Chapter 11
Noah
Someone needled a jokester: “I had your wife, without paying a dime.”
The husband replied: “It's my duty as a husband to couple with such a monstrosity. What made you do it?”
–Philogelos (The Laughter Lover)
Mary Jane stopped my kisses with a confused expression on her face. “I had a crazy dream. A few times in it, I could’ve sworn I heard Crusher singing?”
“He was singing in the bedroom just now,” I admitted.
“Singing?” Shocked, she asked.
“Yes. Some Disney song.”
“Crusher? Wow.” She slowly sat up. “Your life provides me with a lot of comedy inspiration.”
“Good.” I couldn’t help but drink her in. Her dress was ripped and the straps tattered, but still she glowed like a queen.
She stirred as I studied her. “Where am I sleeping, tonight?”
“In here. Is that a problem?”
“I don’t know.” She scooted away from me. “Who’s your favorite comedian?”
I pulled her back. “Excuse me?”
“Who’s your favorite comedian? I expect my lover to have high-end taste in comedy. Be careful. If you pick the wrong one, you’ll have to find me somewhere else to sleep.”
I pierced her with my gaze. “You’re sleeping in here.”
She crossed her arms over her lovely breasts. “Who’s your favorite comedian?”
My jaw twitched. “Richard Pryor.”
“Wow. The Master. The Father of Many Techniques. That’s such a good choice, it’s making my whole body excited.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes.”
“So I won’t have to handcuff you to my bed?” I asked.
“No more handcuffs,” she said.
No more handcuffs? What is she talking about?
She rubbed her wrists. “Wait a minute. That didn’t happen.”
“What didn’t happen?”
She looked around a bit confused. “What happened with Harrold?”
“The guys threatened him and sent him on his way. Fuji broke more things. Don’t you remember?”
“Oh, yeah.” She bit her bottom lip.
“Just a minute.” I got up. Turning off all the lights, I got on the bed and lounged next to her. The moon’s light shined in the room. I could still make out her face and form. How odd that she’d been the only other person to ever lay in my bed, but it didn’t feel weird or violating in any way.
She’s changing me too much. I’ll have to stop this. Later.
Pre-cum spilled from my cock.
Much later.
She turned on her side. “Why do you like Richard Pryor?”
“You probably wouldn’t agree with my reasoning.”
“Go ahead,” she said.
“I read about his life. That made me love him.”
“What made you read about him?”
“I like to learn about icons and legends. See what I could mimic and steal. Great men and women can teach us things by looking at their lives.” I raised my hand to the back of her head and played with her hair. I wanted those curls to be a mess all over her head like it had been when she stumbled into my place. I wanted to see her wild like she was as she rocked onto my cock and screamed my name.
She inched closer to me and placed her hands on my chest. My heart beat even faster.
“What do you like about Richard Pryor’s life?” she asked.
“He grew up in a brothel. His grandmother ran it. His father was a violent pimp.”
“Shit.”
“Yeah. I’ve been to brothels. I’ve employed some of the guys that have parents that are prostitutes or pimps. Some of them are the darkest people I’ve met. For Pryor to live through it all as a kid and still have the light to make people laugh, that’s beautiful.”
“Damn, I really like you,” she whispered and captured my mouth with hers.
I really like you? What does she expect from this? No. I won’t think about that now. Fuck. Her lips are so soft.
We kissed endlessly. Our hands explored each other. Clothes ripped and tore in the moonlight. She did more of the shredding than me, destroying my shirt and almost yanking me out of my pants.
Wild and untamed. Naked, the both of us. There was no holding back. No restraint on either of our parts. My cock rose hard and ready for war. She’d teased it enough earlier in the day, prancing around with that curvy bottom and those lush melons.
Plus, I’d lost a friend and she made me forget that fact. I had to keep her around. I didn’t do drugs, but I could see why. She symbolized the perfect high—the euphoria without the addiction.
I’ll get addicted to her. I can see it. Yes. Later, I’ll put a stop to this. Not now. Definitely later.
“Richard Pryor was the perfect answer.” She got on top of me, but didn’t put me inside of her. Scratching my chest with both of her hands, she groaned, “I can’t wait to bounce on this big, beautiful dick, as reward for saying the perfect answer.”
Goddamn it. Did she have to say it like that? Fuck. Okay. I’ll put a stop to this. Months later.
“You’re perfect.” My heart beat like a drummer high off of acid. More pre-cum spurted out and I gripped her hips and bottom, lifting her in the air, with no time for her to think or say anything else.
“Oh, shit!” She might’ve been on top, but I fucked her good from the bottom. All she could do was hold on to the ride and not let go. Maybe six months later. Her breasts bobbed those nipples and I howled like a beast.
It startled her. I could tell as her eyes widened, but she didn’t pause, probably loving my cock too much. I flipped Mary Jane over to her back. The bed shook. Moonlight made her eyes glow like she’d been bred from magic. So far, everything about this woman had been perfect.
Just a year. Then I’ll stop this. We won’t last longer than that. Fuck. I want her.
People talked about chemistry and emotional connections, and I’d thought all of those things were myths and unrealistic fantasies. But this woman hooked me. She was in my head and slowly seeping into my heart.
“Damn you.” I pumped into her. “Say my name.”
“Noah,” she moaned.
“Goddamn you. You’re so perfect.” I spread her legs wider and pounded, trying to go as deep as I could. So damned deep, I would slip in and get lost forever.
“Give it to me, Noah.”
I’ll do more than that.
I didn’t have her for too long. Our situation was on borrowed time. We were too different. We would never work. I only had a day, maybe two. Maybe months or a year. Stop thinking about it. What was I thinking? I’d only get a good couple of days and she’d be back in her college dorm, talking to douchebag frat boys or horny professors. I’d be back in my club letting some chick, who was half her value, get on her knees and suck my dick until I hopefully forgot Mary Jane’s name.
Could I forget her name?
For her and me, chemistry and a connection wouldn’t be enough to keep us together. This was temporary, but I planned to enjoy every short moment we had.
“You love this pussy?”
“Yes, my Mary Jane. You’re a beautiful surprise.”
I was lost in her body’s melody. I didn’t have time to play around. I had to go hard core. Break the head board. Leave her legs sore. Make her soul reach out its spirit to touch me, so she would remember this night. Imprint each detail in my head—her swollen clit throbbing against me as I fucked her. That flowery scent mingling with the arousal of her sex.
If I could, I would’ve written it all down. The taste of her pussy. The softness of her flesh. The richness of her moans. The squeaking of the bed.
She had that good pussy. The sort a man wanted to lock down and trap to him. Never let out, unless the chick was strapped to him. That good pussy. I’d heard legends of women with gold between their thighs, but thought it was bullshit. Now, I was a believer. She had that good pussy. Gushing and dripping. Her sex wet for me. It was a perfect opening to pleasure. Folds like satin, a liquid symphony. Good pussy. Warm flesh hugging my cock. Drawing me inside of her. Luring. Singing to never stop.
“Oh, Noah. It feels so good.”
That’s a goddamned understatement.
I couldn’t even talk. Who would’ve thought that a woman would have me so speechless and pounding into her like a virgin boy who’s never felt pussy. But there I was, trembling as she shuddered.
Groaning and grunting as she moaned out my name. “Oh, Noah, I’m coming.”
“Goddamn you!” I bit the curve of her neck and slowed my strokes. I wanted her to feel every inch of me and make the moment last even longer.
She dug her nails into my shoulders and bellowed, “Oh! My! God!”
And then she trembled all over my cock as I rode her pussy into my own voyage of earth-shattering pleasure.
Years.
I lifted up, gripped the headboard, and drove into her, long and deliciously hard. Light and color crashed in my eyes. I lost it all in that moment.
And in my head, one thought banged hard against my skull.
I’ve got to make her mine. I’ve got to make her mine.
Exhausted, we both fell asleep in each other’s arms. Moonlight bathed our wet, tired bodies.
Never had I slept with a woman, not even as a teen. It was always, in and out, in and out, and then, that final out when I stuffed my cock back into my pants and left. I’d always stayed focused on the streets.
But here she was in my bed. She curled her body to me like in the back of the limo. Again, she has me cuddling? And again, I couldn’t move her.
Falling into sleep, that same thought twirled like a tornado in my brain.
I’ve got to make her mine. I’ve got to make her mine. Years. Goddamn it. Years.
I sank into a magical dream world.
The sky sparkled in a violet hue. The clouds glowed in various shades of pink and lavender. The stars dripped with gold. Birds flew with silver wings and white horns that blazed brighter than the heart-shaped moon hanging in the sky. The air smelled of cotton candy. The sweetness clung to my tongue. I licked my lips.
“Boss, hurry!” Crusher stood in the doorway of a massive ark built from mahogany planks. Animals, large and small, were led up the ramp. They stomped, marched, and prowled in pairs of male and female—elephants to zebras, lions to spiders.
“Hurry.” Fuji led two giraffes onto the ark. “Hurry, before you drown.”
Someone tapped my shoulder. I turned around. Rasheed stood next to me and smoked a blunt. A knife protruded from the center of his forehead. Blood dripped down his forehead and nose. An ill odor radiated from his graying flesh.
“Rasheed thinks Noah should hurry up the ramp.” He offered me the blunt. Butterflies flew around his head. They were all colors with beautiful wings. “Go up the ramp, man.”
I shook my head no.
“You never was a good swimmer.” Smoke left Rasheed’s nostrils as he batted at the butterflies. “You better get on that boat.”
“I’m sorry that you have that knife in your forehead.”
“Rasheed is not sorry. Rasheed lived.” He headed for the ark. “Are you living? You never let a woman get too close. That shit is going to get you killed, one day.”
“You’ve told me that before.”
“I did.” More butterflies flew to his head, drinking the blood like nectar. “You remember, when I said that?”
“Huh?” I almost recalled, but then something took my attention.
Feminine moans sounded off in the distance.
“What’s that?” I turned around and walked off in that direction, leaving the ark and my men behind. Lightening sliced the sky. Storm clouds appeared and thunder crackled off in the distance. A cold breeze blew through my hair. A few rain drops dotted my skin.
“Oh! Oh!” The moans rose in the air and sounded so harmonious as if a violin made love to a harp. “Oh, Noah! Come to me!”
Mary Jane?
I raced in her direction, excited. My cock hardening with each step as my feet slammed against the dirt.
“Oh, Noah!” she moaned. “Come drown with me!”
“Where are you, Mary Jane?” My cock tore out of my pants. The fabric ripped away, falling to the ground as I increased my pace. “I’m coming!”
A rainbow colored forest greeted my eyes. The trees’ bark shined brown, but the leaves were different shades—rosy red and pale blue, lemon yellow and bright orange. Turquoise serpents slid along huge branches, draped with purple vines. The grass waved in the cool, cotton candy breeze. And in the center, various flower petals shaped like a bed held the most beautiful creature.
“Mary Jane?” I slowed my running and studied her.
A half swan/half woman creature lounged on the flower bed, playing with herself. It had Mary Jane’s face, but nothing else made sense. Plump breasts bobbed. Her neck curved forward and extended three feet high like a swan. Silky, white feathers covered most of her, including her sex that dripped gold liquid onto the ground.
She beat her wings as she humped the flowers between her legs. “Come drown with me, Noah.”
I ran her way, but before I got to her, I woke up.
What?
I opened my eyes.
Crusher’s ugly face leaned over me as he shook my shoulder and whispered, “Boss. Boss.”
“What the fuck? Don’t drag me back in that ark, man. I want the swan!”
“What?” Crusher twisted his face in confusion.
Oh. That was a dream. Wait. A dream. Not a nightmare? I can have regular dreams? How did that happen? Was it her?
“Nothing.” Blinking, I glanced down at her sleeping form.
I didn’t have a nightmare? Fuck! I didn’t have a nightmare. Yes. She doesn’t leave. I’ll figure it out.
I took in my dark bedroom. Naked, Mary Jane lay on my chest.
“Boss?” Crusher towered over the bed.
Annoyed, I gritted my teeth. “What?”
“Some guys caught Domingo. I guess they’d been watching the house all night. He snuck out of there at four in the morning. They followed and grabbed him in the airport parking lot. They’re wondering if they can get the prize money if they kill him.”
I stared at my sleeping Mary Jane, not wanting to leave her, but knowing that I had to settle this. “Tell them that I’m on my way.”
If I finish this tonight, what do I do with Mary Jane? Do I let her go? No. Fuck that. I’ll take her like I took the streets. She’s mine. It’s not going to be days, months, or a year. Forever. Or until I’m bored. Can I get bored with her?
Crusher’s ugly mouth grinned and he began humming “Can you feel the love tonight?”
“Shut up.”