dinner was cut a bit short and my stomach is screaming for food.” Jake said with a roll of the eyes.
Tiana laughed and said, “Well, my date was pretty cheap too, I had to eat and run my way out the door so absolutely, I am starving!”
“ Ahh, it’s good to see you laughing hun! Okay, let’s stop and grab some food and wine, head to my place and cry on each other’s shoulders about our awful nights!” He said.
They walked down the sidewalk arm in arm. Tiana felt so safe with him and his smell was so familiar. She smiled to herself and thought, “I am so glad I ran into Jake tonight.”
They got to his place, turned on some Temptations—they both had a certain fondness for Motown—and kicked back on his couch and ate their dinner lazily as they talked.
This Kari girl had really hurt Jake; insulting his job and his living space. She told him he wasn’t exactly a God in bed and told him he was selfish. “Shit JJ, sounds like this girl had a bad case of PMS or something. You can't let no bitch treat you that way! I’m glad you finally walked out on her cuz she doesn’t know what the hell she be talking about! What a ho! Did she fuck ya or just lie there like a dead log and make you do all the work? Man, some women don’t know a good thing if it’s staring them right in the face!” Tiana ranted.
Jake melted with her words. She always knew how to make him feel good and he didn’t even thing she realized it. And she also didn’t realize how in love with HER he was.
By now the bottle of wine was dwindling with only half a glass left each and the effects were starting to creep up on both of them.
Marvin Gaye's “Let's get it on” began playing in the background as the iPod shuffled to the next track. This was a track they both loved and they both immediately looked up and smiled at each other as they heard the introductory beats arrive.
“ I've been really tryin', baby, Tryin' to hold back this feelin' for so long... ”. The lyrics were romantically ironic to the situation that both were currently in. It was almost as if they were both in a movie and this was the soundtrack.
“ T-Cup, can I ask you something?” Jake asked.
“ What’s that JJ?” she asked.
“ Can I kiss you?” he said quietly.
Tiana stopped chewing her food and took a big swallow of her wine as she pretended to contemplate Jake's proposal. Of course, there was not much contemplating left to do. She looked at Jake and said, “Sure, I would like that.”
Jake leaned in for the kiss and laid his mouth on top of hers really slow. He slowly spread her lips with his tongue and traced them as he brought his hand up to her shoulder.
Tiana gave in and melted at the warmth of his mouth on her; the softness of his touch on her shoulder. She reached her hand up and ran her fingers along the side of his neck as she pushed her tongue into his mouth. She took his lips with hers and sucked them lightly as she traced them with her tongue.
“ Ah, babe.....let's get it on, Let's love, baby.... Let's get it on, sugar...Let's get it on....”.
Marvin kept playing in the background as they shared the kiss with the lyrics summing up the moment perfectly.
Jake moaned and pulled away slightly and in a raspy voice said, “Tiana, I want to make love to you and I have since the day I first laid eyes on you.”
She looked into his eyes and said, “But all these years…Jake, I wanted to make love to you too. I wanted to taste you and have for so long. I want your hands on me, your mouth on me, to be close to you.” The emotion was so much that Tiana almost had tears in her eyes as she spoke.
Jake bent down and kissed her hard on the mouth as he grabbed the back of her head. He shifted closer to her on the couch putting her food on the table, placing his other hand around her middle back and pulling her nearly on top of his lap as he kissed her neck and inhaled her scent.
Tiana moaned and curled into his arms accepting all
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