day1 love

Chapter 5* Flashbacks are fun, aren't they

I undressed and then made the water as hot as I could stand it, plugged the drain.
As the tub filled, I looked at it longingly, I couldn't wait to submerge myself in it.
Think of the tub in "Pretty Woman" and you have a pretty close depiction of this one.
I opened the medicine cabinet.
As I touched it, I flashed back to the first time I ever touched this cabinet, years ago now, and remembered that I thought it was amusing that all i could see was my eyes in it.

Sam is very tall and I'm, well, very vertically challenged.

I saw bars of my preferred soap stacked neatly, a still packaged toothbrush, washcloths, shampoo and conditioner.
Everything I would need right at my fingertips.

He still stocked my favorite soap, shampoo and conditioner.

They say that scent is tied to memory so maybe he got this kind because it reminded him of me, but at any rate I was glad to smell its comforting clean scent, which smelled of morning rainfalls and summer storms.

I got in the tub and lathered up, washed, rinsed, and then just lay back, enjoying the fresh aroma of the hot water and the soap mingling.

Memories rushed in, unbidden, as I remembered just how we had met, 5 years ago.

***Flashback Scene***

My friend Melissa called me and said her cousin, Sam, had seen a picture of us that previous weekend and asked for an introduction.

The timing was perfect because I had just broken up with my guy, who was always cheating on me and expecting me to just go with it.

Yeah, not!

Me and Jake, who I had gone with, for 4 years off and on, through my teen years were through.

He had given me my first kiss at 14.
We had some fun times, but the tears I cried over him cheating convinced me to harden my heart.
We were definitely over for good. I had quit him.

It wasn't that he was a bad dude, it's just that since I wouldn't have sex with him, he always tended to find someone who would.
That hurt my pride, and I couldn't stand it any longer.
Yeah, I was practically a mythical creature in my neighborhood of South Philly to be untouched at 18.

I agreed to meet up with them that night at a bar on Broad and Snyder hurried up, got ready and hopped the bus.

My first impression when I saw Sam standing next to Melissa was, "woah, he's hot"

Our gazes met and held, as he reached out and hugged me.
The moment he touched me I swear Melissa just disappeared.
It was like it was just he and I.
I vaguely recalled hearing her say, "Yo, Nik, call me tomorrow with the deets, and have fun y'all"

We went in the bar, had some drinks, shot some pool, listened to music, talked and laughed.

Finally he said, "cmon I'll take you home"

The drive to 2nd and Shunk was a quick ten minutes. He parked outside the home I shared with my mom and siblings as we talked more, then he asked for my phone number which I gladly gave him.
I wrote it on his hand as he requested when he pulled a pen from his glove box.
He stared at me with warmth in those beautiful eyes, and asked if it would be alright to kiss me.
Woooo, heelll yesssss it's ok!
I thought as I simply nodded my head.
He leaned in and gave me such a kiss I heard bells and got chills.
For a kiss to be that good, there had to be a reason why.
Okay, granted, he was only the second boy I'd ever kissed, but Jake's kissing never left me breathless and seeing stars.

He opened his door, slammed it shut came around the car to the door on my side, took my hand, walked me to my step, and quickly kissed me again.
"You just a lil bitty thing aint 'cha?"
I had taken off the heels I was wearing and now was even shorter in comparison to him.
I snarked back and said, "I'm fun sized" then cheekily grinned up at him
Yeah, Lil Bit, you real adorable."
He kissed me again quickly, told me to be expecting his call sooner rather than later, and waited till I went in the house, closed my front door behind me.
I heard his footsteps go down the steps of the porch, a door slam, the car engine roar to life.