Chapter 2: Real Lady Marmalade
Here it was we had come to our six month marker and unfortunately for me I was alone in our flat. Tom was filming a mini series and thankfully he was still in the country so he could come home at nights. It just was a bit lonely when I didn't have class to occupy me. Every night he came home he looked like he had been through the wringer. It was January and damn England got cold. I thought it was bad in the states, but yikes. My poor baby would come home tired, sore and sometimes a little beat up. I tried my best to make sure he got a nice meal in him before he would crawl into bed and pass out. A few nights I would find him passed out on the couch when I had late classes. Tonight he was filming late and told me not to wait up. It wouldn't have mattered if I hadn't already started cooking dinner. I wanted to make something special for him since we had been together for half a year. I guess the Fates were sitting somewhere laughing at me.
I finished making the meal and packed it away for later. Now I am sitting here on the couch trying to watch TV, but my mind was elsewhere. If not for the ten pound bowling ball that was my cat I would have stayed staring out into space. My tiny little kitten had grown like a weed and now was a big ball of fluff. He was my constant on nights like these when I was alone. I was a little bit wary when Tom brought the little man home for me one night. I had never had a pet before and was afraid that I would not be a very good owner. I guess the little man likes me because whenever I was home alone he was always in my lap.
"So Tally it's just you and me tonight, have any suggestions?" Big green eyes looked up at me and all I got was a very cute meow for an answer. I scratched behind his ears and stared off around the room. I scrunched my nose and lifted the cat off my lap. Our living room was in serious need of cleaning. Neither of us has had much time to do much with the house. I stretched and went to gather want I needed to clean. I changed my clothes, slipping into one of my old tank tops and a pair of cutoff jean shorts that were way to short to be worn out in public. I looked at the clock and turned on my music. It was only six o'clock so I had at least two good hours before I had to turn the music down. I dusted, I swept and I wiped down every surface. While I was going along I began to dance to some of the music. Since I was home alone I let the music take control of me. After an hour I was pretty much shimmying my way around the room. The broom handle became a microphone and I crooned away with almost every song.
A few songs later Lady Marmalade came on. I like the original better, but the newer one wasn't bad. It had a nice beat for me to swing my hips to. I sang along as I finished the last part of the living room. I did not hear the door open since I was too far enthralled with the music. I had my back turned to the door and was still dancing swinging my hips from side to side in a sensual manner. The crescendo of the song came and I sang along. It was the only sentence in French I knew.
"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" A silky voice sounded right behind me.
"I thought you would never ask." I jumped and swung the broom up in front of me to defend myself. Seeing who it was I fumbled the broom handle and it dropped to the floor. Tom laughed and bent down to retrieve the broom from the floor. "I didn't mean to frighten you love." I stood there trying to calm my nerves before I found my voice.
"How.....how long were you standing there?"
"Long enough. I might have to have you do that again on of these days. It was quite arousing." I smacked his arm and he chuckled at me.
"I thought you were going to be filming until late tonight?" He put his jacket in the closet by the door and picked up the plastic bags he had put down upon coming in the door.
"I wanted to surprise you since it is our six month anniversary. I got take out......" He went into the kitchen and began taking the cartons out of the one bag. He opened the fridge and frowned. "Did you cook?"
