I giggled while taking a drink of my wine. I looked over at Brenda and saw her kissing Dan. Wow, that didn't take long. Well, maybe I should consider getting shitfaced to make the evening fly by a little faster.
“Alright, alright, I'm in.”
“Cool.”
“So, how are we going to do this?”
He thought about it for a moment, and said, “Let's play, I have never.”
“What's that?”
“You have to say something after making that statement. If I have done it, I drink. If I haven't, then you drink. See?”
“How interesting.”
“Let me start so you get an idea, I have never ... ridden a horse.”
I smiled and took a drink. “This sounds fun, okay let me think, I've never played the guitar.”
He took a drink.
“Really, how cool. What kind do you play?”
“Acoustic, and really, I just fiddle with it. I'm not out to start a band or anything.”
The night truly started to fly by after that, and as the wine went down easily, and the questions kept coming, it wasn't long before I started to feel a little drunk. We had become very hilarious to each other, and could not stop laughing at the questions. They kept getting sillier as the night went on. For example, I have never ... eaten a cockroach nor done it doggy style nor gone skinny dipping.
“Hey Jet, you are getting better-looking the more wine I drink.”
His mouth dropped open, and he laughed so loudly he almost fell out of his chair. “You are awesome, and a little funny, too.”
I leaned in before I even knew what I was doing, and my lips met his. They were warm and tasted of wine. His lips parted to accept me, and I felt his tongue graze mine. His hand found the back of my neck, and he pulled me in closer, as our kiss became more of a passionate embrace. I slid my tongue into his mouth, and he sucked it gently. I felt completely warm all over, and my lips melted into his.
Suddenly someone cleared her throat and I thought to look up, but his lips felt so nice that I didn’t care. Then someone tapped me on the shoulder, and I decided I should probably investigate the situation, and that's when I realized it was Brenda trying to get my attention, and she looked pissed.
“Hi, Brenda.”
“What the hell are you doing?” Brenda was glaring at me, and I couldn’t quite comprehend why through the fog of alcohol around me.
“What? You wanted me to come.”
“Yes, but did you have to get annihilated, and make out at a wine tasting event? Things are a little classier than that here, Natalie. Not to mention I'm the one on a date here, and last I heard, Jet was just your buddy.”
I looked over at Jet, and he looked confused, although that could have been part of the fog. I c
ouldn't tell.
“We are leaving now. So let's go. You guys can get a separate cab back to your place.”
I nodded, got up from the table, and immediately forgot about the kiss.
The cab pulled up to the curb in front of Jet’s apartment. I wondered if Kyle was going to be home from the bar yet. It wasn't very late; the wine tasting had ended at 12:00 a.m., so the boys were probably still out. Jet paid for the cab, and we stumbled out of it. By stumbled, I mean I literally almost fell on my face when I got out of the cab. I did get up gracefully, though. Jet met me on the other side, and we watched as the cab drove away. Jet had the cab take us to his apartment instead of mine, as he wasn't sure if I would be okay with him staying at my place.
“You should probably come in and crash at my place, Natalie. We are hammered, and there's no way you should drive home tonight.”
“Are you sure? I can always just grab a cab to my place. In fact, I'm not sure why I let that guy drive away. We could have just gone to our separate homes.”
“Just come up; it's not a big deal. Just crash here and I'll go get my car in the morning.”