by Marie Cole
After torturing her right nipple I kissed my way to the other and did the same. When I was done I had only a second to pull back and admire the taut buds before she grabbed my head and pulled me back up to her mouth. She groaned and writhed against me, and as she kissed away my senses my dick took over. I reached down between us with one hand and undid my jeans and then pushed her long black skirt up, my hands not taking the time to enjoy her skin. I didn't want to stop so I yanked her panties off. She gasped and then moaned as my fingers teased her clit and then sunk inside her, making sure she was ready. She fucking was. My soaked fingers pushed my jeans down my thighs as I continued to kiss her.
I grabbed my dick in my hand and plunged into her, a cry escaping from her as she arched her back beneath me. I kept myself deep as I wrapped my arm around her and then flipped us, she was on top now. Her long blonde hair smelled like a rose garden as it fell around my face. I pushed her hair to one side of her head and then grabbed onto her hips which were already rising and falling on my cock. "You're so beautiful...." I wanted to close my eyes to soak in the incredible tight heat surrounding me but I didn't want to ever forget the way she looked on top of me. Her breasts bounced as she rode me. Her delicate hands were on my chest, as she stared into my eyes, her mouth open slightly so her delicious moans could escape. Her face was flushed because of how much I filled her.
I tried to focus on all these little things so I could last awhile for her but when she leaned forward over me and started sliding on my cock fast I gritted my teeth. I was going to lose it, it felt so fucking good. I reached over her thigh and tickled her clit, going as fast as she was fucking me. It wasn't long before her hips were hiccuping as she came around my cock. My other hand was on her lower back, not letting her escape as I continued to flick her clit. When she came undone and squeezed my cock I released my seed inside her too.
She grabbed my wrist and pulled my hand away from her. I smiled against the top of her head, her cheek was buried against my chest. After a moment of both of us basking in the silent afterglow of incredible sex she kissed her way up my chest, making me pulse inside her. She kissed my lips tenderly, slowly. If she was hoping that I wouldn't notice when I left her heat she was wrong. I groaned and wrapped my arms around her, not ready to let her go yet.
She pushed herself away from my chest, forcing me to release her. "Thanks, Neil. I gotta go." I blinked at her, watching as she climbed off the bed and grabbed one of my shirts from my dresser.
"You what? You have to go where, love? It's almost ten."
She shrugged softly after slipping into my shirt. "I have to go back to the Sorority, we have a curfew. See you later, maybe."
Maybe? What the fuck? I scrambled off the bed and followed her to the door, my modesty not in the room with us. "Claire, wait...." I grabbed the door, taking it from her grasp. She slipped out before I could stop her. I walked out into the hallway and watched her jog away. My jaw was slack and a few seconds later I was reminded that my ass was bare.
Kurt came walking up from behind me and scoffed. "Dude, put some pants on." I turned my attention back down the hall to where Claire used to be and then went back into my room. Bloody hell. What had just happened? Did she just use me? Was she capable of something like that? Or maybe this was the beginning of her forgiving me. I wasn't going to complain, not yet.
Chapter 39
Claire
When I was safely in my room I lay back on my bed and turned on my music. I had just slept with Neil for the first time in a year. Part of me was hoping that the feelings wouldn't be there. Part of me was hoping that the memories I had of us getting hot and heavy were false. But they weren't. He was every bit as good as I remembered.
Now I had to figure out what I was going to do with these feelings. Was I going to pay them mind and try to date Neil again even though we had no future and he was going to break my heart when he left? Or was I going to ignore them, ignore him and hope that he just went on his merry way with some other girl.
Some other girl. Maybe if I stayed away I could try to set him up with another girl. Or maybe he needed a rebound to get over me. Maybe we were both just dwelling in the past. Did I want to see him with another girl? No, definitely not. But here I was, faced with this decision.
I made up my mind and the next day after lunch I went about setting up my plan of action. I ran into Bevin, literally. We both spilled our books on the floor. It was at that moment, when I was picking them up, that Neil came up behind me. I looked at Bevin, watched as her eyes widened and her aura turned a hot pink. She wanted Neil. I stood up and looked at Neil who was looking his usual charming self. Neil nodded at Bevin, giving her no more than a brief glance before looking down at me. "Can we talk?"
I shook my head, "No, sorry. I've gotta run."
Neil frowned at me and Bevin still stood beside us, watching. "Claire, that's a bloody lie. I watched you just walk in here."
"I forgot that I had something to do. I was just turning around when I nearly knocked Bevin over." I looked at Bevin and offered her a smile. "Sorry about that, by the way."
She shrugged her slender shoulders as Neil put his arm around mine, pulling me in close to his side. I tried to shrug him off but he held tight. So I put my head back to whisper into his ear.
"It won't work between us, Neil. It just won't. You deserve a life outside of here." I saw his jaw clench and I continued, "I want you to be happy, please let me set you up." He let me go and nodded to Bevin.
"Nice seeing you, Bevin. I should go." I watched as Neil retreated, his hands ran through his dirty blonde hair as he walked through the exit doors.
"Bye..." Bevin said softly beside me. We looked at each other at the same moment and I smiled.
"I'm trying to work on him. I think you two would be perfect together." Her face lit up with a blush.
"Really?"
I nodded, "Yeah, he just needs a little time to get over his last girlfriend."
"You mean you? I dunno Claire, I don't think I could hold a candle to you."
I frowned at her. "That's crazy, girl. You are every bit as good as I am. Have some confidence. Neil and I don't have a future but he could have a future with you. I just have to make him see that, somehow."
Later that night he tried me again at dinner, he grabbed my arm as I reached out to open the door and pulled me into the bushes beside the dining hall. I found myself in his arms, staring at his coat-covered chest. I slowly looked up into his eyes which were hot with desire. I swallowed loudly and tried to push away but he didn't let me get away this time.
"Tell me what the hell is going on." I had to lean back to look at him which forced me to press my bottom half against his. It felt like he already had a semi.
"You're holding me hostage in the bushes. If I scream I'm pretty sure someone will hear me."
"Be careful, love, or I'll make you scream, but not from terror." His smile lit up his face, but his eyes were still clouded, as he teased me.
"I don't doubt you could do...that. But I don't think that would be appropriate seeing how I'm going to set you up with Bevin."
His jaw tightened as did his hands on my arms. "I don't want to be set up with, Bevin. I want to be set up with you."
I winced, "I don't think you do."
He frowned, "What the hell do you know about what I do or do not want?"
"Well, I have a sense about these things. You and Bevin belong together...which makes sense. She can leave campus, you're both going to graduate at the same..."
He cut me off with a kiss and then pulled back, "I'm not going to graduate, Claire. I'm leaving here, for good."
I was stunned and then my eyes started to water. I nodded and looked down, "I see."
"No, dammit," He grabbed my chin and pulled it up so he could get a good look at me. "I don't think you do. I'm leaving to go back to Tir-Na-Nog and I want you to come with me."
"Well, that's nice and all, Neil, but you know that I can't do that."
"The hell you can't! You'll be safe there. Safe with my people."
"Safe like I was here? With my people??"
He frowned and shook me gently, "Claire, I wouldn't let anyone hurt you. We'd be married, you'd be my queen, I-"
I yanked away from him, tears in my eyes, anger in my voice, "That's enough! I don't want to hear your false promises, Neil. I can't go with you."
He reached out and pushed a bit of my hair back, "You already admitted you aren't safe here either. Why not go away with me so we can be happy? At least if you're in trouble there or, god forbid you die, you'll have spent time with me. Happy with me."
I blinked back the tears, listening to him but not really believing I was truly conscious. He wanted me to run away with him? Elope and get married? "I need to think about it." I left him there in the bushes as I went back to my room. That was the second meal today that had been spoiled by him.
Chapter 40
Neil
It had been two weeks. Two bloody weeks since I told her I wanted to take her with me. I had tried to be patient. I left her alone. If I saw her in passing on campus I'd smile and offer a small wave. Every night I dreamt of her and every day I seemed to cross paths with her.
Tomorrow night I was going away. Tomorrow night I'd be in Tir-Na-Nog and I hoped like hell that she was with me. I needed my answer tonight. I wasn't going to be able to sleep tonight without knowing if I'd convinced her to come with me. But I wasn't going to leave it to chance either.
The box had arrived this morning and it was safely tucked into my pants. Tse had finally come back from his vacation at the beach and had agreed to help me with my plan. I also spoke with the director at the animal shelter and she had been busily working all week to train a few of her boarders.
I straightened my tie as I looked over my gray suit in the mirror.
I texted Merit from Kurt's phone, we'd actually become friends over the past couple of weeks, and told her it was time. I left my dorm and walked to the middle school campus. Tse was there, waiting for me, and nodded that he was ready. I stood on the steps and exhaled slowly.
Ten minutes felt like hours but finally I saw her approaching with Merit, a blindfold on her eyes, her hands out, feeling for things that weren't there. I grinned. Tse started the music, "Never Stop" by Safetysuit. I wish I'd written the song but it summed up almost perfectly how I felt about her. Halfway through the song I nodded to Merit and she took off the blindfold, revealing me on the steps of the middle school.
"This is where we first met. You were wearing that bloody ugly school skirt uniform. But it didn't really matter what you were wearing I thought you were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. You radiate kindness, Claire. You are a true friend. It will kill me if you don't come with me. I don't ever want to be apart from you again. You are my soulmate, my once-in-a-lifetime woman. My Queen. What will it take for you to say yes?"
I came closer, walking slowly down the stairs. She stood still, wide eyes staring at me. "Affection?" A cat went running to her, and rubbed against her leg. Claire picked her up and the cat rubbed her cheek, purring. Claire smiled, the animals already tugging at her heart. She put the cat down and it galloped away.
"Protection?" A bulldog mix pulled a shield to her feet, leaving it there.
"Riches?" A miniature poodle dropped an organza sack at her feet, inside was an emerald necklace which she pulled out and stared at while I continued.
"Respect?" The black and white mopey mutt came forward, a tiara on its head. She sat down and looked at Claire. Claire leaned down and took the tiara and the dog trotted away.
I closed the distance between us and handed her a knife. "Trust?" I kneeled down in front of her, pointing the knife at my throat.
"Commitment? This is my heart which I give to you crowned with my love..." I pulled a small black box from my pants, opened it and presented the Claddagh ring to her after speaking the traditional expression. "Claire Hughes, will you marry me?" I stared up into her eyes, which were overflowing with tears.
The knife at my throat shook and then clattered to the pavement. She pounced on me, her arms around my neck, as we fell to the ground. "Yes!"
I laughed as I wrapped my arms around her and held her to my chest. "Thank God. I was going to keep coming back until you said yes. I can't live without you. Never again."
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---PREVIEW---
I ran downstairs when I heard Kent's old car as it rolled up outside my house and the loud creak that followed after the engine cut off. I exhaled slowly as I heard his knock on our front door, trying to calm myself before I saw him. I didn't want him to think I was stressing over tonight. My big night. I was pretty sure he had something planned for my birthday but I had no idea what it might be.
I opened the door and smiled as my eyes took in his dark t-shirt and jeans, his typical attire. Kent smiled too as he took in my clothes: a black square cut top, a knee length black punk skirt, and black fishnet stockings that disappeared into my well-worn Doc Martens.
The skirt was different from my normal attire as was the makeup, with a smokey eye and pink lip gloss. My hair was up in a large bun, and carefully selected strands of my hair hung in wisps around my face. He gave me a quick hug and then leaned back.
"I heard your door open from a mile away," I laughed as I closed the door behind me. "What is the big plan this year? A secret pool party? All you can eat ice cream?"
For a moment he looked dumb struck. "Big plan? Am I forgetting something? I was just coming by to pick you up for some all night video gaming." He slowly scratched his head. "Oh. Oh, damn," he said softly, his face falling, his eyes full of regret, "I forgot your birthday..."
I rolled my eyes and hit him playfully on his scrawny arm. "You did not. Quit messing around. Where are you taking me?"
He was silent for a moment as his eyes shifted to the ground. He actually had a look of shame on his face. "I uh, well, let's get in the car and we'll go do something."
Shit, did he really forget my birthday? My face fell at the same moment my heart gave a huge squeeze, but I tried to get myself back together before he noticed. The thought that K
ent had forgotten my birthday was devastating. He was my best friend and we'd been celebrating this date for years.