sweet stranger continued... (go back »)

...We leave the restaurant, but not before I use the bathroom. Pregnant women have to go like every 5 minutes!!!!!!!!! As we exit D'jango's he reached for my hand. I am both perturbed and pleasantly surprised. We begin walking to his car, parked miles away near the new Georgia Aquarium.  I dont really remember what we discussed, I just remember feeling lovely, protected and anxious about what was to come. I tell him that we have to stop at my place so that I can get some things. I run in, take a quick shower and pack a bag. He patiently waits and when I return to the card he again reaches for my hand and we begin our journey to a Hotel that his company has him staying at in Doraville, he is in Atlanta on business. He asks me if I want anything before we head in. I ask for orange juice, but not from concentrate. We drive around in circles looking for a stored once we reach the exit to his hotel and because I am tired I tell him that I can do without it as long as he has water at the Hotel. He responds in a sweet and silly manner " NO, if the lady wants orange juice then bygolly she will have it." I smile and relax feeling like Im in good hands. If he insists on pleasing me in such a small way then what other nice things can I look forward to? Finally, we arrive at the Hotel OJ in tow, I can't help but feeling like a hooker as we walk pass the front lobby. Im on the bed within seconds ( hey, I said I was tired) while he is busy doing this and that. I watch him closely and our eyes meet, next thing I knew he was on the bed two and our lips were locked in a passionate kiss as he let his hands travel to all the right spots. We didn't get much sleep. He was wonderful and playful and adventerous. We both admitted to having experienced a lot of "firsts" that night. 

The next day we both had stuff to do. Ironically, he and I were both going to be entertaining some extended family. We had breakfast at The Pleasant Peasant in Midtown. He was still the same gentleman that I'd met the night before and I could not get enough of him. We sat next to each other and held hands and kissed and tasted each other food. I had pancakes and a side of bacon and grits with orange juice, of course. He had some kind of biscuit with meat and poached egg (eeewww). He loved the cheese grits. He lives in Cali so he's not really used to Southern cooking. It was fun feeding him. It felt so normal, like we'd been a couple for months or even years. He dropped me off at home and I slept till my Aunt and cousin arrived. It was a short visit (thank God) and as I walked them out to the car all I could think about was this sweet stranger. When I got back in the house I grabbed my phone and saw that I had one missed call. Guess who? I called him back and turns out he was thinking of me too because he wanted to know if I was interested in seeing him again. Duh! He arrived shortly after and back to the Hotel we went. We ordered Chinese food and then he took me to Asia and Paris and Rome. Okay, so maybe it wasn't that good. But it definately was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We went to bed so late and had to get up in time to pack up and check out. He had a flight to catch around 6 so we still had plenty of time chill and get to know each other outside of the sack.  I decided to take him to Piedmont Park. We killed time by walking around, spectating a socccer game and enjoying the wild life at the lake. We snapped pictures to seal the memories on film. Once that got old I decided that the Botanical Gardens would be nice too. So we drove there and enjoyed the exhibit BUGS and to his surprise there was also a carnivrous plant show going on as well. He is really into those kinds of plants.  While there we saw this big pod looking plant that I asked him to pick for me (it looked like a giant green bean). He agreed to steal one on our way out. By the time we made it out the greenhouse I had learned that they were Vanilla Beans but had forgotten all about the fact that I wanted one. He asked it if I still did and I said " No, you're my Vanilla Bean." The name stuck, for a while. He thought it was cute. Finally, the time came to say goodbye, we drove to the Airport and kissed and hugged goodbye as tears welled up on my eyes. How could I feel such strong attachment to this sweet stranger? We agreed to keep in touch and have talked nearly every day since then. That was 3 months ago!!!!!!!!

Allow me to back track for a second.  While at Djangos we were talking about places we've been and would love to go.  We discussed how we'd both like to go to New Orleans.  He's aways wanted to go there because he believes that it is so rich in culture, music and history. Im more into tropical destinations but was still into the idea of going there one day. So once he got wind of the fact that I wanted to go on a "Babymoon" he suggested that we go there. I was so shocked  and exited about seeing him again, it really didn't matter where we went!!!!!!!!! The weeks flew by and before I knew it I was in his arms again.

In Amor