Baby, Let Me In

Meet Hercules

Montclair, NJ

June 2019

Sage Nwafor sat nervously in the BMW, she can almost feel the sweat from her armpits running on her pink sundress. It was hot as hell outside but at least the car had good AC. Damn it. She dug in her purse and luckily found some napkins in her bag to dap her pits, soaking up all the moisture. She hit her armpits again with her travel deodorant. Smelling funky was not an option for her right now on a hot summer Sunday. Sage hated it, she hated how anxious dating made her feel. She took a deep breath to calm herself down. A break down is not an option today either. Why can't she just be calm and collective like most women? To be honest, she hasn't dated anyone seriously in three years. Sure, she has been on dates on and off but they were nothing. They were all casual or the guy just wanted to sleep with her. So she has had her fun sleeping around after her last boyfriend, but she grew tired of it. She craved something more, intimacy was her answer. Yes, sex is a huge part of it but she needed someone to rock her world in a spiritual sense too, not just the bedroom. Until she finally caved in and decided to give dating one more shot. This is it, this is her last shot.

Come on Sage. Get it together.

Sage,26 years old and you'd think she would be an adult about dating by now. Nope. She feels like a high school girl all over again. She shaved her brown legs, let her locs fall on her shoulders, and wore hoop earrings just above her shoulders. Sage texted her best friend Yasmin, about how nervous she was on her date. Yasmin texted back 'Girl breathe, you will be just fine' Sage almost jumped out of her skin as she looked up from her phone to meet the sky blue eyes of Dylan, Dylan Andino. Dylan's a tall, muscular, 34-year-old Greek god; broad shoulders, big arms, brown curly hair with a goatee that made his smile even better. This man was basically Hercules to her. He smiled at her outside of his windshield window. His Colgate smile made her melt in the seat as he was excited to drink smoothies together in his car. Dylan was her date and this is not her first date, they have been seeing each other for three months now. Sage is still unsure about him and the wall is up; Dylan has been eager to see her ever since they met.

The two were both off today during work so Dylan wasted no time to set another date to pick her up. Dylan wanted to show her around Montclair a bit where his neighborhood is before taking a break to Smoothie Town. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her, and it has been making Sage wiggle in the car. Sage understood she is a very attractive black woman but good lord. How long is he going to keep staring?

Dylan pops in his car to hand her strawberry-banana smoothie "Here you go my lady, Strawberry banana smoothie. And one Green Monster for me."

"Thanks so much."

"Anything, for my lady." He spoke.

Sage got chills down her spine and it wasn't from the smoothie. Even though it was freaking delicious. He's been calling her his lady, since date one like he imprinted on her already. She wasn't sure if she should just address it or just leave it be. She wasn't sure if it was worth the useless argument. Sage got Dylan's attention when she let out a pleased moan from her straw. Hearing that from her glossed lips, turned him on a little. He loved those full lips, he wanted to taste them again.

"Tasty?" He asked sipping his smoothie.

"It's amazing, I never realized this smoothie place was here. I must have passed it so many times driving."

"Smoothie Town is my spot, especially after my workouts. The best smoothies in town, they have other stuff like Acai bowls too"

"I see you workout a lot." She blurted. Making conversation with him has been difficult for her. She never knew what to talk about with him, so she ends up just listening more than speaking. She is trying to speak more so Dylan doesn't think she's not interested.