BIG BALLS/CH 4
"The food is here!" just as he started to kiss her, Betty jumped up to answer the door, causing Daniel to slide onto the floor.
She looked back in concern, putting her hand to her mouth, "OH! Sorry! Are you okay?"
He laughed, shaking his head, brushing himself off, and getting up to come and help with the food, "I'll live. Only my pride is hurt! Here, let me get this. What did you order? The whole restaurant?"
She shrugged, "I missed this place!"
"You're telling me you never found a good Thai place the whole time you lived in London? Is that why you came back to New York? I should have bought this place years ago!"
She lowered her eyes, "They had good restaurants there, too, of course! But...it just wasn't the same. Some things...and people can't be replaced so easily."
After they spread the Thai food out on the coffee table in front of them, deciding to watch a movie while they ate. They joked and flirted while they pretended to watch the movie, feeding one another. Both of them could feel the palpable tension between them that filled the air.
Things felt familiar and pleasant, but it was also blatantly obvious to them both by now that those bygone days of being "just friends" were long gone. They weren't the same people they were at Mode. They no longer were able to focus on anything other than each other's lips it seemed.
Daniel took off his jacket and placed it neatly on the back of a chair and took off his tie, then poured them each a glass of wine, and sat back down beside her.
Betty held up her glass to toast, "To...old friends, and new beginnings!"
"I'll drink to that." He took a slow sip, watching her seeming suddenly nervous. He put down her glass and took her hands, looking into her eyes, "Betty, look, I totally understand if you need to wait, we don't have to…" she cut him off with an intense kiss, throwing her arms around his neck and taking him off guard.
"...um...do anything if you're not ready! But...okay, never mind. I guess you ARE, then?" He laughed softly.
As he responded to her surprise "attack", they both ended up lying on the sofa, with her on top of him, as they continued to get more involved in their kisses.
His hands made their way slowly down from her waist to her backside, while Betty's frantically ran through his hair, then slid to his chest, and she began unbuttoning his shirt.
He took a deep, calming breath to try and keep his head, and whispered, "Are you sure?"
"Oh, God yes!" she mumbled, while she started unzipping his pants.
His soft chuckle at her impatience and enthusiasm reverberated from his chest to hers and sent chills down her spine. She felt his warm hand, unzipping the back of her dress and the other sliding up her leg.
She closed her eyes, relishing the feeling of his talented, soft hands on her body. This was something she had been dreaming of for so long now! She felt herself being lifted up as he carried her to the bedroom. She managed to open the door while in his arms, as he gently threw her onto the bed, then proceeded to finish taking off his shirt, and quickly pull off his pants.
As he stood there, watching her wiggle out of her dress, his eyes widened, "Nice outfit!" he remarked, clearly enjoying seeing her in her black lace bra and panties.
She blushed slightly, biting her bottom lip and nodding towards him, "We match! Well, except your boxers are black silk and I've got black lace. I just figured, you know, LBD, I should wear black underwear, too. I actually almost wore purple!"
"Purple? You mean your dress or the lingerie?"
She shrugged, "Lingerie. I don't even think I have a purple dress anymore. I used to. Do you still wear purple because it makes your eyes pop?" she smiled coyly, trying not to feel too exposed since they were both equally undressed.
"Well right now, I'd say the black lingerie you're wearing is doing that pretty well! I guess it's just funny seeing you in black! I admit I sort of miss all the colors! But, your smile alone is…"
"Like sunshine?" she smirked, holding out her hands for him to join her on the bed.
He crawled up to her and took her face in his hands, then kissed her so tenderly, she had no response other than to return his kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck, as they both rolled further onto the bed.
Daniel's hands came out of nowhere to unfasten her bra, and slowly slide down the straps, then he stopped, obviously overwhelmed with intense lust at seeing her lovely breasts naked before him. He lightly touched her, almost reverently, as he smiled, "Okay, now THIS was definitely worth the wait! Betty, you're absolutely beautiful, honey! You do realize that, don't you?"
She nodded absently, as she ran her hands over his firm chest, then down his stomach to surprise him by taking firm control over him, "What did you say? Sorry! I was distracted by your...um...wow! I can't believe after all these years, I finally get to meet you! It's...a pleasure, what do you call him again? Still...Mr. Penis, like Mr. Peanut? Wasn't that right?"
Daniel laughed heartily, "Betty! Are you seriously talking to my penis? Here I am, trying to pay you a compliment...oh, hell, yeah! Okay, fine, yes, that's what I call 'him', are you happy, you silly woman?"
"Sorry! But you have to admit, HE did get an awful lot of his own press! It's like taking a selfie with a huge celebrity, you know? And yes, I did say huge, just in case you need your ego stroked!"
She shrugged, smirking, then let go of him and began to move her hands back up to his chest, but he grabbed them, and shook his head, "Hey! It's fine! I didn't say I minded you...touching me, did I? It felt um...nice! Really nice! Feel free to...stroke my ego all you want, Betty!"
Daniel softly kissed her, making all her fears and doubts seem to fade away. They took their time, delighting in one another as they explored each other's bodies. When they joined, she could no longer hold back, "I love you! I missed you so much, Daniel!"
For his part, Daniel was enthralled, but a few moments later, as his breathing evened out, he smiled, brushing a strand of hair from her eyes, and kissed her intensely, and whispered, "Hey! By the way, Betty. I love you, too! And trust me, I missed you...to the moon and back! Promise me something?"
She peppered his face with kisses, and panted, "Of course! Anything! Wait, what do you want? Because I'm not sure I'm into all that...kinky stuff your da...um, well...I don't know, maybe! I guess we could try it. Do I need a safe word or something?"
He chuckled, "What? Okay, that's not what I was going to say at all, but...good to know for future reference, I guess!"
She sat up, modestly pulling the sheet up to cover her breasts, "What DID you mean?"
He sat up next to her, both of them leaning against the headboard, as he took one of her hands in his and kissed it gently, staring into her eyes, "I just want you to promise me you're never going to leave again? Or...if you do, give me a heads up and wherever you go, I go and STAY together, from now on, deal? I seriously canNOT live without you, Betty! Especially now that I've…'had' you!"
"Aw! You're so sweet! Of course! Do you want to...be my co-editor?"
"Huh?"
"I need someone to work with at my new job!"
"At The New Yorker? Betty, that's sweet of you to offer, honey, but… they hired you! Because you're inspirational and amazing. You've earned that job. You don't need me there! That's what happened when I showed up at Dunne. I don't want to mess up your job for you like I almost did there."
She shook her head, putting her index finger on his lips, "Stop! That's NOT what really happened! I just got scared! You know what a control freak I am, Daniel! I thought the only way I could handle all the pressure was to do everything myself. But I was wrong. I missed you. I missed having you as a friend, I never got to be more than a friend when I could have and YOU and I made a GREAT TEAM!
I want you back not only as my best friend but as the other part of me that I've been trying to get back all this time. You made Mode fun, Daniel! Even though I thought I needed to get away from everything and everyone there, I was wrong. I did need to start over, of course. Someplace where not everyone still pictured me with braces and my poncho! I did need to get away from Mode, maybe even from New York. But not from you."
He crossed his arms over his chest, considering her offer for a moment, "You mean they said you can seriously have me as a co-editor? They were on board with it?"
She shrugged, nodding, "They told me to put together a team of people I know and trust to work with me and I asked if I could hire a co-editor to share my byline. She seemed a bit surprised that I would want to do that, and not keep it just in my name, but when I heard how much your reference actually helped to get me the job in the first place, I started thinking.
I probably only GOT the job because of you, in the first place, Daniel! And you're obviously needing a new challenge! I could tell from your most recent press releases how much you have been missing publishing. Please help me? Don't make me beg! It's like when you refused to come back to Mode and you wouldn't admit you hated stupid Player! I think together we…"
"YES! I'll do it!"
She stopped…"What? You will?"
He laughed, "I said yes, Betty! Unless you really want to think of some fun way to convince me? I know! You could "torture" me by handcuffing me to the bed since you seem to be so into kinky stuff, Miss Ice Cream Sunday! I guess I could always pretend to hold out longer…"
"NO! That's amazing! OHMYGOD! SHUT UP! Daniel, I'm so excited! I'm so...so...happy! You're so...horny! Seriously? Again? We just finished like...less than ten minutes ago! What the heck? Okay, sure! Sounds fun!"
He laughed, rolling over on top of her, holding himself up, "You're damn right it's going to be fun! I'm just now getting warmed up, Suarez!"
"Did you really call me Miss Ice Cream Sunday? You really remember me telling you about that? You do remember that the reason it didn't work well was because Hen…"
He leaned down, cutting her off with an intense kiss, "Because you didn't have the right partner! Now you do! First of all, we can do kinky food sex and blindfold sex, and peek-a-boo sex and Carmen Sandiego sex…"
"WHAT? What's...all that? I never heard of any of that, well, okay, of course, I can figure out the food and blindfold thing, but what the heck is 'peek-a-boo' and Carmen Sandiego sex? Did you just make those up? They sound made up!"
"For you, baby? I WILL definitely be making up a new kind of sex just for us, I promise! But sure, I'll translate for you. Like you said, food and blindfold sex are both self-explanatory. Peek-a-boo sex can mean two things. Either you hide from your lover in the dark and surprise them by being in bed, waiting to make love to them as soon as they lay down.
"Sounds interesting. Definitely worth trying sometimes. OR?"
"OR...they hide from you somewhere, naked of course, and you have to find them to earn their love!"
"I see! Okay...those are all good to know and once again, something to put on our list."
"Do I get my own pad of Post-Its just for that?"
"We'll see. Probably. Okay, Daniel. How about Carmen Sandiego? Wait, let me guess...it has to do with travel around the world, maybe even being in the 'mile high club"?" Her eyes lit up, "Ooh! I definitely want to try THAT kind of sex!"
He grinned, grabbing her for a deep kiss, "I love how smart you are, Betty! And I just...love YOU!"
