SPARKS 24

I slowly open my eyes, I can hear voices coming from the garden below, I guess all the people who went on the boat trip are back and ready to change for the masquerade. I can see the sunset from the large window in front of the bed. I sigh, it takes me a few seconds to realize that is not the reason I woke up. Howard’s hand is still resting on my belly, his thumb rubbing it. The other one is gracefully running up and down on my back, around my hip and down my left leg while he’s slowly kissing and licking my back. I smile to myself and I begin to move against him, with slow, steady, circular movements. He moans against my ear and gently bites it. His breathing is heavy now, I know the slow rocking and movement of my hips is driving him crazy. He begins to rock with me matching my movements. He places his hands just above my hips and then wraps his fingers around my waist. I turn my face toward him and I open my mouth, allowing him to suck on my lower lip “afternoon gorgeous”
“I thought you were never going to wake up”
“How rude of me to neglect such and enthusiastic greeting” I smirk and kiss him again. I keep moving against him, he moans into my mouth. His hands are undoing the laces of my bikini and his leg is now over mine. I break the kiss “don’t even think about it”.
He growls.
“I’m sorry Mr. Donald, but we have a party to go to and I need to shower and fix my hair” and I almost jump off the bed “but you can stay as long as you wish, I don’t mind” *I am a pro, that’s what you deserve after what you put me through today*
He takes a couple of seconds to realize I’m serious and heading to bathroom. Sits on the bed and grabs my hand “you’re not going anywhere missy” and he literally has me fly back on the bed.
I laugh “Howard I mean it, I need to shower, my skin’s so dry, I need to moisturize!”
“Liar” he says with his low, deep voice. He slings one long arm easily about my shoulders and nestles me against the warm length of his chest. We fit together perfectly.
I look at him “we don’t have time, as you said we can wait, tonight, after the party”
He’s lost, *this is so much fun* “do I look like I can wait to you?” he’s panicking now.
“Let’s see”, I straddle him laughing and he moans closing his eyes. I stroke his chest, and I take his t-shirt off. I caress the area around his belly button “Bea please”. He shivers under my soft touch. I gently shush him as he starts to mumble incoherent sounds.
"Everything’s fine Howard” and I nibble his ear. “Maybe we have a few minutes. Do you want to play a game babe?”
“Anything you want, I’ll do anything you want” he’s just melting under my fingers.
My mobile rings, we ignore it, it keeps on ringing. I kiss him. It stops ringing for a second and then again “you better answer it love, I’m busy here” I tease him.
“Fuck the phone” and places his hands on my back, rubbing it back and forth.
It keeps ringing “please Howie, answer it, it is so hard to focus with all this noise” I whisper in his ear licking it.
He picks it up and grunts “What! …..ah ah….that’s me ….she’s busy … hold on” places the mobile on his chest “do you know anyone named Caro?”
I kiss his neck “I do”
“I think she is having a heart attack” and runs his fingers through my hair. Puts the mobile back to his ear “….sure….” and hang up. “She said something about a full report”
I kiss him and laugh at the same time.
He’s now looking at me, I’m serious again “few simple rules Doug, you will keep your hands on the headboard, you touch me and I’m going to take my shower and you’ll have to solve your little ‘situation’ all by yourself. Do you understand?” *I am so not turning you gay*
“I wanna make love to you” he’s almost begging
“We really don’t have time honey but I promise, you will enjoy it”
He nods frustrated and does as I say. I kiss him, one more time, and I feel his hands running through my hair. I freeze and he immediately puts it back on the headboard “good boy” I tease him.
I start licking along his neck. He moans again and I can feel it against my tongue. I lick lower and lower till I reach his hard nipples. I gently take them between my teeth and nibble on them. Slowly I lower my body, my tongue making a trail down to his bellybutton. I let my tongue tease a while and then my fingers start undoing the buttons of his shorts. He raises his hips so I can slide them down to his ankles. I can feel his body tense under my kisses while I move my lips down his body.
“Let me touch you, please”
“Shower” I tease
He grunts, I know the fact he cannot move is driving him crazy, I take my time until he starts begging for it. I lock my eyes into his and I start pleasuring him.
He moans, frantic, arching his back. When his body ceases to spasm, I lay next to him, gently kissing his ears, neck, and mouth. “Oh god Bea, can we make it our own wake up tradition? It’s way better than Christmas and the Champions League final combined”
I sigh and plant a playful kiss on his nose.
He looks at me "I want to....."
I put my finger to his lips. "Tonight" I whisper.
"I want you too much right now....I'm tired of being patient....”
I take his face into my hands, “tonight, you talk to her, you’ll be mine and I will make love to you” I kiss him once more, moving my hands on his “now you need to go, I’ll see you downstairs later”
“Can I touch you now?” he grins
“Better not, bugger off Mr. Donald, you’ve already got more than you deserved”
He softly kisses my lips and slide off the bed. He puts his shorts and t-shirt back on “I’ll see you later than”
I am standing on the bed, so I’m taller than he is and my fingertips brush through his curls. He buries his face on my chest “I miss you already”
“Mine, body and soul”
He closes the door behind him and I send a text to Caro “the empire strikes back J”


I come out of the shower and dry my hair when the door of my room opens. She literally storms in. I stay there, staring at her, the towel in my hands. *Ooopssssss High Noon, no even better, this is Blazing Saddles. Stay calm, don’t panic, she cannot hurt you. I hope*
“Didn’t they teach you to knock before entering someone’s room?”
“What do you think you’re doing?”
“I think it is called getting ready. I am going to a party. I would love to chat with you but I’m late already”
“You are not going”
“Says who?”
“I do”
“I’m sorry Dawn, did I give you the impression I care what you think? Because I don’t”
“I’m trying to do you a big favor”
I take the Tinkerbelle costume out of the wardrobe. “Get out, I don’t have time for you.”
She grabs my arm, “I’m just trying to help. You’ve known him for 2 minutes, I’ve known Doug for 10 years, he would never give up his family for you. I feel like you are standing in the middle of the tracks, looking at me, I am trying to warn you there’s a fast train heading your direction but you refuse to listen to me.”
“The only train is coming my direction is the love train, and I’m gonna catch it with Howard and travel first class into the sunset”
She gives me a killer look “so that’s what is about. You’re just a gold digger. You are pathetic”
I just laugh, *bitch* “you telling me I am after his money? Don’t you dare patronizing me! When you started dating Gary you were not exactly the princess of Wales were you? Do you have any tip for me on how to nail reach men and live happily ever after?”
She gives me a killer look “don’t you dare! I love him!” she is really mad now “You just deserve what is going to happen to you.”
“Get out now, I’m bored. I’ll see you at the party”
“You are still working for me, and I want you to stay with the children”
“Foster will cover for me. She has to take care of Elwood anyway and she was not invited. She had a big argument with Jason about an omelet or something like that”
“I want you to stay with them”“You WANT” I place my hand on my hips “I quit, there you go. I need to change. Out. Maybe you should change too.”
She stares at me, holding on her princess Leia costume “it doesn’t suit you, you look like more a Dart Vader type t me”. *I fear this is not the beginning of a lasting friendship*. She sighs and leaves.

I wear my Tinkerbelle costume and I head downstairs. I’m so happy I can almost fly, and I don’t need any fairy dust! Jason is already there, he’s a stunning prince charming. I almost jump on his arms “happy birthday Jay”
He looks at me “you stayed!”
“Indeed Sir! Wait, I need to celebrate you the Italian way”
“I like kinky stuff”
“Not really that’s how we do it here” and I start pulling his earlobes until I count to 37. “Hurts, hurts, hurts” he complains “you people are crazy”
I pull them one last time and I yell “37! Buon compleanno! That would be happy birthday for you, language impaired prince”
“That is really painful, really. What’s wrong with you people!” and rubs his ears “You’ve been abusing me whole day! I’m the birthday-man, I should worshipped”
I laugh “I’m sorry about how behaved before, the ghost of the bitter spinster possessed me, your mate freed me though. I could make that phone call if you want me to”
“I’ll think about” then looks behind my shoulders and burst into a fit of laughter “what are you wearing?”
I turn around and I see Mark and Emma, or better Grumpy and Snow White.
“Don’t you dare saying a word! It’s the last time I let her take care of something so important. I’m so pissed I feel like singing a Westlife song”
Emma is laughing “I couldn’t resist…I saw them and it was love at first sight” turns to him doing little jumps and saying with a very teasing voice “please, honey, can I?”
“Do it, god forbid you have a stroke” Mark is totally resigned and Emma takes a little mirror out her pocket “mirror mirror on the wall make him smart, funny and tall”
We just crack up and that’s how Howard finds us, sitting on the stairs, holding our stomachs while Mark is just shaking his head.
“All hail the mighty emperor you little people!”
I look at him and my mouth waters, the most beautiful Julius Caesar ever, his dark curls crowned by the laurel.
“Watch your back Doug!” Jay yells
He looks at him with contempt “Walt Disney called, he wants you back! I checked on wikipedia, I won’t be stabbed until March, I still have 8 long months to rule over the whole world, and crash your pathetic Kingdom of far far away.” He walks down the stairs and places his mouth by my ear “hello little fairy, so that’s what it is, you cast a spell on me, make sure you don’t run out of your fairy dust, I’m having a blast! Peter Pan here I come! How can you fancy a man wearing green tights? Oh, now I remember, you’re not too keen on straight men, present company excluded of course” and smiles
“I bet it your mom’s fault, it is always the mothers”
“What?”
“She is probably the one telling you that you are funny. Well it’s a pathetic lie. You are not…” he strokes my back “Have you seen her?” I whisper
“We share the same room”
“Has she told you anything? You disappeared for an entire afternoon”
“She didn’t say a word to me. I was really running late, I had a very busy afternoon” and smirks “We made some small talk, that’s about it, don’t worry I’ll talk to her later. I promise”
*I’m not worried about you, I’m worried about her, women know, not me personally, I am demented, but I am told they are usually good at getting hints*
“Who are we waiting for?” Emma asks
“No one, the Barlows, Jonathan, my brothers and Marie are already there, they left 15 minutes ago”
“Should we go and get over with it? Gaz hasn’t seen me yet” Mark begs.
Emma looks at me and winks so we start singing
“Heigh-ho, Heigh-hoIt's home from work we go”
“Doug, I need you to help me out, please, they’ll kill me”
Howard pretends not to see him “Ladies, the emperor orders you to wait! There’s an annoying background noise that is bothering my powerful ears”
“Doug, wait for me, this is so unfair” he begs of him
Jason looks at Mark and starts singing “Snow White, I’m your Prince Charming, snog me!”
“Hands off my woman Orange”
“Let’s see, a Roman Emperor, a Prince Charming and a dwarf… you don’t stand a chance. Kiss my royal ass Markie. I’m gonna have so much fun tonight! Happy birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeee!