After work on Friday, Scarlett drove to the City centre to meet Shane. He'd asked her out on a date and she'd thought it best to drive so that she could leave when she wanted. Scarlett was giddy with nervous excitement and the adrenaline rushed around her as she was flattered and really liked him. She hadn't told Shane but this was the first time she'd ever been on a date, with previous love interests they had just hung out together and been playful and other dates she'd been asked on were by guys she didn't fancy so she'd turned them down. Shane was only 2 years older than her yet she felt a slight intimidation as he'd had a serious long-term relationship and more than a few one-night stands. Scarlett hadn't been with a man who was so strong-willed and sure of himself and she'd never had sex with one.
As she drove past the City Hall she did a double take to make sure that it was Shane standing amongst the crowd of people passing by. She didn't remember him looking quite like that... she wondered how much she'd had to drink when she first met him at the party last month. He didn't look as well put together as he had then. Tonight he was wearing a yellow band t-shirt and brown baggy cord jeans with his Converse shoes, his hair was roughly gelled and his beard a bit fuller than before. He was carrying a cloth bag on his left shoulder and looking up and down the road to spot her. She double- parked, wound down the window and shouted over to him.
He got in the car and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek as she drove out into the traffic. He bought her a cup of coffee in a cafe near the cinema, she was so giddy that her hands were shaking and some of their conversation passed in a bit of a blur. He flirted and teased her. She melted at his accent, the way he looked at her and smiled and the way he said her name.
At the cinema, they took their seats long before the film started and he rested his left hand on her thigh. She felt the warmth of his hand as he stroked her thigh and she trembled. He noticed.
"Are you cold?" Shane asked.
Scarlett felt embarrassed because she wasn't cold, just nervously excited. "Ahh, no, I mean. A bit, I suppose." she shrugged.
Shane took his hand off her thigh and wrapped his arm round her shoulders, rubbing the top of her left arm with his hand.
Scarlett looked at him while they talked about their jobs, his housemate, her studies, their mutual friends, but all she could concentrate on was his lips and how much she wanted to kiss them. Again, he noticed.
"What?" Shane asked.
Scarlett was sure she was blushing but she couldn't do anything about it.
"Can I kiss you?" Scarlett asked quietly, looking down.
Shane laughed "You're so cute! Of course you can, c'mere."
He wrapped his left arm tighter around her and pulled her in to him, she rested her right hand on his thigh. His lips were warm and wet against hers and he kissed her softly. His tongue gently stroked her lips and then slid into her mouth, against her tongue and she sighed a low breath into his mouth. His beard grazed her skin and his cologne smelled sharp against the popcorn smell of the cinema.
The trailers started and Scarlett felt the need for a nervous pee so she excused herself to go to the bathroom. As she sat in the cubicle she saw her pants were damp, she brushed her hand down through her groomed pubic hair and felt the soft, warm folds of her wet pussy. She involuntarily let out a low moan and her breath caught in her chest. She lifted her hand and saw her fingers glisten in the light, coated in her pussy juice. Her body was craving him.
Back in the cinema all the seats were full, Scarlett fell asleep during the film and woke up nestled against Shane's chest with his left arm around her. Embarrassed, she sat up straight and smoothed her clothes.
Shane giggled softly and whispered in her ear "Don't worry, you weren't snoring so no one else noticed."
His hot breath on her ear and neck made her breathing quicken. He began stroking his hand on her thigh again before finding her hand in the dark and entwining their fingers, every once in a while stroking the skin between her thumb and index finger with his thumb.
They went out onto the dark, emptying streets after the film. The cinema and places nearby were shutting for the night. She offered to drive him home since he lived on the outskirts of the City. He directed her up and down narrow streets of rows of terraced houses, she couldn't figure out where exactly she was because it was dark and she wasn't familiar with this area.
Shane invited her inside for a cup of tea. She didn't want to give him the wrong impression but she didn't want to go home just yet and she didn't really know how to get home from here anyway.
They went inside and he made her a cup of tea while the TV played in the background and he explained his housemate was away most weekends and that he'd be moving from this house soon as they'd had a disagreement. Scarlett gingerly sat down on the sofa with her cup, she really wanted to kiss Shane again. His arm was tight around her and the warmth from his thigh as he sat pressed beside her on the small sofa made her thoughts race.
Scarlett finished her tea and stood up. "I should get going now" her voice didn't sound convincing.
Still sitting on the sofa, Shane looked up at her with his eyes fixed on hers and began running his hand up the back of her leg from her knee to her thigh and onto her ass.
"You don't have to go, you can stay if you want. I can sleep on the floor and you can have my bed. If you want." Shane's voice was deep and low, like a soothing lullaby.
Scarlett's knees felt weak as she sat back down on the sofa, she thought for a moment, swallowed hard and her voice flickered "Yeah, ok, sure."
Shane put his left arm around her waist and pulled her into him, tucking her long red hair behind her ear as he kissed her. Quickly, he was kissing her with a powerful hunger that both shocked and excited her. His tongue pushed into her mouth, his breath hot and his body leaning heavily onto hers.
Scarlett gasped for breath "Shane... slow... down".
