The Hookup
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“Dance with me,” Brice said standing and reaching for her hand.
Jada took his hand and followed him to the dance floor. Having consumed two cocktails already, she was feeling frisky as she danced provocatively against Brice while she sang along with the band as they played the Johnnie Taylor classic, Who’s Making Love (To Your Old Lady.)
“Who’s making love to your old lady, while you were out making love,” Jada sang off key.
“You’re a good dancer, although I wouldn’t have taken you as a blues kind of girl,” Brice told her.
“You can’t live in Memphis and not like the blues,” she told him. “When we were kids, mama used to blast blues all through the house every Saturday morning as we cleaned up the entire house.”
They danced to a few more songs until Jada started getting tired. Brice placed his hand possessively at the small of her back as they maneuvered through the crowd to get back to their table. A waitress came over and he ordered another Sex On The Beach for Jada and a beer for himself.
The lead female singer of the band was now rocking the house by singing After The Pain by Betty Wright, an oldie but definitely a goodie. Brice watched Jada as she snapped her fingers while singing along.
“What?” she asked as she noticed him staring at her.
“Nothing. You’re just a very beautiful woman and I can’t stop staring.”
“Thank you,” she blushed. The way Brice was staring at her was making her feel some type of way. Maybe it was the alcohol, but he suddenly looked better to her than he had when she’d met him at the car wash.
“So, you know I gotta ask. How is it that a woman like you don’t have a man?”
“The one I have ain’t worth a damn,” Jada said.
“Uh oh…it’s like that, huh?”
“Yep…and then some. I’ve been with Todd for over a year and a half, but he can’t keep his eyes or his hands off other women.” Jada proceeded to tell Brice about her very complicated relationship with Todd.
“So, I’m the rebound guy?” he asked once she was finished.
Jada looked away, feeling a little guilty. That’s exactly what he was, but she didn’t want to hurt his feelings.
Brice reached across the table and grabbed her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. “Hey, don’t feel bad. I guess I don’t mind being your jump off,” he said sadly.
Jada looked at him alarmed and shook her head. “No, please don’t think like that. Brice. I’m not trying to hurt you or play with your emotions,” she lied. That’s exactly what she was doing.
“If it means I get to be in your presence, I don’t care what I had to do.”
Jada smiled at him. “You just know all the right things to say, don’t you?”
“I do…but I’m telling the truth. If things go the way I hope they will, I’ll make you forget all about Todd,” he said staring into her eyes.
“And how do you plan to do that?” Jada asked.
“I have my ways.” He winked at her. “But enough about him, you
ready to get back on the dance floor?”
On the floor, Jada and Brice danced to the smooth soul ballad, Tonight Is The Night. Halfway through the song, Brice’s hands slid lower, onto Jada’s ass and he pulled her closer to him. He knew they had just met, but he was really feeling her.
“Somebody is excited,” she said as she looked into his eyes, the stiffness of his erection pressing against her.
“Sorry,” Brice said backing away slightly to put some space between them. He had been silently willing his hard on to go back down before she noticed.
“Don’t be,” Jada said pulling him back in.
“Would it be too forward if I kissed you right now?”
“I was wondering what took you so long,” Jada responded. She stood on her tiptoes and pressed her lips against Brice’s. He was a good kisser. Rather than act all overly aggressive, he took his time and gently circled her tongue with his own, while gently squeezing her ass, sending tingles down Jada’s spine as she pressed her lady lumps into his chest.
“If we don’t stop now, I’m going to be tempted to take you into the bathroom and do bad things to you,” Brice said after the kiss ended.
They went back to their table and enjoyed the rest of the night just talking and getting to know more about each other. Before they knew it, the club was closing. Brice opened the passenger side door for Jada before walking around to get in the driver’s seat. As he exited the parking lot, the song, If Only For One Night, by Luther Vandross came on the radio. He started singing the words to the song as he drove.
“What you know about Luther?” Jada asked, looking over at him. He actually had a smooth, silky singing voice.
“My mother loved Luther when I was growing up…she had all of his records at home.”
Twenty minutes later, they were pulling up in Jada’s driveway. “I had a really good time tonight, Brice,” Jada said as he walked her to the door. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d had so much fun. Still thinking about the kiss she’d shared with Brice, she wanted to invite him in, but didn’t want to appear too easy or forward. Men always said they like a woman to be a little aggressive, then held it against them later.
“I’m glad you had a good time,” Brice said staring into her eyes. He so desperately wanted to kiss her again, but he didn’t want to make her think that because they’d had such a nice date, that she now owed him sex. He wasn’t ready for the night to end, but one wrong move could turn her off, so he didn’t give in to the urge to kiss her. Luckily, Jada solved that problem by leaning in and giving him a soft peck on the lips.
“Would you like to come in for a while?” she asked as she bit down on her lower lip in a suggestive manner.
Brice was totally shocked. Jada had definitely been full of surprises tonight. He’d thought she would be the type of woman with crazy dating rules, like no kissing until the third date, or no sex until the sixth.
“Sure,” Brice said, when what he’d really wanted to say was, hell yeah!
Jada was a very beautiful woman, inside and out. She was sexy and intelligent, and her smile could light up an entire football stadium. He wasn’t sure why her man had felt the need to step out on her, but he was kind of glad he had, because he wouldn’t have had gotten to know her and spend time with her tonight.
Brice followed Jada into her modest apartment. It was nicely decorated in earth tones of brown and eggshell white, with tasteful accent throw pillows and decorations in torquoise on the walls and tables. At first glance, one would think Jada would be the type of female to have her place decked out in pinks and purples, or something girly. A man could feel masculine and right at home in here, though.
“Would you like something to drink?” Jada asked Brice as she gestured for him to have a seat on her chocolate brown leather reclining sofa. She’d already told herself that she was going to sleep with Brice tonight, but she suddenly needed a little liquid courage to go through with it. Luckily, she still had a bottle of wine in the fridge.
“Sure. Do you have a beer? If not, a soda will be fine.”
“Is Corona okay?”
“Corona is always okay.”
Jada went into the kitchen and got one of the Corona’s that she’d originally bought for Todd out of the fridge, and poured herself a glass of wine, which she tossed back in one gulp. She poured another glass, then joined Brice in the living room.
They sipped their drinks while lightly flirting with each other, neither wanting to make the first move. Jada finished her drink, then placed her Olivia Pope sized wine goblet on her glass coffee table. Then, before she lost her nerve, she leaned over and kissed Brice on the lips, softly at first, but then with more urgency. She climbed over onto his lap and their tongues intertwined with each others as Brice felt her up. He cupped her butt and squeezed. Her body was so soft. He moaned as Jada kissed his neck and gently bit his earlobes.
Their lips parted briefly, so that they both could remove their shirts, then they connected again. Brice placed feathery kisses all over Jada’s neck, shoulders, and the rise of her ample breast. He gently bit her hardened nipples through the lace of her bra, causing her to moan softly. Jada reached around and unsnapped her bra then tossed it to the side. With full access to her mounds, Brice suckled a nipple while he massaged the other. Jada could feel his erection growing in size and becoming harder. As far as she could tell, he was definitely working with a little something between his legs.
Brice reached between them and pushed his hand inside Jada’s jeans. She became extremely moist as his fingers roamed inside of her. He looked at her, loving the way her face looked as she moaned softly while squirming on his lap. “Let me taste you,” he whispered.
Jada laid back on the couch and Brice removed her jeans and panties. He stood and stared down at her naked body for a moment.
“You’re so beautiful, Jada.” He got on his knees and pulled her to the edge of the couch, placing both of her legs over his shoulders. He teased her by kissing the insides of her thighs, before he went in for the main course.
Jada squirmed and moaned as Brice buried his tongue deep inside of her. He had her so hot and bothered, she yelled his name out loud. She gripped the back of his bald head and held him in place as he stroked her insides with his tongue. Her legs were shaking like crazy, and she felt herself about to give in to an explosive orgasm.
When Brice used the tip of his tongue to tickle her sensitive clit, Jada let go all over his face. Still, Brice continued lapping away at her. As much as Jada loved what he had just done with his mouth, she wanted more. When she couldn’t take anymore, she pushed his head away, stood up, and grabbed his hand, leading her into her bedroom.
Yes, this was in total contradiction to what she’d said earlier, about taking the time to get to know a guy, but that was for a man she was going to consider dating or having a relationship with. She knew that she had no intention of entering into a serious relationship with Brice though. As much as she’d enjoyed their date tonight and he was good with his tongue, deep down she knew her heart still belonged to Todd. But while her heart still wanted Todd, right now her body wanted Brice.
In her bedroom, they resumed kissing and groping, making out like two horny teenagers while making their way to her queen size bed. Brice placed kisses all over her body.
Jada had every intention of going through with sleeping with him…until she turned her head to the left while Brice suckled her breast some more. She stared at a photo of her and Todd that they’d taken when they’d first got together. Suddenly, a feeling of guilt washed over her. Even though she’d caught Todd in the act of cheating many times, she still felt bad that she was about to do the same to him.
“What’s wrong, baby?” Brice asked raising up to look into her eyes. A minute ago, she’d been all into him, but now she seemed to have checked out, like her mind was a million miles away.
“I’m so sorry Brice, but I can’t do this,” she told him, pushing him off of her and turning to her side so that he wouldn’t see the tears that had began to form in her eyes. As much as she hated to admit it, she missed Todd. Talk about bad freaking timing. Here she was, buck naked in bed with another man, and she was thinking about Todd.
“It’s okay, Jada,” Brice said as he wrapped his arms around her and held her from behind. “I’m not in this just for sex. I really like you, and I’ll wait until whenever you’re ready,” he said, placing a tender kiss on her shoulder.
Brice’s understanding words only made her feel worse. Deep down, she knew she didn’t really like him like that. She’d thought that she could have a meaningless one-night stand, then never give him a second thought, but she couldn’t do that to him, or to herself. Sex was much better when there was an emotional connection between the two people, in her opinion. And she knew that as good as he’d made her feel a few short minutes earlier, she felt no emotional connection with him.
“Thanks for being so sweet and understanding, Brice,” she said giving him a kiss on the cheek. In another time, he would have been the perfect man for her. He had showered her with compliments all night and any other dude would be tripping on the fact that he’d taken her out and she wasn’t going to let him hit it afterwards. “You’re going to make some woman a great husband one day.”
“Who knows, maybe that woman will be you, one day.”
Not knowing how to respond to that, Jada simply smiled as they began putting their clothes back on.
“Get some sleep, beautiful. I’ll call you tomorrow.” Brice kissed her on the forehead. Just as Brice was about to leave the room, Jada called him back. She wasn’t ready to be alone just yet. She’d really enjoyed Brice’s company tonight.
“Can you just stay and hold me for a while?”
He smiled and walked back over to her. “Of course.” He removed the diamond studs from his ears and reached to place them on the nightstand. One of them fell on the carpet. He bent over to look for it, but didn’t see it.
“We can get that in the morning,” Jada said.
Brice removed his shirt, then climbed back into bed with Jada. He wrapped his arms around her and spooned her and they fell asleep.
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