Chapter 4: Getting to know each other
The night was still warm, although it was fall, and comparing to the days before, without a drop of rain and as an added bonus, you could even see stars. Carol parked her car across the street.
“That’s me over there, the white one”, she said pointing a finger to her car.
“And mine is here”, said Chris standing by a silver Porsche.
What a character, parking right in front of the cafe. Usually she wouldn’t be impressed by this excreted manly behavior; fancy clothes, muscular, handsome, driving an expensive car but tonight she decided to be a common girl and not think too much. She despised and enjoyed herself at the same time.
“It is nice to be so superficial. You only live once so let’s have fun”. At least that is tonight’s motto.
“You know where I live?” asked Chris.
“Would you stop behaving like some superstar and assume that people know everything about you?” laughed Carol.
“Of course I don’t know. Come on I will drive after you”, Carol tried to have everything under control but subconsciously she knew that he started to work his magic on her from the moment he lit her cigarette and the magic spell kept going all night.
Chris left the parking lot first. He waited for her. It was dark and although tipsy, Carol drove after him without a problem. She felt excited and happy about the fact that something exciting was going on.
They reached his house. It was huge.
“Hmmm, handsome and rich”, commented Carol.
“Oh that is a house of an old friend, only nobody lives there anymore. I only use it for fun.” Chris answered.
He didn’t lie since the living room was arranged strictly for fun and hanging out. She sat at the round living room table and made herself comfortable. He put on some light music and disappeared behind a huge house bar. He came back with a two tall glasses filled with a drink.
“Sorry, I gave myself some liberty and made you a cocktail. Try it out and if you don’t like it I will get you something else.” he winked at her.
Her only thought was fuck, fuck, fuck, he is unbelievably handsome. She laughed at herself “God, I am drunk.”
He sat further away from her and started to roll a joint. That gave her opportunity to look at him. She liked all of him; his face, his sexy voice, muscular hands, long legs in dark jeans, his movements. The music that was playing was unknown to her, but fitted perfectly, and the whole ambient had a good vibe with that red light… everything was made for perfect relaxation.
He handed her the joint and taking it she quietly commented, “I hope I remember how it goes.”
She felt the first drag go into her lungs; she kept it and blew it in front of her to the flash of red light. Her throat went dry and she asked him for some water. Chris obediently brought two large glasses of water. She inhaled a second smoke with much more force. She felt light tingling in her throat. She felt dizzy and was glad to be sitting down. The relaxing feeling went through her entire body. She has never felt this wonderful for a very long time!
They smoked in silence for a couple of minutes. “What a wonderful feeling”, thought Carol. They enjoyed just looking at each other. Chris was fascinated by her smile. He has never seen such naturally red lips and white teeth. And the sound she makes every time she laughed was enough to make him feel excited. He tried to keep her laughing as much possible. Her big round eyes were looking at him with enthusiasm and he really enjoyed that look not to mention turning him on big time.
“Are you ok?” Chris asked gently after a while.
“I am great, man”, Carol laughed “G-R-E-A-T”, she repeated spelling out and playing with a lock of her hair.
“It is good stuff”, Chris said while blowing the smoke out. His eyes were narrowing and at that moment he looked even more attractive.
“Do you want to go and sit on the couch? I can put on a movie to watch”, Chris suggested innocently.
“Sure”, Carol got up and felt her stomach go up automatically.
“Fuck! Where is the bathroom? Fast!” she said.
Chris pointed to the right and she ran. She barely made it to the toilet, kneeled and started to throw up. “I shouldn’t have mixed alcohol and weed”, she thought. “I’m getting too old for this.”
Chris was standing on the other side of the bathroom door and knocked worriedly. “Carol? Is everything ok?”
In this condition all she could think about was how bad it would be for him to see her like this. But he came in and held her long hair while she continued to throw up. Carol felt better after a few minutes and got up.
“Feel better?” Chris asked and smiled at her so sweetly like to a little child who gets smudged while eating.
“Yeah, although you seeing me like this isn’t what I had wanted”, Carol answered ashamed of herself. But he was so cool about it, like it was the most normal thing in the world. He said, “Come into the kitchen and I will make you some coffee.” He made her coffee and she realized that it was already 4 am. It was obviously time for her to go home. He walked her out to her car.
“Will you be able to drive?” he asked gently, “you could sleep here until you feel better” Chris added.
“No I’m ok, I am already dreaming of my bed.” Carol hastily said still feeling embarrassed for throwing up in front of him and fled home.
Chapter 5: Next step
The next morning her cell started to ring and Carol while opening her eyes tried to realize what was going on. She felt like she was hit by a train. “Where is that fucking cell”, she thought.
“Hello” she said halfheartedly.
“Good morning! Am I talking to death on leave”, she heard Natalie’s cheerful voice.
“What?” mumbled Carol.
“So how did it go yesterday?” Natalie asked excitedly.
“Oh everything went great until I managed to puke all over his bathroom while he was holding my hair!” said Carol.
“No shit, really??!” Natalie said while laughing, “How did that happen?”
“Loooong story. I bet he will never call me again after this”, she told to Natalie.
But she was wrong. He did call the next day. He asked her to hang out again. Carol felt sure of herself again.
“He must like me too”, she thought. She was glad and she came. She guessed the right street the second time around, after all last time she drove behind him while tipsy. But she guessed the house right away, since it really wasn’t tough to miss the biggest house in the neighborhood. She parked at the driveway and checked her hair once more in the rearview mirror. She rang while his cell getting out of the car. The outer light automatically turned on and she could hear him coming down the stairs to open the door for her.
“Hey you” Chris said.
“Hey”, said Carol with a broad smile. It was nice to see his face again.
“My friend is here, he just surprised me. You’ve met him, John, from the cafe… remember?” he asked.
While she tried to remember “John, John, hmmm doesn’t ring the bell”, he already continued
“You don’t mind do you?”
Carol would have liked for them to be alone but she was cool about it “Of course I don’t mind.”
John obviously felt at home in Chris’s party house because he was standing behind the bar when Carol and Chris walked in and was serving him a drink.
