After, what seemed like hours of finding out what made her tick, and teaching her how a man liked to be touched, Cole finally felt her thighs, start to relax around his waist.
Looking to Penny for permission, she gave it with a little nod. Slowly, he pulled his aching cock from her depths until only his tip remained. Wrapping his arms around her, he gripped her shoulders with his capable hands, holding her in place to take what he was about to give.
Once again, she cried out, and her body tensed, but she didn't push him away, instead, she held him tighter, her nails digging into his spine, giving his body back, just a little of the pain that he was obviously giving hers.
A pleasured moan escaped Cole’s lips as he felt Penny’s, overly tight walls surrounding him, once again. He drew back, only to push his way into her, again and again, never taking his eyes of hers.
Penny couldn’t stop taking in the sight of him above her. He was so damn beautiful. Never, in all her life, had she felt so close to another human being. She could feel him, everywhere. The pain that she had first felt when he entered her body, had now dulled, and in its place, she felt something new. It was a tingle of tightness, that had a pressure building inside her. With every skilled thrust of his hips, she could feel it growing.
Cole pushed his weight up onto one arm, using his free hand he reached between them, rubbing her sensitive bundle of nerves with his thumb, instantly making her back arch and a devil’s smile rip across his lips.
"You like that, don’t ya, Penny Lane?" He rasped, watching as she nodded her head before biting her lip. His thrusts were long and deep as he tried hard to hold onto his control. It wasn’t an easy thing to do. Her body was trying to rip his end from him, every chance it got, but he refused. He wanted her to cum, scratch that, he needed her to cum. He had to be the first, in all ways, not just one.
He wanted her to look back on this moment and smile as a shiver ran down to her core, forever reminding her, that she had been properly fucked, her first time. Cole wanted to set a high standard when it came to Penny’s body, one that, any man she was ever with in the future, would have a hard time of living up to. This need to be her, best ever, had Cole putting all his practiced skill into her body as he circled her clit and licked his lips, sucking her pulse points and swallowing her moans.
He could feel her body, trembling beneath his, letting him know that she was almost there, almost right where he needed her to be. Reaching under her ass, he lifted her off the mattress at the same time that he sat back on his heels, forcing her legs to wrap around his waist, as her chest pressed into his.
It was with her, all wrapped up around him, with her formerly virgin core gripping his shaft, and her nails digging into his back, that he said the words that he had always known better than to say.
"I love you, Penny Lane!" It was said between gritted teeth. A tone reserved for curse words had it sounding almost like a threat as he spoke it.
It was right then, it was the second her strangled moan escaped her lips that Cole knew he had won. Her body jerked, trembling as she tried to pull him closer, but, there was no closer to be pulled. They were already entwined, tighter than any two bodies had any right to be.
In that moment, Cole had lost all control. That was obvious to him, the second, he said what he had said to her. Instantly, he felt as if he had been tricked. Her body had put him under some kind of spell, forcing those words to tumble out of his lips without his permission. It didn't matter that he thought they might be true. That fact, was too scary for him to even wanna think about, in a moment like this. Luckily for him, he didn’t have to think on it for long before his mind started to go blank, leaving him with only feel. The feel of Penny’s skin, slick against his. The feel of her nails, clawing at his back, and last but certainly not least, was the feeling of her walls on his cock as they pulsed, and twitched, sucking his seed, from his body, one pussy pounding contraction, at a time.
Penny watched as Cole shuttered above her. It was an amazing site to see. She could feel him as he came apart inside her. His warmth, seeping into her very being, as he looked at her with such weakness in his eyes. It was heart stopping to see, such a strong and powerful man, bowing down to her. He was clinging to her as if his life depended on her acceptance of him. His life, was safe in her hands, safe inside her body. She accepted, every single drop of him, all the while begging for more.
Cole, couldn't help but to think, that this is how Penny must feel when she was falling through the air. Free, yet scared as hell of the fall. Or, maybe, it was the fear of, not being caught, that really got to him. Right now, though, he was caught, held firmly in her arms and feeling safe inside her walls.
For the first time in Cole’s life, he didn’t feel like he needed to prove anything. He didn’t need to be anything that he wasn’t. With Penny’s body wrapped around his, he didn’t need to be some tough guy, ready to kick someone's ass, at the drop of a dime. He didn’t even care if he looked good or not, it didn’t matter because she was a mess too, a beautiful one. He didn’t wanna ever leave this bed, again. He no longer wanted to be the life of the party anywhere but between her thighs. He had no more stories to tell or jokes to crack. With her, he felt like he could be something more than all that, or at least, he wanted to be anyway. He needed to be more than all that fake bullshit, if not for himself, then for her.
Night faded away and morning took its place as they made their own personal sanctuary between the sheets. Each, enjoying the thrill that they had found in the other. They took the time to map out each other's bodies, finding hidden spots and places that could make you moan, just by blowing in their direction. They spent hours, finding personal likes and dislikes as they went round after round, pushing each other to their bodies’ limits.
It was late in the afternoon, on the next day, when the spell was finally broken. All it had taken, was the opening of Cole’s hotel room door. And just like that, a kiss goodbye, and a promise to meet up later for rehearsal had Penny on her way. Their night of passion turning into a memory that each would treasure.
Penny left out of Cole’s room with a smile on her face that refused to leave. Her body was twisted up, feeling all the things that young lovers tend to feel, butterflies, fear, and an all over kind of excitement.
Making her way up the steps, of her childhood home, Penny’s feet, barely touched down. Her thoughts were soaring, an excitement brewing in her that threatened to bubble over at any moment. She couldn’t tell you how because it had never happened before, but somehow, she had forgotten herself. She had completely forgot who it was that she was, supposed, to be. She forgot, how her life, really was, and in that fleeting moment, she was finally free to just be herself, the person she really wanted to be, and not the one her parents wanted her to be.
Too bad, those moments, never seem to last. They never seem to play out the way you want them to. The way you need them too.
Pulling up to the community center, Cole parked his car right next to Bertha. Usually, Penny would meet him inside, but today, he could see that she hadn’t made it out of her car, just yet. He glanced over to see that her neck was bent, her face buried in her palms. Instantly, his heart started to race. Had she realized her mistake, so quickly? When she had left out from the motel this afternoon, she had seemed so happy, but this, did not look happy, at all.
Cole sucked in a breath trying to steel his nerves. He knew this would end up happening, at some point, he just thought it would be a little further down the road, is all. Stepping out of his Vet he slammed the door, and with two steps, he was standing on the passenger side of Penny’s, burnt orange, Pinto.
His breaths were that of a fighter, readying himself to take a hard hit. Sliding into the passenger seat, Cole’s heart hurt from skipping beats. Looking over, he found that indeed, Penny was crying, and just like that, his heart was broke in two.
"Look, don’t be getting all worked up. I get it, okay. Your way
outta my league, and you’ve
got everything going right for you. It makes perfect sense, it does, so, don’t even sweat it. No hard feelings, really.”
Cole let it all out, in one big breath, never looking her way. Then, he just set, fingers twisting around one another as he waited for her to finish him off. He knew the speech that was coming, he had given it a million times himself. It’s not you it’s me, it’s just bad timing, and yadda, yadda, yadda. Saying it though, was a lot different than hearing it, that was for sure.
"My parents kicked me out!" Penny sobbed, before throwing herself across the seat, and into his lap.
"Wait, what?!" He questioned, his head jerking back. He hadn’t been expecting that.
"They freaked out because I didn’t come home last night! They said I was out’ whoring’! They told me that I reeked of sin and that they wanted me out of there house. They said if I wanted to act grown than I was gonna have to be grown. What am I gonna do Cole?! I don’t have anywhere to go. I'm gonna have to spend all my savings, trying to find somewhere to stay. I'm not gonna have the money to get to the audition. My whole life is ruined Cole, everything's ruined!"
Her body trembled as Penny rambled out her teary story. Poor Cole, didn’t know what to do, besides, wrap his arms around her, pulling her to his chest, where she soaked his T-shirt with her tears. His eyes darted around the parking lot then back down to the mess in his arms. God damn, he hated to see a woman cry, any woman but more so, this woman, in particular. That fact, had him opening his mouth to say, yet another thing, that he knew he shouldn’t. "Fuck, em! You can just come stay with me in Cali.” He shrugged, his tone, easy.
Yep, it had all came out just that smoothly, too. It slipped right of his tongue like it was no big thing. When in all reality, it was a huge thing. Bigger than huge even.
“What?” Penny questioned, her body going a bit stiff in his embrace.
“Ya, fuck it, why not? I was headed back anyway.” Cole shrugged.
Damn him, how in the hell was his voice staying so calm when everything inside him was freaking the fuck out?
“But, what about rehearsing?”
“There's a gym that I go to out there, they have space we can use. We can still rehearse, and that way, you can save your cash. We’ll get you in at Julliard, and then we’ll go from there. What do you say, Penny Lane? Do you wanna just get the fuck out of here, with me?"
He had said it all, as if it was, just as simple as that. And, the truth was, it should have been, it really should have. "Really?" Penny’s voice cracked as she spoke the word.
"Yeah, why not? You’ve got nothing keeping you here. Fuck this place; let's go home to Cali. You can see the sights, hit the beach, and get some R&R, before the audition. Sound good?" There they were again, more words that Cole shouldn’t have said. What the hell was wrong with him? Deep down, he knew what was wrong, he just couldn’t bring himself to admit it. Screaming out, ‘I love you’ while being balls deep in someone is easy, it’s much harder to admit it to yourself. At least, it was for him, anyway.
He watched as a flicker of hope sparked to life in Penny’s red, puffy, hazels.
"Can we really do this, Cole? Can we just go, and never come back, just like that?" She questioned, looking to him for guidance. “Hell ya, people do it every day, why not us?" He mused, before leaning down to kiss her cheek. She stopped him though, jerking her head back, a bit, to get a better look at his face.
"Cole…, what are we really doing here, you and me, I mean? What is this? I have to know before we go any further."
Penny was always a thinker, a planner, the one who had to know every detail before she would make a move. For her, everything had always been thought through. Yet, here she was, about to throw all that away for a man with a devil's smile and the most, Heaven green, eyes that she had ever seen.
"We’re just being us, okay, no more no less. I'm Cole Conners and you, you're Penny Lane, now. Let’s just go with it, see where it takes us.” He offered, looking down at her with a gentle smile. A moment went by of her eyeing him, weighing her options, he suspected. “Don’t worry, I got ya, my love."
And, just like that, they were off on their adventure. Neither had a clue how any of it would work out, but they still left anyway. They were ready to take on the world and nothing, it seemed, could stop them.
Present Day
Penny smirked, glancing down at the photo that she held in her hand. It was a snapshot of Cole and her the day they left out of Texas, headed for all the promises Cali had to offer. They were grinning like idiots because that’s what they were, the both of them. God, she had been so happy that day, so happy to see Texas in the rear view, so happy to be free of her family, and of their judgments. Just so damn happy to be finally free, of it all.
She was caught up in a love affair, caught up in Cole, and all
the newness the world had to offer. For the first time in her life, she was free to be whoever she wanted to be, to love, to dance, to just be happy. The fact, that it could never work out, didn’t even get noticed. She had been so damn young, so foolish, and stupid. She hadn’t had a clue how the world really, worked. That's the thing about life though, it had a hard way of forcing you to learn, and fast. A tear slipped down Penny’s cheek as she tossed the memories back into the box, unable to hold it together one second longer.
Meanwhile, across town, Cole was finishing up his sad tale, or at least trying to anyway.
“So yeah, we went to Cali, and look at that, here we are. Check out those lights brother, they’re fuckin’ beautiful, man!" Cole announced, snagging the bottle from Able.
"Fuck those lights, that ain't the end of the story mother fucker, keep going!" Able slurred, yanking the bottle back.
"Did you know, you get real fucking mouthy when you drink?” Cole informed, with the tilt of his head and a smirk.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please, just keep going. I'm so wrapped up in this shit man, come on, don’t stop! You gotta tell me how it ends!" Able pleaded, wrapping his arm around his very intoxicated friend
Cole took a deep breath, he didn't much care for the next part of the story, but the whiskey had him by the balls.
"Alright, well…, let's see. We made it to Cali then spent the next two weeks rehearsing, fucking, rehearsing, fucking. You know how it is, man. We were young and having fun. I was so lost to that damn woman. I had never lived with a chick before, and now, here she was, always around, 24/7. I had never liked the idea of a woman being all up in my shit, but Penny was different. She was a whole different girl out here. I mean, she was the same but different. She really started coming into her own. It was amazing to be able to watch that happen. Time fucking flew, though, and the next thing I know, we’re in New York, standing in a hall older than the damn city itself.” Cole scoffed before giving a little shake and a scared look. “I had never been that nervous in all my life. When the day finally came, forget about it, I was a fucking wreck… but Penny, no, she was as cool as a cucumber. That girl just fucking went for it, all in, balls to the wall, brother. I was sure I had fucked up a million times but she just kept dancing her circles around me, hell, all over me. Of course, she got in. Those judges knew talent when they saw it, and Penny, had flooded the stage with it. And, so ya, end of story, the girl made the cut.”
Drunk or not, Able could see the pride clearly shining in Coles' eyes, as he let out a deep breath.
“But, that’s not the end of the story, is it? Able questioned, eyeing his friend like the man owed him something.
“Alright, alright, fuck, you’re like a dog with a bone.” Cole sighed out. “We stayed that weekend in the city and then we flew back to Cali. She had a month before school started, and damn her, if she didn't spend the entire fucking time, making me fall even more in love with her. It was like the longer that she was there, the longer I wanted her to keep her there. Time, though, is a fucking bitch, and before I knew it, it was up. When she took off for school we made all these stupid promises, like that we’d still be togeth
er, and somehow, we’d be able to make it all workout. We really thought we could, too. I mean, people did that kinda shit every day, right? So…, she went to school and I landed some roles. We flew back and forth, every chance we could. We did it for months, hell, we rocked that long distance shit, phone sex, video chat, we did whatever we could.
The weekends never lasted long enough, though, and the times that we couldn’t see each other, seemed to go on forever. That was my fault, really. My career picked up, and I ended up on sets all over the world, but never in N.Y.C., it seemed. That was what really got to us, the fame. It seemed like as my name got bigger so did the temptations. I was a wannabe, with too much money and not enough brains. I didn't take the time to realize that what I already had, was way better than what I was being offered. It didn’t matter that I said no, a million times. In the end, it was all about the word yes.” Cole finished, his eyes telling of regret.
"Please tell me you didn’t." Able sighed out, a frustrated breath, as he accusingly glared over at Cole.
"I did, though, and I did it a lot. I could have tried to say that it was because I never got to see her, I was lonely, shit I was drunk most of the time. That, was all bullshit, though.”
“So why do it?”
By the look in Able’s eyes, you would have thought, Cole, had cheated on him and not Penny.
“I did it because I was a guy and an asshole on top of that. I loved her more than anything but, that didn't even stop me. I blew through cities, roles, and women. I thought I was untouchable. I had this absolutely perfect girl and I had pussy on tap, all over the world. And, you know fan-girls, they'll do any fucking thing, you ask.”
The pair both stopped, immediately sending a prayer up above, before giving each other knowing smirks, followed by a fist bump. “So, anyway, one night, she calls me up. It was late, I was drunk. She was blabbering on and on, saying we needed to talk and that it was important. I think she sounded off but I was so fucked up, who knows. I didn’t have to listen, anyway. I already knew what she wanted to talk about. My pictures were all over the rag magazines, me and other woman. She had found out, I just knew it. She was gonna leave me, and I deserved it. But, I just wasn't willing to let her go. Yes, I fucked up, a lot, but I still loved her through it all. She said she had to see me in person. And that was just like her, too. She was too good of a person to throw us away, over the phone. So, I lied, I told her I was out of town and wouldn't be back for a while. I was hoping, she would just somehow, magically get over it, if, I could just hold her off for a bit. I was hoping that I could figure out a way to explain myself. The words never came, though, and one day, I just couldn't brush her off any longer. She went and called check mate. I woke up, after a three-day bender of booze, women, and God only knows what else, to find Penny standing at the end of my bed. She was right there, close enough to touch. She was right fucking there to see it all. I'm a good talker, you know me, I can talk my way, out of just about anything but even I knew, that I couldn't talk my way out of the, two naked chicks, that were in bed with me.” Cole said with the shake of his head.
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