Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Diego turned left and headed straight on Saunders. I stayed quite as he drove. "Where to Fio? " he asked. Just drive I really don’t know where you want to go.” Motioning with my hand. We drove in silence until he finally broke the silence. “You liked the guy? He said to me. I nodded. “He was nice, that’s all.” “Until he called me a fucking whore.” “but I guess he was upset at the way I left him.” I said. “He didn’t seem like a native. " Diego added. ” Are you asking me or telling me Diego" looking at him. “Don't start something you can't finish Fio, you saying it like that I just want to stop the truck and fuck you.” I was dumbfounded. I couldn't believe what he was telling me. I knew I had been drinking but somehow I didn’t feel that my bravado needed it. “Let me get this straight Diego you don't like me speaking to you that way, am I correct? I waited for him to answer me. He looked onward until he exhaled "I am not telling you what to say Fio.. It's just the way you say it that drives me uncontrollable." I just nodded in acknowledgement. “So should I stop for your sake?” Diego started to laugh. "Where to Fio" making a hand jester in front of him. You say you want to talk right. He nodded "Okay lets get something to eat before I regret drinking so much.” " Fio, you do know that the guy was trying to get you drunk and possibly get into your pants. I’ve seen the look before." I thought about what he was saying, but I can recall that Roger wanted me to slow down. “He didn’t want me to get drunk and well I don’t know about the other thing.” “Actually Diego he wanted me to slow down he didn’t want me drunk. Go figure men usually want women drunk.” I said. “But you should know Diego I don't like it when people tell me what I can and can't do." I said icily. "Oh Fio but that’s just it you’re a challenge I am ready to take.” He said.

We ended at the Oasis restaurant. It was a hangout for many different individuals. It was our luck that the atmosphere was still rolling even though it was already close to two a.m. It had been awhile that my friends and I had come out to this place. As we parked I noticed the motorcycles parked around the building. I looked at them as Diego parked the truck. He turned off the truck, placed his arm around me and pulled me to him and kissed me. I had forgotten how he made me feel. My body clung to him and I knew I couldn’t move away from him. Although I knew I needed a clear head when making decisions when it came to Diego. His lips left mine and came to sit on my neck. "Thank you for letting me drive your truck," he nuzzled the side of my neck as he spoke. "My pleasure and took the keys out of the ignition switch and placed them in my pocket. He looked down to where I placed them. "I take it I am not driving it again" he said. "If you are guessing, you are correct.” I said smiling at him. He opened the door and pulled me along with him never letting go.

We sat near a window that overlooked the motorcycles. I stared at them remembering how great it felt being on one of them. My nephew had an older Harley but I didn’t recall the name or year of it. I just knew it was great to ride. I can remember how eccentric my nephew had been. He tried everything and anything which came his way he being 5 years older than me helped me to enjoy his eccentricity. If it wasn’t for him I do believe that my life would have been quite boring. I hadn't realize that I had been quite for a while, and I was not alone. I was brought back to the present when the waitress came by with the menu’s to take our drink orders reminding me where I was. Diego just looked at me and I smiled at him. "Water for me" and.... I paused and gestured to Diego "I'll have the same” he said. "Also" I looked up to see that the waitress was not looking at me but at him. I looked at what she saw and then it hit me. "You know what Diego you resemble someone I've seen before” but before I could continue I had to ask the waitress. “Right ma’am?” Asking the waitress. The girl looked at me. And yes he is with me. His drop dead gorgeous and he chose me. Go figure. Although I didn’t say it only wish to have said it. I continued. "Doesn’t he look like that actor Orlando Bloom I mean not like him in person but when he came out in Pirates of the Caribbean the first movie? The waitress looked at me and then took a closer look at him. "Yes he does." She answered as she beamed at him. I couldn't control my laughter. He was handsome and he was sitting beside me. Diego didn't blush in my remark or even feel intimated he smiled at the girl "If you are waiting for me to acknowledge on your remark I am sorry but I don't believe I look like him." I rolled my eyes at him. The waitress left to get our drinks. I looked out again at the motorcycles and sighed. "Are you remembering something" He interjected my thoughts. "Yes something that happened some time ago". I said not giving anything else away. "By the look that you're giving those bikes I can only guess that it has to do with a motorcycle." "Yea just took me back to a time that's all" I saw that Diego was about to ask but the waitress brought back our drinks along with salsa and chips. I greatly appreciated it I really didn't want to tell Diego about my past since he hadn’t bothered to ask me about myself in the beginning. I grabbed a chip and dipped into the salsa and into my mouth. The salsa was hot and I was great full for the water. Before the waitress asked I told her I wanted a fajita taco with avocado. Diego was unsure on what to order and was about to ask "Have you eaten anything tonight” I asked him before he could. "No I didn't have dinner" he looked at me with a quirk on his face. "He'll have the fajita plate with flour...I looked at him from side to side ...no he'll have tortillas de maize. I handed the menu back to the woman. She took them and left. "Why did you order me corn tortillas?" I looked at him. "How long have you been eating the flour tortillas? "Since I got here in Laredo. Why?" "Eat the corn you eat to much flour tortillas and you'd probably need to check if your diabetic by the time you leave." He started to laugh. "I am serious Diego look around you obesity and diabetics is all around you. "Are you serious?" he said still laughing. I shrugged "Whatever ". Man he was annoying me. He took my hand and brought it up to his face and kissed the back of it. "You care, thanks". Ah that is not what I wanted him to think that I cared. I knew in my heart I wouldn't care about Diego. For God sakes I barely knew him.

“Okay Diego what is that you want to talk about.” “Listen Fio I can see you are not comfortable about what you found out about me yesterday.” “I saw the look in your face and you don’t seem to like what I do.” “That’s where you’re wrong Diego I actually do like what you do but I don’t go with all that BDSM shit that comes with it.” He nodded to protest came closer to me and whispered “it doesn’t have to be like that.” I looked around the room. Smiling, “Diego if you think people are going to guess what BDSM is don’t worry. This is Laredo not many people have time to read about things like that.” True at one point that Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy was the highlight of many individuals but it’s not like if they hear the word they are going to stop and listen to our conversation.” I told him. He sat back and smiled at me. “You think so little about this people Fio. This is your home town you don’t think people would know about that.” “Oh, Diego this is a place where beer, carne asadas and sports are the most important factors in this part of the world.” “Look around Laredo there is not much for you to do here. The border was the main attraction to Laredo. Now we don’t have that, I wonder how long it will take for this city to collapse. We depend on the border’s economy. We do have sports teams that play once in a while. Hell we just got a baseball facility and not to mention a couple of years the entertainment center, but truly that’s all.” “If you are so unhappy living here Fio why don’t you just leave.” I looked at him. What could I say to him? I couldn’t let him know everything about my past. “That’s just not something I can say, Diego.” I took a sip of my water. He didn’t question me. “I take it there is more in you that you don’t want to say about yourself I get it.” Diego said. “Tell me Fio how would you feel if I taught you on BDSM.” I spilled water from my mouth and began to cough. Diego quickly grabbed a napkin handed it to me and then began to pat my back. I motioned him to stop and sit. I regained my composure. “Really, do I look that desperate for sex?” I asked him. “I am sorry Diego but torturing someone for sex is not my bag.” I thought I had made that clear to you.” It is not torture Fio it’s more than that, It’s something else.” “I can’t just tell you but more than show you.” I looked at him for a while. Could I possibly be this dominating woman willing men to endure pleasure pain to please me. I nodded disagreeing. “I am sorry that you think I could be what you are but there is no way” I said to him. But before he could say another world, the waitress came with our food. I savored the time to think. Could I possibly be doing this. It would mean I could be spending more time with Diego. Did I really want to spend more time with him? I knew as soon as I was done with my coaching he would be gone. Would I be able to let him go? How do you not start to feel for someone when you are so intimate with them? How could I not begin to fall for him if I felt so connected to him? What would my friends think of me if they would ever find out what I did? He didn’t even know what I did. I was a teacher who had to have good morals because it was what I taught my students. I was beginning to feel at loss with this. I had to make him understand that the life he wanted me to embark was not the right choice for me. I hadn’t realized that I had finished my food and Diego was at his last bite as well. “I am sorry Diego but I can’t be what you want me to be.” “Do you even have a clue what I do for a living?” I asked him. “You are an elementary teacher, Fio.” He said. He knew how the hell did he know but before I could ask. “Your friend Sara clued me in that night we met.” He said. “Oh!, so you do understand why this cannot happen. Listen, Diego before you say anything else. I know you come from a different world. I don’t know if this is a cultural thing you do in Spain but in these parts that is taboo” I said looking at him. He took a drink of his water. “Fio this does not have to be an open book, it is between two adults and believe me I do believe you’ll enjoy it.” “Okay Diego think about this. You are here until the news begins to die down and then you are gone. Are you going to stay longer to finish your teaching or are you going to leave abruptly and leave me hanging… that’s if I decide to do it.” “So, you are thinking of doing it.” Wow his turning the tables, had I really decided to go along with it already. He was smiling and I could see that he was going to win. I looked at him for a while I wanted more of Diego that was for sure. I wanted more of what he could possibly teach me, but I had issues, issues that I could not possibly let him know. Afraid that I would be opening to much of own personal life I had chosen to close behind. In my heart, I knew I couldn’t fall for him because it would mess the shell I had been hiding behind. Hell, I was beginning to open myself to others for example Roger. How do you do those things? My phone began to buzz and took me out of my reprieve. I answered it. “Hello” I said at the end of the receiver. The other end was of a man I had left behind just an hour ago.