Valentine's Day

Chapter 23

Brian rubbed his shins as he sat on Maddie's couch waiting for her to change... hopefully into something seductive. All the pain in learning to skate again was based on her statement that she'd make it worth his  wild. He had the typical male hope of seeing some skin but it would be his luck that she would do something silly and walk out in a banana costume.

He was more than surprised that he had actually had a good time skating.  Watching Maddie twirl around him in circles lip syncing Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" to him as he struggled to balance was frustrating but enjoyable at the same time. And when a 13 year old girl offered him her hand when he fell for what felt like the thousandth time, he was enchanted by the Act of kindness. It had been a long time since he needed someone's help to get off of the floor. A couple of teenage boys realized who he was and expressed surprise to see Synyster Gates at a West Hollywood skating rink on a Saturday night. He explained it that he was there because his date wanted to be there and that was the first rule of dating, always make your date happy.

"Sorry that took so long," Maddie said as she breezed into the room wearing khaki shorts and a black tank top " my mom decided she needed to talk about the color palette for the study. I had to listen to each suggestion carefully."

Brian stood and walked towards her in the kitchen "And did she decide something?"

Maddie frowned. "Hell no. She will wait till it's the day before the painters start the work to decide. Typical mom. Do you want something to drink? Are you hungry?"

"Nah I'm good. I think I'll be full for the rest of my life on that greasy pizza from the rink."

Maddie smiled as she pulled herself a Coke from the fridge. "It was nice of you to buy everyone in the rink pizza."

Brian laughed "It was the least I could do, you know, subjecting them to watch my horrible skills."

"They were pretty bad," she agreed popping the top on her soda and taking a sip.

"Haha," he laughed dryly as he walked closer "can I have some of that?"

She lifted her can to offer him and he took it. But instead of drinking it, he set it on the counter and pulled her gently into his arms. She didn't fight it. She went willingly. "Can I kiss you now? I've been waiting all day." He asked in a rough voice. Instead of waiting for her reply, he kissed her eyes, and her eyebrows, and along her hairline and all the way down to her neck. Light, tantalizing kisses that were almost unbearably pleasurable. Then he kissed the corner of her mouth and gently pulled at her lower lip with his teeth.

"Knock off the arch-seducer stuff," she complained jokingly. She was trying to hide the fact that the feel of his lips made her light headed.

"Well if my kissing methods aren't up to madame's standards."he laughed as he took her hand. "How about if we got just made out like teenagers? How's that? I mean since I know you're outta commission for a few days. You could let me just feel you up."

"Okay," she said with a grin "but no more slick moves from you. Like you unfastening my bra with one hand on the first try."

"Don't worry, Maddie. I'll fumble around," he grinned as they both dropped down on the couch.

"And don't you dare say 'Woah Maddie what's that?' and then pull my panties out from behind my ear. Got it?" she poked him in the chest and he leaned close, lifting his hand to push her hair out of her face.

He laughed softly and his warm breath briefly intoxicated her "But that's my party trick," he said with a half smirk. "It's one of the most spectacularly seductive things that I do."

"You know for someone who practically ran away from me in Las Vegas, you sure are adamant to get back into sexual practice," she said hoarsely as he leaned in to kiss her.