Get Ready For It - A Gary Barlow FF

Chapter 27

The sexual tension that is rising from our table in the corner of this little Asian Fusion spot in West London is so thick that it could be cut with a fucking spoon! All I want to do right now is launch myself across the table out of my seat and take her right now. My cock is so hard right now that I think the button of my jeans will pop off any minute and fly across the room and land in someone's wine glass.

''You okay, Gary? You look a little flushed..'' she says, somehow managing to get genuine concern across, when I know well that she is laying me at my own game here.

Swallowing loudly, I decide that she cannot beat me. Not here anyway. She can be the winner all she likes when we get back to the house where I will have her all to myself. But not in public. Not when there may be paps around. Not that I need to appear as if I'm a dominant boyfriend or anything like that. I just don't like being caught off my guard. Shaking my head quickly, getting my head back in the game, I smirk at her slightly before the words fall effortlessly from my lips.

''Me? No, not at all''

Her eyes widen for a split second before she nods her head in agreement.

''Well, you're not one to be fazed easily. I have come to realize that quite quickly. You weren't thrown by my teary face outside Burlington Arcade anyway, so you can't be fazed that easily'' she jokes as she scoops her phone up from the side of the table and throws it in her handbag.

''Ready to go?'' she asks softly as I drain the dregs of my coffee cup before standing up myself.

Nodding my head, I drop some cash on to the table, indicating to the waiter that I will make it up another time if it's not the right amount. But for what we ate today, I'm sure that I have left more than enough.

*****

As we pad through the car park towards the car, I can't help but notice the slightly uncomfortable silence that has fallen over us since we have left the restaurant.

Ever since we rose up from the table, the thought of me getting home and ripping those clothes from her perfect frame and taking her against whatever counter top I saw fit, has vanished from my mind and has been replaced with the darkest cloud of uncertainty along with an extreme lack of clarity.

As we reach the car, I notice that this tension needs to be sorted out before we get home. I don't want her to get the wrong impression.

''Hey..'' I stop before I open my side of the car, resting my arms on the roof to make sure that I get her full attention.

''You okay?'' I ask her quietly.

I think it's best to tread softly with this. I just don't know how she may feel about what just happened between us inside the restaurant. With still being in the early stages of a relationship, you're still getting to know the little traits and things about the other person which indicate how they may be feeling or acting. Everyone has their tells - I'm sure I have mine - and it's just about getting to know about the other person's.

Nodding her head slowly, the words tumble from her lips before the sounds of a car door opening fill the air;

''Yep. Why wouldn't I be?''

Cold. Ice cold.

*****

The journey home - all 15 minutes of it - was spent in complete silence. I could hear a pin drop in someone else's car, never mind my own one! I pull in to the drive and switch off the engine. Staring at the steering wheel, a tornado of thoughts flash through my head all at once, but they all come down to the main thing; Is this what she thinks this relationship is going to be like? Will this feel like the start of how a relationship with me is going to be like for her? I certainly hope she doesn't think like that or is thinking like that.

Instinctively, I reach over a lightly grasp her elbow, getting her attention quickly.

''Sophie'' I whisper quietly.

So quietly, that I'm surprised she even heard me. However, her head turns to look at me, gazing back at me with those beautiful blue cerulean eyes.

''I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I've said anything that has upset you, babe''

Her eyes widen as she registers what I'm saying. All of a sudden, she just begins to laugh. My brows knit together in confusion as to why she is laughing.

''Sophie, what's so funny?'' I ask her as I fight the sudden giggle that wants to pass through my lips.

I need to stay strong here.

''Gary, you are just too cute sometimes. That was nothing that happened between us in the restaurant. At least I don't think it is anything near needing to worry about'' she says as she unclips her seat belt and opens the door to get out.

Following suit, unclip my own belt and hop out of the car. Strolling up the path behind her, I catch up to her just before we begin the ascent of steps up to my front door.

''What do you mean? I thought you'd be upset with me'' I trail off as I kick the stones underneath my feet.

''Pretty hard to be upset with somebody when they haven't done anything wrong, babe'' she says as she takes off up the steps leaving me dumbfounded with what has just transpired over the last half an hour.

''You coming or what, Gary? You're the only one here with a key to the house'' she giggles at me pulling me out of my daydream.

Looking up at the 10 steps to my house, I realize that what she just said down here is very true; what happened between us what pretty much nothing. I know that now. It's time to stop being stupid and make this relationship something magical. Time to pull out all of the stops. Smirking slightly to myself, I begin to take the steps two at a time. Time to show her the 'Full Barlow Effect'