BEING THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE

chapter nine

He props his head up on his arm at six in the morning to watch her sleep, as Tiana lays stretched out on her belly her tits rest gentle on the bed and her firm butt place in the air thought just a size three she was really sexy that for a woman her age with two kids Nathaniel reach out to smooth her butt rubbing his palm over her underwear, Tiana felt his touch moans then open her eyes,
"Hey sweets" he whispered, "and I thought you were beautiful in the middle of the day, but your real beauty is in the morning on waking up"
Tiana grin roll to her back, but he stop her bringing her back to her belly he sat on her tights running both his palms up and down her body, "you should kept a bottle of baby oil at your bedside"
"What for?" Tiana ask for him for she was sure with Aran she wouldn't get a body rub, she moans feeling his palm as it deepens in her skin, she wasn't sure she and Nate would get this again,
She shiver on feeling his lips on her body kissing and licking her all over, his lips on her thigh as his palms continue to massage in to her flesh, she really never have love like this before, "oh Nate!" She cries with a hard intake of breath, he touches her in that center to the back of her knees, Tiana giggle as she jumped he laugh on seeing she was afraid of it, touches her once more, her giggle became louder as he continues to fool around,
Nathaniel saw it was getting beyond seven stop playing around and came to rest next to her rubbing her cheek, "I should go" he said
"So soon?" Tiana frown, "I want to have your lips on me a little more longer"
Nathaniel giggle, "you sound to me like a woman who wants a man in her life" he said kissing her shoulder,
"Need, the word you used should be need, for I need you, it felt, right yet still wrong, but, but, but Nate you, you made me feel more like a woman..
"Isn't that how you should feel, a female in her thirties are classified as a woman, what say a woman in her forties" he tease
Tiana slapped him and they both giggle
"Ah!" Tiana sigh,
"Oh!" Nathaniel breathes deeply they share another long thirsting kiss, before Nathaniel pull away, "let's take a bath"
"What?" Tiana laugh, "now you're pushing it"
"I intend to push it further"
"You expect me to let you?"
"Yeah!" He said pulling her up, pulling her to the bathroom
Tiana draw her hand through the water flashing it off her finger on Nathaniel, he giggle doing the same, Tiana hand went down and Nathaniel rest his hand on hers rubbing it up her upper arm, he got up and get naked then climb in the bath, she joins him after removing her clothing, see sat facing him he pull closer to wrap their legs together,
he rest is forehead on her forehead as they giggle at each other, they were talking and laughing, until the knock to the front door got Tiana startled Tiana who jump to her feet looking righten,
"Calm down Tiana"
"It my husband"
"Relax" Nathaniel said,
"He's going to be so mad, and he it a gun"
"Tiana" Nathaniel touch her cheek, I won't let him see me go ok don't worry"
Tiana step out the bath wrapped in her robe and walk to the door, he turn to look at Nate,
"Calm down" he whispered she step out closing the door behind her making her way on nervous feet to open the front door, Nathaniel avoid the towel got in his cloth but as he was going to the passage to get out through the back door her heard a woman voice when Tiana open up, he didn't have to try hard to recognize it to be Tiana's friend,
"You took so long to get the door I was starting to think you collapsed here by yourselves, you're by yourself right?, the children are at camp, AND YOUR DIRTY MAN IS OUT DICKING HIS BITCH!" she said frowning furiously,
Tiana turn towards the passage leading to her bedroom,
"What is it? You look frighten"
Nathaniel came from down the passage clover lean her head looking from Tiana to Nathaniel, she roll her eyes grin at him as he got closer, "hey, you are here?" She ask Tiana look at Nathaniel then to clover, "All wet... That too!" clover remarks rolling her eyes once more,"you're a brave guy for coming into a man's house who constantly warn you to stay in your part" she said with a grin, looking at Tiana,
"I was just, just" Nathaniel was saying,
"He just, just" Tiana tried to explain as they both couldn't find words,
"I'm not him, you both don't have to explain, I know it's still early sorry to cut in on what ever fun you were having but since the children are away today, my husband is working, I don't know what your husband is doing, don't care anyway, I was just thinking we could hang out at the spa get our nails done, do our hair" and do a little shopping tomorrow is mother's day in case you for got" Tiana roll her eyes, she didn't have anymore money since she went out shopping, and use up the money she collect from rent, she also didn't want to stress clover into all that and Aran won't give her money just so she can go out with cover for the day,
"Ah yeah you should take her up on the offer" Nathaniel said with a smile, "I can give you the money" he said
Both clover and Tiana look at him,
"I'll just borrow it from my rent for next month" he smile
"No I can't take your money"
"Don't be silly Tiana I'm sure by when the rent is due I'll get it back" he took the money from from his pocket stretch it to her, Tiana look at him,
"So I'll pay the rent early since I already has the money"
"Are you sure you want to? For rent isn't due until two weeks down"
"I'm sure" he said Tiana took the money, the money was always place in order the big then the small and they were pay like this for all the rent, "thank you" Tiana said
"I hope you ladies have fun" Nathaniel said walking out, Tiana watch him leave he got through the gate and ran across the street,
"You're a bad bitch Tiana stone and to think we're name sake and best friend"
Tina laugh, I'll get dress, she said
"Are you sure you don't want to go naked from the looks of Nate you probably still on fire" clover laugh,
"Don't talk like that we didn't even have sex"
You must be crazy if my husband was Aran, thank God he's not, I would have sex, I would make it so messy then leave the sheets on the bed for him to sleep in it" clover frown her face tiana laugh, she knew Nate was probably thinking that himself"
"Maybe next time" Tiana grin, walking to the door,
After getting dress she grab her bag tuck the money in her purse and together they got in clovers car driving to Wyoming town little bit out of fort Collins Denver, its been weeks since Tiana visit the site and was glad for the day out they get to take their clothes off dress in robe and relax by the jacuzzi catch up on some missed sun, chat, laugh, chat, "so nate spend the night and you didn't have sex why?"
"Because Aran got home early and decided to"
"Ohh!" Clover said as she left her head, "I'm sorry you still have to go through that, I can only imagine how corny it is with him"
Tiana laugh,
"I think Nate is sweet"
"I think so too" Tiana agree
"He could be right for you"
"He's thirty four, well July he'll be thirty five,
Clover look at her friend "I don't even want to ask what that means, for it's not like you are eighty"
Tiana smile at her, shook her head, puts her sun glasses on relax back on the chair, she was silent for some time before speaking, "Rihanna wants us to leave home, obviously she can't take the condition anymore, and Nate is saying I'm to leave Aran, but what will I do he provides a home, feed them he pays the bills"
"He does that because he must, he has to, when was the last time he gave you money to fix your hair bought a new pair of shoes and fix yourself"
"If I leave him for Nate I wouldn't be able to live in peace for the house I got is where Nate's paying rent, and it's right across from Aran which won't be good for neither of us"
They look at each other and at the same time sigh, they both lay back in silence looking over the pool,
After the spa they got their hair done, fix their nails then went shopping"
"Wow!" Clover said picking up a blue linen lingerie, "mm hmm hmm" she said holding it out,
"That's not your size"
"No but it's yours"
Tiana laugh, "no way in hell" she told her walking away as she ignores her,
Clover pick up a similar one in fashion but a bright pink and follow her
"I should get this for Rihanna" Tiana said
"Well of course and one for Niccane but do remember to get something for yourself" clover said pulling a see through night dress off a rack,
"Will you stop my husband is not going to notice me in those"
"If theses were to get him to notice you then I wouldn't go through the trouble, these are for when you sneak off to see your tenant"
Tiana laugh shook her head at clover, she grab a house slipper from a shelf then move to take down some sweet smelling perfume, she let clover tried one she roll her eyes, "at least you get to smell good even if you don't look good"
Tiana laugh once more,
"Stop laughing at me ok" clover complain, "I'm trying to get you to look sexy and you are acting as if I'm pushing you off a cliff"
A man walk by looking at them,
"You got no taste at all"
"Stop keep your voice down"
Tiana said walking away from clover
"Fine then I'll just get them for myself"
"Those aren't your size"
"I'm a six I know but who knows maybe they'll stretch"
"Good luck" Tiana laugh
"Why do I need luck?"
They cash together then drove home, clover stop at Tiana for some time before heading to her place,
Nathaniel was out looking gift since it's mother's day tomorrow he was seeking to buy his mother something, knowing how much she fancy jewelry he got her a pair of fancy earrings with matching necklace and a make up set, he contemplate if he should get the same for Tiana but he saw something much more attractive to him a set of gold color silk lingerie and ignore the jewelry to get it instead, he didn't know how he would get it to her for mother's day but knew he got it, he was going to take his mother out tomorrow for dinner do a movie then head home, he didn't feel like crashing in so he visit the hot spot the bar Cecilia work he hardly see much of her since he caught her snooping around, he wasn't going there just to see her, he went to have a drink, he sat at the bar Cecilia turn and frown at him Nathaniel roll his eyes, "hi c" he said
"I'm surprised to see you"
"Why?"
"Since you throw me out I haven't seen you"
"One tequila" e said Cecilia serve him ignores the man next to him chat for some time before she turns her attention to him serve him then someone took over for her and she pull Nathaniel to his truck she got in on the back seat, and he came in on the next side part from her by the two gifts on the seat of the truck, she came to notice them but at the time she didn't mention it,
"I'm sure you didn't come for me" Cecilia said
"Not really I'm here for a drink"
"I was just trying to know something about you"
Nathaniel nod, "
"You got someone else?"
Nathaniel look at her, smirk he didn't gave a response he took another sip from his glass,
"I don't believe you"
"Hey we almost didn't have nothing"
"Are you saying it was just sex?"
"It wasn't for you?"
"No!"
"Don't say you are in love you can't fall in love with a person you hardly know"
"I was trying to get to know you wasn't I?"
"What did I do wrong?"
"It's not you"
"Cut it out"
Nathaniel hold up his free hand to her she silent herself, the fancy boxes on the seat of the truck caught her attention once again, she look from them to him, "you got mother's day gifts?" She question
"I think I did"
"Two don't you only have one mother, si who does one belong to" she asked
"Is that a strick question, for I don't feel like answering that"
"Fine then I won't look for an answer"
Nathaniel sigh
"So you didn't came for me you don't feel like talking so what the heck i think I'm gonna go" Cecilia said looking to hear him say not to but he watch her got out the truck as she was about to walk away, "hey" he stop her, "you for got this" he said holding up the glass from the bar,
Cecilia hiss dragged it out his palm turn on hasty heels,
She was nearly in the door when the truck left the parking spot.
Thought they left mad at each other last night Cecilia thought she would call him in the morning she ring him up he was in the company of his rat in the car port when he saw Tiana on her way to church,
"Tiana" he call getting up to go talk with her,
Cecilia thought who it was at first but then she catch on that it had to be his landlord, Aran the biker's wife, she began to wonder what he was shouting her far, but then she thought it probably just has something to do with the fact he's living in her house, he kill the call to go off to talk with her, as they were about to one of the elderly woman who live next door to Tiana came out, on seeing them the older woman wave, and start walking over to them, Nathaniel leave before she got to where they were crossing with the coming vehicle,
Tiana ended up walking to church with her they talk all the way, on getting to the church ground the two children saw her and came running,
It wasn't long after clover, her husband and children came, they got settled in church and each mother were handed a card with a rose that says happy mother's day, and the ceremony was mainly speech about the strength of a mother, and the way a woman who brought forth a child for a man should be treated, saying there should be no boundaries to the love and respect shown to a woman or no boundaries of affection,
Tiana little bit of affection she got now was from Nate, Aran didn't give a damn what he did to her so there's no respect, love that was gone long time a go,
All the mother's were treated to ice cream and cake Tiana relax a bit with a few of the others and with clover who promise to drive her home, at the time she wasn't thinking of Aran who might came home requesting dinner, it was late when they made it home, before noticing that her husband's bike was park out, she first noticed that Nate's truck wasn't park out, with a little disappointment she wish she had came to see him, and to think he didn't get to say nothing to her on seeing him this morning,
"Our father is home" Rihanna said Tiana turn and There was the bike,
"Good Lord!" She said "I haven't fix dinner, I must do it real quick" she started hurrying to the house as she and the children got up on the porch Aran came out, "I've been her for two fucking hours and you, you wasn't, where the fuck were you"
"By church" Tiana told him
"What you are doing security work at the church now?"
"It's mother's day and they treat us"
"Oh so while you were fucking busy getting treat I am home hungry and tired what you expect me to cook for myself is that it, you ungrateful woman, after I've done to provide for you and those children"
"But Aran I wasn't sure you were here"
"It's my house I am free to be here when ever I want so don't tell me you weren't sure, get me something to eat right now" he said as he open the door and shove Tiana inside,
The two children follow her in the living room as they were about to follow her into the kitchen Aran today them to go to their room, he sat in the living room as the children remain in the room, Tiana tried to fix something as quickly as possible but after half hour in the kitchen Aran came in "what taking you so long?" He ask
"I'm trying to finish"
"You're trying to finish!" He said graping her to him lifting his hand in attempt to slap her,
"Dad no!" Rihanna said holding to the back of her father's shirt as she came in the kitchen,
He let go Tiana turned to Rihanna "what are you doing?" He snap, "go to your room" he demanded,
"But daddy"
"Say another word and I'm going to slap you hard"
"Rihanna take your brother and put the overnight clothes in the laundry" Tiana said over aran's shoulder Rihanna look across her dad to look at her mother,
She look sad and didn't like it, she hate seeing her mother not happy and it's been her sad unhappy face at all times, she wish she was oder for she would take her mother and her brother from her father go somewhere from him, see gave her father a hard hateful look that he didn't miss, she took her brother went to their room, "did she just look at me like that?" Aran ask looking at tiana who was shaking with nervous fear,
"So you're trying to get the children to be disrespectful to me"
"No Aran!" Tiana said
"You better not woman" he said balling his fist, he shove her from him and she stumbled into the counter, he left the kitchen, after finishing Tiana take the food to him in the living room,
"I'm no longer hungry" Aran said
Ignoring the food tiana prepare,
Tiana took it back to the kitchen then came back to get the children in order to give them something they both refuse to come out as they refuse to have dinner both declaring they're not hungry since Rihanna said so Niccane decided to ignores the same.
It wasn't that he wasn't having a good time with his mother but his mind was still on tiana and to think he didn't get to wish her a happy mother's day, the gift still in his truck that he haven't get to hand her, it is going to be a late gift, he wonder how late for he wasn't sure when she's coming over by him and he wasn't sure when her husband and children are going to be out on the same night,
"What's on your mind son? Don't say it's nothing I'm your mother I'm able to tell"
Nathaniel laugh, "mom you seem to use that line every time"
"But it is true"
"Well if you should know, I'm actually thinking on a friend"
"A girl friend!"
"Actually" he said with a nod,
"I knew it, I knew I was right"
"Right, about what?"
"That you have another girl friend"
"Don't get a head of yourself it's not actually my girlfriend"
His mother gave him a sharp look and to avoid saying another word Nathaniel start drinking his wine,
tomorrow was school and Tiana later usher them off to bed, they were a sleep when Tiana went to her room, she took a shower then crawl into bed, she tries to be quiet for it look as though Aran was a sleep, she kept her distance so not even his body heat would get near,
Nathaniel drove his mother home and kiss her good night,
"Thank you for a wonderful evening" she said
"You're a wonderful mother you deserve it"
She blush,
He smile "I'm not telling you for you to blush mother" he walk away and heard her laugh, "I love you son"
"I love you" he said over his shoulder wave a hand then got in his truck, the drive to fort Collins was slow making the journey long and hard as his mind was wrapped around Tiana, he pull up t his gate got out the truck and for some time he stood looking at Tiana's house,