by Ostle, J. L.
“I had a nightmare and I couldn’t be alone. He was nice enough to let me sleep next to him. But like you said, nothing happened.”
“Why did you choose his room and not any of ours?” He isn’t angry, just curious.
“I guess I feel like he’s the nicer one out of you three.” I shrug. I don’t want to mention what happened between us in the library. If Benjamin doesn’t want to tell them, then I will keep my lips sealed.
“He does have that niceness about him.” He laughs. “I’m nice as well, you know?” He swims closer to me.
“You have a really weird way of showing it.”
“Benjamin did all that too.”
“You’re starting to sound a little jealous now, Zeal,” I tease. “If I have a nightmare in the future, do you want me to sneak into your bed?”
“I do. Benjamin shouldn’t be the only one who gets to sleep next to our hot roommate.”
“Who? Devon? I think he would be happy to sleep next to you,” I joke. I scream when he splashes water at me. I splash him back, and before I know it, we’re having a water fight. I start swimming away and scream louder when I see him duck under the water and swim towards me.
I kick as fast as I can, but when his hands reach my legs, he pulls me into him, my back against his front. We’re laughing so hard, but it soon stops when I feel his hands glide up and down on my sides.
I turn my head a little, his mouth close to mine, his eyes looking at my lips. One of his hands stays on my hip while the other travels up to my jaw, turning my face a little more towards him and then his lips are on mine.
He kisses me slowly, his tongue licking my bottom lip. I open my mouth, deepening the kiss. He turns me around, lifting my legs so I’m wrapped around him. I can feel his erection press against my core.
I wrap my arms around his neck, my fingers moving into his thick hair, pulling it a little, wanting him to kiss me harder. I feel the wall of the pool press against my back, and he pins me against it, grinding against me.
The only thing between our intimate parts is my bikini bottoms and his swim shorts. I can feel how hard he is, and with each movement, I’m tempted to stick my hand in, freeing him, and placing him at my entrance.
I can’t have sex with him, even though right now I really want to.
I press my hands on his chest, feeling his hard, toned abs, and I drag my nails along his skin. He stops kissing me, his mouth still close to mine, but I can feel his body shiver against my touch. I trail my fingers to the top of his waistband and then I do something I never thought I would do. I reach in, grabbing hold of his smooth, hard dick, and I slowly start rubbing up and down. His breathing comes quicker. He presses his face against my neck and I moan out when he bites down, sucking on my skin.
The ache between my legs starts to become unbearable. I rub harder, faster. I use my other hand to pull his shorts down a little, freeing his cock. I move so my hand touches me also, but it’s not enough.
I keep going, him biting down harder. I grip onto his hair, my other hand not losing rhythm, and then I feel his body shudder. He presses himself against me, his mouth leaving my neck.
“I wasn’t expecting that.” His forehead presses against mine.
“Neither was I.” I bite my lip, and he pushes his thumb against it, pulling my lip free.
“You really know how to undo a man.” He kisses me softly. “I think I need to repay the favor.” He smiles at me, his fingers gliding down my stomach to my covered pussy. “I bet you feel so tight and warm,” he whispers in my ear. I close my eyes, ready for him to touch me, when we hear talking and I quickly push him away.
I look up to see a few girls coming, and a couple of guys behind them. They’re talking, not paying attention to us, but I think they would have if they came in a few minutes later.
“I need to go.” I swim to the stairs, getting out. I’m almost at the girls’ locker room doors when I’m pushed against the wall, Zeal kissing me with so much want and need. “What was that for?” I breathe out.
“Just in case this might not happen again, I needed to get it out of my system.” He steps back.
“Did it work?”
He laughs. “The opposite. I just want to do it again.” He shakes his head and walks away.
I take a very hot shower, and take my time getting ready. On the way home, I listen to Rudimental These Days. I kept thinking I was going to bump into Zeal, but I must have taken too long getting changed.
When I get home, I open the door to find all three of the guys sitting on the couch, watching TV. Benjamin and Zeal look up, giving me warm smiles, and I start to feel guilty. I have made out with both of them.
“Do you want to join us?” Benjamin asks.
“Yeah. Come watch a movie with us. Pizza is on the way and popcorn is a minute away from being ready,” Zeal tells me.
“Ummm, let me put my stuff in my room and I’ll be back in a moment.” I head straight to my room, putting my things on the floor. I go to my desk, placing my palms on it. When I look in my mirror, I gasp when I see a huge hickey on my neck.
Why didn’t I notice this in the locker room? Oh my God. They can’t see this.
I grab my concealer and start patching it up. I then grab my foundation, blending it in, and thankfully, it’s fully covered. I brush my hair down just in case.
I’m so nervous. Why do I feel so nervous?
Because you made out with two of your roommates, just one to go and you’ll end up like one of their girls.
I am not going to be one of their girls.
I only kissed two.
And let one finger you, and you gave the other a hand job. I need to get out of my head.
Taking in a deep breath, I walk over to the long couch. Benjamin and Zeal move so I can sit between them, but I will feel so weird if I sit there.
“I don’t want to squish you all. I can sit over there.” I point to the other couch, but Zeal grabs my hand, pulling me so I fall down on all three of them.
“You can sit like that if you want, but I’ll have to move when the pizza comes.” Devon laughs, shaking his head at me.
“Sorry.” I stand up, but Zeal pulls me down again. Both Benjamin and Zeal look at me before staring at the TV.
Yup. This is going to be uncomfortable.
I feel my body being lifted. When I open my eyes, the place is dark, and I’m being carried. I wrap my arms around someone’s neck, snuggling into his chest, my eyes still heavy. When I get laid down, a kiss is pressed against my forehead.
Grabbing onto his shirt, I pull him down until I can feel his breath close to my lips. I move forward until our mouths meet. “Sleep next to me.” My voice is groggy with sleep.
I can feel the hesitation. I grip onto his shirt a little tighter until I feel him climb into bed with me. I slide over. When I know he’s in, I hug into his side, my head on his chest. When I feel his fingers start to stroke my hair, sleep already starts to take me again.
“Don’t leave me,” I whisper.
Before I’m lost to the land of dreams, I hear him whisper back. “I never will.”
When I open my eyes again, light is peeking through my curtains. I stretch a little and my eyes go wide when I feel movement beneath my head. I turn to face a sleeping Devon.
I’m confused until I remember last night. We were watching a movie, but I must have fallen asleep, as I remember being carried to bed. I squeeze my eyes shut when I remember pulling him to me. Asking him to stay.
His arm wraps around my waist, pulling me into him. I smile. Even with him sleeping, he kept me close. I press my hand against his chest and close my eyes, enjoying this moment. I let sleep take me again.
I don’t know how long I’ve been asleep for, but when I wake up again, it's to an empty bed. I can hear voices just outside my room; my bedroom door wide open.
“She asked you to stay?” I hear Benjamin’s voice.
“Yeah. How could I have said no?” Devon sighs. “She kissed me.
I wasn’t expecting it, but when her lips were on mine, I knew I was a goner. I’m fucked. I like her.” I hear thumping noises. “She has gotten under my skin.”
“Yeah, I had a moment with her the other day,” Benjamin says.
“What do you mean a moment?” Devon asks.
“We kissed, but fuck, that kiss alone was better than any sex I have ever had.”
“Why didn’t you tell us?”
“I was going to. I guess I was being a little selfish.” He pauses “I don’t want her to leave, but I need to have her and not just for sex. I like her being around. Even though we’ve all been playing this game with her staying or going, I like how she fought back. How strong she is. It made me want her even more.” I don’t mean to listen in, but hearing them talk about me like this is so overwhelming.
“I had a moment with her yesterday,” Zeal adds.
“She kissed you too?” Devon asks him.
“Yeah, she did, and I feel the same way about her. I don’t want her to go anywhere.”
“The question is though, where do we go from here?” Devon asks. “What does she want? Does she want us? Is she willing to try? What if she says no? Then we’re back at square one, where we will have to live with her, seeing her every day, wanting what we can’t have.” I hear the softness in his voice.
“I think maybe she’s starting to be more open-minded, but we can’t scare her off by throwing all this at her. We need to gently ease her in; show her that being with us won’t be that scary. That she can form a relationship with each one of us,” Zeal says.
“I agree. If we ask her to be ours, she might turn it down right away, but if we can show her that this is worth it, that we are worth it and that she will be wanted and needed, that we can be her friends as well as her lovers,” Benjamin says. I don’t know how to take all this in.
Do I want to be with all three of them? I was attracted to each of them from day one. I still am. Each one makes me feel things I can’t explain, but to have a relationship not with just one guy, but with three?
I do have a strong feeling that I can’t explain for them. Hearing them wanting me, needing me, figuring out how they can have me. Most guys would have lost interest by now.
But they aren’t like most guys.
I climb out of bed, wrapping the sheet around myself. I poke my head out of the door and see them standing nearby, and when they spot me, I walk out further. “Morning.” I smile at them.
“Hope we didn’t wake you.” Benjamin comes over, kissing the side of my head.
“You didn’t. Sorry for passing out during the movie. I must have been really tired.”
“It's fine.” I walk over to the other two.
“Ummm, is it okay if we sit down and talk?” I look at each of them and they look at one another before we head to the dining area. I pull the sheet tighter to me as I sit, and I look at each of them before clearing my throat. “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but I heard you guys talking…”
Zeal interrupts me. “Please don’t let this scare you. We know this isn’t what you’re used to. We shouldn’t be talking about you like that, but…”
I raise my hand, stopping him. “Please let me say this. You’re right, I’m not used to this, but when I first met each of you, I won't lie, there was an instant attraction. My body reacted to you all. This week is completely opposite with how we were last week.” I shake my head. “I do want all three of you. I know I’ve been lying to myself, but this is such a huge deal. I’ve never had a relationship before. Now we’re talking about me having one with three of you at once.” I pause, looking at my hands. “The good side of it is that I will have you and I know you will look after me, care for me, but I’ll have to deal with the stares and rumors, looking at girls, knowing that you’ve been with them. There are some bitchy people. Look at the text that went viral over campus. I will have to deal with that.”
“You know, if you were ours, that’s it. There will be no one else, and we will look after you, protect you. We will never hurt you,” Devon speaks up. I look at him. I think this is the first time I’ve seen him look so vulnerable.
“You can’t promise that you won’t hurt me. We never know what’s around the corner.” I stand up and start pacing, and the guys stay seated. “If we did do this, I would have to tell my parents and deal with what they will think and say. All I can say is…” I stop. “You better treat me like a queen or I will kick your asses.” I smile.
All guys look at me, confused, before their eyes widen and each of them stands.
“So, are you saying, what I think you’re saying?” Benjamin asks, a huge smile on his face.
“If you still want me.” I scream when he lifts me, spinning me around before letting me stand.
“Of course we want you. We wanted you from day one.” He leans forward, pressing his lips against mine.
“I didn’t think it was going to go down like that, but I’m over the moon that it did.” Zeal pulls me into him before he kisses me, then I feel my hand being tugged and I’m pulled into Devon’s arms. He lifts my chin, his hands holding my hips, kissing me hungrily before stepping back.
“I wasn’t sure if I was dreaming, so I had to check.” He smiles at me.
“Did it work?”
“Yeah. It felt too good to be a dream.” He walks over to me, cupping my face in his hands, his eyes searching mine. “I knew you were going to be my undoing when I saw you in the office that day. I just wasn’t expecting you to own me.” His thumbs stroke along my cheeks, my breath catching.
“You really are a big softy, aren’t you?” I say softly.
“Don’t tell anyone. Got a reputation to maintain.” He winks at me. He pulls me into his side as we face the others. “Right, this has definitely made my morning, but we have classes to get to and I want to tell the whole school that she’s ours.”
My heart starts hammering. This is where it's going to get real.
“Jamie, if it’s too soon, we can wait. It can just be between us until you’re ready.” Zeal comes over, taking hold of my hands. He must have seen the worried look on my face.
“I’m not going to be ashamed of this. I just know that once it’s out there, that’s it. You are my boyfriends.” I shake my head, giggling. “I never had a boyfriend, and it's like the world is saying ‘as you have never had one, we are going to give you three to make up for it.’” I laugh. “I’m going to miss our bickering. I was curious to see what you boys were going to do next,” I say, before heading to my room.
“We can still continue with the games, but I think we should change the rules,” Devon calls out to me. I turn around and find him smirking at me.
“I’m listening.” I walk slowly towards him again.
“What if we’re playful sexually, without sex being involved. And see who caves first.”
“You mean like one big foreplay?”
“Are you game?” he asks me.
I smile wickedly. I spread out one arm before letting the sheet fall at my feet, showing them my nearly naked body, my underwear the only thing covering me. “I’m game. Remember though, I don’t like losing.” I blow them a kiss before sauntering to my room.
Let the game begin.
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Her Beating Hart
A Reverse Harem Vampire Rockstar Romance
Ivory
I remember growing up where vampires, faes, witches, and any other kind of supernatural beings were only what you read in books or watched on TV, but that wasn’t the case. Most walked amongst us, carrying on with a normal human life, hiding who they really were.
Then one year, they decided to stop hiding in the shadows and made themselves known. I remember when I was ten years old, watching on the news of the supernatural council, and being told we shouldn’t fear them.
How can you not fear ones who kill you instantly?
Beings with power is going above and beyond nature.
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nbsp; The ones that see us as a walking food bank.
I used to look at people who walked past me on the streets and wonder if they were supernatural. Were they a vampire? A witch?
Vampires were in two groups though, the day walkers, who were purebloods, ones born as vampires. Most were involved with the council as they were more powerful. They grew like any human would, except with the abilities and thirst of a vampire, but they primarily stopped aging at twenty-one—only gaining one year every hundred years. Then you had the nightwalkers, vampires turned by another and stuck at that age they were turned. They are the ones who fear the sunlight.
It is the norm now. People know they exist; they fill our schools with different kinds of beings, and shops are filled with many types of blood. You go to a bar and blood is on tap.
I never judge by who or what they are; I judge by their actions. Some think they are Gods, thinking they can do what they want. Those are the ones I try and steer clear of.
I’m human.
But I also have a gift, a gift that protects me, the ones I love and care for, against the evils of the world.
I used to be scared, knowing what I can do, afraid that I would be taken, used for experiments. But I shall not fear who I am.
I tried to stick to a normal life, but with my luck flushed down the toilet, I had no choice but to go from my normality and jump into a world I never could imagine.
Ivory
“I can’t believe you are going to be working with Beaten Hart,” my best friend, Emz, yells over the music.
I heard what she said, but my eyes can’t seem to look away from the people I am going to be up and close with for the next couple of months. The men on stage are the most beautiful people I have ever seen.
“If I had a choice I wouldn’t, but I need the money,” I yell back at her. It’s the truth. I don’t want to be babysitting a bunch of rock star’s, but I’m desperate. I can’t afford my rent, and if I hadn’t found something fast, I would lose my home.