The sun shone brightly into my eyes as I sat on the bench at the park. I wasn't really doing much, just whiling away time. That is until I saw her walk past me. The first thing that caught my eye was the fullness of her lips. I love a natural bow mouth, with full, plump lips. The next thing I noticed was that she was beautiful. I don't mean she had tons of makeup on. I mean she was naturally gorgeous. Her eyes sparkled, her nose was angelic and she had the slightest dusting of freckles across her cheeks.
My breath caught in my throat. I wanted to get up and give chase but, suddenly nothing existed below my waist but a blood-engorged organ and two lead balls. Movement was out of the question. Sadly, I watched her walk right out of my life. The only thing that was good about that was me being able to see those succulent cheeks twitching up and down as she stepped out of my vision.
Hours passed, the sun faded westward and pedestrians ceased to exist as I sat on that wooden slat. My food had long since grown cold. A squirrel had brazenly crept up and liberated my fries. Sitting on his haunches, warily watching his surroundings, he made short work of those fries. My pupils remained focused on him until he decided it was time to make his way to whatever represented home for him.
Exhausted. although I'd done nothing during the 8 hours of my park occupation, I wearily rose to my feet. Casting one last, forlorn, glance in the direction she'd walked out of my life, I dragged my feet for the longest three blocks of my life.
At dawn's first light, I was up. Instead of worrying about what I was going to do today, I had a plan. I made nine peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, three for the animals, filled my thermos with ice and grabbed a half gallon of Arizona Iced Tea. I made sure to grab my phone, some gum and a good set of earbuds.
The park witnessed my arrival just after 7 am. Since I was unaware of who she was, where she had come from, or where she was headed, I could not afford to take any chances. If I was going to meet the apparition that had plagued my restless night, then preparation was key. I sat in the park until well after 9 that night.
Unfortunately, there was never a single glimpse of this goddess. Over the next ninety days, every chance I got, I sat in the park. Nary a moment passed where I didn't think of this woman. My heart panged at the idea that she was my soul mate. Most would call it unrequited love, but that wasn't accurate. Unrequited love would mean she had rejected me. We had never met. But I was in love with her.
For the next nine months I walked by, jogged through, drove around, and otherwise stalked Stoepel Park #1. There was no way I missed her. I never laid eyes on her. The summer gave way to fall, and autumn moved out of Jack Frost's way. When spring arrived, I'd just about given up. Don't get me wrong, I still hoped, I just figured my hope was misplaced.
May came along and my birthday neared. Normally my birthday is cause for celebration, but not this year. All I really wanted was to meet this lovely vision. And no birthday cake wish was going to make that happen. My friends planned a gathering. They knew why I was in such a funk and couldn't care less. The main concern voiced was that I was stupid. How could I fall in love with a woman I'd never met? Crazy. Theoretically, I understood, but emotionally, I was undeterred. No matter what people said, I couldn't let go.
May 13 found me at a bar called DA OUTSIDA. It was owned by C. G. Brooks, Sr. a local hood legend, turned author and entrepreneur. My friends, and I, frequented this spot prolifically. All of the decor was from foreign countries, as were the waitresses, menu options and music. It was an urban spot with international flair.
I was sitting at the table, nursing a Wallaby. It reminded me of Cutty Sark and cola. Shane walked in followed by two women the first I assumed was his girlfriend. I didn't know her too well, but the second was the woman I had given my heart to a year ago. They'd only been dating about four months, all of which I'd been preoccupied with finding my better half. Every time he called, she'd yell out that she had a friend for me. I usually made quick excuses to get off the phone. I only had eyes for....
I surprised everyone by how quickly I moved to the door. Barely looking at Shane, I walked up to the nameless woman. I'd had 365 days to work on what I would say when I saw her next. It all went out the window. I grasped her hand, speechless, and stood there like the biggest dunce ever.
With that touch, I saw that we would exchange numbers tonight, have our first date tomorrow, move in together in a month and be married in January. We would welcome our first child in May of next year and have three more. I saw us attending graduations and marriages of our children. The birth of our grandchildren. Trips and vacations. Fights and makeup sex. I was amazed to realize that I'd seen all of these things in a split second. I heard Shane calling my name and I snapped out of the spell. From the look on her face, she had to think I was insane. Then she asked if I had seen that, too.
I looked her in the eye and introduced myself. I told her my name was Papi and that I had been in love with her for the past year. Ever since I saw her walk through Stoepel Park #1. I asked her if she wanted to have a drink with me. She smiled. I damn near died. She told me her name was Vixen and that she would love a Margarita....
Papi would have you believe he's such a romantic. He's not. He does try. Why is that relevant, you ask? Well, after I grabbed his hand and we went to the bar, we spoke on all kinds of topics. And he never let go of my hand. Not to order. Or to drink. Not for the appetizers we had. We exchanged numbers and he called me three times less than twenty minutes after we left the bar. A little stalkerish, but he was so sweet. And cute. And I liked him. The thing that really ingratiated him to me was that shared psychic experience. In my past, I had seen other things like this, but never so vividly, and never as a shared experience. To be honest, it was quite frightening, yet it also reached inside of me and erupted into a fierce flame.
The fact that he was still holding my hand was actually making things feel the most normal. Most importantly, it allowed me to see inside of him. I could see what was in his heart. I could see his sincerity and I was instantly his. Well, I won't lie. I was his, but not instantly. My pussy was instantly his. It was like she hadn't shared my life for the last 36 years If he spoke, the bitch fucking swooned. If he took charge, dashed off a few instructions, she literally tried to jump off my body. Strangely, I had a complete understanding of how she was feeling. Looking at Papi's crotch, he was feeling it, too. Unlike most men, however, he seemed proud of, but embarrassed by, his tented trousers.
Before my brain could react, his pussy invited him to grab an overnight bag and come stay the night with her. Now, I can hear your objections, but at the time, there was nothing else I could have said. She had somehow manipulated my mouth into forming words, my voice into enunciating them, and he had quickly accepted her invitation. It seems I was going to be a hostage, albeit it a willing one, to this assignation.