Natalie, Summer, and Gabby have been close friends since their sophomore year in college and are sorority sisters. Summer and Gabby are the social butterflies of the group. They always host events, organize trips, and keep the group of college friends together. On this particular evening Gabby hosted game night at her house. Natalie is a regular at all the events. Akeem was an outsider. He tagged along with Jamaal, who is part of the clique. The party consisted of fifteen people in all β 8 women and 7 guys. As the new guy, Akeem was the topic of all of the womanly whispers. Akeem isn't particularly tall, but he is big enough draw attention. He is 6'1" and an athletic, toned 220 pounds. The right build to where his clothes fit nicely β not too tight and hipster, but not loose and baggy either. His complexion is a few shades darker than chocolate, but not quite dark skinned. His white teeth shine bright in contrast to his skin. Natalie noticed him . . . everything about him. She was the one that answered the door when Jamaal and Akeem arrive. She was the first to size him up.
Natalie wasn't particularly tall either, but she felt like it. She was 5'7" which made her seventh on her line of eight sisters when she pledged. Now that she proudly wore her hair in a large natural afro, she probably encroached on 6 feet. She weighed about 170 pounds; she would never give an exact answer to that sort of question. Her body curved in all of the areas a man desires. Her bright hazel eyes, even brighter smile and loud voice never let her fade into anonymity in a crowd. Simply put she was beautiful. Even when she was "bumming" for game night in a tank top and Victoria's Secret Pink sweatpants she was the most beautiful woman at the party, but she would never say that. Akeem would. He was awestruck by Natalie the second she opened the door.
Jamaal made the introductions and Akeem extended his hand politely. "Boy, I'm from the South, we hug!" Natalie wrapped him up tight in a bear hug before he even knew what was happening. Natalie immediately noticed there was no give under his clothes. No sign of softness or fat. Akeem took inventory of all the supple softness pressed against his body too. Mostly he noticed the large puff of hair that consumed his face. The long curly tendrils wrapped all the way around and tickled his ears. And she smelled delicious β like flowers and fruit.
As she stepped back from the hug, Akeem playfully swatted at her hair and feigned a sneeze.
"Boy stop! Come in guys. Everyone is in the kitchen. That's where all of the food and drinks are." Natalie waved them in.
The chemistry between Akeem and Natalie was instant. She playfully teased him for losing at spades. He teased her for spilling her margarita all over the floor. They made sure to sit next to each other during a game of Taboo. He buzzed her every mistake during their round of clue giving. She got the last laugh as the girls beat the boys in the end β as she predicted from the beginning and reassured him during each score update. It was pretty much a blowout.
At the end of the night, they exchanged numbers and even followed each other on Instagram. The guys clowned him for letting her "invade his privacy" so quickly. From that moment things moved quickly and easily. They began to seriously date almost immediately. They spent time together when they could. Both were busy building their careers β Natalie was starting out as a pharmacist and Akeem was a marketing manager. They talked every night and exchanged texts throughout the day. They managed a date or two per week. Each date ended with hot sex and love making at one of their condominiums. The sex was natural, free flowing, and intense. On most occasions, it occurred several times throughout the night. Natalie's nosey coworker always joked that she could tell when Natalie and Akeem had a "date night" the morning after because of Natalie's puffy eyes and constant yawning.
After six months the heat hadn't waned at all. Akeem could feel himself falling in love. Natalie could feel it too, but she wanted to make sure. She suggested to Akeem that they slow down and take time to bond without sex for a while.
Could they hang out for a weekend, get along, enjoy each other uninterrupted for 48 hours and leave their clothes on?
Akeem tried to debate the sex moratorium but to no avail. Akeem's pride told him that she wouldn't be able to hold out; after all, she was probably the bigger hornball of the two.
The first weekend was a blast. They spent the entire weekend together without any sex and enjoyed every second of it. The second and third weekends had the same results β shopping, dinner, games, movies, cuddling, talks, no sex. By now Natalie was spending most of her time at Akeem's place. She hadn't moved in, but she had a toothbrush, towel, loofa, a dedicated drawer in the bathroom vanity, and the bottom drawer of his dresser for her things. Three weeks. Three weeks with Natalie being around most of the time. Three weeks with the most beautiful women he had ever met and no sex. It wasn't for lack of trying. He made advances, but she rebuffed his moves and reminded him of their agreement each time.
This week, week four, is when Natalie began to play dirty. It starts with flirty texts.