One Night: A BWWM Interracial Romance (23 page)

“Yeah,” he said playing along. “I’ll have to remember that part if I ever get married. Bride. Tuxedo. Ring. It’s so complicated!”
 

They both laughed lightly then fell into a slightly awkward silence as they realized the topic they had just touched on. Her grip on his arm lightened. He pulled his arm away and wrapped it around her shoulders, pulling her closely to him, not wanting the moment to end just yet.
 
She readily snuggled closer and they worked their way up the slight incline to where Cabin 11 was.
 

When they got to the cabin Natalie looked out and down at the vista of Green Vista.
 
He gave it a brief glance as he pushed his key into the door.
 
It was a view worth boasting about. The family cabins were well below them, out of yelling and screaming distance, and it seemed that for miles beyond that there was nothing but green. He was reminded why this had been his go-to place, despite the sparse accommodations.

“Well, darling,” he said, pushing the door open and grabbing her around the waist to lift her, “here we are at last.”

“Jake!” she yelped as he lifted her easily off the ground. “I swear to god if you carry me across the threshold like this I’ll scream.”

“Hmm,” he said thoughtfully, looking inside at the accommodations that were even more sparse than he remembered. “You’re right. I think this place calls for—”

With that he swung her up over his shoulder in a fireman’s lift which caused her to scream even louder as he laughed. She punched his lower back with a light fist, protesting as he carried her inside and set her down on the bare mattress.
 

She sat up on her elbows giving him an evil stare, then turned to look around at the cabin.
 

“Wow,” she said, getting up. “So…
this
is where you worked?”
 

He had to admit, it wasn’t all that impressive, even though it was pretty damn clean, with not even a spec of dust on the window sills. Apparently Ms. Driving-a-business took her business rather seriously. The walls were wood paneling instead of actual wood. The floor was laminate tile, but clean. There was the same small table and kitchenette and double bed. In fact, the only selling point to the whole place was the view out the front window. He remembered pushing the small, square table up against that window to stare out of while he worked.
 

“Yeah,” he said. “this is it.”
 

“It’s actually kind of cute…in a bachelor sort of way,” she said wandering around. “I can see how it might appeal to you. Especially that view.” She wandered over to the window to partake of said view.

So she got it. Jake nodded to himself and went up behind her to look at the view over her head.
 

NATALIE

“So,” Jake said behind her, “We have the place all night you know?”
 

“Ugh!” she said, turning around to look at him. “You men really do have sex on the brain.”
 

She thought of the luxurious room at the Ritz back in New York and the complete 180 that this room was. Sex with Jake at the Ritz had been…like something out of a fairy tale, even as hot and heavy as it was. Waking up to him on the lush, soft bedding with Central Park laid out below them.
 
This was a far cry from that.
 

On the other hand, there was something rather attractively primitive about this place. Seeing Jake here, in his element, the first place he had turned to when he began his “normal” life.
 
It was definitely stirring something in her.
 

It didn’t hurt that this was the place that had indirectly brought Jake into her life. Fucking here would be like christening the place that christened their relationship.
 

She heard herself talking in turns and smiled, laughing to herself and shaking her head slightly.
 

“What?” Jake said, most likely assuming she was still reluctant to be in this place any longer than necessary.
 

“You really want to spend the night here?” she said looking around the room with a smile. “Instead of that nice big bed at the hotel, or the rather spectacular one I noticed at your place?”

“Hmm, well when you put it like that,” he said thoughtfully but she could see a bit of a smile creeping in. “On the other hand, they do have fresh sheets here, and then there’s this spectacular view.
 
Frankly, Central Park is nice and all but it has nothing on—”

She stood on her toes and kissed him, pushing him back towards the bed, as her hands pulled the checkered shirt out of his jeans. He didn’t need any further cues as his own hands ran underneath her shirt, gliding up to the strapless bra she had on. He expertly unhooked it and let it fall down as she tugged the final edge of his shirt out of his pants.
 

They pulled each other’s shirts off, momentarily getting tangled in one another and laughing about it. Once their arms were free, she pressed her bare chest against his and wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing both of them down onto the mattress. She slid up to meet his mouth as they worked on each other’s jeans.
 

It was easy enough to push each other’s pants down past their asses, taking the underwear with them.
 
They stayed like that, pressed against each other, holding on to the round, firm flesh of the other’s backside. Finally the awkwardness got to be too much and Jake gave a huff, sitting up on his knees to remove Natalie’s boots and peel the tight denim down her smooth legs, followed by her underwear. He quickly untied his boots and chucked them off, then pushed and kicked his own jeans and underwear off. With that done, he jumped back on top of her.
 
She brought her legs up around him in a, now familiar embrace, and let the passion take over.
 

The mattress was firm, the fabric was rough, and they could feel the springs in their backs.
 
It was nothing like the Ritz but, after the initial impatience, their love making was the exact opposite of the night before.
 

Once inside of her, Jake’s hunger seemed to be sated as he paused to enjoy the feel of her against his body, surrounding his cock, her hands on his back. Natalie in turn absorbed his hardness, the feel of his muscles under her hands and between her thighs, his firm chest pressed against hers. As his hips fell in and out of her welcoming warmth, their bodies stayed connected to one another.
 

She looked up at him as he looked right back at her and read the feelings that transcended lust. He had opened himself up to her once today, and now she could see him opening another part of himself up to her. She responded by giving everything of herself right back to him.
 

As she came she broke down the last barrier and moaned, “Oh Jake, I love you.”
 

She let her head fall into his chest, not caring whether the sentiment was returned with words. She had seen and felt all she needed to know.
 

He cradled her head in his arms as she felt him release into her. “My god, I love you too, Natalie,” he groaned. He held onto her and she gripped him tighter, both of them cementing that moment to memory.
 

NATALIE

In the end they hadn’t ended up spending the night.
 
The lure of a soft, comfortable, king-sized bed overcame the need to get Jake’s full $60 worth. Natalie couldn’t help but suppress a smile as he advised the woman at the front desk that she would probably still have to do a bit of cleaning up, which only earned him a piercing look of scorn.
 

They had dressed in silence, stealing occasional, almost bashful glances at one another, wondering if the other party had actually meant what they had said in the heat of the moment.
 
Natalie knew for a fact that she had meant what she said, heat of the moment or not. She hadn’t even realized she truly felt that way until the moment she said it.
 

Now they were back in Jake’s car, leaving the parking lot and she was wondering how to proceed. It was funny, saying it a second time seemed even harder than saying it the first time. She looked at him out of the corner of her eye trying to gauge his emotions. He stared straight ahead at the road in front of them, gripping the steering wheel while he worked his jaw. Natalie had no idea how to read that.

Finally he burst out, “I meant it you know,” he said, taking his eyes off the road to look right at her.
 

She turned to him in astonishment, not knowing how to react. All she could do was stare at him while she worked out her response. After a few seconds she realized that he hadn’t shifted his eyes from her as he sped down the road.
 

“The road!” she cried in a panic, even though, as she turned to look, she could see that the path ahead was free of any other vehicles. She saw a flash of disappointment in his eyes before he shifted his gaze back to the road.
 

“Really?” she asked quietly looking at his profile. “You don’t have to say it to make me—”

“I meant it,” he said curtly.

She knew he was waiting for her to return the sentiment and just as she was about to, the car swerved to the side of the road, almost jostling her out of her seat.
 

“What are you doing?” she cried in surprise.
 

He parked the car in the leafy bank and turned to her. “I need to know how you feel,” he said. “Don’t spare my feelings, I can take it. I know we haven’t really been in each other’s company that long, but theses last few weeks of talking to you and...just seeing you every moment.
I’m
sure of how
I
feel. These things get said in the heat of the moment, I know, and if you want to take it ba—”

She shut him up with a kiss.
 

It was as long and sensual as their prior monumental kisses, but this one was far, far better. The wild burst of fireworks that were going off in her chest jettisoned through her body and went straight into the passion that she exerted to let him know: Yes, she loved him too.
 

They stayed that way until they were both almost out of breath. Coming up for air, they stared at each other with adoration. Then they leaned their heads against one another’s and began laughing.
 

Jake pulled away from Natalie and looked at her thoughtfully.
 

“I want you to meet my sister.” he said.
 

Once again, Natalie was thrown. She had seen so much of his life today, the most intimate parts, it made sense that he should want to take this step.
 
Especially after what had just happened. Everything was just happening so fast!

“If you think it’s okay,” she said hesitantly.
 

“Of course,” he said looking at her with certainty. “She’s been dying to meet you anyway.”

Again, Natalie was surprised.
 
Then she remembered the book. Of course his sister had read it. She groaned inwardly.
 
She certainly hoped that wasn’t his sister’s only impression of her.
 

Jake read her expression and smiled. “Don’t worry,” he said, “she loved Naomi…and she’s going to love you even more.”
 

“You forget I’ve read the book,” she groaned. “I’m like Naomi’s plain, clumsy, distant cousin.”
 

“You are most definitely not plain,” he assured her, laughing as she gave him a glare for ignoring the other part of her comment. “I’m going to call her up now and we can make plans for this week sometime.”

“
Now?
” she asked, startled. “While I’m here?”

“Why not?” he said already pressing the bluetooth button in the car.
 

Natalie cringed as she heard the ringing of the phone reverberate throughout the car.
 

“Hello?” said a feminine voice on the other end. “Jake?”

“Hey, sis,” he said, giving Natalie a reassuring smile. “Before you say anything, I’m in the car and you’re on speaker phone. I’ve got Natalie here with me.”

Natalie held her breath as she waited to see how his sister responded. Would she be upset at Jake including her in the phone call? Would she make suggestive remarks about the nature of Natalie’s relationship with her brother? Did she even approve of him being with her?
 

“You’re kidding!” she said gleefully. “Are you on your way here?” she asked.

Natalie relaxed a little, even smiling at the excitement and eagerness in Janet’s voice.
 

“Oh no!” he quickly assured her. “We don’t want to drop in unannounced. We were just thinking of making plans—”

“Nonsense!” she said. “Where are you right now?”

“We just left Green Vistas” he said.
 

“And you were going to go all the way back to New York?” she chastised. “Just come over now.
 
Have dinner with us. The boys are here and David will be home soon.
 
I should warn you it’s just spaghetti and garlic bread, but I’m sure I can get David to get a bottle on the way home.”

“Whoa, whoa,” Jake said, “if you’re inviting us unannounced then we are most definitely bringing the wine.”
 

“
Okay
,” she said with exaggerated reluctance. “Wait! She’s there with you right now?”

“Yeah,” he reminded her, laughing.
 

“Oh, well…
hi
!” she piped.

“Hello,” Natalie said and gave Jake a questioning shrug not knowing how to proceed.
 

He gave her a reassuring smile.
 

“You have no idea how worked up you’ve got my big bro—”

“Okay, Janet” Jake interrupted, “We’re on our way. See you in a bit. Signing off now.”
 

“Wait a second!” Natalie yelled, while Janet just laughed on the other end.