Rock Solid? (The Next Generation #1)

by K E Osborn

  He frowns and leans his forehead against mine again. “Annie Slade; there is and has only ever been, one girl for me.” I stare into his bright blue eyes getting lost in their beauty.

  “If you pull a joke right now I’m going to knee you in the nads,” I whisper as he inches closer to my mouth forcing my heart rate to spike.

  “This is not something to joke about Annie. You’re it for me. You always have been and always will be,” he says and I lean forward kissing him softly.

  I pull back so our lips are still touching, but parted enough for me to talk. “What about Dad?”

  “We’ll find a way, Lennox. Don’t worry, every time he isn’t watching I will be with you. I promise you that.”

  My stomach flutters with happy, giddy butterflies. “You promise?”

  He nods slowly while he stares straight into my eyes.

  “But I really don’t want to run around avoiding each other all day when he’s nearby. Speaking of which, why did you act like that today?”

  He exhales and looks around the corner to make sure no one is there. “Because when your dad answered the door, he told me in no uncertain terms that I was to have no contact with you today or to be alone with you. He was very clear regarding the ramifications if I did go near you at all.”

  “What did he say he would do?” I huff.

  “Castrate me, and then ensure that I’d never see you again.”

  I open my eyes wide and gasp. “Fucking lunatic!” I say getting angry. My face flames red and my fists clench at my sides.

  “Lennox, calm down. He doesn’t mean it. He knows we could never stop seeing each other because of the band. Plus, our parents are best friends so it’s impossible. It was just a scare tactic and it worked for a while until I realised he’s all talk. I don’t plan on avoiding you anymore. I want to be able to hug you when good news happens or be able to play our music the way we always do, leaning on each other. The only thing I won’t do in front of Colt is this,” he says. Then he parts my legs with his knee by moving his leg right in between mine, so his thigh is pressed against the centre of my legs. I gasp as his mouth comes back to mine and he slowly rubs his thigh against me making everything throb in such a way that I want more.

  How does he know how to do that? Does he even know what his leg is rubbing?

  My mouth opens and our tongues dance together while his hands run through my hair and down to caress my face. The loud noise of the after-party fades into the background and all I can hear is my heart thrashing in my chest. Every part of me is aching in a good way. I have never really thought about sex before, but right now I am definitely thinking about it. I notice Aston’s boner rubbing against my leg and I realise what I am feeling is turned on. I’m actually horny and I get now why everyone loves this feeling so much.

  “Mmm,” I moan into his mouth as his kissing and rubbing becomes more forceful.

  We’re both breathing heavily out of our noses trying to inhale some oxygen into our lungs between the frantic kissing. This is definitely hormone fuelled snogging and I know we’re both feeling as turned on as each other.

  His hand moves from my face, down my neck to my shoulder. I’m pretty sure his hands are trembling, but I don’t mind, I think I’m shaking all over as well. He slowly edges his hand downward and he stops just above my breast on my chest. He breaks the kiss for a second and looks into my eyes.

  “Is this okay with you?” he asks and he starts to edge his hand down my chest and over the top of my breast. I’m breathing rapidly and right now I want him to touch me everywhere so I nod and he smiles.

  “Lennox, I need you to tell me it’s okay,” he says and then I smile at him and take his hand placing it on my breast.

  “Touch me, Aston. Please,” I whisper and he gently caresses my breast and it feels awesome. My nipples harden and the throbbing between my legs is becoming unbearable as his lips crash back to mine and he massages my breast. I feel like I should be doing something to make him feel as good as he’s making me feel. But, to be honest, I’m enjoying this too much to take any of my concentration away from the feelings engulfing me. He leans his leg up higher and the tension between my legs is easing slightly with his rubbing. I don’t know how he knows how to do all this? But I’m sure glad that he does.

  His tongue dances against mine and a tingle starts to run from the bottom of my spine all the way up to the tips of my hair. It feels fantastic and I know that I want to do this with him many more times. He starts to ease the kiss and pulls his leg down away from me and I pout at the loss.

  “Don’t stop,” I whisper against his lips and he chuckles.

  “I have to now, Lennox, or I won’t be able to stop at all,” he says taking a step back from me and rearranging his dick in his pants. I bite my bottom lip and giggle to myself that he got hard because of me.

  “So what would you do next if you couldn’t stop?” I ask and he raises an eyebrow and smirks.

  “Well, I’d kiss your neck and bite on your ear, while my hand travelled down between your thighs.” He stops stepping back, but staying close to me and leaning in, so I can feel his breath on my face.

  My heart is racing as he talks to me and every part of me is tingling. “Then I would gently rub your clit while kissing you hard and I’d be able to feel you pulse all around me,” he says and I open my eyes wide at his dirty talk. I can’t help but bite my lip as I imagine him doing exactly what he’s saying. “I would work you up till you’re panting my name, and finger you gently while rubbing your clit with my thumb. Then I’d kiss you hard as you come all over my fingers. Then Annie, I would hold you while you recovered and do it all over again making you scream my name like you mean it. So I know how much you want me,” he says and then leans in kissing me hard and biting my bottom lip.

  I gasp at how easily this all comes to him. I’ve never done any of this stuff, but right now he’s making me want to do it all with him. “How do you know what to do?” I ask and he chuckles.

  “Caleb,” is all he says and then leans in kissing me again as I chuckle.

  Of course, he gave Aston pointers. He’s probably given them to Chad as well.

  Oh God, I hope Caleb doesn’t know what Aston plans to do with me. How embarrassing!

  He pulls back from the kiss and looks me in the eyes. Every single inch of my skin is burning red hot. I love the way Aston is holding me right now, he almost has to hold me up because my knees aren’t doing such a good job of keeping me upright anymore.

  “Aston,” I murmur and he looks into my eyes and smiles.

  “Yeah, Lennox?”

  “Can you kiss me for a little while longer?”

  “Sure thing, but this time I’m only going to kiss ‘cause trying to stop myself from touching you even further would be too hard.”

  “Then touch me even further,” I whisper feeling embarrassed that I even said that.

  He chuckles as pulls some hair away from my sweating face. “Oh, I will Annie, trust me, I will. But not here and not tonight. I’m not rushing into this with you. You mean too much to me to let me go all in, even though every part of me really wants to. I want to take my time with you, and cherish your body by worshipping you and the ground you walk on. You mean everything to me and I do not want to fuck this up by moving too quickly,” he says and my heart races and explodes at the thought of him with me. As much as I want to race to the finish line with Aston right this minute, I think for the sake of our friendship, going slow is the best idea. Plus, this is all new to me and I have no idea what I’m doing so some guidance would be great.

  I swallow hard and look down at the floor. “I’ve never done anything like this before, Aston. I don’t know what I’m doing or how to do it,” I admit and he smiles and lifts my head up by my chin so I look into his eyes.

  “I don’t know how to do anything either, Annie. I’m learning just like you are. The only difference is I’ve done research and talked to Caleb about it. Let me take the lead and I’ll t
ell you what and how to do things, okay?” he asks and I feel giddy, like a little girl learning something new at school.

  I nod and he smiles.

  “We’ll just take this really slow. I don’t want you to do anything you don’t want to do or that you don’t feel safe doing,” he says and I nod again. I love that he’s taking charge in this because I honestly don’t know what to say. He leans in and gently kisses me again while he pins me to the wall.

  And right now, at this moment, things couldn’t be more perfect. Strange and unknown… but perfect!

  Aston and I finally come up for air and decide to go back to the party, I’m sure people have noticed our absence because we have been gone for such a long time. I make sure to wipe my lipstick from his face and we walk out from behind the partition and immediately notice Caleb and Chad looking right at us and they’re grinning.

  I look at Aston and he’s smirking.

  “Do you think they know?” I ask and he shrugs.

  “So what if they do? I like you Annie and I don’t care who knows it,” he says taking my hand in his and leaning in kissing my cheek. I smile as my stomach flutters and my knees feel unsteady as we walk over to a table and sit down with the rest of Staked. Aston holds my hand under the table for the rest of the night.

  Later after the after-party, Rob sat us all down and talked about how well tonight went. He wants to amp up our shows. He’s organizing for us to play another few gigs this week to get the hype up before we go into the recording studio to record an updated version of our album. Then we’re going to submit to the record label that Dad was talking to tonight. They were impressed with our sound and chemistry on stage and they want to know what we sound like on disc, so we’re headed into the studios next week and we’ll go from there. It seems to be happening quite quickly. Dad was watching the Twitter feeds and Facebook posts intently and apparently Staked is a trending topic right now, so we’re all really excited that people have taken to us so quickly.

  Dad seems to have forgotten about his no touch policy between Aston and me because I’m sure he saw us holding hands under the table. He frowned, but then Mum glared at him and he shook his head and said nothing. I’m pretty sure Mum has said something to him, and I couldn’t be more grateful. If anyone can change Dad’s mind about something, it’s Mum. She has an uncanny way of turning something bad in his mind into something good so that he thought it was his idea all along. I don’t know how she does it, but I guess after being together for nearly twenty years will do that.

  We end up driving back to Oxfordshire and I’m utterly exhausted. It’s been a long day and an emotional one at that. The highs, the fantasies and the firsts were all wonderful and today might just have been the best day of my life. Ella is asleep in the car next to me, and Mum and Dad are talking about his upcoming tour in just under a year’s time. He is saying hopefully we’ll be able to go with him and maybe play on tour with them. I think having us as a backup band would be amazing, but I won’t count on that happening just yet.

  My phone vibrates in my pocket and I pull it out and swipe the screen to see a message from Aston.

  Aston: Thanks for tonight, u make my world spin in a completely new direction and I luv the dizziness I feel around u. A1 xo P.S. Ur boobs r amazing!

  I giggle quietly so I don’t wake Ella or alert my parents. But his words are so poetic it makes me blush. I love the way he makes me feel and I never thought that he could make my heart skip the way it does. I’ve known him my whole life, and ever since I can remember my body has been reacting to him. My hairs stand up on end, the tingles I feel down my arms, it should’ve all been a warning sign. I didn’t know what it was, I just put it down to being normal. However, everything about mine and Aston’s relationship is not normal. It’s not normal to feel this way about your best friend. It’s only normal to feel this way about someone you care about deeply and have a connection with. That person for me is most definitely Aston and honestly I can’t wait to see where this relationship takes us. I can’t believe I never saw it before, but I’m so glad I’ve realised it now and that I can spend my life trying to make Aston happy. I hit reply.

  Me: I luv the feeling u give me 2. I never knew whatever we were doing could feel so… good! All I know is that I want more and I hope u do 2. A2 xxxx P.S. My boob’s r amazing, hey!

  I giggle and hit send and then watch the screen waiting for a reply. It comes not long after.

  Aston: I definitely want more Annie. I want so much more with u! And it will come with time. This is new to both of us and I want to do it right. A1 xo

  I smile and hold the phone to my chest just taking in the amazing and caring spirit of Aston. He only wants me to be happy and now that I look back that’s all he’s ever wanted. I hit reply.

  Me: Well, so far ur doing it perfectly. I just hope tomoz we can find some alone time. There’s a song in my head I can’t get out and I want u 2 help me with it. A2 xxxx

  I hit send and sit and wait for his reply.

  Aston: Sounds perfect to me Lennox. I’ll be at your place by ten, and we’ll find a way 2 slip out somewhere. Your dad can’t keep us apart forever :) A1 xo

  I smile and look forward at the back of Dad’s head and wonder if he really can keep us apart. What’s his problem anyway? Aston is a gentleman, and he obviously doesn’t want to get straight into my pants. Because, if he did, it would have happened tonight at the after-party and he was the one who stopped it, not me. So Dad really has nothing to worry about.

  Me: Ur right, we’ll find some time to slip out to the Willow tree tomoz. It’s far enough away that we can talk about the song and cuddle while doing it. If you want to, that is? A2 xxxx

  I hover my finger over the send button for a moment wondering if the cuddling part is something he would want or not. I go to delete the message and accidentally hit send instead.

  I gasp and start quickly tapping away on the screen, apologising for being overly affectionate, but before I can finish his reply comes through.

  Aston: I wouldn’t want to cuddle with anyone else, Lennox. I’ve been waiting to cuddle you my entire life <3 A1 xo

  I swallow hard and stare at the message and my heart does a little dance and then a somersault. He always knows exactly what to say. I hit reply.

  Me: U can talk sweet as well as dirty then? ;) A2 xxxx

  I smile and hit send.

  Aston: U have no idea how sweet I can be, but ur going to find out. That’s a promise. I’m so glad u stopped pushing me away. The last two days has been perfect for me. Other than your dad threatening to castrate me, but u well and truly make up for his downfalls. A1 xo

  I smile and bite my bottom lip. I hit reply.

  Me: Well, I’m glad that ur happy, and I’m sorry it took me so long 2 figure out what the hell was happening to me. It’s nice 2 finally realise what I was feeling isn’t just friendship, and that I want u in my life as more than just Aston the best friend. A2 xxxx

  I hit send.

  Aston: I thought I wasn’t imagining it, and that u felt the same surge of electricity I feel when I’m around u. Every time I’m near u I get a shiver down my spine that tells me when ur near. I luv that feeling. A1 xo

  I open my eyes wide and gasp. I realise that he feels something like I do when we’re close by, and it’s so nice knowing that I’m not just some freak who feels things others can’t. It’s nice to know we’re on the same page. I hit reply.

  Me: Oh no, I feel it, trust me, I feel it! Well, we’ve just pulled into the driveway so I better go before Dad catches me texting u. I’ll see u in the morning. Can’t wait. A2 xxxx

  I hit send.

  Aston: Sleep well my beautiful, Lennox. A1 xo P.S. I can’t wait to kiss you again, under the Willow Tree xoxo

  I smile just as Dad pulls the car up.

  “So did you have a good time at the after-party, girls?” he asks and Ella jumps suddenly waking up.

  “What, huh?” she asks yawning and stretching.

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bsp; “Did you have a good time?” Dad asks and I smile and touch my lips remembering Aston’s on mine, his leg between my legs and the way he made me feel like I was the only thing he cared about in the world. To me, that equals a great time.

  “Yes, it was okay,” Ella says and Mum turns back to look at me and catches me touching my lips.

  I quickly put my hand down and smile at her. “I had a blast,” I say and Mum smiles and nods, then turns around and opens her car door getting out.

  We all move from the car and head toward the big beautiful manor we call home. I hear the dogs barking as we walk up to the front door and Dad unlocks it. They come rushing out jumping at our feet. I pat Sassy as she jumps on me, but then I quickly walk inside and straight upstairs to my bedroom.

  “Night Annie,” Mum calls out and I look down and smile at them all.

  “Night guys, I’m beat,” I reply and they all nod as they head into the kitchen.

  I race to my bedroom smiling the whole way. I open my door and walk through closing it behind me quickly. I pull off my dress and bra and throw them on the floor and then pull on my Slayed T-shirt and kick off my combat boots, rushing straight to my bed. I’m excited and I can’t wait to see what tomorrow will bring. I jump into bed and pull the picture of me and Aston from my bedside drawer, and snuggle down in bed with only the soft purple glow from my lanterns as I trace the outline of Aston’s face in the photo. I exhale and welcome back the swarm of butterflies in my tummy as I think back to the after-party and the way he made me feel. I rub my thighs together to stop the dull ache and I lean in and kiss him in the photo. I place it under my pillow and cuddle into the soft sheets and close my eyes waiting for a magical, musical, dream-like-state to wash over me.