My My Little Prince Page 23

  The material was so sheer that when wet it was easy to see her breast. She looked at herself in the mirror and shrugged, then grinned. With her middle finger she tickled her nipple. She shivered and it immediately responded. She smiled again and headed for the door at Joe’s second more fervent knock. Opening it slowly, she leaned her head into the opening. She swung the door open fully. She stood there with one hand high on the door and the other on the door frame. She cocked a pose and as the Xanax and Jack kicked in, she smiled up at Joe and asked, “Who’s that knocking at my door, is it my sweetie or the big bad wolf?”

  Sherine took a quick glance at Joe noticing the large shoulders, his beautiful face and his “everything.” Damn, she thought, this one will not try to kill me. At least not unless it is sex related; then who knows.

  Joe only focused on Sherine’s smiling face for a second before noticing her wet blouse and the pert arc of her breast. His eyes opened wider at the sight of the nipple standing proud, calling his name. “It’s taunting me!” he thought. Joe felt his abdomen tighten and his heart miss a beat. He had a million thoughts in a split second, “Who is this chick? … What am I thinking? … She is either totally nuts or I am totally nuts for getting involved with her …” He put his hands on his hips and shook his head.

  He took her by the hips and began to sing the lyrics from the Fine Young Cannibals song;

  “She drives me crazy,

  Uh uh,

  Like no-one else,

  Uh uh,

  She drives me crazy,

  And I can't help myself,”

  They laughed and she opened the door fully to let him in. He grabbed her and hugged her hard as he entered, and they both lost themselves for a moment in the honest embrace.

  “OK,” he told himself, “this is different; but do I care? No because she is a true beauty; way beyond any other girl I have ever dated.” He hugged her harder, “I don’t care what or who she is, I know there is something deep there and I just want her and I am going to make her mine.”

  He stepped back, Sherine was standing there in her wet blouse, a short tight mini skirt, and high heels. She almost blushed as she smiled. She pivoted for Joe to get a load of her outfit and asked him what he thought.

  “About what?” He asked as he smiled, her curiosity piqued.

  “Come on lets go to dinner.”

  As they were about to walk out Michelle walked out of the bed room after a long nap in a long-man's 'T' shirt wearing nothing under. Slightly yawning and stretching a little she stopped and said “Oh, excuse me. Hi! You must be Joe.”

  After a quick but obvious scan of her from her feet to her head, “Yes I am, and you must be Michelle. Sherine has told me so much about you.” He made a little bow and held out his hand.

  Michelle turned to Sherine and winked, “Have pity on him Sherine, he’s only a baby.”

  Joe looked at Sherine and gave her a quizzical look. Sherine answered his look, “Yes Joe, this is my sister, Michelle. She is unpredictable and will say anything that comes to her little pea brain; whenever she wants. She is sweet though.”

  Joe looked back at Michelle, “So this is Michelle; the sister that you spoke of … you know … the ‘free spirited’ sister.”

  Sherine said, “Yup, this is she, the one and only Michelle; my older sister who has protected me all of my life, the sister that I share everything with.”

  Joe grinned and looked back and forth between them “Um, everything?”

  Their laughter broke the sexual tension surrounding them and a recovering Joe said, “Well, it is very nice to meet you Michelle. I hope we become very close friends.”

  Joe grinned at Michelle, then glanced at Sherine and shook his head. He took a deep breath. He could feel his abdomen go into spasm again and his heart began to race. He thought, “Unbelievable, every time I see this chick I have no control; what am I doing?”

  Michelle looked seriously at Sherine as she and Joe began to walk out the door. She told her in a stern voice, “You are right, Sherine, he's perfect.” And to Joe, “Do you have a clone, Joe? … A twin brother maybe? I want one too!” and she winked at them both.

  Sherine turned and looked at Michelle and said harshly, the joke completely erased, “Michelle, you leave him alone! He's mine and you cannot have him, unless I say it is o.k., none of him.”

  Joe looked at Sherine with a confused glance and then turned to Michelle. He fumbled for words, “Hey now, you ... you ladies are unbelievable, two of the prettiest ladies in the world.”

  “Come on Joe, let’s go!” Sherine was having none of it.

  Michelle looked at Joe again. She smiled and said, “we have been known to be a very, very close family, Joe.” As she smiled at him, her cheek muscles raised but her lips never parted. Joe coughed.

  “Joe, are you OK, honey?”

  “Oh yeah; just a slight spasm in my leg.”

  Later at the restaurant, Joe looked at Sherine and asked, “When we were leaving your apartment, what was your sister indicating or referring to or… ah ... was she trying to tell us something?”

  Sherine felt her stomach clench and she said to Joe, “Oh Joe, she is so funny at times, she did not mean anything.”

  Joe smiled and thought, “I know what she meant and I will not sleep for months unless I get my head back to normal. These ladies are really messing with my mind.”

  Not for the first time did he say to himself, “there is something almost spooky about this lady.” He looked at her sitting across from him, “but spooky can be fun can’t it?”

  At dinner he looked into Sherine’s eyes as he casually picked up his menu. He said,, “Oh, I thought she was hinting about something.” “Who.” “Your sister.”

  Sherine responded immediately and dismissively, “No, not her, if she wanted to say something she would just say it.”

  “Ok, that’s not important anyway.” Joe said, feeling a little tension, he continued and said, “I would like to discuss something that is important to me.” He surprised her when he went on. “Sherine, I know it has only been a few weeks, but I was thinking that since we are both so busy, wouldn’t it make sense if we both lived together?”

  At that moment the waiter came up and asked what they wanted to drink. Joe asked for a beer and Sherine told the waiter that she would wait a few minutes.

  Joe smiled, “Sherine you are perfect for me. So sweet; so intelligent. You have not shown me any baggage. And my god you are so sexy. I have waited for a woman like you all these years, and now here you are. Sherine, to be honest with you I had been, well, not depressed, but, well, yes somewhat depressed and I had been drinking a little more than normal lately, but since I met you and I know that you do not drink daily, I have slowed. You are so good for me, and well I have been so happy,” he continued to say.

  “I want to ask you to think about living with me, I mean … actually that is not what I mean. I want to wake up with you every day with you Sherine ... I mean. Well. Now … I am not sure what I want to say next … or ... I mean ... how to say it. Sherine … I ... ah; God this is weird for me. I … ah shit, I love you! Is that too abrupt, is that too fast? I mean. I don't want to scare you. But I want to ... to be with you ... I want to live with you and actually I want to marry you. There ... I said it ... did I scare you? I hope not. God I hope not.”

  “Joe,” Sherine said as she smiled and pressed his hands, “you did not scare me. You make me happy. Oh Joe, if you knew how I have longed for someone to want me like that. Oh, I love you too. So when will we?”

  “What Sherine? When will we what? Oh god, does this mean?”

  Sherine leaned over and kissed his knuckles, “Yes Joe, yes of course. When do we get married?”

  “You will marry me? It’s true?”

  “Of course I will Joe. I have dreamed of us being married since the first time I saw you. I want you and I need you and I need you beside me … and inside me too! Every day, every night, everywhere!” Sherine took a moment and tho
ught to herself, “I want to love him and I want to be happy, but can I do it, please god let me be able to do this. I promise I will do what is right, I promise.”

  As she focused on Joe he got up and came around the table and dropped to one knee. They kissed and held on to each other and Joe whispered in her ear, “Unbelievable,” he said and held her tight, speechless.

  After a moment the waiter came back with Joe’s beer. Joe held her at arm’s length and looked deeply into her eyes, “Fantastic! Now let’s celebrate! He looked up at the waiter and blurted, “We’re getting married!” The waiter and several tables all applauded. Joe stood up still holding Sherine’s hands. He looked around embarrassedly and then back down at Sherine. “You will celebrate and have a couple drinks, won’t you Sherine? This is a special occasion you know?”

  She stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him fully. The whole dining room stood and gave a standing ovation. She laughed and said, “Yes, Joe I will! Whatever you want!”

  Joe says, “OK! That’s great! A few drinks will not hurt. This calls for

  Champagne I think!” He held the chair for Sherine to sit and told the

  waiter, “A bottle of your Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 2005 garçon!”

  His Cheshire smile filled his happy face.

  They were both a little giddy. “I know, Joe, maybe I'll get a little crazy more often with you if that is what you want.” She leaned into him as he pulled his chair around to sit closer to her. “You did notice I don't have any panties on, didn't you?”

  “Yes, of course I did,” he said as he dropped his hand into her lap and laughed. She smiled and said to herself, “never again will my love be denied, betrayed, or taken for granted. He only loves me and I know I have it within me to be perfect for him and I will do it.” Her sad side crept in and told her she was nuts and she was fooling the world.

  She was on veritable pins and needles and she scooted her chair a little closer to him. “Oh Joe, I think I could have an orgasm right here, right now! You make me so happy.”

  “Let’s skip dinner and go to the yacht with some take out.” Joe was suddenly in a hurry now.

  “No Joe, I want some champagne first.”

  “Ok baby doll; whatever your little heart desires. But please excuse me for a minute. Will you please order the drinks while I go to the restroom?”

  A few seconds after Joe left the table Sherine flagged the waiter over and ordered. “I will have two shots of Jack Daniels, one double Vodka and Tonic and one single Tanqueray and Tonic too. Please, can you get me the shots immediately? And then put the double Tanqueray here.” She pointed to her side of the table.

  The waiter gave her a conspiratorial grin, and said, “Absolutely ma’am, right away.” He almost jogged to the bar and was back at the table quickly. Sherine threw a ten for a tip on his tray and grabbed the shots, wishing she had thrown a 50 and told him to ring the drinks separately. She looked over towards the exit to the bathrooms and then she downed them both instantly with another Xanax. The waiter picked up the two empty shot glasses and was already at another table when a minute later Joe walked out and asked if she ordered yet. Sherine’s rosy cheeks betrayed her calm but she managed to tell him that she had and that the drinks should arrive in a just a few minutes.

  The drinks arrived with the champagne. Joe looked at her questioningly and she explained that Champagne made her dizzy. He told the sommelier that they would be taking the champagne with them and to please not open it.

  Joe and Sherine sat and looked across from each other; neither saying a word. They finished their drinks in just a couple minutes though and Joe called for the bill. He pulled out his credit card and Sherine, worried the extra drinks would still show up on the bill, told him that it would be quicker if she grabbed the card and paid while he got the car at valet. She told him that she wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. He smiled and handed her the card.

  As she took it from his hand she asked Joe, “Did I mention to you that my mom may be coming to visit Michelle and me?”

  “Yes you did mention that but you did not tell me when.”

  “I'm not really exactly sure yet, but I think it could be soon. I really miss her. She was such a good mother to the both of us.”

  “That is so nice Sherine. You will get to see your mom and her new husband. And I will get to meet them both.”

  “Yes I'm excited,” Sherine said a little quietly. “It’s been a while. She will love you, Joe.”

  Joe left to get the BMW and Sherine paid the bill. Twenty five minutes later they arrived at Joe’s ‘Always Wet’ yacht. Sherine giggled again to herself about the name. As they entered the yacht, she said, “Joe this is the happiest day of my life.”

  “Mine too Sherine. Now I have it all; a beautiful bride, love and a perfect life. It will be so good Sherine; us, our future, we can have it all and we have no baggage, unlike so many of my friends. Those poor souls, most of them have terrible wives; no love and no future. It’s like they are robots just going through life on auto pilot. Not me!” Joe continued to say, “No sir! Not me. I have the best girl in the world, sexy, smart and kind ... ”

  “Hey Joe,” interrupted Sherine.

  “What?”

  “Shut up and kiss me! I mean everywhere. Get my juices flowing Joe. Take those muscular arms and use those perfectly toned legs of yours and carry me into the cabin and put me in ecstasy. I'm yours from now on Joe. Take me baby, take me hard, and take me now, you are so hot.”

  “Oh Sherine, my sweet beautiful ... ”

  27

  That next night Sherine was talking to Michelle at the apartment. “Hey Sherine, so when is this wedding?”

  “Soon; very soon.”

  “So, what did he say?”

  “You know; that he loves me, craves me and can't live without me.”

  “Go-o-o-o-aaallll!!” Michelle yelled like a United Soccer League announcer. “Give me a high five on that one!” She said excitedly.

  Michelle and Sherine slapped hands and they both laughed. Then Michelle said, “It will not last.”

  “Oh that’s great Michelle! I can’t believe you! You idiot! You are just jealous!”

  “No, I just think it’s funny. No, not funny, it’s ironic. You are mom all over again.”

  “No Michelle,” Sherine screamed at her. “I think I actually love him and that I need this. I’m going to make this work if it is the last thing I ever do!”

  “Wow, Sherine, if that’s true, that is really great news. Yes you do need this. I hope you are right! See, I kept telling you, you can have a real life.”

  Michelle started to mimic Joe as she danced around the living room. “’Oh Sherine, you are so perfect for me. Oh Sherine, I love you and I love it that you have no problems. Oh Sherine, I love it that you have a good mother. Oh Sherine’ ... ”

  Sherine tried not to laugh but she was in too good a mood. “Shut up Michelle, what am I supposed to tell him? That I have demons; that I want to kill at times? Or that I blank out and torture myself? Why don’t I tell him that I have a past that haunts me and that my own sister sold me for rent money when I was passed out and I do not know how many guys, oh whatever? I am a new person. Joe is my life now. I can move past the devil. I have to and I will.”

  Michelle stopped prancing. “Ok, Sherine!” She dropped down beside her, “God baby I hope it works for you. Maybe it will work out. But what are you going to do about Mom?”

  “Mom, yea mom.. Michelle, if she comes she will have to keep her big mouth shut, at least until the marriage.”

  “You told me that she was better now and that we should be nice to her and that you wanted to see her.” Michelle seemed truly contrite now. She sensed Sherine was about to undergo one of her transformations.

  “That was before.” Sherine’s eyes had a strange fire in them.

  “Before what Sherine; baby?” she asked as gently as she could say it.

  “Before Joe propos
ed. Mom already screwed up my life once; I will not allow her to do it again. I hate her and I hate her new husband, whoever he is.”

  “So what do we tell her if she calls again baby?”

  Sherine stopped talking for a second then said, “Maybe we will get lucky and she will leave us alone again. Maybe she will be too busy with Bill or Bob or whatever his name is.”

  “Maybe, but I doubt it. You know her, if she wants something she won't stop till she gets it.”

  “Yeah, she is the princess of all scammers all right. God, when I think of her and what she did to me and you, and that she pretended not to know ... I just want to ... ”

  Michelle was a bit shaken at the look on Sherine’s face, “What do you want to do Sherine?” she whispered. “You’re not saying you would kill her or something again? You gotta get over that Sher!”