A Fighter Not A Lover

CHAPTER 13: The Rehearsal Dinner

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        I was finishing packing up to get ready to leave for a few days for my friend's Lee's wedding, the guy who visited me a few weeks ago. 

        Yes, I finally decided to go and knew that I would be okay because Henry said he would go with me and that I would not worry so much about my dad. 

        I'm still a little bit nervous but I know it'll be okay with Henry there with me. Then as soon as I was done, I went into the kitchen and decided to make some dinner for Henry and I since I knew he'd be home soon from the gym. 

        Henry came walking in at the perfect time. I had just finished plating the food and placing the plates and drinks down at the table. 

        "Hey, you hungry?" I greeted him with a smile. 

       "Yeah." He replies. 

       "Is everything okay?" I asked him. 

       "Yeah. I'm just a little tired is all." He says. 

       "Oh." I reply. Although I don't entirely believe him. But, tonight I want to be nice and no drama, so I let it go......for now. 

       We both sit down and begin eating in a moment of awkward silence before he says something. 

       "This is really good." He compliments as he takes a few more bites of food. 

       "Thank you." I reply. 

       We finish up dinner making small talk and then he washes the dishes for me and we head into his bedroom and I can tell something is wrong, however, I'm afraid of asking him since it looks like he doesn't want to talk about it. 

        "So what time are we leaving?" He asks me. 

       "The flight leaves at 9:30 AM. So we need to leave here by 8:00. To avoid any delays like traffic or anything." I tell him while he finishes up packing. 

        "Okay." He replies. 

        I take in a breath and let it out before deciding to finally just ask him if anything's wrong or not. Because I don't wan't him to be busy worrying about something while I am needing him to be present in the moment when we get there. 

       So I sit down on his bed and watch him as he places his backpack on the floor and removes his shoes and socks. 

       "You know you can talk to me about anything and I promise I won't judge you." I assure him. 

       "I know." He smiles at me as he removes his pants and takes his shirt off to where he's in just his boxers. 

       "So what's going on? I know something is wrong." I ask him. 

       He takes in a deep breath and let's it out as he takes a seat on the bed. 

       "I'm just a little bit nervous. I mean, I'm gonna be meeting your dad." He tells me and to be honest, I'm not entirely sure if rather or not he's being entirely honest with me, however, there's a part of me that's saying I should stop questioning and stop putting my walls up cause that will never get me in a relationship. So I stop questioning. 

        "There's nothing to be worried about. Besides, I doubt he'd even show up." I assure him and give him a kiss on the lips before we cuddled up in each other's arms and fell asleep. 

        

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        During the plane ride over, I mostly slept and then as soon as we arrived, grabbed our bags and got our rental car, we then drove over towards our hotel to check-in before getting ready for the dinner rehearsal. 

        Once we got checked-in, we went to our room and got ready. Then I called Lee to let him know we were here. 

        "Hey, how are you?" I asked him. "We're good, thanks. I just wanted to let you know that we're here and to confirm that we're meeting at the Mexican restaurant in an hour still. Okay. Alright. Okay, see ya then. Bye." I tell him as Henry comes walking out wearing nothing but a towel and his hair wet and slicked back. 

        "Like what you see baby?" I hear him ask. 

        "Maybe." I blush. 

        "Well, you know it's all yours, whenever." He says as he walks up to me and wraps his arms around my waist. 

        "Yes. Just like I am all yours, whenever." I tell him with a smile.

        "Mm, good." He says as he leans in and kisses me. 

        I then feel his hands start to move lower down my back and grabs my ass that causes me to moan. 

        We both start getting heated up more and more by the second before I finally pull apart before I lost control and we became late for the dinner. Besides, we haven't slept together yet and it's not cause neither of us didn't want each other, OBVIOUSLY. However, I just wanted to make sure before that he was serious about us and didn't want to have sex with him yet. Although now, I'm rethinking it. He's been very patient and yet, now, with the way him and I have been giving each other signs for the past couple weeks of how much we want each other, I feel like there's nothing wrong with being a little bit late to the dinner. 

        I start kissing him again and slipping my tongue into his mouth as his begins to try dominating mine. And right as I begin thinking maybe he has the same idea, he stops and cups the side of my face while looking into my eyes and smiling. 

       "Baby, we have to go to the dinner." He tells me. 

       I let out a disappointed breath and give him a pout face. 

       "Fine." I tell him. 

       "Trust me, I would love us to do a quickie before heading to the dinner, but baby, for our first time being together, I don't wan't to rush it." He tells me. "I really care about you and don't want you to feel like you're just another girl." He tells me and my heart begins to melt. 

       "I know." I smile at him as I give him another kiss on the lips real quick and then let him finish getting dressed. 

      Damn, this dinner better be over quick. Cause I'm not sure in how long I can keep myself from not wanting to jump on Henry tonight and showing him just how bad I want him. 

Next Chapter will be posted soon! :)