Maddie looked into my eyes and gave me a naughty giggle.
“Okay Joe. We can start with that.”
I leaned in and gave Maddie my first real kiss since we were in high school senior year. It was better than I remembered it. Maddie placed her hand on the side of my face and placed her other arm around my back. I continued the kiss as I wrapped my arms around her in a tight embrace. God this felt good.
When we broke our kiss, we stared into each other’s eyes.
“Wow, that was so good. You’ve still got it Joe.”
“I think that was all you Maddie, god, I need some more.” As I went in for another kiss.
This time Maddie broke the kiss off a bit earlier.
“You said a kiss, not lots of them. We need to go back to the table before I lose all control.”
“Do we have to? If it was up to me, I’d be taking you home right now.”
“Steady there Tiger, you can take me for dinner first. I’m not that kind of girl.” Maddie replied with a cheeky giggle.
“Alright, but can I get another kiss before the end of the night?”
“Yes you can, I promise.”
We went back out to join the others, I was buzzing all over and couldn’t get the kiss with Maddie from my mind. Over the next hour we all continued to chat, with us going up to dance as well, pairing off as couples. Jay with Bethany, Mike with Kyra, with Teddy having already left for home to his wife and kids. Brian followed shortly after, just leaving the three couples alone.
It was about 1am, and I was up dancing to a slow song with Maddie when she told me that her and the girls were going to go home after this song.
“Remember that you promised me another kiss before you left tonight?”
“That’s why I’m giving you an advance warning, so you have time.”
I looked into Maddie’s gorgeous blue eyes and leaned in for my kiss. Soft at first, but then with more passion as our tongue’s met. It felt like the world was spinning around me, everything focused on our mouths as I kissed her with the desire I now felt for her.
As our lips parted, I opened my eyes to stare back into Maddie’s. She seemed breathless, not saying anything, no giggle or cheeky response that was usual for her. Maddie pulled my head towards her as she kissed me again. My god, if you could ever connect with someone so quickly in the space of a few hours, we had. Maybe it was due to our history together, maybe we still had strong unresolved feelings for each other, either way I was hooked already.
“You better call me Joe, I mean it.”
“That’s one thing you’ll never have to worry about. I can’t wait to see you again, and you haven’t even left yet.”
Maddie rested her head on my chest as we slowly danced for the remainder of the song. As it ended, we made our way back to our table.
Jay and Bethany were already at the table kissing each other when we got back, with Mike and Kyra following us back from the dance floor. This night was turning into the surreal, surely we couldn’t have three couples all getting together in the one night.
We all finally made our way out to the front waiting for cabs, we were still paired off having our separate little conversations. The first cab pulled up for the three girls, and Maddie gave me a quick kiss and a reminder to call her before jumping in with Bethany and Kyra.
I was left standing there with Jay and Mike.
“Joe, I owe you big time for this. Bethany’s terrific, we got another date already.” Jay said.
“Me too, Kyra’s the one that asked me out, I was way too nervous to ask in case she’d say no.” Mike responded.
“Glad I could help guys. Tonight’s been great, better than I could ever had hoped for.”