Chapter 21
Haley was far from impressed that she had gotten to level nine all on her own in Call of Duty: Black Ops. She had ended over a hundred zombies plus those irritating dogs, but she couldn’t keep her mind off the obvious. She was worried about Tonya. Dammit, she should have found a way to stay. She knew not to press Tonya, especially concerning her father, but Haley hated that she was alone with that man.
“Ow!” Her hand cramped. She was holding on to the controller way too tight. Haley needed to relax. Tonya could take care of herself. She didn’t need a hero. Not that Haley was one anyway. Just relax, Haley told herself over and over, but that was almost impossible to do. Her mind was in a whirl, and her body was screaming at her about unfinished business. At least Tonya had…
Haley’s thighs clenched, and her stomach, which was already in knots, pulled even tighter as she replayed the way Tonya sounded; the way she looked; and the way she clung to her like she had no intention of ever letting go. Haley turned her Xbox off, set the controller down, and ran a hand over her face. She hadn’t gone over for sex, but my God what she got was something hot enough to melt her face off. It had been a while since she’d been that turned on. Hell, she couldn’t remember ever wanting someone this way. Maybe a shower would help, but Haley shot that down. Even if she brought her cell into the bathroom, what if she somehow missed Tonya’s call? What if she was actually needed?
She scoffed. That was just dumb. Tonya was making her stupid. She might as well accept it. Haley picked her phone up off the table and looked at the time. An hour and a half had passed. Wasn’t that enough time for a person to argue with her father? She sat her cell back down, and nearly came out of her skin when it rang. No, she wasn’t tense at all. Nate’s name flashed across the screen, along with a goofy picture of him and Jen.
After another ring, she sat down and answered it. “Jesus, don’t do that!”
“Don’t do…what?” Nate asked.
“Call me like that.”
“Well, my tin can and string are in the shop. What the hell is wrong with you?”
“I’d be fine if you hadn’t scared the shit outta me or if you were someone else entirely.”
Nate was quiet for a moment. “I’m so confused, and I know not to ask you for help. I can’t even—” He stopped abruptly, and Haley heard voices in the background.
“I’m handin’ her over to you. Maybe you can translate.”
Jen laughed. The sound got louder. “I think you broke him. What’s up with you?”
Haley’d had more than enough time to gather her wits. She sighed. “I was waitin’ for Tonya to call. I guess I was so fixated that when the phone rang—”
“Ah, gotcha. Why don’t you just call her?”
“Because I don’t wanna interrupt. I was over there and her father kinda walked in on a, um, delicate moment. He looked pissed, and I’m sure they were about to have a nice little discussion after I left.”
“Wait. Isn’t she a grown-ass woman?”
“That she is.”
“And it’s her house, right?”
“Yup.”
“What right does he—”
“It’s a long-ass story, and it’s not mine to tell.”
“I see. Well, on a lighter note, you guys sealed the deal.”
“Uh, well—”
Haley’s doorbell rang. The chime was followed by a very brisk knock. Somebody was impatient, and she hoped to God it wasn’t Tang. She was all Tanged out for today.
“Somebody’s at the door.”
“Who?”
“Obviously, I have no idea.” Haley got up off the couch and went to peek out the window. She gasped. Her mouth went dry, and the ability to breathe disappeared too.
“What? What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, nothing’s wrong. Tonya’s outside. I gotta go.”
“Oh, okay. C—”
Haley didn’t let her finish. She hung up and opened the door. Haley gazed at Tonya greedily. She was in one piece, at least physically. It took her a second, and then she wasn’t sure how she’d missed the bag slung over Tonya’s shoulder.
Instead of being floored by the implication, Haley’s insides turned molten. They stood there, staring at each other. The way Tonya looked at her made Haley breathe heavily. There was something primal about it.
The next minute happened in slow motion. Haley stepped back. Tonya moved forward, and the bag over her shoulder thudded when it hit the floor. Haley closed the door.
Then Tonya was in her arms and they were in the real world again.
Tonya moaned when their lips met, and Haley’s own need flared to life a shitload stronger than it had been before. Tonya’s nails raked over Haley’s scalp, making her shiver. When Tonya pulled at her hair, Haley growled. Tonya’s kiss was equal parts desperate, powerful, and erotic. She plundered Haley’s mouth like she owned it, and right then, Haley was willing to let her take whatever she wanted if she promised not to stop. Haley walked Tonya backward until she was pressed against the front door.
Needing to breathe, Haley wrenched her mouth away.
Tonya whimpered in protest, but thank God she was willing to put that mouth somewhere else. She nipped at Haley’s chin before trailing her lips to her neck. Every kiss, every suck, and every flick of her tongue led to a tiny eruption between Haley’s legs, reminding her that she’d been far from satisfied earlier. It certainly didn’t help matters when Tonya started grinding against her thigh.
Haley’s brain began to misfire. Words fell from her lips, but she had no idea what she was saying. She was nowhere near as suave as she’d been before.
“Just…hurry,” Tonya whispered urgently into Haley’s mouth before gliding her tongue inside.
Haley moaned loudly. She yanked at Tonya’s shirt, pulling it over her head and throwing it on the floor. A minute later, Tonya was standing there in matching lacy red underwear.
Good God. She was starting to feel light-headed.
Haley barely got a second to enjoy the view before Tonya was clawing at her shorts. Her belt jangled as Tonya pulled it free. When she unzipped her shorts, the metallic sound was sensual background noise.
Her shorts fell away and her shirt was soon to follow.
Haley closed the distance between them and groaned when skin met skin. This time when Tonya thrust against her, she was all damp heat. Haley flexed her thigh and increased the pressure. “God, you feel…”
Tonya whimpered and bucked against her.
Haley had no doubt that Tonya was turned on enough to come just like this, but they had been there. They had done that. Haley belonged inside her, and that’s where she was going to be.
Haley brought their mouths together again, muffling Tonya’s cries and taking them as her own. Tonya traced her hand over Haley’s stomach and hip until her fingers closed over the thick shaft of the toy still inside Haley’s boi shorts.
She tore herself away from Tonya’s mouth and met her gaze. The intensity of it was gut-wrenching. It took a minute for Haley to drag herself away and look toward the heated space between them. Haley’s breath stuttered in her chest as she watched Tonya trace the length of her. Her arousal jumped to world-ending levels, but this wasn’t going to happen against her front door. Tonya deserved better than that. She wasn’t some fuck du jour, and Haley wasn’t going to treat her like one.
“Not like this.”
Haley stepped back, took Tonya’s hand, and pulled her past the open French doors into her bedroom. It was only a few feet, but it took entirely too long. Tonya refused to keep her hands to herself. She pressed into Haley’s body from behind, and she could feel every delicious curve. Tonya’s fingertips plucked at her nipples. They were a direct link to her clit. And when Tonya’s hands slid over Haley’s stomach, her muscles jumped and danced like her body had fallen on a live wire.
Despite everything she was feeling, her head screamed for her to take charge. Haley spun around and instead of moving forward, she was f
alling. Her back hit the bed. Tonya had pushed her. A few seconds later, she was climbing on top of Haley, and she was completely naked.
“Oh Jesus.”
Tonya’s breasts bounced as she moved, and when she straddled Haley’s thigh, she could have sworn the room tilted. The fact that she could make this woman that aroused, that wet, made Haley feel as though she had touched the moon.
Tonya moaned thickly, grinding herself against Haley. Their gazes met, held and smoldered, but it wasn’t long before Tonya closed her eyes and tilted her head back.
Haley couldn’t just sit there. She reached for Tonya, intending to pull her closer. Tonya’s eyes opened, and she continued to roll her hips and make those sounds. Still, she slapped Haley’s hands away.
“What the—”
Tonya yanked Haley’s boi shorts down, and the sleek, black toy sprang free.
Tonya wrapped her hand around the base of the shaft and moved upward until her thumb and forefinger wrapped around the head. She repeated the motion again and again, with just enough pressure to send sizzling jolts of pleasure between Haley’s legs. The imagery was enough, and combined with everything else, Haley nearly lost her mind.
This wasn’t how she thought it was going to go. Tonya was running things and, dear God, Haley was completely into it. She was back to mumbling, whimpering, and trying hard to get a hold of herself so she wouldn’t go off like a rocket.
But Tonya was on the move again. She hovered over Haley’s thighs. Her legs were splayed wide and everything in between them was open and exposed.
Haley died a little.
She reached for Tonya’s hips, and this time she wasn’t swatted away. With one hand still fisted around the toy and the other pressed against Haley’s stomach, Tonya gasped and moaned as she lowered herself. The sounds cut through Haley, making her feel like her head was about to explode.
Her grip on Tonya tightened.
It took everything Haley had to keep from slamming into her. Instead, she watched herself disappear little by little. She couldn’t decide where to look, Tonya’s face, slick with sweat and shining with pleasure, or her sex slowly being filled to the hilt.
It was a draw.
Haley split her attention. Her vision grayed when their hips were finally flush. Tonya groaned hoarsely and started gyrating slowly. Haley cried out. Each movement was like an electric current against her clit. Haley arched upward, meeting Tonya in a slow grind. She dug her hands into the fleshy part of Tonya’s ass to speed up and take control of Tonya’s movements.
Tonya stopped altogether.
“No…don’t. Shit,” Haley pleaded.
Tonya stared at her and her gaze held a challenge. That look turned Haley on even more. Tonya leaned forward. She took Haley’s hands off her ass and slid them up her torso until they were covering her breasts.
Haley didn’t mind that at all. She had been a bit neglectful toward them.
She traced their softness. Her thumbs brushed over Tonya’s hardened, brown nipples before tweaking them between her fingertips. Haley’s mouth watered. Just as Tonya started rolling her hips again, Haley sat up, wrapped an arm around Tonya’s back, and replaced one of her hands with her mouth. She flicked her tongue over Tonya’s nipple before sucking it into her mouth, hard.
“Fuck!”
Haley almost came then and there.
Her ears were ringing, and Tonya began moving her hips in earnest, lifting them high before slamming them down again. Haley saw stars. She couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t think. Her body operated on pure instinct. Her hands were everywhere, grasping, scratching, and guiding. Her mouth went from one breast to the other, pulling at Tonya’s nipples until she could taste them in the back of her throat.
One second, Tonya yanked at her hair like she wanted Haley to stop, and the next she held her tight like she couldn’t get enough. Their lips met again, but Haley couldn’t concentrate on kissing. She was too in awe of what she was feeling. Their lips just clung to each other, trading breaths and moans.
Where were Haley’s words now? She’d had so many of them not too long ago, but this time, her body did the talking. Haley’d had many women in this position, but it had never been like this. It was like her insides were on fire, and each thrust of her hips brought her closer to explosion.
“So good,” Tonya whimpered, and the words went straight to Haley’s core.
It was, incredibly so.
“Oh, God.” Tonya picked up the tempo, moving her hips even faster. Her hair fell in her face.
Haley followed her lead. Knowing that Tonya was almost there pushed Haley closer. An almost unbearable wave of heat settled low in her stomach. Haley whimpered as it seeped into her limbs. It was too much, but Haley reached for it anyway. Her hips moved at a blistering pace. Her fingertips dug into Tonya’s shoulders, but Haley needed to bring Tonya with her. She slid her hands down Tonya’s sweaty back and over her buttocks. She grabbed hold for a third time, and if Tonya couldn’t keep up, Haley was going to make her.
“OH GOD! FUCK!” Tonya shook wildly. She sank her teeth into Haley’s shoulder, and that explosion she had been waiting for happened, ripping her apart.
Haley moaned. She couldn’t stop and neither could her hips. Each movement brought pleasure sharp enough to cut. Again, her vision dimmed, but the rest of her was floating. When Haley fell back into her body, she shivered as Tonya’s tongue brushed over the bite she’d inflicted. She wrapped her arms around Tonya and breathed her in.
Tonya grazed the area with her teeth. Haley hissed and her stomach twisted. A few seconds later, Tonya did a hell of a lot more, biting down harder than she had before.
Haley was instantly excited, as if she hadn’t just had the best orgasm of her life. “Shiii…” She arched forward and so did her hips.
Tonya groaned as her lips brushed Haley’s. She whispered hotly, “Don’t stop.”
She licked at the roof of Haley’s mouth.
There was no chance of Haley stopping anytime soon.
* * *
Tonya hid a yawn behind her hand as she entered the kitchen. She was surprised to see her mother sipping on a cup of coffee.
“You’re up early.”
Nicole glanced over her shoulder and smiled. “Robert said you were home. You haven’t been able to visit for a while. I didn’t want to miss anything while you were here.”
Tonya felt a flash of guilt. “School keeps me so busy.”
Her mother waved her off. “That’s the way it’s supposed to be.” She opened the cabinet above the coffeepot and pulled out another mug. “You want raisin or just cinnamon toast with your coffee?”
“A slice of each, please.”
“Okay. I’m surprised you’re up so early. You probably don’t get much sleep these days.”
“I don’t, but the early-riser thing is a habit. I’m usually up by seven o’clock no matter what.” Tonya added a bit of cream and two packets of Splenda to her coffee.
Her mother turned and gave her the once-over. “It must be because you’re young, but you look good for somebody who doesn’t sleep.”
Tonya grinned easily. The fact that she could have a normal conversation with her mother made it so. “Thanks.”
The toaster popped out her breakfast.
Tonya shooed her mother away as she buttered her own toast. “Where’s Daddy? He’s usually up by now.” Not that he would pay much attention to her if he was.
“He left an hour or so ago to help some friend with something or other, and your sister is dead to the world.”
“It’s quiet without those two around.”
“Isn’t it?” Her mother’s lips twitched. “They play way too much.”
Tonya chuckled even though she didn’t mean it. “That’s what happens when you’re Daddy’s favorite.”
She meant that, every word. Tonya took a sip of coffee and met her mother’s gaze over the rim of the mug.
Nicole’s eyes turned sad. “What happened to all of
you? You were supposed to take care of each other now that I’m gone.”
Emotion welled up in Tonya’s chest. “So much, Mama. I’ve been trying so hard with him, but I’m tired.”
“He loves you.”
Tonya shook her head. “I’m nothing but a disappointment to him.”
Her mother stepped forward and brushed her fingers against Tonya’s cheek. “That’s not possible. Look at you.”
She did. Tonya was now dressed for work, giving her the appearance of someone confident and capable. She swallowed and wished that she actually felt that way. “Mama, I want to tell you something, but I don’t want to see that look on your face too.”
“There’s nothing you could say.”
Tonya let the words fly. “I met someone. We’ve only known each other a couple months, but I’ve never laughed so much, felt so much. I didn’t think I could.”
“Who is he?”
“She,” Tonya corrected. “Her name is Haley.” She looked away then, steeling herself for a lecture, for tears and possible outrage.
The kitchen was quiet except for the hum of the refrigerator. Tonya was afraid to glance up. She gasped when her mother’s hand wrapped around her own.
“Haley. I like that name.”
Tonya woke up abruptly. She sucked in a deep breath and opened her eyes, savoring the last dregs of her dream even if the last part had no basis in reality. The smell of coffee and food cooking made her nose twitch. She couldn’t stop the smile forming on her face and didn’t want to. Tonya loved being in Haley’s bed. It wasn’t as comfortable as her own, but it smelled like Haley and the sex they’d spent all night having, so that was enough. As Tonya stretched, she looked around the bedroom expecting to see superhero posters, but there was only a collection of photos with Haley and two other people she assumed were Nate and Jen. She sat up to get a better look and chuckled in delight when she saw the Batsignal above Haley’s bed.
“You had to be expectin’ that.”
Tonya jumped in surprise and whipped around. Haley was leaning against the couch in the living room watching her.
“And I wasn’t disappointed.”
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