Forever Yours: How it all Began

Chapter 21

We pulled up to the club for valet parking.  Just as the valet guy was going to open my door, Jaxon jumped out to stop him. He opened the door for me to exit and grabbed my hand as we walked into the club. Darah and Isaac were right behind us. 

We made our way upstairs to the VIP where there was another dance floor and half moon shaped seating areas that included a table and semi circle plush benches. Jaxon placed his hands on the small of my back as he led me to one of the VIP seats marked reserved. The reserve tag read Jaxon & Crew. We all sat in our booth and the waitress soon appeared to take our drink and food order. Jaxon and Isaac ordered 8 shots of Don Julio.  After ordering our drinks, we decided to order a wing platter and two extra large buckets of fries.

While waiting on our food and drinks, we scanned the dance floor looking for our first victim to joke about. It didn't take long before Isaac had us zooming in on this one chick that looked like she was vogeing to Bone Thugs & Harmony's song The Crossroads. We all laughed and searched the floor for more people to laugh at. 

After 20 minutes, the waitress arrives with our shots, water  and food.  We each held our shot glass up and pushed the liquid down our throats. It was nice and smooth. I think I've found another tequila that I like.  After finishing our food and tequila shots, we made our way to the dance floor. This is how we do it by Montell Jordan was playing. Jaxon grabbed my waist and moved me to an open spot on the dance floor.  We danced through the whole song while laughing and joking about things we were seeing on the dance floor. 

After a few fast songs were played, the lights were dimmed and the next song came on. It was Michel'le "Something In My Heart." As I was about to turn and walk back to our table, Jaxon pulled me back.

"Will you stay on the floor with me?" He asked. 

I looked up at him and nodded yes. He put his hands around my waist as I put my hands around his neck. We slowly begin to sway to the soft music. I soon relaxed and pressed the side of my face close to his chest. Damn he smells so good. He takes one of his hands to my chin and lifts up my face so that I'm looking in his eyes. Leaning down, he places a soft kiss to my lips.  Not lingering, he looked at me. I guess to see how I would react.  I'm not sure what came over me, but I pulled him down to my lips and we kissed.  It felt so natural, like this is where I should be. We didn't hold the kiss very long not wanting to put on a show.

After a few slow songs, the DJ picked up the speed again, playing My Boo by the Ghostown DJs.  Jaxon and I were right back in the groove like the kiss never happened. I was truly having fun. After what seemed like two hours of dancing, Jaxon and I finally made our way back to the booth where we found Darah and Isaac tongue tied. I looked at Jaxon and asked if he knew they had made their relationship official. He kind of cocked his head to the side and said he didn't know but he could tell it wasn't going to be long.

We sat down on the plush couch and I laid back against the wall, tired from dancing. Jaxon laid back as well and moved me to lie back against his chest. His cologne was so damn intoxicating. Staying in this position could lead to something else and I'm not ready for that. I want a relationship with Andre and it wouldn't be fair to add Jaxon to the mix. Pulling up from Jaxon's chest, I asked if he wanted to order another round of shots. 

Soon our shots were delivered and we downed them.  Darah and Isaac went back to the dance floor while Jaxon and I remained seated. He moved in closer to me and asked if I was enjoying myself.  I couldn't lie, I was having fun. I told him that I was having fun and thanked him for bringing us. He looked at me and flashed his smile with the cute dimple.

"I hope we can hang out more." Jaxon said.

"You mean the crew?" I asked just to be clear.

"Yeah but more often just you and me". 

Jaxon was direct in his intentions. He wanted to get to know me on a more serious level.  Maybe this is what I need. Maybe this is why Andre and I can't seem to be on one accord because we didn't really take the time to really know one another.

"Jaxon, what happens if I choose Andre? It's not fair to you. I don't want to enter your heart knowing that I may not stay. I'm going through this with Andre now and it hurts. I don't want to do the same to you."

Jaxon looked at me and just started talking like he had just disregarded my statement. He told me about his father being in the military so they moved around a lot. His father's last tour landed the family in California where they lived until moving to Huntsville four years ago. His full name is Jaxon Alexander Malzon, his parents are still together and he has a sister my age. He told me a little about his childhood and how his dad raised them with an iron fist but his mom was the soft one of his parents. I told him there has to be a balance and it looked like his parents raised him to be a respectable young man. He just laughed and repeated the word respectable.  I asked him why he thought it was funny. He said of all the adjectives that could describe him, I used respectable.

I reminded him of how he's always checking on me to make sure I'm ok and checking my apartment before letting me walk in. I told him that I respect a man that takes charge and makes sure his woman is safe and ok.

"So you're my woman?" Jaxon asked.

"I meant in general Jaxon."

I pretended to punch his arm. He grabbed his chest like I'd hurt his feelings. We both just burst out laughing. I told him my childhood history; my parents divorced when I was young but later became friends. They were always together when it was time to support me in whatever I did. I'm an only child and I love spending time with my parents. Yes, I'll even sleep in the bed with them. I played school and travel volleyball from 7th grade through college and now I'm in Huntsville pursuing my dream to one day own my very own corporation with plans to move back to Dallas in another year.

While we were talking, Darah and Isaac came back so Darah could rest her feet. She said she should have worn a shorter heel and started whining that her feet hurt. Isaac took her shoes off and started massaging her feet. This took me back to the foot massage Andre gave me. If Isaac's massage is as good as the one Andre gave me, I don't see how Darah can sit there and control herself. It didn't seem to have the same effect as Andre's massage had on me. 

"You guys ready to go?" Jaxon asked.

I looked at my watch and it's already 2a.m. We do need to get back so that Jaxon can sleep before getting on the road back to Huntsville. We all told him that we were ready. He called for the waitress so he and Isaac could close their tabs and tip the waitress.

The boys grabbed our hands and led us out of the club. When the valet guy brought the car around, Jaxon opened the door so I could get in. He closed the door and walked to his side of the car as he stopped so he and Isaac could tip the valet guy. We rode back to the penthouse talking about all of the crazies we saw at the club.  Laughing, we all yelled in unison, "what about vogue!" I can honestly say I've enjoyed myself.