It was now almost two years that Dawn and I had been singing together. Our reputation had grown and we were now a very popular act on the Algarve in Portugal, we had more offers of bookings than we could possibly fit in. It meant that we could now choose the venues that we preferred.
We had even featured on local TV on two occasions. The money was now beyond our wildest dreams, to us, we were rich. We had a new car each, the apartment had benefited as well, loads of lovely furniture, the latest television and we even had Sky.
I opened the front door, "Hi, Dawn, I'm back," I yelled up the stairs, the music was loud. Merle Haggard blasting out one of his sad bar drinking songs. It was our one night off and I had been out shopping for fresh steaks and some veggies and I was starving.
Dawn was sat at the living room table, a letter held in her hands, she was crying. "Whatever's the matter, baby?" I asked, rushing to her side.
She cried even harder, then held the letter out to me. I took it from her and I first looked at the heading, it was from a recording company Panafonica.
The thought that came instantly to mind was, "Wow, someone wants to record us." but just as quickly I realised that Dawn wouldn't be crying if that were the case. So, I read lower.
The gist of the letter was that they were offering Dawn a one-off recording deal, with an option for further recordings dependent on how the recording went and on sales. There was no mention of me.
I swallowed my reaction of hurt, instead, I said, "But Dawn, this is fantastic, why are you crying?"
She looked up at me, "I can't record without you Dina, it wouldn't be right, there wouldn't have even have been a me without you, I'm crying because it's not an offer for us together."
I put my arms around her and pulled her tightly to me, "Don't be silly, my love, you know as well as I do, that you've always been a better singer than me and besides, it's only a recording, it doesn't split our live act up. You've got to do it."
After dinner, we sat with a bottle of Rubera Del Duero wine, we discussed all of the pros and cons that we could think of. There were one or two foreseeable problems that came to my mind but I kept these to myself, I had to persuade her that she should do it, I wasn't trying to talk her out of it.
The wine was all gone, I didn't fancy another bottle, it was a bit heavy for drinking on its own, so we hit the brandy instead.
By the time we were both quite pissed, we still hadn't arrived at any conclusion, so I suggested that we should sleep on it and see how we felt tomorrow.
Dawn staggered rather badly when she stood, then she tripped over my foot and landed in a heap in my arms.
"Oops, I think I'm a bit pissed," she grinned up at me, then reached her lips up towards mine, "Shit, I love you, kiss me, Dina."
Our lips came together, I wanted to kiss her worries away, it broke my heart when she wasn't happy. We kissed all the time, we almost never stopped, but this time her passion took me by surprise, she was usually so gentle, now her lips were fierce and demanding.
When she had fallen, her skirt had ended up around her waist. In my drunken state it looked so erotic, her thighs were spread open as she sat on my lap, a glimpse of her panties just visible.
I trailed my fingers up her leg gently, I think, tickling as I went higher. She squirmed under my touch, her mouth never left mine but she breathed out a "Yes, touch me, I want to feel you touching me." Her hand grabbed hold of mine and she forced it between her legs grinding it against her panty front. She didn't let go but rubbed my fingers furiously up and down her slit hidden beneath the material, she was using my hand as if it were a dildo, stimulating herself.
Somehow, the crotch of her panties got pushed aside and still, she worked my hand hard on top of her clit. Her legs spread wider and her pussy open for her to jam my fingers inside, she wasn't careful, she seemed to have lost all control, she was trying to force my whole hand between the lips.
Her head dropped to my shoulder, then I felt her teeth, she bit me hard. Any other time I might have yelled at the pain, but just like her, I was too pissed to care. I tried to control her use of my hand but with her vice-like grip, she fucked herself.
I knew her well, so even in my inebriated state, I knew when her orgasm was nearing. Her free arm clung around my neck, hugging me so tightly, as still, she was biting the other side. Her body was going stiff but she never relaxed the pounding she was giving her pussy. Her climax was staggering in its intensity, between clenched teeth I could hear her, "Fuck me, oh keep fucking me, Dina, oh God, don't stop."
She collapsed against me, her grip on my hand fell away and her arm dropped to the floor, she was gasping for breath. I rocked her tenderly, "I've got you, my love, I'm here."
My lips hurt, my neck hurt and my fingers hurt, what the hell was that? Never had I seen her like it, my baby had gone mad.
Her voice broke my thoughts, "I'm sorry, Dina, I don't know what came over me, I just needed you to be a part of me, I didn't mean to hurt you, I love you so much and I'm frightened, I don't want anything that might split us up."
"Nothing's gonna split us, love. Just let me hold you." I felt a tear running down my cheek, shit! Don't you start, I thought.
She seemed to sleep, I sort of nodded off with her. I had bad dreams, I saw her, a star on television and with records high in the charts, I didn't think I would see my baby again.
The cramp in my legs woke me, I opened my eyes to find her staring up into my face, "You were dreaming," she said, "I heard you saying about me being a star, what was that all that about?"
Vaguely, I remembered but I wasn't about to tell her, "I don't remember, probably nothing important, don't you think it's time we went to bed?"
For a moment she studied me, then shakily, she rose from my lap, my legs hurt as the feeling returned to them. Arm in arm, we hobbled to the bedroom where I laid her down, then I went to the bathroom for a wash, I saw the blood where she had bitten my neck. As I rinsed it away, I pondered on her behaviour, it really wasn't like her at all.
The next morning, over breakfast, we continued our discussion but this time in a more sober manner. I pointed out that there was no harm in her going for the session, see how it went and kind of, take it from there. I said that I would come with her for moral support she could tell them that I was her manager.