by L. B. Wilde
Packing a overnight bag into the new car sighing because she can’t drive it yet but Nathan assures her once she is allowed it her turn drive. She likes it but it’s still not ‘lud’. Asking him somewhat solemnly, “Do you know where they took my poor girl who really took a solid for me? I need to really say goodbye” with a tear in her eye, really need to see “lud” to come to terms of what happened. He sighs but agrees to take her there after we stop to pick up a few things; he doesn’t like to see her sad but understands she needs closure on what has happened.
Stopping at the police “junkyard” as everyone calls it seeing smashed cars; they point us in the direction of “lud”. It’s hasn’t become a box chunk of metal yet since the insurance is still running it’s full investigation into the accident but it’s what will become of her shortly. The passenger side is completely smashed in along with the front windshield which amazing didn’t collapse on Brandy. She took the solid hit protected Brandy as best she could only the driver’s side window is cracked from where her head hit it but the driver’s side is like a capsule of protection against the damages she took for Brandy. Rubbing her head and shoulder knowing that she is healing and “lud” never will. Brandy sighs deeply running her hand across her thanking her for the years she has given and for saving her life. A tear falls again as Nathan stands back and lets Brandy say her peace to the car that has given so many years of simple joys.
We leave when finally he breaks the silence. “Are you ok?” he asks peeking at her as he drives to wherever we are going. Smiling back at him being complacent “Yes, I’m ok, she was a great car, I’m thinking about how she saved me from being mush now, she was a solid car.” heavily sighing.
“Yes she was and you’re right. Not that this car will ever replace her but she is solid too. She will take a hit for you not that I want it to happen ever again but the safety records show that it has side air bags and front air bags so it will minimize injuries. It may not be ‘lud’ but from what I can see, ‘lud’ held memories for you. Let this one create new ones for you?” he asks with wondering eyes if she can accept that. “OK, I’ll give her a chance, I know it seems silly but I just couldn’t leave without saying goodbye to her. She has been a great car even though they don’t have feelings it’s just kind of she has always been dependable. Weird to say it but it’s true.” stating with conviction.
“Well, sometimes you need to close old doors to open new ones that can be better for you?” he asks trying to change the conversation understanding his meaning.
“You’re right Nathan; sometimes we have to get out of our comfort zones to find out what life is really about. Maybe that’s what we both have done when we met each other don’t you think?” fishing him out to see were this is leading.
He smiles wide seeing him amused since he is driving when she notices that it has been over an hour. Being too busy thinking about her ‘lud’ she didn’t recognize the fact that we are heading on the thruway towards…and then it dawns on the direction. They are heading towards her home looking at him with recognition of the where they are heading. With a surprised look on her face glancing over at him while still recognizing the direction. Gasping “Are you taking me home?” with a weird feeling in her gut not knowing what to expect in response.
Glancing at her as he drives, “Yes, I kind of am for the night, I took off an extra day so I called ahead and your mom said that would be great for us to come visit. Are you ok with that?” he asks a little concerned that she figured it out. “Really, you did that for me?” shocked that she is going home with a man who is going to make every girl in her home town drool over. She is ecstatic thinking about seeing her dad, her sister and shows them she’s OK. Even though Brandy has spoken to them both on the phone but seeing them, having them see that everything is fine will work out perfect.
Filling him in on her family about her sister Candy having married her high school sweet heart Tim and having 3 kids now, the oldest is Tim Jr. which they call TJ and his two little sisters are Tracey and Tina. Obviously they are stuck on the letter ‘T’ and he chuckles with her. Her dad Allen is a very hard working man too when it comes to his vineyard she is sure he is going to drag Nathan out for part of the day to show him his pride and joy. Secretly she knows he is going to get lessons on how grapes are ready and when to harvest them along with touring how wine is made. He’ll find out everything within hours of our arrival! Smiling inwardly knowing he will get some serious inquisition from her father while this is all happening. He has no idea what he is getting himself into.
We arrive shortly after lunch but mom already has lunch made for them and dad comes back to meet Nathan from the store. After introducing him to Allen dad asks if he can give him a tour, grinning telling Nathan he better go, with a look that says you opened this can of worms you better learn to deal with it. He heads out with dad while mom switches shifts with her sister so she can see her for a little while she is here to visit. Candy comes gushing over to her hugging her so tight she thinks she bruised her ribs. She never realized how much love she has had for her she has tears in her eyes. “Don’t you ever scare me like that again!” She exclaims. She looks at her sister like she was looking at her for the first time. Remembering how she always looked out for her. She gave Brandy the space once she grew up but she always was there for her when she went through her rough times. “I never will intend to scare you sis.” understanding her concern as we hug more soft again. Filling her in on what has been happening since she has been away. She knows about some of her trips with Nathan and how things have been going so well for us.
“So, is he the one, I did see him briefly as he was walking out with dad and seriously Brandy, he made every head turn, not just mine! He is so gorgeous!” she fans herself, “Lookers like him scare me because you know that every women wants him, not saying that Tim isn’t handsome but he doesn’t make other women do double takes if you know what I mean.”
“You know Candy, I do notice but for some strange reason I feel OK with that. I know women look at him as something they would love to put on their mantle to adore but he isn’t like that. He is really down to earth and doesn’t want that pedestal that people put him on. He wants me to like him for who he is inside and I do love him. He has already told me he loves me but I haven’t had a chance to tell him my feelings.” Confiding in her
She looks at her in shock “He told you he loves you and you never replied!” not understanding the situation so she explains to her that she keeps getting interrupted every time. Telling her my plan about what she is doing to fix that she giggles knowing that it is a sweet. She has to go back to help out in the store and we will see each other tonight at dinner feeling relived having a chance to tell her so much in just an hour break. She is a great sister along with the rest of her family.
Dinner becomes an event as Candy comes with her whole family to join us. Brandy finally gets Nathan back just before dinner sure her dad quizzed him as well as gave him a tour. He looks very happy so she knows things went well. We have a good old fashion dinner with country fried chicken; Nathan gets to meet her sister’s husband Tim along with Tim Jr. aka TJ along with his little sisters Tracey and Tina. We decide to take a walk after dinner to walk off all the heavy food as we stroll into town. It’s small so we only have about 2 bars being a Monday night its quite which was somewhat different compared to our normal environment back home. We stopped into one of the bars seeing some familiar faces from school. They were not really friends just people she recognizes. She doesn’t acknowledge them too much but they did see her with Nathan as heads turned. Not really comfortable with the stares at first but then she lifts her head up high thinking yes I am proud of who I am! Her life has changed from this small town abuse. Stare if you must but she has made something of herself and a gorgeous man by her side.
We head to a table still not drinking so we both just order cokes. After he excuses himself to go to the restroom, she gets a visit from the Prima Dona she likes to cal
l her from high school. She always thought she was going somewhere since she was the prom queen. Now she is an overweight, make up caked on, want to be shocked she recognizes her. “So Brandy” she slurs at her obviously she drinks way too much “I see you found yourself someone who doesn’t know your upbringing.” Daisy tries to intimate her even now. Looking at her with distaste “Obviously, you haven’t made anything of yourself or you wouldn’t be a drunk at a local bar. Really, I thought you had better expectations of yourself?” proclaiming back with venom.
She glares at her standing tall waiting for the onslaught from the other locals when Amy steps in to pull her away with Dave in tow. Dave takes Daisy away as she staggers off grabbing his butt which he doesn’t look all that pleased about. Amy who she does remember as being the one to always stop Daisy on her abuse to Brandy saying “Sorry you had to deal with that. You didn’t deserve that comment.” she politely turns to walk away. Thinking to myself she was always the one who came in to pull Daisy off her I soften seeing her “Neither do you Amy, why do you put up with this abuse, may I ask.” She turns with a smile, “That’s always what I have done; good for you to get out and see there is another life outside of ours. You have a very handsome man and you deserve it. Enjoy your life Brandy good luck!” she expresses so warmly seeing what has left behind s a good thing. So simple but yes so true.
Nathan returns sees that she has a strange expression on her face. “Is everything Ok?” He asks, nodding back, “Better than OK, let’s head back, nothing has changed around here and I don’t want to be around certain people anymore.” she glares in the direction of Daisy. She is busy groping Dave who is tolerating it for now by his obvious expression. Puzzled but willing to take her word for it we exit. Once outside he asks her if that was some of the people who used to tease her when she was younger. Telling him yes just let it be the past because some people will never change, he politely drops the subject.
Explaining when we get back to the house that we will have to sleep in different rooms for the night since her parents are a little strict on that being together under their roof. He laughs saying his parents would be the same way. He is offered her sister’s old bedroom as her mom has freshened the linens for him. It’s getting late as we are both tired. It was really nice of him to bring her home to see the family thinking her dad really likes him. He asks him to go outside on the porch for a beer while she cleans up. She’ll have to ask him about that tomorrow.
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They go home after breakfast with some small tears from her parent’s mom gives Nathan a warm hug telling him to take good care of her. Her dad shakes his hand telling us both come back soon to visit again. So she knows he is now welcomed into her family. She can’t wait to hear what dad had to say to him.
Once we get on the thruway, she looks at him with a look of so, what did he say. Glancing at her he turns back to driving with a grin. “Are you trying to find out what your father and I talked about?”
“Well of course silly, you had most of the afternoon and part of the evening to talk to him!”
“We talked about a lot of things, especially when he was showing me around the vineyard. I asked him if he ever thought of expanding his business outside of your little town. He has but has no idea about how to go about it and since I know about investing into small business I told him how to get himself started. He was thrilled at the idea giving him some people to contact to get any legal things he needs to sell out of state or just even start smaller keeping it in state. He has things to look into so when he is really ready I can help him with his expansion. “He smiles smugly. She glares at him pouting her lips knowing that was all he talks to dad about.
“Really, that is really nice of you but that was all he talked about?” knowing dad, he would want to know how his daughter is doing. Wanting to know this man’s intentions are with her.
“Oh yea, we did talk about you a little bit.” He is now teasing her as he looks sideways. Open her eyes wide with bring it on tell her, “He was very happy that you had me to look after you after the accident. He was not pressing too much on what our relationship was just how long we have known each other; those sort of questions.”
“Well, it’s nice to hear he is concerned about me. Also, he is right I am glad you have been here for me; I don’t know what I would have done. Thank you again Nathan.” wishing she had the guts to tell him how much she loves him but would rather do that when he isn’t driving.
Trying to change the subject somewhat asking him about his family since now he has really seen hers completely. “So how is your family doing back home?” wondering since she hasn’t ever met them feeling compelled to give him a chance to open up.
He grimaces seeming unwilling to talk about it right now. Looking at him concerned now wondering what is going on that she should know about. Life seems to be coming back to normal but something in her gut is telling her that it is just beginning of something unknown. He looks at her and sighs heavily. Just as he is about to speak his phone rings and he grabs it to answer. It is Denny as she hears him exclaim his name then he starts to do the ok as obviously Denny is telling something regarding the business. Denny is doing all the talking.
When he finally hangs up he is excited because of the Atlantic City investment is going so well he and Denny have people interested in Las Vegas as well. This is great news she is so excited for him. We start talking about the possibilities and before you know it we are home. We are both tired from the long drive while still recuperating from her injuries deciding to take a hot shower to relax a little once we get home. He goes into the study to do some work and make some calls.
Half asleep in front of the TV in the living room he comes in like a little boy with a new toy jumping on her to exclaim that he and Denny have booked with local agents to develop a night club in Vegas. He is so excited she is so happy for him. He is a man with a dream that is coming true for his career. He starts to talk about how we are going to have a great time going to Vegas to set everything up when his phone rings again. This time he slumps slightly when he sees who is calling getting up to talk on the phone as he goes to the outdoor patio to talk. Understanding certain things are private respecting his space but sometimes she gets really curious as to what he is hiding from or who.
He comes in with his head held down and shoulder slumped, knowing something bad has happened to ruin his mood. Cupping his chin in her hands when she stands up looking into his beautiful face seeing that his recent news is bad, “What’s wrong? “ she implores.
“My uncle has passed away, he had a heart attack and I have to go home.” He states blandly not happy about the situation. Obviously he is upset about one or the other or even both.
“I’m so sorry honey, were you close to your uncle?” She asks him with compassion trying to be supportive as she hugs him. He leans into her embrace putting his head on her shoulder.
“I knew him but we weren’t really close, but it is the right thing to do so I have to go tomorrow. I need to book a flight home to be there for my mom, it was her brother.” He exclaims with a deep sigh. Realizing the man she loves is leaving her tomorrow to go really far away shivering at the thought. Without thinking about it she asks, “Do you want me to go with you to be there for support?’ hoping he would want it as much as she doesn’t want him to leave.
He looks at her with surprise and longing, “I would love more than anything else for you to be there with me, but I think it would not be the best time to meet my folks being a funeral situation. I would rather you met them when it’s not a tragedy if you can understand that ok sweetie?” he looks lost but she needs to understand for his sake of the facts of why he is going home and not give him pressure about his family. She already knows that they seem to always check up on him but he needs his space to explain his relationship just like she did the same with her family. Obviously her tragedy brought her folks to us which happens to be a very different situation.
She nods with acknow
ledgement pulling him towards the bedroom to help him pack for his trip. Making small talk about good things like how he has a new adventure waiting for him when he comes back, Vegas will lie ahead making him smiles feeling that small relief. He excuses himself to call Denny to fill him in to put the meeting on hold. She only prays her gift shows up before he leaves tomorrow. She so much wants to tell him more she just can’t do it without knowing the right moment. She is start thinking something is wrong with her that she just can’t say it outright wanting to savor the moment when she actually say the words. She wants it to be a special moment.
How can this happen to him right now. Just when he realized his true feelings for Brandy even though she hasn’t told him she loves him yet. He wonders why; but then again he knows he has been hiding things from her. He just wants to make it on his own without his family always involved. Now he has to go home and face the situation. He was hoping to get more time with Brandy to finally see if she truly does love him as much as he loves her. His thoughts are scrambled not wanting to go home and face his parents.
Chapter 21
That night we make love so sweetly and slowly as we enjoy our bodies being so connected. It is so much like a soul mate on how we can be so hot and passionate but not the same this time, his body is her as her body is his. It is such an overwhelming sensation she can never put into words taking a long look into his sky blue eyes wanting to hold them in her heart forever. Our heat builds as she envelops him inside her, she explodes around him with such passion she screams out his name. He lies on top of her kissing her all over not wanting this night to end, slowly he rolls to the side but not disconnecting from her entirely which she relish snuggling up to his chest falling asleep still feeling his warmth inside her. They are one right here, right now and forever.
Brandy wakes a few hours later feeling him growing back inside her which arouses her fully. He had dozed off also but his body has become awake again with his arousal grown inside her. She rolls him onto his back slowly start him up again wanting him more than anything to grow inside her more as he brings her to new sensations she has never felt before. He moans “Oh Brandy, how do you do this to me?” as he cups her butt to pull into him, she gasps again as he lunges into her with his hardness. “You never left me baby!” She groans back as we have hot sex again as she pumps him hard with moans and cries as he excites her body. He sucks her breasts which makes her want him fully harder and faster as she pumps him harder tightening around him. Arching her head back feeling his explosion in her she clasps him hard climaxing all around him. He screams her name out as he feels her warmth complete him.