It was all because of you that my dreams are coming true.
I had never blushed before in my life but I could feel it coming up along my cheeks as I coughed.
Now, Sara moved in and said to my ear, “If that’s not the answer to your questions I don’t know what the hell is.”
I didn’t bother looking at her. No, I continued listening to him as he sang his heart out, I could tell it in his voice that this song meant the world to him and he was bringing this from within. The fact that the song he was singing was actually for me and about me had begun to sink in too. It had to have been about me, why he would look right at me like this if it wasn’t about me? When he concluded his song, everybody in the place erupted in applause, shouts and screams as he got on the mic and said, “Thanks everyone, listen, I want to get someone up here if she will get up here on stage and sing for us. She’s an up and coming singer who one of these days, you will be grabbing her CD’s and going to her concerts. But you will all say that you heard her here first!” He pointed right at me motioned for me to come up there.
I kept shaking my head no. I knew he was crazy. He had to have been crazy to think I would get up there in front of everyone. Mind you, any other time I would have been happy to have gotten up there on stage and sing but I wasn’t ready…I really didn’t feel up to doing any singing.
Then yes, he was persistent as he called out my name, “Come on Mel, come on up here, and sing for us!”
Now, the crowd started to chant my name and I knew that I had to go on ahead and get the damn thing over with. So I made my way towards the stage as he went to help me get up.
Looking over the crowd, I glanced over at him and said, “I swear I am going to kill you for this.”
He only laughed it off and put his hand over the mic to talk to me, “Do you remember that song on your demo that you sang? I think it was the one that you wrote. I want you to sing that one for me.”
“Sure, I’ll do it since you got me up here and all.”
“That’s my girl.”
I froze. Well, this was a first because he never called me ‘his girl’ before. He went to the band, telling them something while I adjusted the mic, looking out at Sara who was pointing and sticking her tongue out at me. I honestly couldn’t help but shake my head at her.
“Let’s give a hand for Ms. Melanie Taylor!” Anthony then handed me the mic.
I looked back at the band and nodded as the music started to swell around me, putting me in some sort of cocoon, encasing me as I began singing in front of everyone. I had always felt so at ease when I sang into a mic. I would look out into the crowd as some of the people were either listening or dancing to my song. I enjoyed it so much that the more I sang the more relaxed I got. So once I’d started, I really got into it, having everyone in the crowd dancing and clapping as I found myself joining in on another song after the first.
When I was done with that song, everyone was cheering and clapping as I went and thanked all of the guys and Anthony.
He gave me a hug and then helped me back down off the stage as some of the people around me were congratulating me and saying things like, “You were amazing, I love your voice.” Or, “I will so be buying your CD when it comes out!” I would either say thank you or just shake hands and give them a smile.
When I finally joined Sara, she gave me a hug and smiled a big Cheshire cat smile. “You were awesome! Oh, my God and the chemistry between you two is HOT!” She gave me another hug.
It made me laugh when she said our chemistry was hot together. It was true and I think I was through with denying it now.
Soon, the lights dimmed down while the crowd started to holler and shout as the band started to play a slow song.
Then instead of Anthony singing, he came down from the stage and towards me. Moving through the crowd, he came up to me and said the three words I never thought he would ask me, “Dance with me?”
I just stared at him because honestly, this had to been some dream or something and I wasn’t about to wake up. When did this all start? He was acting so different from all the time we had been friends and doing the demo.
Then Sara brought me back to reality with a swift nudge to the ribs.
So, I took his hand and we moved off deeper into the crowd that were congregating on the dance floor. I had never felt as comfortable at that moment until he took me in his arms, he really held me, not like how when you get one of those quick hugs from someone and it would only last no longer than a minute. But when he took me into his arms and held my back to where I could feel myself being pressed up against his chest. That hard sweaty chest of his while those blue eyes of his danced when they gazed at me. “You know I plan on killing you for getting me up there, I was not expecting to be singing in front of a crowd.”
“You need to try that more often you know? You have such a wonderful voice Mel.” He put my arms around his neck as I entwined my fingers.
All I could do was look into those eyes of his, staring at him just completely mesmerized me. I don’t know if it was just his eyes or maybe it was the way the lights played around his head that hypnotized me but I couldn’t stop looking at him as his hands roamed along my back while we swayed to the music.
“What is that perfume you are wearing?” he asked me.
“Oh, it’s some white musk I got from the Body Shop. Do you like it?”
“I love it, I’ve been meaning to ask you what it was, but I thought you would think I was nosy.”
“I don’t think it’s nosy to ask.” I smiled then felt embarrassed, so I glanced away for just a moment but then went back to staring at his smiling face.
Then immediately, his expression went back to one of deep thought. He bit his lower lip like he was contemplating something to say but just couldn’t get the words out which was odd. This was a man that could carry on a conversation for hours on end but right now, he was totally tongue tied. “Well, like I was about to say, it smells amazing on you and your smile tonight just brightened up the stage as well as your face. It makes me want to smile every time I see you.”
I was taken aback by his compliment and it warmed me to hear him say something so beautiful. So I gave him a kiss on the cheek which quickly turned into a full blown kiss by him. It started off innocently with lips softly touching mine but he was the one who deepened it with his tongue. My God, that tongue of his tasted my own and I heard him moan a bit, caressing my cheek as our kiss intensified. But eventually, he slowly stopped and I opened my eyes to see his smiling face again and we continued dancing.
Chapter Seventeen
“Listen I…” He had pulled me outside after we had finished dancing which lasted for at least two more slow songs.
Plus, I figured he knew that inside of a club was not the place for us to talk.
We found ourselves down the block standing near a Brownstone as he looked at me seeming to be determined to get his point across. “I want to tell you that I usually don’t just kiss every girl that comes to me to do demos. It’s just that ever since…” He took me by the hand, rubbing his fingers along my own.
I watched his fingers but returned my gaze up at him.
“We have been spending more and more time together and I’ve honestly started to have feelings for you.” He reached up to touch my cheek.
God, his touch seemed electric when I felt his fingers on my skin.
“You’re a very attractive woman Melanie, inside as well as out. It’s just that I didn’t want to ruin our friendship. I didn’t want you thinking that I was some desperate man who goes after every single girl who comes to my place to do a session.”
I chuckled a bit. “You know everyone else around me knew that you had some sort of feelings for me. From Sara, my mom and Aunt Reva, she knew something was going to happen when she kept telling me to stay away from that man,” I said in her voice which made him laugh. “But I just played it off like what we had was just a working relationship and nothing more but slowly I reali
zed that something could happen between us and that I was starting to have feelings for you as well.” When he smiled, I could tell he felt just as relieved as I was to hear me say this.
“Might I make a suggestion?” he asked, taking me into his arms.
I smiled. “Go ahead.”
“Why don’t I go back in, grab my stuff and then we can go back to my place and carry on this conversation in a more private setting.” His voice sounded mellow and seductive.
This tone was one I’d never heard from him before, it made my skin tingle. It let me know that conversation wasn’t all he wanted to do tonight. “But what about Sara, I came with her.”
“I’ll find her and tell her that you will be leaving with me. Come…” We headed back towards the club but he brought me over to the bouncer who was manning the front door. “Say Greg, can you make sure she’s all right while I go back inside for a minute?”
“Sure thing Tony.” He got up from his chair and let me sat down while Anthony walked inside.
I watched while people were searched by the bouncer and ushered inside. It was about ten minutes before Anthony came back outside with his guitar case strapped to his shoulder and behind his back. Once he saw me, he grabbed my hand as I quickly got up and followed up behind him down the street.
When got to Anthony’s place, it felt different this time.
I don’t know why I thought this then but I knew why I felt that way much later on. It was mainly because this was the first time I had come to his house for something other than doing a song.
This time it was special.
This time we were going to make love.
He kissed me as soon as he closed the door, capturing me again in his arms while his lips barraged me with passionate kisses. I found myself giggling like a school girl while he walked me towards the back where I saw a huge bedroom with a king size bed made of dark mahogany with a beautiful dresser and a mirror that faced the bed. He had posters and pictures of concerts gone by along with places it seemed he had been to. It looked amazing I thought as he put his arms around my waist from behind.
His lips touched along the side of my neck which sent shivers through me and he chuckled. “Didn’t mean to make you shiver but it does excite me to know that when I touch you, that I can make you feel this way.”
I sighed when hearing him against my ear as hands roamed over my hips and I could feel how hard his cock was against my ass while his hips grinded into me. Turning around, I continued gazing at him while my fingers kept busy unzipping his jeans to which he would kiss my forehead, then the tip of my nose and eventually my lips which he deepened when my fingers traced along his hard length. His cock was so warm along my fingers even though I was touching him through his underwear.
“Oh, shit…” He moaned with his fingers clinging into my hair, pulling it only a little but not so hard to where I would complain about it.
When his lips and teeth touched along my neck, instinct told me to grab hold of his cock. His moans vibrated along my skin and soon I found myself falling back against cool soft comfort of his bed. I sunk down a bit when he got in, slinking over me, I put my arms around his neck, pulling him in for a kiss while his hands again roamed along my body. He began undoing my pants as well, eventually sliding them off as I helped by lifting myself up to get them off. It took us a while to get our clothes off until we were finally naked and even before we started to make love we laid there and just kissed and explored each other’s bodies.
I had never felt so loved by a man than I did than when I was with him in his bed.
“I could hold you in my arms forever,” he whispered against my forehead.
I smiled for those were the sweetest words I had heard in a long while.
“You are too sweet.” I kissed his chin then along his neck, his cock bumping against my stomach, still harder than ever and even though we had been kissing and touching each other for hours, I honestly couldn’t handle too much more and I know that Anthony couldn’t either.
“Did you ever think that we would be in bed together?” He reached back over his head to grab the condom that he had already gotten from his nightstand earlier.
“Never in a million years.” I watched while he ripped open the wrapper then put it on, damn that was a sexy sight too.
Slowly, he made his way on top of me, quickly entering me before I even knew it which made me gasp. “Damn hon, let a sister know before you go in.”
We ended up laughing but eventually, Anthony kissed me, assuring me that what was happening right now was real. The touching, tasting mingled along with the moans and cries from one another. He slowly loved my body, treasuring every minute we had together while his hips thrusted against mine. Then when I was sitting on top of him, I closed my eyes moving forward while his hands grabbed hold of my hips as I tried my best to hold onto him. Every part of my body tingled with a level of euphoria that I honestly never felt with anyone else but this man. Anthony’s grip on my ass was tight while sweat slicked both of our bodies. He didn’t miss a beat as he kept up with me as much as I had tried my best to keep up with him. Then he grabbed hold of my breast, pulling his mouth towards my nipple to capture it. His warm tongue played with a slowly hardening nipple which once he captured it, immediately my pussy began to tingle even more.
My nipples along with my earlobes are the only spots on my body that literally drive me insane.
The more he sucked and nibbled on my nipple, the more I rode him, holding his head against my chest as moans pervaded my lungs and out towards the ceiling. “Yes, oh God don’t stop!”
And he didn’t, he kept right with what he was doing which was pleasing me and making me his own. Holding me in his arms, he quickly turned me over on my back, I could feel him still deep inside me and his teeth bit lightly into my neck. I instantly cried out while my body slowly began to shake and I clawed along his back while my thighs pushed his hips more into my own. “Anthony!” I shouted letting out a sound that came from deep within my lungs that I had never thought would come from me. A sound that echoed the room and our ears and soon mingled with another sound of gratification that came from within him. We held one another as spasms pulsated both our bodies instantaneously and I wanted to just stay like this for as long as I could handle it.
I could feel him lifting himself off of me, moving over to the side as I took a deep breath before looking over at him. He looked over at me with that sweet smile of his, reaching over to move some hair that had gotten into my face. I was too tired to do anything but smile but he was the one who pulled me towards him and I felt a sense of calm spread throughout my body as I sighed.
“I could hold you in my arms forever,” he whispered against my face.
I smiled and kissed his lips.
We continued kissing and holding each other for the rest of the night and eventually, we made love again that night…twice.
Wow, who knew? I sure hadn’t. It was beautiful.
I woke up to finding myself in bed all alone and naked that morning. I got out of bed, grabbing my clothes from off the floor before making my way to the bathroom. I took myself a shower, relishing the warmth of the water along my skin as I washed up. Once I got out and dried myself off, I heard his voice, “Mel, are you in there?”
“Yeah, I just got out of the shower.” Wrapping the towel around me, I opened the door as steam escaped and saw him standing there with a smile on his face. “Hello.”
“I made us some breakfast, I had to run and get some juice around the corner. Did you already finish your shower?” he asked trying to peek in.
“Yes I did. Maybe next time you can join me huh?” I closed the door hearing him groan from behind it as I laughed while finishing up drying myself.
Making my way into the open space of the loft, I saw that he had set the dining room table for two.
He walked over with a carafe of orange juice and sat it down in between the scramble eggs and sausage patties. He also had English Muffins, b
utter and some grape jelly.
“Wow, I didn’t know you could cook,” I joked as he pulled out the chair for me to sit.
“Do you want some coffee?”
“Yes, please.”
Anthony went back over to the kitchen and came back with a coffee pot then began to pour me a hot cup.
“So what do you plan on doing today?” I asked while grabbing the creamer and then sugar.
“Well, I plan on finishing up your demo and then well, I’ll see what things go. What about you?”
That’s when I realized that today was Monday and I knew I had overslept. “Oh shit, what time is it?”
Glancing at his watch, he said, “It’s nine fifteen,”
“Where is your phone? I need to call into work.” He got up and went into the living room as I stood up when he came back with the cordless. Grabbing it, I quickly dialed the number and prayed that I hadn’t lost my damn job. “Hey, who is this?”
“It’s me Sara, Melanie is that you?”
“Yes, I know I’m late for work and all.”
“No need to worry, I told them that you had gotten sick and would be home resting and probably would be at work tomorrow. I figured you’d be way too tired to even think about getting out of bed.”
I let out a deep sigh and smiled. “You are a saint. I swear you are, thank you. I will make it up to you I promise.”
“Well, you are already. You are doing what I’ve wanted you to do for a very long time now. I wanted you to enjoy yourself with someone that you love and who loves you back. I’ll check you later girlfriend, enjoy.” And with that she hung up.
I looked over at Anthony.
He’d been patiently waiting to find out what was going on. “Is everything all right?”
“Yeah, Sara saved the day. She told them I was sick.”
“Well, that’s good. She knew, I suppose?” He chuckled. “Listen, why don’t we do this? After we eat, we can go by your place and you can grab some clothes and you can come and spend the night again with me and then I can take you to work in the morning.”
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