****Fans, I am so sorry for the tardiness of this latest story. Unfortunately I have experienced some serious health conditions which have prevented me from creating. I thank you for your continued support and readership. - Kimberly****
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René watched my college softball team, the Eagles, play two exhibition games against his college's team, the Ravens. Although I was a freshman, I had played all seven innings of each game as the Eagles' catcher, even though they had a veteran catcher.
After the games finished, we shook hands with the Ravens and wished them luck in their regular season as we were not in the same division. Claire, the other freshman on our team and I were in charge of gathering the equipment after games so René waited for us to finish up and took my hand as we walked to his car. We stopped by the sports centre to drop off the equipment before going back to my dorm to change.
René pulled up in front of my dorm and turned to me, and suggested, "Kimberly, just bring your uniform to my place and Lucille will be able to get the dirt out of your softball pants."
I smiled at him and laughed, "I figure this is your way to get me out of my pants!"
He raised an eyebrow and grinned, "I don't think I really need an excuse to get you out of your pants, do I?"
"Maybe last night was a one-time thing?" I teased.
René cocked his head to the side and said, "Well from my count, it certainly wasn't one-time. Do you have plans for this evening?"
"I really need to get some schoolwork done, how about a raincheck?" I asked, hoping he wouldn't think I was trying to brush him off.
"Kimberly, it's Saturday night, studies can wait until tomorrow, can't they? How about we go to see a broadway show?" suggested René.
I loved that idea but I had nothing to wear. I felt the redness creeping up my cheeks and replied, "I'd love to go but I have nothing to wear. Plus I really need to study."
René sighed, got out of the car and came around to my side, opened my door, held out his hand and helped me out of the car, giving me a goodbye kiss that sent shivers throughout my body. When he returned behind the wheel and sped off; I watched until he was out of site. I turned to go into the dorm, my bottom lip still tingling from his kiss.
I immediately hit the showers, lathering up in a rose scented body wash and washed my hair with something called 'White Tea' I think. After toweling off, I slipped into sweats, a tank top, pulled my hair into a messy bun and for the next three hours, I studied with my music on, making real headway until I heard a knock on the door. I got up, stuck my pencil behind my ear, walked to the door and opened it. There was René, dressed in a tuxedo, holding a single red rose and a dress bag.
"May I come in?" he asked.
I stepped back, holding the door open wide for him to enter. "Of course!" I said excitedly. I eyes him suspiciously and asked, "Did you find another date?"
"I hope you don't mind, but I picked up a couple dresses for you to try for this evening," René explained. "You can't spend Saturday night in your dorm room studying."
I filled up an empty water bottle and stuck the rose in it so it wouldn't wilt. I took the garment bag from him, set it on my bed, and unzipped it. I didn't know much about brand names but I didn't really need to as I could tell these were expensive. "René, I can't," I stammered, "these are just too beautiful."
"A beautiful woman deserves to wear a beautiful gown, love," he said quietly and kissed me on the cheek.
I looked at the two dresses he brought. One was a beautiful black, fitted, sequined gown with a very racy, plunging neckline and a high slit on one side. The other was an off-shoulder, red chiffon and lace mermaid style gown with a lace train. Red, being my favorite color, I chose the chiffon/lace gown and went into the shared restroom to change. When I emerged, René helped me zip up the gown in the back. I wished I had some nice jewelry to wear and it was almost like René was reading my mind. He reached inside his tuxedo jacket and pulled out two boxes from a jewelers.
Before opening the boxes, he removed the elastic from my hair and it fell, cascading over my shoulders. He brushed my hair off to the side and fastened a very expensive pearl-drop diamond pendant on a white gold necklace around my neck. He then opened the other box and affixed a diamond bracelet around my delicate arm and held matching pearl-drop diamond earrings for me to put through my ears.
"René, I can't wear all this!" I exclaimed.
"Don't worry about it Kimberly. I borrowed the jewelry from my parents' store," he said matter-of-factly.
When I turned to look in the mirror, even with my hair messy, I thought I almost looked decent. I asked him to sit tight for a few minutes while I went to find someone who could put my hair into a French Twist and help apply some make-up. When I returned, René let out a small whistle. I was pleased he was pleased.
"Just one problem," I said to him.
"You can take one night off from your studies," he said sarcastically. I agreed but asked if I could bring along my books as I had a feeling I wouldn't be making it back to my dorm tonight.
He nodded and we walked down the hall, arm-in-arm to a SUV parked out front. "What kind of car is this?" I asked.
"It's a Bentayga," he stated, and when I clearly had no idea, he finished, "it's a Bentley."