Chasing Cherry Pie

Chapter Fifteen - Fire and Ice

The car ride home was excruciatingly slow. Tanner has his hand on my thigh, rubbing his hand slowly up and down, teasing my skin with his fingers.

Pulling the car into the garage under the apartment block, we stepped into the elevator and waited. The sexual tension was so thick I felt like it was going to drown me. The elevator started to move and Tanner was on me, pressing me up against the wall. Kissing my mouth slowly and sweetly, he leaned his forehead against mine. Before I could lean in and kiss him again, he stepped back, putting some distance between us.

Instantly he could see the disappointment on my face. His expression softened and he ran a hand through his hair, messing it up in places.

"cariño I want you so badly, you don't understand how hard it is for me to put distance between us right now. But I won't take advantage of you while you're intoxicated."

"I'm fi-" I started but he shook his head.

"When I fuck you, I want you to remember every. Single. Moment" he said with absolute clarity. He stepped closer, but not close enough to touch.

"I want you to remember every kiss, every touch, every second when we are together. Nothing else will do for you." He simply stated. I stood still, inwardly cursing myself for drinking tonight.

We stepped out of the elevator and I walked to my door. I turned around to say goodnight, but he was right behind me. He leant down, and placed one long, lingering kiss on my mouth before stepping away.

"I will see you tomorrow at 8pm. Don't be late Miss Swan" he said.

"Yes sir." I replied, instantly seeing the lust return in his eyes briefly before he laughed and turned towards his apartment door.

I need a cold shower I thought to myself.

The next morning, I called Kairi to see how the rest of her night went.

"Oh my god Luna, you are the greatest friend in the world. Axel is amazing. We talked all night and he walked me home on sunrise. He asked me out tonight for dinner at his place and I said yes!" She shouted.

"Where did you get to last night anyway?" She quizzed me. I wasn't sure if I should tell people Tanner and I were so close so I said "I was pretty tired and called it an early night". She seemed to buy that response before talking about what she was planning to wear on her date. I wished her good luck for her date and hung up the call. The thought reminded me that I had my own date to get ready for later on. I had no idea what to wear or where we were going. I decided to send tanner a text:

LUNA: good morning Mr Black, I hope you had a good sleep. Is there a specific type of attire I should be wearing tonight sir? ;)

TANNER: I slept great, had a lot to dream about. Wear something comfortable, preferably warm as well. See you at 8pm Miss Swan. Don't be late or you will be punished.

Heat swelled between my legs and I groaned in frustration. How could he turn me on so easily? Thinking back to his words in the elevator last night made me both giddy and annoyed. How was it taking advantage of I wanted him to? I sighed and pushed off the lounge.

I decided to go with a pair of light grey jeans and an oversized lavender sweater with my boots and a black coat. I curled my hair slightly, pinning the sides of my hair back. I decided to put only mascara and a eye liner on. Checking the clock I realised I had 5 minutes to spare, so I applied a small dab of clear lip gloss before there was a knock at the door.

I opened the door to reveal Tanner, dressed like an angel in a black sweater paired with dark olive khakis and combat boots, a leather jacket resting on  his forearm. He smiled instantly and leaned in to kiss me swiftly and pulled away before I could really enjoy myself. He laughed and held his hand out.

"Where are we going?" I asked, genuinely curious to know what he had planned.

"It's a surprise" he said and shrugged his shoulders when I raised my eyebrows at him.

We climbed into his car and he drove out of the carpark. Reaching over, he took my and wrapped his fingers around it, before bringing it to his lips and kissing it.

I couldn't contain the butterflies that erupted in my stomach.