***Chapter 11***
I said, "What are you doing here?" He smiled and said, "Why didn't you tell me, you were going to win the title tonight?" I said, "Didn't anyone ever tell you not to answer a question with a question?" he said, "No, I guess not." I said, "It was Nora's idea for me to win the title from her, she said she got tired of the responsibilities of having it…now what are you doing here?"
Paul said, "I know I've been kind of…well I've been a shithead in making you wait for me to make up my mind about us…The truth is Michelle, I made up my mind a long time ago about wanting to be with you, like the first day I met you in your father's office…but because of the circumstances we both had to wait…and when the opportunity finally came around, I wasn't ready, I dropped the ball, I knew you were ready, I just wanted to make sure I was…I was ready 3 weeks ago, but I wanted to make sure this is what I wanted…" I said, "And now?" He smiled and said, "Well, I'm ready, as long as you still want to try this."
I smiled and said, "What do you think?"
Paul took a few steps towards me, and said, "I think I'm going to do something to you, that I've wanted to do to you since I met you." I looked at him and said, "Like what?" He put his hands on my cheeks and pulled my face close to his and said, "Like kiss you." That first kiss between us was incredible…I swear you could see sparks flying off our bodies, we totally got into the kiss, we wrapper our arms around each other and stood there kissing for at least 25 minutes…it was so amazing…it was the most amazing kiss I'd ever gotten from a guy…and I was so happy it was from Paul…
Obviously after that, we were pretty much inseparable. Paul was always making me laugh, but he knew how to make me feel loved…he could tell when I needed him to touch me or kiss me…one day we were in the gym at the arena with Trish and Mark, the guys were working out while Trish and I were beating the crap out of the punching bag…Trish said, "Holy shit Michelle, you left a fist imprint in the punching bag." I said, "Yea, well it shouldn't have pissed me off." Trish was laughing about the time Mark came over and lifted her up above his head and slammed her on the matt below us (not hard, just enough to let her know it was him), and laid next to her…
Trish said, "DAMN IT!! Mark you scared me half to death." Mark said, "Baby, that's why they call it a sneak attack." I laughed and that time Paul came over and did the same thing to me. Trish started laughing and said, "That's what you get for laughing at me." I said, "Yea, bite me." My hand was on Paul's shoulder, and he leaned over and pulled my index finger into his mouth, and was biting my finger, but not hard and he kept rubbing the tip of my finger with his tongue…I looked at him and said, "I wouldn't do that too many more times if I were you…" Paul smiled and while he sucked on my finger he let it slide out of his mouth.
Trish said, "Damn now that was a look between you too…I could just hear the thoughts rolling around in your brains." I looked over and Trish and by now Mark was making his way down to her navel, and was kissing her mid-drift. Trish said, "Mark, behave yourself, we're not under cover right now." Mark looked up and said, "Please…like Michelle and Paul don't have a clue what we both have on our minds…"
About that time Paul stood up and grabbed my hand and helped me up…Trish got out of his grasp and I helped her up…Mark said, "Baby, you are no fun…" Trish said, "Mark…chill out…Don't make me hose you off." I was sitting on the bench watching Paul work out again…and started laughing when I heard Trish say that…she walked over and sat next to me…Mark came over and kissed the top of her head, and then went back to working out also.