Outside the Box

by H. M. Montes

  FYI…these postcards are not big enough to write wedding day notes on HAHA!

  I smiled and put the postcard back in the envelope, “See she’s on her way.” William said from behind me.

  “Thank god! Let’s go get in place before they come yelling at us.”

  My dad was sitting with his girlfriend on the front row, my mom right beside him with her boyfriend. We had a long supper one evening and attempted to hash things out between them so that everybody could get along on this day. Finally dad admitted that he was in the wrong and mom admitted they were better off being friends. She apologized repeatedly to Derrick for trying to take his money, the night ended with her and dads girlfriend crying and hugging each other.

  The wedding march started playing, all of the guests stood up blocking my view, I tried to step forward but Derrick stopped me and pulled me back. I closed my eyes then opened them, I could see her white dress as she passed the guests, but nothing prepared me for the sight of her in her dress. She looked like an angel, like a princess out of a fairytale, the dress sparkled. I wiped away a tear that rolled out the corner of my eyes.

  “Whoa, she looks…” Derrick trailed off when Alexia was standing with Harold waiting for the pastor to start the ceremony. When Harold released her hand and placed it in mine the familiar jolt of electricity shot through my body. The look in Alexia’s eyes told me she still felt it too.

  Lexi

  ****

  Seeing Spencer in his tuxedo took my breath away, his starburst blue eyes shined with the silk of his blue tie. Derrick had to pull him back because he tried to come get me from Harold before we even made it to the front.

  The wedding was very short, but standing there promising my future to Spencer and him promising his to me was the best feeling of my life.

  “Alexia, I know you’re trying to figure out why I chose to get married here, at the harbor. When I look out I can’t see an end to the water, my love for you goes past that. I made a promise to your parents and I’ll do everything in my power to keep it.”

  I was worried that he had written his own vows but he hadn’t, the pastor announced us as Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Scott, the soul claiming kiss from Spencer left me weak in the knees and tears rolling down my face.

  Our journey as a married couple was just beginning, I knew we would have our ups and downs but it was all part of married life and we were both ready to start the journey together.

  After the ceremony was over I went to a room inside the bed and breakfast that was just a few minutes from where the reception would be held, so that I could have the train removed from my dress. “You should go keep the guests company while we do this.” I told Spencer. He was following me and Destiney.

  “Destiney I’ll take care of the train, you go socialize we’ll be there in a few minutes.” Spencer told her.

  “Okay, don’t be spending an hour banging my best friend, there’s a party waiting to happen.” With that Destiney left.

  I turned to Spencer, “The little hooks are under this?” I pointed at the small silk pleat.

  He sat down on a chair and carefully unhooked the train from my dress, he gently laid it on the chair next to where he was sitting. Then turned back to me, “I got your postcard.” He said with a grin.

  I raised an eyebrow at him, “I got yours too, you didn’t mention anything about a party.” He stuck his hands under my dress, and slowly trailed them up my legs until he reached my hips.

  “Mmm I know it said something about not leaving this on though.” He snapped the strap of my thong.

  “It completed the outfit.” I said and smiled down at him.

  “You look fucking beautiful, in case I haven’t told you.” He moved his hand to the front of my thong, and slid it to the side.

  “We…” I gasped when he pushed a finger inside of me.

  “We need to leave for our honeymoon shortly.” he told me, while he continued to pull his finger out and push it back inside of me. With his other hand he unbuttoned his tuxedo pants, pulled his already hard cock out and started stroking himself. My pussy muscles contracted at the site of the head as Spencer gripped it tighter.

  “We, don’t have time to do this.” I whispered while still watching him stroke himself, as he continued to massage my clit with his thumb and hit my g-spot inside.

  “Trust me baby, it’s not going to take long.” He removed his fingers but continued to stroke his cock. He lifted one side of my dress so I lifted the other side. I straddled his lap, he moved his hand to push my thong off to the side again, “I told you it would just be in the way.” I sank down onto his cock. “Stop, just feel.” He whispered. With his cock stretching me and the tip pressing against my cervix we both sat still, I could feel his pulse through his cock. I slowly rocked my hips, “Just like that, nice and slow, I love being able to feel all your little orgasms.” He pushed down on my hips trying to get deeper. I gasped, he cupped my face in his hands and brought our lips together, I continued to gently rock my hips. My orgasm built up so fast that I bit his lip, “Fuck.” He groaned then his hot cum shot out in jets inside of me.

  There was a pounding on the door, “Get off your wife and get your ass’s out here or I’m coming in!” Derrick yelled.

  Spencer looked at me, “That was what we can call really fucking hot sex. I love you Mrs. Scott.”

  I kissed him, “I love you too.”

  We both cleaned up and walked to the old airport hangar where the reception was being held. It was decorated with white sheer fabric pleated along the ceiling, large peace lilies in two foot tall vases decorated the sliver clothed tables, and crystal blue lights were up lighting the walls while bluer crystal lights glistened behind the fabric on the ceiling.

  “You do know both of you have that, we just had sex glow’, right?” Jocee asked and slapped Spencer on the chest before walking away. The reception went great, the meal wasn’t what I told Spencer it was going to be, instead it was chicken cordon bleu, white rice, and apple turn over. We danced to ‘The Man’ by Aloe Blacc for our first dance as a married couple, Spencer sang every word to me and moved us swiftly to the beat of the music.

  We stayed for a few hours before Spencer finally announced that we would be leaving for our honeymoon. He hadn’t told me where we were going, only that we would indeed be taking his private jet and that our bags were already loaded and the jet was ready for take-off.

  We spent one week in Australia, it was someplace that neither him nor I had ever been. For the first two days we didn’t leave our room at the hotel, we spent them wrapped around each other, exploring each other’s bodies, and having sex. Lots and lots of sex because Spencer said he had to make up for all the wasted time not having me in his life.

  I would never get use to him spending money large amounts of money on me. If I looked at something twice he bought it, “Spencer that drives me crazy why can’t you just keep your money and spend it on something else?”

  “For starters it’s our money, why can’t I buy you something I know you like and you’ll have to always remember this trip?”

  “You’re impossible!” I told him. He gave me a credit card with my name on it and told me that if I didn’t use it at least twice a month he would make me go shopping with my friends. He knew how much I hated to shop, so I promised to spend his money at least twice a month.

  Spencer

  ****

  (2 months later)

  The honeymoon in Australia was great, seeing Alexia smile nonstop and being able to relax was exactly what she needed. Between working at the salon, going to college, and planning the wedding she was starting to exhaust herself.

  The ‘Box 2’ in Los Angeles was booming with business, the waiting list was growing more and more each day. Alexia wasn’t able to fly out with me for the grand opening or to L.A. with me for this trip because of school. I had to go out and straighten out the payout system because it kept locking up and not paying the employees. The trip was only supposed to take
a day or two but I ended up being there for a week because we had to order a new system and install it, that system had the same glitch, finally the third machine worked properly and I was able to go home.

  Alexia was still working at the salon, still going to college, and still tutoring on the side. She only had a few months until college would be out for the summer, I was looking forward to it so we could actually spend more time together. She would get home late, eat supper, watch TV, and usually fall asleep on the couch with Casper. Casper had become her cat, Frank my cat, and Tiny was just the tornado of the three. I didn’t know a dog could actually shred and entire leather sectional couch but he did, and he loved to shred shoes. It took a trainer stepping in to finally get him to chill the fuck out.

  If Alexia would be late getting home she would always text me and let me know so I could take her supper. The ladies at the salon always offered to give me a free shave, or haircut, I politely decline them. No woman was going to do that to me except for my own wife. Julie had let it slip one day that her and her boyfriend were clients at my club and that she had seen Alexia and I in “action”. “I’m telling you ladies, these two could make a monk and mime so hot and bothered the only words they would be chanting is “Oh god…oh god!” I had never seen Alexia blush the shade of dark red she did that evening.

  I couldn’t wait to start a family with her but she kept saying that she wasn’t ready yet, that she wanted to finish college, get her career started, then we could start a family. In my mind that seemed too far away.

  “Why the hell do you need a job, there’s enough money in our bank account to support the twelve kids and their kid’s kids.” I asked.

  “I’m not going through school just to say “Hey look at me I passed the accounting program.” She replied with a snarky tone.

  “You don’t have to be a bitch about it, I just don’t understand why you think you need to work.”

  “Now I’m a bitch because I want to have a career and not live off of your money? Classy Spencer, real classy.” She rolled her eyes and walked out of the break area and into the salon.

  When she got home that night, she showered and went to bed. I crawled in behind her and apologized but she was already asleep. I didn’t like how tired she was, I was secretly hoping she was pregnant but that little bubble was popped when she started her period a few days later. So I chalked the moodiness up to the hormones. Derrick and his girlfriend broke up so he was coming around more, “So how’s the married life?” he asked one evening while we lounged by the pool and watched Tiny chase is chew toy around the pool

  “She’s so fucking busy between work and college she’s getting bitchy. I’ve tried talking to her about starting a family, that backfired and started a fight instead.”

  He was quiet for a few minutes, “But everything is still okay, right?”

  “Yeah, when summer break is here we’ll be back to normal.”

  “How many students is she tutoring can she quit doing that so you two have some time together?”

  “I’m not sure, I’m going to go to the college tomorrow and talk to Professor German. She’s going to have a breakdown if she doesn’t lessen her work load, I know that much.”

  He told me all about his break up with Amber, “Man everything was going great, the whole distance thing didn’t bother her at all. She watched one of my games on TV and seen the crowd rush the field after we won. I hugged one of the female athletic trainers for too long I guess and that made her think I was cheating on her with that chic.” He shook his head. “I wouldn’t do that to her, fuck I about went ape shit on you when all that shit went down between me and Lexi.”

  I laughed, “That was so messed up, but I wasn’t going to give her up without a fight. I even told her that. I just didn’t think I’d be fighting my own brother.”

  Alexia walked through the patio doors interrupting our conversation, she sat down on my lap. “You boys up to no good?”

  “We were just visiting, how was your day? Are you hungry?” I asked and kissed her hand.

  “I’m too tired, I’m going to go shower and head to bed.”

  “Lexi, you’re overdoing yourself. Why do you do that?”

  She rolled her eyes, “Yes Derrick I’m hearing that very frequently in this house. I know what my limits are, I’m fine.” She stood and went into the house.

  Derrick looked over his shoulder, “Wow, bitchy, I’m glad it’s you dealing with that kind of attitude and not me.” He told me.

  I finished my beer, “I’m going to head inside, you’re welcome to stay if you want.”

  “Nah, I’ll go back to my apartment. If you two are going to have a bitch session I’m not going to witness it.”

  “She’ll be asleep before I even get to the room. Give me a call tomorrow maybe we can grab supper again.”

  “Later.” He left so I shut the stereo off and went inside. After I had all the doors locked and Tiny in his crate I jogged up the stairs. I figured Alexia would be in the shower still but she wasn’t she was curled up on the bed asleep in the same clothes she had on when she got home. I slipped her shoes off, covered her up, then went and showered.

  The following day she rushed through the shower, grabbed a bagel, kissed me and ran out the door. “I’m going to be late, I’ll see you tonight.” She called out and shut the door before I could say two words to her.

  “She too busy, tell her slow down.” Jocee said while looking at the door.

  “I’m going to go talk to her professor today.” I put my suit coat on.

  “Good, you tell her I said she going to age twenty years if she not slow down.”

  I waved before I walked out to the waiting car. The first place I was going to go was the salon to see if Julie could give Alexia the evening off. “She’s got one hair cut scheduled, the rest she is having a tutoring session this evening. I can stay and do the hair cut, that’s no problem.”

  “Really?” I asked with a confused tone.

  “I told her she needs to slow down so I cut back on her chair time.” Julie told me.

  “Good, I’ll see if I can get the session moved to a different night. I want some down time with my wife. Don’t you dare tell her that I’m planning a romantic evening or I will ban you from my club.”

  Julie turned her fingers in front of her mouth like a key, “Enjoy your evening!” she called out as I walked out of her salon. On the ride to the warehouse I called the college to set up an appointment with Professor German, he would be taking a break from class in an hour and a half so I would meet with him then.

  Peaches was on vacation for a week so I got busy listening to voicemails and returning phone calls for the next hour. I arrived at the college, I was hoping to see Alexia but she wasn’t anywhere to be seen before I went into the classroom.

  “Good morning Spencer, what can I do for you today?” Professor German asked while cleaning his glasses.

  “I need to talk to you about Alexia, her schedule has her swamped. How many students is she tutoring?”

  He put his glasses back on, “You don’t even know how many she tutors? Do you to ever talk or do you spend all of your time giving her a lesson between the sheets?” he leaned back in his chair.

  “She’s too fucking tired when she gets home, I was able to convince her boss to give her the evening off, can the sessions for this evening be moved?”

  He opened a desk drawer and pulled a folder out, “She’s with Reed this evening, Jules and Jordan tomorrow, and all three on Friday.”

  “Jesus Christ three students, are you slacking on your job or what? Why the fuck is she helping so many?”

  He shrugged his shoulder, “Because she asked, she’s very smart and very good at what she does. Obviously she enjoys it and enjoys helping people.”

  “Can the session be moved to a different night?” I asked and pinched the bridge of my nose. I had no clue that she had asked to take on three students, she sure as hell wasn’t going to do that for long if I ha
d my say in the matter.

  “I’ll have to talk to Reed and get back with you, there was a family matter that come up so it might be a session to get up to speed with Friday’s.”

  “Just let me know so I can make reservations or if I need to bring her something to eat.” I told him and walked out.

  I went back to the warehouse and spent the rest of the day making more phone calls, going over spreadsheet after spreadsheet, approving time off, and filing applications for new clients. I sent Peaches a text and told her she was never again going on vacation. To which she replied with a picture of her toes buried in the sand, a cold beer in her hand, and the sun setting behind the ocean.

  Professor German never called me back, so I sent Alexia a text asking her if she was available this evening. Victoria had supper ready when I got home, I still hadn’t heard from Alexia so I ate by myself then went to my office grabbed a bottle of Jack Daniels and made me a tall glass of Jack and Coke.

  Lexi

  ****

  My busy schedule picked right back up when we returned, Spencer was getting irritated that we weren’t getting to spend much time together but there was only a few months of school left. He had brought up wanting to start a family but I told him that I didn’t want to yet. That conversation led to an argument, him telling me I didn’t need to work and that he didn’t understand why I thought I needed to. I just wanted to have my own career, he had his, I deserved to have mine so I wasn’t backing down. I rarely spent his money, I know it was mine too but…I liked the cushion of knowing I could buy my own things without his help.

  Derrick and Amber had broken up, Amber had grown insecure and didn’t trust Derrick when he was out of town for soccer games. “We can be friends but not lovers, I totally understand that saying now.” She told me one afternoon when she called. I was going to remain friends with her no matter what, she was a sweet person, just because things didn’t work out between them didn’t mean I had to cut ties with her. She was easy for me to talk to, when Spencer and I were having disagreements.