You and You Only: Chapter 3 - Sexy Lil Wall Flower

Nia's POV

By the time Eight P.M. rolled around Sharise's house was slightly decorated and all the food was prepared and laid out. Instead of my comfy t-shirt I wanted to wear, I had on a fitted black halter top that tied around the neck and hugged my hips, paired with skinny jeans and flats(Sharise had some heels stashed somewhere).

"Niaaaaaa, Ooooh Girl you looking gooooood!" Ricki whistled as he made his way into the kitchen from Sharise's backyard (well it would soon be his yard too)

I planted my hand on my hip, "Don't make me tell Sharise on you Ricki! And what are you doing here!"

We had decided early on that the Bachelorette party would take place at Sharise's house and the Bachelors party would take place at his apartment....

Ha....funny how she had a house and he had an apartment. Sharise said that she wouldn't live in an apartment and Ricki was too cheap to buy a house on his own.

"Just coming by to look at all the pretty young ladies before I get married. You know, I can't do it after." He winked and I smirked at his joke.

"Well Sharise is somewhere in the front room. Lord there's a lot of women in there, all her sisters, couple cousins, my friends....I'm just hoping Auntie only stays for a minute if she comes."

Not that she was kill joy....it was just a bachelorette party and well I doubted if she would be there anyway.

He chuckled again and after he had walked into the living room I reached up to take the Styrofoam plates and cutlery out of the top shelves.

When I turned Nick was there staring at me with a lusty look on his face. I took a breath sharply and calmed down my nerves, he had scared me....and that paired with his redefined sexiness had my hormones bouncing off the wall.

"Is that Nia??? Nianna Richards....in a halter top?"

I moved nervously and tapped at the Styrofoam plates.

What was he doing here?

"In the flesh." I finally spoke.

He crossed his arms and his eyes locked onto mines.

"You look good. The older you get the lovelier you are."

I bit my lip as a smile threatened to take over, "Thank you...and the same for you too."

He stood still with a growing smile on his face and I looked around the kitchen to see if I needed anything else. When I turned around, he was still there.

'Wow. Really?'

"Soooooo.....you guys aren't supposed to be here...it's for the women only.....and I didn't even know you and Ricki were still friends."

Nick bobbed his head, "Yeah, He's helped me a lot. Really cool person...and I didn't tell you for a reason."

"And why is that?"

He grinned, "Because I've waited a long time to see that look of surprise on your face. Its entertaining....especially with you drooling over me right now."

Heat rushed to my face, "I was not!"

He nodded, "Uh huh....so I just imagined you doing that. You got a little something on your lip."

I touched my lips instinctively. It was dry of course.

I shook my head and glared at him, "Go to hell Nick."

"Been there and back." I pushed past him and felt his fingers caress my bare shoulder as I did so.

I shot daggers over my shoulders and continued walking, leaving him with his growing laughter.

'Asshole'

They left eventually, the men I mean. I sank into a love seat and watched as Nick slipped out the front door smirking at me.

"Sharise, you didn't tell me about Nick." I hissed.

"What's there to talk about?" She popped a cheesecake bite in her mouth and moaned softly.

'Ohhh Lord Jesus'

"How he has a baby and how he's a Groomsmen."

"Oh that?" She waved her hand in the air, "I thought y'all were over."

"We are." I looked at all the other women, they were too busy
playing bridal games and eating& drinking wine to pay attention to what I was talking about.

"Well ok then."

But it wasn't ok...not at all. I had gone three years without seeing him, there was graduation and then I drifted apart from everyone...I didn't want to be in his life if I couldn't be with him and he didn't bother to contact me. At first it was an unbearable pain I couldn't get over, but after I moved away and the years went by the pain became so dull I didn't believe it was there anymore.

But it was...

Because if it wasn't I wouldn't have felt like my world had crashed talking to Sharise about him.

"Yeah ok."
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Sharise's mom ended up not coming....and when the clock struck eleven we were out of there headed to the club.

Once again....I hate the club..

I donned a pair of the shortest heels I could find and the entire bachelorette party made their way (in a couple of cars) to the nearest hot club.

The guy at the front carded me.

"Promise I'm twenty five."

"My bad, you look a little young. Not even twenty."

I winked at him, "Time is on my side then."

As usual I made my way to the nearest empty seat, there were booths and then the usual bar stools, that time I chose a booth.

They were wild, crazy and dancing insanely fast. I sunk into the booth and tried to appear invisible. Until I saw Ricki and the other members of the bachelor party walking into the same club.

'Were they following us?'

Ricki winked at me and held a finger to his lips for me to be quiet. I nodded and rolled my eyes as he made his way to Sharise, wrapping his arms around her waist and whispering into her ear. She stiffened until she turned her head slightly and saw that it was him.

I laughed and watched the bachelor's pair up with the bachelorettes; I hadn't seen a thing like it. Somehow Neshia's husband appeared and she threw her arms around him and they slow danced even though the song was fast.

Crazy.

"Wanna dance?"

I looked away from the dance floor to see a man standing in front of me. Not ugly but not cute either. He had a certain charm to him, short, pro-bald and dark as the midnight.

"Oh no thank you, I don't dance."

"One dance. You're too pretty to be sitting alone."

'And you're too ugly to be talking to me.'

I shook my head and gave him a sympathetic smile.

He would've persisted but A bright hand landed on his shoulder and he turned around.

"Sorry, but that's my girlfriend. I don't want to have to kick your ass for looking at her."

I stifled a laugh at the way his expression changed, he backed away with his hands held out in front of him.

"Sorry man, didn't know."

"Well now you do, make haste nigga." Nick said and slid next to me in the booth.

I looked away from him to the wall tracing the wall patterns with my eyes, until I felt a cool finger slide up and down my shoulder. I smacked Nicks hand away angrily.

"Stop. Go away."

"And why would I do that?"

I faced him with a glare, "Listen....I don't know what's wrong with you. But I have no desire to play with you..."

He leaned in and whispered into my ear his lips touching it softly, "But I have the desire to play with you."

I stood up from the booth and pushed through the crowd of dancers until I was outside in the fresh air again. I took a deep breath and rubbed the chills out of my arms. The street lights cast an eerie light over the street and only a few cars passed through.

"You can stop running." A deep voice spoke from behind me.

I rubbed my temples hard.

"I want you to leave me alone."

"Ok I will...if you..."

"If...I....WHAT?" I turned around and there Nick was leaning against the wall of the outside wall of the club. His black button down shirt opened to reveal a bit of his chest and he looked...so....damn good.

"Give me one kiss...and I'll leave you alone."

"No.."

"Ok....then I'll go."

I nodded and turned back around to look at the street. He was unnerving me and his new act of seduction wasn't helping my virginity thing.

Twenty five-year old virgin....yes.

What happened next took me by surprise. He didn't leave he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck softly.

"Remember that?"

"Or this?" his lips made their way up my jaw line.

My eyes closed and I took in the feeling...knowing that if I let him touch me any longer my standards would drop.

"Maybe this."

He let me go and then he was in front of me his lips on mine and his hands going under my shirt until it touched the bare of my back. The shirt rose to reveal my belly and I thanked God that no one was outside to see what was happening. I kissed back hard....and then he stopped.

"Ok...."

He backed away with a smirk and I yanked down my shirt.

'Wait...what?!'

I shook violently from the wave of emotions taking over and his smirk only made me want to kiss him more.

'Why was he tempting me?!'

"Maybe we can go further one day." He spoke seductively.

"Fat chance in hell!" I declared.

He blew a kiss at me before walking back in....leaving me with a bad cramp in my stomach.