Mine.......
Chapter Five

".......i don't know if i need you, but i'd die to find out.........."
Darren set up the table, then held out the chair for Jennifer and bowed as he did it, which made her laugh.  He lifted the cover on the plate and said, "Tonight, Madame, we have a lovely omelette, cooked just to your preference."  Jennifer laughed and said, "Hey you're good at this.  If the singing career fails......."  "Oh, God, don't say it.'

They sat and ate, chatted about everything and anything.  It was getting to the point where they could finish each other's sentences and know what the other one was thinking.  They laughed quite a bit and always just looked into each other's eyes.

Darren was thinking, "I shouldn't even be doing this."  And Jennifer kept thinking, "Hang on Jen, it's only for one night.  Just enjoy."  But they were both thinking, "I feel like I am falling in love...."


After they ate and Darren had moved the table to the door, they sat by the window and talked and told each other jokes and one liners.  Darren was doing his "Austin Powers" imitation, which was quite good and had Jennifer rolling with laughter.  "You must have seen that movie 10 times to have that down so well."  "Well, yeah, I love that movie.  So funny.  God, I could watch it over and over."

"You know, Darren, you are nothing like I pictured you'd be."  "Oh God, is that good or bad?"  "No, no it's good.  I thought you would be this star quality kind of person.  But you are so down to earth and so, so..normal."  Darren laughed.  "Normal?  You don't know me that well yet."  "Oh, really?  What's to come?"  "Well, I have some strange habits, Jennifer.  The band makes fun of me."  "Ya, like what?"  "Oh, lots of things," and he laughed.  "Come on Darren, like what?"  He just kept laughing.  She started to tickle him to make him talk.  "Oh, God, don't, I am so ticklish, no, no, don't"  but he was laughing so much, she knew he was enjoying it.  And she was getting to touch him in ways that she never thought she would.

All the tickling, laughing and jostling around, just made them physically closer on the couch.  When she stopped tickling him, their faces were very close together and they just gradually stopped laughing and looked at each other's eyes, mouths, faces..........he pushed some of her hair back and said, "You are very beautiful."  "So are you, Darren, inside and out."  Oh God, Jennifer thought, this is it.

He leaned closer to her, licked his lips and kissed her very gently and softly.  When the kiss ended, he looked at her again and turned his head to the other side and kissed her again.  She raised her hand and ran it up and down the side of his face, then his hair.  Soon, his arms went around her and Jennifer put her arms arond his neck and shoulders and they were in a deep kiss.

Darren pulled away and said, "I am so glad you came to that show tonight."  Jennifer smiled and said, "ditto" and they both laughed.


"Would you like to sit on the floor and just....talk?"  Jennifer nodded, "OK, I'd like to hear more "Austin Powers", which made Darren laugh.  And he had such a wonderful, musical laugh.  "OK, baybay, you'll get more Powers".  "Be right back"  And he went into the other room.

Jennifer sat on the couch and all she kept thinking was "God, I hope I don't wake up and find this has all been a dream."

Darren came in with a blanket from the bed and said, "We can lay this on the floor and pretend we are having a picnic."  Jennifer couldn't help thinking, he is like a little boy sometimes.  So excited and full of life.

He spread the blanket on the floor and they sat on it, looking out at the city and talking and laughing.  "Jen?  Can I ask you something?"  "Sure, Darren, what is it?"  "Are you involved with anyone?"  "Well, no not exactly.  Why?"  "Just curious."   And he changed the subject.  Hmmmmmmm, she thought, why did he ask me that?


After they had been sitting on the floor for quite a while, maybe hours, for all Jennifer knew, Darren said, "I'm a little cold.  Are you?"  "Hmmmmmm, a little."  "OK, here."  And Darren stood up and arranged the blanket in such a way that they could wrap it around them, while still sitting on it.    They were sitting on the floor but had their backs against the couch.  Darren leaned back and put his arm out and said, "Come here." Jennifer smiled and curled up under his arm and laid her head on his shoulder right by his chest.  She closed her eyes as she laid her hand on his chest and he put his hand over hers.  She smiled and thought "this is so comfortable being with him."

Suddenly, he put his hand under her chin and raised her head up.  "I meant what I said before.  You are very beautiful.  And to use YOUR words, inside and out."  he smiled and she smiled back at him.  He leaned down and kissed her, but this wasn't the soft gentle kiss from before.  This was a passionate all consuming kiss that took her by surprise, but she kissed him back with all the passion and emotion she was feeling for him.  Slowly, they fell back till they were laying on the floor and Darren was almost on top of her and they were kissing each other with total abandon.  Jennifer kept switching between "this is so fantastic" to "this could be big trouble"

 Chapter Six of Mine