Night On The Town
The last time that Mari Jiwe McCabe and Ben Turner had gotten together, it had been by coincidence, simple and pure.
This time, it was no accident that the two former lovers were meeting again for another date.
If I really want to be honest and call it that, Mari mused to herself as she waited outside a nightclub called Lapis Lounge ( Read more... )
This time, it was no accident that the two former lovers were meeting again for another date.
If I really want to be honest and call it that, Mari mused to herself as she waited outside a nightclub called Lapis Lounge ( Read more... )
And since the leg had finally healed to the point where he could move with something approximating his usual grace, it was time to go out.
New threads, a few hundred dollars in the wallet, and he was ready to _go_. The cab had to fight New York's worst traffic to get him to the Lapis Lounge but he finally made it, just squeaking under her imposed deadline.
Finding her wasn't difficult - as she so often was, she was the most stunning thing in this crowd. "Mari!" he said, waving to get her attention.
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She was dressed that night in a form-fitting, bronze sequined minidress and a pair of bronze stiletto heels. Her Totem was, as always, around her neck, and she held a small clutch in her right hand. She looked good, and she knew it. It was the bronze. It was the one metallic shade that really set her dark skin aglow with a golden fire.
"Hey," she says, turning around to give him a full view of her plunging neckline and bright, flirty smile. "Here I was thinking that you weren't going to make it."
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She looked _stunning_ in bronze. And the legs that went all the way up to _there_ ... yeah.
"Wouldn't have missed it if the world was ending. Which, according to Amanda, it won't. Or at least it shouldn't." he said with a grin.
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Mari slinked up to Ben and wrapped her arms around him, letting him inhale the spicy, oriental scent she was wearing that night as she kissed him quite very dangerously close to his lips.
"Let's hope you'd come see me even if the world were ending," she teased.
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Boded well for how the evening was going to go.
He heard the sarcasm but tonight was not the night for business. "If the world was ending I can't think of any place I'd rather be." he said. With the possible exception of with his white brother Richard striving against said ending of the world - but really, Mari was more fun and _far_ nicer to look at.
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Damn, she felt good in his arms.
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It's almost too much fun.
For a moment, Mari considers the fact that she should maybe ease up on him a little bit.
As they enter the Lapis Lounge, that thought goes straight out of her mind.
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This? The clubs, the people, all of it? Her world. His was a darker place by far, one he'd spare her from if he could.
Tonight was his time to walk in her world.
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And maybe sleep.
If Mari was feeling adventurous enough for it, anyway.
She led the way past the bouncer and addressed him cheerfully by his first name.
Inside, the place consisted mainly of New York's elite young partying it up. There were plenty of recognizable faces around, including a few models that Mari had a specific disdain for.
Sure, the world looked bright and flashy, but at times, it was anything but. Truth was, Mari knew dark very well, and she wasn't scared of it. She'd learned long ago to let go of the fear.
"So, what do you think?" she asked as she turned to look at Ben. "I know these aren't your usual stomping grounds, but a change is good once in awhile, don't you think?"
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"Yeah." he said with a roguish grin she'd remember well. "A little change now and again's a good thing." he said. "You want to get a drink first or dive right into the pit head-first?"
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Still, the first round went down nice and smooth. Ah, the wonder of the shot.
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"Is it?" she asked after her last gulp. "What do you remember, then?"
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