New year, New...: A Gorgeous LeTigre Mystery
**Second in the Gorgeous LeTigre mystery/fanfic series**
1-Back To Life, Back To Reality
The sun, in all its glory, shines through the glass walls.The brightness stirs Gorgeous LeTigre awake. She stretches and smiles as she remembers that she is at Keanu's luxuriously amazing house. Memories of their Christmas Day filled with food, conversations and the many gifts of great sex. She sighs as she smells bacon and hears Nancy Wilson's '(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am' coming from downstairs. She is smiling so hard it hurts as she hears Keanu humming along- Keanu Reeves, the brooding bartender who used words sparingly...was humming a tune. Gorgeous was about to give herself a thumbs up in the mirror, but then she saw her reflection. No silk pillow cases, no bonnet or silk scarf and her hair showed it. It looked wild and reckless like how she felt. There was something else too, a comfort and she knew she was quite fond of Mr. Reeves. What would she do with these feelings?
After a shower and putting her hair in a messy bun, Gorgeous makes her way downstairs to find Keanu at his kitchen counter sipping coffee and looking at his phone.
"I was just about to come up and get you." He says, not looking away from his phone. He smiles when he feels Gorgeous hug him from behind, then she was gone. Wasn't it always like that with her? He would feel her right there with him and then she backs away. He could see it in her eyes- he had to make her understand that this wasn't a fling. He was hers and he accepted all of the great, lovely pain that could come with that. "There's an iced coffee for you in the fridge."
Gorgeous is munching on bacon, "Oooo thanks!" She excitedly opens the fridge. "So, breakfast, and then unfortunately I have to get to the bakery. Elaine is holding it down...but.." She wanted to prove that she was cool and this was what it was.
Keanu eyes her, "Okay."
From Keanu's jeep, Gorgeous sees the bakery is looking cozy and semi-full. Then Keanu's hand is on her thigh, she turns to him and smiles. He leans closer to her, rubs the tip of his nose along her cheek and whispers in her ear, "Come by Point Break later...please." He then kisses Gorgeous until her arms are around his neck and she wants to say the hell with it all 'lets spend the day together!', but she doesn't. She kisses him back, blushes and gets out of the jeep before he can come around to open the door for her. She runs inside the bakery. Keanu stares after her relizing he would chase her forever.
A few hours go by, which were filled with a constant flow of people so Gorgeous had very little time to check her phone or marinate on her intense feelings for Keanu. When she did check, her phone had two messages:
Keanu: Lunch?
Benito: Mami- meet me at that Hawian coffee spot I like. 2pm.
It was 12:25 now, it wasn't impossible for her to do both.
GLT: Heading to you now.
Gorgeous had never been to Point Break during the daylight. This made sense because it didn't open until 5pm, but Keanu and some of his staff handled restocking, deliveries, etc. during the day. Once a month they had a pop-up poke taco night that one of Keanu's best friends would run...from the old country...of Hawaii. The door to Point Break was open with people in and out dropping off ice boxes and various food prep needs. Gorgeous entered and sees Keanu smiling, there go the butterflies in her belly. Then she sees a pale hand touch his shoulder, just as his eyes meet hers. His smile widens.
"Gorgeous..." He says and walks towards her, letting the pale hand fall off his shoulder. The owner of the hand, a blonde...thee Blondey McBlondeslut. Her blue eyes sparkle, and she smirks and eyes Gorgeous up and down.
"Hey..." She says as Keanu hugs her.
"I spaced and forgot about the pop-up tonight so I have to bail on lunch- but hang out, I can make you a drink." Keanu takes Gorgeous by the hand and leads her towards the bar, "Oh Gorgeous, this is an old friend of mine Kate. Kate this is Gorgeous."
"Ha- what a name..." Kate says with a fake sense of amusement.
"It's fitting." Keanu says and kisses Gorgeous's hand.
"We all can't have a name as unique as...Kate." Gorgeous says, Kates stops smirking. "Keanu, it's fine...I double booked so I can just go. Kate, a pleasure." Gorgeous starts to walk away before the angry tears start.
Keanu is right behind her and once outside, "Hey...hey.." He stops her and pulls her back towards him. "She came up with Simon for the pop-up...so we are catching up. That's it."
"You don't owe me any explanation....listen, I have to go-" Gorgeous is stopped with a kiss. A kiss that made her head spin. She steps back, a palm over Keanu's fast beating heart. His eyes were pleading, but Gorgeous was in self- protective mode. "Later." She says and walks hurriedly away.
Keanu: stop running away. I'll call you
Gorgeous reread his message as she entered Honolulu Coffee. She spots Benito immediately, his bodyguard Domenico and his assistant Tessa both hovering and eyeing everyone around him. He is sitting in a plush chair in the corner of the cafe. He appears to be pensively sipping his coffee. Gorgeous chuckles, shakes her head and places an order. When she goes to pay, a golden hand waves her phone opened to her Apple Wallet away.
"No, no- Benito insists." Tessa says in her low drawl. She had to work hard at not being noticed because Tessa was gorgeous...all cheekbones, lips and the most lush curls. Benito lovingly called her his 'blangrita' supposedly a mix of blanco and negrita. Benito thought he was clever amongst other things.
Gorgeous makes her way over with hot coffee- she wasn't feeling like her normal beloved iced coffee- and a cookie.
"Benito..." She holds up her coffee to cheers and he does the same in a low energy yet dramatic way.
"Gorgeous, my sweetest flan. I am too sad to even be mad at you anymore." He says.
"Mad at me?" She smiles.
"Tell me- you with the bartender? The chinito?" Benito sips his coffee and eyes Gorgeous over his shades.
"We are friends but he is not my boyfriend." She tries to sound unaffected.
"Good. I heard from my blangrita that his girlfiend is in town...well ex." Benito shrugs and continues to eye Gorgeous, who he had to admit looked...gorgeous. She was glowy and looked very casual yet sexy.
"I used to run into them at bar in the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel. They looked like spies and she would be all over him- like a couple playing a game." Tessa shrugs and goes back to scrolling on her tablet.
Gorgeous angrily eats her cookie. Friend! Keanu called Kate his friend- she scoffs. He wants her to stop running away?!
"Mami- I don't wanna talk about the estúpido bartender. My 'Benito the Great' statue was stolen! This is why I call you. You found that adicto Pinky, you find my statue." Benito leans forward in his seat to show his earnestness.
"What does the statue look like?...and I didn't find Pinky, he showed up at my door." Gorgeous shrugs.
"You don't remember?" Benito smiles wistfully, "It was my naked body on a stallion...reminds me of being with you." He smiles and Gorgeous rolls her eyes. how quickly Benito becomes less sexy...
"I don't remember that. When's the last time you saw this masterpiece?" Gorgeous scrolls through Benito's Instagram, she knows he would post a pic of this 'art' on his page. She sees two missed calls from Keanu and a text from Pinky:
Pinky: dinner tomorrow at Fat Mao with Joshy @ 8. be there, loser!
Gorgeous laughs at the text and responds with an affirmative, and then she sees a picture of Benito holding up the 'Benito the Great' statue like baby Simba was held up in 'The Lion King'. It was gold, and was both gaudy and demure...as a large blanket...cloak...covered Benito's generous manhood. Gorgeous sighs. The best dicks are attached to the worst men.
"Like maybe two or three days ago..." Benito says, shaking Gorgeous from her thoughts.
She sighs, "You have parties all the time. People in and out-"
"No. I party with respectable people in mi casa. I am having a party for New Years Eve. You come and you find out who took my statue!" Benito stands to emphasize his declaration.
Gorgeous stays seated. "Okay, I'll come to your party and bring brownies." She figured the quicker she got under...on top of...behind, Benito, the better for her. She was a fool to even have slight hope that Keanu could be her person. It certainly felt like it on the day they spent together.
"Perfecto!" Benito kneels in front of her and kisses her hand.
2- Everyone Has a Past
Gorgeous decided she would just wear the dress. Sure, it was just dinner with Josh and Pinky, and she had no intention of stopping by Point Break. She didn't call Keanu back, but she did text:
GLT: Running away? From what? We are friends with benefits- the benefit of not caring.😙
Admittedly, she did send that text after a few glasses of wine at home...since she wasn't going back to Point Break for a while. He did not respond which she figured was for the best and further proved her point that she was just another fling for him- to add variety.
She takes the magenta body con dress off the hanger and slides it down her curves. Her shiny black combat boots and a grey and white fur coat completed her look. Curls out and back to looking moisturized, silver hoop earrings in. She admired herself in her full length mirror. She looked hot. Too bad she wouldn't see Keanu and his blonde hoe to show them just how much she lived up to her name.
It was definitely a choice for Gorgeous to wear what she was wearing to Fat Mao Noodles, but she was there now. She spots Josh and Pinky at a corner table huddled over a menu. Josh had on a furry hoodie and Moncler puffy vest and Pinky had on a cowboy hat with a brown Carhartt jacket. This was when Gorgeous realized she fit right in with the freaks.
"You look ridiculous." Pinky says before she sits down.
"Easy there partner." Gorgeous says in a bad Southern drawl.
"You look stunning- trying to make Keanu jealous because his ex is in town?" Josh asks sipping his water thoughtfully.
"Does everyone know his fuckin' ex?" Gorgeous huffs and looks at the menu.
"I mean its the only one he has been consistent with," Josh shrugs, "Personally, I think he has a thing for you...for a long time now."
"Oooo delicious." Pinky says.
"I'm sure whatever interest he had has faded." She realizes she is no longer hungry.
"Well fill yourself up with noodles cuz we're going drinking at Point Break tonight baby!" Pinky enthusiastically waves a waiter towards them.
It didn't take much persuading for Gorgeous to join Pinky and Josh at Point Break. She had them as buffers and she would stay for one drink and then go home relishing in how Keanu stared at her longingly over the top of Kate's dumb head.
The bar was pretty crowded so the three found a high top with three seats near the bar. Keanu's jet black hair was pulled back in a ponytail, his dark grey tee hugged his muscular chest and arms Gorgeous was quite familiar with. He smiled and chatted with a person at the bar, but the smile doesn't reach his eyes. "Breath From Another" by Esthero plays in the background making it sexier when Keanu's coffee brown eyes meet Gorgeous's dark chocolate ones. He quickly scans her, says something to Ivan who is next to him behind the bar, then comes from behind the bar towards Gorgeous's table.
"Keanu!" Pinky exclaims. He nudges Josh.
"Hey mate, I'll have my usual when you have a chance." Josh notices that Keanu has taken hold of one of Gorgeous's hands.
"You'll have to go to the bar to order, I have to have a chat with Gorgeous." He says this over his shoulder as pulls Gorgeous towards his office.
"I want a drink too-" She is cut off by the look Keanu gives her. Once in his office with the door closed and she hears the click of the lock-Keanu is behind her, his hands on her hips, his breath on her neck.
"You have been ignoring me and sending me fucked up texts." He nips at her neck, she gasps.
Breathlessly she says, "I figured all was fair when you lied about Kate being your friend." He turns her around by her hips.
"She is my friend...now." He says.
"Fuck you, Keanu." She starts to step away. He steps with her.
"I want to slide your dress up and fuck you on my desk. Can I do that?" He is breathing hard. His hands still on her hips. Gorgeous really wanted to say no but...she nods slowly.
He kisses her passionately and hopes his actions show the passion and relief he feels, but knows he will have to work up the courage to use words to show her how he feels.
Two light knocks on Keanu's office door. Gorgeous had just finished sliding her dress back down and Keanu was putting his tee shirt on. He looks at her and smiles so sweetly she almost forgot how just a few moments ago he had his thumb in her mouth as she was breathlessly screaming his name. He goes to the door and opens it just a bit and uses his body to block her from view.
"We need to talk- T.O. is said to be in town. I need you!" Kate says.
"Give me a sec." Keanu says and starts to close the door.
"No, I'll leave. Great chat. Everything's all cleared up." Gorgeous is right behind Keanu and pokes him in the back so that moved out of her way.
"Stay, Gorgeous." He whispers.
"K, this is important." Kate crosses her arms and eyes Gorgeous.
"K, this is important." Gorgeous repeats. Keanu growls under his breath and lets Gorgeous leave the office.
Once Gorgeous is back at the table with Josh and Pinky, who are doing shots, she snatches the one from Pinky's hand and gulps it down.
"Let's party guys!" She decides she will drink away these wack ass feelings. Drink away the daggers she feels each minute that goes by and Keanu and Kate still haven't left his office. Pinky and Josh ask no questions, they just order more shots. After about 20 mins, Gorgeous grabs her coat and leaves the bar. She didn't know how long she was standing outside staring at her phone trying to order a car. She feels a hand on her elbow. It is Keanu. He wordlessly leads her to his jeep. They sit in silence but Gorgeous can feel him looking over at her every now and then. Once he slows to a stop in front of her building, she jumps out of the car, gives him a middle finger and sloppily runs into her building.
3- New Person, Same Ole Mistakes
A fun fact about Gorgeous was when she wanted to disappear she could, even while running a business. Apparently, Keanu was mad at her about avoiding him and something else. He was still hanging around his friend Kate which told Gorgeous all she needed to know. Even if he showed up to her bakery wanting to talk and she would read him the daily specials until he would clench his fists and leave. Elaine would offer to take over the cash register and Gorgeous would tell her to 'back the fuck up' and then apologize. Elaine said she understood, the chemistry between Keanu and Gorgeous was explosive and bound to be filled with ...'moments'.
Gorgeous sighs, "Thanks again for closing tonight, I have to go to my place and bake these special brownies for Benito's party." She decided to add shrooms to the mix. When she told Benito, he literally giggled.
"No worries. I'm just bringing left over cookies to my friend, Jack's. We are going to play D&D until midnight. I brought my cloak." Elaine says excitedly. Gorgeous smiles at her, Elaine was always genuine and true to herself. She respected it...
"You are a fuckin' nerd." She hugs her, "Happy New Year, Elaine. Thank you!"
"Elaine hugs her back, "Happy New Year, Gorgeoussssss!" She emphasizes this with a kiss on Gorgeous's cheek.
Gorgeous was sad but decided she was going to get over it. She would help Benito find his statue, eat a brownie and have Benito help her forget about Keanu. While the brownies baked, she did her makeup and decided to wear a spaghetti strapped sparkly dress. She would put her curls up and put a little glitter in her cleavage. Benito would enjoy getting the glitter all over his face. She sighs, sadly.
"Party 4 U" by Charli XCX is playing when Gorgeous is let into Benito's apartment by Tessa who looks her up and down appreciatively. When Gorgeous enters the living room she sees Benito, Domenico and...no one else.
"Benito, what the hell?" Gorgeous ridiculously looks behind furniture for people.
"Baby, you got me thinking. Trust no one. So it's just us...and maybe one more. Are those the brownies?" He shrugs and takes the Tupperware out of Gorgeous's hands. " You look great by the way..." He kisses her cheek, then her lips.
"How am I supposed to figure out who took your statue?" Gorgeous says as Tessa takes off her coat.
"We will eat the brownies and have trippy fucks and the answer will come to us. Si?" Benito sniffs the brownies and jumps up and down. He then pours two glasses of champagne. The doorbell causes Gorgeous to jump a little as he hands her a glass. She turns to watch Tessa open the door and Keanu walk in. He is wearing a burgundy velvet blazer, a black tee and black jeans. His eyes find Gorgeous immediately, she almost drops her glass. He was hot and the anger took it up a few notches.
"Yay! Now everyone is here." Benito says and waves at Tessa to pour Keanu a glass of champagne.
"What are you doing here?" Gorgeous asks Keanu. Flames almost replace his pupils.
"Well you decided to be a child and spend New Years with your...friend, I decided to join. You can thank Elaine, she's good people." Keanu takes his glass, thanks Tessa and sips while staring daggers at Gorgeous.
"Okay, enough of this!" Benito waves a hand between Keanu and Gorgeous, he then holds up the Tupperware, "Brownie!" He winks at Gorgeous. Keanu takes one and bites, his eyes closing a little. He looks at Gorgeous hungrily. Then she takes one and goes to sit on the couch. Benito lets Tessa and Domenico take one as well, then he eats his.
The next few hours were filled with colors and laughter, though there were a few stand out moments:
- Benito and Gorgeous making out while Keanu angrily tossed his jacket and punched the air, then Domenico carried him around until he giggled and kicked his legs.
- Tessa and Gorgeous slow dancing and...making out. Gorgeous had never kissed a girl but it was nice...was she brownie-sexual?
- Keanu was sitting with his arms crossed on the couch and Gorgeous said it would be hot if he and Benito made out, so they did and then Benito went down on him though he stopped after a long while because Keanu would not cum. Keanu may not be brownie-sexual.
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