The next day was a Monday. I had waken up early to get Louis up for school & to say good bye to Gesine. She had to get back to the farm and the bakery so she couldn't stay long. I got out of bed, Marlon still asleep beside me, and walked down the hall and into Louis' room. I walked over to his bed, and to my surprise he wasn't there. "what the fuck?!?" I had said loudly, this time not caring who I woke up. A knot formed in my stomach and I ran downstairs. When I got to the bottom of the stairs I saw a note on the coffee table that read "I brought Louis to school. Sleep in! My birthday gift to you ;) -Gesine"
The abnormal pace that my heart was beating soon subsided and I felt a sense of absolute relief come over me. As long as Louis was okay, I was okay.
I heard the shower turn on upstairs and at the same time my phone buzzed. I got a text from Gesine: "Louis is at school and now I'm on my way to the airport. I'm really sorry I couldn't say good bye to you and marlon in person but I'll call you as soon as my plane lands. I love you." I replied "okay, I love you too. Thanks for taking Louis to school" and headed upstairs.
I walked into the bathroom and saw Marlons tall, dark figure through the glass doors of the shower. He was so gruff and sexy, and I wanted him in the worst way possible. I opened the door. "Good morning" I said in a low, alluring voice. He wiped the water from his eyes and looked at me, pushing the hair behind my ear with his wet hands. "Hi baby" he sort of mouthed because he couldn't really talk with water running down his face.
I leaned in the shower and kissed his cheek, then shut the door and walked out. Marlon & I had a sort of mysterious relationship, we always teased each other. I liked it that way because it was different from any other relationship I had ever been in. I walked into the bed room and got un dressed, and then crawled into bed, carefully placing the blankets over me.
The water turned off and a few moments later Marlon came into the bedroom with just a towel around his waist. He crawled onto the bed, got on top of me, & stared at me, like he wanted me. I think it's important to give your partner what they want. It's almost as important as giving them what they need, right?
I flung the blankets off of me and quickly wrapped my legs around his waist where the towel had still been. He untied the towel just then and let it fall off, and soon there were no layers between us. Skin on skin. Love.
Then right there, and in that moment, he had kissed me from my lips to my neck, to the place just over my heart. And we made love.
It wasn't just sex with Marlon, it was so much more passionate than that, so much more meaningful, and to be honest, it wasn't even just the love making alone that I loved so much. It was the way he felt in between my legs, the way he was heavy on my chest & the way he grabbed my thighs intensely as if he were scared to lose me. And I liked that, because I was scared to lose him too.
His body was still warm from the hot shower he had just taken and it gave me goosebumps. I don't know what it was about that moment that made me feel so connected with him, because there had been many moments like that one before. But I think.. I know.. That for the first time in almost 7 months, I realized I was completely and utterly in love with this man.
About 20 minutes had passed and soon I had just found myself lying next to him, both out of breath, both sweaty and disgusting in the sexiest way possible.
"Why take a shower if you were gonna do THAT to me?" I said jokingly. "I didn't plan it" he said laughing "sometimes I just see you and I can't.. I can't help myself yanno?" His laughter getting louder. I playfully slapped him on the arm. "Shutup, loser" I said smiling undeniably huge and rolling out of bed to take a shower of my own.
Marlon had to go to a meeting & after my shower he had already left. I got changed, brushed my hair and tied it up in a bun, and then left the house to do a little shopping. Not the fun shopping, either. Just some shopping for the house.
I got in the car, obviously swarmed by obnoxious paparazzi, & took a drive to the mall where I knew they'd follow me. But I didn't care, and as long as I was by myself and my son didn't have to be around that - I never really DID care. I walked into a store called "Lamps Plus" to get a lamp for the guest room in the house. Gesine had accidentally knocked the old one over when she stayed there.
I walked up and down the isles, looking for one that would nicely match the periwinkle color that the room was painted. When I found one, and brought it up to the cashier, he said: "Oh my.. Oh my god???? Sandra Bullock? SPEED Sandra Bullock?? Is that you?!" I felt my face get a little red. "Uh, yep that'd be.. That'd be me, uh..Gary" I said, reading the name tag on his white and blue striped shirt.
"Listen, I know you get this question a LOT but would you mind like, taking a picture with me??" He said nervously. I don't know why people always seem so nervous. I mean it was sweet that they were, but it wasn't like I was gonna bite their head off or anything! "Sure" I said smiling. He got his phone out and we took a picture. "Thank you" he said, and I just smiled. After that I paid for the lamp and headed out of the store.
The paparazzi were waiting for me & followed me home, desperately trying to get a good picture; which if I'm gonna be completely honest, wasn't gonna happen considering I was in gym clothes and my hair was in a bun.
I got home and replaced the old lamp with the new one. The day slowly moved on, and Marlon had come home. "Hey baby girl" he said, walking in the door. "Hey there. I'm about to go get Louis, you wanna come?" I asked. "Yeah, let's go" he said grabbing the car keys.
We drove down to Louis' school to see him waiting for us, with the batman lunch box I had gotten for him a few weeks ago. God he was precious. I got out of the car and walked over to him "hey baby" I said kissing him repeatedly on the cheek. "Hi mama" he said. We walked to the car and I put Louis in his car seat. "Hi Mawlon!" He said. That's how Louis pronounced Marlon's name, & I found that really cute. I laughed. "Hey big guy!" Marlon said turning around to look at Louis. "How was school?" Marlon asked "Good." He replied.
Louis was a boy with very little to say.
We drove home; had dinner, watched Superman, and Louis fell fast asleep. Marlon changed Louis & put him to bed while I did the dishes. When he came back down he stopped the water, wrapped his strong arms around my waist and kissed me on the neck. I half smiled, turning my head the same direction he was in. "Come on, I gotta do the dishes.." I said unconvincingly. "Let's just go to bed babe, I'm tired."
"Okay." I said taking his hand and leading him up stairs.
Nothing happened, except maybe a little kissing and cuddling. I swear, we were like a teenage high school couple with better sex and we happen to live together. But it was sweet, and I really liked it that way.
In all honesty, life was just sweet.
