Because feelings like this weren’t meant to last. Surely a person would die if they felt like this for more than a few minutes at best.
I decided to put off the discussion of our future that he seemed to have already mapped out for us, and concentrate on making him cum inside me again; I think I could grow addicted to that feeling.
After another quick shower it was time to leave and the butterflies came back in full force.
I was tempted to put the ring in my pocket and hide it for a few days until I worked up the nerve to tell them, but Jace nixed that idea right off the bat.
The only thing that stopped another minor skirmish, was his parents intercepting us on the way out of the guesthouse.
I drew a little hope from their reactions but by the time we got back in the car I was a mess again.
Jace being Jace tried to calm my nerves, but the closer we got to my house the more afraid I became.
I kept remembering all those references my dad would make to me getting married when I was in my forties or older. Although it had always been said jokingly, I knew there was some seriousness to it.
Mom had explained once long ago, that it was hard for men to think of their little girls growing up. I was pretty sure that was my dad. Jace seemed to think we had a slam dunk, but I wasn’t so sure.
Chapter 3
JACE
Sian was nervous, but I didn’t have that problem. I was sure of my love for her and that there was no way I was ever going to leave her. With those two things planted firmly in my mind and the conviction that nothing and no one was going to keep us apart, I had no worries.
I’d already spoken to her parents about how serious I was about her that first day we met.
And because of their own history, I was expecting them to be very understanding.
My nosy parents had ambushed us just after we’d left the guesthouse because mom couldn’t wait to get her mitts on my girl.
Dad was very supportive and seemingly had more understanding of the anxiety Sian was feeling right now, maybe because he had his own experience with a teenage bride.
I looked over at her as we pulled into her parents’ driveway. She had a death grip on the seatbelt and though the look in her eyes said she wanted to make a run for it, she gave me one of her sweet smiles.
She was trying to be brave but I knew she was a nervous wreck. That’s why I’d nixed her idea about waiting before sharing the news with her parents.
I didn’t want her worrying and stressing over what was supposed to be a happy occasion, so we were going to tell them the news today.
Plus I wanted the truth to be out there so that we didn’t have to hide behind homework when we wanted to be together in the future.
I’m sure the question of sex has been on their minds already and this move might be a bit telling, not sure how they were gonna deal with that revelation.
It’s one thing to speculate that your teenage daughter was having sex with her boyfriend, and quite another to know it as fact.
I was convinced though, that with the times being what they are, and people not pretending that sex doesn’t exist the way they did back in the day, they would be accepting and maybe even a little appreciative of the way I was handling things,
I was doing this for her of course, because I understood that not only was her upbringing different from every other girl or woman I’d ever dated before, but also because she was my heart.
I knew she would hate herself later for deceiving her parents and I couldn’t let that happen.
“You ready love?” At her nod I squeezed her hand and kissed her fingers before getting out of the car and walking around to her side.
The sun glinted off of her rock and I got that feeling in my gut again. I thought it was only women who put so much stock in such things, but I found the sight of my ring on her finger, that outward sign of ownership, extremely arousing.
Not a good thing when I was about to go face her dad after taking his daughter’s virginity.
Her fingers trembled slightly in my hand and I stopped and turned her to face me.
“Okay give it to me, what’s your biggest fear?” She fidgeted and looked around at the windows of her home.
“What if he says no, what if he tries to stop us from seeing each other?” I put my finger over her lips to stop her having another one of her panic attacks.
“Not gonna happen, no matter what, I will never let that happen.”
“You say that now but how will you stop it if that’s what he tries to do?”
“Your dad is not stupid, he knows what I feel for you, what we feel for each other. The good thing is that he was once here himself so he’d know that there’s no way he can keep us apart, and that it would be better if we do this the right way, than for the two of us to have to resort to sneaking around behind his back.”
“Okay, okay but…”
“No buts babe, we’ll be fine, you’ll see, now let’s go on in, I’m sure they heard us pull up and I don’t want them worrying about why we’re hanging around out here.”
I never let go of her hand, not even when we were standing before her parents and they were both staring at her hand in shock.
“Sir, ma’am, as I told you before, Sian is the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with. I know you might prefer that we wait, but the reality is that we’re teenagers and we’re in love.
I don’t want to lie to you, or to make your daughter disrespect you, so I’m asking you to please give us this.”
Her dad has this way of looking at me like he’s seeing something that’s not quite there or shouldn’t be. He was giving me one of those looks now, while his wife looked like she was about to cry.
“Why the rush?” If that was all he had I could deal. At least he wasn’t brandishing a gun and yelling at me to get the fuck out of his house.
It took some doing but in the end I convinced him to let the engagement stand. I had his wife to thank for helping me smooth things over and I was doubly grateful that he hadn’t made me look like an ass in front of my girl.
My second option would’ve been taking her out of there kicking and screaming if I had to, because there was no way I was ever giving up Sian Claiborne.
Mom had forwarded the message that she would be calling Mrs. Claiborne the next day at the latest so they could get together and plan a party of some sort.
The parents had already met once and had hit it off, since the two women seemed to have a lot in common, namely shopping and gossip. I didn’t see the need for a party but Sian seemed to like the idea so of course I was on board.
I saw her and her dad whispering in the corner while her mom was congratulating me and I kept my eye on her, reading her body language.
I relaxed when I saw that she was happy, though she looked close to tears, and when he drew her in and kissed her hair I understood why; he was giving her his blessing.
Thank fuck! Dad and I had brainstormed every scenario in case this thing went south, down to exit routes if it came to that. I was glad that I wouldn’t have to go that far and I was equally happy that the shit was over and done with.
With that out of the way there will be no need for sneaking around to be together, and I knew without a doubt that Sian and I were going to need a whole lot of alone time in the future.
Chapter 4
SIAN
“I’ll see you tomorrow at the house don’t forget to bring a bathing suit.”
“I won’t.” He was getting ready to leave for the night and I hated to see him go, but mom and dad had been so very understanding about this whole thing that I didn’t want to rock the boat by overdoing it.
And begging them on my hands and knees to let me go home with him would most definitely be pushing it.
Not to mention letting the cat out of the bag about us sleeping together, which I’m so not ready for and which I’m pretty sure they hadn’t guessed yet, I hope...crap.
“You have to let me go babe, I’ll call you as soon
as I get home I promise.”
“Give me fifteen minutes, I have to tell the girls.” I waved my finger back and forth in his face with a big stupid grin on mine.
“Are we really doing this? I feel like I’m in one of those cheesy Disney teen movies.”
“We most definitely are, now let go before your dad changes his mind and comes after me with a chainsaw.”
“I don’t think he has one of those, just one more please.” I pouted my lips out at him until he kissed me again and then he was gone and I felt bereft for all of five minutes before I headed to my room.
Of course I called my girls on conference and gave them the good news. After the screaming and congratulations wound down they were all full of plans.
Belle was the first one to bring up the pink elephant in the room. Something I hadn’t even broached with Jace, because he tended to treat this particular subject the same way always.
“Mandy is going to shit ten bricks when she hears about this.”
“Well I was thinking of keeping the news out of circulation for as long as possible.”
“And how do you plan on doing that? I don’t think Jace would be too happy if you took his ring off, and if it’s half what I expect from your description, a person would have to be blind six times over not to see it.”
“I agree Tammy, I’m thinking that’s a no-no Sian, the last time you crossed that particular species he had you wearing the equivalent to a sack the whole day, I would hate to see his reaction to your taking off his ring so his ex skank don’t see it.”
“You’re not helping Belle, seriously; I just want to enjoy the feeling a little longer before having to deal with her drama.”
That was true up to a point, I really did want at least a few days to enjoy my new status, but another part of me was sick and tired of all the attention Mandy was getting these days.
It might be negative, but it was still attention. The first thing I’d learned in those extra credit college level Psych one oh one classes I’d taken the year before, was that any attention to an attention junky was good.
I didn’t want Jace wasting another minute thinking about her. Cass’s snarly voice broke me out of my little inner musings.
“I agree with the others, you shouldn’t hide it, and not just because it will piss Jace off, but because it’s stupid. I mean why should you have to hide from her, who the hell is she anyway?” she went on to have a very un-Cass like oral performance that left the rest of us stunned until she quieted down.
“Uh Cass, are you sure you’re okay?”
“I’m sorry to spew all over you Sian especially now when you’re so happy, but she just makes me grrrrr. I mean just because she’s pretty doesn’t mean that she can just take anything she wants, it’s selfish and unkind and I hate people like that...”
“Whoa Cass.” I had to stop her when she started to hyperventilate. “Go get your inhaler babe we’ll wait.” She put the phone on hold and went to find her medicine.
“Okay do either of you know what the hell is going on with her?” that reminded me that I kept forgetting to have a serious talk with her.
“Probably nothing more than Mandy being Mandy, she’s probably been picking on our girl.”
“You mean lately, since she’s been hanging out with us?”
“Could be, I haven’t seen anything but you have to admit that was more than spouting off, there was some serious heat behind those words.”
“You’re right Belle, we’d better get to the bottom of it, don’t say anything yet though let me talk to her alone first.”
“Sure thing no problem.”
Cass came back on the phone and we avoided any mention of Mandy for the rest of our conversation, which was fine by me.
In the last few days I was getting less and less impressed with her and her abilities to have any sort of impact on my life.
I figured the only power she had was whatever I gave her, so I’ve decided not to give her anymore. I want all of Jace’s attention on me from now on, not on his psycho ex and her shenanigans.
After spending hours on the phone with my three new besties, I took tons of pics to send to my girls back home. That was only another ten minutes on the phone because most of them weren’t home on a Friday night.
Mom and dad hadn’t hunted me down after Jace left to forbid me to ever leave the house again, so I felt pretty sure that we were safe.
Now I could take a breath and relive my amazing evening. I stood in front of the mirror and looked at myself for the longest time, trying to see the difference.
The only difference I could see was the rock on my finger and I had to wonder if Jace hadn’t timed it like that on purpose.
Then it hit me, I’m engaged; how did this happen? I just got here like five seconds ago. Maybe there was some truth to that Hollywood fairy dust nonsense after all.
My phone rang with his special ringtone and my heart felt as if it would burst in my chest. I wonder how long before that ended? Before the butterflies went away each time he called or each time I saw him.
“Hello.”
“Hi baby, before I forget, look in the pocket of your bag, there’s a tube of ointment there that’s for you to rub into your vagina to help ease the sting.”
“Embarrassing.” I rummaged through the outside pockets of my bag and found the tube of antibiotic ointment.
“Why is that embarrassing baby, I’m the one responsible for your discomfort, so I should be the one taking care of it don’t you think?”
“Maybe, but still; who thinks about these things anyway?” I don’t recall this part of the story telling from any of my girls after they’d lost their V-card.
“I do, I wish I was the one taking care of you, but I don’t think your parents are ready for sleepovers yet, I’m working on it though.”
“Jace.”
“Yeah baby?”
“Thank you.” I felt tears clog my throat and held them back because I didn’t want him to know what an absolute baby I was being right now.
“For what babe?”
“This evening, my ring, everything, it was perfect, you made it perfect.”
It felt like a while before he finally answered. “It was my pleasure princess.”
We stayed on the phone for hours, neither of us wanting to let the other go.
I could barely get to sleep after we finally rang off in the early hours of the morning. I never wanted to sleep again, never wanted the most magical day of my life to end.
The next day, as soon as it was decent, he was there to get me. I met him in what I was beginning to think of as our spot, at the side of the house where the garbage pails were kept.
Not the most romantic setting but it gave us some privacy. “I missed you so fucking much.” His mouth was inhaling mine before I had a chance to answer.
It was so easy to get lost in him, but thankfully my brother thought it was fun to douse us with cold water just when things were really starting to heat up.
Jace’s reaction was very telling. He pushed me behind his back and turned to face the threat, making my brother jump back, just in time to save himself from being knocked on his ass.
“Easy bro, the parental unit is in the kitchen, I didn’t think you two were planning on giving them front row seats to the rated R scene you were enacting.”
“You’re such an ass Jared.” I moved to punch his lights out.
“Sian.” Jace pulled me back. “Thanks bro good looking out.” The two of them exchanged some kind of pigskin tribal hand gesture, whatever, before clapping each other on the back like gorillas in the midst. I just rolled my eyes and went back inside.
“Hey dad, hi mom, so Jace is here we’re gonna get going.” You’re not too obvious or anything Sian damn. I kissed mom and moved to kiss dad as well before leaving, but he kept me.
“You know, when I said ask your future husband to get you the Phantom, I distinctly remember saying something about waiting for the next fifty years at least.�
�� Dad whispered conspiratorially.
“Very funny dad, you see, it was fate; we were meant to be. He drives my dream car, the very one you told me my future husband was going to get me. Oh well dad, you fell asleep on the job and look what happened.”
It was fun teasing him like this; it seems in the last few weeks since Jace and I had become a couple, things had been a little strained between my dad and I.
I think it had something to do with that whole daddy’s little girl thing, and I hoped that nothing changed between us, that we find our footing again soon.
This morning he seems to be on his way to doing that. “Do you really love him pumpkin, are you sure? I can’t believe I’m about to say this but, you know you don’t have to marry the first guy you...”
“Gross dad...”
“Okay, okay, I’m sorry.” He held up his hands and backed off with his face red and his eyes to the ceiling.
“You’re such a dork dad.”
“So I’ve heard a thousand times. Morning Jace you’re out and about early.”
“Yeah we have a busy day planned.” He put his hand around my shoulders and I thought he was being a very brave boy, if a little misguided.
Dad did look at that arm for what seemed like forever, before he seemed to snap himself out of it.
“So, what exactly are you kids doing today?” Dad was trying hard to be cool, but I could tell that he was having a hard time with his little girl growing up.
Jace on the other hand didn’t seem the least bit perturbed by any of this, because he kissed my cheek and ran his hand down my hair right there in the middle of the kitchen with my whole family looking on.
What’s more, he did it in such an instinctive way, like it was the most natural thing, something he was accustomed to doing, which by now he was.
There was no hesitation, no nervous energy. Just a guy kissing and caressing his girl without a care in the world, and I had to wonder if it was because of who his family was that he had that air about him.
Though I knew he respected my dad, I couldn’t help the feeling that Jace dealt with my parents as though he were on their level; come to think of it he treated everyone like that.
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