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I desire you, Emily
Chapter two:
Glancing down at the time flashing on the till, Emily sighed as she noticed she had five more minutes to go on her shift at the Brew. Three pm couldn't come soon enough Emily thought to herself. Five minutes to tidy the counter, check that there were enough clean mugs for the next person taking over her shift, and checking to see if any of the customers needed anything else before she headed home.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Talia was sitting at a desk in the back corner of the space, busy writing out the orders for Monday morning deliveries. She'd been sitting there for a while, chewing on the end of a ballpoint pen, caught up in thoughts about Emily, when she really should have been getting on with her work.
Just then the door swung open, and in marched Emily to deposit a few dirty dishes into the tray to be cleaned. It was obvious she was in a rush to leave work, granted it was three pm on Sunday, and no one really wanted to be working. Seeing an opportunity to catch Emily for a minute, Talia dropped her pen and took a deep breath "Hey Emily, do you have to leave in such a hurry? I have something I've been working on, and I was wondering if you'd be my taste tester?" There that wasn't so hard was it?! Please say yes, please say yes…Talia nervously thought to herself.
Emily turned on the spot, glancing across to the desk where Talia was seated. Sure she wanted to bust out of this place and head home to hang out with her friends, but she could spare Talia a few minutes, it was no big deal. "Uh sure, but what exactly will I be sampling? I'm not really that adventurous when it comes to the food department, if you get what I mean" Emily blushed, when she realized just how that had sounded. Great Fields, sounds like you've got foot in mouth disease. Suggestive much? Crap! Emily mentally face-palmed herself.
Casually walking over to Talia, Emily plonked herself down on the edge of the desk, waiting to try whatever it was that the dark skinned beauty had concocted. Flashing Emily a small smile, Talia pushed back from the desk, and spun her chair around and headed for the large fridge that they kept their cakes and slices in. Her nerves where getting the better of her, so long as Emily didn't notice, she could play it cool.
"So, I was thinking it was about time we added something new to our range of cakes. I mean, it's nothing spectacular, it's just a twist on a chocolate mud cake, but here, try it any way, and tell me what you think?" "Sure, Emily replied, I bet it's great" trying to offer up a compliment, as the woman in front of her looked unsure of herself.
Talia rifled through one of the serving draws and came up with a fork. Deciding to be bold, she dug the fork into the cake, and suggestively lent in toward Emily. "Open up" was all she managed to get out, as she watched Emily begin to slowly open her appealing lips, to take the offered cake. A shaky hand slowly edged toward Emily's lips and gently popped the piece of cake into her mouth. Talia had been subconsciously holding her breath as she got nearer to Emily perched on her desk. Hopeful that this flirting wouldn't backfire and she'd be back to square one with the raven haired goddess before her.
Savoring her mouthful of cake, Emily tried to pick out the secret ingredient. Extra melted chocolate? A hint of vanilla, no, is that espresso I can taste? Without thinking, Emily muttered "Mmmm your delicious" before she realized just what had slipped out of her mouth. Talia's eyes opened wide, did I just hear her right, oh my god! "I mean, shit, did I just say that, ummm, I'm sorry. I meant your cake is delicious" Emily rambled. Thankfully her tanned skin kept her blush from showing, 'cos she sure was blushing now. "Whatever you have added, it's totally amazing. I'd eat that cake in a heartbeat." Emily quickly glanced down at her chucks, trying to avoid making this situation any worse. Little did she know, but Talia was internally high fiving herself for tripping Emily up like that, and getting that response from her. Ask her to stay, share a slice…no harm in trying right? And with that thought, Talia boldly placed her hand on Emily's knee and suggested staying to finish off a slice of the chocolate mud cake.
Emily could feel her skin tingling from Talia's touch; despite wearing jeans, her hand felt warm and calming placed on her knee. "Okay, sure. The girls won't mind if I'm late, just let me send Hanna a text to let her know I'll be there in a bit" and with that, Emily flashed Talia a grin and reached into her purse to grab her cell.
Hey Han, just letting you know I'll be late. Playing taste-tester for Talia ;-) Promise I'll be there soon…I may even bring you some cake. Em xox
The girls were hanging out in Hanna's room, casually flicking through magazines while lazing on Hanna's bed. Hanna heard her phone beep, and reached into her pocket for her cell. Quickly opening Emily's text, she read over it, eliciting a small chuckle and hastily typed out a suggestive reply.
Are you sure it's just cake that you're taste testing Em? X
Emily heard her phone beep with Hanna's reply. Dammit Hanna, I'm not that much of a player Emily thought to herself as she quickly swiped out of the message app and popped her phone back into her purse.
Spencer had heard Hanna's phone beep, followed shortly by Hanna's short chuckled at who ever had messaged. Looking up from her magazine, Spencer asked "was that Emily? Why's she late?" Emily was never late, but since the cook had shown up at the brew, things had obviously changed and Spencer wasn't so sure that she liked the direction that this was heading in, not that she'd admit that to anyone but herself. "It's okay, Spence, she'll be here soon. She's trying some of Talia's baking, if you know what I mean" Hanna couldn't help stirring the pot a bit. She had an inkling that Spencer wasn't letting on just how much she was invested in Emily's happiness. So much for concentrating on this damn magazine now, screw that cook. Ugh! Spencer was furious, but what was she going to do about this, it's not like she could do anything…not with Toby around, that's for sure.
Forgoing an actual plate, Talia sliced a piece of chocolate mud cake and handed Emily the fork that she'd just used to feed her. Taking the fork in her hand Emily confidently picked up a mouthful of cake and held the fork up to Talia, implying that it was her turn to be fed. How could Talia resit this? Gorgeous big brown eyes, looking at her like that, encouraging her to lean forward and take the offered mouthful. Talia lent across the cake and towards Emily's outstretched hand, taking the cake from her should have been easy, but she was so nervous. Outwardly she came across as confident, cocky even, but inside she wasn't so self-assured. Smiling at Emily, she opened her mouth and bit down on the fork, sucking in the cake and giving Emily a shy smile.
Emily was entranced; just there at the crest of Talia's lip was a smear of chocolate frosting. Without thinking, Emily reached out with her free hand, and gently swiped her thumb across the top of Talia's lip, retrieving the smudge of frosting and quickly popped her thumb into her own mouth and sucked it clean.
Talia hadn't moved, she could hardly breathe. All that managed to escape her lips, was a small satisfied sigh, which she was sure, Emily had heard. Locking eyes with Emily, she tried to form a sentence but nothing came out, and the raven haired beauty quickly looked away. Damn she's stunning, I could get used to hearing that sigh… Emily was well and truly lost in her thoughts.
With the fork still in her other hand, Emily dug into the cake, making quick work of finishing off her slice. Meanwhile Talia had pulled herself from her daydream about the goddess in front of her, and went about packing up three extra slices into a takeout box, so that Emily could take them to Hanna's house when she left. Neither of them said a word, unsure of what to say or how to act until Talia slid the box across to Emily and said "here, I'm sure the girls will want to know what you've been taste testing, we can't have them thinking you didn't try my cake now can we?" giving Emily a slight smirk. "Thanks, I'm sure they'll love it" Emily replied, and with that, she eased off of the desk, grabbed her purse and the takeout box and headed for the door. Without looking back, Emily said "I'll see you tomorrow, maybe you'll have something else for me to try by them?" two can play this game Talia, just you wait.