by Andria Large
I get dressed then take the pack of cigarette out of my bag and walk over to the trashcan. It's an almost full pack. I take out the cigs and break them apart before tossing them in the trash so I can't go back if I cave.
"What are you doing?" comes Roland's curious voice from behind me.
I glance over my shoulder. "I'm quitting."
He raises an eyebrow at me. "Yeah?"
I nod. "I'm done with it."
He smiles. "That's great, Ace. Did Nicole ask you to quit?"
"No, but she does let me know every now and then how I smell like an ashtray. I don't want to smell like an ashtray anymore."
Roland chuckles. "It's about time someone told you that. Good for her. I'm glad that you don't want to smell like an ashtray anymore."
He claps me on the back before walking away.
"Just going cold turkey?" Dean asks as he walks over to me.
"Yeah, I'll be alright," I reply.
"Mmm hmm, I'm gonna stay away from you on the bus just in case," he mutters.
I roll my eyes. "Yeah, yeah."
I don't get a chance to see Nicole before I have to go to the meet and greet, and we don't get finished until two a.m. I debate whether or not to go to Nicole's room or just head back to mine to go to sleep because I'm exhausted. On the ride back to the hotel, I send a text to Nicole asking if she's still awake. She sends one back a couple of minutes later saying, "No, but I can be if you are coming to spend the night with me."
Decision made! It's been four long days since being in my woman's arms and I need to feel her again. When we finally make it to the hotel, I race up to Nicole's room as fast as I can. I knock on her door and wait anxiously for her to answer. The door opens a minute later to reveal her wearing only a tank top and little matching boy shorts. Yeaaaah, instant hard on. I crash into her, my mouth attacking hers. The door closes on its own as I propel us farther into the room. I drop my bag to the floor then lift her. She squeals against my mouth as she instinctively wraps her legs around my waist.
I carry her over to the bed and climb up onto it with her still in my arms. I lay her down and cover her body with mine as I continue to ravage her mouth. Our hands are all over each other. She eventually rolls us over so that she's on top. Her knees are straddling my hips as she grinds her core against my rock hard erection, kissing down my neck.
"You smell so good, did you not smoke?" she pants against my neck.
"I quit, tossed my cigarettes in the trash tonight," I rasp, gripping her hips and rolling mine so that I can rub against her.
Her mouth finds mine again and her hands plunge into my hair. I think that is her way of telling me that she is happy about it. I'm getting impatient, dying to be inside of her again. I break our kiss by yanking her shirt over her head. Just as I go to reach for her breasts, she grabs my wrists and forces them above my head.
"Don't move," she purrs.
I groan in frustration but do as she asks. She squirms down my body a little and pushes my shirt up to expose my chest. Her delectable tongue finds my nipple rings and flicks over them before biting ever so gently. A strangled cry escapes me as I shudder under her. That shit's almost enough to make me come in my jeans. Her hand finds my throbbing cock and rubs me through my jeans as her mouth closes over one nipple. I bite out a nasty curse and rock my hips. I grip the pillow above my head to stop myself from grabbing her.
Nicole drags her mouth down my stomach, nipping at my hip while undoing my jeans. Fuck, the anticipation is killing me. She yanks my jeans and underwear down just enough to release my erection. Her soft hand wraps around the shaft, giving it a few lazy pumps. Her eyes flip up to mine as she drags her tongue up the underside of my dick. My breath catches in my throat. Jesus Christ!
I watch as my cock disappears between her plump lips. My eyes practically roll back in my head at the sight. Then her hair flops forward, blocking my view. No, dammit! I reach down and gather her hair up in my hands. Nicole's mouth comes off me and she slaps at my hands, but I am not letting go.
"You're not supposed to be touching me!" she gasps.
"I can't see with your hair in the way!" I cry.
She rolls her eyes at me before taking me back into her mouth. I moan. Good god, she looks sexy. There is only one lamp on, but there is plenty of light to see her and what she's doing to me. Her hand is stroking me in time with the movements of her mouth. I drop my head back to the bed and moan loudly. I can't help it, it feels so fucking good. I want to spread my legs wider but I can't because my jeans are hindering the movement. Whatever, I can't think about that right now.
"Baby, I'm close," I pant.
Nicole's mouth comes off me with a pop. She pushes up to her knees.
"No, don't stop! What are you doing?" I whine.
She smiles seductively. "I was going to fuck you, is that okay?"
"I won't last long now, I'm already too close," I groan.
She shimmies out of her panties and climbs onto my lap before I can get out of my jeans.
"Can't I take my pants off?"
"Nope and you're not allowed to come before me either," she says sternly.
She quickly sinks down onto my cock before I can even protest. I cry out and dig my head back into the bed as I grab onto her hips for dear life. It takes everything I have not to come inside of her right now. Then I realize...
"Babe? Condom?" I wheeze.
"I'm on birth control," she murmurs.
I've never had sex without a condom...ever.
"You sure that's enough?"
"Yes," she hisses as her hips start to move.
It feels so good that I don't have it in me to argue. I never knew sex felt this different going without.
"Fuck...me...I can't hold back..." I gasp, my grip on her hips tightening.
Nicole bends over me, her naked chest pressing against mine as she grips the sides of my head.
"Ace, look at me," she demands.
I didn't even realize that my eyes were screwed shut. I drag them open and look into her beautiful brown eyes.
"Don't you dare come before me," she says firmly.
Holy mother...she's sexy as hell when she takes control! I swallow hard and nod because I don't think that I can concentrate on talking and not coming at the same time. She pushes up so that she has a better angle to move. Her hands grip my chest as she rocks her hips. Her elbows are locked which is squeezing her breasts together. Her dark hair is loose and falling forward to partially cover her gorgeous face. She moans and drops her head back on her shoulders. She feels so good, so right.
I try to think of anything...everything...to keep from exploding inside of her. I do what I can to help her get closer - I pinch her nipples and rub her clit with my thumb. Her breathing turns into hard pants and I can feel her body trembling. She's so close. I pull her down, wrapping my arms tightly around her as I crush my mouth against hers. Her nails dig into my shoulders as her hips move frantically. Her mouth opens over mine in a silent scream.
"Now, Nikki, now," I hiss.
We both come hard, crying out and clutching at each other like it's the end of the world. I swear to god, my heart is ready to burst out of my chest. I grab her face and kiss her savagely.
"I love you," I rasp against her lips, unable to hold back my feelings for her any longer. "I love you, I love you."
A choked sob escapes her before I kiss her again.
"Ace..."
"I fucking love you so much, Nikki...so much...more than anything or anyone...I love you," I ramble between kissing her.
Nicole grabs my face and backs up enough so that she can look me in the eye. Hers are watery but she's smiling brightly, so I know she's not upset about me telling her that I love her.
"Ace," she says softly.
I just stare into her eyes...waiting...hoping to hear the words said back to me.
"I love you, too," she whispers before placing the most loving kiss on my lips.
~Nicole~
Ace t
old me that he loves me. I was shocked for all of a second. Then I had to shut him up so I could tell him that I love him, too. And I do. I really really do. I've been in love with him for a while now, but I had no idea that he felt the same way about me. It's nine am and he's still conked out. I'm just lying here watching him sleep. He is so cute when he sleeps with his mouth slightly open.
I run my finger down his scruffy jaw. Ace pulls in a deep breath and stretches as he drags his eyes open. He must not have been in a really deep sleep if he woke up that easily. He blinks at me before smiling softly and rolling onto his side to face me.
"Hi," he mutters.
"Hi," I reply.
"What were you doing?"
"Watching you sleep," I say quietly.
Ace closes his eyes again. "That's creepy, don't do that," he mutters, his lips twitching in amusement.
I chuckle. He pulls me closer and snuggles his face against my chest. I laugh and squirm because his beard tickles me. Ace laughs and rolls away. He stretches again before sitting up. He rubs his face roughly before heading to the bathroom, naked. I watch the muscles in his extremely nice ass move as he walks. I sigh contently. This is exactly how I want us to be - in love and over the moon happy with each other. I'm so glad that I came to my senses.
Ace comes out of the bathroom a couple of minutes later just as his phone starts ringing. He grabs his jeans off the floor and pulls it out of his back pocket.
"Hey, man," he answers.
He makes his way over to the bed and sits down on the edge as he listens to whoever is talking on the other end.
"Yeah, okay, we'll be there in a few...alright...bye," he says then hangs up.
"Who was that?"
"Fitz, he said that everyone is meeting up for breakfast in fifteen minutes," he replies, glancing over his shoulder at me.
I frown. "Who the hell is Fitz?" I ask in confusion.
He laughs. "Roland. His last name is Fitzgerald so I call him Fitz."
"Oh."
"Come on, love, let's get dressed and go get some food, I'm hungry," he says.
I grin stupidly at him calling me “love” as I climb out of bed to grab some clothes. Ace pulls on his jeans then rubs his face hard and lets out an aggravated groan.
"What's the matter?" I ask while pulling on my underwear.
"I'm dying for a cigarette right now." Ace sighs.
I go over to him and slip my arms around his waist. "You're doing great. You don't need it. I know you can do this," I say encouragingly.
Ace takes a deep breath and nods. "I can do this," he repeats.
We finish getting dressed then head down to the lobby where we meet up with everyone else. Alex comes over to us and gives Ace a man hug before turning to me. He hauls me into a big bear hug that has me laughing.
"Hey! Let go of my woman!" Ace laughs, yanking me out of Alex's arms and into his. "Mine!"
Alex chuckles. "I'd be this biggest dumbass if I didn't know that."
"Damn straight," Ace affirms and squeezes me.
We all pile into a couple of vans and drive to a restaurant not too far from the hotel. When we get there, there is actually a crowd of people and paparazzi waiting outside of the place. The bodyguards get out first and back people up, making us a path to get into the restaurant. Then we slowly make our way through the crowd toward the front door. And by we, I mean - Me, Ace, Beau, Lizette, Dean, Everett, and Roland. None of the other dancers are with us. Flashes go crazy and shit is shouted at us from all directions. I caught a couple of questions about why I'm still with Ace since he cheated on me, blah, blah, blah.
Once inside, the hostess sits us in a secluded back room, which is much appreciated by us all. I sit down with Ace on one side of me and Everett on the other. Ace puts his arm around the back of my chair and leans over to give me a kiss on the cheek. I glance over at him to find him smiling adoringly at me. How did I get so lucky? I may never know.
This place moves fast and within twenty minutes, we're all chowing down on pancakes, French toast, omelets, sausage, and bacon; plus, there's coffee, lots of coffee. I ordered French toast while Ace got chocolate chip pancakes.
"Can I try a bite?" Ace asks me.
I cut off a bite for him and feed it to him.
"Mmm, that's delicious," he says.
"I know, right," I agree.
Ace offers me a bite of his pancakes. I accept, letting him feed it to me.
"Those are really good," I moan.
Ace leans in and kisses me on the lips. "Mmm, you taste good, too." He growls against my lips.
I smile and flick my tongue over his bottom lip. "So do you." I giggle.
"Jesus Christ, do you two fucking mind? I'm trying to eat my food here," Dean huffs from his seat across from us. "God, you're worse than Beau and Lizette."
"Hey!" Beau and Lizette say at the same time then look at each other and laugh.
Ace and I kiss one more time before going back to eating our own breakfasts. Once we are all finished eating, we go back to the hotel to gather up our things because we have to get back on the bus to go to the next city. This time I get to ride on the bus with Renegade.
Chapter Nine
~Nicole~
We are back in New York for a short Christmas holiday and have a week off from the tour. We're about half way through, which is good. I'm looking forward to our month off before starting the European part of the tour - that's still a couple of months away, though. I spent last night in a hotel room by myself. Ace and I have been together constantly since we got back together and it was nice to be alone for a little while. He's not bothering me or anything, but I feel that to keep a relationship healthy, you need to spend time apart. Ace agreed with me, which was good. He said that he was dying to sprawl out on his couch and watch his favorite shows, alone. We already planned to spend Christmas Eve at his place, where he's going to have his grandparents over for dinner. Then Christmas day we are going to my parents’ house. Should be fun...NOT! My dad still doesn't like Ace, and now it's practically turned into hatred since he found out about the whole cheating debacle. I've tried to explain that it was a big misunderstanding, but he doesn't care, it's just another excuse not to like Ace. We still have a couple of days before we have to worry about all that, though.
Today, we are going out to do some much needed Christmas shopping. We've obviously had no time to do any shopping while on tour. I head downstairs to meet Ace and Alex, who are waiting for me across the street. They tried pulling into the parking garage but the gate isn't working for some reason, so they just parked across the street. I told them that I'd just meet them out there instead of having them come up. I step up to the curb and see both guys leaning casually against the hood of Alex's Hummer, talking and laughing. Ace looks over first and smiles at me and waves. Alex is next to look up.
I smile and wave back. I look both ways of the semi-busy street before stepping out - no cars are coming because the light at the corner is red. From the corner of my eye, I see a car pull out from a parking spot a little ways down the street. I don't think anything of it because I'm sure they can see me crossing, I continue toward Ace and Alex.
Everything that happens next seems to happen in slow motion. Alex glances down the street in the direction in which the car is coming. I see his eyes widen then his large body springs into action. He yells for me to stop as he starts sprinting toward me. I frown in confusion right before I hear the engine of the car revving faster. I look over and see that instead of slowing down, the car is racing toward me. Ace screams my name as he starts running toward me, too. I know that there is not enough time to get out of the way. That car is going to hit me and most likely kill me. The next thing I know, Alex is in front of me, shoving me back hard. My body flies out of the way just as the car barrels into him.
I land and roll, feet going over my head and I end up in a sitting position. I watch in horror as Alex's body rolls over the hood and roof of the car and flips awkwardly in the air before h
is body lands a few feet away from me with a sickening thud. The first thing I think to do is get the license plate number on the car that just hit Alex and is driving away. I memorize the letters and numbers, refusing to forget. I will not let this fuck head get away with possibly killing one of my friends. Ace suddenly appears in front of me on his knees. He grabs my shoulders.
"Nikki! Baby, are you okay?" he asks frantically, his eyes skimming over my body.