Giovanni arrived with his mom, Maria. She sat with us and Giovanni stood near her. I looked up at him once in a while, no longer preoccupied by Chad. My feelings for him were very different than the ones I had for Chad. I liked just being with him, without needing sex.
I wanted to go to him, but felt confused over what the right thing to do was. When he smiled at me, guilt came over me. I hoped he didn’t know I was sleeping with Chad. Then I thought of a reason to talk to him.
I got up and nonchalantly put a hand on his back. “Where’s your brother?”
“Guess,” he replied, sounding annoyed. But he looked down and smiled at me.
I bit my lip. “Still with that chick from last night, huh?”
“Yeah, I never thought when we went to that club last week I would regret us getting a gig there.” He touched my hair. “You got a haircut. It looks nice.”
Chad was oblivious to those types of things. The night before I had my hair up, so Giovanni wouldn’t have known it was different. “Thanks.”
“Crystal, can you check on the chicken inside?” Chad’s dad called out to me.
“I’ll be back,” I told Giovanni. Then I went to the kitchen. I opened the oven and saw that it was ready.
“Let me get it.”
I turned around and Giovanni was behind me with oven mitts. “Thanks.”
While he took the chicken out, I reached up to the top shelf over the sink to get a platter. It was too high, so I jumped up onto the counter. One at a time, I put the two platters down next to me.
Suddenly, I lost my balance. Giovanni grabbed my thighs, trying to catch me. His hands slid up my skirt as he stopped my fall. He held my bare hips for a minute.
I was more shocked feeling his hands under the straps of my underwear, than by the fall. I couldn’t move or talk. My skirt was all the way up and my ass was pressed up against his crotch.
“Thanks for catching me.”
“You’re welcome.” Then he exhaled loudly as I felt his cock hardening. “Oh God, I’m sorry.” He carefully put me down, and I felt his hands let me go. “Shit! You’re fucking panties are caught on my watch.”
My panties came down as he tried to pull them free. “Giovanni, stop. You’re gonna tear them.” I slowly leaned back on him and lifted my right foot.
“What’re you doing?”
“Taking them off. Help me.”
“I can’t do that to you.”
“Either help me or you’re gonna wind up ripping them off of me anyway.”
He kept his body against mine, my skirt still up. His arms were around me, trying to free my panties from his watch. I could feel his breath coming fast against the back of my neck and his stiff dick pressed into my back.
“I’m so sorry.” His hands were shaking. “I can’t get them off.” His body moved, and I bit my lip as his cock touched the top of my ass. “Damn, Crystal, I’m sorry. My dick has a mind of its own.”
I looked back at him. He was blushing. “I don’t mind.” I had so much more confidence when I drank.
“I got it.”
“Just don’t tell anyone else you got my panties off of me.” I was trying to bait him, but I was sure it was pointless.
He helped me put them back on and got my skirt down. I closed my eyes when he ran his fingers over my bare ass in the process. “Crystal, you must hate me.”
“Why, because you touched my ass?” Then I looked up as I leaned my head on his strong chest. “I’m not upset or even annoyed. You have nice hands.”
His breath caught in his mouth. “Um… uh…”
“ What’s taking so long, guys?” Chad suddenly asked.
Giovanni backed away from me a bit. “She fell, and I caught her. She’s fine.”
“You sure you’re OK, baby?”
“Yeah,” I replied, turning around.
Chad put the chicken on the platters, looking at us once in a while. “Good. I gotta get this outside.”
I felt guilty about what happened between Giovanni and me. Then I started to feel a bit torn. I liked Giovanni so much I dreamt of him, even when I was in bed