Authors note:This is based on factual events. If not mentioned, all characters that engage in sexual activity are over the age of 18.
In this variation of the story, I choose to focus on the main heterosexual coupling, so this will be a plot and character driven romance with a fair amount of erotica throughout; however if your looking for a quick fix, you might wanna come back to this one. If not, grab your snacks and enjoy.
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Chapter 1: Pinky Promise!
"Mhhhhhhh," I moaned. My eyes closed, drawing a deep breath through my nose, "I want you in me so bad." My eyes shot open and stared at the oven's timer: five more minutes. "Dammit chicken, hurry up and cook!"
I pivoted in the barstool and let my head tilt back, spilling my black hair over the counter as if it were a waterfall. The slowly baking chicken's savory aroma hung in the air temping me. "If only I didn't have company tonight," I thought and bit my lip, chiding myself for comment.
My friend Taylor was moving to New York from Florida, and she wanted to stay with me while she was in the city looking for an apartment. I owed her more than a few favors for letting me room with her back in Florida before moving to New York. She was a good friend who I have missed since moving here. I was more than glad to see her, not to mention I would have another friend in the city.
Ding! I jumped off the stool and walked around the counter. My feet carried me down the hallway to the door automatically. My hand wrapped itself around the metallic knob, and in one motion flicked the lock open, twisted the doorknob clockwise, and swung the door open. And there she was just as I remembered her: her straightened shoulder-length brown hair—matching her eyes--swooped to the side, her face and ears pierced aplenty, and her curvy five-foot-ten figure was not so hidden in a pair of skinny jeans and a black Tee.
"Hey," she spoke.
"Hey" I replied.
"You need a new bra, Alice," she leaned forward, facing my breasts as if she was talking down to a child, "They're still growing."
I recoiled crossing my arms and guarding my front from her penetrating gaze. By the time I recovered, she had ninja'd though the door past me and was following her nose down the hall, dragging a suitcase in her wake. "What's for dinner?" she called back.
"Chicken" I shouted back. I shut the door, and still flustered, I followed Taylor down the hall stopping at the kitchen.
By the time I entered the kitchen the stove was beeping, signaling that its contents of its belly were ready to be eaten. I donned a pair of oven mitts and approached the oven, like a surgeon prepping for a C-section. I removed the chicken, spinning around and placing it on the adjacent counter below the bar where Taylor now sat. After tearing off the mitts, I doubled-back, closed the oven, and turned it off.
Turning all the stove top burners off with a click, I began to transfer the multiple pots to the counter. After sorting all the dishes to fit on the counter, I fetched the last dish from the fridge, baked macaroni and cheese. Upon setting down the glass dish on the last bit of available counter, I held out my hands, "ta-da."
Taylor stared at me utterly flabbergasted, "you cooked all this?"
"Yes."
"By yourself"
"Yep, I just followed the recipes," I gestured to a number of note cards taped to the cabinets.
"And you didn't set anything on fire?" She was still in complete disbelief, which was completely understandable given the last time I attempted to cook I almost burnt down her apartment.
"Nope," I smiled with pride.
"Um, okay, um, is it—edible?"
"I guess we'll find out" I chuckled nervously. I pulled a scrunchy off my wrist and pulled my hair back into a ponytail. Then I washed my hands in the sink and grabbed two plates from a cabinet. I caught Taylor getting off the stool to fix her own plate but stopped her, "nu uh, be my guest."
Taylor hopped back unto the barstool and started singing her favorite song from Beauty and the Beast. I fixed her plate as she pointed to what she wanted while she sang. She stopped when I slid her full plate in front of her and asked what she wanted to drink.
"Beer?" she answered, unsure if I had any.
I pulled a bottle out of the fridge, "this okay?"
"Yeah," she smiled; I had remembered the kind she liked when I bought it for her. I handed it to her and poured her a tall glass of water along with it. Then I fixed my own plate and sat beside her. We ate, filling the room with munching and moaning: yes, it was that good.
"Your right," I sighed, "I didn't cook this. It tasted amazing. I must be delusional."
"Agreed, you're crazy," she said as I took our clean plates, "do crazy people have cable? Or is that a sane people thing?" She grabbed her beer and headed for the Japanese Katatsu--a Japanese low lying table that has a quilt sandwiched underneath the top--in front of the TV.
"No cable," I replied, "Netflix's on the Xbox though."
I cleaned up and saved the leftovers in the fridge; meanwhile, much to my dismay, Taylor had discovered the new episodes of Doctor Who on Netflix.