New Life

24|Fun

The sun was beginning to set making the Downtown Atlanta skyline us. The air outside was just right, it felt as though God himself had personally wrapped His arms around you in a warm embrace. The sky was a beautiful assortment of colors, deep blues, pinks, and oranges filled the sky over the tall buildings. As they rode the elevator up to the 70th floor Janet leaned back on Jermaine a little as he wrapped his arms around her slender waist and placed his head on her right shoulder.

"Why you so quiet?" Jermaine said, his lips grazing her ear.

She drew in a breath before replying, "Just thinking."

"I want you to promise me something..."

"And what is that?" She asks turning around to face him.

"I want you to have fun. All our friends are here and I want you to enjoy tonight. No thinking about court, Zoë, Rene, nothing... Just have fun."

"I'll try." She said fiddling with one of his shirt buttons.

He uses a thumb to caress her cheek and she looks up at him. "J, just say you'll do it. You know what I wanna hear from you."

She chuckled, "Since you want me to have fun. I'm going to have fun. I don't want you to act like you babysitting me either." As the elevator slowed to a stop she held his hand, waiting for the doors to open.

"Deal." He said leading her out to their waiting guests.

As the night progressed Jermaine watched Janet talk and laugh with her friends and family the way she used to before. He watched as Gil toasted something, upon closer inspection he sees that Janet has two different drinks. He cursed to himself as he remembered he wasn't supposed to look over her shoulder.

Janet must've felt him looking at her cause she looked around and smiled at him. In that moment he knew what she was doing. At 9:15 Janet took the mic and stood in front of the room. "Okay, we want to thank everybody for coming to celebrate with us, even though you have no idea what you're celebrating. I'm going to let you know in a little bit but first I want to play a game. Under the centerpiece on each table is a sheet of paper with a clue on it, all the clues when you figure them out will add up to something. When you think you've gathered all the clues and figured out what the something is bring it to us; if you're right your table gets whatever surprise is in these lovely boxes behind me."

"Before you think about getting hints from one of us... We don't know what the answer is yet so don't look this way." Jermaine eyes a disappointed Melissa. "Everybody go to your table and we'll let you know when to start." After everybody got to a table Janet and Jermaine let them have at it.

"I saw you double fisting. Don't think I don't know what you're doing."

"I felt you watching me; I'm not going to get fucked up. Loosen up a little baby." She says eyeing a chocolate covered strawberry before deciding to pick it up. "We're going to Matahari too right?" Matahari was a club in Atlanta. It was the newest addition to a brand of clubs in New York, Miami and Las Vegas.

"If that's what you want."

"Babe, don't be a killjoy. You wanted me to have fun and I aim to please." She bit down on her lip before gently sucking the chocolate end of the strawberry.

When the game was finished the party-goers finally understood what they were invited to celebrate. The entire room erupted in cheers and applause as people bombarded the couple with congratulations, hugs, and questions.

**

Worn out after dancing, Janet sits on Jermaine's lap. He rested one hand on her waist and the other on her bare thigh. Using his index finger he traced small circles on the inside of her thigh, after a while he slid his hand a little closer to her core.

Squeezing her thighs tight she looked at him, mouthing "No." Grabbing his hand she stood up and pulled him to the dance floor hoping to distract him. She led him to a dimly lit corner of the dance floor, so they wouldn't be recognized. One song went off as "Love in this Club" came on.

Shit! Janet thought as her plan started to crumble. She was determined not to let him get to her and this song was not helping. Their bodies moved as one to the rhythm of the music. Halfway through the song, Jermaine whispers in her ear, "Your wish is my command. " his teeth grazing her outer ear before sucking on her earlobe.

She tried to ignore him but her body betrayed her, she knew he felt that shiver. She gasped as he places feather light kisses along her neck. Desire burned deep within her as he nibbled and sucked on her spot. "Come here." She said looking into his eyes.

She held his hand making sure he stayed close as she led him into a corner where she was sure nobody could see them. Once there he closed the small gap between them and she crushed her lips onto his. She grabbed his neck to bring him closer, pushing her tongue against his lips, demanding entrance.

Heat pooled in her core as he pulled her so close that she didn't know where her body ended and his began. She pressed her aching core against his arousal as a groan escaped her lips. He grabbed her leg above the knee and wrapped it around his waist, so she was standing on one leg.

He slides her panties to the side before pressing his fingertip to her clitoris. He thrusts his finger into her causing her to cry out. He captures her lips to suppress her moans as he adds another finger. Palming her clitoris she grinds her hips a bit. He thrusts in and out of her as she moans against his lips. He felt her walls begin to quicken, she was almost there.

"Come for me baby." He whispered in her ear.

She mewled his name as he thrusts into her again and again. "Janet?" A familiar voice called as their footsteps got closer.

Janet growled immediately angered by the interruption as Jermaine pulled his fingers from her warm cave. Placing her foot on the floor she turned in the direction she heard the voice.

You have to be fucking kidding me! Janet thought as she glared at Rene willing him to die. "Are you following me?!"

Rene stepped closer to the pair as his eyes grew dark. "I told you I'd be your worst nightmare."

Jermaine was rubbing her back to calm her down, "You didn't want her when I was pregnant so leave us alone." Caught off guard by that bit of information Jermaine freezes and looks at Rene as Janet tries, but fails, to walk around Rene.

Jermaine uses a hand to choke Rene as quickly as Rene grabbed Janet's forearm attempting to slam her into the wall. Janet stood frozen waiting for the impact of a hand; when it doesn't happen she looks up at Jermaine holding Rene.

"You put your fucking hands on her again and I'll kill you myself," Jermaine growled at Rene. "Matter of fact if you look at her or Breaunna too hard I'll kill you. Got it?"

Unable to speak Rene shakes his head as Jermaine releases him. As he coughs trying to get air Jermaine steps past him tucking Janet under his arm protectively. "You ready to go?" He looks at her. She nods, not trusting her voice.

**

"He's hit you before hasn't he?" he watches as she sits with her face leaned up against the cool window.

She turns to look at him and whispers, "Yes." Unbuckling her seat belt she crawls over to him and sits on his lap, resting her head in the crook of his neck.

"What happened?" he asked curiously wrapping his arms around her.

"The last time, before he left, he got mad 'cause I didn't have the abortion he wanted me to have. He slammed me against the wall and when I wouldn't agree to have one he threw me down the landing. I nearly lost Breaunna that time... I just couldn't do it I loved her too much to just get rid I her." Wiping a tear away, "That's what scares me, he hasn't changed and if he gets her, at any time, I'm afraid of what's going to happen. I can't lose her... I can't."