A.N. This really doesn't have anything graphic in it except language. I tried adding the sex scene but it was just too long. But that chapter will hopefully be up near the same time as this one. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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She wasn't kidding, she really did roll around in her sleep. About ten minutes after she had fallen asleep, she had changed positions, moving away from me. And she kept doing it, no matter how many times I rolled over, too, so I could keep up. I eventually fell into a rhythm, so I was moving with her. It was nice to get some rest; I really was exhausted. I had been working for most of the previous night and had most likely lost ten percent of my thick black hair from pulling at it so much in frustration. But she made it better.
I wondered how much she trusted me. She was such a timid thing, and honestly she had just slightly warmed up to me since she came here. For the first few days I honestly thought she couldn't speak, except for that one question she asked me the day I met her. She was such a good girl, too. She did question me, but had never refused before. She wanted to please me. She wanted me to be happy with her, just like she was taught in the slave trade. And I always was happy with her.
As she slept, finally staying still as she laid head on my chest, she was calm. She was nearly affectionate, occasionally sighing in her sleep and smiling, smiles I wasn't used to seeing. When she nuzzled into me, I had to close my eyes to savor the moment. Maybe, subconsciously, she wasn't so scared of me.
I woke up possibly a minute before her, and spent that time just enjoying her form in my arms. Slowly, impossibly slow, a pink lips pursed and her eyes shut harder before her eyelashes fluttered open.
"Hey, little girl," I greeted her groggily. "Time to get up."
She yawned and leaned back into me.
I chuckled and kissed the top of her hair. I let her sleep for a few more minutes. I liked her like this, happy and relaxed. She rarely was.
"Don't you want to go to the library?" I asked.
Her head perked up, and she smiled and nodded.
"Well, go get ready."
Eyes bright, she kissed me on the cheek before she climbed off of me and scampered to her bedroom.
I grinned, the place her lips touched heating. I would've have done anything for her then. One friendly kiss and that little bitch had me wrapped around her finger. We both knew I was the one controlling everything, but she had a hold on me that I don't think she'd ever realize.
It took me a few minutes to get out of bed, and I found luxury in putting on jeans and a t-shirt, attire I don't don often. When I saw that tuft of black hair in the back of my head standing up straight, I felt surprisingly normal. Like I was a college student, staying at my parent's mansion with my girlfriend. Sometimes I got so caught up in being an adult that I forgot I was only twenty three. I wondered if when we were out, people thought we were siblings. We did have a few of the same features, the dark hair, blue eyes, thin frame. No, people could tell by the way I acted around her that we weren't related. Besides, her body was skinnier, more delicate. You could see her collar bones and wrist bones just a little more clearly. And I was normal, just with a more athletic build that I had to work surprisingly hard to maintain. And I was a different skin tone than her. That had to count for something.
When I walked into her room, she was wearing a simple sundress that I had ordered somewhere off line when she first came. She was sitting on the stool at her vanity, brushing her hair with that plain wooden hair brush even though there was a more expensive, silver one right next to it. The wooden one was honestly the one I imagined spanking her with if we were in her room and I felt like it. And even though there was makeup in one of the drawers, I had no idea what girls used, so I just ordered a set from one of those over priced brands on a website, she only wore what looked like lip balm. She didn't need makeup anyways, she was just a naturally beautiful girl.
"All set?" I asked, leaning on her door frame.
She turned to me and smiled, setting the hairbrush down with a click. I really needed to spank her with that. I had never spanked her before. How would she react to that?
She picked up my shirt and handed it to me.
I shrugged. "Just keep it. I have a million."
She looked hesitant for a moment, then folded it quickly and set it on the bed.
We walked into my endless garage and I showed her my motorcycle, expecting her to be scared or intimidated. Surprisingly, she wasn't.
"You're wearing shorts under your dress, right?" I joked.
She nodded. I tossed her a helmet which she caught with ease.
"Have you ever been on one before?"
She gave me a little half smile, her eyes mischievous. That was a look I loved and at the same time wanted to fuck out of her.
"I used to ride one."
I raised my eyebrows. "You used to ride a motorcycle?"
She shrugged.
"No." I shook my head. "You did not."
She laughed a little and shook her head.
"Unbelievable." I jokingly chastised.
I couldn't see her as we rode through town, but I could feel her arms around me, never tightening as I sped up. I could envision her, looking around at all the stores and cars and people, awestruck.
I parked my bike a little far from the library so she and I could walk through town together. It was about four in the afternoon now, and the sun had come out, bright but not beating down on us.
I picked a flower from one of the countless gardens in this part of town and gave it to her. She smiled at me and squeezed my hand, putting the flower behind her ear.
"So," I asked casually. "What's your favorite flower?"
"Freesias." She responded, her voice soft and delicate.
I honestly had no idea what those were.
"Lovely," I noted. "Like you."
She laughed and shook her head, the flower moving, but not falling.
In this town, any couple except a same race, straight, attractive couple was frowned at. And it seemed like the more the older people pushed this, the more the youths retaliated. So, the two of us received many approving nods from the elderly taking afternoon nods. How wrong they were, thinking of us as their definition of normal.
We walked past a small, family run flower shop who's owner's grandson went to grade school with me. Mr. Williams, the shop keeper, came outside to greet us.
"Clark, son!" He greeted, patting me on the back. "How've you been?"
Juliet's grip on my hand tightened before she let go. She started to dig her left foot into the ground, a nervous habit she has.
"Just fine, sir." I patted him back. "And you?"
"Busy as ever. I barely ever see you 'round here no more."
I shrugged. "Busy as ever, sir."
He turned to Juliet and gave her one of those gum-smiles, adjusting his bifocals.
"And who's this pretty lady?"
I put a hand on her back and could feel the way she was tensing.
"This is Juliet, Juliet this is Mr. Williams."
"Well hello there, Jul'yet." He jutted his hand out friendlily.
She hesitantly shook it, giving him a polite smile.
"I've been waitin' for you to finally be takin' to a girl."
I loosely draped my arm around her shoulders. "I was showing her around town. She just moved here."