Battle-Hardened, War Weary Ch. 03

'Oh no,' her mind sighed in weariness. She walked away from the small gathering. As she walked away, she could feel Ryan's eyes glued to her backside. She walked across the dining room to a corner of the room, where there was an unoccupied seat that was by a window.

'Tonight is going to be definitely a long one.'

Kali had every intention of staying away from Ryan Whittler and the rest of his ilk. Two hours had passed since their arrival and so far she has managed to fulfill her objective. She has interacted with the other guests. She has listened to their stories. There were guests who she thought were interesting, funny or charming while there were other folks who appeared to be needy, boring or too elitist for her liking. During the conversations, she has recited a brief summary of her life to them, when they asked. Occasionally, Cossette would check up on her from time to time and then she would leave her alone, once she realized that Kali was enjoying herself. In between chatting with the guests, she managed to dine on the served food.

She dined on a lot of food.

She made herself several small plates of meals throughout the course of her stay, which surprised her. She usually had a small appetite.

Kali's mood picked up once more, when Deer and Chai had shown up with their six children. The brood of jubilant children shrieked and yelled with joy as they ran through the first level of the house with their parents chasing after them and apologizing to guests, at the same time. Needing the distraction, Kali helped the parents corral their children. She also helped Chai fix plates of meals for the kids as well. Kali could tell that the woman felt extremely grateful for the help. While the children sat at the long table in the dining room and eating their dinner, the two women chatted with each other.

"So there's no boyfriend?" Chai inquired, while she gently bounced her seven month-old son on her lap.

"Nope, no boyfriend" Kali answered her question while she spoon fed Chai's daughter Alexis a spoonful of jellied, cranberry relish. Kali watched the three year-old scrunch up her face and grimace from the bittersweet taste. Then the child opened her mouth for more relish. It earned a hearty laugh from both her mom and Kali.

"Well, when you do snag yourself a man, don't rush it. Trust me, if I knew what I know now, back then, I wouldn't have married Deer" confessed Chai. The confession had caused Kali to stare at her.

"Really, why?"

"When I married Deer, I was nineteen years old and I was barely finishing with my freshman at Villanova. I had fancied the idea of going back for my sophomore year, but then I found out that I was pregnant with Nicholas, so that dream was dashed. Then, I thought 'After Nicholas reaches the age of four, I will go back to school and get my degree.' But then, when Nicky was six months old, I discovered that I was pregnant. And this time, I had twins, so there was no time for me to go back to school. So, if I had to do it again, I would've waited until after I graduated college, to get married. Now, don't get me wrong, I do love my husband..."

Both women looked across the dining room and into the living room, where Deer was with his friends. Deer was listening to Daniel tell a story. Kali noticed how Cossette was standing next to him. Her short arm was draped around his hips while Daniel's arm were draped over her shoulders. Something was stuck in her peripheral view, so she turned to see what it was. Her eyes ended up meeting Ryan's green ones. Quickly, she turned her attention back to Chai.

"...and I would swim a thousand oceans if that was a way for me to prove that I love him, but still... I would've waited."

"So, your advice to me is to not to rush into things?" she asked Chai.

"Yes" Chai said to her with a nod of her head and a broad smile on her face. "Yes, yes, yes, yes..." Both women cackled in laughter.

Linus, Chai's four year-old son, ran up to the women. "Mama, I have to go to the potty," he announced.

Hearing that announcement caused Chai to immediately go into her 'mommymode'. She stopped laughing. "Um, Kali, do you mind holding onto Aiden while I'll take Linus upstairs to the bathroom?" she asked as she stood up from her seat.

"Oh no, I don't mind," Kali said to the woman as she reached out for the baby. The child reached out for Kali, which gave her a happy surprise. Chai gave the baby to Kali. With the baby secured on Kali's lap, Chai was about to walk away when Alexis suddenly announced that she needed to use the bathroom too. So, the mother had taken two children to the nearest bathroom.

Now, Kali was left alone with Baby Aiden. She rearranged the infant on her lap, so now the child was sitting on her lap and was facing her. She was greeted with a wide smile from the baby, for her effort. She smiled down at the child.

"Hey Baby Aiden, how are you?" she cooed to the small child. There was a series of monosyllabic squeals from the child, in response. "Oh, you're such a handsome guy!" There were more squeals from the baby.

After spending majority of her time, sitting down, Kali grew restless. She still was watching after Aiden. Chai hasn't returned from the bathroom with the kids yet. She didn't want to abandon her post, in case the mother returns. So, she thought of another idea. She began walking around the large room with the baby. Occasionally, she would dance with Aiden, when the band would play a festive song. The child would squirm, giggle and coo as he was held in her arms, which in turn made her feel wonderful.

As she carried the festive baby, she thought about the unborn child that she lost, a few months ago. She calculated in her mind that she would've been at least in second trimester of pregnancy, if she was still carrying. 'I bet seeing me waddle into his bedroom with a big ole' pregnant belly would've made Ryan leave me the hell alone,' she silently mused as she walked with the child in her arms.

As she made her fifth lap around the dining room, she noticed that she had captured the attention of two men that was sitting in the living room. She stared at Daniel and Ryan as they watched her. She gave them a nod of her head and there was a small smile on her lips.

"Okay... I am back," Chai announced as she entered into the dining room with two of her children. The children returned to their assigned chairs while their mother sat down in her seat. She reached for her child and Kali returned Aiden to his mother. The baby cooed and smiled at his mom.

"Chai, I'll be right back. Now, I have to go to the bathroom," stated Kali.

"All right, but you might not want to go to the one upstairs. There is a long ass line. It's the reason why it had taken me so long to come back," explained Chai.

"Ok, good looking out," Kali told her before walking away.

She walked into the living room and traveled over to where Cossette was standing. She was still standing next to her husband and Kali's lover, Daniel. She asked Cossette for the location to another bathroom.

"There's a bathroom in the basement. It is not as fancy as the other ones, but it is operable. Would you like for me to show you where it is?"

"Yes, please" Kali stated.

Cossette tapped her husband on his shoulder and reported to him that she was going to escort Kali to the bathroom in the basement. Daniel glanced at Kali and then down at his wife.

"All right, baby," he said, before giving Kali another quick glance. The two women walked away from the gathering and out of the living room. When they were traveling down the corridor to the kitchen, they were stopped by Mrs. Tolley.

Cossette's mother looked stunning. She looked younger than her sixty-three years of age. She looked better than the women that were half her age. Her skin was ruddy with a good complexion. Like her daughter, she held dainty-looking facial features of big, blue eyes, an upturned nose, a full top lip and a thin bottom lip with a pair of puffy cheeks, on a small round face. Her silver-gray hair was styled in a pixie cut. Her outfit for the night was a simple one: a white, buttoned shirt that had a boat neck neckline, a pair of wide leg, high-waist slacks and a pair of red loafers on her feet. Her neck and ears were decorated with gold baubles and large diamonds.

"Cossette, honey, I need your help with the roast. Can you help me?" Mrs. Tolley asked her daughter.

"Sure Mom, but first, let me show Kali the bathroom that is in the wine cellar and then I'll help you" Cossette explained.

"Sure honey..." Mrs. Tolley grabbed a hold of her daughter's chin and gave it a gentle wiggle. She had turned her attention to Kali. "God has blessed me with a great daughter..." The elder woman let out a shaky sigh. There was a shiny glaze of tears on the surface of the woman's eyes. She started to fan her face with her hands. "... Whose about to make me into a grandmother, oh! I remember when the doctor's place her in my arms after she was born. Oh, now she will experience that beautiful experience!"

"Oh goodness Mom, you need to quit it with the tears!" Cossette said to her mother, smiling with her own eyes moist. Cossette grabbed Kali's hand. "Come on Kali and let me show you where the bathroom is."

The two women traveled to the kitchen, where it was occupied by servers and cooks. Cossette and Kali had managed to make it across the room to the entrance of the basement.

"Okay Kali, once you're at the bottom of the stairs, you will make a left turn. By then you will be facing the shelves of wine. There are four shelves total. On the other side of the shelves are two doors. The door on the left is the storage closet. The door on the right is the bathroom. Like I said before, the bathroom doesn't look too nice right now, but the toilet and sink works" explained Cossette.

"That's all that matters for me right now," Kali told her. "Thanks, Cossette!"

Once submerged in the lower level of the townhouse, Kali let out a sigh of release. The quiet, dimly lit environment was welcoming. Plus the room held a pleasing, elegant scent of cedar wood. Following Cossette's directions, Kali found the bathroom without a problem.

'She was right about the bathroom being basic,' Kali thought as she stared around the room. The room was the size of a fancy, walk-in closet. The walls weren't painted and the smears of plaster were shown. The linoleum tiled floor was littered with saw dust. The toilet and the sink with a cabinet was the only furniture in the room. A medicine cabinet was mounted on the wall, above the sink.

Kali relieved her bladder and then washed her hands in the sink. As she was drying her hands on some toilet paper, the bathroom's door opened. "Hey," she shouted as she twirled around to face the intruder. She shut her mouth, when she saw Daniel stand by the door. She immediately noticed how his large body took up space in the small room. She thought he looked very sexy and stylish in his gray suit. "Daniel, what are you doing in here?" she asked him.

"I needed to speak with you. I thought this was my chance," he informed her.

"What about Cossette? She is in the kitchen—

"No, she's not," he interjected. "She is in the dining room with her mother. Trust me, she didn't see me."

"Okay," Kali muttered as she crossed her arms. "So what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?"

A grin formed on his face. His hand shot out and grabbed Kali's forearm. He pulled her into his personal space. Once she was close enough, he planted his lips on hers for a kiss. She flinched for a second and then relaxed. Her arms unfolded and her hands clutched at the thick columns that were his biceps. Her hands squeezed at the thick muscles. She moaned her pleasure into his mouth as his tongue licked her bottom lip.

"Daniel," she hissed against his mouth before resuming the act of kissing him.

The moment she felt his tongue graze at her lip, she lost a care for everything. She didn't care about standing in a small bathroom that was nestled inside of someone's basement. She didn't care about Cossette, his wife. She didn't care that a party was taking place on the first floor. None of those things matter to Kali, at the moment. All she wanted to do was stay with Daniel and have him to herself.

His hands sought the hem of her dress. He pulled the fabric up, revealing her desirable body parts, until the dress rested on her round hips. Daniel let out a groan and then his fingers found the zipper that held her dress together. He pulled the tiny item down. Once her dress was loose enough, he peeled the dress off of her shoulders. She slipped her arms out of the dress and then removed the item entirely. She tossed the material over her shoulder. It was long forgotten before it was discharged from her body.

"Let me look at you," he requested, once his lips parted from hers. "Spin around and let me look at you." He gently put her at arm's length from where he stood.

Kali stood in front of her desired lover, wearing only her undergarments and high heels; red, French lace bra with matching French cut panties and a red garter belt. She stared at him as he leaned against the bathroom door with his massive folded across his chest. He was giving her an intensive gaze. She felt a conglomerate of emotions at the moment: shyness, carelessness and arousal. With careful steps, she spun slowly around. She felt his eyes focus on her as her back was facing him.

"Counter," he growled, once she faced him again.

She understood his one-word command. She sauntered over to the sink with her hips swaying along with every step. Facing the sink, she leaned slightly and placed her hands on the countertop. She turned her head to the side, so she could look at Daniel from over her shoulder. She spread her legs more than hip-width apart. She displayed the secret that she was storing underneath her dress, the pair of crotch-less panties. She knew that he had a fetish for seeing women in garter belts. But she wanted to see his reaction to the crotch-less underwear. She watched his eyes widen in surprise and then darken. A lascivious smile wrote itself on his face, which let her know that he planned on doing plenty of sinful things to her.

"Face forward," he commanded, with his voice a tad bit deeper.

Kali shivered with anticipation and then she followed his order. She looked into the mirror and stared at Daniel's reflection. He pushed his big frame off of the door. She watched as he peeled his blazer jacket off and then his buttoned down shirt. He hung both items on the nail that was embedded in the door. He was now bare-chested. She gazed at his reflection as he stood behind her. Her ears listened to the sounds of his pants opening. Her breath was caught in her throat and eventually escaped out of her mouth in the form of a panting.

His hands sought her hips while his pelvis pressed itself against the softness of her ass. He ground his swelling against her ass. He heard her moan and felt her press her ass further into his crotch. The fingers on his right hand traveled up her back and settled into her hair. His left hand drew his pants and underwear down his thick thighs, freeing his erection from its constraint. His cock slipped in between her legs and rubbed along her slit. Kali let out a moan that made his erection throbbed with intensity. With the aid of his left hand, he slipped his glans into her warmth. Both of them groaned at the sensation and cried out louder, when his cock was plunged further into her gash.

"Fuck," he hissed. He relished the feeling of having her pussy clasp onto him. She felt so wet and hot, and so good, as she sheathed his member.

"Daniel?" she whimpered. She stared at his reflection. His head was tilted back while his eyes were closed and his jaw was slack.

His cock felt so wonderful inside of her. She was ready for him. She expected for him to start pounding away at her eager pussy as soon as the tip made contact. Instead he was still while fully sheathed. "Daniel, are you all right?" she asked him.

"Yes, I just savoring the moment," he groaned and then chuckled at his own joke. Using methodical, slow and fluid movement, Daniel pulled his prick out of her warmth but kept the glans connected. He gave her a thrust that was slow and made sure that his cock rested deep inside of her.

"Aaah..." she moaned loudly. Her ass was grinding against his groin while her back was arched. "Oooh, come on baby, fuck me" she groaned.

Daniel's dick withdrew, but returned in the form of a quick, deep thrust. She yelped out her pleasure. He guided her upper body off of the counter by using a gentle tug on her hair. She pressed her back against his bare front. His left hand pulled the fabric of her demi-cup bra down and fondled her right tit. His right hand loosens its grip on her hair and followed the same path as his left hand. "All right, but remember, you asked for this," he whispered in her left ear before taking the lobe into his mouth.

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"Oh... Oh God... Danny, please fuck me harder."

The sounds of moaning and their bodies slapping against each other, as they fucked, filled the small bathroom.

'BOOM... BOOM... BOOM... BOOM... BOOM!'

Kali felt his large, meaty hand cover her mouth. The intense high that she was floated on abruptly disappeared.

"Someone is at the door," he whispered into her ear.

A spike of fear had run through her.

"Tell the person that you will be right out," Daniel muttered into her ear. He removed his hand from off of her mouth. "Go on and tell them."

"I am in here!" Kali shouted into the door. She felt Daniel's cock expel from her body. "Oh," she gasped at the sensation.

"Ole' Danny Boy..."

It was Carlo who was pounding on the door. "... I advise you to clean up right now—

"What the fuck do you want, C?" Daniel's voice pounded into the door.

"Your wife and your in-laws are looking for you right now while you are busy plowing la prostituta. Both Deer and Ryan are running interference and leading them on a wild goose chase, so I suggest you hurry up" explained Carlo, from the other side of the door.

"Shit!" Daniel groaned. He backed away from Kali. Quickly, he had pulled his underwear back up and his pants.

"Danny, wait a minute" Kali said to him, as she grabbed a handful of toilet paper from the dispenser. She had wet the paper and used the soggy bundle to clean Danny off. She wanted to make sure that her scent was not on his skin.

"Thanks, baby" he said to her before planting a kiss on her lips. Kali helped him put on his dress shirt and blazer. She checked his face to make sure that none of her makeup had rubbed off and was on his face. Once his clothes were back on, he gave her another kiss. "Thanks again, baby." He gave her a lingering look, before making an exit out of the small bathroom.

"Thanks, man" she heard Danny say to Carlo, before she heard the wooden stairs creak as someone climbed up them.

Kali still stood in front of the sink and cabinet. From the mirror's reflection, she saw Carlo standing outside of the bathroom, by the doorway. She turned her attention away from the mirror and stared at the five-feet-seven inched man.

Kali never liked Carlo Rossi. She considered him to be dangerous, yet pathetic at the same time. Unlike the rest of them, Carlo had become a student at the Charles Bainbridge Academy, when he was a high school freshman. Due to his over-inflated ego and abundant corniness, he was considered a 'loser' by the majority of the student population. His social status didn't pick up until he had become friends with Ryan Whittler, during his sophomore year. By then, Ryan was a part of the social scene elite and every one of his friends were popular, due to their association. For Kali, if Ryan was considered to be 'Count Dracula', then Carlo Rossi was his 'Renfield'.