Pretty Fly for a White Guy: The Complete Series Collection (3 page)

I poured myself a glass of wine to settle my nerves and sat on the couch. My buzzer went off shortly and I knew that it was Kenneth. He always buzzed my doorbell the same, two long buzzes and then two short ones. I buzzed him inside and offered him a seat. He wore a simple t-shirt and basketball shorts. He had clearly come here directly from the gym. He looked so good, and I could see his print through his shorts. I nervously played with my necklace as I sat down beside him.

“
Thank you so much for coming over,” I said to break the ice.

“No problem Nicole. I figured that if you called it had to be important. You don’t make a habit of ringing my phone often.”

“I know, and this is pretty important. I wanted to be respectful of your feelings before I moved forward with my life,” I said, emphasizing the word respectful.

“There’s no need for you to have to talk to me about anything, I’ve clearly moved on and so I fully expect you to do the same,” he said with a cocky laugh. “Oh, wait…I know you haven’t been waiting on me for the past year?”

“Not at all,” I said quickly. “I’ve been dating so please don’t flatter yourself. I just wanted to give you the same courtesy that you didn’t extend to me.”

Kenneth gave an impatient sigh, “Cut to the chase please, I have somewhere to be soon.”

“
Fine then, have it your way. Joshua asked me out, and I’m considering taking him up on his offer.”

The room grew silent and I looked in his eyes, wanting a sign of anger or jealousy. I just knew that this was about to be it. I was expecting him to completely blow the hell up so I prepared myself for the storm. Instead a huge grin spread across his face.

“Wow, you and Josh? I’ll admit that it comes as a surprise because he hasn’t said anything but I’m completely fine with it. I’m with Amelia and I’m not going to hold the two of you back. I hope that you’re real happy. I didn’t see him as being your type, but more confusing things have happened I guess.”

“So you really don’t care?” I asked in disbelief.

“Of course I don’t care. I hope that it works out for the both of you. If that’s all, then I’m about to get ready to get out of here.”

“Yes that’s all. I’m going to date Joshua and so there is no changing your mind after we start,” I say stubbornly.

“Cool, see you around,” he said as he said as he rose to his feet. He gave me a hug and gave me a  kiss on the cheek.

I watched him in silence as he left my apartment.

What a crock.

#Chapter3

“
The sky is the limit Nikki!”

Joshua

I sat in my office in Midtown Atlanta looking at my cell phone. I had 5 missed calls from Joshua waiting on me. He knew that I finally had the conversation with Kenneth and he was waiting on the final verdict. I’m sure that he’s talked to his friend by now but I was unsure of what to say. I didn’t expect for the situation to play out that way. I liked Joshua as a friend, thought he was cute, but never saw him outside of those parameters.

It would be ridiculous for me to not go out with him at this point. He’s expressed a clear interest and Kenneth doesn’t seem to care at all. I felt stunned after he left my apartment and I called Patrice for some advice on the situation. She said what most women would say. She believes that I need to move on and was excited that I had a date prospect. She said dating Joshua would make “more sense” anyway and I was not sure how to take that. More sense because he was Black or more sense in that he was a nicer guy?

Anyway, that's the least of my problems. It’s hard for me to push aside my feelings for the man that I’m hopelessly in love with but it’s time to start the process.

In a rare moment of courage, I picked up the phone and texted Joshua.

To: Joshua

So when is our date? ;)

~Nicole

I bit my lip as I twirled in my seat and waited for his reply. My phone buzzed quickly. That’s another difference between him and Kenneth. Kenneth will take hours to respond to a message, even when he’s not doing anything. I always hated waiting on him to text me back because I felt like I was being ignored, yet when I was with him he would always have his phone close to him.

From: Joshua

Tonight if you’ll have me. I’ll pick you up at 8? You can dress casual because I want to have some fun.

I smiled because I was interested in seeing what kind of fun he was talking about.

To: Joshua

Sounds good. I’ll see you at 8.

TTYS

~Nicole

I breathed out a sigh of relief because I’d finally got it over with. I can finally move on with my life and work towards a real romantic future. I had only been on a few dates since my breakup. I had sex a couple of times and it absolutely sucked. I couldn’t stop thinking about Kenneth and the guy’s dick left a lot to be desired. I only slept with him again because I was lonely. He really liked me and so I let him go because I knew it wasn’t right to allow him to hang out to the idea of a relationship that was never going to happen.

I got up from my desk, gathered up my things and headed out to see one of my clients. My job has been the only thing that’s kept me going. It’s always been a constant for me, and it’s something that my mother and I connected over. My mom wasn’t in the fashion industry but she was obsessed with it.  My mom was a high school principle but she always looked like she had stepped off of a runway. She’d taken me to New York Fashion Week every year since I was 7 up until she passed away when I was 18 in a car accident. My dad and I have been there for each other while dealing with her death. It’s not something that you ever get over but we take it day by day.

My day seemed to drag by because I was watching the clock the entire time. I couldn’t wait to get home to prep for my night out. Even though it’s casual, I wanted to make sure that I looked really good. I put on a black form fitting tank top with thin straps, and a skinny pair of blue jeans, and a pair of cute strappy heeled sandals. I went and took my make up from day to night and poured myself a glass of Merlot. I sat at my kitchen table as I thought about what I was doing. I felt a little scandalous going out with Kenneth’s best friend but I knew that I wasn’t doing anything wrong. In fact, I had done everything right.

Joshua said that he had been interested in me from the moment that he met me. He did a great job of covering it up. I never noticed his interest at all. He just always seemed liked the happy go lucky side-kick. Now he wanted more from me. Joshua buzzed my door as I took my last gulp of wine.

I buzzed him in. He walked in wearing a fitted grey v-neck t-shirt, jeans, and casual shoes. He looked pretty good and I could tell that he put just as much thought into looking casual as I did. I gave him a hug and felt his body melt into mine. He audibly inhaled my scent and nuzzled my neck.

“Getting a little frisky?” I laughed.

“Well can you blame me? You’re looking and smelling all good, you can’t blame a brother for getting a lil’ excited,” he gives a boyish grin and I giggle.

“No, I can’t blame you at all. I do look and smell pretty good today,” I say as I spin around giving him a full view. “Where are we going anyway? I’ve been pretty patient and you know that’s not like me at all.”

“We are going to have some good old fashioned fun at Dave and Busters. I plan on whoopin’ that ass in some air hockey.”

“
Don’t bet on it Mr. Crocker, I play a mean game of air hockey. Isn’t your ego still bruised from the last time I beat you at that bar?”

“Okay, let’s make a bet,” he says as he invades my personal space, “You win, and then I’ll owe you a favor, and if I win then you owe me a favor.”

“What kind of favors are you speaking of?”

He licks his lips suggestively, “The sky is the limit Nikki.”

My lips parted as I felt heat enter my cheeks. If I was light my cheeks would be fire red.

“OOOOOh, did I make you blush?” He grinned.

“Shut up and let’s go. You just get ready because you’re going to owe me a whole lot of favors.”

“Somehow I see this as a win-win situation for myself.”

*

The sexual tension was high on the way back from
Dave and Busters
.

We had a great time at the arcade. We drank quite a bit, played some games, and had a great dinner.  We played best out of 3 twice in air hockey. He won one game and I won the other. I don’t know if it was the adrenaline of the competition or just our attraction to each other but we couldn’t keep our hands off of one another after that game. His hands stayed on my hips and ass, I kept brushing my ass against his center and his bulge was hard to ignore. It felt good to flirt and have fun again.

When we arrived at my house, we sat in an awkward silence. I wasn’t sure as to what I should do and so I went with my gut.

“Would you like to come upstairs for a bit? I’ve had a really good time and I don’t want it to end,” I licked my lips nervously and felt my hands moisten.

A moment of panic settled in because I was nervous that he would say no. If he turned me down I was going to feel like a complete idiot.

“I would love to,” he said in a deep timbre and it caused me to squeeze my legs together.

Good god, I’m about to have sex with this man and he knew it. The evil part of me couldn’t wait until he went back and told Kenneth about what we’d done. No man wants another man touching what was once his, and that’s even if they no longer want it. I’m going to put it on Joshua so good, that he’ll want to tell the world about what we’d done. My favor will be cashed in tonight because I couldn’t wait to see how those juicy lips would feel down below.

We walked into my apartment and he closed the door behind us. It closed with a loud thud and it made my stomach flutter. I knew that there was no going back from this point.

“
Would you like a drink?” I asked.

“Water would be great; I think I’m done with drinking for the night,” he laughed.

I removed my shoes and headed for the kitchen. He was still standing at the door as if he was waiting for a personal invitation to come inside of my home.

“You know we don’t play that here,” I said, “You are not a guest in my house; you better take a seat where ever you want.”

“Well you never know, I may not be allowed on the furniture anymore,” he took a seat on my couch and sat on the edge in an upright position. He was nervous and I found it to be very endearing. That’s another reason that I like him, he has the decency to be nervous around me. It makes me feel desired and powerful.

I watched him tap his hands on his knees as I poured us both a glass of water. I walked directly in front of him and his eyes zeroed in on my breast. I didn’t wear a bra underneath my tank top and so he noticed when my nipples began to harden under his gaze. I handed him his glass of water and sat close to him so that our thighs touched.

He drank his water thirstily and didn’t stop until he drained the entire glass.

“A bit parched are we?” I said in amusement.

He had a twinkle in his eye, “I’m not the only one that’s thirsty, I saw you looking at me. You were looking at me like a starving man at a buffet.”

I laughed heartily and it lightened up the mood.

“I’m really glad that you came with me tonight, you’re a lot fun. I thought that I was going to have to beat all the men off with a stick when you started jumping up down after winning all of those tickets at the Skee Ball Machine.”

“Really? Why?” I asked while looking at him in confusion.

“You’re not wearing a bra, you were bouncing up and down and every man was praying for nip slip. It was like the music stopped,” he admitted.

“Well I don’t have to wear a bra, that’s the beauty of being a B cup. So you were hoping that I fell out of my shirt too?”

“I can’t lie; at first I was hoping that. But I quickly caught myself because I didn’t want every man to see what I hope will be mine soon.”

Well there it was: he put it all out there. It was really up to me to decide what I wanted with him. I could tell that he wanted to get into an in depth conversation of where we were possibly going after this point. However, his admission that he wanted to be with me only ignited desire within me. This wonderful, sweet, and good looking man wanted me. He didn’t have a problem letting me know that he wanted me and he was exactly what I needed at that point in time.

I smiled weakly at him and went in for the kill. I placed my hand around the back of his neck and brought his face close to mine. Our eyes locked and he wet his lips before placing them softly against my lips. I closed my eyes and melted into his lips, they were so soft. All of my nerve endings went on high alert.

We parted and the silence was thick in the air. I couldn’t take anymore so I stood up and place myself between his legs. His hands explored my hips, ass, and waist. I placed my hands on his chest, pushed him back, and straddled him on the couch.