"Now who could that be at this hour?", she wondered.
Before she went to answer the door, she grabbed a white terry cloth robe and put it on over her nightgown.
The doorbell rang again impatiently.
"I'm coming. I'm coming.", she muttered and walked over to open the door.
"Who is it?"
"Bobby.", a male voice said.
"I don't know anybody named Bobby."
"Mr.Jackson- I mean Michael sent me to pick you up,miss.", he said.
When she heard him say Michael's name, she opened the door.
"Hi, Michael's asked me to pick you up. Your name is Jasmine, right?"
She was speechless, so she nodded. She felt like she was dreaming. Could her dream be coming true?. Maybe Michael really did want to see her as much as she wanted to see him.
"Are you ready to go now,Jasmine?", Bobby asked.
"No. Please come in and I'm going to get dressed. I promise that I will not take a long time."
"Ok,but please hurry because Michael does not like to be kept waiting."
"Give me 15 minutes. Sit down,Bobby and make yourself at home.", she said as she walked in her room and closed the door.
She walked over to her closet and began moving the clothes around trying to find the perfect outfit to impress Michael. Finally, she saw the short leopard print dress and took it out of the closet. She laid it on the bed. She loved that dress because it emphasized her curves and breasts perfectly. She just knew that Michael would love it too. She walked into her bathroom and took a shower. After the shower, she brushed her teeth and pulled her hair back into a ponytail. Then she put on some lipstick, dabbed some of White Diamonds perfume, grabbed her purse, and walked out of the room.
"I'm ready.", she said.
When she said that, Bobby, who was admiring the pictures on the wall turned and looked at her.
Damn!, he thought. Now that he had really saw how beautiful that she really was, he could understand why Michael wanted to see her again. He had thought that Tatiana and Brooke were beautiful too, but they had nothing on Jasmine. He held the door open for her and she thanked him with a smile. Damn!, he thought again as he helped her into the limo and closed the door behind her.
As Bobby drove to Neverland,he checked on Jasmine constantly and she admired the limo. She had not really had a chance to really appreciate it the first time because she had been unconsious.
About a hour later, Bobby pulled up in front of the house. He got of the limo and helped Jasmine out of it. When they walked into the house,Michael was not waiting in the living room or the parlour for her and she was disappointed. Bobby told her to wait for Michael in the living room and left the room.
Alone, Jasmine began to admire the living room again. She really liked the manniquins that were placed in different areas in the room and the painting of King Michael. She walked over to the paintings of Elizabeth Taylor and the colorful tapesteries. Everything was beautiful and elegant includings the diamond chandliers that hung in the parlour.
"Its beautiful isn't it?", Michael asked from behind her and she gasped.
"Did I scare you? I'm sorry.", he said with a smile.
"Yes it is beautiful and no, you did not scare me."
"Liar.", he teased and added,"It is nothing compared to your beauty."
"Stop, Michael. You are making me blush.", she said blushing.
"Good. Maybe I should do that more often because I love to make beautiful women blush."
"I bet that you say that to all of the pretty girls."
"No, I only say that to beautiful women like you."
"Thanks, you look very handsome today."
At that moment, he beamed happily dazzling her with his eyes and she could not helping thinking that he looked very sexy too. She wanted to tell him this, but she didn't. Instead she studied him closely because he was dressed in a red buttoned down shirt and black pants complete with black shoes. His hair was loose again and he was wearing a black fedora on his head. She decided that she loved red and black on him.
"So would you like to see the rest of my home?", he asked.
"I would love to see the rest of your place."
He smiled at her and gave her a tour of the house. Then he took her outside and introduced her to all of the animals. She even got to feed Mr.Tibbs (sheep),Louie (llama),Petunia (pot-bellied pig) and Bubbles, who immediately grew attached to her like his master and followed them all over the yard. The ultimate test for came when it was time to feed Muscles (the 50 ft boa constrictor) and she passed that test and even petted him. After she had met the animals,Michael took her on some of the rides and played some games with her.
Soon it was time for lunch, which was served in the dining room by his personal chef. Michael had arranged that she should eat Lobster Thermindor served with a light butter sauce,baked potato with sour cream, cheese, and chives,chef salad, and for dessert chocolate cake. Michael had Filet Ming Yawn, broccoli, baked macaroni, chef salad prepared with light vingerette dressing, and for dessert carrot cake. They had Sprite as their beverage. Over lunch, he told her about himself.
"I am totally misunderstood by the media and regardless of what you may read or hear about me in the tabloids I am very proud to of my race. I am not Wacko Jacko and I am not gay. I love children and all I want to do is help because it really breaks my heart to watch or hear about children suffering. The reason that I am so light is that I have Ventaligo and that is a condition that robs the skin of melanin. It is a condition that I can't help."
"I never thought for one second that you were gay. How can you be gay when all you do is sing about women? The media can be so stupid sometimes and I don't believe anything that they say about you, so you don't ever have to worry about that."
When she said that, he stared into her eyes thoughtfully and she thought that he was going to kiss her. It scared her about how much she wanted him to kiss her,but he didn't do it. She sighed trying to cover up her disappointment.
After lunch, she went upstairs to freshen up and put on more lipstick. When she came back, he took her on some more rides. Then they went back inside to watch Peter Pan and Three Stooges in his theater. As they watched the movies, she told him about herself and her dreams.
"I am the middle child in my family. I have 2 sisters one older and one younger than me. When I was in school, I was a nerd and made straight As. My hobbies are reading,drawing, cooking, bowling, shopping,and meeting new people. In the fall, I'm going away to school at Harvard on a academic scholarship. I want to be a teacher and work with children."
"Wow, he said when she finished. Could this girl get any more sexier than she is right now?, he thought.
Later that night, he took her home and she thanked him for inviting her to his place. She had a great time and she felt like she really understood him and he felt the same way about her. They made plans to get together for the next day and he went home.
For the next few days, Jasmine and Michael spent a lot of time together at Neverland and she even invited him to have dinner at her place, which he accepted.
On Friday, he called her and invited her back to Neverland. When she got there, she noticed that a lot of children were at the ranch and she did not mind because she knew how much that he loved children. It was also one of his cousins' birthday that day and Michael was hosting the party for the little boy. At the party, everybody had a great time riding the rides, playing with the animals,throwing water balloons, playing Hide n Seek, playing with Super Soakers, climbing Michael's tree, watching movies, and swimming in the pool. Jasmine also had the distinct pleasure of watching Michael getting thrown into the pool by his cousins and he screamed every time that they threw him into the pool. She noticed that they never let him stay dry and laughed. Michael had to run away several times to avoid getting wet and she laughed at that too.
Jasmine was also beginning to notice that she was getting over Greg and she hardly thought about him at all that day.
As for Michael, he was relunctantly being dragged back to the pool for the umpteenth time that day. Michael, who had just washed his hair protested.
"I'm a nice person and I just took a shower and I washed my hair finally!"
"Get in there!",cried the birthday boy.
"No!,protested Michael and the boy pushed him into the pool anyway and Michael screamed.
Splash!
"Yeah, yeah we got him again!",cried the boy along with the rest of the guests. Then they all ran in to the house.
Jasmine,who watched the whole scene laughed again. Michael swam to the other side of the pool and got out. He walked over to her.
"Aww... poor baby. Let me get you a towel.", she said still laughing.
"So you think that was funny? Well, let's see how you like it. Come here.", he teased and grabbed her.
"What are you are doing?! Michael, stop! No!", she cried.
But it was too late because he threw her in the water. Splash!
When she came up from under the water, she swam and got out of the pool. He laughed as he watched because he had finally got his revenge. But unfortunely for him, she was about to get him back. She walked to him and pushed him back into the water. He swam over to her and pulled her into the pool.
For about 15 minutes, they wrestled, splashed each other and played in the pool.
Soon the sun began to go down bathing the sky with streaks of purple, blue, red, pink, orange,and yellow. She began to shiver.
"Cold?", he asked.
"Yeah."
He walked over and picked up 2 towels. He wrapped one towel around his body and then he began to rub her with the other towel. Suddenly pressed up against each other, he stared into her eyes thoughtfully again and tilted her face up to his face. She did not fight him and brought her lips closer to his lips. Then they kissed and fireworks literally went off because that was how hot that brief kiss was to the both of them. Nothing else mattered and they in that brief moment were the only 2 people in the world. It was heavenly and everything that she thought and dreamed that kissing him would be.
"Ooooohhhhhhhh!", teased his cousins, who just came back to play.
When she heard that kids were back outside, Jasmine crashed abruptly back down to Earth. That one brief kiss had told her everything that she needed to know. She was completely over Greg and she was hopelessly,deeply, and passionately in love with Michael. The thought completely freaked her out because she had only known for a few days and she was not sure if he loved her too. Without a word, she turned and ran away from Michael.
To Be Continued
