"So Walter, what will it take to get you to perform for me again?" Paige asked as she toyed with her hair. Something she knew Walter liked to watch her do.
"I-I, I'm not sure that would be a good idea Paige." Walter waffled.
Paige slowly nodded with a slight pout to her lips. She slowly pulled her arm from around Walter's shoulders and twisted in his lap. She ignored his attempts to get her to stay put. She also made sure to grind herself across his groin as she turned before she stood. She felt the pull of his hands the entire time trying to get her to stay but after physically pushing them off of her she just ignored them.
She walked over to her desk and bent over it picking up her billfold and all the money she left laying there. She stuffed it back into her billfold before returning the billfold to her purse ignoring him as she did so.
"I think I'm going to leave the rest of the report and finish it Monday." Paige told him as she pulled her sweater off her chair and slipped it over her arm.
"I just need a few minutes to finish this paperwork Paige. Then we can go get dinner or see a movie." Walter told her as he scrambled to get the papers in order.
"That's okay Walter. Take your time and don't worry about it. I'll see you Monday." Paige told him as she began walking towards the door to leave.
Walter frowned even as he was shocked by her words and actions.
"Paige, wait, what's wrong?" Walter almost begged as he jumped up from his chair and bolted to catch her before she reached the coffee table.
"Nothing's wrong Walter." Paige said as he moved in front of her to stop her. Paige frowned knowing she just lied to Walter.
"Then why are you leaving? I thought we were going to go out as a couple since Ralph will be at the sleep over." Walter said as he studied her face.
"Look, Walter. I don't want to force you to do anything you aren't comfortable with. But yes, something is wrong. And to be honest with you after watching your amazing performance and then to have you shutdown over it despite my telling you how much I enjoyed it. It hurt me. I'm not trying to be mean to you. I'm just trying to be honest with you Walter."
"But if you really don't understand and would want to understand a bit more of where I'm coming from, then fine. Walter, I would do almost anything in the context of you and me to please you. If you told me that you had a desire to tie me to your bed and have your way with me. As long as we set up certain limits first, because I trust you and I want to please you, I'd be happy to do that with you. If you wanted to go up on the roof in the middle of the day tomorrow and make love with me, I would be happy to do that with you. If you wanted to record us making love as long as you promised me to keep it safe so only you and I can access it, I'd be happy to do that with you."
"But this amazing part of you, you don't want to share with me. I am so proud of you for going out of your comfort zone to do something to ensure your sister got the best care. But it hurts to think you were willing to hone those skills and perform for your co-worker or your friend Keilah rather, to do that. You even gave her lap dances to learn the technique."
"You danced for hundreds of nameless women. But for me, for the woman you're in a relationship with, the woman you say you can't stand to be without. You can't do that for me. To give me some pleasure. So I need to do some thinking, about us." Paige told him as she stood her ground. But trying to give him the chance to understand her point and come to a decision she hoped he'd make.
Walter's tongue slipped out of his mouth and licked nervously at his lips.
"T-Those are all very good points Paige. It is just embarrassing that I had done that. I'd never expected to ever have those memories drug back up like that. And then I felt horrified that the performance came back to me so easily. I-If you'd re-really like to see m-me do my routine, I-I'm willing to do that for you. But this has to stay between us, please." Walter almost begged.
"Walter, have I ever done anything to betray your trust? I'm not that kind of person. And do you honestly not know how much you mean to me Walter? You have ever since we met that day. I don't want to jeopardize what we have. I don't want to jeopardize what you have with Ralph. But just like it is my job as your liaison with the world to help guide you through the emotions out there. I've got to make sure you understand my emotional needs from you as my boyfriend as well. We've only been together for less than three months, since our kiss after that Russian satellite." Paige told him softly but with a bit of iron.
Walter shook his head trying to clear his thoughts as he took in a deep breath.
"Paige, I understand what you are saying. And I realize that with you just finding out about this, ability of mine, it probably intensifies your desire to see me do it again. Okay, give me fifteen to twenty minutes to get ready then come up to the bedroom.
Paige grinned and gave him a quick kiss.
"Thank you Walter." Paige told him even as he gave her that lopsided grin of his before he turned and walked to the steps to the loft.
All the while Walter was trying to get his stomach to calm down. "How did I get back to this point?" He wondered as he climbed the stairs.
Paige sat down and pulled her phone out. She set a timer for twenty minutes and started the countdown. Paige smiled as she quickly connected to the internet and went to YouTube and pulled up "Alone In The Dark" by John Hiatt and let it play through once so it wouldn't be interrupted by the commercials.
She sat there and kept looking up towards the Loft. Wondering what he was doing right then. The longer she sat there the more she worried. She really hoped she hadn't hurt his feelings or that her wanting him to do this was too much for him. Several times she reached out to grab the phone to call over the intercom to tell him that it was okay and to just come back downstairs so they could go to dinner. But each time she reached out she saw him yanking his shirt open in front of her and she just grinned and brought her hand back.
Finally the timer went off and she turned it off and stood. Now she had butterflies in her own stomach but she walked over and began climbing the steps. Most of the Loft was dark. Almost being winter the Sun went down earlier and earlier. She saw a dim light on in Walter's bedroom area and she walked slowly that way. She liked that Walter had Happy working on non-case hours to putting up actual walls in the Loft.
Paige looked into the bedroom.
"Walter?" She asked a bit curiously not seeing him immediately. She stepped on into the room.
"Go ahead and sit down Paige." Walter's voice came to her from the doorway that was closest to the ramp.
Paige grinned and sat down on the end of the bed. She looked at her phone and just as she was about to press play she heard the sound of a drum being struck and then the song started. Paige looked to the doorway and Walter slid into the room from the dark as the guitar rift started.
Paige let out a squeal as she saw Walter wearing his old Zorro mask and he began moving his hips as the singer's voice started. She barely noted that he was wearing a different shirt and pants this time. His shoulders joined in the sway of his hips as he smiled at Paige seeing the pleasure on her face. He took several slow dance steps towards her even as his hands rose up and she watched as he removed his tie but instead of throwing it at her he danced it back and forth and whipped it behind her head and used it to slowly pull her forward to kiss her and then dropped the ends so it lay around her neck.
Walter danced back several steps and as he did his hands rose up and slowly unbuttoned his shirt. He tugged it back out of his pants slowly and after he finished unbuttoning it he whipped it open in a big flourish. He rolled his torso several times as his hands held his shirt wide open. His hips popped forward each time thrusting his groin at Paige.
Paige was grinning from ear to ear even as she began to catcall him.
Walter expertly opened his belt again before he danced to the office chair and danced around it all the while bringing it closer to the bed. He performed the same act of removing his shoes and socks using the back of the chair to maintain his balance while removing them.
His belt came off next and he danced using it as a prop in his moves before he whipped it behind Paige's head and like with the tie pulled her slowly forward enough to kiss and then dropped it around her neck as well.
Next he whipped his shirt off his arms and as he spun around it flew off and landed by the closet door.
Walter moved effortless through his routine as the song played and in the last forty five seconds of the song he did a five turn pirouette and as he slowed to a stop his hands yanked hard on his pants and the special Velcro fasteners ripped apart and Walter whipped the pants up his body to being circling over his head. On the third pass they went flying off backwards into the other half of the bedroom.
Paige hoot and hollered and gave a loud whistle as he was standing there wearing a male thong with his stage name "The Masked Calculator" embroidered across the waist band.
Walter stepped forward again and he reached out and took hold of the ends of the tie and belt. He pulled until Paige stood and he slipped them off her shoulders and down her back. As he reached her waist with them he pulled against her as he slowly danced back towards the office chair.
Paige grinned and followed along with him trying to match his moves as he danced backwards.
Walter whipped the belt and tie away from his left hand even as he grabbed her right hand and he spun her around until her back was to the office chair. He jumped at her and Paige gave a slight squeal even as she fell backwards and sat down on the chair. No sooner had she sat down then the song "Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack started.
Paige squealed again realizing he wasn't done.
Walter's shoulders began swaying with his fingers snapping keeping time to the beat of the song. He danced backwards for a moment and on the twenty fourth beat his hands came together in a resonating clap. His hands went out parallel with the floor while his arms bent as he danced up to Paige and began circling her. His hands came down to touch her shoulders as he moved around her back.
As Walter came around the other side of her he quickly spun around and briefly sat on her lap. He leaned back a bit and kissed her quickly. Walter jumped back up and spun again. His left leg rose up as he spun and came up over her thighs and he sat down just enough for his thighs to lightly touch the tops of hers, straddling her.
Walter's shoulders were still grooving to the beat of the song even as he snapped his fingers. He leaned in close to her bobbing his head from side to side of hers. His stomach was pressing in and sliding against her breasts.
Walter slipped his arms around hers and his hands pressed into her back and pulled against her as his hands ran up Paige's back and came over her shoulders. He kissed her passionately for a moment before he stood up, spinning on his left foot. As his right leg came around he planted his right foot and spun on it until he was standing behind her again.
Walter's hands came down around her chin and slipped around her throat just barely pressing his finger tips into the flesh of her throat. As they came out from under her jaw his right hand ran down her neck and followed her shoulder.
Walter kissed the right side of her neck just under her ear and then leaned over and kissed the left side of her neck under her ear. His left hand turned her head as he grinned at her and their lips met as he pressed his tongue into her mouth. His left hand moved down her neck and followed her shoulder.
Both of his hands then moved down each of her arms following them down to her elbows.
As his hands reached her elbows he pulled them in and pressed firmly into her waist. He pulled upwards and he felt along each of her ribs until his hands came up to cup her breasts. His hands pressed in even as he unhooked the front clasp of her bra. Their tongues continuing to caress each other's as they kissed.
After squeezing her breasts firmly his fingers began unbuttoning her shirt. His fingers and hands moved slowly. Paige didn't even realize what he was doing. She was enjoying their kiss and his shoulders as they continued to sway back and forth with the music rubbing along her back and shoulders. As his hands moved down Paige tried to turn to face him but Walter kept his knees there to block the chair from turning.
Paige felt his hands again by her throat and then she gasped as his hands yanked forcefully and pulled her blouse off her shoulders and down her arms. It was then she realized he had undone not only her shirt but somehow unhooked her bra. The yank was enough to cause her breasts to jiggle out of the cups of her bra. His hands moved to take her bare breasts into them.
Greetings! Hope this finds you all well! Things are slowing down a little for me as we enter this final lead up to the wife's passing. So playing this by ear.
Lucy - hehe Thank you! Glad it has struck a chord with you! I'm pretty sure there is going to be some private dancing every night Ralph is away! LOL
Railman - Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it! When the idea came to me while writing Caber I was like, this is what is needed to help everyone get past the loss of Cabe. And then it wasn't needed. But I couldn't let it sit 'alone in the dark'. lol
Carol - Life gets like that, I know. Glad to know you are still here and getting the chance to enjoy! Looking forward to your other thoughts when you get that chance! You're welcome. When I first started writing it I was like, man what song is going to work for this? And Roberta's song came up in my play list and thought, that would be a good song and then I remembered back to the movie True Lies and Jaime Lee's strip dance and I thought, man that song would be perfect. lol
Margaret - Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. hehe
Susan Right? lol Yep, Walter is out and about and Paige is definitely a fan! lol
To the Adventure -Tim