Jade

Chapter 57

After an exceptionally long lip lock and much cheering, Aris sat me down.  I almost fell and he grabbed me to steady me.  “Want to go for a ride?” he asked.  “Yes,” I answered.  “We want to play too!”  Kale yelled.  “Let me take Jade and Lia for a ride, then we will play,” Aris told him.  Kale nodded in agreement.  Ripley followed us to the Hummer and helped me get in the back seat.  He got in the front passenger seat.  Lia got in on the other side by herself and Aris climbed into the driver's seat.  He started it up and put it in gear.  He drove us back to our cabin, then turned around and went back.  I thought that he was going to stop, but he continued on out to the road and took us to the highway.  We drove until we reached the gas station and he filled it up with fuel.  He went in and paid, then drove us back.  We stopped at the main cabin.  He turned and looked at me, “I love it, Jade.  All of my presents,” he looked at Lia then Ripley, “I think this is my best Christmas ever.”  They both smiled at him.

He grabbed a hold of the collar of my jacket, pulled me forward and kissed me again, “I am so glad you are here Jade.”  “Me too,” I agreed.  “Okay, send them out to play,” he told me.  “Okay,” Ripley climbed out, then helped me down.  Lia came around to meet me.  Ripley didn't get back in.  “Don't you want to play?” I asked him.  “No,” he answered, “I am going to stay with you.”  “Okay,” I held my hand out to him.  He took it and we went up onto the dock, then the porch.  “He's ready for you,” I announced.  They cheered and headed to the Hummer.

“Can we have another cigarette?” I asked.  Ripley lit cigarettes for Lia and I, then one for himself.  I took a long draw off of mine, “they will be careful, right?”  “No,” Ripley smiled, “but they will be okay.”  “How long do you think they will play?” I asked.  “It depends on how much fun they are having,” Lia answered, “an hour, maybe two.”  “What do we do while they are gone?”  “I am going to start dinner.  You could finish opening your presents with Ripley,” Lia suggested.  “Do I have a lot?”  “Just a few,” Ripley answered.  “Okay, we could do that,” I looked at Ripley.  We finished our cigarettes and went in.

I waited for them to take their coats and boots off, then we went to the living room, Lia to the kitchen.  There were maybe ten wrapped gifts.  “How about we take these to Aris' room and take a bath after you open them,” he suggested.  A bath did sound good.  “Okay,” I agreed.  We gathered up the packages and put them in the larger puppy box.  He picked up the box and followed me to Aris' room.  He put the box on the bed.  Some were in strange wrapping paper.  I picked one of those and opened it.  Ripley just sat on the bed and watched.  It was hand made lingerie.  All of those packages were lingerie.

I picked the last one, which was the largest one.  It was a beautiful handmade dress.  It was a kaleidoscope of colors.  It was strapless and would reach the floor on me.  “Try it on,” Ripley urged me.  “I don't know,” I told him.  “I do.  Try it on,” he told me.  I turned to go into the closet.  “No, stay here and try it on,” he told me, “we have seen each other naked already.  You will be wearing underwear.”  “Okay,” I made sure to have a strapless bra on and underwear and went down to just that.  I stepped into the dress and pulled it up over my hips, then up over the strapless bra.  “Can you fasten it in the back?” I asked him.  He got up off of the bed and approached me from behind.  He slowly zipped the dress up.  I could feel him nuzzling my neck.  He kissed me right below my ear.  I giggled.

He moved me over to the full length mirror.  “It is a wedding dress,” he told me.  “Aren't wedding dresses usually white?” I asked.  “This one is for after the ceremony,” he told me, “For dancing and other activities.”  “What other activities?” I smiled.  “Eating cake, throwing the bouquet,” he drew it out.  “I would like to be the one to take it off of you,” he lowered his voice.  I looked in the mirror.  His eyes were red again.  I tensed up a little.  He took a step back, “I am sorry Jade. Did I scare you.”  “Your eyes changed to red,” I told him.  “You saw that?” he asked, “You actually see them change?”  “Yes,” I answered, “Why?”  “What colors have you seen them change to?” he pressed further.  “Just red and a mix of red and black,” I answered, “Why?”  “Those changes reflect my feelings and emotions,” he answered.  “Oh.  Are you okay with me seeing them?”  “Yes,” he smiled, “I am not very good at conveying those things.  Maybe it will make things between us easier.”  “What does red mean?  And black,” I asked.  “I want to see if you can figure them out,” he answered, “think about it for a while, then tell me.”

We went back to the bed.  I pulled out an envelope from the box.  “This one is from Lia,” I told him.  I opened it.  It was a gift card for PetSmart.  “I told her that I was giving you a puppy,” he explained.  The next one was from Antony.  A gift card to Victoria's Secret.  Kale just gave me cash.  We cleaned everything up, putting the gifts back in the big box and throwing the trash away.

“Are you ready for that bath?” he asked.  “Yes,” we went in the bathroom.  He started the water and I got out the toiletries.  I poured bubble bath in, then pulled my hair down out of the bun.  I pulled my hair to the side and went to him, “unzip me?”  I turned my back to him and he pulled the zipper down.  I changed from underwear to a topaz colored bikini.  “You look great in that,” he told me.  I turned and looked at him, putting the dress on the vanity.  His eyes are red.  “Thank you,” I told him, “your eyes are red.  What are you feeling?”  I looked away since he was taking his underwear off.  “Come here,” he told me, “I will show you.”  I went to him, keeping my eyes on his.  I guess I was going too slow for him because he quickly closed the distance.  He put both hands on my cheeks, bent down and kissed me.  He scooped me up in his arms and carried me to and down into the bathtub.  He lowered me down to where I was sitting in the water, then he sat down next to me.

“Have you figured it out yet?” he asked, eyes still red.  “You'll have to show me more,” I smiled, then went under to wet my hair.  He came back up just a few seconds after me.  He turned off the water.  I hit the button to start the jets.  He leaned back and lifted me to lay on his torso.  “Wait!” I started to struggle, panicked, trying to get away.  “Calm down, calm down.  I will not do anything that you do not want me to do,” he said soothingly.  I stopped struggling.  “What do you think red means?” he asked.  “Desire,” I answered looking into his still red eyes.  “Very good,” he praised me.  He pulled me down against him.  He reached up and kissed me.  I granted him access.  He encircled me with his arms and deepened the kiss.  It was a lot like when he licked chocolate out of my mouth.  We kissed like that for a minute, then stopped to catch our breath.  I climbed off of him.  To my relief he didn't stop me.

I offered him some shampoo.  He sat up and held out his hand.  I gave him some, then poured some in my palm.  We lathered our hair up and rinsed, then did the same with conditioner.  I lathered myself up with soap then handed the bar to him.  I rinsed as he lathered himself up.  Then he rinsed.  “Let's run some more hot water and just relax for a little while,” I suggested.  “Sounds good,” he agreed turning the water on.  I opened the drain, let some water out and then closed it.  “Do you need me to wash your back?” I offered.  “That would be wonderful,” he answered.  I soaped my hands up and slowly rubbed his back.  “That feels so good,” he told me, “you have magic hands.”  I kept rubbing for a few minutes then stopped.  “You may get sore if I keep going,” I told him.  “Would you like for me to rub yours?” he offered.

“I will do that,” Aris said from behind us.  I turned around and smiled at him, “Did you have fun?”  “I certainly did,” he answered, walking to the closet to get Ripley a robe, “now all I want to do is relax with you.”  He came back to the tub entrance and waited for Ripley, who stood up without any sense of modesty.  Ripley climbed out and took the robe.  Aris changed into swim shorts and descended into the bathtub.  I pulled my hair to the side.  He sat down behind me and soaped up my back.  I leaned back to rinse off.  “Did you wash your hair?” he asked.  “I just washed it, but I could wash yours,” I suggested.  I moved out of the way and he laid down to wet his hair.  He sat back up and I washed then conditioned his hair.  “Can I wash your back?” I asked him.  “Sure,” he answered.  He turned his back to me and I soaped him up, then rubbed it in.  “You do have magic hands,” he told me.  I moved out of the way so that he could lay back to rinse off.  “Dinner is ready.  We are out of time for our bath.  Are you ready for a smoke?” he asked.  “Yes,” I answered.  We both stood.  He held my hand as I climbed the steps and followed me up.  We put on robes and slippers and wrapped our hair up in towels.

Ripley was putting his shoes on in the bedroom.  The skin picked out a white sleeveless minidress with pink embroidery around the neck and hem and flat white knee high boots.  Aris wore black slacks and a white button down long sleeve shirt.  I had the skin French braid my hair.  Aris pulled his hair back at the nape of his neck.  We donned coats and went out on the balcony to smoke.  Aris lit a cigarette for me, then one for himself.  Ripley lit himself one.

“What's for dinner?” I asked them, “I haven't ate yet today.  I’m starving.”  “Fried Chicken,” Aris answered.  “That sounds so good,” I told them.  They both agreed.  We finished our cigarettes in silence then went in and made our way to the dining room.  Lia was bringing food out to the table.  “Do you need any help?” I offered.  “Max and Theo are helping,” she answered, “but thanks for the offer.”  Just then Max and Theo came out of the kitchen carrying more food.

Aris pulled out my chair and I sat.  He sat at the head of the table to my left and Ripley sat to my right.  Aris picked up a platter of chicken and put some on his and my plate, then passed the platter to Ripley, who took some and passed it on.  “Mashed potatoes?” Aris asked.  I turned to look at him.  He was waiting on me.  “Please,” I answered.  He put some on my plate, then passed the bowl to Ripley.  It went on like that with me taking a little bit of everything.  We waited until everyone was seated and served.  Then we dug in.  I ate everything on my plate, then got seconds of chicken, stuffing and macaroni and cheese.  I ate my food then pushed my plate away.  I was so full.  “That was soooooo good,” I announced.  I waited for everyone else to finish eating.

“How did you like your presents?” Lia asked.  “I loved them,” I answered, “thank you, all of you.”  “Are you excited to get a puppy?” she asked.  “Yes,” I answered, “I can't wait.”  We talked about presents for a few more minutes while the others finished eating.  I told her about the handmade lingerie.  “That is a strange Christmas present,” she commented.  “It is,” I agreed.  When everyone was finished, she, Max and Theo stood up and began clearing the table.  The rest of us decided to go out for a smoke.