by Joyce Jordan
“As a brother myself, I understand where you are coming from. There is a ten year difference which I don’t think is that big a deal. I agree that Ana may not have the same experience as the previous women I’ve slept with, but she is my first real relationship, and I love her.”
“What? Is that what you told her so she could be with you? I need to beat the shit out of you.” Mark made to move to Gabe, but stopped when Gabe continued.
“She doesn’t know. I have never told her that.”
“Well, why not?”
“How well do you know your sister?” Gabe laughed softly. “She would go running for the hills. By the time I would catch up with her, she would be somewhere in Seattle.”
Returning the laugh Mark said, “I guess you are right.” He decided to sit down, now that he was feeling less like killing Gabe. He chose the couch that was against one of the walls.
“Just know this. I love your sister, and you can tell your family I said that.” Gabe followed suit and sat in Ana’s office chair. “ I need to ease her and once I find the right time, I will be proposing. I’m not letting her go. I know a good thing when I find it.”
“Damn right. And you better treat her well, otherwise I will be back. God I need a beer.”
“You know, this whole thing probably worked out for the best. Now I can visit Dallas without Ana hyperventilating about me meeting her family. I would like to come and see your parents and your twin brother, if that’s okay ofcourse.”
“She okay with that?” Mark raised an eyebrow.
“We talked about it.” Gabe hedged.
“Meaning she hasn’t said yes?” Mark laughed wholeheartedly. “You know, I do believe you met your match. I see my sister is keeping you in circles.”
“Eventually she will come around.”
Still laughing, Mark replied, “Well, when that happens, let me know and I will make sure everyone is available. You think this will happen anytime before she hits thirty?”
“Fuck off.” Gabe sprang up from his chair. “That beer you wanted?”
“Yes?”
“I keep a few in the fridge. Since we will be family soon, I don’t mind sharing.”
No sweeter words could have been spoken. Mark sprang up too and followed Gabe to the kitchen. They each took a bottle and when they realized the girls were not in the living room, they followed the excited voices they could hear. They were just in time to hear Ana talk about cute hot guys.
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“Well, I’m glad you decided not to kill each other. Now you are best buddies and sharing a beer.” Ana huffed ignoring Gabe’s question.
“Killing would be messy business. I did warn him though, that if he knocked you up, I would bury his body so deep the dogs wouldn’t be able to find his scent.”
With shock and outrage, Ana gasped. For a moment she didn’t have a come back. “Oh God Mark. I hope that is some sick joke. Kelly, it’s not funny. And you too Gabe.” How could her friend Kelly laugh at such a time, and Gabe too? Did they think this was funny? Discussing her being knocked up.
“Sorry, Ana, but it is funny. In a minute you will realize it too. Besides, I doubt Mark would want his niece or nephew to grow up without a father?” With that Kelly started laughing uncontrollably.
“Kelly Marie Andersen! I swear I will disown you if you keep laughing.”
“Oh oh! She used my full name. That means she is serious.”
When all three started laughing again, Ana walked out of the room, “You are all behaving like teenagers,” she muttered and slammed the door as she left.
Gabe caught her as she rounded into the kitchen. He placed the beer bottle on the countertop and walked to her with his hands out. “I come in peace.” Still the laughter was there in his eyes. “Baby, Mark was just making fun of you. Not that I would mind a little girl who looks just like you.” He kissed her as he placed one hand on her belly. Gabe cried out when Ana bit his lip, right next to where Mark’s fist had landed earlier.
Mark and Kelly were just in time to witness the kiss and hear Gabe’s cry. Ana turned to the fridge and filled a ziplock bag with ice then placed it on Gabe jaw. Typical man that he was, he tried to refuse but she wasn’t having any of that. He sighed and accepted the bag of ice, muttering, “Women.”
Mark smirked when Ana replied, “I heard that.” Kelly laughed at him and he wondered why no one felt sorry for him. He was the one who had a bruise forming on his jaw and probably lip too.
Always the hungry one, Mark asked about dinner. They agreed to all walk a block down the street to a place that had amazing Mexican food. Mark and Kelly both said they needed an early night, so everyone agreed to go somewhere close by.
Ana and Kelly both ordered tacos. Gabe and Mark both opted for burrito bowls. Gabe and Mark both settled into conversation as if they had known each other for years. Sometime during the meal Matt called her back, she gave highlights of what happened then promised to call him back after dinner. They chatted for another twenty minutes before they made their way back to the apartment. Mark took a taxi back to his hotel, which he had carefully chosen to make sure it wasn’t one owned by Gabe. They all laughed when he confessed. They agreed to meet for breakfast at his hotel and then make further plans from there. His return flight was Sunday afternoon, so since he had completed his ‘business’ he was free to enjoy the New York life.
Kelly went to bed as soon as they got back inside. Ana thought about some work, but decided she may as well push everything to Sunday or Monday. She made the call to Evelyn to find out if she was game for what they were planning the next day. She didn’t have concrete plans on what their itinenary looked like, but would confirm in the morning when they met Mark for breakfast then she would let her know, but they definitely wanted to squeeze in some clubbing, with or without the boys. Evelyn said she was game and would love to join them at the spa since she didn’t have anything planned for the day too.
Her next call was to Matt. Ana gave him a full run down of what had happened starting with Mark’s fist against Gabe’s jaw. It took a while before he calmed down enough to have an intelligent conversation. He was mad at his twin for acting violently.
It was barely nine and Ana didn’t think she could sleep this early so she suggested a movie. Gabe fought with her on what type of movie to watch. She wanted chick flick, but he said it was too sappy and they needed to watch something with lots of action and dead bodies flying around. When she suggested a comedy he claimed his jaw was too painful to laugh, which brought a laugh from her. A drama, and he claimed was too boring, they would probably sleep within five minutes. When she finally told him that the advantage of a chick flick was that they could make out during the movie, he was suddenly all in agreement. Ana laughed thinking of the thirty minutes they had wasted arguing over nothing really. Unfortunately for him, when they started watching the movie, she claimed she didn’t want to hurt his jaw, so there would be no making out. The expression on his face was priceless. Ana laughed and thought, what a day.
Ten
The next morning, Gabe, Ana and Kelly met Mark for breakfast, in one of the restaurants of the hotel he was staying at. Gabe said he would hang out with Mark and his brothers, and leave the girls to their spa day. Depending on the time, they would discuss where to meet later. Evelyn met them at the spa this time they added a manicure and pedicure and a deep facial to the treatment they had chosen on their first visit. Gabe paid for all three of them, he wouldn’t hear of them using their winnings. He told them the limo would come pick them up, and not to try and use a cab. Ana saw that the statement was aimed at her but she just smiled at him and he shook his head.
Taking her aside, he threatened, “Ana, If you disobey me, I swear there will be hell to pay.”
“What kind of hell?” she said goading him. “The kind where you fuck me senseless?” she whispered in his ear.
“Jesus. Ana. We are in a public place and your brother is right there.” He pulled her to him and kissed he
r. “How am I going to walk out of here?”
Ana felt his arousal against her stomach and smiled mischievously. She brought her hands around his neck and subtly rubbed her body against his then pulled away. She smiled sweetly then replied, “You should have thought of that when you were laughing yesterday.” She turned, waved at Mark then joined Kelly and Evelyn who were waiting with an employee who was to escort them to their first spa service.
“Very juvenile Ana,” she heard when she reached the steps. She turned and winked at him and she heard Mark laughing as Gabe groaned.
Ana soon forgot about Gabe and Mark as they were shown into a room that had four mud baths. They had removed their clothing and left them in lockers for safe keeping. Each got into their own bath and enjoyed some much needed girl talk. Evelyn asked about Hawaii and said she was so jealous they had over a week of fun and sun while she had to wear coats every day and brave the cold winter. They laughed and agreed to see if they could work out a plan to all go together next time, if their calendars allowed them.
They even managed to get Aiden and Dirk to do their massages. Evelyn managed to snag another hottie by the name of Igor from Denmark who she claimed worked her muscles real good. By the time they were done, their nails were all done with some interesting colors and designs, their faces and been scrubbed clean and every pore in their bodies and on their faces was open due to one treatment or another, every stressed out muscle had been unknotted. It was almost six. Ana couldn’t believe how late it was. She needed some food and so did her friends. They all had only had breakfast. There as a pizza joint two doors down, so they agreed to order pizza while they waiting for the limo to pick them up. Evelyn said she needed to get to Gabe’s penthouse where she kept some clothes in one of the bedrooms in case she ever got stuck and couldn’t go home.
“Or you could raid our closets since we all seem to be the same size,” Kelly offered her. Evelyn agreed but since she wore a different shoe size, it was agreed that she would still need to make the trip to the penthouse.
As they walked downstairs, Ana called Gabe who said the limo would be there in less than fifteen minutes. They were all at Rafe’s place and would go change then meet for dinner before heading to the club. The limo dropped Ana and Kelly off then took Evelyn to Gabe’s apartment.
Ana wore a body hugging white mini dress with white ankle boots. Ana was grateful that the dress had it’s own padded bra which gave the illusion of fuller breasts. There was no way of wearing underwear without showing panty lines, so she had to forego them. The boots had a unique shape which she had fallen in love with when she saw them in a boutique a few months back. She borrowed jewelry and a clutch purse from Kelly. Kelly piled her hair in some complicated twist which she secured with one hairclip, which Kelly said was easy to remove if she wanted to let her hair down later.
Kelly also wore a mini dress but had gone with a leopard print color and nude fuck me heels. She simply looked stunning. No doubt heads would be turning tonight. They made it downstairs as the limo drove to the curb. Gabe opened the door and they found Evelyn and Mark already inside when they sat. It was a short drive to the restaurant they were meeting his brothers.
They caused a commotion when they checked in their coats. Gabe almost had a heart attack. Kelly laughed and pinched Ana.
“Are you sure you couldn’t find anything shorter than what you are all wearing?” Evidently he hadn’t seen Evelyn’s dress before they left. He seemed to be debating the idea of taking them home to change.
“Are you saying there is something wrong with what we are wearing?” Ana sidled closer to Gabe and asked.
“Careful,” Mark shot a warning and shook his head.
Clearly Gabe heard him loud and clear, because the next thing that came out from his was, “Nothing at all. You all look amazing.”
Evelyn snorted and teased him. They found Nate and Rafe sitting by the bar, who both wolf whistled making Gabe grumble and say to them, “Please don’t encourage them.” Since their party was complete, the hostess showed them to their table. Apparently Manuel would join them later at the club.
They had two servers, both cute looking young guys that looked between the ages of twenty to twenty five. It was hilarious how the men frowned any time their servers came close to either Ana, Kelly or Evelyn. Sometimes conversations would stop until they realized the pointed looks were directed at them. Kelly and Evelyn flirted shamelessly, leaving Ana to watch and laugh at the lost Kodak moments. Gabe quickly stacked his claim when he saw the servers eyeing Ana, but Ana didn’t mind because she still got to see Gabe squirm when Evelyn flirted with the servers. Ana couldn’t help noticing the looks between Rafe and Kelly. Had she missed these before? Was there something going on with her friend and Rafe? Isn’t that interesting she thought. She wanted to ask Gabe, but decided to tackle her friend first.
The girls insisted on going to the club in their own limo since Rafe and Nate had brought their own. With two limo’s it only made sense to separate boys from girls, the girls explained. Gabe finally relented but made sure their limo went ahead of them, so they wouldn’t try to have John take them elsewhere. Ana, Kelly and Evelyn piled into Gabe’s limo and raided the mini fridge before their limo even pulled out. The guys went into the Sullivan’s limo and followed right behind. They were meeting at the same club Ana and Kelly had once gone to which Evelyn had said belonged to Rafe and Manuel. Because the guys’ limo had been caught at a traffic light, they decided not to wait up. There was a line stretching down the street, people waiting to get in. Fortunately the bouncer knew Evelyn, so they were quickly ushered in.
It was already pumping and crowded. Bodies were gyrating on the dance floor. They surrendered their coats and joined the moving bodies in the middle of the dance floor. Their dresses made for some interesting dance moves, but since they were in the center it didn’t really matter much. Three songs later Ana pleaded she needed to quench her thirst and left Kelly and Evelyn dancing away. She was already sweating and her dress clung to her. She settled on a water first since she wasn’t sure what to drink tonight. She liked trying different drinks, so she asked the bartender to surprise her. She nodded to the group upstairs and asked the bartender to have her drink delivered after about ten minutes. Ana needed to drink her water while her drink didn’t get diluted with ice before she could get to it. So when the bartender agreed she took her glass of water with her as she made her way upstairs.
Making sure she didn’t flush herself, she sat very carefully.
“Problem with the dress?” Gabe whispered.
“No, not at all. Just making sure that my shoes don’t topple me over.” He looked at her shoes, really looked and when he looked back at Ana, she saw the heat. “You like?” she asked and smiled at him. He swallowed and Ana leaned into him and added, “Now imagine them on your back.” Ana turned to accept her drink, but saw Gabe surreptitiously adjusting his jeans.
At sometime during the course of the night, Ana found herself sitting on Gabe’s lap. He practically fought a hard-on thoughout the night after Ana had whispered that she hadn’t worn any panties. Ana tortured him endlessly with her constant butt movements claiming she was trying to find a comfortable place. He danced with her through three disco songs and another three slow songs. They rubbed against each other making Gabe groan throughout the music. It was heady to think she could bring Gabe to that level. Ana loved it. Someone shouted they needed to get a room.
Kelly and Ana pulled Mark onto the dance floor. They laughed at some of his movies and told him he may need to retire from the club scene soon. And it wasn’t any wonder he didn’t have a girlfriend with his moves.
Maunel arrived and he quickly joined them on the dance floor. He had some moves that Ana and Kelly said he needed to show them. Man that guy is flexible, Ana thought to herself. Finally Rafe and Nate agreed to join. Some girl joined Nate and she saw them doing some bump and grinding. Tired Ana surrendered and went to rest her legs. The rest of the evening she was
content to sit listening to the guys talk sport. It always turned to spot.
Evelyn and Kelly were back and forth from the dance floor to their seats. They literally danced until the club shut down.
When they stopped serving alcohol, in the wee hours of Sunday morning, they all left. Rafe and Nate dropped Mark at his hotel, Evelyn caught a ride with her brother Manuel back to New Jersey and Gabe left with Ana and Kelly. Being a little tipsy made walking in shoes dangerous, so Ana had to force Kelly to slip them off. Ana held Kelly’s shoes while Gabe carried Kelly upstairs. She undressed her then covered her up. Tomorrow, her friend was going to have a bitch of a hangover.
She found Gabe sitting on the edge of the bed, having pushed the duvet covers to the foot of the bed. Clearly he was waiting for her. “Come here,” he called out to her when she hesitated in the doorway. “Let’s see what’s underneath that dress.”
Ana walked over to him and gave him her back so he could unzip her. She stood a few feet away and turned back around, then slowly lowered the dress inch by inch. Ana kept her eyes on Gabe while he watched her and gloried in seeing how his whole body tightened the minute her breasts came into view. His tongue licked his lips and he groaned. She made a show to pull the dress up and laughed delightedly when Gabe growled. So she continued dropping the dress until her belly was exposed all the way down to her belly button. She played a little with her belly button, then dropped the dress a few inches more until the top of her mound was visible. The bulge in Gabe’s jeans was growing bigger and bigger. The man was clearly uncomfortable with his zipper straining against his cock. The pain she could see on his face was most likely a combination of his zipper pressing against him and the torture Ana was subjecting him to. She stood for minute then dropped the dress until it hit the floor in one fell swoop.
“Jesus Christ.” Ana never saw Gabe move. He was in front of her before the dress even hit the floor. He pressed her to his body and groaned. “I didn’t think you actually didn’t have any panties.” Then he was on her. Kissing her face, her lips and down then up her body.