These Two Hearts/CH 5
He smiled broadly, reaching up to place the back of his hand gently on her cheek, then brushed back a stray strand of her long, silky locks, "So…does that mean…there is definitely going to BE a next time? This wasn't just a one-time "romp", I'm not a box to check off your to-do list? Sleep with Daniel, just so you can say you weren't the only one of my Mode assistants who didn't or something?"
She laughed, rolling her eyes, and pulled him onto the bed, straddling him, as she leaned down to kiss him. "Excuse me? First of all, hell YES, there is definitely going to be a next time, you said you were still able to go another round tonight as soon as you got some protein or whatever, right? And since when have I ever worried about not being in the group of former assistants that you slept with, Daniel? That's really not fair to you! I know your playboy ways were years ago, that that's not your M.O. anymore! Not since Molly…"
He shrugged, as he raised his eyebrows, and smirked at the way her position now allowed him amazing access to her incredible breasts, "More like, ever since I first met YOU, Betty! Your good old "judgy butterfly" pretty much put me on the right path as far as my former manwhore ways and days! I doubt I would have ever even married Molly if I hadn't already been in your reform program for two years! Now can we talk about these? You are seriously driving me crazy! Thank you! Really GREAT position, sweetie!" He grinned as he reached up to fondle and taste her breasts eagerly.
"No, thank YOU, Daniel!" Betty suddenly began moving on top of him rhythmically, causing him to moan in appreciation and move his hands to cup her ass, pulling her down onto him further and closed his eyes as they began moving faster, in sync, both of them coming so close to the edge.
Daniel rolled them over, kissing her breasts, neck and mouth intermittently, as he continued to alternate his thrusts between incredibly intense and gentle. He stopped long enough to pump her with both fingers, working her up, then slid down to the end of the bed, looking up for her approval, "You're so wet! Can I…?" He licked his lips, practically drooling as he continued keeping her that way.
"Mmhmmm…oh, god, YES! Please!?" She threw her hands up over her head, and nodded, feeling wickedly sensual and out of control in the best possible way now. Daniel seemed to be taking away all her usual reservations about a first-time sexual encounter. After all, this was..THEM! Daniel and Betty may have lost touch but they still were a great team, even after all this time.
He grinned again, this time like a little boy who has just been told he could have unlimited access to the cookie jar! He took a deep breath and began sampling her, first slowly, then he increased the speed of his ministrations and before long, she felt her walls clenching, over and over, completely losing track of how many times she felt that exquisite release and build up. It was insane what the man could do to her!
Finally, he looked up, wiping his mouth, "You…taste…better than any of my fantasies, like…the woman of my dreams, like the love of my life, Betty!"
"Oh! Daniel! That's so…um…pornographically sweet! Come up here!" She pulled him up to kiss him thoroughly, and they rolled around her bed, "You taste like…me! Isn't it your turn, yet?"
She grabbed hold of him, but he shook his head, "Not yet! First…I NEED you, now, girl! Please? Are you ready?"
She laughed, nodding, "I'd say so! I need you…inside me now!"
"Your wish is my command!" He entered her again, this time extremely slowly, pulling out and back in, teasing her and so gradually building up his speed this time, she found herself begging him, "OHGODDON'TSTOP! DANIEL!"
When they had both fallen over the edge together this time and flopped onto their backs, he reached over and kissed her hand, "Better?"
She rolled her eyes, "Compared to what? You mean the last time, less than an hour ago or to anytime EVER? Are you kidding me, Daniel? YES, it was…crazy, intense, insane!"
He seemed satisfied with her superlatives, as he sighed, "Well, you know, I am getting older now, so I admit I'm not quite as good as I used to be. But what I've lost in strength or speed or whatever in my younger days, I try to make up for in…technique and you know…" he hesitated, seeming unsure of how to finish his thought exactly.
"Experience?" she offered, stating the obvious.
He winced, "Well, yeah, okay, sure. I'll cop to that. But, since it has been so long, I was going to say, emotion, actually. The times I actually made love to the few women I actually loved or at least thought I did were far more enjoyable than those times I just slept with a stranger, you know?"
She nodded, "I agree. I think it also helps that we have history as friends. It's not like we are just getting to know each other and still have that feeling of being unsure about one another's background, you know?"
"Yeah, exactly! That's what I mean. We didn't just jump into bed after the "third date" or whatever! We REALLY know each other! It's a little cool, after all these years, almost like we're sort of starting fresh, because it's been so long. So we have a lot of catching up to do! It sort of felt the first time like we were having "make up sex", not that we were angry at each other anymore, just…making up for lost time. But this second time….it was sweet and loving, like our friendship."
She nodded, tears in her eyes, "I do…LOVE YOU." they both finished.
Daniel kissed her deeply and passionately, "Did that hurt?" he asked, teasingly.
"Hurt? No, of course not! Come on, Daniel! I've let that stupid stuff we said go…"
"No, I meant…well, technically I think I actually said it first! I beat you by like a millisecond!"
"You did not! I beat YOU by a second!" she gently hit his chest, then kept her hand on his firm pec, admiringly, starting to kiss it, then began kissing his neck and working her way down his stomach, thoroughly enjoying watching him flinch as she continued to move lower on his abdomen, reaching for him eagerly, "Oh, well, it WAS just a millisecond, so I guess it really doesn't matter who said it first! It's just so nice to say and to hear! Finally! By the way, Mister Meade, YOU happen to be the man of my dreams and the love of my life, too, you know!"
"MISTER Meade? What the hell are you calling me that, for, Betty? How about baby, or darling or lover, oh, I know…you could call me what Marc said, your 'lovah'!" he teased as they wrestled playfully.
He got up for a moment, bringing them both warm wash cloths and bottled waters, as well as protein bars. He put his arms around her from behind, sitting her in his lap on the wide chair in the living room as they laughed, not really watching an old movie while they made out. When it was over, she kissed him deeply, placing her hand on his cheek, "I missed you so much, Daniel!"
He nodded, "Me, too, Betty! New York has seemed…empty without you!"
She pulled him back to the bed, and managed to laughingly keep him from stopping her progression towards his manhood, then kissed the top of his penis, and patted it, "I do hope he's doing okay! I felt awful, thinking I had caused any harm to 'little Daniel' here! I really think you should re-think your pet name! It's definitely misleading! I mean, I get the whole hyperbole or irony angle, but…" she seemed awestruck and somewhat tongue tied.
He laughed, pulling her up for a quick kiss, but she was determined to make up for her unintended attack on his member, and kissed it, then began stroking and licking him, "I want to taste YOU, too!" She tried her best to sound sexy, but felt ridiculous, and stifled a giggle as she went down on him, excitedly.
She had dreamt of this for years, too, if she were completely honest with herself. It's not like Daniel Meade's sexual prowess hadn't been the topic of much Page Six (and Mode gossip) for the entire time she had worked at the magazine. She couldn't say she hadn't been curious. It seemed the hype was true. Still, she knew it honestly didn't matter one way or another to her. She cared about Daniel, not his skills in the bedroom or certainly not his…size. It was just like him letting her know that he didn't care that she wasn't a size 0 and actually very much appreciated her curves.
He pulled her up, and kissed her, stopping her just short of her finishing him off, "Betty, wait…just…wait! God, that feels…amazing, honey, but…talk to me, okay? Just give me…a little more sweet talk and we can…you know, kiss and touch each other and I'm sure…with you…I can rally again really soon!"
She nodded, "Sure, sweet talk, huh? Let's see…you are…the sexiest, sweetest, most incredible man I've ever been with, is that what you need? She glanced downward.
He laughed at her, talking to his penis, and pulled her up to his face, kissing her "Get back up here, crazy woman! I NEED YOU! Kiss me, Betty! Show me how much you love me, and…the little guy down there will be just fine, okay? I might be a little older now, and not really worried about my ad sales and revenues as much, but I still have great circulation!"
She giggled, kissing him back, "Of course you do, Daniel! Do you want me to get dressed again so you can unzip my dress?"
He chuckled, shaking his head, "Nope! Just wait about ten minutes or so and I can…" his phone suddenly buzzed loudly from the nightstand, and he rolled his eyes, sighing, "Sorry! Geez! Talk about shitty timing! Let me silence that…"
She smiled, resting on her arm, as she rolled to the side, waving him to go take the call, then got up, "Go ahead, Daniel! I'm going to freshen up. I think I'll take a shower."
"HELLO!" He hadn't bothered to check the phone to see who was calling.
"Well, hello to you, too, brother, dear! Sorry, what the hell? Did I interrupt you in one of your fantasies about your former employee again or something?" she teased.
"No! Actually…I am…with somebody, Sis. What's up?" he looked down, seeing in fact, he had risen to the occasion, just getting warmed up with Betty earlier. Shit!
"You're WITH somebody? Who? You met someone? Since when?"
:"You know, you're being awfully noisy about my love life, considering you're the one who called me! What's wrong? Is DJ okay? I just saw Mom."
"He's fine! Mom's fine. I'm…sorry, did you actually say, I was being noisy about your 'love life"? What love life? Since when do you HAVE a love life, Danny? You know I'll just get it out of Mom anyway, so you might as well fess up. Who's the new lady? Where did you two crazy kids meet? Church? A bar? A nightclub? A strip club? Um…at Mode?"
He rolled his eyes at her crazy innuendos, "No, smartass! Well, okay, maybe I did technically meet her at Mode. A long time ago. And I did run into her again at a bar recently. Or she ran into me." he smiled.
"Ran into you? Wait, you mean BETTY?! You FINALLY hooked up with BETTY SUAREZ?! Holy crap! I can't believe it! That's…that's insane! Congratulations, stud! It only took you…let's see, since Dad hired her for you and GAVE you your job at Mode, what was that…2006, right? So, yeah, only sevenTEEN years! Way to go, little brother! At this rate, you'll be sixty by the time you two have rugrats to push around. Maybe the kid can push YOU around instead in your wheelchair!"
"You know…I'm SO close to hanging up right now! Any mild curiosity I might have had about the reason for your call has long gone, Alex!"
"Fine, fine, sorry, DAN-YELL! Whatever, like I said, I'll just get it out of Mom or Tyler later. You always have to brag. And it's not like you've been getting any lately to brag about! If you must know…I wanted to tell you that DJ says he wants to move back to New York, since he broke up with that latest little annoying girlfriend of his, and he wants to work at Mode. I figured, if YOU could do it, how hard could it be for him? He's actually smart!"
"Funny. Well, yes, I know he's smart! He's my nephew! And before you start, yes, I get that he's your kid, too, and you're smarter than me and all, faster, stronger, whatever, of course, but I'd actually LOVE to see him more often, so I'm happy to hear that! And IF he ever wants any help at Mode, I'd be glad to help out. NOT chasing models! But…the job."
"That's good. Thanks. I want to wrap things up here and come back home, too, but it's going to take me at least a few months. Is this…an okay time, though? What with you finally getting laid? Betty, huh? That's crazy! I mean…I'm genuinely happy for you, dumbass, but…I know she hurt you."
"It was mutual. I hurt her, too."
" I get that. Hah! Hey, did I ever tell you about the time she drunk dialed me?
"What? No! Betty? When? Hell, I think I'm jealous! She's never drunk dialed me! Well, except for that one time…right after Matt left for Africa."
"Oh yeah? What happened?"
"Nothing!" He cleared his throat quickly, "So, yeah, tell DJ to let me know when he gets here and his cool Uncle Daniel will be happy to show him around and get him settled. He can stay with me at first if he wants."
"Won't you be at Betty's every day?"
"I don't know, Alexis! I mean…that's sort of…presumptious of me to think. She just got here herself! And she has her dad's health and her new job here to worry about. She won't have time to…"
"Babysit your spoiled ass like she used to when you supposedly 'ran Mode' but everyone knew it was really Betty doing all the heavy lifting?"
"Haha! Thanks a lot! Actually, I'll cop to that! She DID do all the work! And that's why we both know she is going to do great at being Managing Editor of MWY and sitting in on board meetings now that Mom's finally actually retiring instead of just 'semi-retired" It would help a lot if you came back, though. Tyler was fine as a model, and he's actually smart, but…he is a bit like Betty's ex as far as changing his mind about what he wants to do!"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Probably that good old Hartley jack of all trades blood. And we all know YOU never actually wanted to 'step up' and completely take over for Dad! I honestly thought for a while that you might be talked into working at Meade UK after you moved to London, since you followed Betty there."
"A year was enough for me! Especially since that was what screwed things up between us in the first place! Besides, I've told you a million times, I am grateful for what Dad built for us and I know I can't run away from my legacy and I'm still willing to come to those boring ass board meetings, but I also had to finally do something for myself."
She scoffed, "You just like sticking your head in there once in a while to pretend you're a big shot and order Wilhelmina and Marc around! Huh! Not that I blame you, really! How is the old bat?"
"That's what she calls Mom! She's as bitchy as ever! She hasn't changed all that much since you last saw her."
"You know, that time Betty drunk dialed me, it was about what I did to Christina."
"Well, yeah, I mean, Christina is her best friend! It makes sense that she'd be pissed about you pushing the woman down the stairs when she was pregnant!"
"Of course! I get that. I've reached out several times to Christina and gone through all the counseling and the steps over and over, trust me. But to be honest, Betty sounded even more mad about the fact that I let her other best friend, my brother, go to jail for something I did than the fact that I pushed her pregnant "best friend" down the stairs!"
He smiled, "Did she really?"
"Yep! Anyway, I'll see you in a few months, at least by Mom's birthday. Goodnight, dumbass! Have fun with Betty!"
"Goodnight, Alexis."
He heard the shower running and peeked around the door, greatly enjoying the show of seeing Betty naked, "Uh, hey…is it…okay if I join you?"
She obviously didn't hear him over the water running and her off-key loud singing. "I've got YOU, babe…I've got you! I've got flowers in the spring…mmmm…something…something…"
He chuckled, as he rushed to pull off his boxers and carefully drew back the shower door, so as not to startle her too much. "I got you to wear my ring…" he sang, laughing as he climbed into the shower with her. She still screamed, "DANIEL!" She held her hand on her chest, "You scared me to death! I didn't hear you!"
He laughed, ogling her appreciatively, "Yeah, because you were TRYING to sing, I think? Rather loudly! All I can say is…you're incredibly beautiful, you are smart and extremely talented at all kinds of things, honey, but unless you've changed a lot in the past decade, you can't cook worth a damn, you're a very cute but kind of dangerous klutz and you seriously cannot sing! But I love you, just as you are! Which dumb chic flick is that from again? To be honest, they all sort of blend together."
She rolled her eyes, pulling him into the shower with her, and kissed him, then smiled, "That was from Bridget Jones. And let ME just say, you are very, very, VERY talented at 'making love', you are really sweet and have quite a silver tongue as well as a…really talented tongue in all kinds of fun ways and you are extremely good at your job and being a philanthropist and you've got a huge, kind heart that I love, and I love you, Daniel!
Because you're so hot and you're so sexy and…well, let's see, but you can't …um…spell very well, I guess. And sometimes you need help with your grammar. You don't cook much, either. At least you didn't years ago. But you…um…aren't really clumsy. You're a pretty good singer. And you have a really, really, really sexy speaking voice! I can't think of anything all that negative to say right now. Since you sort of…rocked my world earlier. Twice!"
He laughed, kissing her and began exploring her naked wet body eagerly, "I can't Spell well? That's all you've got? Come here, you crazy girl! You rocked mine, too, Betty! You feel like doing some more…rocking, Daniel's girl?"
She smiled, nodding, and placed one hand on his butt, then pulled him down for a long, slow kiss as the jets washed over them both, "You bet your very, very FINE ass I do!"