Sweet Beginning (8 page)

We were thankful that Josie and Sarah didn't drink last
night. They each drove a car and drove us home. After all the shots and
drinking, neither of us were in any shape to drive. I make a pot of coffee,
then start getting ready for our trip.

Jaylah comes out looking aweful and makes a cup of coffee.

"Mornin'. Give me a minute, I need a cigarette."

"K."

As she steps outside, I decide to call Katie and Shannon. I
wish them a Happy New Year. They tell me about the party at Grandma and Papa's
house. Once we hang up, I call my dad to wish him the same and let him know we
are getting ready to leave.

I gather up our suitcases, to take out to the car. I start
the car, then put our stuff in the trunk. I am so glad we are leaving. I need a
break from here for a little while. I grab something quick to eat and fill up
my to-go mug with coffee.

As we start our drive to Canada, I keep replaying what
happened last night. Jaylah has been pretty quiet herself about everything. I
didn't want to sit too long and think about things. But there is no where to
hide when you are in the confines of a car.

"Penny for your thoughts," I say and laugh. Jaylah
looks over at me and smiles. 

"That was one crazy end for a night, wasn't it?!"
she says. 

We both laugh and then she sighs. "Well I would say
that this vacation did not come soon enough.  We both could definitely use it,
especially after everything last night." I say.  Jaylah nods her head.

I knew she was as upset as me, but I feel there is more
bothering her. I wonder if it was the man that came up to her at the end of the
night. We sit quietly for awhile, then Jaylah starts talking.

"I'm sorry that Kyle did that to you. After all the
years I have known him, I never thought he was capable of this. I know I say
shit about him, but he has always been like a brother to me. I know this is
nothing compared to how you must feel, but I feel like he cheated on us both.
It's one thing for you guys to get divorced because you guys aren't happy. But
this? I can't stand that he has done this." she spills.

 I had never thought on how this was affecting her.

"Thanks, Jay. I never thought Kyle was capable of that,
either."

"That bitch, I wanted to kill her. If it wasn't for
Wyatt, I think I would have." She gets quiet again.

"Are you okay, JayJay? I know this isn't all about Kyle
and me. Is it because you saw Ben's friend?"

She doesn't say anything for awhile, "Just when I was
getting comfortable with my life. Well as comfortable as I can get. I don't
want Ben to show up again."

"You still have your restraining order on him,
right?"

She is quiet for awhile and then nods her head, "Yeah I
still do."

 I know this is hard on her and I am not used to her being
like this. Jaylah always puts on a good front, like nothing gets her down. But
I know her too well. I was there during the worst with Ben and helped her get
away from him. I hate seeing her like this.

"Hey, I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you as
much as I should be. I know it's been all about me lately, but that's over
with. I am here for you."

She looks over at me and says, "Shut up.....You can
kiss my ass. Just because I am a little shakin' up doesn't mean anything. You
are going through a life changing event, where else would I have been? No
where, but where I was. We are always there for each other." 

We both burst out laughing. "I know, thanks for
everything."

She nods, "Now that we got that shit out of the way,
lets go have a good fucking time!" I nod my head in agreement and smile at
her.

We turn up the radio and sing along to all our favorite
songs. Once we get through customs, to get into Canada, it doesn't take us long
to get to the train station. We park our car, grab our luggage and get ready to
load onto the train. 

I have never been on a train before, so I feel like a little
kid. Jaylah just sits next to me and laughs. She comes to see her family that
live here, so she has been on the train quite a bit. We decided to settle in
because it is a three hour trip into Toronto. Jaylah and I both get our
kindle's out to read. We sit in silence most of the way, but the ride went
faster than I thought. 

When the train comes to a stop, we collect all of our
belongings. Our hotel is right across the street from Union Station. So we
don't have far to go. We walked into The Fairmount Royal York Hotel to check into
our room. I look around at how beautiful it is.

There is an old clock that is several floors tall, with a
spiral staircase wrapped around it, from the basement. The walls are made of
marble and polished wood moldings. The second floor has intricate railings, to
look down onto the lobby. There are large chandeliers along the length of the
lobby. There are several sitting areas, with antique funiture and lovely
floweral arrangements.

"Wow! This place is beautiful."

"Yeah you have out done yourself, Anne!"

We get on the elevator to go upstairs. We walk into our
room, it's as beautiful as the lobby. The room is decorated in cream and
burgandy, with dark walnut furniture. The bathroom is done in marble with brass
accents.

I picked this hotel, not only because it was a four star,
but because it was located in the center of Toronto Entertainment district. It
had the Underground PATH Walkway with 1,200 shops and resturants. We are in the
HEART of Toronto. This weekend is looking better and better.

~~~

Wyatt

Man I drank way to much last night, my head is pounding. I
roll over and feel a body next to me. I open my eyes to see Sue. Oh shit, I
forgot she came home with me last night. Or should I say, she drove me home
because I was in no position to drive.

Images of what we did once we were at my house flooded my
mind. I roll over and stare at the ceiling, replaying the night. I had a good
time with Sue. Then my mind wonders to the bar with Anne. That was crazy, she
was really upset with her husband. I don't blame her, anyone would be. She is
going to need some time to heal, I hope I can keep her out of my thoughts. 

"Mornin' stud" Sue says next to me and stirs me
from my thoughts. 

I look over at her and smile, "Morning yourself." 

She moves over to my side of the bed and gives me a kiss,
then lays her head on my chest. 

"How's your head?"

I laugh, "Not good, but how does some breakfast sound.
I am hoping some coffee and grease will help." 

"Okay, let's take a quick shower and go."  she
says. 

I watch her get out of bed and walk the short distance to
the bathroom.

~~~

Anne

Once we are settled into our room, we decide to go have
dinner. Then we can rest for the evening. We are going sightseeing tomorrow and
then dancing. I am determined to have a good time and forget about the drama I
left behind in Michigan.

I wake up early and hop in the shower. I try to be quiet so
I don't wake Jaylah up. I slept like a rock last night, the first time in a
long time. Maybe it's because I decided I was done with it all. Kyle and I are
truely done, the divorce will be final soon. Plus seeing Wyatt kissing Sue,
will hopefully help me stop thinking about him .

So I am going to have fun and live like Jaylah for a
weekend. I get out of the shower, make a pot of coffee and finish getting
ready. Jaylah finally wakes and starts to get ready herself.  As she is doing
that I look through my travel guide for Toronto. I figured out where we can go
today.

Jaylah comes out of the bathroom and makes herself a cup of
coffee.

"So did you decide on a place to go?"

I look up and nod, "Yep. I was thinking we could go see
the St. James Cathedral. It was built in 1807, and has the tallest steeple in
Canada. They do tours and then have tea after. What do you think?" 

She smiles, "Sounds good, but we are going to the
Underground Mall after."

I nod my head, "But of course, darlin'!"

~~~

We get to St. James Cathedral and walk in for our tour. Its
a beautiful cathedral with all its stained glass windows, gothic revival syle
and wood carvings. We see an organ demonstration before we head for tea. It was
such an enjoyable morning. We both love to see the old buildings and all its
history. I say a little prayer for us both before we leave that all will work
out in the end.

As we leave the cathedral, I see a bird on the lawn. 

"Hey JayJay, what kind of fowl is that?" I ask. 

She looks over at me, "Did you just ask me what kind of
FOWL that is? You are crazy." We both laugh.

We decide its too cold out to do any walking around and
sightseeing. So we go have  lunch and shop at the Underground Mall. As we are
eating our lunch in the mall, we are talking about where to go tonight. 

"I was looking through the book for some where to go
tonight. How about going dancing?" I ask Jaylah. 

She looks up from her chinese food, "Yeah that would be
fun. We should get new outfits for tonight." 

I nod my head in agreement, "Yeah, I really don't have
anything for dancing. I think we should go to "Bar 244," it sounds
really cool. They only have the dance club on the weekends, in the
basement."

After we finish up our shared lunch. We go into several
stores. We pick out some outfits and I come out with one on. Jaylah says,
"You need to pick out one more slutty than that for dancing." 

I laugh, "Okay....but you are going to have to help me.
I haven't bought clothes like this since... well never."

She picks out an outfit and makes me try it on. I put it on,
look at myself in the mirror. I take a deep breath and come out to show her. 

"Well, what do you think?" 

She looks me up and down, "It has potential, let me
grab some other things."

After an hour of trying on outfits and goofing around. We
finally decided on what we wanted.  

"How about we head to the hotel and get ourselves
ready. We can go to the bar in the hotel for a small dinner and a couple of
drinks before we go dancing." I say to Jaylah.

"Sounds good to me."

We get back to our room to get ready. I feel like a teenager
again, we are having so much fun. We turn up the music and dance around. Jaylah
does my hair and make up. She is awesome at that stuff, so I don't argue with
her.

I look at myself in the mirror, "HOT DAMN,
JayJay....you did good."

She comes up next to me and puts her arm around my
shoulders.  "Yeah we are two fucking  HOT ASS chicks......we are going to
have some fun tonight. Now come on, let's go find us some MEN."

We walked down to the hotel bar, to get something to eat and drink. I
look around as we enter the bar. There is actually a lot more people than I
thought would be here. We take a seat close to the bar and look over the menu.
We decide to share a patty melt, onion rings and drinks. The waitress comes
back with our drinks.

"These are from the two gentlemen at the end of the
bar." she says as she points at them. We raise our glasses in a thank
you. 

"Damn, they are HOT!" Jaylah says. 

I look over at the two men. They are both tall, and very
good looking. One has dark, almost black hair, with a shadow of a beard. He
smiles towards Jaylah and the other one looks at me. He is slightly shorter
than the other guy with brown hair, and what looks like a fit body, under his
t-shirt and sexy jeans.

Jaylah looks over, smiles and gives them her "Come
hither" look. 

"I call dibs on the dark haired one."  she says
and laughs.

I laugh back at her, "Whatever, they are both HOT and I
just want to have a good time."

I can't believe they bought us drinks, this kind of stuff
only happens in movies and books. Or so I always thought. I have never dated as
an adult, this is all new to me. I hope I don't make an ass out of myself. I
look up to see them walking over to us.

"Hello Ladies." the dark haired one says. 

The other man looks over at me and smiles. From the looks of
it they made their choice which one of us they wanted. I laugh to myself, this
is going to be fun. I follow Jaylah's lead. 

I smile back at him, "Thank you for the drinks." I
look over at Jaylah.

She smiles, "Why don't you guys join us. My name is Jaylah
and this is Anne."

The guys pull out the two extra chairs and sit. The dark one
replies, "Nice to meet you Jaylah, Anne. My name is Dave and this is
Ted." 

The waitress shows up with our food. She asks Dave and Ted
if they are going to eat their food with us.

"Yes, thanks honey and put it all on one bill."
Dave replies. 

I look over at him, "You don't have to do that. You
already bought us drinks." 

He smiles and what a nice smile it is. It's not as beautiful
as Wyatt's....  What?? I can't think of him now, I don't want to think of him
now. Whatever happens here, stays here. God, I sound like a Vegas commercial, I
chuckle to myself. I am going to stop thinking about Wyatt and enjoy this man
in front of me, with his golden eyes.

"Please let me buy you dinner."  Ted says to me. 
I hear Dave and Jaylah having a conversation of their own.

"Okay, that's very nice of you."

The guys get their dinners and we are all eating.  We talk
about where we are all from. They are from Boston, they came to Toronto for
business, but came early  to enjoy their New Year. They have business meetings
all next week. They own some kind of Computer IT company. 

After a couple of drinks, I am feeling its affects. 

"So what are you ladies doing tonight?" Dave asks.

 Jaylah looks over at me and I give her a quick nod,
"We are going dancing at "Bar 244". They open the basement up on
the weekends for dancing. What are you guys doing tonight?" she replies. 

The guys look at each other, "Going dancing, if you
don't mind us tagging along."  Ted looks over at me.

"Not at all. Let us go to the ladies room real
quick." I wink at him. I smile, the drinks are helping calm my nerves. I
would have never winked at a man before.

We walk into the bathroom and as soon as the door closes,
Jaylah turns to me.

"Are you sure you're okay with this? This is so new for
you. I don't know where this night is headed, but I want you to be oayk with
this before we do anything." 

I smile at her, "I'm fine JayJay. I want to have fun,
let loose this weekend. I have only ever been with Kyle and I need to get the
drama out of my head for a little while."

She walks up and gives me a hug, "You are such a slut,
Anne. I didn't know you had it in you. I must be rubbing off on you." 

I give her an offended look, then we both burst out
laughing.  "Okay slut, lets go have a good time."

We walk back to our table, to find them waiting for us.

"Ready to go?" Ted asks.

"Yes. Lets go have some fun," I reply.

We walk out of the hotel with Ted and Dave. The club isn't
to far away, but its really cold, so we decide to take a cab. We all pile into
the back. My stomach is doing flip flops, being so close to this hunk of a man.
I am partially on Ted's lap and he puts his arm around my mid section. I look
into his eyes and smile at him. What the hell, if I'm going to do this, "I
AM GOING TO DO THIS," I tell myself. I am going to enjoy Ted and the night.
We shall see where this goes. I put my arms around his shoulders and lean close
to his ear.

"
So has anyone ever told you how hot you are. Let's
have some fun tonight.
" I whisper.

He looks into my eyes and smiles.  "I am all in,
Anne."

I smile back and he winks at me. We are at the club already,
it was such a short drive.  I am disappointed that the ride is over. I was
starting to enjoy being so close to him.

As we get out of the cab, Dave pays. Ted grabs my hand,
helps me out of the cab and keeps holding my hand. It's nice , I feel like a
teenager again. This is so exciting, I have butterflies in my stomach. Jaylah
looks over and gives me the eyebrow wiggle. I laugh and smile back at her. She
seems to be enjoying Dave's company herself, he has his arm around her waist.
Jaylah doesn't do hand holding, never has, not even with Ben. 

We walk into the club and the music is booming. The dance
floor is already in full bloom. I use to love going dancing. We would all go
every weekend, before I had the girls. 

"Do you want a drink?" Ted yells, to be heard over
the music.

I nod my head. Ted and Dave walk up to the bar to get us
drinks.

 Jaylah stands by me, "You okay?" she yells. 

I nod, "Yes."  The guys come back with our drinks.
We find a spot in the back and sit for a little bit with our drinks. 

I decide to be bold again. Between the music and the drinks,
I am feeling good. I get up close and decide to go for it. I give him a kiss on
the lips, not to strong, soft and pull back. He looks at me and smiles. He
brushes his hands across my face and digs them into the back of my hair. He
smiles then kisses me, strong and passionate. I groan when he slips his tongue
into my mouth. God he tastes good, a mix of cinnamon and whiskey. His cologne
smells unbelievably good.

"Hey lets not get ahead of ourselves and go dance for a
little while." He smiles and winks, as he pulls away from me.

I am still spinning from the kiss and nod my agreement. I
glance to the side to see Jaylah sitting on Dave's lap, with her hands fisted
in his hair, kissing.  Man Jaylah could give pointers to romance authors on how
its done. I grab Ted's hand and he leads me to the dance floor.

Jaylah and Dave join us out on the floor. Ted and I are all
over each other. From the feel of him, he has a rocking body under those
clothes. Dancing like this, rubbing up against each other, is great fore play.
I have never danced like this with anyone.  It puts, "Johnny and
Baby's" dance scene to shame. 

After several hours of dancing and drinking. I am getting
tired of being here, I look over at Ted.

He leans over, "You want to get out of here?" 

I look over at Jaylah and point at my wrist. I don't wear a
watch, but its the universal sign for time to go. She nods her head and she
talks into Dave's ear. He nods his head in agreement.

We all walk out of the bar together and grab a cab for the
short trip back to our hotel.  Jaylah looks over at me.

"You guys can have our room. I will go back to Dave's,
Okay?" 

I look over at Ted and he nods.  "Okay, thanks
JayJay."

We get out of the cab and walk into the lobby of the hotel.
Jaylah grabs my arm and pulls me to the side. The guys walk to the side and
talk to each other. 

"Hey you still fine with all of this?" she asks.

I smile widely, "Hell yeah.  I am so horny at this
point I had to restrain myself from jumping his bones in the cab."

She starts laughing, "Okay, I wanted to make sure. Be
safe and take this. I will talk to you in the morning."  She puts
something in my hand and gives me a kiss on the cheek.

I look to see that she gave me a condom. Holy shit, didn't
even think about that.  Thank god, she thought about it. I walk over to Ted and
grab his hand. 

"Ready to go upstairs,"  he asks. 

I nod my head and smile at him. I am nervous, yet excited at
the same time. I have only been with Kyle, I am looking forward to what is
coming, literally. I smile to myself, let the fun begin.

~~~

As soon as the door shuts behind us, Ted grabs me and pulls
me into a hard passionate kiss. My hands are all over him, I grab the bottom of
his shirt and pull it up over his head. Oh god, he is better looking than I
imagined. He grabs my shirt and pulls it over my head. He starts kissing the side
of my neck as he works the back of my bra. I work on getting his jeans
unbuttoned and pull down. He pulls my skirt down along with my panties, so I am
standing there naked. I tug his underwear down and catch a look at him. God, he
is beautiful. He obviously works out and takes care of himself. I start feeling
a little self conscious about myself. I have only been naked in front of Kyle.
I don't work out at the gym, but I try to take care of myself.

Ted looks me over, "Your beautiful."  I hand him
the condom and he laughs.  "I have some, too."

We start kissing again and walk towards the beds. I get on
the bed and he follows me. He lays on top of me, I love the feel of his weight.
He starts kissing my neck, then my breast. He sucks on each of my nipples, I moan
with pleasure. It's been so long since I have been touched. My whole body is on
fire. He starts kissing me again.

As he enters me, I grab his ass and squeeze. I wrap my legs
around his middle and groan. We are kissing hard and he invades my mouth with
his tongue. As our bodies move together, I feel my ecstasy building. I can tell
that Ted is getting closer by the sounds that he is making. He buries his face
in my neck and we explode together. I scream into his shoulder, and give him a
little bite. We lay together like that for a while, until our breathing slows.