" Chloe giggles.
I walk out of the room, following Chloe's instruction to find the bathroom and quickly changing out of my clothes before going back to find said sitting in the middle of her posh bed. I was a bit hesitant of what I should do but I swallow it, climbing onto the bed an nearly melting in the ridiculous soft material as I lay on my side, mirroring the singer as she smile happily at me. She puts a hand on my shoulder, guiding me to lay on my back before molding her body to my side as I notice how well her body fits with mine as I wrap my arm around her waist, holding her close. I gently tug at the hair tie until the ponytail comes undone as my fingernails lightly massage her scalp as she lets out soft mewls and I think at some point, she had purr but I couldn't help wondering what her relationship with her parents is like.
"Chloe?"
"Hmm?" Chloe answers sleepily.
"Are you… are you on bad terms with your parents or something? You don't have to answer it or anything if you don't want to but I'm a little curious is all"
For a minute or two she doesn't answer and I was about to assume that she had fallen asleep but then she lets out a long sigh before propping herself up on one of her elbow. An arrange of emotions flashes across her face and it's apparent that the subject of her parents is a sore spot, just like it is for me as I reach up to take her face in my hand before pulling her down to kiss in hopes to take her mind off them.
"You don't have to talk about this if you don't want to. You told me once that you would be there for me if and when I was ready to talk and that's a two way street, just know that I got me" I said gently stroking her cheek.
"Thank you, thank you" Chloe said pecking me on the lips repeatedly. "You don't know how much this means to me"
"You're welcome and I think that I have an idea. Looks like the both of us got the short end of the stick when it comes to parents" I said wrapping my arms around her shoulders.
"But Shelia seems like a great mother"
"She's a my step-mother but thankfully she's been there for me more in the last few weeks then my own mother had in the last sixteen years"
"And your dad? What about him? You don't have a good relationship with him?" Chloe asked curiously.
"He hates my guts since the day that I was born and he left when I was younger but I know that I was the reason behind it. My mom never forgave me for it" I said sighing.
"It wasn't your fault that your dad was an insensitive jerk" Chloe said frowning.
"Yeah, trying to tell her that but there's no changing that I become the reason behind everything wrong in their lives even I was only a child" I scoff lightly. "But I found a family of my own and I don't need either one of them. I got something much better"
"You got Shelia, your soon to be little brother or sister, the AV club and you got me" Chloe said caressing my cheek. "You got us and you love just the way you are"
"Okay Bruno" I said rolling my eyes good naturedly.
"Shush you dork" Chloe said kissing my lips.
~Nicole The Dragon Rider signing off
End of ch. 14