Todd stares at Tea. He half smiles. He realizes that he made her smile and it makes him feel good to have done the right thing. He still needs her to get her wet clothes off and get warmed up. He breaks his staring contest with Tea and goes into the bathroom.
He begins to fill the tub with hot water. He evens it out with a little cold and fills it to the top. The finishing touch is a dash of his secret ingredient. He calls to Tea in the other room.
Todd: Tea. Come in here.
Tea: Is something the matter?
Todd: Yeah. I need you to fix something for me.
Tea: (entering the threshold) What do you think I can fix?
Todd: Your body temperature.
Tea: My what?
Todd: You’re freezing. You won’t let me help you out of your clothes, thank God for small favors, but maybe you’ll help yourself to a bubble bath, courtesy of me and Mr. Bubble.
Tea: Mr. Bubble? The REAL Mr. Bubble?
Todd: Nothing but the best for my missus.
Tea begins laughing again.
Todd: It’s nice to hear that.
Tea: What?
Todd: Your laugh. I’ve missed that. You have a great laugh.
Tea: Todd, I
Todd: (walking toward her) Shut up and get in the tub. I’ll do some cleaning up out here.
Tea finishes the job Todd started and removes all of her clothes. Todd hadn’t closed the door on his way out and she felt compelled to leave it open. She situates herself in the tub and sits back in the warmth of the water. The water that envelopes her entire being, all the way down to her littlest piggie. Her feet stick out of the bubbles for a moment, but she finally sits back and relaxes. She closes her eyes and enjoys the darkness. She hears Todd rumbling in the other room and isn’t quite sure what he’s up to. She hears him approaching.
Todd: Are you decent?
Tea: Shouldn’t you be the judge of that?
Todd: Seriously, I want to come in for a minute and I don’t want to disturb your, your attempt to warm up and relax with me in the near vicinity.
Tea: I’m doing just fine relaxing and warming up with you in my near vicinity.
Todd: Are you decent?
Tea: What exactly are you looking for as an answer to that question?
Todd: Are you totally submerged and covered in with my friend?
Tea: Mr. Bubble and I are having a relaxing evening together. Is that what you wanted to hear?
Todd: Something like that. Here. This is for you to sip. Sip, Tea. It will help warm you up and relax you. And this is to make you not so afraid.
Tea: I understand the drink, but how can a candle help me not be afraid.
Todd: I hate the dark. It’s so, so dark. Even when the light is on, for me, it’s always dark. But you shouldn’t be in the dark. So I brought this candle for you.
Tea: Thank you, Todd.
Todd: I’ll be in the other room if you need anything. Just think of me as your beck and call person.
Tea: All right. I can do that.
Todd: Eewww. Mushy moment. I’m leaving the room now.
Tea smiles as Todd leaves the bathroom. The candle and the drink added the perfect nuance to making this evening better. After taking a few sips of her drink, she doesn’t feel a thing. She’s calming down and feeling much better than she had before. She closes her eyes and just lets herself go.
Tea is so relaxed in fact, she didn’t even hear Todd re-enter the room. She keeps her eyes closed, feeling that it will be less intimidating for him, if he does whatever it is he came in here to do and leaves again. When she feels his legs begin to slide down the side of her body, she smiles inwardly, but still doesn’t let on. As the weight of his body sliding into the tub pushes her body forward, she continues her game of possum. There’s no way she’s going to screw this up. She’s waited far too long for this moment.
Again, Tea feels Todd’s arms envelope her body. But this time, his arms are on the inside of her arms. His hands rest gently on her upper abdomen as she feels his hands curl upward, both at the same time. He clasps his hands around both of her breasts and begins massaging them. The soap is also in his hands, allowing the sliding motion to be flawless. She can feel her breasts, specifically her nipples, rising at the feeling of his hands touching and caressing her so softly. A gasp of a moan escapes her lips as he begins to lightly flick his thumb on her right nipple, while gently circling the outer reaches of her left nipple with his finger on her left breast. She feels his head move forward and his hair falls gently next to her own. He uses his chin and his cheek to move her hair out of the way, not wanting to move either hand from their current position. She can feel the stubble of his chin, gently scraping against her neck. Suddenly, she let out a loud moan of sheer ecstasy when he presses his lips to the small of her neck. She can feel his lips curl upwards, pleased at her reaction. Pressing on in the moment, he adds his tongue to the mix of pleasure teasing, mind boggling explosions of orgasmic pleasure that he’s feeding in to her hungry body. He raises his location to that funny looking thing that connects her ear to her head. She responds loudly, just as he had anticipated, which again brings him such pleasure in the moment as well. He begins breathing heavily into her ear, his hot, sexy breath tantalizing ever nerve in her brain. She’s all a mush. But not enough of a mush to not be doing a little exploring of her own. With one fell swoop, she reaches her hand behind her back and zeros in on the exact object of her attraction. Now it’s his turn to let out a mind boggling groan of pleasure.
Todd: This was supposed to be about you.
Tea: Who says this isn’t? (she says coyly)
Todd moves his hands in two different directions at once. His left hand reaches up and pulls her head back toward his, making their lips meet in a fiery, hungry kiss. His right hand had lowered, reaching between her legs, feeling freely everywhere. She moaned into his mouth as she opened her own and pressed her tongue forward to be met ferociously by his own. Their breathing became rapid as she turned more into the filling need of his lips devouring her very soul. He moved his fingers between her legs more rapidly, vibrating her to orgasmic levels, while she stroked and teased him to near explosion. Tea’s body was thrusting and shaking in unison with his and she could feel herself slipping away into the orgasmic pleasure of real love making. She slipped further and further until…….
Her head was under the water and she awakened from her dream. She came out of the water, screaming, the fear of drowning and the unknown frightening her. Todd came running in the bathroom.
Todd: Delgado, what’s wrong? Are you okay?
Tea: You wouldn’t believe me if I told you. It’s not something that I think would ever cross your mind.
Todd: You’d be surprised what crosses my mind.
Tea: Nothing like this, I assure you.
Todd: I don’t know. Tell me what happened. Give it a try. You never know.
Tea: Maybe later. Now, I’d like to get out and get dressed. It’s been a long night. It’s time for me to go to bed.
Todd: Don’t you mean it’s time for us to go to bed?
Tea looks at Todd even more confused than ever before. Could he possibly know what just happened in her dream? Could he ever have thoughts like this?
