Griffin's Apartment,
Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
Manhattan, NYC
Claire's felt Griffin's huge hands cover her eyes as they walked towards his apartment building. She laughed. " Griffin where the hell are you taking me? I swear if its a strip club..." She trailed off as she felt Griffin's body stiffen behind her. Her smile faltered. " Griffin..." She said in her warning voice. He started laughing and she kicked him. " Claire oh my god! You should have seen how pale your face got when I did that!" Griffin chuckled while Claire frowned. " Well currently I can't see anything, because I was spontaneously blinded by an unseen force." Claire stated seriously, only making Griffin laugh harder. His laughter was contagious, so soon Claire was laughing just as hard.
Claire suddenly heard voices snickering. She pulled Griffin's fingers apart in the middle to make a little peephole for herself. The snickers were coming from four teenaged boys sitting on their bikes and staring at Claire and Griffin laughing. Claire narrowed her eyes. How dare they! She pulled Griffin's hands off completely, and turned around to kiss him before he could protest. He kissed her back willingly. She could see out of the corner of her eye the boys blushing and riding away. Claire pulled away and playfully smacked Griffin's arm. " We have plenty of time for that later. Now are you going to tell me why I am wearing this dress and these shoes?" Claire asked pointing to her silk ivory Chanel cocktail dress, and her gray velvet Manolo Blahnik platforms.
Griffin brushed a stray hair away from her face and smiled. "You'll see." He whispered. They stood there for a few minutes just staring into each others eyes. Griffin leaned forward and his nose grazed her forehead. Claire's heartbeat picked up and she could hear it beating against the walls of her chest. Griffin leaned his face down so that he could kiss her on the lips softly. Claire could feel the comfortable heat that she loved rising in her body at his touch. He started to trail kisses down her jaw line, all the way down to her collarbone. Claire gasped softly, as he sucked on the skin in the middle of her collarbone. He pulled away and chuckled gently before taking her hand and leading her inside his building.
The elevator ride up to his place was silent, and Claire stared at Griffin's ever movement with intent and appraising eyes. Claire didn't even notice when Griffin slipped his hands around her eyes. As she followed him into the living room she could hear his steady breathing and she could feel his heartbeat against her back. He whispered in her ear suddenly, " Ok, you can open your eyes." Griffin released his hands from her face. Claire gasped.
The dining room table had been take away, and instead was replaced with a small coffee table. On the table were lavender scented candles, two square black plates across from each other, two sets of chopsticks next to plates, and two small Japanese tea cups. There were two cushions next to the coffee table that were set across from each other. Claire could feel the tightness in her throat, and the tears that were forming in her eyes. In the back round, there was a soft Japanese folk tune playing.
All of the lights were dimmed, and the candles were lit. Griffin waited while Claire examined everything in the room, then turned to face him. She had a wine grin on her face. She ran over to him, wrapped her legs around his waist, and kissed him on the lips as hard as she could. Griffin pulled away and held Claire close to him, before whispering in a seductive voice, " I take it that you like it." Claire shivered from the feeling of his intoxicating breath on her face. Griffin laughed as she grinned happily. " I don't like it. I love it!" Claire kissed Griffin one more time before jumping out of his grip and sitting down on a cushion. Griffin laughed as he kissed her hand one more time before running off to the kitchen.
Claire sighed happily. Every time Griffin did stuff like this for her, she always felt like a little kid being spoiled by her parents. He was perfect in so many ways, that it often shocked Claire. For all of those years how could she not have seen that the man of her dreams was right in front of her! Even if he and Kristen had a brief fling, he always ended up single by the end of the day. Claire took a sip of her tea and looked around the familiar dining room that she had spent so much time in over the last few weeks. Claire laughed. She couldn't believe that her and Griffin had only been dating for a few weeks. It seemed like they had know each other for at least a few years. Which technically they had.
Claire's thoughts were interrupted by Griffin, who strode into the room carrying a long wooden platter full of sushi. Claire jumped up and clapped. " Yes! I can't believe that you ordered sushi! I love Japanese food!" Claire exclaimed. Griffin frowned. " Whoa there babe! What do you mean ordered sushi?! I made these babies myself." Claire's big blue eyes got even wider. " You made this?! I didn't know that you could make sushi!" Griffin grinned widely at her surprise. " Its a hidden talent. It seems that there is a lot you don't know about me." He said as he set the platter on the edge of the table.
Claire sat back down and eagerly grabbed a California roll off the platter and dipped it in the little bowl of ginger sauce that had been poured for them to share. Claire was an expert at using chopsticks, so she easily dipped the sushi in the sauce and swallowed it. Griffin stared at her and waited for the verdict. Claire pretended to think about it for awhile only to add to the torture. Then she widened her eyes in surprise. " Its good. Wow! I thought it was gonna suck! Haha! A job well done Sir Griffin." Claire teased. Griffin rolled his eyes. " You know you love me. I know you try to disguise it as a petty crush, but we all know your real feelings." He joked. Claire laughed. " Oh Griffin! Your so right! I've been in love with you since the day I lay eyes on you! Oh please! Won't you marry me?!" Claire joked back.
They both laughed and their dinner continued in a comfortable silence. When they were done, Griffin brought out the Tempura Banana, and Claire dug in hungrily. Griffin smiled at her warmly. " Well it looks like we know who is going to be a plus sized model at Fashion Week this year... Just kidding." Griffin said as he received a kick from under the table by Claire's skinny legs. The two of them laughed and talked until Claire stood and stretched her legs from sitting so long. Griffin came up behind her and watched her from behind.
She stretched out her arms, and picked up her long corn silk hair and tied it in a ponytail. He watched as the muscles and bones in her arms and back moved as she perfected her hair. How much he want to just reach out and kiss her soft neck skin. It looked so warm and inviting. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed her bare neck. " Have I told you how beautiful you look today?" Griffin whispered against her neck. Claire shivered slightly from his breath tickling her neck. " No, I don't believe you have. But I know how you can show me how much pretty I look tonight." Claire turned around with a wicked grin on her face. Griffin smirked and raised his eyebrows. " Really? Well I think I might agree with that statement."
Griffin tightened his grip on Claire's waist, and kissed her. Claire kissed him back, and knotted her hands in his hair. Griffin pulled them towards his bedroom. Before they had even got to his bed, Claire had her legs wrapped around Griffin's waist. Griffin set Claire on the bed, and began trailing butterfly kisses down her cheek and neck. Claire removed Griffin's shirt, and traced the planes of his hard chest and stomach with her fingers. Griffin shuddered at Claire's warm touch, but continued kissing her. Soon all of their clothes were off, and the two of them were lying on the bed together.
And so you can pretty much guess what they were doing. A few hours later, the two of them were lying on the bed thinking. Claire's head was rested on Griffin's chest, and her body was wrapped in blue sheets. Griffin looked at her, and marveled how beautiful she looked naked. The sheets were the same color as her eyes, and her skin was a perfect peachy color. Her blond hair was sprawled all over the pillow, and her soft, full lips were swollen from kissing do much. She looked adorable, and sexy at the same time. He wrapped his arms around her tighter. He then turned to her and said, " Claire did you know I love you?" Claire looked at Griffin with so much passion in her eyes, that it made her even more angelic. She smiled at him. " Did you know I love you too?" Griffin grinned at her confession. " Ain't that the truth." Griffin muttered as he held Claire closer to his body.
Sorry for the short chapter! And sorry for the long wait! But at least you guys got your fluff! Ok now I am serious. Two more chapters then I'm done with this story. Who here is almost crying right now thinking about school? ME! God! Its like as soon as the summer was getting good, they had to be like, ' Hey lets ruin Kenza's summer, and start up school again, so that she will have lots of homework! ' Well at least I got to go shopping. Oh yeah! I'm in love with my back to school outfit! But I'm not gonna say where I got it, cuz you might try to copy it. lol!
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kenza