Satine awoke to the fresh morning in the lavishly decorated Elephant. Next
to her, her lover lay comfortably in the sheets, his breathing deep and
smooth. The golden rays of the sun dripped across his bare skin, painting
it gold with every touch. As the light got to his face, he tried to shoo it
away, blue pools showing as his eyes fluttered sleepily.
She smiled at him and laughed silently as he flipped over, mumbling into his pillow. She slowly moved over him and lay on his back, kissing his neck slowly. "Good morning Christian."
He was instantly awake, turned over and holding her in his arms. "Mornin' Satine. I..." He paused uncertainly, finding his tongue. "I didn't expect you to still be here."
She smiled at him reassuringly and kissed his cheek. "I couldn't leave you even if I tried Christian..."
"That's wonderful Satine... Couldn't leave you if I tried?! Thanks..." He grinned at her, his hands moving to shield the sunlight pouring in.
She did the same, but moved up a bit, smiling back. "You know what I mean."
He looked at her intensely, his eyes smoldering. "I don't think I do...Maybe you could show me." He leaned in to kiss her, his hands wrapping around her fully.
Satine went to slid in next to him when she heard the door open and someone gasp loudly. She quickly turned to see her best friend at the nightclub, Adrienne, standing and looking quite shocked.
"All night customers are out promptly at dawn Sir!" She exclaimed, making Christian cock his head to the side in confusion.
Satine shook her head and closed her eyes. This would not be easy to explain. And of course, Christian spoke before Satine could stop him. "I'm not a customer..."
Satine looked at him quickly as Adrienne just stared at her. "What is he talking about?"
"Look, I'll tell you later Adrienne; just don't say a word to anyone! Not even Nini! Promise!" Satine breathed, frustrated.
Adrienne nodded timidly and left, looking lost.
"Oh damn it..." Satine slid from the bed and got dressed quickly, not even paying attention to Christian as he sat, dumbfounded.
"Satine...Wait...Let's talk about this. Where...Why do you have to go?" He stood slowly, wrapping the sheet around his slender, but strong frame. "Please talk to me."
"I can't Christian! I can't do this with you! What the hell was I thinking?" She stared at him angrily, not wanting to face what she had to.
Christian stepped back and stared at the floor, his mind mulling over the previous night. "So what was last night about then? Was I just a customer? Someone to satisfy your need? You just need to feel someone else's skin under yours so you go and find the first vulnerable, naïve man who you know will fall deeply in love with you? Easy enough."
His words stung her, acid dripping from every syllable. She turned to him and shook her head, trying to stop from crying. "No Christian. You weren't just someone to satisfy my need. I didn't kiss you last night because it was an opportunity..." Her eyes and voice were sincere as he slowly sat on the edge of her bed.
He listened closely, feeling more insensitive as she spoke. He ran his hands through his hair and over his face, choosing his words correctly. "I need to know Satine, if this is more than what it seems." He looked up slowly, his eyes meeting hers with desperation in them.
The silence was deafening, the moments seeming like hours, days even. Neither of them moved and the only source of life was the sounds of footsteps below them in the club hall. Her face was determined but he could almost hear her thinking. He braced himself for rejection, wondering how he would handle losing her all in a day.
All he got was a half-smile, however, as she walked over and sat next to him. "Do you want it to be?" she grinned, already knowing the answer.
"Hopefully that's a yes..." He then slowly kissed her as she nodded gently. He quickly got dressed, remembering rehearsals that morning. Satine looked quite happy as she watched him pull his shirt over his head, and that made Christian all the more content.
He took her hand in his; both of them exchanging one more kiss and embrace before walking down among everyone else.
They both knew what was required to fool the others. The two hoped no one would notice the radiance both had in their eyes, the smiles and subtle grins they exchanged, or the way they seemed to connect more.
Christian made himself stay calm as she would pass, feeling his heart and head reel. All it would take was a smile, laugh, or even a glance to make him fall completely, totally, and utterly in love with her...
...and he did.
[That's all folks! Hope you enjoyed it, and please, leave comments. Let me know what you think!]
She smiled at him and laughed silently as he flipped over, mumbling into his pillow. She slowly moved over him and lay on his back, kissing his neck slowly. "Good morning Christian."
He was instantly awake, turned over and holding her in his arms. "Mornin' Satine. I..." He paused uncertainly, finding his tongue. "I didn't expect you to still be here."
She smiled at him reassuringly and kissed his cheek. "I couldn't leave you even if I tried Christian..."
"That's wonderful Satine... Couldn't leave you if I tried?! Thanks..." He grinned at her, his hands moving to shield the sunlight pouring in.
She did the same, but moved up a bit, smiling back. "You know what I mean."
He looked at her intensely, his eyes smoldering. "I don't think I do...Maybe you could show me." He leaned in to kiss her, his hands wrapping around her fully.
Satine went to slid in next to him when she heard the door open and someone gasp loudly. She quickly turned to see her best friend at the nightclub, Adrienne, standing and looking quite shocked.
"All night customers are out promptly at dawn Sir!" She exclaimed, making Christian cock his head to the side in confusion.
Satine shook her head and closed her eyes. This would not be easy to explain. And of course, Christian spoke before Satine could stop him. "I'm not a customer..."
Satine looked at him quickly as Adrienne just stared at her. "What is he talking about?"
"Look, I'll tell you later Adrienne; just don't say a word to anyone! Not even Nini! Promise!" Satine breathed, frustrated.
Adrienne nodded timidly and left, looking lost.
"Oh damn it..." Satine slid from the bed and got dressed quickly, not even paying attention to Christian as he sat, dumbfounded.
"Satine...Wait...Let's talk about this. Where...Why do you have to go?" He stood slowly, wrapping the sheet around his slender, but strong frame. "Please talk to me."
"I can't Christian! I can't do this with you! What the hell was I thinking?" She stared at him angrily, not wanting to face what she had to.
Christian stepped back and stared at the floor, his mind mulling over the previous night. "So what was last night about then? Was I just a customer? Someone to satisfy your need? You just need to feel someone else's skin under yours so you go and find the first vulnerable, naïve man who you know will fall deeply in love with you? Easy enough."
His words stung her, acid dripping from every syllable. She turned to him and shook her head, trying to stop from crying. "No Christian. You weren't just someone to satisfy my need. I didn't kiss you last night because it was an opportunity..." Her eyes and voice were sincere as he slowly sat on the edge of her bed.
He listened closely, feeling more insensitive as she spoke. He ran his hands through his hair and over his face, choosing his words correctly. "I need to know Satine, if this is more than what it seems." He looked up slowly, his eyes meeting hers with desperation in them.
The silence was deafening, the moments seeming like hours, days even. Neither of them moved and the only source of life was the sounds of footsteps below them in the club hall. Her face was determined but he could almost hear her thinking. He braced himself for rejection, wondering how he would handle losing her all in a day.
All he got was a half-smile, however, as she walked over and sat next to him. "Do you want it to be?" she grinned, already knowing the answer.
"Hopefully that's a yes..." He then slowly kissed her as she nodded gently. He quickly got dressed, remembering rehearsals that morning. Satine looked quite happy as she watched him pull his shirt over his head, and that made Christian all the more content.
He took her hand in his; both of them exchanging one more kiss and embrace before walking down among everyone else.
They both knew what was required to fool the others. The two hoped no one would notice the radiance both had in their eyes, the smiles and subtle grins they exchanged, or the way they seemed to connect more.
Christian made himself stay calm as she would pass, feeling his heart and head reel. All it would take was a smile, laugh, or even a glance to make him fall completely, totally, and utterly in love with her...
...and he did.
[That's all folks! Hope you enjoyed it, and please, leave comments. Let me know what you think!]
