One thing about Saje: she didn’t hold back for anything or anyone. She said exactly what was on her mind and meant every word, too. Sometimes it could be a good or bad thing.
“Babe, you ain’t had to do the woman like that,” I stated, as I tried to hold back my laugh when I remembered the look on the stranger’s face when she heard Saje’s voice.
Saje’s beautiful, fox-like eyes turned to slits. “What? Was you tryna entertain the hoe?”
I looked at her to see if she was serious. It didn’t take long for me to find out.
It also didn’t take long for me to hit her with my comeback. “All I need in my life is you.”
“I already know, baby.” She gave me a half smile.
“Then stop playin’ with me and come over here and gimme them lips.”
Saje placed her purse on the table and happily rushed over to my side of the table. She smothered me with pillow-soft kisses and a hungry tongue. After forgetting we weren’t in the confines of our bedroom, she sauntered back to her seat and picked up the menu.
“Ooo, the scallop and salmon pasta sounds delicious. I think that’s what I’ll have.” Saje did a little shimmy in her seat.
I chuckled. Her gorgeous smile lit a fire in me. I loved seeing her excited, even if it was over food.
“It’s funny, out of all the available options, we both decided on the same meal.”
Saje was cheesing hard.
“My love, great minds think alike. Cliché, cliché.”
I nodded in agreement while closing our menus and placing them at the edge of the table.
In the middle of Saje and me staring each other down, the waiter approached us.
“Hello, and welcome to Surfside Grill. I’m Javier, and I’ll be your server this evening,” the waiter announced, introducing himself.
“Evening, Javier. We’ll have two of the strongest drinks on the menu, fried calamari for our appetizer, and for our main course, we’ll both have the scallop and salmon penne pasta, please.”
“Great choices. I’ll get that started for you all right away.” Javier collected our menus from the table and headed toward the kitchen.
“Okay, now. I see it’s going to be one of those drunk nights we haven’t had in such a long time.” Saje reached across the table and massaged my hands.
I smiled and licked my lips. “Something like that.”
She didn’t know I wanted us to be relaxed for the conversation that was coming. “Tell me about your day, baby.”
That’s all Saje wanted to hear. She opened up about every part of her day, the scenes that were filmed, the cast members who pissed her off, and anything else she could remember in that span of time. I let my lady get it all out. She talked until our food came out twenty minutes later.
We demolished our meals and sat around longer to enjoy the calmness of the oceanside scenery. It was the perfect atmosphere, and the drinks were kicking in. It was just enough to feel something, but not strong enough to alter my brain.
“Baby, I’ve been meaning to talk to you.”
She picked up her glass and gulped down the last bit of her drink. “About?” she asked. Her eyes were lower than normal.
“Having a baby,” I said flat out.
I’d sugarcoated and tiptoed around her feelings for a minute now.
“Oh, a baby?” she responded.
“I think it’s time. We have everything but a child we’ve created together out of love.”
I couldn’t wait to see Saje wobbling around carrying my baby. I had plans to spoil her from the day she took her first pregnancy test ’til the day I gifted her with a push present.
