by Mj Fields
���How about the droolers?���
Maddox laughed, ���Saliva stains on your pants suck.���
���Oh, how about the chick that spits in her hand and rubbed it all over you, I almost pissed in her friend���s mouth I was laughing so hard at the disgust on your face.���
���I had to fake cum,��� Maddox laughed.
���How in the hell did you pull that off?���
���Told her my shit was so pure she couldn���t even taste it and played with her tits, so she didn���t feel bad.���
Maddox and T laughed, ���The lollipop gang?���
���No shit what is up with that? They just lick which I have to admit builds the excitement but seriously suck a dick already.���
T laughed, ���Might be sick, but I like to watch them gag. At first I felt bad, but she just kept going like it was her job to beat the shit out of her tonsils with my dick.���
���That���s sick, T.���
���So what do you prefer?���
���I don���t know. I���ll let you know when I find it.���
T laughed, and Maddox looked at him, ���Harper��� Are you waiting for that?���
���No, I screwed that up.���
���Fix it,��� T waved for the waitress to refill their drinks.
���Not going to happen. I have to piss.���
Maddox stood up and made his way to the bathroom. He passed by the bar, and a dark haired girl caught his eye. He slowed his pace down to check her out. Dark hair was not his thing, but this girl seemed different. She did not look at him like he was an object of her rock star fantasies��� she looked at him like she was trying to figure out the same thing he was. He stopped, and T bumped into him.
���I thought we were going to������ T followed his line of vision, ���Not your type Maddox, not blonde.���
Maddox looked away briefly and saw Surge watching him. He titled his head right and followed T to the bathroom.
���She was hot, huh?��� T asked as he stood at the urinal.
���She was���I don���t know, different,��� Maddox looked confused.
���Maybe you���re the one wanting a girlfriend,��� T laughed.
���I���m tired T, I���m going to take off,��� Maddox zipped up and washed his hands.
���I���m going to hang out awhile,��� T shook off and laughed.
���Might want to put that away,��� Maddox patted his back and walked out the door.
Maddox walked towards the bar and Surge pointed to the door, Maddox nodded and walked outside. Surge opened the door, and Maddox slid in the back of the limo. He sat and stared at the woman with black hair and deep brown eyes. She was petite and very pretty.
���Could I get you a drink?��� Maddox asked, pouring himself a glass of scotch from the limo���s well stocked bar.
���Do you think I���ll need one?���
���I think I am going to need two for this,��� he tossed back the drink and poured two glasses.
���Yeah, I think you will.��� She smiled at him and took the glass and drank it down fast, ���Fill it up?���
���Of course,��� Maddox smiled.
Maddox walked into the hotel lobby, and she followed him. ���I need a room.���
���Of course, Mr. Hines,��� the concierge quickly entered the information he already had and handed Maddox a room key.
She looked around and saw people staring, and he saw how uncomfortable she looked. He took her hand. ���You alright?��� She swallowed hard and nodded her head yes, ���Good, let���s get upstairs.���
They stepped into the empty elevator and rode in silence to the fifteenth floor. The elevator stopped, and she followed him to the hall. He swiped the key, and they entered.
He walked to the well-stocked mini bar and poured them both a drink and handed her the glass, ���I���m sure there are robes in the bathroom— why don���t you shower while I make a couple calls? I���ll be right here when you���re done.���
She nodded her head yes and walked into the bathroom.
Maddox picked up his phone and sent a text to Surge instructing him to grab some clothes for the lady.
She walked out of the bathroom wearing the fluffy white hotel robe, he looked up from his phone, and she smiled at him. She slowly untied the robe and let it slip down her body.
Maddox closed his eyes and sat back, ���I have had a lot to drink tonight.���
���Me too,��� she started walking towards him and there was a knock at the door.
Maddox stood and grabbed her robe, ���Put this on and go into the bathroom.���
He opened the door, and Surge handed him a bag, ���This is all I could get.���
���I���m sure it���s fine for now. No one needs to know where I am,��� Maddox looked at him, and he nodded his head in agreement.
Maddox looked in the bag as he walked towards the bathroom. He grabbed the hooded sweatshirt and a pair of his boxer briefs out of the bag and tapped on the door. She opened it and stood naked in front of him.
���Here, this is all I could get tonight, I���ll get more in the morning,��� Maddox turned, and she grabbed his hand. He did not turn around, ���It���s late and I���m tired. Get dressed and we���ll get some sleep.���
���Is that what you want?���
���Yes.���
Maddox woke to his father yelling at Surge. He stood up and walked to the door and opened it.
Brody pushed through the door and began pacing back and forth. Maddox knew he was angry, livid actually, and he was trying to calm himself down.
Brody took several deep breaths and stopped and looked at Maddox before continuing to pace.
The bedroom door opened, and she walked out in a Burning Souls t-shirt and Maddox���s boxers.
Brody���s jaw dropped, and he looked at Maddox. She walked over and stood behind him, frightened by the storm before her, Brody.
���You and I need to goddamned talk!���
���Fine,��� Maddox turned around and whispered in her ear. She shook her head quickly back and forth in disagreement before finally walking back into the bedroom and shutting the door.
Brody stood with his arms crossed in front of him, ���We have been worried sick!���
���Dad, I am almost������
���Don���t! Don���t you act like I���m being overprotective Maddox, not after everything we have ALL gone through!���
���Okay, I���m sorry. But I need you to know that I���ll be eighteen very soon. I will be looking for a place of my own and������
���What?��� Brody gasped. ���We have only had you for two years Maddox, you���re not ready!���
���No, Dad, I don���t think you are ready. I���m going to be just fine.���
���When she leaves, you and I will discuss this. Then you can have that conversation with Emma and London. I don���t care what you think Maddox, you are not ready. You���re being led around by your dick!���
���Dad, don���t.���
���Don���t what, Maddox. I was young and single once. I know exactly������
���It���s not the same.���
Brody looked at Maddox���s expressionless face. He felt sick to his stomach, angry and hurt.
���Get rid of her and get your ass back to our suite!���
Brody stormed to the door. He stopped and looked at Surge, ���I don���t care who the fuck you���re protecting here, but when I call--- you answer. Do you fucking understand me?���
Surge looked at him and said nothing.
���Keep your shit up and you���ll be unemployed! And then it will be my life���s work to see that you don���t have a job doing anything other than asking if they want fries with that. DO you fucking understand ME?���
���Dad������
���What? We love you! We want you to be okay and this is not okay!���
���I love you too,��� Maddox stood up and looked at Brody and then walked into the bedroom.
���Look at me, motherfucker,��� Brody sneered, ���I don���t care how big you are, your ass will fall just like anyone else���s. This is not a threat. If I call, you better damn well answer by the third ring and answer whatever I ask, or it���s you and me.���
Brody slammed the door behind him and paced back and forth. He reached into his pocket and grabbed his phone.
���Em, get your parents to take the girls to breakfast. I need you,��� Brody hung up the phone and walked to the elevator.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Moving On
Harper closed the last cardboard box in her now empty apartment in downtown Ithaca. She had done three years of coursework in just two years. She was ready for a break. Even though she was less than an hour from home she had often felt home sick.
Matthew and CJ were graduating from college this year and they would be home in less than a week. To celebrate, the entire family would be going to the Cape for a week of downtime before life as the Abraham family changed drastically.
Tomas carried the last box out to the moving truck. Harper stopped when she saw the radio. She closed her eyes and decided to leave it. She had not listened to it in two years because whenever she did, there would always be a song on by The Brody Hines Band or Burning Souls. She had completely stopped listening to the radio, or anything other than country music she had downloaded onto her iPhone. Diga, Diga, Twang, she thought, and I like it!
She sat in the passenger side of the truck as Tomas pulled out onto the busy street. They passed by her first dorm; she remembered the party she attended the first weekend she had moved in. The people were loud, and the music was deafening. ���Fuck You��� had never been officially released by Burning Souls but the powers that be figured out how to take the video and stream the music everywhere online. It was unavoidable.
The weekend before February break her dorm had a music awards party night where everyone sat around the flat screen eating and singing along to the music on the show. It was fun; until the best international band was announced, and it was Burning Souls who played Stained via satellite. When the song ended she could not take any more. The memories of that night were still too fresh in her mind. From that night forward, she stopped watching the awards shows, but always heard the banter the next day about who won and who played. Apparently, The Brody Hines Band and Burning Souls were up against each other for International song of the year, and The Brody Hines Band won for Back from the Dead. She heard the girls in her quad gossiping about how Burning Souls should have won but didn���t because ���Fuck You��� was their biggest song of the year, but was never released. Of course, they didn���t understand why.
Harper smiled as traffic finally began moving in front of the dorm. When she wanted to be angry at Maddox, that���s what she thought about. Him not winning song of the year for Fuck You was like her flipping him the bird. Ha, yep, Ha. She knew the joke was on her; what the hell did she expect? He was so lost, and she had really thought he was strong and focused.
She sat back and pulled her sunglasses down and thought of that night. The last night she had talked to Maddox Hines, the first boy she kissed. The first boy she loved; and the first boy who touched her body.
Harper slipped into her memory bank, and couldn���t stop herself from remembering him screaming at her:
���Tell me you hate me.��� She could never hate him. She remembered Brody almost carrying him up the stairs as Emma held her. She went to bed that night in large, unfamiliar surroundings, crying softly into her pillow until she���d had enough.
She woke to him standing over the bed in linen pajama pants, shirtless with his arms crossed over his bare chest. He looked lost. And then he laid down, ���Shh, Shh I���ll keep you safe tonight.���
He cried into her hair, and she could not take it anymore. She moved so she was lying on her back and held his head to her chest as he cried softly.
���This is so fucked up,��� he said, ���I never meant to hurt you, Harper��� ever.���
���It���s okay. I���m fine, and you will be too. We������
He lifted his head and looked down at her, ���Stop Harper. I can���t take it. Just stop. I love you, and I hurt you.���
���You love me?���
���Yes, I���ve tried not to. I have tried so damn hard to remind myself I am a fucked up kid, and I need to get through some shit, Harper. But it���s not going away, this burning in my soul. God— it���s you. I need you, Harper--- so fucking badly.���
���I���m right here, Maddox, I am a phone call away when I���m not and������
���Not good enough. The phone calls, the Skype���. you can do that with anyone.���
���We���re friends.���
���The fuck we are,��� he held her hand against his rapidly beating heart, ���You are in here, Harper.���
���And you are here, Maddox,��� she held his hand to hers. ���I will always want to know you���re okay.���
She let go of his hand, and he didn���t move his. He closed his eyes and clenched his jaw, ���Not enough.���
���Maddox you should������
He kissed her, stopping her from talking, his mouth over hers his lips pulling hers gently, ���Maddox please, this is not������
He kissed her again this time harder. She whimpered into his mouth, and he kissed across her face and down her neck stopping just above his hand that still rested on her hurried heartbeat. He pulled his head away and kissed her softly, tenderly, ���I love you.���
She looked at him and wanted to cry.
���I know you feel this too, Harper. Tell me to stop, tell me no, tell me you hate me.���
She turned her head away from his intense eyes, ���I don���t hate you.���
���Tell me you don���t love me.���
���It hurts.���
���I know. Tell me what to do, Harper.���
���Maddox��� I don���t know. I just want you to be happy.���
He kissed her again, ���This makes me happy. You make me happy. I am making you uncomfortable,��� he moved his hand slowly away, and she closed her eyes as he skimmed over her breast, ���Tell me to leave, tell me not to look back, Harper.���
She shook her head slowly from side to side.
���You feel it too. You know you do, Harper.���
She nodded her head yes.
���Tell me to leave before I never can.���
She closed her eyes and tears ran down her face.
He kissed each one, ���I can make you love me again.���
He continued to kiss her, between each was an apology.
���Stop it,��� Maddox sat up quickly, ���Stop saying you���re sorry. I know, Maddox. I know you don���t mean to hurt me. Stop saying that because that means I���m hurting you. I don���t wa
nt to hurt you either.���
���Tell me why Harper, why don���t you want to hurt me?���
Harper sat up and looked at him, ���Because I love you too.���
���Yeah?���
���Yeah.���
He took her face between his hands and kissed her. He kissed her lips, her cheek, and her neck and stopped.
He leaned back and closed his eyes taking deep breaths. She rubbed his face with her hand and he pushed into it, enjoying her touch, ���It feels so good when you touch me.���
She rubbed her thumb across his lower lip and leaned in and kissed him. He leaned forward until she was lying on the bed again, ���Let me love you.���
She took his hand and held it to her chest and he gently squeezed watching her face. She closed her eyes tightly. He pulled her shirt up and kissed her even more gently. He kissed down her stomach slowly leaving his hands on her chest.
Harper���s head fell back as he kissed across her waist. He moved back up her stomach and across her chest and then kissed her mouth again. She held his head between her hands, and he laid on her caressing her, kissing her, adoring her.
He pulled his head back slowly, ���Is this too much?���
���Not enough.��� She kissed him again and he groaned and shifted his body away from hers, ���No.���
���You���re certain?��� He kissed her and stroked her cheek with his fingers softly.
She leaned up and kissed him. His body touched hers. She felt him against her, and she moaned into his mouth.
���I love you, Harper.���
���I love you, Maddox.���
���Thank you.��� He kissed her hard and rubbed against her.
He reached down and touched her gently causing her to gasp loudly, ���We need protection.���
���I���m sure there are condoms in the bathroom cabinet. I���ll go.���
���No, I will. God, I must be a mess right now.��� Harper ran her fingers through her hair.
���You are more beautiful today than you were at your prom, Harper. Each time I see you, you are more breathtaking,��� Maddox kissed her again and pulled her shirt over her head, ���My God I will never tire of you?���