Samantha was up to help me manage the nippers who were up and clapping their teacher.
“Thank you now shush let’s show them how you do a tango. Gillian, are you all right?” This would be the first time since she sent me flying into Sam. I lifted her up into my arms and gave her a cuddle.
“Come on we can do this, see Sam’s right over there we couldn’t hit him if we tried.” He watched me, and waved at us. I put her down and I asked for the music, she danced it perfectly.
“Good girl, see I told you it was my new shoes and not yours.” Samantha danced with the others I picked young Michael. He danced a near perfect tango he actually tried to move his hand towards my bum, much to the amusement of the idiots.
“Shut up or leave.” I gave them my best Paddington Bear stare.
“You’re not normally as bossy as this, Michelle.” I laughed, had they not seen me in hockey? We finished as the parents came in to collect them. Gillian had a quick cuddle off Sam and they disappeared as quickly as they arrived. I’d had a brilliant lesson and the two I’d taught were good too. I did a quick check the hair was fine, I needed deodorant they were in my locker. Sam was sat in the corner as I walked across the floor.
“Give me a minute please.” I checked the makeup the smoky black eyes liner added and mascara. I didn’t need the blusher. Taking a bit off with a tissue, more deodorant and lips were done last. Lined first and in filled with the deepest red. I wasn’t sure I thought it was a little too red but the girl in the changing room just said wow.
“Bad wow or good wow?” She blushed.
“Nice wow.” I put my make up back in the purse, and went back to Sam.
“Wow, baby girl, fucking wow.” I suddenly liked wow. That would do for me. I had a full on hug and bum squeeze.
“Take me to dinner please, Sam.” He held me in his arms. The long smoochy kiss I got the whole room saw. Karen was catching flies and spewing dirty looks my way.
“Wow, Sam that was…” He held my hand and we went to the little Italian place down the road.
“What do you want to eat Mi cielo?” I looked down the menu and then at Sam, he sat looking at me.
“What, are you smiling like a fool for?”
“You, you rock my world doing something different every day, I can’t believe we’re a couple.” I smiled and passed him a little velvet pouch.
“This is for you, I’m not sure if you wear things like this angel?” He opened the strings and held the necklace in his hand and smiled.
“A St Christopher, it is so nice thank you.” I grinned back at him.
“Nope that’s St Thomas Sam, he’s the Patron Saint of Architects, I will have you know, see he’s got his compass, drawings and everything.” He laughed at me.
“Fancy you knowing that Mi cielo?”
“Sam, confession time I didn’t the jeweller did, I just didn’t know what to get you, and you’re so hard to buy anything for, because you have everything.” He held my hand and kissed it, I put it on for him, and it nestled in his chest hair.
“I have everything, now I have you Michelle.” He kissed the palm of my hand, he was it had to be said, attentive. We sat and ate our meal laughing, talking and just enjoying each other’s company He ordered more drinks and we just sat and talked more. Paying the bill and we made our way to Heaven, Shane was on the door again.
“Boy Michelle you look so different.” He kissed me and gave Sam a look. “She’s too good to resist, but you better had.” Damn Shane it’s taken me a month to get this far in less than ten words he’d put Sam back weeks. He led Sam and me down the stairs. “Two on mine Dotty, let me get you a drink in.” He laughed.
“Let me get you one you’re always getting us in past the queues, it would be my pleasure.” I laughed as he drank his pint quickly. He needed to sort the large group of women out who had just arrived, they were on a twenty-first party night, a large group of thirty women and Shane was in heaven literally.
“I have a lot of girls to see and please before I leave.” I put my arms around Sam’s waist, whilst laughing at Shane.
“I have had a wonderful day thank you.” I felt a tap on the shoulder. I didn’t see the next thing, because it happened so fast, I felt the pain before I could react, the girl from last night had come behind me and as I turned, she slapped my face with the back of her hand, oh no she didn't? I was sucker punched. She will pay for that.
“Oh no you don’t bitch.” I turned head on for the next punch and grabbed her fist, squeezing it so hard, as she screamed. “What the hell did you try that for you stupid girl? I warned you yesterday keep away from what’s mine and you didn’t listen.” She came for a second blow, oop’s big mistake on her part, the palm of my hand caught her chin, and she landed on her bum. I hadn’t actually hit her, just self-defence moves. She was getting up. “Stay down or the next one does you harm, I only warn you one time, second time you asked for it.”
Shane came to my rescue. I looked at Sam, and wondered what the hell had happened to think, he liked her? This girl was far too wanting of my fella it just didn’t make sense, because I would fight like her to keep him and I had done twice already. She was so drunk, and she stunk of cigarettes and I hated to say it sweat and erg she had wet herself. I’d like to think Sam hadn’t lead her on, because this girl was a sorry wreck and hurting, why I didn’t know but to drink as she did and every night, what was she running from? I had a feeling who I just needed answers.
“Shane, she came at me I haven’t actually touched her yet, but I think I may, get her out, please.” I left Sam at the bar and went to the toilet to check the damage. She has bust my stupid lip, there looked to be more blood than there actually was, I gingerly washed my face I had an audience. I dried my face ouch I’m going to have a fat lip and a bruised cheek tomorrow. I re applied the makeup and the liner and the bright red lipstick I looked okay, my lip was tingling, Sam was waiting by the door he was worried and so annoyed. She had got blood on my new pretty dress, for that alone the bitch will pay.
Michelle ran off to sort her lip out and Shane panicked so did I, I had promised to keep her safe.
“Mick is going to fucking kill me!”
“Me too, this happened on my watch, shit what the fuck did she do?”
“Sucker punched her, Michelle and I were talking and she tapped her on the shoulder and backhanded her with her hand full of rings.”
“How did she end up on her arse?”
“Michelle uppercut her with her palm, she didn’t actually hit her, she made her lose balance, but she went down with some force in her uppercut!”
“Have you seen her fight, God help the idiot who tries anything with her she, can knock a fella on his arse!”
“So what do we do?” I was angry I had failed to keep my promise to look after her.
“Michelle will cover it, she doesn’t lie but she will tell her Dad something, he will believe. Why the fuck was she let in? She’d had too much, that blasted hen party took over the door and she must have slipped in with them.”
“I’ll tell Mick the truth because he’d hate you and will only be angry with me, besides it could have been worse!”
“You have met Mick haven’t you, his girls are his world!” She was coming out not looking too bad but angry as hell…
“Stop right now, I will sort Dad out this has nothing to do with you two, have you seen the size of the heels I had on?” They both smiled. “Right let’s find out from the stupid girl, why the hell she started this?” I walked past a worried Sam up the stairs. Shane’s men had the girl at the top of the steps.
“Why did you hit me? Tell me why shouldn’t I have you arrested for assault?” She just looked at me she really was a wreck of a girl, why did she think Sam was interested in her?
“You hit me yesterday and tonight, I’m the one doing the arresting bitch.” I looked at her in total disbelief, she really thought I’d thrown the first punch and twice?
“You knocked yourself out yes
terday, trying to flatten me. Tonight you hit me first I have only used restraining moves to protect myself, and bitch I have sober witnesses, and I haven’t drank, so who do you think the police will believe the truth from me or a drunken lie from you? I wish I knew why you thought Sam was interested in you?” She started to cry.
“He told Andy that he’d found the girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with, and I had just asked him if he fancied going out on a date. He was talking about me, he’s taking me to London, we are stopping in a swanky hotel, and our first time is going to be special. He’s buying my ring from Tiffany's, he loves me not you, you stupid bitch.” I looked at Sam as Shane laughed.
“I was talking to Andy about you Michelle she came up mid conversation, drunk as a skunk. She must have thought I was talking about her? Andy was never her friend she was mad then too apparently, honestly I did not come in to her ever.” Oh Sam I was about to cry.
“Listen, I’m not going to press charges go home, have a bath and sleep it off and forget about Sam, he’s spoken for, it's my ring and trip and Sam's mine too not yours. You need to get help for the demons that chase you, getting involved with Andy lifestyle hasn’t done you any favours, and drinking to forget you have problems is not helping you. Sam is not the same person he was and is nothing like his brother are we clear?” I smiled at Shane.
“Let her go, make sure she’s put in a taxi home, she has a powder problem it’s up her nose Shane, you’re slipping!” I looked at Sam and kissed Shane. “We’re going home, see you soon Shane.” He laughed.
“Night cuz see you soon and you’re more forgiving than she deserves. She won’t get in again. She should go to hospital if she has drugs in her system!” I nod in agreement.
“No, I’m not going there they want to keep me in, they can’t, I need to have sex now I need money for medicine!” I looked at Shane. He dialled for an ambulance. I do hope they keep her in, she needs help and soon before she’s found dead in a ditch!
“Go I will sort her out, Colin take a Polaroid drug user, and she doesn’t get in again!” She was passed out on the top step, I placed her in recovery position and wanted to hurl as she stank! Then we headed for mine as the ambulance came for her, Sam held me close.
“Well what else is going to happen? I hope she gets help!”
“All this was because of one conversation? I’m sorry I didn’t jump in to save you, it all happened so quickly, you really are good at this crap!” His grip tightened around my waist.
“All this is because she is hurting and a mess like Zoë and I would presume a fair few others are, or am I wrong and she’s not Andy’s ex? She saw you out and like Zoë she wanted the nicer of the two of you and made a play for you, not hard when you are nicer than Andy, what does he do to them to break their spirit? No don’t tell me, I know he said it was some pretty dark shit that I was too nice to hear, so I will leave it, but hell he needs help too Sam.”
“Shit you’re right he said she was reject from the club and he never slept with her, she failed the medical apparently? He never brought her home and he has brought all the major ones home? Shit Michelle you’re way more switched on than I thought, and he’s right his shit and what I did was too much, but don’t hate me for it, I haven’t done his screwed up shit I promise you. I never lied to you about what I did straight sex with the girls I had, and only once that was bad enough baby, way too many and a bad reason for it too, but…”
“You haven’t got it in you to be like your brother I know that Sam, you never stop apologising for the crap you did, Andy seems to think its fine they will get over it, and you’re so different angel so bloody different.”
“Are we alright Michelle, are you leaving me?”
“Me leaving you are you mad? Nope I’m not leaving you before I get the promised first time anyhow.”
“Erm you’re not having a one off, you are being made love to and for a damn sight more than once, you are my always and forever girl, and I love you besides you pack a mean punch and you scare me when you shout baby.” I laughed.
“I did boxing with Dad and well erm, self-defence classes, at the church group in Hambleton, for three summers, I never thought I’d have to use them though, but I didn’t want to flatten her with a punch, not as drunk as she was. My bloody lip is going to be massive, tomorrow. Explain London, and the Tiffany thing Sam, I wasn’t aware I’d said yes yet?” Sam looked at the now massive lip, and as he kissed it gently, he cried a little, stroking my cheek and gently kissing it again saying he was sorry repeatedly.
“I was telling Andy that’s where I wanted to take you next weekend I was doing the whole down on one knee thing I don’t suppose it’s happening now?”
“You can still take me to London yes, just not doing the down on one knee thing. Unless it’s to do the erg thing, you do to me, when you’re on your knees. Now that you can do over and over.” He kissed me again and laughed. “Ouch as nice as that is get off, it’s sore, the lip has sort of put the seal on the night.” We arrived at mine and went through to the back room Sam put the kettle on.
“Please put some clothes on if your Dad comes down I’m dead, nice as you look I wanna be breathing tomorrow!” I had taken the dress off to wash away the blood. I smiled and slipped a dressing gown on, washed the dress and put it in the basket for washing!
“I’m sorry the underwear offends, Sir! I may need it dry cleaned your girlfriend nearly ruined it.” I went into the kitchen Sam had done himself a coffee I couldn’t drink through my busted lip.
“Umm if we had our own house, you could walk around naked for me. She was never my girlfriend she’s another screwed member of his lifestyle club, but not his, a nutter from what he said, why the hell would she get the idea I wanted to marry her? You were the one I was talking to Andy about, Michelle. You’re the only one I want to marry.”
“I don’t need to have a degree in rocket science to be able to work that one out on my own Sam lord I think I’m gonna be fighting girls off all the time, my boyfriend is a little hot. We need to talk about the practicalities Sam, every time we get sort of distracted and well…”
“No, he’s just damn lucky to have an equally hot girlfriend, like I would go with anyone else, those days are behind me baby, you are the only one who I want that way, and baby girl soon. We will talk at the weekend and everything will be clear I promise baby.” I smiled, oh, how soon Sam?
“We haven’t crossed anything off the list in a while? Added to it, not crossed off though angel?”
“What do you want to cross off, as though I need reminding, that’s happening at the weekend, unless your good to go sooner?”
“No, weekends fine, you better put out stud, because I’m sort of ready for you to be the one. I think you knew that all along Samuel Todd?” He laughed as we went through to the front room I turned on the lamps. We sat on the couch he sat rubbing my very tired feet.
“Are you stopping Sam, Becky’s back tomorrow, so you can stop if you want? I may need looking after in the night, my lips really sore.” He laughed.
“Would be rude not to, I love you so much, that’s what I was telling Andy, that you and I are perfect together. The one I dream about. I hate being away from you. I’m sorry you got a fat lip.” I sat on his lap just staring at him I feel another proposal is in the offing.
“Say something Michelle, please, after we talk and everything is explained will you please consider this marrying me thing seriously?”
“I promise to listen and give you an answer afterwards alright? I love you too and very much I hate not being with you, and love spending every minute I can with you. I’m very happy with everything we do, well apart from the vast amounts of money you spend, that has to stop, please you don’t have to buy my love you have it already. Bed, I need sleep my mouths killing me and I’m mad as hell I didn’t land her a smack to her mouth, so she wakes up feeling as badly done by as I will.” He inspected the damage again, his face grimaced, that bad eh?
“You are going to have a fat lip and a bruise. Your dad’s going to kill me, I said I’d look after you and I didn’t, I’m Sorry Michelle.” I had his head in my hands.
“I need sleep, and a tonne of it please, this wasn’t your fault angel.” We went to my room I used the bathroom and washed the makeup off. Wearing it is a pain, getting it off worse. I brushed my teeth and went to my room he was naked in my bed, locking the door. I still had the stockings and stuff on. I sat on Becky’s bed and undid the elastics, and slipped one leg down. The other one, I unclipped the elastic and rolled it down my leg, he let out a sigh. Removing the belt and shoving it in the drawer with the rest of the collection. I undid the bra and passed the straps through the dressing gown that went in the washing basket with the stockings I looked up, Sam was watching and smiling.
“That was my job I liked watching though, my baby is nice to look at, very nice.” I jumped in bed at the side of him.
“Sleep Sam I’m tired sore and though I‘d love more, I feel like crap.” He pulled me to him, and just wrapped me in his arms. I was on the receiving end of one of his hugs and neck kisses. Sleeping with him was wonderful, so restful feeling him against my skin.
Awake and dressed for running, I left Sam sleeping, I needed him badly when I woke this morning, hence the run I was so frustrated, he made my sex pulse being in bed with him, especially waking up with that against my leg frigging hard and begging to be taken, He has to put out soon, I’m so wanting to do it and that’s the reason for the run, I nearly jumped on him and it because I needed him. I roughed up Becky’s bed and set off to the school field. I ran around the field running towards the steps for a stretch, Adam was dog walking. I waved and carried on running towards them, his bloody dog ran straight at me. It sent me flying straight into the steps, causing me to bang my already bruised and cut lip. It tore open and there was blood everywhere and on top of that I had a firkin great Alsatian licking me to death, shit not again sodding hell. I checked my teeth, that was hell of a thump.
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