by Harms,C. A.
I thought it would slow her down, but it didn’t, if anything, it fueled her. She reached under my shirt and ran her finger along the edge of my pants.
“I miss this…so much.” She kissed me again. I said it was her pace and she was in control. I knew I was either making love to my girl tonight or taking a cold shower. Either way, I wasn’t stopping her. Lexi pulled back from our kiss and brought her hand up to my mouth. She ran her finger along my lip. I brushed my tongue across the tip flipping my piercing against her finger. She bit her lower lip.
“I miss your tongue, and what you do to me with it.”
Fucking hell. She was going to make me come right there in the living room with everyone around.
“Lexi, whenever you’re ready all you have to do is say the word. You already know that I want you. It’s your call.” I watched her watch my mouth.
She brought her mouth closer to mine and I thought she was going to kiss me again, but she lingered over my lips. I could feel her breath.
“I want you, Kole. Just don’t hurt me again, please.”
Without any further hesitation, I stood up and pressed my obvious need for her against her body. “I won’t, baby, I promise. I love you. Let’s go upstairs.”
I knew I was going to get a reaction from her and I held back a smile. “Upstairs? Your room’s down here.”
I smoothed my fingers across her shoulder and brushed her hair back. “I switched with Brad. That room had bad memories.” I could tell that she agreed and she was pleased I wouldn’t be sleeping with her in my old room.
I took her hand and guided her toward the stairs. I was so worked up, but I just wanted to take my time with her. I wanted to kiss every inch of her and drive her wild. I wanted to give her an amazing night of just us. I wanted to leave the garbage behind and start over. I knew when I got her to my room I was going to tell her that I wanted her back now. I couldn’t wait. I didn’t want just sex, I wanted her…all of her. I couldn’t believe the hold this girl had on me.
Chapter 38
Lexi
I felt my head jerk back and my hair felt like it was being ripped out of my head. I stumbled down three steps backward and landed on the floor. Then a hand smacked my face hard. I heard yelling and Kole charging back down the stairs toward me. When I looked up I saw Hope standing over me.
“He’s mine, you bitch! Why are you even here?” Hope brought her fist back and Kole grabbed her arm and shoved it back making her stumble.
“I’ve never hit a girl, Hope, but if you touch her one more time I won’t hesitate.”
Megan helped me up from the floor and my head hurt. “Did she hit you?” I nodded at Megan.
Hope was pleading with Kole. “Kole, please, you don’t need her. I’ll do whatever you want. I want you, Kole. I hate seeing you with her. She doesn’t deserve you.” I could feel the anger from Kole. I sensed it in his tone, because the day that he broke up with me he voiced the same one.
“Hope, you were always just a piece of ass. You knew that’s all it ever was. You were a quick fix, an easy lay. We were never more than that. I told you from the beginning, so don’t stand here and pretend we were ever more than that. I don’t want anything more with you; I never will.”
I hated looking at them in front of me. I hated that she felt she was better for him than me. I was pissed because he was mine. I wasn’t willing to lose him. I needed him so much. He was my rock and my security.
Kole was mine.
I walked toward her and Kole looked worried, like maybe I was mad at him. I wasn’t going to lie and say that I didn’t wish they had never slept together. I hated that she was with him like that, but I also knew he loved me. What he felt for me was so much more; she never had that from him and she never would.
I smiled at him. “It’s okay. I think I should give Hope a chance to say what she needs to say to me face to face. You know, instead of her secret surprise attack from the back.”
I turned to face Hope and stepped in a little closer. I could feel the tension radiate from Kole. “Alright, bitch, you were all badass a few minutes ago. Don’t tell me you’re gonna bitch up now and sneak off. You want to fucking hit me? Do it!”
She looked up over my shoulder at Kole and then back to me. “What? He’s not going to do anything. The second you hit me, this little problem became ours, not his.” I stood there waiting, but she didn’t know which way to go.
“Let me help you out with your little dilemma.” I shoved her backwards and she stumbled, falling on her ass. “Fucking sucks landing on your ass, doesn’t it?” I stood over her waiting for her to say something, anything. I slapped her across the face.
“Okay so now that we’re all caught up, what’s next?” She sat on the floor holding her cheek as if I was the crazy one who attacked her instead of the other way around. She wasn’t going to do anything; she was all for show.
“Let me tell you how this works. If you ever fucking hit me again, I won’t hold back. Understand something—Kole and I are together. You will never have with him what I have. Never. Move on and find another guy because Kole’s not available.”
I turned to Kole and he pulled me into him. “Come on.”
I followed him upstairs and when we got into his room I broke down from the adrenaline. He held me as I cried into his chest. He led me to the bed and lowered me down, crawling in next to me to pull me close.
“Lexi, don’t let her come between us. Please,” he sounded worried. I curled into him and kissed him.
“I’m not, Kole. I just hate where we’re at right now. I hate how we got here, and I’m worried that we won’t be able to get back to where we were before.”
“I don’t accept that, because I won’t stop until we are. Until we’re better than we were before.” He cradled me to his chest as I fell asleep in his arms.
Chapter 39
Kole
“Does it tickle? Huh? Tell me.” I loved Lexi’s laughter and random tickling had become a great source of torture—or an even better way of getting her to agree to a variety of things.
“Wait, what was that? You would love to go home with me for Christmas break? Really? Tickle you more? Of course I will.” She was laughing so hard her face was red.
“Kole, stop, seriously…please. Oh my god! Please! I’m going to pee my pants! Okay, damn it—fine I’ll go! STOP!” I flopped on top of her and started placing kisses all over her face.
“You can’t take it back now, you agreed to it.” I kissed the tip of her nose. “You have no way out. If you try to bail next time, I will tickle you until you pee your pants.”
“You’re ridiculous. My insides hurt from laughing.” I kissed her chin. “Kole, your brothers probably think we are having crazy wild sex in here.” I brought my lips to hers kissing her slowly.
“I don’t care what they think. Let them be jealous.” I continued the kiss.
She pushed on my chest and I rolled over onto my back as she straddled me. “I’m nervous about going home with you. It’s been so long since I saw your parents. What if your mom doesn’t think I’m right for you…what if…” I placed my finger against her lips.
“Stop, Lexi. My mom isn’t like that and she knows how I feel about you. When I told her we were dating she was so excited. She’s always loved you. Stop freaking out. It’ll be great having you home with me.”
She watched me like she was studying my face. She lowered her lips to mine and I ran my hands up her sides and back down over her hips letting them come to rest on her ass.
“Stop watching me, Kole,” she whispered against my lips.
“I can’t stop. I love watching you. It’s sexy! If only you could see just how beautiful you are. If only you could see yourself through my eyes.”
She held her eyes wide as she kissed me again, which led to us both laughing. “See, it’s weird, isn’t it?” I loved her so much it hurt. She was so fucking cute.
“Yeah, it’s weird; don’t watch me. You aren’t allowed
to, that’s my thing. Close your eyes, you weirdo.” She rolled her eyes at me and of course I had to tickle her again until she screamed out in laughter.
“Stop torturing her,” Megan hollered as she barged into my room. She flopped down next to us on the bed and Lexi looked at me, laughing.
“Um, Meg…how did you know when you walked in here we wouldn’t be having sex?”
Megan looked at us. “Please, I know what you two sound like when you’re screwing. Don’t forget I was stuck in a small dorm room with you two last night. You thought I was asleep. Granted you both tried to be quiet, but I heard all your heavy breathing and panting. Thank god for iPods.” I couldn’t help laughing. I told Lexi that Megan would hear us last night, but she insisted that we could be quiet. Lexi broke out in giggles.
“Oh shit, Meg, I’m sorry. I thought you were out.”
“So, Kole, how do you do it? I mean, seriously—Lexi sounded like she was having a constant orgasm. I need to sit you down with Radley. His game is slipping a bit.”
I about choked on my own spit. “Oh fuck, no. Conversation over. I am not ragging on my boy. I’m out of here.” I slid out from under Lexi to go look for Radley and left her and Megan sitting on my bed. I heard them laughing uncontrollably as I walked down the hallway.
“Radley, where the fuck are you, man? Your girl needs your help,” I hollered as I came down the stairs. He was on the couch watching the football game.
“Where is she…she disappeared on me?”
I flopped down next to him. “She’s upstairs with Lex talking about your lack of sexual abilities.”
“Fuck…whatever.”
We watched the game until our girls made their way downstairs. Lexi snuggled up into my side and watched with me.
“Don’t forget to call your mom and let her know I’m coming,” she whispered. I gave her a light kiss.
“I already did last night.” She wrinkled up her forehead.
“But I never agreed to go until today.” I winked at her and kissed the tip of her nose.
“I was pretty confident you wouldn’t be able to resist my charm.” Lexi rolled her eyes at me and I heard a little giggle escape her.
Chapter 40
Lexi
To say I was nervous would be a complete understatement. I was terrified. I had no idea what to expect. Once Kole said we were there my heart started racing and I felt nauseated. Kole sensed my panic as he grabbed my hand and squeezed.
“Breathe. Stop worrying so much. My mom is so happy you’re here.” He leaned over and gave me a kiss. I expected him to pull away quickly, but he lingered over my lips and then slowly kissed me again. He grazed his tongue across my lips. Instant calmness. I love this guy.
Tap Tap
When I looked over Kole’s shoulder and out his car window, I saw his mother who wore an unbelievably big smile. Kole opened the door and climbed out. I followed. I walked around slowly to greet his mother. After she hugged Kole she turned to face me.
“Lexi, sweetheart, you’re still so beautiful. Kole said you were a knockout now and he wasn’t lying.” She hugged me tightly and I could see the huge grin on Kole’s face. Once she released me we made our way into the house.
Kole wrapped his arm around my waist once we entered. “Beth, your house is so beautiful.”
She turned to face us. “Thank you.” Her gaze immediately fell to Kole’s arm around me and she smiled looking back up to us. “I have to say, all those years ago I never thought I would see you two together. You were always such a sweet girl, Lexi. Now seeing you here with my Kole…it makes me happy. You two look so good together.”
Kole pulled me in just a little tighter and kissed my neck, sending chills running through me. Beth went into the kitchen to check on dinner and Kole took me upstairs to show me to my room. We had joint rooms connected by a bathroom. Mm, this could be fun. Slow down, Lexi. I needed to remember his parents were in the same house. Breathe.
I felt his hands come around me from the back and he laced his fingers together over my stomach. The familiar warm flush ran through me. I was so used to Kole’s touch and it felt so natural now. He brushed my hair to the side and kissed my neck. I felt his tongue trace up until he reached my ear…mm. A moan escaped and I turned quickly into him. Our lips met immediately and I was lost in his kiss.
“I really like having you here, Lexi.”
His hands ran over my hips and down my thighs lifting me up. He carried me to the bed. Once he lowered me he brought himself down on top of me. I could feel his erection against my leg and reality hit.
“Kole, we can’t do this. Your parents could walk in at any time. I just can’t.”
He groaned and slowly lifted himself off, then reached for my hands pulling me off the bed.
“Fine. But tonight I’m definitely sneaking into your room and you’re just going to have to learn to be quiet no matter how good I make you feel.” He winked and then turned for the door.
Chapter 41
Kole
I was sitting on the couch watching a game with my dad. Who was I kidding? I hadn’t caught five minutes straight without finding myself looking off into the kitchen to stare at Lexi. She was helping mom get dinner ready and I was getting a really good view of her bending over to get things out of the fridge. It was her fault she had such a nice ass. I couldn’t wait until later when I could feel her body against mine.
“So, Kole…how’s school going?”
My dad brought me out of my Lexi fantasy. I turned to face him.
“Good. Everything is great. Classes, the fraternity…everything.” My dad wasn’t a big talker. Normally he just nodded and smiled. Conversation was limited with him.
Dinner was great and Lexi even got my dad to talk more than usual. After we got everything cleaned up and put away, Lexi excused herself. I sat with my parents to watch a Christmas movie that was playing on TV.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you earlier—I ran into Uncle Randy and Matty at the store yesterday. Matty said he would get in touch with you while you’re home so you can catch up. I told him you were coming home with your girlfriend for the holidays.”
I whipped around quickly to face my mom.
“Mom, you didn’t tell him it was Lexi, did you?” She just shook her head “no” and continued to look at me strangely. “Don’t mention anything about Matt in front of Lex, Mom, please.”
Before she could ask why, Lexi came back in the room and sat down next to me. I knew I would be asked to explain to my parents later why talking about Matt in front of Lexi was a bad thing. I started trying to create some sort of an explanation I could use. I felt a nudge in my side and I turned to look directly at Lexi who was now curled into me.
“Is everything okay? You look worried.
I put my arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer. “Everything’s great, baby. Are you glad you came?”
She smiled up at me and nodded her head.
“Me too.” I gave her a little kiss and turned to see my mom watching me. I knew whatever explanation I chose it was going to have to be a good one to convince her.
Chapter 42
Lexi
I could tell something was bothering Kole. He seemed really quiet and even when we went upstairs to get ready for bed he quickly kissed me and went off to his room. I sat down on the bed and held my pajama’s in my hand. I needed a shower, but I was feeling a little nauseated from Kole’s distance toward me. I started running through the day trying to find any reason he might be upset with me. I thought the day went really well.
I finally made my way to the bathroom and I quickly showered. Once I crawled into bed and curled up onto my side the uneasy feeling overtook me. I was so worried about what I could have done. How could I have upset him?
I couldn’t sleep. I tried, but my mind continued to wonder. After almost two hours I decided I could no longer worry. I slid out of bed quietly and walked to the bathroom. I took a deep breath and opened the door leading to Kole’s
room. I could see his body form under the blankets and by the slow rise and fall I knew he was sleeping.
Once I reached the side of his bed I pulled back the covers and slid in with him. I traced my finger over his cheek and down onto his lips. His eyes fluttered open slowly.
“Hey, baby, what’s wrong?” I wanted to know that same thing.
“I should be asking you that. Did I upset you or do something wrong?” He took my hand into his and laced our fingers together.
“Lexi, you didn’t do anything wrong. I’m just tired and it hit me after dinner. The long drive here and I didn’t sleep much last night. Don’t worry, okay?”
I shook my head and curled closer to him burying my face into the crease of his neck. I placed a light kiss below his ear.
“I’m going to go back to bed. I just couldn’t sleep until we talked.” I started to rise up and he gripped my hip.
“Now that you’re here, I don’t think I’m going to let you leave.”
I tried to hold back the giggle from him tickling my hip. A snort escaped me which only caused me to laugh harder.
“I told you earlier you are going to have to be quiet. I don’t want my mom to hear us having sex,” he said with a cocky grin.
“Who said we were going to have sex? I don’t remember agreeing to that.”
He ran his tongue across my lower lip before sucking it into his mouth. I moaned lightly and he once again grinned.
“Are you saying that I can’t convince you? Because I’m pretty sure I can make you beg.”
I lightly laughed. “Pretty confident, huh?”
He rolled over onto me and ran his hands down over my body coming to rest on my thighs. He slowly lifted my nightie up exposing my panties. He traced his finger along the edge and my breathing increased. I knew I was a goner. Like I could ever tell him no. He ran his tongue up the inside of my thigh and I moaned in acceptance.