by Hope Ford
She fires off five shots and hits the target every damn time. I mean she hits the bullseye, dead center. If I wasn’t impressed by her abilities before I definitely am now.
When it’s my turn, I take a shot at the target and hit right next to the bullseye. She stops me and tells me to move my feet farther apart. I spread them a little wider, but she hollers out “more” and grips on to my waist while kicking my legs apart. My body tenses under her hands, but I lift the gun and look down the sight. I’m dead on. I pull the trigger and hit the bullseye.
Turning around, I see the smirk on her face. Most men would be intimidated by a woman like her. But not me. All she’s doing is proving to me exactly how special she really is. She’s surveying my face, probably looking for contempt or for me to be unsettled by her skills, but I’m not. It’s the exact opposite. When she sees the pride and admiration in my face, her eyes widen, shocked as she walks to the next shooter.
“Thanks, Sarge,” I call out to her.
She doesn’t even respond.
Korie
Usually when one of these recruits has it in their mind to try and get with me, all I have to do is show them up with my shooting skills and they tuck their tails between their legs and back down. They are no longer a problem.
I can’t say the same with Jase. I not only outshot him, I had to fix his shot. But yet, there are no signs of him backing down. If anything, I think he liked having a woman be his equal or even better than. I feel his direct gaze on me through the whole class. By the end of it, I’m a ball of nerves and can’t wait to get out of there.
The rest of the day goes by quickly and at five-thirty, I’m reminded by a ding on my phone that I have that meeting with Craig tonight. Oh, how I wish I could get out of it. I type up a few notes and ideas and then, grabbing my stuff, I walk across the street to the restaurant. I get there before him and sit down, order a pizza and pull my notes out. Reading through them, I don’t notice Jase come in until he sits across from me.
When I glance up, I know the surprise is evident on my face. “Uh, hello?”
“How’s it going, Sarge?” he asks me.
I smile at him. I can’t help it. He’s always so carefree and laid back. “Good, Jase. Uh, is there something I can help you with?”
He reaches across the table like he’s going to lay his hand on mine. But he stops suddenly, looks around the restaurant and pulls it back. “Actually, I just wanted to thank you for helping me in class today. That stance improved my shot all around. I appreciate it.”
“Sure, no problem. You had a good stance to start with. I just improved it a little.” I laugh at my own joke.
His smile widens. “So you like my stance?”
Clearing my throat, I stutter, “You know what I mean.”
The server comes over and puts the pizza on the table between us and then puts a plate in front of each of us. “Can I get you something to drink?” he asks Jase.
“He’s not staying,” I interrupt. The server takes the hint and walks away.
“Jase…” I start.
“Just in time. Sorry I’m late. But I see you ordered my favorite,” Craig announces as he gets close to the table. I react by leaning back and looking between the two men. I seem to have forgotten that I’m sitting here with one of my students and I shouldn’t be.
“Sure. Jase, uh Recruit Johnson stopped by to talk about something from class today,” I explain to Craig.
“Great. Are you joining us? I can scoot in with Sergeant Korie,” he asks Jase.
“No! Uh, no I won’t be joining you.” He hops up from the booth and gestures for Craig to take the seat he just vacated. His face is tense and I feel the need to say something but I don’t know what. I can’t tell him that this isn’t a date. It’s really none of his business.
“I’ll see you in class tomorrow,” Jase announces, still looking between us. I feel guilty, like I’ve betrayed him, but that doesn’t make sense. Shaking off the feeling, I pick up a piece of pizza.
“I had no idea that pepperoni was your ‘favorite’ pizza.” I stuff the piece in my mouth.
“Oh. Well, it is.” He pulls a piece of paper from his briefcase and lays it down in front of me, then continues to scarf down my pizza. Looking at the paper, I see that it reads “Agenda for Graduation Ceremony” and then goes on to list everything that will happen. It is the exact format for the graduation that we have used for the last five years.
“Uh, this is the same. What are you wanting to change?” I ask him as I take a big swig of water.
“Well, I’ve thought about it and figured if it’s not broken, why fix it?” he explains and then grabs another slice of pizza.
“Really? So what is this meeting about then?” I ask him.
“Well, I figure since we have it all figured out we could just talk.” His chomping continues with every word he says.
I gather my things, throw a twenty dollar bill on the table and tell him, “Bye. I don’t have time for the games, Craig” before getting up from the table and walking out of the restaurant. I thought for sure he would follow me but when I look back he is just enjoying the pizza. Exasperated by it all, I stalk home, but I can’t stop my thoughts from going to Jase.
4
Jase
I shouldn’t be here. I know I shouldn’t be. But I run by her house every morning, so I know exactly where she lives. After I left the pizza parlor, I went back to my room, changed into my running gear and took off. Some people deal with stress by eating, smoking or drinking – I exercise.
When I get close to her house, I see her walking up her front steps. I know I should just run on by. I stand on the corner and debate with myself for a few minutes. I look around the houses of her neighbors, but there is no one in sight. I shouldn’t stop. I’m crossing so many lines here that I don’t know which way is up.
Unable to stop myself, I walk up to her door and knock.
“I’ll be right there,” she shouts through the door. Shortly after, I hear a soft gasp and the door swings open.
“You can’t be here,” she almost yells at me and then grabs me by the arm and pulls me inside. I look around her house for a brief second and then look at her. She has on short shorts and a tank top that shows off her beautiful curvy body. It’s the most skin I’ve ever seen on her and I can feel it all the way down to my toes. I don’t hold back. I put my hands on her shoulders and press her up against the door she just slammed shut.
“I most definitely can be here. Look, honey, I told you that I could wait two weeks, but that doesn’t mean that you get to date in those two weeks.” I wrap my hand around the hair at her nape and tug it softly, pulling her chin up so she has to look at me.
I’m staring at her mouth. She opens it, then closes it, then opens it again.
Leaning down, I whisper against the side of her face, “Say it. Tell me what you want to say.”
A soft moan escapes from her lips and I grip her hair even tighter.
“I wasn’t on a date.”
I release the breath I’ve been holding. The one I sucked in when I saw him - Craig – walk in and try to lay claim to what is mine. If it was two weeks later, I would have told him to fuck off but I don’t want to cause any problems for Korie. She deserves better than that.
“If it wasn’t a date, then why did you have dinner with another man?” I ask her and then kiss along the side of her face. With the taste of her on my tongue, my cock expands in my shorts and I move my hips closer against her. I want her to feel it. To feel what she does to me.
“We were supposed to be planning the graduation ceremony, but he tricked me into eating with him,” she confesses.
I pull back from her. “Is he a problem? Do I need to take care of it?” I ask gruffly. I’m still pissed about seeing her sitting across the table from another man. I’ve never felt such possessiveness in my life, but when it comes to Korie, I don’t want to see her with anyone else.
She laughs and pulls away from me
. “Really? Did you see me shoot today? I think I can take care of myself, don’t you?”
But I don’t think it’s a laughing matter. And I tell her so. “For some reason, you think I’m just some little boy. You think because you are fifteen years older than me that I am just going to stand back and let some older man take what’s mine? Well, that’s not how this is going to play out. I told you… I warned you yesterday, in two weeks you’re mine. In the meantime, I’m going to need a taste to tide me over.”
I put my hands around her waist and pick her up. Her legs instinctively wrap around me but she struggles. “Jase, put me down. You can’t carry me.”
But I don’t stop. She may tell what to do during the day, but she’s not going to tell me how to handle her. I know what she wants… I know what she needs.
“Stop moving, honey. My cock is so hard if you keep rubbing your ass on it, I’m afraid you might break it.” And instantly she quits struggling and her legs sit calmly on my waist. I walk her over to the couch and when I get right in front of it, I let her body slide down mine. I can’t stop the moan that comes out of my mouth.
“Just a taste. If I’m going to make it the full two weeks, I need a taste of you.” I bend down and press my lips to hers. I stroke my tongue along her lower lip, until she opens up and allows me access. In one fell swoop, I stroke my tongue into her mouth and our tongues battle at each other to get closer…to get more.
I put one hand around the back of her neck and the other I slide down her back until it’s resting on her butt. I grab a handful and pull her into me. She gasps and her mouth opens wider, giving me complete access. I’m breathless, violating her mouth, uncontrollably stroking her because I can’t get enough.
I quickly pull her shorts down her legs. Pulling back to look at her, I see she has on a sheer pair of panties. “Fuck, honey, do you wear panties like these to work every day?”
Korie
I’m barely able to comprehend the question. He’s staring at me—well, between my legs—and I don’t even know what to say to him. He drops down to his knees in front of me and I tremble as he puts a finger in each side of my underwear and pulls them down my legs.
Instantly I feel his breath along my inner thighs. I should be stopping this. I should be telling him no. There are a million reasons why this is a bad idea. I’m too old for him, I’m his instructor, I could go on. “Jase, we have to stop. I could get fired for this,” I tell him only halfheartedly, because mid sentence his lips press against my mound.
I feel his soft breath on me and I almost stumble backwards. He pulls me down until my ass is sitting on the couch. He pulls my legs out until I’m lying backwards, my ass hanging off the edge and his face buried in my slit. My hand goes to his hair and at first I think I might pull him off of me, but with one stroke of his tongue, I change my mind. I pull his head against me and let out a guttural groan when he devours me. His tongue strokes me and I feel the heat pooling at my core.
His hands grasp my thighs tightly then move up until he’s holding me open with one hand and circling my clit with the other. His finger is persistent, and with just the perfect amount of pressure he’s stroking the tight bundle of nerves under my hood. His tongue and fingers work together in perfect harmony until I’m pulling his hair to get him even closer. When he moans against my hot, wet, swollen core, I climax and my whole body tenses up and vibrates uncontrollably.
I lift my head to look down at him and it has to be the sexiest sight I’ve ever seen. He’s still between my legs, but he’s looking up at me licking his lips and there is still evidence of my arousal on his chin. I start to tug him up to me when suddenly the doorbell rings.
I jerk up off the couch, almost knocking him backwards. Pulling up my pants, I start chanting, “Oh God, oh God.”
“Korie… Sergeant Matthews. Answer the door. I know you’re in there,” Craig’s voice calls out from the front porch.
At the sound of his voice, Jase starts walking toward the door. “What the fuck?”
I jump out in front of him, holding him back and stopping him. His face is tense and the pleasure I experienced only moments ago is now like a dirty secret I have to keep. “No, no, no… if he sees you here I will lose my job… Jase, look at me.. I can’t lose my job.”
He stops moving and looks down at me. He must see the desperation in my face. His hand goes to the side of my hip. “He shouldn’t be here, Korie. He can’t think it’s okay for him to just show up at your house.”
“Korie!” Craig hollers again and rings the doorbell.
I start pushing him back into the living room. “I know that. He’s never been here before. I am going to get rid of him, but please stay out of sight.”
He reluctantly goes to the other room but grabs me when I start to go toward the front door. “I will stand in the living room, but if he gets too pushy I’m coming out. And put some clothes on… no one sees you like that but me.”
His eyes are trained on me the whole time I walk to my front closet and put on my long winter jacket. I look ridiculous, but when I look over at him, he has satisfaction on his face.
I pull the front door open a little. “Craig, what are you doing here?”
He starts to push the door open wider, but I block it. “You left the pizza behind. I thought I would bring it to you and we could just eat here.”
Completely frustrated at this point, I tell him, “You are never to come to my house again. This is wildly inappropriate. I don’t want to date you. Please leave.”
He starts to argue, but I interrupt him, “That’s it, Craig. Leave. Now.”
I slam the door in his face and lean my head up against it. The emotions I’m feeling right now are so confusing. I just had the best orgasm of my life, from a twenty-year-old, no less. Then seconds later, I’m fearful, pissed off and overwhelmed.
Jase’s arms come around me and I turn and lean into his touch. “Are you okay?” he whispers against my forehead.
I nod but I can’t bring myself to say anything. If I could stay in his arms for a little while longer, I would be okay.
He pulls back from me and forces me to look up at him. “I can’t do this, Korie.”
I stumble backward at his words, but he doesn’t release me. “What kind of man would I be if I was okay with standing in the shadows while you dealt with an asshole? That’s not me, that’s not who I am.”
I don’t know what to say to him. It can’t be any other way. “Jase, I can’t lose my job. No matter how much I want you, I can’t ruin my career.”
He tries to pull me closer to him, but I stand firmly an arm’s length way. “I wouldn’t ask you to, but you have to understand, I’m not this guy. I don’t want to hide what we have.”
His words hurt me. More than they should. More than I thought they could. How can my heart be breaking? Did I really get this attached to him in such a short period of time? Going back to my interview training, I pull my shoulders back and decide the best tactic is to take a good offense.
I gather all my resolve and pull away from him and then walk to the front door. With my hand on the doorknob, I turn back to him and say, “Really, Jase. What do we have? A kiss and one orgasm. You didn’t even get one. I don’t think we really have a ‘relationship’ to hide or anything. I mean, you’re THAT guy, right? One and done.”
His face drops and I almost regret my choice of words. He walks slowly to me and doesn’t stop until he’s right up against me. I try to act like his nearness doesn’t faze me, but it does.
“You can think what you want, Korie. But I know what you’re doing. You’re not going to run me off. One week and six days and then you are mine. No excuses. No hiding. No running.”
He bends down and kisses my lips and then pulls open the front door. When he gets through it, he stops and turns around. “And no more dates,” he tells me then takes off running down the sidewalk.
“It wasn’t a date,” I mutter after him.
5
Jas
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Leaving Korie’s house was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. Wait, I take that back. Standing, hiding in her living room while she dealt with Craig was pretty hard too. Running down the road, I still have the taste of her on my lips. I stop running and adjust my cock in my shorts. She’s so perfect for me.. we are so perfect for each other, and she doesn’t even realize it.
The next thirteen days go by slowly. I see Korie almost every day. On the day before graduation, I can’t take it anymore. I have made it a point up until now to stay on the opposite side of the room from her. Even going out of my way to not be next to her. Just because I don’t trust myself. I’m afraid if I get close to her I won’t be able to stop myself from reaching for her.
But today I have to be near her, even just for a minute. I slide behind her like I’m trying to get by. My hand goes to her hip and I caress her just as I walk behind her. I make sure to press my always hard cock up against her bottom. I want her to know that even though time is not up yet, she has been on my mind nonstop since the other day.
She turns to me as I walk out the door but I can’t read the expression on her face. It’s almost unnerving, like she doesn’t trust what she’s feeling for me. I shake it off. I have one day. One more day until she’s mine.. for keeps.
Graduation day comes bright and early. My whole family is coming. Of course, my mom, my older brother Lincoln and his wife, Jennifer will be there. My sister Chrissy even took a shift off so she could be here. When they call my name to go up to the podium, I can’t take my eyes off Korie. She’s standing with the other instructors and my whole body tenses up knowing that soon, soon she will be mine.