Beef, Lies & Crime

The Wine&Dine

Ashley's Point of View

"Are you trying to kill us with the way you driving?" I asked upset that I keep bouncing in my seat.
"I'm sorry babe. I just don't wanna miss the reservations cause then we gotta just sit in the hotel longer than I wanted." Alex said still driving fast.
"Well, at least get me to the restaurant safe." I said looking out the window. "Where are we going? Why are we on this side of town? With all the uppity people." I questioned him.
"We going somewhere very special. Take this blindfold." He said handing me it from in the glove department.
I put it on even though I didn't want to. "Is this necessary? You not trying to kill me, right?" I said playfully and serious.
"Never that babe. Just trust me, it'll all be worth it." He said laughing.

The car then came to a stop. I so wanted to take the blindfold off but Alex read my mind and said, "Keep it on, I'm gonna come help you out." I sighed. Then the door opened a few seconds later. I stepped out holding Alex hand for support. I felt the pavement under my shoes but it wasn't the messed up pavement I was used to it was smooth. I felt Alex hands touch the back of my head to take off the blindfold. "Surprise!" He said after it came off.

I opened my eyes and we were in front of the expansive Italian restaurant I always talked about going to. "I didn't think you were listening when I told you about this place. But how can we afford it?" I asked curiously.
"I've been saving since the first time you mentioned it. I wanted you to be able to have whatever you want." He said blushing.
"Thank you. Now can we please go eat. Its a quarter to 7. Im starving." I said pulling him inside.

Alex's Point of View

"Alright babe, you can stop pulling me we inside already." I said.
"Sorry, I just wanna finally taste the food." Ashley said with a smile. She had that twinkle in her eye I always see when she's excited. I giggled.
We approached the hostess. "I have a reservation under the name Jackson." I told the hostess. She looked for it and then motioned for us to follow her. We had a table in the back. She handed us the menus before leaving.

I almost wasn't able to get this reservation being that this time of year was always busy for them but a table opened up as I was trying to reason with the lady that makes the reservations. It was summer, one of the hottest summers yet.

"What are you getting?" She asked still looking at the menu.
"I was thinking of getting the ravioli lasagna." I said still looking through to be sure.
"Hmmmm, I want the spaghetti and meatballs with extra meatballs and sauce."
"That sounds good but I'll still get the ravioli lasagna." I said putting the menu down.
"Okay, you losing out." She said giggling.
"What's so funny?"
"You just don't wanna get caught eating MEAT BALLS again."
"Haha real funny. You better had deleted that picture too." I said. Ashley had took a picture of me eating meatballs before and I had two smalls ones in my cheeks that made it look weird.
"Maybe I did. Maybe I didn't."
"Let's just order." I said as the waiter walked to us to take our order and drinks.

Before Ashley can say her drink I told him to get the wine I ordered with my reservations. She looked at me with surprise face at the fact that I knew what I was doing. "Yes, just because I'm a street nigga don't mean I don't know shit." I winked at her.

We devoured our meals, after it took 30 minutes to come, in about 10 minutes and the wine tasted great with it. "So babe, how am I doing so far?"
"So far so good. It shows that you listen to me but you still aren't off the hook." She said.
"Well okay lets go then."
"Where we going?"
"To our next stop." I said. Putting the money down for the tab and a tip for the waiter.

---20 minutes later---

"You can take the blindfold off now babe."
"What is this place?" Ashley said looking out the window of the car.
"Oh, this is one of the best hotels out here and to think it was only 25 minutes away from the hood is crazy." I said looking at how beautiful the building looked on the outside. "Lets go in and stop staring at the outside."
"Thats fine with me."

I got the bags from the back. We walked in the building it was huge. It had a lounge area in the lobby. It had a lounge with a bar in the back of the hotel. The elevators worked unlike the ones in my mans building. We got to the counter to get the keys. We got up to our room. It was huge. It had a view of the city. Beautiful lights and the sky dark blue made it even more better. A hot tub in the room, its own mini bar and a huge walk in shower.

"This is just beautiful." She said taking it all in.
"The best for my babe." I said when this was one of the add ons to everything because of my fuck ups. "Put on your bathing suit. We're going to the hot tub."
"Hot Tub?!" She said looking at me surprised.
"Yes. The man said its in the bathroom." I said giggling at her excitement and seeing that twinkle again.
"You don't gotta tell me twice. Come unzip me please." She said taking off her shoes.

We sat in the hot tub for hours talking about where everything started and where everything went left.
"You know I never meant to get her pregnant. Or at least probably got her pregnant."
"You still had sex with her is the point." She said with a disappointed face.
"You're totally right. I can't take that back. I just hope and pray that it isn't my baby so that from that day forward I can make everything right. Make us right again." I said.

I start leaning in for a kiss which she didn't push away yet. So I kept advancing then our lips touched. Oh how I forgot how her lips felt against mine. I pulled her in for a long hot kiss. She moaned in my mouth letting me know it was okay. I knew she needed me the way I needed her. I carried her out to the room. I put her down to put a towel on the bed then laid her down. We continued kissing then I began caressing her leg, which must've sent a chill up her spine because she stiffened.

"If you don't want to I understand." I said looking in her eyes.
"No I do but I just don't know if I should give in so soon."
"Whenever you ready. We got this hotel until Sunday." I said being that its Friday.
"Can we just cuddle for tonight?" She said with sadness in her eyes.
"Whatever you want babe."

We changed into nightwear. We watched a little tv for a while and cuddled for the night. She was sleep in the next hour. I sat up for the next hour admiring the little black box I had in the draw next to the bed. I was just thinking of how I should do it. How should I ask her. I didn't want to be too tired for tomorrows fun so I went to sleep.