John
I was in the middle of preparing myself. Wearing the best suit, I had.
Today was the day.
A very important one to me.
I had to make sure I looked presentable and perfect. Because today would be the day I would not hold myself anymore.
I looked at myself in the mirror, wearing a black linen shirt with the same color suit jacket, complete with dark slacks. I was ready and looked damn good with these attires. I walked out of my apartment and went to the parking area. I drove my Volvo to the school. I knew the graduation would be over soon. The one without an invitation was not allowed to enter and I was not invited but I would show up in the end, just for her.
I stopped by at a flower shop, picking up my order. A bunch of red roses bouquet, and headed to the school. I reached the school, parked the car, and got out. I brought out the bouquet and headed to the auditorium. I saw the graduation had ended since lots of graduates were already outside of the building. Time to do my mission; finding my girl.
I looked around and realized that I was being looked at, by the girls. I had to find her soon or I would be surrounded by those noisy bees. Instead of Karen, I saw Blake and Olivia together and I reached them. “Hello there,” I greeted them as their eyes found me.
“John,” Olivia called as I stood next to her. We hugged each other.
“Congratulations, Liv,” I said and turned to her man. “Mr. Morgan.” I shook hands with my Boss as he nodded his head. “Have you guys seen Karen?”
“Oh, she’s with her parents now,” she replied and pointed where she was as my eyes followed. I found her. She was wearing the same graduation coat as Olivia. Her hair was down and the tip of it was curled. Wearing the same make-up, she always put on, smokey eyes, red lips, she looked stunning.
My observation of her was ruined when Blake snapped his fingers in front of my face, making me blinked and turned to him. “Snap out of it, Mr. Marshall,” he mockingly said. His lady giggled as I coughed out.
Turning my attention to Olivia, “So, you will be a university student in September?”
“Yes.”
“And you will be staying with Blake?”
“Yep.”
“I see. Well, you better be careful or you will be expelled because of tardiness,” I joked.
“Fuck you, John.” Blake slapped my shoulder and I returned the favor. During our childish act, I saw Karen’s eyes were directed to me. Fucking finally. The moment I was waiting for. I stopped my attack on Blake and continue staring at her. He seemed to realize who I was looking for and didn’t question me. Come here, my little temptress.
She continued to look at me until she whispered something in her mother’s ear and she was on her way to me. Good decision. She reached me and turned to her best friend. “Hi, Olivia, Blake.” Yeah, she did that on purpose, and then she stared her eyes at me. “John.”
“Karen.”
None of us were talking until Olivia grabbed Blake away from us. I silently thanked her for that. “Congratulations. Since you’re not going to attend college, you have to prepare yourself to face the harshness of the working life.”
“Thanks. I can’t wait to be more focused on my job.”
“I know you will. Here,” I handed the bouquet to her. “It’s part of your graduation gift.”
“Oh, thank you.” She accepted it.
I smiled and moved closer to her. “Your other gift is waiting for you. Tonight.” She moved back harshly away from me. I knew she was about to snap and shouted at me but she realized where we were.
“Follow me.”
And I gladly did so.
***
Karen
I couldn’t believe he just said that to me.
Your other gift is waiting for you. Tonight.
He was a lucky bastard because we were in public, at my graduation. If we were alone, I would just slap him right on his handsome face.
We reached an empty classroom. Okay, I made it clear on my head that I was not inviting him or anything and turned to him angrily. “What the fuck do you mean by tonight?”
“Easy. I will pick you up for dinner just the two of us and I will make love to you for the whole night.”
I scoffed. “I don’t remember made such a promise to you.”
“You don’t. I just made that plan five minutes ago.”
“You are really an asshole.”
“Well, but you love me, sweetie.” We were silent for a while. I didn’t want to counter him knowing he was just going to use his silver tongue on me. “How long are you going to keep doing this, Karen? We both know how we feel about each other. I’m ready to have you yet you’re the one who always pushes me away. Are you still…scared if I’m going to leave you because you’re way younger than me?”
I didn’t respond.
He sighed. “Karen, I know I’m an adult. I had tons of experiences with women and from those experiences, I know the feeling I have for you is real. I’m not playing around with you. I’m fucking done with that. I wanted someone to be my forever. Not just a whore to warm up the bed.”
Okay, I was rather offended by his words. “Have you ever brought a whore to your bed?”
This time, he scoffed. “I never said to warm up my bed, merely the bed. But since you’re asking, I never brought a woman into my apartment.” That was surprising. “I wanted you to be the first woman who has ever been inside my house,” he added and my heart just squeezed. Melting over his statement.
John moved closer and although there was no wall behind me, I felt trapped, just by his presence. He raised his hand and rubbed my cheek slowly as we were looking at each other. Staring at his blue eyes. “Will you go to dinner with me? And spend a night with me? I wanted to properly celebrate your graduation,” he properly asked. That was first.
I would be having lunch with my parents right after this and I wanted to get some rest when I get back home.
But I couldn’t lie to my heart. I wanted him and I was happy when John wanted to spare his time to be with me. “Okay.” His lips widened, showing his rare wide smile, and connected our lips. Kissing me hard. Making me let go of my hold on the bouquet and it fell to the floor. He wrapped his arms around my body where I circled my arms around his neck, allowing him to kiss me harder.
John picked me up and pushed me down to the nearest table. He took off the cap, tossed it somewhere, and continued assaulting me. His kisses became dangerous when he lowered his face, placing a kiss on my neck. “You’re making me fucking crazy, little lady. You have no idea how much I want you right now. I wanted to fuck you hard on this table.”
“You are indeed crazy.”
He smirked. “I shouldn’t do that here. As much as I loved to listen to your scream, I will not allow anyone to hear you. You are mine and forever mine.”
“Oh, really?” I challenged and he smirked, once again kissing me.
“You haven’t told me your feeling, but I know. You are being a stubborn vixen and play hard to get. Mark my words, Karen.” He pushed himself up so we would look at each other again. “You will confess to me soon.”
“Try me, Mr. Marshall.” Man, I just couldn’t hold back my mouth.
“Oh, I will. In the next six months or maybe less, you will give up.”
“Don’t be so overconfident.”
“We’ll see.”
We kept kissing where my mind was thinking about one thing. The possibility of me giving myself to John.
Maybe yes.
Maybe no.
Like he said; we would see.