She sat at the bar sipping a cool glass of red wine. Flavors of mocha, raspberry and vanilla slide down her throat and mix with the aftertaste of the earlier afternoon's weed. "Delectable" she thinks.
Deep contemplation furrows her brow and the bartender glances a smile her way. Her hair falls in waves to her shoulders, blue gray eyes peek from under dark lashes to glance at her cellphone. Again. It buzzes incessantly at her and she scowls at it. Then she rubs her index finger across the screen and looks at what she knows is a private message from him. And there it is. She picks up the wine glass and smiles through the rim she sips from. She absentmindedly runs her tongue across the top to catch a runaway drop of red decadence.
She looks back down at the message and an involuntary shudder runs down her spine. What a demon he is and the perfect match to her sinful nature. Using her fingers she taps "Reply" and starts typing in a response, her finger lingers on "Send" as she thinks to herself and then taps the button. She groans and orders another glass of wine. The bartender starts to make conversation and she politely declines the attempt and wanders back into a world made in her mind. The one that she has to stay away from, the one that holds the darkness.
There are shadows in the darkness, but not forbidding ones; sensual ones that caress the body like the finest silk and can delve into places most intimate. But the darkness holds secrets and the secrets create an atmosphere of evil; of exquisite pain. The darkness needs to stay in the confines of that world but she is pushing boundaries today, the dark one. It feels like it is time again to let her slip through, as if she could be stopped. The feeling comes slowly as with the intoxication of the wine. A few sips, an entire glass, the warmth of alcohol slowly crawls to her cheeks and tingles her senses. Just a little bit wouldn't hurt, just wisps of the darkness. Unseen smoky tendrils began reaching out from her body, and fade away as she smiles to herself.
Her phone vibrates again and she again furrows her brow and swipes the screen. "Oh my, he's on a roll tonight." she thinks. She swirls the connotation of his message in her head, letting it seep in. Letting the darkness grasp it. "I want you." is all the message says, but it means so much more. Weeks of relentless teasing, cybersex, heart to hearts, the occasional voice chat and just getting to know each other are evolving. Her darkness likes it. She absentmindedly scrolls back through the thread of messages to find the one that steals her breath away. Yes, that one. Words of sexual desire that reach into to her soul and rip it from its foundation. And the darkness takes its place, with joy. The darkness wants to play.
The wooden bar buzzes loudly from the next vibration and she picks the phone up. "Probably should just not even look. I mean, I can feel my dark side. That would be trouble." She places the phone down. But the darkness picks it back up and smiles. So she swipes the screen and glances down. Red hot lava fills her cheeks and she glances around. The darkness is grinning now.
They have only known each other online but he is very tempting and the enticement of the carnal is ceaseless. The darkness reaches in again to grasp the phone. And types in words that she doesn't understand until they are gone. The words are there now, and can't be taken back. The darkness is blissful.
"Thinking about you, here at the bar, on 7th and 56th. Come find me." the screen reads.
"Well shit. Can't undo that." she thinks. "Should I sit here and wait or should I bolt?" A new glass of wine is pushed her way as the bartender extends another on the house. She smiles and looks at him. He's not so bad. Rugged in a real bad boy way with a tan body and tattoos peeking out from under his clothes, muscular and short buzzed hair. But still, not her type. Not today.
"And if he wants to treat me to my favorite glass, then why not accept? I mean it's not like I have asked for attention. I definitely did not do that. I detest attention. But the wine is wonderful."
The darkness grabs her hair and yanks. Hard. It really wants to take over. But she is holding tightly to the last wisps. Not letting them go. The darkness wants him for her own. And maybe she should have him. She could devour him.
The phone vibrates in her hands startling her. "I'm on my way." it reads.
"Oh, wow. Did I really just do this? Could I go there?" she wonders. "Hell yes you did, and hell yes you can!" the darkness answers. It's sneaking up on her now, taking her from behind to allow itself entrance. The wine is calling and she sips it. A different kind he gave her and new flavors of caramel, smoke, and berries slide down her throat and the bitter tannin's aftertaste challenge her tongue. Divine.