Time Waits For No One

Time Waits For No One - 2

Time Waits for No One - Chapter 2

Chapter two: The tea kettle started to steam and shriek as Michael snapped out of the flash back, walking over to the stove he poured the hot water into the mug with the honey and put two tea bags allowing them to steep into the hot water. “I feel so lonely” he sighed. Taking the mug of hot tea with honey he walked down the hall way and up to his bedroom, blowing on the tea a little bit he sipped it slowly. “Doggone that’s hot!” He exclaimed to himself as he put the ceramic mug down waiting for it to cool down. “Maybe Nikki is online in the US” he said as he sat at the computer desk. Turning on the computer he waited for it to boot up so he could sign into his emails. Minutes that felt like hours went by sending Michael into another flash back. “Michael! Michael!!” Nikole screaming as she ran through the airport and jumped into his arms. “I missed you so much” he said softly to her as he caught her in his arms. “I missed you more…” She whispered into his ear as she kissed his cheek. Putting her down he looked into her eyes, “let’s get your baggage!” He said softly to her, grabbing his hand Nikole pulled Michael with her to the baggage claim. “Michael did you drive here to get me?” She asked sweetly giving him all of her attention. “Well…no…” He started as he looked down, “a driver brought me to get you…” He sighed instantly feeling bad. “Its okay! I’m so glad to see you! You look so fancy! These great clothes and your hair!..” She giggled, “its so….BIG!” She smiled widely poking his stomach. “Oh! Hehehehe.” Michael laughed at her comments, he wasn’t sure if they were compliments, but he sure liked her words. “You like my shirt? Janet picked it out” he smiled showing it off, once Nikole grabbed her bag and dress she walked with him to the awaiting car. “Of course I like it! Its so groovy!” She expressed as she touched his shirt, startled Michael gently pulled away. Nikole watched him, “are you okay?” She asked as she watched him, “yes…yes I am okay, its just, even after 12 years you still make me nervous.” He chuckled nervously as he helped her open the trunk and put her things inside. “Is your dance tonight?” She asked him as she fixed her hair. “Yes, it is tonight, I can’t thank you enough for being my date!” He said back to Nikole pulling her into a tight hug. “It’s no problem Michael, now can you let go! I can’t breathe! Unless you wanted me to be a D.O.A at the dance!” She joked. “Oh no! Dead on arrival isn’t very polite for all the others to see. Hehehehe.” Michael giggled as he walked around to the side of the car and opened her door waiting for her to get in, as they drove through the gorgeous state to his Encino home, the driver pulled up. Michael waited for Nikole to get out, “Ladies first” he said to her as he winked at her. “Oh! Well, thank you, come on! Show me around your new home!” She smiled taking his hand and pulling him out of the car. “Wow Michael!!! What a beautiful house.” She complimented as she grabbed her bag and dress out of the back and headed towards the door with him. “NIKKI!!!” Janet shouted as she opened the door before they were even close. “Hi JanJan!” Nikole’s face lit up as she dropped her things, 10 year old Janet ran out the door and into Nikole’s arms. “You look SO pretty today!” She smiled and hugged Nikole tightly around the neck. “Awee why thank you JanJan! I love your pretty braids you look so darn adorable!” Nikole said to Janet then put her down. Michael helped Nikole with her stuff, picking up her one bag and her dress he walked into the house behind Nikole and Janet. “Mommy mommy!! Nikki is here!” Janet yelled running straight for the kitchen. “Nikki and Michael Oh Oh!” Michael’s brothers teased. “Come on ill show you to my room Nikki” Michael said softly to her as he led the way up the stairs. While they were upstairs Janet, and Latoya helped Katherine prepare dinner for everyone before the dance later that evening. “Wow I like your room Michael” Nikole said sweetly as she walked in looking around, right next to Michael’s bed was a picture of them in a frame. Michael was smiling in the picture, and Nikole was making a funny face. “Awee look at us!” She laughed as she sat beside his bed. After dinner Michael, Marlon, and Nikole all got ready for the dance, after pinning her hair up, she slipped into the dress then going into Michael’s bathroom she put on her make up. As she leaned over the sink to apply her lipstick Michael walked in, his eyes wandering over her curvacious shape in her form fitting dress. “Wow Nikki, you look…amazing” he said softly, she turned towards him and smiled, “Awee Michael thank you! You’re so sweet,” she hugged him. Leaving the bathroom she went to put her shoes on and the three of them left to get Marlon’s date. Before they left Katherine saw Michael and Nikole walking down the stairs and immediately wanted a picture of them, nervous Michael didn’t smile, but Nikole had the biggest, brightest smile ever. As if this was her wedding day. “Have fun! Stay safe!” Katherine recited as the three took off in a black bentley. “They’ll be fine mama!” Latoya said smiling, “and did you see Nikki? She looked gorgeous!” Latoya gushed as she talked about Nikole’s dress. Finally his computer had started up, sitting up straight in the chair he signed into the desk top, waiting he was finally able to bring up the internet, logging into MSN where if Nikole was available he knew she would be, he signed in to see if she was online. She had sent him a few messages while he was away, after reading them he saw that she was online. ‘Hello Dearest Nikole, how are you feeling today? The last time we spoke you were ill, I hope your health has been restored’ he typed then hit send. Waiting for a reply he went to see if the tea was okay to drink, taking small, slow sips, he heard the computer ring, she had replied. ‘Hey mystery! Its great hear from you! I’m feeling much better thank you so much for asking, how are you doing? Ya know we’ve been conversating a few days now, do you trust me enough to tell me your name?’ She asked via MSN, after hitting enter to send her message to him she hopped into the shower. It was morning where Nikki was, she showered and got ready for her day even though after her morning run she had nothing to do, this day. By the time she returned to her computer he had replied to her. ‘Oh I am so glad to hear you are feeling much better, my name is Michel..’ He typed, anticipating on back spacing and never telling her, but she did ask, and he didn’t want to directly lie to her. Sighing he hit send and waited for her reaction. ‘Oh Michel is a beautiful name! It is the french version of Michael, which happens to be my favorite name!’ She typed excitedly. Although the two never spent a lot of time talking because of the time zone difference, when they did talk Nikole was in a whole new world. ‘You mentioned before that you have children, can you tell me about them?’ She asked typing immediately after the last message she sent, she didn’t want to bore him, she loved talking to him and didn’t want to stop just yet. ‘I have three children, two teenagers and a little guy, and they are my life, that’s it’ he replied. Taking a deep breath he knew little by little he was giving too much information to her, but her energy, she felt genuine, real, he felt safe with her. Just like before. Reading his reply about his children Nikole glanced over at a picture of her best friend Michael’s children, Prince-Michael whom was 15 now and very smart, he was really into sports, politics, directing, and of course girls! Then there was Paris growing to be such an elegant young lady, she was now 14 years old and still as sweet and innocent as she was at 4 years old, although developing into her body, she just had bangs cut into her hair and loved talking on social networking such as twitter and facebook. Wanting to be an actress Paris was taking acting classes after school and was also in the drama club. Then there was Blanket, Michael’s youngest, although all three had different physical attributes of Michael’s Blanket was a spitting image of the king of Nikole’s heart. Long dark brown hair down his back, dark eyes, and shyness to match, 10 years old and he was just as smart as Michael too, helping his sister with physics. Returning to her conversation she continued, ‘I’m sure they are beautiful! What do you look like Michel?’ She asked patiently, the internet was a weary place for people to meet each other so she was almost certain he wouldn’t show a picture, besides she’d rather use her imagination. ‘I have black hair, dark eyes, 5’11 and finally an astonishing 160 lbs. You?’ He asked. He knew what Nikole looked like she was the most gorgeous woman in the world to him, but he wanted a recent photograph. ‘Wow you sound mysteriously gorgeous,’ she replied to him then continued typing her description to him, ‘Well, I’m 5’5 quite smaller than you, I have thick thighs but a petite upper half. Lots of hair, very thick hair, but I color it a lot, caramel skin, I am mixed with about 7+ nationalities, and green eyes.’ She finished. Michael couldn’t help but smile, at the age of 52 and she still sounded like she looked about 25, ‘wow! I bet you’re gorgeous’ he complimented on her features. ‘I bet I’m not!’ She rebutted ‘let me see so I can confirm, I am right and you are gorgeous’ he flirted back, although he was shy, some how she always brought him out of it, her personality was contagious, much like her smile. ‘Not until you show me a picture of you…’ Nikole recoiled, sometimes she said the wrong thing at the wrong time and knew this mystery had no intention of revealing a physical picture, but a girl can dream right? Sighing she waited for his reply, she knew her comment would give him a reason to get offline and end their conversation. ‘I have to go now it is late where I am, goodnight, take care gorgeous’ before she could reply he signed out and laid down on the bed, closing his eyes he drifted to sleep his dreams invaded with more memories. After the dance Marlon went home with his date since her parents were out of town for the weekend, he went to have his own little after party, 18 years old and restless he went with his date. Michael and Nikole allowed Marlon to keep the vehicle since Michael couldn’t drive and they walked home from the school, it was about a mile or two but Nikole assured Michael she’d like to walk home with him. Finally reaching his Encino residence they went inside, everyone was sleeping to his surprise so he took Nikole to his room. Once they were in the room Nikole sat on Michael’s bed, “you looked so handsome tonight” she spoke softly since his family was sleeping. “Thank you Nikki! You were the prettiest girl there” he smiled as he sat beside her, leaning closer to him Nikole placed her lips on his giving Michael his first real kiss. Overwhelmed with emotion he pulled back quickly, “what is wrong?” She asked as she opened her eyes and looked into his. “I’ve never been kissed before…” He whispered back to her. Smiling she loved his innocence and how shy he was, a few of her favorite attributes of him. “Then let’s try again,” she giggled and moved closer to him, quickly scooting away he shook his head. “Nikki, you make me nervous, and I like you but…to me…women are sacred, I feel like I’d be violating you if I gave into this temptation, can we read instead? Please?” His eyes pleaded with her. Nodding she got up to change out of her dress into her pajamas in the bathroom, letting her hair down she combed through it as she joined Michael in his room, he too was in his pajamas. “You look so handsome,” she smiled at him as she sat on his bed. “Can I sit by you while you read?” She asked calmly waiting for the book he was going to read, with no hesitation he said yes and got comfortable. Laying her head in his lap, Michael opened the book and began to read his favorite bible verses to her. It wasn’t long before she fell asleep.