Black Velvet 2
Dinner was a lively affair, filled with laughter and flowing conversation. Topics ranged from work to hobbies to friends to music and everything in between. The only pause had been when the steaks had arrived and the first mouthful was taken. The absolute tenderness and the great flavour of the steak caused twin moans of appreciation, followed by compliments and sporadic comments. Conversation properly picked up again after the last morsel had been eaten and two satisfied ladies sat back, replete.
"That has got to have been the best t-bone I have ever had, " Lindsay commented with a contented sigh, her hand idly rubbing her full stomach.
Calleigh could only nod in agreement, her eyes fastened on the slender hand rubbing an obviously toned abdomen. A light blush coloured her features as she realised that she was staring and she jerked her eyes up, only to have them caught by dark, laughing eyes.
"See something you like?" Brown eyes sparkling with mischief and laughter refused to release Calleigh's own flustered green ones.
Calleigh took a deep breath, trying to get the fluttering of butterflies swirling about inside her under control. Her attraction to Lindsay had grown stronger as she had gotten to know her better over dinner. And the brunette's gentle flirting since introducing herself, as well as the warmth in her eyes, let Calleigh know that she was not alone in her feelings. Her breath eased out in a gentle sigh as a puckish grin slowly eased across her face. She settled back more comfortably in her seat, hooking an arm over the back of it, before running her eyes leisurely over a now blushing brunette.
As her eyes finally met up with Lindsay's, jade orbs positively glowing with intensity, her grin eased into a gentle smile of honest appreciation. Her reply was delivered in a slightly husky tone, her accent wrapping warmly around the words.
"Why yes, ma'am, I surely do."
At Calleigh's low-toned answer and warm smile, tingles of desire trickled down from the nape of Lindsay's neck, down her spine and settled low in her belly, warming her from the inside out, causing a quick tremble of her body. Calleigh, whose smile turned downright wicked, did not miss this reaction.
"What's the matter, Lindsay? Cat got your tongue?"
The challenge, delivered in Calleigh's honey-soaked voice, finally registered through the mist of desire swirling through Lindsay's mind and her natural cockiness reasserted itself.
The slow, lazy grin that grew on Lindsay's face captivated Calleigh as she watched the changes it caused on the gorgeous face before her. Wicked dimples formed as the smile grew and eyes, dark with desire, warmed with humour and appreciation.
Lindsay's reply was low, accent strong, her normally husky voice practically purring as she took in the blonde beauty in front of her.
"No, honey, just enjoying the view."
Now it was Calleigh's turn to blush at the obvious once-over and the warm, purring voice. She was saved from replying by the waitress, who arrived to take their dessert order and broke the moment.
After taking a moment to collect themselves, Calleigh and Lindsay gave the dessert menu some scrutiny, before placed their orders.
"I'll have a slice of cherry pie, please, with a scoop of ice cream", was Calleigh's request.
The waitress nodded and jotted down the order before turning to Lindsay, eyebrows raised.
"I think I'll go for the Mississippi Mud pie," Lindsay ordered with a smile.
"Sure, I'll be right back with your orders. Anything more to drink?"
Both shook their heads, drinks still half full, and turned their attention back to one another.
"So …", said Lindsay with an endearingly shy smile, eyes dipping to the tabletop before meeting Calleigh's.
"So …", Calleigh replied with an equally shy smile.
"You up for some dancing after dessert?" Lindsay's tone was tentative, hopeful. Her smile grew at Calleigh's enthusiastic reply.
"Most definitely! After all this wonderful food, if I don't work some of it off, you may just have to roll me to bed … I mean …I don't …", she spluttered to a stop and dropped her head into her hands in mortification.
A sweet smile was Lindsay's reply as she realised that she wasn't the only one so strongly affected by the attraction between them. She leant forward, wrapping a hand around one of Calleigh's wrists and tugging gently until embarrassed green eyes peeked up at her from behind a golden curtain of hair.
"Hey, hey, relax. I know what you meant to say … and I know what you mean. Let's just take it easy and go with the flow, okay?" Lindsay's Texan accent came out strongly, emphasising her sincerity, as did the warm brown eyes that held her gaze and the warm hand gently squeezing her wrist.
Reading the sincerity and honest caring in the chocolate eyes in front of her, Calleigh took a deep breath and relaxed, softly laughing at her reaction. Lindsay joined in after a moment and smiled with relief. Calleigh dropped her hands, grabbing hold of Lindsay's before she could pull it back, and gave it a squeeze.
Softly clearing her throat, Calleigh smiled and said, "Sorry about that. I'm not usually this … dizzy. I'm not too sure what came over me."
Lindsay returned the gesture before easing her hand back, softly stroking Calleigh's knuckles, before tucking both hands under her chin, elbows resting on the table.
"No problem. I think, for me at least, that it's been a while since I've been this attracted to someone, anyone, and I'm not quite sure of myself, y'know?"
The earnest expression on Lindsay's face, coupled with the gentle blush, brought a quick smile to Calleigh's face. She thought about what Lindsay had confessed and realised the truth in her words.
"Yes, I think that's exactly it. For whatever reason, I'm just not as sure of myself as I normally am and so … the verbally stumbling all over myself. So, I agree with what you said earlier. Let's go with the flow and take it as it comes."
As the accidental double entendre registered, Calleigh's eyes widened comically before she dropped her head to the table.
Muffled, all Lindsay could make out was a whimpered, "Kill me now, Lord, please. Put me out of my misery!"
That was the final straw and Lindsay just couldn't hold back the laughter, the whole situation just tickling her sense of the absurd.
At the sound of the belly laughter from the other side of the table, Calleigh's head quickly popped up, all blushing cheeks and wide eyes, and watched for a moment before her sense of humour caught the joke. Her laugher quickly joined with Lindsay's, her golden peals of laughter twining with Lindsay's, until both were quite breathless and tears were being wiped away.
With the odd chuckle still getting the better of the two, they both settled back in their seats as they tried to regain their composure. After two heavy, heartfelt sighs, green eyes met brown and smiled.
"I think I needed that. I've not laughed like that in it seems too long."
Lindsay nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly.
"Yeah. I guess with our jobs, it's kinda hard to see the bright side of things."
Calleigh just sighed and nodded.
The contemplative silence was broken with the delivery of their desserts. A huge wedge of cherry pie, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side and two cherries, stalks and all, balanced on top of the white confectionery, was placed in front of an admiring Calleigh. An equally huge wedge of chocolaty heaven was placed in front of Lindsay; her Mississippi Mud Pie drizzled with a brandy chocolate sauce. The blissful smile and dreamy eyes on Lindsay's face caused both Calleigh and the waitress to chuckle.
"Enjoy it, you two. Let me know if there's anything else you need."
Calleigh smiled and thanks her before diving into her pie. Lindsay was lost in a chocolaty daze, having already tested a spoonful. Calleigh couldn't keep her eyes off of the sensual display before her. It was obvious that Lindsay was really enjoying her dessert, the moans and hums of appreciation from deep in her throat. Oh, what those sounds were doing to Calleigh! With every sensual sound, the previously quietened butterflies were stirring and fluttering, the feeling becoming more intense. Her second spoonful hung suspended, her eyes riveted to Lindsay's mouth as she spooned in another mouthful, imagining …
After the first rush of chocolaty goodness subsided, Lindsay had the distinct feeling of being watched. Slowly raising her eyes, Lindsay licked the last trace of chocolate off her spoon. With a jolt she could feel all the way down low in her belly, her eyes connected with those so dark with desire, barely a rim of green remained. Lindsay's blood seemed to thicken as her heart started beating faster, her mouth suddenly dry. She watched mesmerised as Calleigh quickly shook her head, obviously coming out of some sort of daze, and slowly savoured her spoonful of pie, licking her spoon clean after she'd swallowed her mouthful. Lindsay's eyes were glued to that spoon as it carefully scooped up another mouthful of pie and slowly rose back up to Calleigh's mouth. She watched, entranced, as Calleigh's lips wrapped around the spoon and took in the mouthful. The flick of Calleigh's tongue, licking the crumbs off of her bottom lip, sent a warm rush through her body.
Noticing the smirk tweaking at the corner of Calleigh's mouth and the raised eyebrow, Lindsay took up the challenge, matching Calleigh spoon for spoon, neither backing down. The air between the two practically crackled with tension as they stoked the fires of desire in each other, eyes never straying. No words were shared, looks and expressions saying much more than mere words possibly could. Actions, after all, spoke much louder than words.
Finally the last of the desserts were finished. All that remained were the two cherries on Calleigh's plate. Calleigh's eyes dropped to the cherries, contemplating them for a moment before picking one up by its stalk and, leaning across the table, offered it to Lindsay with a quirk of her eyebrow.
Lindsay, never one to back down, smirked before leaning forward a bit. Making sure that Calleigh's eyes were squarely on her, she slowly flicked her tongue out, capturing the glistening cherry and pulled it into her mouth with a barely audible sucking noise, slowly chewing on the sweet treat. Dark brown eyes held green captive as she gently pulled the cherry off the stalk, lips barely brushing Calleigh's fingertips in the process. Lindsay watched in a fascination as Calleigh visibly swallowed in reaction, her eyes tracing down her throat and coming to rest on the wildly thrumming pulse at the base. Smiling with feminine satisfaction, her eyes traced their way back up the slim throat, along the jaw to slightly parted lips and up to glowing, dark green eyes.
"Your turn."
The quiet words were so low with desire the husked words almost throbbed.
Lindsay reached for the remaining cherry and dangled it in front of Calleigh. With a sexy smirk, Calleigh cupped Lindsay's hand with one of her own and leant towards the offering. Her warm breath washed over Lindsay's hand, causing a tremor to work its way up her arm. Calleigh copied Lindsay's actions, tongue capturing the cherry and pulling it off the stem, and then rolling it into her mouth, where it was chewed with obvious relish. Calleigh kept her grip on Lindsay's hand when she tried to withdraw it and drew it closer to her mouth. Her tongue flicked out again and grazed Lindsay's fingertips very deliberately, before nipping the stem out of her fingers and into her mouth.
Lindsay watched in fascination, seemingly paralysed by the feel of Calleigh's warm tongue on her fingers, as Calleigh's mouth worked. Seconds later, Calleigh flashed a brilliant smile before sticking her tongue out.
There, in a perfect knot, was the stem of the cherry.
Lindsay's mind seemed to fuse at the thought of that agile tongue and what it was capable of.
Calleigh laughed in delight at the stunned look on Lindsay's face. She had obviously not seen this particular trick done before. Feeling very pleased with herself, Calleigh dropped the knotted stem onto her plate and eyed the bemused brunette, her dark hair tumbling as she quickly shook her head.
"That was … amazing. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it."
Calleigh just smiled at Lindsay, giving her hand a squeeze and a caress before sitting back.
"Just something I picked up at college. A party trick, if you will."
"Some trick", was Lindsay's admiring reply.
"So, you ready for some dancing? I don't know about you but I suddenly have all this energy and I feel like moving."
At Lindsay's rueful smile, Calleigh just laughed and waved the waitress over, asking for the bill.
After a quick tussle over who was paying for dinner, easily solved with a quick game of rock paper scissors, the bill was paid and Lindsay graciously offered her arm to Calleigh, who quickly took her arm.
They made their way back into the bar section of the bar and grill, looking for a spot to leave their belongings. All the tables and stools were taken though. A solution quickly presented itself when Dave waved them over and offered to hold their stuff until it was needed. The ladies quickly took him up on his offer and made their way onto the dance floor, bodies already giving in to the driving beat.
The music was hard, fast rock and both Lindsay and Calleigh threw themselves into their dancing, eyes never leaving one another. The music swallowed them whole, keeping them moving, grooving, unwinding until there was nothing else, just Calleigh, Lindsay, the driving beat and the odd fleeting touch.
After almost an hour of hard dancing, the DJ slowed the pace a bit and the distinctive sound of the intro to Alannah Myles' Black Velvet pulsed from the speakers. Calleigh was captivated by the brilliant smile that flashed onto Lindsay's face. The tall brunette's body quickly fell into the seductive beat of the song, her body twisting and grooving, and the joy obvious in her movements. Her eyes were closed until the words of the song started. They slowly opened, warm brown eyes capturing green and purely by the force of her will, drew Calleigh closer until there was barely any space between them. Calleigh's body instinctively matched Lindsay's groove for groove. Calleigh's 5'3 was the perfect match for Lindsay's 5'10. As Lindsay wrapped an arm around her waist, their bodies aligned perfectly, and they fell into the perfect matching rhythm. Calleigh's one arm snaked around Lindsay's neck, hand resting on the nape, just under the dark, tumbling waterfall of her hair. The other rested on Lindsay's waist just above her hip, feeling the muscles flexing as Lindsay moved. Lindsay's hand rested gently at the small of Calleigh's back, half on her waistband, and half on the naked skin of her back where her black tank top had ridden up. Her other hand she brought up to cup the side of the blonde's face, thumb stroking along a cheekbone.
With a tightening of her hand, Lindsay pulled Calleigh flush against her, unable to resist any more. From the way Calleigh melted into her, there were obviously no objections. Much to Calleigh's delight, Lindsay was softly singing along, her low husky voice a beautiful counterpoint.
"Black velvet, and a little boy's smile.
Black velvet, and that slow Southern style.
A new religion that will bring ya to your knees
Black velvet, if you please"
The words seemed to melt into Calleigh's consciousness until it seemed as if they would never fade. Those first two lines, to her, just seemed to describe Lindsay perfectly.
As they danced, the feeling of the bodies pressed tightly together, the look in each others eyes, the dim light glinting off the perspiration on each others skin, the scent of each other just kept ramping up the desire coiling inside each of them. As the song progressed, Lindsay slipped her thigh between Calleigh's and they started to grind to the beat, eyes not leaving each other. As the chorus started repeating again, Calleigh tightened the hand behind Lindsay's neck and pulled her head down, unable to stand it a single moment longer.
A slight pause, just as parted lips are about to touch, warm breaths washing over each others faces as eyes met and held. Seeing the confirmation in each other's eyes, that last centimetre was closed and lips softly, gently brushed once, twice, three times in acknowledgement before passion broke free and the kiss was deepened. A moan rumbled free, Lindsay? Calleigh? Neither knew as a tongue brushed across a soft bottom lip, asking for entrance, which was quickly given. Both sunk into the indescribable feeling of moist, hot, slick tongues twisting and exploring, bodies pulling closer as arms wrapped securely and continued, by some innate ability, to grind to the music.
Endless moments passed as they shared their first kiss. It would have continued on indefinitely if the need for oxygen had not become just a pressing need. Reluctantly they drew apart with quick brushed of the lips until finally, with a quick brush of noses, they came to a complete stop in the middle of the dance floor, foreheads pressed together, eyes closed, arms still tightly wrapped around one another.
Taking a final deep breath, Lindsay opened her eyes and looked down at the blonde beauty that had, in the space of a few hours, totally swept her away. Calleigh had a dreamy smile on her face as she opened her eyes, meeting warm, dark eyes.
"Black velvet."
Her smile widened at the slightly confused look on Lindsay's face.
"Your eyes. They look like warm black velvet. And your voice sounds like velvet feels like."
Lindsay blushed at this, and gave an endearingly shy smile.
"If you say so."
"I do."
They stared into each others eyes for a few moments longer until somebody bumped into them as the beat picked up again.
Lindsay quickly cleared her throat and looked around before meeting Calleigh's eyes again.
"I don't normally do this kind of thing but …", her voice, tentative at first, slowly petered out, a blush rushing to her cheeks.
Calleigh, knowing exactly where Lindsay was going, took mercy on her.
"You want to go back to my place? Have some coffee or something?"
Lindsay's smile was truly something to behold. She tightened her arms around Calleigh and, lowering her lips to the delicate shell of Calleigh's ear, whispered in her huskiest tone.
I'd love to have coffee … or something." And her smile just widened at the visible reaction to her tone of voice. She'd actually felt Calleigh's knees buckle.
"But we'd need to go back to my place, if that's alright. I don't like leaving Martha alone for too long."
At the instant tension and Calleigh's attempt to pull out of her arms, she quickly added, " My dog! Sweet Martha's my dog!"
Calleigh instantly relaxed again, ducking her head into the crook of Lindsay's neck. Her breath tickled across Lindsay's throat, sending quivers of desire running through her body.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to jump to conclusions like that. It's just …"
Lindsay just chuckled and hugged Calleigh to her before releasing her and taking her by the hand.
"Nothing to be sorry about. I'd have reacted the same, I'm sure. I can't believe I never mentioned Sweet Martha to you." Lindsay dropped a quick kiss onto the back of Calleigh's hand before giving it a tug.
Lindsay led the way off the dance floor and the two of them made their way over to the bar, trying to get Dave's attention. Once they had their possessions in hand again, they slowly made their way to the door.
With a smile and a nod from Calleigh and a wave and a wink from Lindsay in the direction of the bouncer, they slipped out the door. Calleigh immediately shivered as a chill little wind blew across her sweaty body. Lindsay caught her shiver out of the corner of her eye and quickly wrapped her leather jacket around the blonde's shoulders.
"There you go, that should hold you until we get to my room. Do you want to follow me in your car or do you want to fetch your car later."
Calleigh snuggled into the warmth of Lindsay's leather jacket, inhaling the scent of leather and what had to be the essence of Lindsay. She smiled at her companion as she shook her head.
"I'm staying at the Welcome Inn down the road about two blocks. I'd walked here and was planning on walking back. So we can take your car."
At Calleigh's reply Lindsay just started to laugh. At Calleigh's quizzical look, Lindsay just shook her head and snorted.
"I'm staying at the Welcome Inn as well. How's that for coincidence"
"No way! Really? That is just too weird for words!"
At this stage, Lindsay had unlocked her Jeep and opened the door for Calleigh, handing her into the passenger seat and making sure she was buckled in safely. Closing the door, she quickly scooted around to the driver's side and slipped inside. After starting the Jeep, Lindsay looked over at Calleigh.
"You ready for this?" Asking one last time, giving once last chance to back out.
Calleigh's dazzling smile made an appearance and she leaned over and dropped a kiss on Lindsay's cheek.
"You are just too sweet for words, you know that, Lindsay? Just drive."
Dropping her hand from where it rested over the kiss on her cheek, Lindsay gave Calleigh a quick grin, dimples winking, before reversing out of her bay and heading towards the motel.
"As you wish." She replied, Texan twang in full evidence.
Continued...