It's about Time
Chapter 11
When it was her turn Kate had boiled her choice of date locations down to just two. One was a zoom around the harbor on a seventy foot speed boat. She could fly a lot faster than that, however, doing it while bouncing on water sounded like fun. Second was a date she couldn't wait to try. She just wasn't sure they – or Rick actually – were ready for it. It was a black light body painting studio. Women were allowed to go topless while their significant others painted their bodies.
While Kate was willing to even go naked so he could paint all of her, she wasn't sure Rick was all that ready. After all they'd only had their first round of sex. Even if it was technically more than one round. A lot more. Still she made a note of the place. She would take him there one of these times.
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Rick stood back and looked over his work. He thought he was done with the mural though he was also betting over time he would find something to add or fix.
It was done in various shades of gray with touches of white. He'd chosen a female angel that was sitting naked on a cloud with her head bowed and one of her legs bent so that her foot was flat on the ground. The other leg was bent and laid on the ground. Between the legs and arms all of the more strategic areas were covered while clearly showing that she was naked.
Her beautiful, large, mostly white wings were not quite unfurled nor were they tucked in behind her. The background was basically more of the cloud that she was sitting on. It was a hint of sexuality while not actually showing anything. The scene was serene and peaceful.
"What do you guys think?" Rick turned to look at the kittens. But he found them all bundled together and basically lying on each other, sound asleep. He just smiled at them. "You can see it tomorrow before we go out looking for more statues."
"Next up, I think, is the wall to plant the bamboo behind with the liner for the pond. I need to go shopping for bamboo plants first." He needed to find, purchase, and arrange to have them delivered. They needed to be young so he could get them into the courtyard. Too tall and he would never get them there unless he flew them in.
Rick headed to his bathroom to shower and get cleaned up. Once he was clean, dry, and dressed he headed to the kitchen to find something to drink then he was going to sit down and search for a cruise for Janelle. A nice Hawaiian cruise that could show her what living in Hawaii would or could be like. No more snow, ice, sweltering heat, brownouts, police sirens, smog, and garbage in the streets.
"Hmm, looks like going solo is going to be expensive." The price didn't stop him since he had the money. The benefit of being an Angel. It wasn't that he was stealing money since stealing was a sin. It was just that all the money he used didn't really exist until he made it. It also wasn't technically fake money.
Rick chose the thirteen-day Hawaii and French Polynesia cruise: Honolulu, Maui, Hilo, Kauai, Nuku Hiva, Moorea, Bora Bora, and Tahiti. It was a mere fourteen thousand two hundred fifty-two dollars and ninety-eight cents with a Presidential Suite located on deck ten, far forward. Then he needed one way airfare to Honolulu and then from Tahiti back to New York City. Naturally she was going to fly first class. That cost him almost as much. It sailed on November first through the fourteenth. That was a few months away and should give her boss plenty of time to make arrangements for her being gone.
Now he just needed a hotel in Honolulu where she could stay for two days before sailing. He needed those two days so she could attend the interview for her new job that he was going to set up in a local Honolulu hospital.
There might be better but there was only the one Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Now he just needed a room for her. Junior Suite with a Garden View. It at least placed her in the older portion of the building instead of the newer tower.
Rick tapped the enter key hard. "There, done." Everything was now arranged and when he got the confirmation information he would print it all, show it to her boss then to her, showing where she was going to be taking her vacation.
Now he needed to arrange for an interview with the hospital. Doing it by email, phone, or whatever wasn't acceptable. He was going to have to fly there and arrange everything. What he needed was a résumé for them to read. He feared that it might be a little harder to obtain. "Good thing I'm an Angel."
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"You three ready for another day of work and play?" Rick picked each of the kittens up, placed them in a box, then added his gun, stake, shackles, and handcuffs. One of the aliens had managed to get free somehow, but the others were still secured in place. He was in a quandary as to how, but if the others were still secure he was going to keep doing it.
"You don't suppose it's because someone views them twenty-four hours a day, do you?" he asked the little furballs and got three squeaky meows back. "Yeah, I didn't think so."
Rick found his taxi waiting for him and gave him the address for a park. He had secured all the ones he had found in that one park so it was time to search another.
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Rick was starting to think this park was a dead end when suddenly he saw one. It was even standing on the concrete walkway making it easy for him.
"Huey, Dewey, Louie, time to get to work." He picked each of them up and set them down on the concrete. Each kitten immediately went over to the statue and sniffed it. The look Rick got had him explaining yet again. "It's a statue when it's being observed, that's why it smells like concrete. Now you three watch it and don't take your eyes off of it." He didn't turn his back on it until he was certain all three of them were watching closely.
The handcuffs went on first and he was just getting his shackles out when he heard a dog barking. He snapped his head around to look and saw a woman walking a bulldog who had spotted his kittens. He also heard his kittens hissing back. That had him whipping his head around to look at the statue since these three likely weren't any longer.
"SORRY!" the lady called out and began pulling on her leash to get her dog to go a different direction.
It took some doing to get the three to go back to watching the statue so he could do his work.
The shackles finally went on then he got his stake and his gun. One quick shot and he was finished. "All done. You three ready for your reward for being so good?" Rick asked and got a lot of meowing in return. He laughed and picked them up one by one, settling them back into his box.
Now he just needed to find a grocery store or market and get a slab of salmon. It wasn't all for them since it would be much too much even for the three of them. They would get just a smidgen while Rick would cook the rest for himself. He didn't want to give them diarrhea.
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Now he needed to figure out where to take her for their next date since he was more than happy to take her out again. They'd done restaurants that allowed them to talk and learn a little more about each other. Maybe it was time to have a little fun and perhaps a challenge. His first thought was bowling, but he rejected it almost as fast. He wasn't sure she was a bowling type of woman. Billiards were his next idea. While he thought she might be more up for that especially if she wore a low cut top, bent over the cue ball, and gave him a free show. He was betting she would be more than willing to play dirty in order to win.
Then he came across something else. How the word SPIN came to be used escaped him, however, it was a game he only knew a little about and was betting she knew about as much. It meant they might be on even ground. "Ping-pong it is, then." They had tables, booths to dine in, and there was also a bar to get drinks.
"Just the place." He made reservations for two. Since it was going to be a Wednesday, if they showed up at nine pm the cost was only nine dollars and they closed at eleven pm. Two hours should be enough for a couple of games. They could arrive early for food and drinks.
They had fifteen tables including the one that was called Center Court with another three tables in a private game room. The bar had stools for eighteen people along with a lounge area to just sit and talk while drinking. He doubted they would have time for that.
He tapped the enter key. "Done!" He was actually looking forward to it no matter who won. He might even let her win, though he wasn't going to make it easy for her.
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Kate had no idea where he was taking her. When the taxi finally stopped she still didn't see all that much. The front of the building looked typical old New York. "What's Spin?" Various ideas came to mind though none of them said date location. She followed him inside after he opened the front door for her. She still wasn't sure about him doing that for her. She had been alone for a long time and had gotten used to doing things for herself.
The first thing she noticed was the tables since the space was large and mostly open save for the wood columns that held up the floors above. "Ping-pong?" She knew of ping-pong but had never played before.
"I thought maybe you would like a challenge. Ready to have me mop the floor with you?" Rick teased.
"HA! In your dreams, mister." She was not losing to him or anyone else. She sized him up with this new information. He was clearly bigger than she was. He was also far more muscled and stronger than she was. But she was thinking this game required more finesse than strength and thought she could take him. After she figured out how this game worked, of course.
"Our table isn't until nine and they close at eleven so food and drink first." Rick then asked for a table to eat at.
The menu had Kate lifting an eyebrow. It clearly wasn't German and it was also clearly pub food. Some of it was stuff she wouldn't eat if she was starving, or maybe she would, but she wasn't that hungry. "You trust me?" She wanted to make the choices for them.
Rick had looked over the menu and there were things there he had no interest in eating. Trust her? What was he going to do if she ordered the Chicken Shawarma, hummus, tomato, pickled onions, spiced tahini, yogurt, tzatziki, and harissa? Hell, he wasn't even sure what some of that was let alone what it tasted like.
"Absolutely." Rick tried to make it sound forceful and that he actually meant it, even if deep down he was worried.
"We'll take two Summer Somewheres (Hendrick's Gin, Cointreau, St. Germain, Pinot Grigio, Pear Liqueur, Lime), Mexican Style Street Popcorn, Duck Duck Goose Sliders (smoked duck leg, crispy duck prosciutto, seared pâté de foie gras, gooseberry), and for dessert we'll have the Giant Sundae Split (salted caramel, whipped cream, cherries, caramelized banana)." Kate handed her menu to their server as did Rick.
"Ping-pong, huh?" She was curious as to why this. Not that she was a great tennis player or even bowler, so even those she would be challenged to play. Let alone baseball, basketball, or even football (soccer). Thankfully most of those were not one on one type of games.
"Scared?" Rick smiled broadly at her since he really wanted to see a different part of her.
"I'm going to have you cleaning my feet with your tongue. You are so losing." Kate glared at him to enforce her point.
"Care to put your money where your mouth is? Unless you don't have money?" Rick kept smiling since this was still him learning more about her. She was tall, she was beautiful, and she seemed to have a fire in her. Kate was definitely not some wimpy female.
"Hmm." Kate had already learned that he was damn good in bed. What he did to her was something no one, man or woman, had ever done to her. She was even hoping for a repeat tonight.
The only money she had was the money she had found and their credit cards, so getting money might be helpful. Except that wasn't all that personal. Maybe something that might scare him.
"I win and I get to tie you to the bed one of these times." She had no intention of stopping dating him. So far the dates were fun and it was the best sex ever.
Rick raised an eyebrow. She chose sex and not just any sex, dominating sex at that.
Kate started to worry that she'd overdone it. They hadn't been on that many dates. They knew only just so much about each other. Still she wanted him to be comfortable with her enough for them to go practically naked so they could paint each other. Sex while painted under black lights might be mind-altering.
He cocked his head. "And when I win?"
That made Kate smile. She hadn't taken things too far if he wanted to know what he got if somehow he miraculously managed to win. Maybe just reverse the rolls? Letting him tie her to the bed was really going to challenge her and scare her.
She bit her lower lip. "Tie me to the bed, perhaps?" Maybe he had a better idea. Something less painful for her.
Rick smiled since what he saw and not just what she said but how she said it already told him a lot. She liked being in control even though when he ate her pussy she totally lost control. Still maybe a little something extra. Could he scare her out of this idea? Or would it take them to some place new?
"With a ball gag no matter who wins?" Not just physical control but verbal control as well.
Kate felt her heart stop. He wasn't scared and yet he had some how made her scared and this had been her idea. Be tied to the bed and gagged. Begging and screaming wouldn't be heard no matter who won.
Suddenly seeing Rick naked, tied to the bed with a gag in his mouth and totally under her control was something she couldn't resist. "Deal! I'm so going to make you suffer." She wouldn't even be able to hear him begging for release.
Rick was wondering if all this was too soon for them. Still finding these items was going to take time. Maybe a couple more dates. Maybe that should be part of this bet. "Two weeks from now. Give us some time to find the right items."
That had Kate thinking. Two weeks from now gave her time to find and buy what she wanted to use on him. Plus if they kept up the dates of every two days that meant it would happen something like six dates from now. They would know a lot more about each other by then.
"I accept," she said just as their food arrived.
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Kate didn't want to be drunk when she played, since she didn't want to lose for a number of reasons now. But she'd never played this game so losing was actually a possibility. As a result she hadn't stopped Rick from reordering drinks. They both now had three drinks in them when their table came open and it was time to play.
"You want to serve or do I?" They had two large buckets filled with balls for them to use.
"Just serve, Rick, and prepare to lose." Kate held her paddle in a death grip and was all set to blast that tiny white ball back at him and win this game. She had plans for that body of his.
"Okay." Rick was beginning to think that she was taking this just a little too seriously. It was just a silly game and meant to be fun. He hit the ball and watched it bounce once before going over the net.
Kate saw it coming; she wound up, whacked it really hard, watched it fly past Rick's head, and hit someone in the back who turned to look at what hit him. "Sorry." She hadn't meant to do that.
Okay, so bashing the little white ball didn't work; what did work? Kate readied herself. "Serve, Rick." This time she tried bouncing on the balls of her feet.
Rick hit the ball and watched it go over the net and miss her side of the table completely. He hung his head in defeat. "Your serve." One of their challenges was they didn't know the rules. So they were unconsciously using volleyball rules. If you won, you served. If you lost, you received.
What Kate really wanted to do was blast the ball across the net. Problem was they'd already learned that it had to hit your side first before going over the net. So she hit the ball, watched it go over the net, then hit Rick in the stomach. "Sorry." So far this game wasn't any fun at all. It was pissing her off especially knowing what the stakes were. Visions of a naked Rick tied to the bed with a gag in his mouth were dancing in her head.
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Kate was now beyond angry at this game. She was furious. Nothing she did worked. Her only consolation was that Rick was just as bad at this game as she was.
Then Rick did something unexpected. He screwed up yet again and started laughing. He did it again, and again, and again. The more he screwed up, the harder he laughed.
Kate couldn't help it. The ball she hit didn't even come close to hitting the table and it had her smiling. Then Rick's serve didn't go well and he tossed his paddle onto the table and began laughing even harder than before.
"We suck at this game," Rick observed while laughing. He picked up his paddle. "Okay, serve. One of us has to do this right. Someone has to win and not by accident." One of the problems was that neither of them actually knew what the score was. Everything was going so badly that they hadn't been keeping score.
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They were walking out of the place arm in arm and laughing the entire way. They both sucked at ping-pong and at the moment Kate didn't care. What had started out to be one big pain in the ass had turned into one of their better dates.
Kate had really wanted to win and mop the floor with him. However, right now she couldn't remember being this happy. Rick had somehow made this date really fun.
She was content to just lean into him and giggle at some of tonight's memories as they took a taxi back to her place.
"Are you coming up or do your kittens need you?" She couldn't wait to have his head planted firmly between her legs. It was going to be the cap to her best night ever.
"I'm all yours," Rick told her.
"Yes, you are, baby, all mine. Now let's go, I want you." Kate took his hand, dragged him up to the penthouse, and into the bedroom.
Kate was soon naked and on the bed. "Eat me, baby, make me come." She wanted him to make her lose her mind. He was magic in bed and she couldn't wait to have so many orgasms that her mind shut down and her body took over.
Who won and who was going to get tied to the bed with a gag in their mouth was just going to have to wait for another time.
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Kate woke up and found the bed empty. "Damn it!" She had wanted to wake up next to him for a change. She didn't know why exactly but she wanted it. Except he was usually in the shower when she woke up so she got up.
She saw his and her clothes scattered all over the place. Stepping into the bathroom told her that he wasn't there, either. "So where is he, unless he went home naked."
She headed for another section of the place and stopped fast at the hallway. He was in the kitchen, he was cooking, and he was naked while doing it.
She didn't see much thanks to the island and his back was to her as he was actually cooking something and she could hear it sizzling.
Kate carefully came up behind him and saw him cooking bacon. She wrapped her arms around him and felt him stiffen in surprise for a second then relax. "Cooking?" She was pretty sure he had said he couldn't cook.
"I haven't burned anything yet, but it's still early," he warned.
"Out of the way, lover. I'll do the cooking before you start burning it." Kate nudged him aside and took over.
It allowed Rick to stand back and watch. "Are you staring at my ass?" Kate didn't even turn to look. She even shook her backside a little while she smiled since she was sure he was.
"The bacon's done." She was thinking eggs were next followed by toast, coffee, and even some juice.
"Good!" Rick took her and twisted her around so that she faced the island. Then he used a hand to force her to bend over. "Don't move."
Rick took his erection and rubbed it up and down against her core. He heard her start to complain about being forced to bend over only now she was moaning.
"Fuck me, lover. Make me come all over your cock." But Rick just kept on rubbing his cock against the lips of her core. It was getting her really wet.
"Baby, please. Fuck me." He had given her so many orgasms last night that she couldn't even begin to count. Yet right now what she wanted was to have him inside her. She didn't care that he had reduced her to begging. She just wanted to be fucked.
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Rick was dressed while she had stayed naked. They met at her front door. "Two days again? Your turn for who decides where we go and what we do." Rick was ready for another date.
"Deal! I still have to find something you can lose at so I can tie you to the bed." She might not ever let him go. The idea of letting him up to at least use the bathroom hadn't entered her mind.
"We'll just have to see about that." Rick wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. Then he put his hands on her ass, lifted her up, shoved her up against the wall, and kept kissing her. Kate wrapped her legs around him and kissed him back with passion. She was actually willing to have him stay for still more sex.
Rick broke from the kiss and let her down. "Two days." One quick kiss later and he was gone.
Kate turned and leaned against the door. "What the hell have you done to me?" She was weak in the knees and she really wanted him to stay.