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Chapter 16
2008.08.29. 09:28
Chapter 16
After she made a plan what to do with the little girls, it was finally time to go to the school – she felt the whole day was like a big amount of suffering, but somehow she managed to survive it. And when she entered the room, where the little girls were waiting just for her, she felt a little warmth seeing how excited they were. She was surprised when they all ran to her and tried to hide different things behind their backs.
Behind them was Stacey - the teacher she was replacing, with a double pushchair, and everyone was grinning at her ... she didn't know what was going on, but then Stacey spoke...
"Natasha my dear - I decided to call a few of these little angels last week, and I got them to give out two messages - that I was coming in with my babies today, and that it was your birthday! I couldn't make it yesterday, anyway, so I decided to come today when you have a class, and here they all are with…" at this cue all the pupils took out their hands from behind their backs "presents for you! And they have something to say to you - or are you going to sing it, kids?" Stacey nodded at them encouragingly...
Nat looked on as the girls bunched together, and Stacey helped them with the first few notes ... Then they walked up to her and presented her with their little gifts - some had brought bouquets too.... Nat was quickly overburdened and sank to her knees, at which the little pupils followed suit. Soon it was Rosie's turn - she had a small box in her hand.... and although Nat hadn't opened the other wrapped gifts, she lifted the lid of this box, and gasped when she saw its contents.... Inside was a tiny gold ice-cream on a slender gold chain....
"My Mum helped me choose it - she asked me to think of something that reminded me of you ... so I thought of the ice-cream shop. Do you like it?"
Nat was finding it hard to speak - to say thank you to each child, but now she was feeling moved at Rosie being so adorable, and upset that it wasn't Dave behind this gift, but his WIFE - how ironic was that?
To prevent herself from dissolving into tears, she started to open the other gifts - a smart pen set, some perfume, a scarf, some flashy blue nail varnish.... twenty eager little faces watched her as she accepted every gift, thanking the kids warmly - but nothing touched her as much as that little pendant!
Once this little ceremony was over, the girls went to warm up and Stacey and Nat had time to chat. Nat admired the babies, now 9 months old. And then Stacey asked how the classes were going, while they watched the end of the warm up.
She was still smiling and wiped a tear away every now and then when she watched the little girls dancing to the choreography she taught them. She was moved to her core because of their kindness – her heart needed exactly this now. She smiled again and stroked the little gold ice-cream pendant in her neck. And after the lesson she saw Rosie standing alone as she was packing her things, so she went there.
“Hey Rosie, I just wanted to thank for your gift again” she said as she sat next to her on the long bench “I really love it! See?” and she pointed onto her chest, where the fine necklace was shining in the lamps’ light.
“I’m really happy that you like it!” she smiled from ear to ear.
“By the way how did your mommy knew that the ice-cream shape’ll be the winner?” she smiled and hid her curiosity.
“Well, I’ve told her that we met there when I was with dad and she said she’ll come with me and search for a necklace” she giggled “It was really funny and after we visited a lot of jewellery, she asked one of her friends to do this special one.”
“Oh, so you didn’t buy it with your dad…”
“No, I do such things usually with mom, cuz she’s a shopaholic…” she rolled her eyes, but smiled “And after all, daddy is out of town” her smile disappeared.
“Aw, you must miss him when he goes away for long times, right?”
“Yeah, especially when he goes with the band on those long tours” she sighed but her lips curved upwards again “But sometimes it’s funny when we go after him with mom or Jack and I can see the soundchecks and the concerts! They are sooo loud! And people love daddy and I’m proud of him, because he is so good at the stage and everybody is screaming for him and he is happy from this and I’m happy too. I love being my daddy’s daughter!” she giggled again and closed her rucksack.
“I can imagine. And you are a nice little girl and I bet you are your daddy’s little treasure…” she smiled back and stroked her little face.
“Yeah, and this time it won’t be long to see him again!”
“Really? He comes home?” Nat tried to sound not too eager for Rosie’s answer.
“Yes, he’ll be back tomorrow afternoon from Santa Barbara.”
Nat’s heart skipped a beat and gulped “I see. Well… uhm… I wanted to ask something…”
“And what would it be?” she looked in her eyes waiting for her question.
“Maybe it sounds strange, but do you know the make of your dad’s cell phone? Cuz we found one on the corridor.”
“Well it’s quite popular as I know – it’s a Nokia.”
“Ah we have one with this make.”
“Maybe it’s really his, because as I remember, daddy was looking for his cell everywhere just before he left. He’ll be happy if it’s his, cuz you know my dad is a famous man and has a lot of important numbers in his cell.”
“Well, then could you tell him, that he can check it if it’s his?”
“Of course, thank you Nat! You are awesome!” she giggled.
“No, I’m not.”
“But you are!” she protested with a smile “And what should I say? Where’ll be his phone? Here in the school? Maybe he can’t wait till Monday to have it, cuz nowadays he’s really busy again.”
“Well, then tell him, that the phone’ll be by me and he can come to me to check it.”
“How does he know where you live?” came the curious question, which took Nat’s breath away, but just for a moment.
“Well, once we bumped into each other and he said he can take me home, because I was with a lot of stuffs and I accepted it” she lied, although she hated it! Even her cheeks started to burn, but before Rosie could ask anything else, she looked down the corridor and jumped up.
“Okay Nat, I’ll tell daddy about the cell when he gets back tomorrow! And thank you!”
“I thank you for your beautiful gift!”
Rosie just giggled and winked then she turned around and ran towards a familiar man. For a second Nat thought that it was Dave, but as the man laughed when Rosie landed in his neck, she realised that he was much younger. “He must be Jack, his son…” she thought then sighed and watched them disappear. It was time to go down to the porter for that phone…
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Nat got on with her life, working hard and trying to forget her disappointment, knowing now that Dave didn't have her number during his absence, and had no way to contact her. She toyed with the idea that he would have been able to find the dance school's phone number, but then why would Mr. Gahan be calling Nat the dance teacher for her birthday?
It would have been a very suspicious thing to do - so instead Nat was musing about their reunion....
She was cooking a simple dinner for herself - duck breast with Chinese noodles, and the delicate aroma of the quick bottled sauce she had just poured onto the meat was filling her nostrils. She was far away in her thoughts, imagining how long it would have taken her to make this sauce herself, and smiling at the time she had saved, when there was a slow, deliberate knock at her door. Wooden spoon in one hand, and glass of wine in the other, she went over to the spyhole and looked through. When she saw Dave behind a huge bunch of red roses, she nearly dropped her glass!
She tucked the wooden spoon under her arm and fought with the key in the lock, then nearly yanked the security chain off the door frame in her eagerness to get her door open.
Finally, she was standing facing her gorgeous Dave - they smiled at each other - there seemed to be no need to speak at first, and then Nat decided to ask:
"I expect you'd like a glass of wine?" and her smile widened.
“Yeah, that’d be great…” he stepped in with a shy smile, then his expression turned to serious “But first, I want to apologize… because I didn’t call you and forgot your birthday and being such a jerk! Can you forgive me?” and he gave her one of those ‘lost puppy’ looks, which always melted her heart and washed her anger away. She just smiled back and took the roses from his hand.
“Well… we’ll see how you’ll act tonight” and she gave him a mischievous smile and sniffed the flowers’ rich scent and turned around to lead him to the flat. And he wasn’t the big rock star anymore, just a guy in love who followed his little ballerina like a puppy – even bumped into her back when she stopped next to the kitchen table to put the roses down and search for a vase. She heard his hard breathing, but didn’t react, just tried to reach the blue vase over the sink.
David gulped as he watched her stretching and slim body and couldn’t stop himself gently stroking her round bottom as he leaned over her and reached for the vase next to the tiny hand just to grab the vase easily and give it to the woman, who smiled at him and stepped to the tap to fill it. No words were heard between them, just the soft music came from the living room. But when Nat put the roses into the vase, he couldn’t pull himself back anymore and grabbed her upper arms standing behind her and burying his face into her hair just to feel her vanilla scent.
“The roses are beautiful…” she sighed, feeling the warmth of his body in her back.
“No… you are beautiful…” he breathed and sniffed her hair again “I’ve missed you!” he whispered into her ear.
"I - was - about to eat .... " she tried to keep going, talking naturally, but his closeness was already making her pulse race "and - perhaps - what I have here" she was breathing fast now as Dave was nuzzling into her neck and moving his hands around her waist "perhaps - there'd be enough for two?" she managed to whisper...
"I'm not that hungry" came the reply in a slow, deep voice "Not for food, anyway - maybe later" he was still caressing her neck with his cheek, occasionally flicking his tongue upon it "maybe once I've satisfied another hunger I have...."
"Ah, so I'd better turn off the heat ..." Nat sighed, as her eyes found Dave's, and only her hand reached out, as if remotely controlled, to turn off the gas flame under her stir-fry duck...
"Well let that be the only heat you turn off, hm?" Dave growled at her.... he could see how hot and excited she was becoming - just the idea of what they were about to do was almost too much for her to bear, and her hands began to wander over Dave's chest…
Her eyes were locked onto his, and it was as if her whole body was begging him to take her - her breath was ragged, her hands were trembling... Dave smiled, satisfied... a few days away had sharpened his appetite, and increased her longing for him, it seemed!
She slowly unbuttoned the top buttons of his deep-blue shirt and gave him just one little kiss onto his beautiful lips, not letting him to take more – yet. She smiled up at him and ran her tiny fingers on the hot skin, but before going on with his undressing, she grabbed one of his hands and stepped out of the kitchen to lead him into the living room. She stopped in front of the sofa and this time after she spent a minute with examining his eyes, she raised herself on tiptoe and kissed him…
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