Catching Feelings

Chapter 39

Today was the day of Drake's birthday party and Raven wanted everything to be perfect. The sun was barely up when she crawled out of bed and to the shower. It was going to be a long day. She had to pick up Tiana from the airport, go over to the club to make sure everything was in place, and on top of that, she still had to stop by the bakery and check on his birthday cake. With everything that Raven had to do, she still wanted to make him a nice breakfast for his birthday.  After getting washed and dressed, she peeped in on Drake to make sure he was still asleep- and he was. Raven carefully crept out of the room, and headed downstairs to the kitchen.

Eyes swept the inside of the refrigerator until they spotted the eggs and bacon. Locating the right pans was proving to be a headache. The guys never put anything back in the right place.

Raven finally spotted the pan she was looking for. She grabbed it from under the stack causing the rest of them to come crashing down on her socked foot. "Damn it!" She yelled out loud. Raven limped over to the pantry leaving the pile of cursed cookware on the floor. When the throbbing died down she started to cook. The smell of bacon lingered through the house as it sizzled on the stove.

The sounds of footsteps made Raven's head shoot up from her task at hand. She thought for sure that she had woken up Drake, but was relieved when she saw a barely awaken Ryan staring at her.

Ryan entered the kitchen letting out a loud yawn and scratching his shirtless chest. The smell of food put a huge smile on his face. "I see you're up early. What's for breakfast?" Ryan asked as he stretched his hand out to pick off a plate, but Raven slapped the back of it and he snatched it back.

"That's Aubrey's... there's more on the stove." She pointed to the several pots and pans and he wasted no time making his way over to them. Ryan lifted a lid on one of the pots and proceeded to stick his hand inside to pick at the eggs. Raven shook her head in disbelief.  "Weren't you just scratching yourself?"

Ryan brushed her question off with a shrug of the shoulders. "What? I'm clean."

"I'm sure you are; now go wash your hands." She instructed as lifted the tray making her way out of the kitchen.

"You not gonna make me a plate too?" Ryan yelled out.

Raven shook her head laughing. "Nope!"

Raven carried a tray of bacon, eggs, and Belgium waffles topped with strawberries back to the bedroom. When she opened the door with her foot, the first thing I was greeted by was his soft snores as he laid there on his back. Raven smiled as she walked over to the bed and sat the tray down on the nightstand. She climbed up on the bed to straddle the sleeping man causing him to stir a bit when their bodies touched. As Raven sat there, she couldn't help but stare at him. He looked so calm and peaceful, all of that made him even more attractive in her eyes. Slowly she leaned forward and began placing kisses on his neck and chest. A groggy moan escaped his lips, and she knew he was coming to. That's when she felt his hands lock around her hips, and before Raven could blink she was being flipped on her back and pinned down to the bed.

Raven giggled at the transfixed, half awake half sleep expression on Drakes face as he stared her down with her body trapped beneath his. "Good morning baby, happy birthday." said Raven.

Drake smiled, but he didn't budge, he just held her there. "What did you think you were doing?" he asked.

The sleepy gruffness in his delectable voice sent shivers up her spine as she listened to him. "Waking you up, and it looks like my job is done."

The corners of his mouth twitched shifting to a full on grin. "That's it, you sure about that?" he asked. Raven nodded while trying to get out from under him. When he felt Raven rise up, he pressed his pelvis into her, and locked her hands on both sides of her head. "It's not good to lie to me Raven." Drake said in a serious tone. He and Raven gazed at each other, both brandishing knowing smirks. His head lowered to kiss her, and she gladly returned it. Once her hands were released they instinctively reached out for him, wrapping around his neck.

Things were heating up pretty fast. His tongue slipped into her mouth to massage hers as his hand slowly moved up her stomach leaving small goose bumps along the way. He stopped once he reached his destination sliding his hand under Raven's bra. She cooed and moaned in his ear while he sucked and kissed on her neck. The stiffness of his hardening shaft began to grind against her causing her hips to buck against his. Raven knew she was encouraging him with her moans and withering body, but this had to end here or else she wouldn't get anything done this morning.

"As much as I'm enjoying this Aubrey, and believe me, I am. We really need to stop." she said placing her hands on his shoulder.

A growl like sound vibrated on her neck as Drake spoke, "Come on Raven, it's my birthday." His head lifted up to stare her straight in the eyes, and his jaw was set looking slightly annoyed.

Raven smiled watching the deepening creases in his forehead. "I know, that's why I made you breakfast, and it's getting cold."

Drake looked over at the bedside table and saw the tray with breakfast, but he also saw that it was breakfast for one. His eyes left the food, and drifted back over to Raven, finally noticing that she wasn't in her pajamas. "Why are you dressed so early?" he asked.

"I have a meeting to go to." Raven lied. Drake let out an agitated groan. "Don't worry, I'll meet up with you and the guys later tonight." He gazed at her in silence. Just when she thought he had drifted off to la la land, he surprised her with a passionate kiss before rolling off of her. She let out a relieved sigh knowing he brought her lie. 

After Raven left his house she headed straight over to Supperclub to meet the manager. When she got there nothing was put together, or even close to being put together. None of the decoration or lighting had been changed, and on top of that, the menu was all wrong. At this point, she was ready to have a conniption fit. After going back and forth with the manager for a half an hour, Raven looked at her phone and saw that it was now after twelve and going on one. Tiana's flight was about to land giving her ten minutes to get from Hollywood boulevard, to LAX, which wasn't going to happen. Raven got in her last words to the club manager stressing her need for everything to be just right for tonight, and rushed out of the door.

By the time Raven got to the airport Tiana had been sitting there for twenty minutes with her hands on her hips. The two of them spent that afternoon going in and out of boutiques trying to find an outfit for Tiana to wear tonight.

"What do you think about this?" Tiana asked while holding up the tenth dress so far. When she looked at Raven she saw that she was reading something on her phone. Tiana sighed lowering the dress. "Come on, you're supposed to be helping me."

It wasn't Raven's attention to tune her out, so she lowered the phone to get a good look at the outfit. "I'm sorry, I was somewhere else." Her head tilted from side to side while appraising the dress. "I think it's cute." was her final assessment.

Tiana looked at it once more, and decided to hang it back up. "I'm not looking for cute, I'm looking for sexy." She stated. Raven's phone made another sound and she turned her head to see that her friend was once again on it. "You know if you get your face out of that phone you could help me find something to wear. Who are you texting anyway?" she asked.

Raven laughed as she typed in her last message before putting the phone in her bag. "Danielle, she's meeting us at my place before we head over to the club." said Raven. She walked across the floor to retrieve a red dress with lace inserts that would go perfect with Tiana's brown skin.  "Now this is very sexy." Raven hummed as she walked it over to her.

"Now you're helping... I'm gonna go try this on." Tiana took it into the dressing room and came out about ten minutes later. "Okay, how do I look?" she asked while doing her model twirl.

Raven got up from her chair and made Tiana hold still so she could zip the back. Once it was zipped, the two women looked in the mirror. "I think we have a winner." She said with a smile.

Tiana nodded in approval. "Good, let me go change so we can go to Taco Bell, I'm starving."

Raven's nose scrunched up in distaste as she unzipped her. "Ew, you know I hate Taco Bell." She hated everything about it, the taste the smell; everything!

Tiana laughed shaking her head from side to side. "Nope, you owe me for being late, so suck it up." She said before closing the dressing room door behind her.