It Lives With You

ART: "Always and Forever" By Henry Lee Battle

My hands trembled a little bit as I opened her blouse and began to softly kiss her neck.. Her shoulders and the side of her upper arm revealed bruises...fresh bruises....I kissed her arm and she trembled...

"Cherry, you said you left a bad situation back in Oakland....He hurt you? He beat you?" I asked
with as much sensitivity as I could muster.

"Yeah Chess...He'd slap me around a couple of times. Not on the regular...He was just frustrated
you know....with his life, with his situation....sometimes with me.." said Cherry..

"Shhhhhh...don't make excuses for him....under no circumstances should he have put his hands
on you.." I said.

"You never got mad at Rell?......I mean, you never felt like hitting her?" asked Cherry.

"No...I never ever got that mad at Rell...I couldn't ..........I couldn't see myself ever hurting her."
I muttered.

Cherry held me tight and leaned her head into my chest. For a long while we just stood there in that dark room with only the light from the streetlight out on the corner, sifting gently through the blinds and the sound of a car slowly driving down the street.

I removed her blouse...She wore a pink bra....I kissed her long and hard and I eased her capri
pants down and she stepped out of them...I leaned her up against the wall...I slipped her panties
off of her and she slowly unzipped my trousers...I stepped out of them and then walked backwards while still kissing her to the couch... I put my hands around those generous "baby making hips" as Chris would've called them and eased her down so that she took my entire penis
inside of her....

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......." she moaned softly and began to move up and down in a soft slow rhythm.....

"This is too good to be true." she said as she moaned and allowed her head to lean backwards...
I hadn't been with a woman since Rell and I had thought that the first time would be awkward,but this was so very much not awkward...

"Chess...?" she said..

"Yes " I answered....

"Don't cum inside of me...please pull out.." she said...

"I'll try to when the time comes ." I said....

"In the meanwhile ,don't stop..." she said.

I didn't...This went on for a long while....and before long, she began to cum herself...shaking and
breathing deeper........When my time came, I pulled out and erupted massively all over her couch....She laughed....

"Wow....it's a good thing that couch is leather.." she said. We held each other for a long time , before we got up, cleaned off and put our clothes back on... Cherry took out two tumblers and poured us each a glass of , what else...Cherry Kool Aid.. We hungrily drank the first glass..Then
we poured ourselves another glass and just sat silently, saying nothing for what seemed like forever.

"You feel better Chess?" she asked.

"Yeah, much better." I said.

"I'm not going to ask you to tell me what's wrong..I think I know..." she said.

"You do huh?" I asked.

"Yeah, but you on't want to talk about it do you?" she asked.

"Maybe I don't need to anymore." I said.

"That's just the afterglow of good sex talking..but I know that your pain hasn't gone away, it lives with you." she said.

"You California types are something." I laughed.

"Aint we though? You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to.." she said.

"Cherry, could I spend the night? I don't feel like going back to my place by myself."I said.

"Wow...that's a big leap Chess...I uh, I don't know if I'm ready for that." she said.

"It's kool..I just thought I'd ask....I'll be going now." I said.

"Hey , don't give up so quick...where is that swagger that attracted me to you the first day
we met...you're supposed to beg me, convince me!!!" she laughed.

"Good Night Cherry." I said.

"Oh....You're no fun...come on...I've got an extra pillow." she laughed.

(Conclusion Next..........)