Chapter 15

Time was passing by and the new lovers came to know more and more details of each other’s life. Dave was amazed by how strong his little ballerina’s will was – for example continuing dancing even when she needed to work as a child when her family haven’t got enough money for the ballet lessons. But he knew she never complained, just tried to do things better. And this was one of the things he loved in her! She didn’t have big dreams – that one that she had before seemed to be filled already when she had joined the ballet company’s world tour…

Sometimes he saw on her that she missed professional dancing. He knew that she loved teaching and the children loved her that much, that Rosie’s group asked her back, which she gladly accepted, so now she had two groups. But Dave could tell that next to this she had still desires to dance in greater roles. Once or twice when he went to pick her up after the lessons, he just watched her unnoticed as his little ballerina was practicing and dancing in the half-light. Her graceful and perfect movements amazed Dave and knew that she was more than just a dance teacher. That’s why he persuaded Nat to send her biographies to companies in New York and New Jersey. And he was rewarded with the shining smile she gave him after putting the envelopes in the mailbox. She put her hands together for a silent pray and jumped into his neck kissing and thanking him for his support. He just laughed and invited her for dinner before they could freeze to the pavement in the cold New York night.

When Dave wasn’t working and was by Nat, he saw on her how nervous she was after the dancing auditions, waiting for the answers and after every dismissing reply she was beyond sad, but tried to hide it. When this happened, he always tried his best to comfort her saying that the next letter’ll contain a positive answer. But he was wrong and blamed himself for giving Nat false hope. He always managed to cheer her up, but knew well that it hurt Nat that no-one wanted her. It seemed that Yuri made a good job and fulfilled his promises to break her dancing career. Dave damned that bastard and needed to work out another plan hiding it in front of Nat. Maybe he could use his connections… But that’ll take some time for him, especially because he needed to do a lot of things because of the band’s new album, but he had time to worry about its release and the following tour, they were just in early December now.

Natasha was really grateful for every morsel of his growing love and felt happy, because she was loved by such a wonderful man. She felt that finally everything was right, and she waited for Dave - he was the perfect soul mate for her. He kept himself to his promise and soon she wasn’t ashamed when he was teaching her how to give love with her body – moreover she eagerly asked and tried everything he suggested. He was a great lover, that was clear for her and by his side she could feel herself whole – her mind was open and he was more than happy to fulfill her fantasies… So now Nat had more experience than ever before and in such a short time! She had her skilled teacher, whom he never wanted to let go.

She wondered how easily Dave could find his way into her heart and turn her into a woman, who was in love with him from head to heels. She just smiled and pulled the curtains together after she finished watching the running clouds on the blue sky. Finally the sun was shining after long weeks of rain - and sometimes even the snow covered the streets. But now everything was dry on this morning. It was a special day, her birthday – the 27th – and the day she arrived to New York for the first time. She put on her black coat after putting her coffee cup into the sink. It was time to go to the restaurant - today she had a day-shift, but tomorrow she can teach Rosie’s class at school. The little girl didn’t know that her daddy and Nat were together “No-one knows it…” she mused but shrugged, because she knew Dave’s opinion about this and she accepted it. Her thoughts turned back to Dave…

Nat didn’t see him for two days, because he said he must go and arrange something with the band, but she missed him – however she didn’t call him, she let him his freedom, because she didn’t want to scare him off. Nat was satisfied with their situation for now and was sure that Dave’ll appear tonight to celebrate her birthday – just the two of them in their lovenest…

She smiled again and as she entered her workplace, she did a mental note that after her shift she must go and buy a not too expensive but sexy lingerie for this occasion. She smiled when her workmates and friends wished a happy birthday for her and their gift warmed her heart! They made a photo-montage of the best moments they spent together and framed them, writing funny and colourful comments on it.

The day passed slowly and when she had time between two tables, she was braining what to cook, but decided to bring home something from the restaurant, because the chef was a good friend of hers too. They gave her the two packages and she was already on her way home to put them into the fridge before going shopping. She saw some breathtaking lingerie, but most of them were too expensive for her, so she searched further, and after a few hours she found the perfect light-blue one, which’ll fit her clear blue eyes! She knew that Dave’ll love it and chuckled when the question came to her mind how long she will wear this wonder at all…

It was around 7pm when she arrived home and quickly took a shower, then spent long minutes in the bathroom doing her hair and everything else she though she needed to do. She wanted to be beautiful for him! After putting on the sexy lingerie and her black silkrobe, Nat went to her tiny kitchen and prepared the table, putting the food into the oven to keep it warm then she lit a few candles and opened a bottle of wine. Everything was set, so now she just needed to wait for her Prince, while she watched her friend’s gift…

Nat put some soft classical music on her stereo - she chose some Liszt piano music - and loaded up three CDs, not really knowing why. As the music wafted through the room, she swayed gently on her sofa - her wine glass was already empty, so she filled it. Although she was fighting hard to block out the thought, it was becoming clear to her perhaps she had been too optimistic.

Then again, he had said "see you in two days", and those two days were up now.... so he was bound to turn up. She was feeling stupid not to have asked him for his flight details as it would have been fun to meet him at the airport - but maybe he had to come home to Jen and Rosie first.... However she tried to see the situation, she came up against an enormous lack of information about Dave and his day-to-day existence ... he was with her when he chose to be - and absent when it suited him.

Looking at her candles, which were burnt half way down now, she decided to blow them out, and re-light them when he arrived. It would look awful if he came just as they all burned out! She rediscovered her sense of smell suddenly, thanks to the rich aroma of veal in madeira sauce that had permeated her whole flat ... and soon she found herself feeling a little hungry, so went to check on her chef's birthday offering ... it needed a good stir as it was starting to stick. Thank goodness she hadn't put the rice and vegetables on to cook yet: they would have been ruined! She ended up looking at her little kitchen clock and gasped when she saw it was already ten thirty!! She needed to sit down and think - and her wine glass needed topping up...

Nat danced back to her sofa and reclined into the cushions, skillfully filling her glass from the bottle of wine.  She closed her eyes and tried to let the music transport her out of New York, onto the stage of a ballet - she could imagine dancing to Liszt's notes.... the pianist's rippling phrases soothed her and defined her imagined scenario - now she was by a gurgling stream, dancing for one person only, who looked at her with desire and amazement in his beautiful green eyes....

Nat sipped her wine and tried to feel the sunlight on her skin, the cool breeze on her skin, and even smell the fresh countryside air.... but it was a mistake to inhale the air surrounding her as it was filled with the overpowering smells of extinguished candles and rich food.

Nat snapped out of her reverie and sighed dolefully..... once again her eyes strayed to her kitchen clock and now she saw that another hour had passed! She began to think it’s strange that Dave hadn't at least called her today...

She reached for her phone and realised that the battery was low, so she giggled to herself, because most of the wine was gone now. She stumbled to the drawer were the filler was and put the cell onto the little machinery. She hoped for a message, but there was nothing from Dave!

Now she felt herself a little sad as she sat down onto her sofa and filled her glass again, humming the familiar tunes, but a sudden thought came into her mind and changed the Liszt disc to His Hourglass album. Dave’s voice filled the room and she imagined that he was there with her. She sipped a big one – nearly emptying her glass and laid down on the sofa. She closed her eyes and imagined as Dave steps into her little flat, throws his jacket into the corner and comes straight to her, kissing her roughly and opening her silk robe to reveal her new lingerie…

She moaned silently as she started to stroke herself slowly. When she reached under her panties, she imagined that Dave’s long fingers does this to her. Nat desperately needed his touches! She missed him so much that she couldn’t bear not to touch herself on this special day, although it was clear that all of her plans were ruined…

She imagined that he comes in and sees how she was playing with herself, growling contentedly that she was already ready for him and he can penetrate her right away… As she reached to this point in her fantasy, she pushed her fingers deep inside herself, moaning out loud and grabbing her breasts with her free hand. She didn’t waste the time to undress herself, so she was squirming on the couch in her new underwear. Her mind was light from the wine and felt that her quick movements will lead to the usual ending really fast. She moaned her lover’s name again and again till her body tensed and she screamed when Dave was singing Deeper and deeper….

The song came to an end, just the instruments playing more and more softly - and then Nat jumped up to turn off the stereo ... she had had enough music - enough of Dave - why hadn't he contacted her? Even if he had cell phone problems too, even if he had forgotten her birthday, he had said two days.... and she couldn't understand this as she went to the kitchen to turn off the low heat under the veal, her mind jumped between accident scenarios and sheer callousness on his side - which was the easier to keep in her mind right now? That he was bandaged up in a hospital somewhere with Jen by his side, so unable to call her - or perfectly healthy, not a bone broken, but just lost track of time?

She felt her eyes beginning to sting, and new she was on the verge of bursting into tears, so she rushed to her bed and threw herself on it - she hadn't felt this miserable since Yuri had yelled at her about ruining her career... and even that was to be expected, as she had made him suffer. Now there was no way of knowing what had happened, and her whirring brain plus her sobbing exhausted her, so that in no time at all she was asleep - a deep and much needed sleep, greatly helped by having drunk a whole bottle of wine, and eaten nothing at all.

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The morning noises in her apartment block were water pipes, doors slamming, pigeons on the window sills, muffled doorbells when the postman delivered parcels, excited dogs barking if they crossed paths on the way in or out.... and when Nat stirred it seemed like all of these sounds were competing for importance! Usually they woke her gently and she would take a good half hour to stretch and crawl lazily out of bed, listening to the life within her block - the kids on their way to school - the neighbours chatting - the arguments over breakfast that seeped through the cheap walls.

But this morning was different - six glasses of wine on an empty stomach different, and all of these noises that would normally make her smile were like sharp little hammers on her temples..... so she put both her pillows over her head, clapped her hands over her ears and wished she was dead - when she found that the sounds of her neighbours’ water pipes managed to penetrate this protective sound barrier, she decided to resort to chemical weapons - and hit the painkillers.

She needed nearly an hour to feel herself to be able to crawl out of bed and it seemed that the painkillers started to work. Finally! She went to the fridge and drank a big glass of milk, which always helped her after wild parties. She sighed and felt a bit better after doing this and her brain started to work too – just to realise why she was so upset. She checked her phone, but still nothing… She felt her heart skip a beat from the sadness she felt, but decided to avoid Dave’s lack of presence and went to the bathroom to have a quick and refreshing shower – her lingerie landed on the floor and as if it was faulty she didn’t pick it up after she was ready in there.

When she checked her clock, it was nearly 1pm and she realised that she was starving, so before going to buy some food, she sat down and ate half of the food from yesterday. She had plenty of time before going to teach the little ballerinas, so she didn’t hurry when she felt herself okay with going down onto the noisy streets. She took a walk at the way home in the nearby little park and inhaled the fresh air, which came from one of the rivers – she couldn’t decide whether it was from the Hudson or from the East river.

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