He may not be the most experienced when it came to girls and dating, but he knew he was a romantic at heart. The time was finally here.

A romantic getaway with Tika.

He planned everything. Well at least, he hoped he planned everything. He booked an ocean-view suite at the Kahala Hotel & Resort on Lanikai Beach in Oahu, Hawaii. He had never been there, but he talked to Sheila and Telly and that was one of her favorite places she visited. Sight unseen, he had staff leave rose petals on the bed and candlelight in the living area.

He packed minimal because he wanted to take Tika shopping later. He told her to bring nothing but a bikini. She packed some things anyway. He tried to convince her not to bring her whole team, that this was a vacation. He did not win with that. Sheila and Vincent were the only ones with her.

They flew out on a private jet thanks to Sheila hooking that all up.

"I like a man who knows how to take charge of things," she said to him while they sipped champagne on the flight. Something expensive, and he did not care for it, but it was Tika's favorite so he would sip away.

"Me too," Sheila said, from across the aisle. He sure wished they had some privacy without an entourage around. He was getting more accustomed to it and would pretend they were not there.

"I know it's only Hawaii, but next time, when we have more time maybe something more fancy like Paris, or Rome, or London..."

"Okayyy! How about Milan? I want to see the fashion capital of the world."

"Anywhere you want to go. I haven't been anywhere but I want to experience them all with you."

"Oh baby you need to see the world. We're young and rich, nothing is stopping us."

He was by no means rich on her level, but he had enough money he could spoil his rich girlfriend. His rookie full-year contract was not at a million, but it was close. But then there were taxes, agents, living expenses, savings, retirement, and investments. The average baseball player had a good fifteen years in them. Retirement age was young. He had to think about his future and not blow through his money.

Maybe there would be endorsements later. It wasn't like basketball with shoe deals or his face plastered on cereal boxes. For his age, he made good money.

So while he did not mind spending everything he had on Tika, he wasn't going to be dumb about it. He knew she had everything and more so it was not about impressing her. He wanted to do all the things because he could.

"It's nice to have a break from it all before this tour starts," Sheila said. "Whew! I needed it."

"Remember, you're on vacation as well. No work," Tika said to her.

"Got it!"

"And Rico, just pretend they aren't here with us. It's just you and me."

"Oh, I can do that." He undid her seatbelt and pulled her onto his lap. "Tell me all the things you want me to do to you this weekend. I'm going to do them twice, maybe even three times."

She giggled and kissed his neck, sucking on it and then taking a bite. Then she did a little dance on his lap. "I want you to do me from the front, back, side to side, and all across the bedroom floor. Touch me in places that make me scream for more. Do me like I'm a bad girl, and you're my little good boy that tucks me in at night."

It was a few lines from two of her songs. He would sing it in his head when he thought of her at night. He was so anxious about tonight he listened to all her songs just to get in the mood. Her first two albums were sweet and pop, she was too young to sing anything risqué. Then from there, she became bold with her sexuality. She sang about what she liked and was not afraid to share how naughty she could get.

"Ride On It" was maybe her freakiest song to date. But she was quoting from "Lovin' So Good," and "Midnight Hour." If her songs were the bible to know what she wanted and liked, he'd studied them as if he was earning his Master's degree. He aimed to earn good marks, all As. The honor roll. The Dean's List. He wanted to earn a doctorate. A PhD in Nitika Foster.

There still were a lot of things they had not discussed when it came to sex. Besides listening to her songs, which covered everything physically, there was so much more.

"Tika...are you on anything? I mean...I have lots of condoms, I just want to know we're protected."

"I didn't like how birth control made me feel after I had Autumn, so I stopped taking it. I went back to condoms. I've been safe with everyone I have been with except Win obviously. You know what that fool used? The pull-out method. But I was young and dumb."

"I always use condoms...but I have to admit, I've slipped up a time or two. I get tested, for the team we have to on a regular."

"Damnit, I would love to ride you bareback." She planted a sensual kiss on his lips, then whispered in his ear as her hand slid inside the front of his pants. She held the tip of his dick firmly in her hand. His head relaxed back in his seat as he bit his bottom lip. "That's my favorite position, by the way."

"Ride On It" was a testament to that. He didn't even know what his favorite was, but he was sure he would find one with Tika. All he knew right now, with her warm hand squeezing him, he wanted to taste her.

"You uh...you like oral sex?" And yes, he was imagining her lips wrapped around him like her hand was doing now.

"Boy, I will suck you right now how much I want to taste you." She bit the bottom of his ear, teasing it with her tongue.

He wanted to have sex with her right now, in the plane miles up in the sky. He glanced over at Sheila and Vincent, but they had earbuds in their ears. Tika grabbed his face and turned his attention back to her.

"Un-unh, come on big boy, continue to play this game with me. Please, please, please tell me you're not one of those juvenile boys that won't put their face in it."

He licked his lips at her. "There's a rapper I enjoy that says, if it smells good, and tastes good, I'm eating it all night long."

"Icee. Okaayyyy! The Show Me State rap star!"

Icee was a rapper from Springfield, Missouri and he and his rap group Fact Iz were big time. While he was in Springfield he got to see some of the work he and his wife had done around the city. Maybe one day he and Tika could be the same in their city.