"It feels so good to be home." Amani said taking a deep breath and exiting the plane into the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
It had been 7 years since she had been home. In that time, she had graduated from Jordana University with a Bachelors and Masters in Chemical Science.
Amani was happy to be home but wanted to hurry and get the trip over with. She was not looking forward to the endless parade of family and friends her mother would invite over or want to go see.
After one final guilt trip from her mother, she had finally decided to come back to her hometown for a short visit.
"Yes mom, I'm getting my luggage now...I've missed you too...I don't know probably an hour...yes, I will drive safely...ok bye, I love you too." Amani said with a smile hanging up on her mother.
Her mother would worry her to death if she let her, Amani thought with a shake of her head.
Before she could look up from ending the call, she collided with something solid. Two warm hands wrapped around her waist firmly and stopped her from falling.
Amani looked up ready to say thank you but politely remove the stranger's firm grip when she stopped cold.
"Gage?" Amani said with shock.
"Amani!" Gage, Amani's high school crush, said with a big white smile as he pulled her into hug.
Oh my goodness, he smells good, Amani thought as she inhaled his strong masculine scent and tried not to grip his arms.
Keep it together, keep it together, she chanted in her head as her body started to tingle.
Damn he is still fine, Amani thought.
"What are you doing here?" Amani asked pulling out of his embrace, but Gage continued to hold her hand. "I thought you were in the military now."
"I am out now. I came back to visit my family for the holiday." He then flipped her hand over and said, "Wow Amani, you aren't married yet? I could have sworn someone would have snatched you off the market by now. You look just as beautiful as the last time I saw you." He finished, biting his lip.
He openly admired her figure and she blushed. Amani was around 5' 9" with a curvy figure. She had short dark brown hair and matching eyes that were framed by smooth caramel skin. She had 42 DD sized breasts, a flat stomach and a nicely cuppable ass from what Gage could see.
She has filled out nicely since high school, he thought.
"No, I'm not married." She said with a blush and shake of her head. "I'm single so no one has snatched me off the market yet.
"I see...So what brings you to town?" Gage asked slowly pulling her closer.
"I'm visiting family as well." Amani said licking her lips.
Gage then began gently massaging the pulse at her wrist. He smiled as he noticed a spark enter her eyes and a change come over her.
They always had chemistry, she thought with an inner chuckle.
Amani bit her lip and looked Gage over. He was about 6' 0" now. His hair was cut in a low fade. He had a neatly trimmed mustache, alluring brown eyes and sexy light skin.
From the top of his vneck Amani could make out a tattoo that covered the length of his muscular upper body. She almost reached out and traced it.
Realizing that he had her hand, Amani looked down and backed out of his embrace. Pulling herself together she said, "Thank you for stopping my fall Gage."
"No problem. It is always my pleasure." Gage said once again smiling and Amani caught herself doing the same as her pussy clenched.
"I have to go, but it was nice seeing you Gage, take care." Amani said as tucked her hair behind her ear, grabbed her suitcase handle and walked toward the main exit.
"Nice seeing you too." Gage said, staring at her ass as she walked away.
In her rental car, Amani tried to remain focused on the road but she was distracted by thoughts of Gage.
"He is still so damn sexy." Amani said biting her bottom lip, "Fucking temptation." She kept replaying their encounter over in her head.
Her pussy clenched as she thought of how much sexier he had gotten with age and how good he would feel against her womanly curves.
She could imagine him pushing her against a wall and holding her wrist pinned as he kissed her passionately.
She could imagine him laying her down on a desk and pulling her into him.
She could imagine him lifting her up before plunging her down on his, "Shit!" Amani said aloud as she narrowly missed a speeding driver.
"Focus, Focus!" She chanted and cracked the window letting the winter air hit her warm face.
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She arrived at her childhood home 30 minutes later.
"My beautiful baby has returned." Her mother Celia said coming outside with open arms.
"Hi ma." Amani said breaking into a big smile and hugging her mother.
"Oooh you've gotten so much thicker since the last time I saw you." Her mother said trying to pinch her hips.
"Ma!" Amani said swatting away her mother's hands and stepping into the house.
"What?!" Celia said with a smile.
Amani went into the kitchen and began preparing some hot cocoa for herself and tea for her mother. She handed her mother her tea and sat down on the sofa with a plop.
"So mom, what's on the agenda for today?" Amani asked.
"Well, I figured you would be tired from all that flying so I think we should just go visit some people from the neighborhood and then go and visit your grandparents, does that sound good?" Celia said in her sweetest voice.
"Whatever you want mom. Let me just take a quick shower. We will only be gone for a few hours right?" Amani asked.
"Yea 3 hours max." Celia replied.
"Ok." Amani said over her shoulder as she raced upstairs to shower and change.
******
5 1/2 hours later.
If I have to hear one more story about when I was little I am going to pass out! Amani mentally screamed as she smiled at her grandparents and her mother.
She was happy to see them but she was so exhausted from all the shuffling around to the "neighbors", that all she wanted right now was a warm bed.
She decided to walk around her grandparents' home and stretch her legs.
What was supposed to be a 3 hour round trip was fast approaching 6 hours because her mother kept stopping to talk to EVERYONE.
"Oh dad give me strength." Amani said looking at old photos of her dad in their home.
"I miss him too." Her grandfather James said stepping into the room.
"So how have you really been? Every time we speak you seem so busy. Are you enjoying yourself? Are you enjoying life?" Joseph asked.
"Pap, I don't have time to think about that. I have to focus right now so that I can set up my future, live to see your age and be financial stable." Amani said.
"Nia, you are only 23 years old. Enjoy your youth while you still have it. Everything else can wait. Time is something you can never get back." Her grandfather said lovingly.
Amani sighed and hugged her grandfather. "Ok, Pap, I will try." Amani said, even though she did not know how.
She and Her mother went home 20 minutes later.
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"Thank you so much for doing that for me baby." Her mother said with a gentle pat to her shoulder as they walked into her home.
"No problem mama. It was nice to see nana and papa and really get to spend some time with them." Amani said.
"What do you plan on doing while you are here? Now you know I could use some of your help at the school and at church on Sunday." Her mother began.
"Mama!" Amani said with a large exhale.
"What, baby?" Her mother said turning to look at her. "Oh, don't give me that look."
"Yes, mama that look. This is supposed to be a break to reconnect with family and friends before I have to go back work. I'm only here for a week and I would like to enjoy it Mama."
"Ok baby." Her mama said wrapping her in her arms. "I just thought that while you were here, you'd want to help an old woman out, you know these bones don't move like they used too."
"Mama!" Amani said exhaling once again. She was not going to fall for her mother's guilt trip.
After a while she said, "I will help you if I have time, but no promises mama. There are a lot of people I want to see and things I want to do."
"Ok, ok baby, that's all I ask." Her mother said grinning. With a loud exaggerated yawn, "I'm going to bed now. Don't stay up too late. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon.
Amani settled onto the couch and turned on the cable. An incoming notification from her instant messaging app alerted on her phone.
Gage: You up?
Amani: It's only 8pm
Gage: Hey, you might have been jet lagged.
Gage: What are your plans for the week?
Amani: It's been a long time since I've been back home so I have to go eat everything! I also want to do a little shopping and see some of my friends.
Gage: Can I be added to that list?
Amani: Depends. Are we going to have fun or be BORING?!?