Page 39 of Stay Awhile
“Nah, that’s too easy.” She giggled.
I shook my head. “You got everything?” I asked.
“Yup. I can’t wait to see what you did. I know you did a great job, but I want you to know if you take me to McDonald’s, it would still be the best date.” I pretended as if I was relievedthen gripped my chest, causing her stop walking. “You didn’t?” she asked.
I couldn’t hold back my laughter as I shook my head and led her to the passenger seat.
“I thought you said it didn’t matter.”
Skye rolled her eyes, then slipped inside. I jogged around to the driver’s side and pulled my seat belt on.
“It’s called a figure of speech.”
I laughed as we talked about what was new with her magazine and anything else she had going on. I had recently met her other friend, the one who was supposed to pick her up at the airport. He wasn’t as open at first to meeting me, but soon he started to relax and be himself. After being around him a while, I could see why they were friends. They said exactly what came to mind.
Finally, I made it to my place and parked in my designated garage. I could tell Skye was curious, but I kept quiet as I reached into my pocket for a satin scarf.
“I need you to wear this.”
She looked down at my hand, then back up at me before turning her back to me.
“Put it on me and you better not let me bump into the wall,” she warned.
I reached out and covered her eyes with the satin scarf, then directed her to my front door. I stepped away from her for a moment to open the door, then ushered her inside.
“Stay right there and don’t remove the scarf. One second.”
She shifted her weight between both legs. I knew she was eager to see what I had done, and damn if I wasn’t anxious too, like I hadn’t seen it. I lit the candles that were around the room, then took the top off the meal on the plates.
“Okay, you can take it off,” I told her.
I watched her every step as she reached up to untie the scarf. The moment it dropped from her eyes, they widened, and so did her mouth. Her hands shot to her mouth as she walked slowly toward me. I turned around to admire everything with her. VC and I set up a projector to look like the water in Fiji, and since I had little furniture, it was easy to lie out sand all over the floors with the table in the center.
“I hope you like it. I tried to recreate our first date, but this is all I could do on such short notice,” I explained, since she hadn’t said a word yet.
She turned to face me, then stood on the tips of her toes and reached up to bring my face down to hers as she kissed me. I closed my eyes briefly, wanting to stay in this moment. When I peeled them open, she was still staring up at me.
“No one has ever gone to these kinds of lengths for me before. It’s beautiful. I love it,” she told me.
I took her hand in mine and led her over to the table. I reached a hand out to take hers into mine, then placed a kiss against it.
“I know this is all backwards, but I wanted to reintroduce myself. I’m Knox Bolden and you are?” I asked.
She smiled up brightly at me and animatedly batted her eyelashes. “I’m Skye Daniels.”
The sliding of the door caught my attention, causing me to look over my shoulder.
“What you out here smiling about?” Skye asked.
She tightened her robe around her waist as she walked around to sit in my lap and lay against my chest. These were the moments I lived for, time spent with her.
“Our first re-do date and all the things I am thankful for. I just can’t believe this is my life now. That God gave me you. I still don’t think I’m worthy of you, but I’m going to work damn hard to make sure I am.”
She lifted her head and poked her lips out. I leaned in and kissed her, dragging out the moment as I slipped my tongue into play, making her moan.
“You better stop before we mark off another thing on your to do list,” she reminded me.
“I don’t recall adding fucking on the balcony on my life re-do’s.” I laughed. It was crazy to me how easily even laughing came to me now. Skye had opened my world up to so much, even that damn list. She convinced me to make a list of all the things I had never experienced as a kid. Whenever I had time in between, now being invited to her family dinners on Sunday and starting this company, we were doing it all.
