Rebound: Passion Book 2

by Silver, Jordan

  Chapter 8

  KADYN

  I can feel Matthew staring holes in my back as I walk away from Dan’s table. What’s his problem anyway? One minute he’s growling and snarling at me, and the next he acts like he owns me. I guess I should feel just a little wary after the shit I’d been through in the last couple of years but somehow I don’t. I don’t get the feeling that he’d hurt me. Though what he wanted from me I wasn’t sure.

  That day on the street he seemed to be more annoyed by my reaction than upset at me. It’s very confusing either way. I didn’t want to get involved with anyone for any reason. I just want to stay here with my head down, hidden away from the drama. Seeing him made me want things I know I can never have, and his actions only made things worst.

  I’d met Dan one of the rare times I’d visited dad a few years ago, and though we didn’t keep in touch as often in the last few years we still said hi on Facebook and twitter. He has no idea of what’s been going on in my life back home and I didn’t plan on sharing. But it was nice to have a semi friend close by since I’d left everyone behind.

  He and his buddies were getting a little rowdy when I walked from behind the counter with the tray of sundaes but I ignored them. Boys will be boys I guess. I tried not to look at Matthew as I approached the table, but like always my eyes were drawn to him. My tummy was beginning to do that crazy churning thing it does when he’s around and the tray shook just a little in my hands.

  “Here you are guys, three sundaes with the works.” I placed one in front of each of them as Matthew bore holes in the side of my face with his eyes. I finally had the nerve to look at him head on and the look in his eyes had me taking a step back.

  “Who is he?”

  I swallowed as I looked at him; he looked pissed but was trying to hide it.

  “I beg your pardon?”

  “The guy that had his hands all over you who is he?”

  I looked at the other two occupants at the table who seemed unaware of the drama unfolding right in front of them.

  “He’s a friend.”

  I’m not sure what he thought of my answer because the tick in his cheek didn’t go away and he was still glaring. I turned and walked away as I heard the bell over the door jingle and more customers walked in. For whatever reason I found myself avoiding Dan’s table as I walked by.

  MATT

  I kept my eye on her the whole time I sat there eating my ice cream. She was a bit skittish in her movements and seemed overly cautious and aware. In the hour we sat there I noticed how quiet she seemed and also that people seemed to like her. Her smile as rare as it is was beautiful and made that hitch in my heart hurt more. Sitting there I finally allowed myself to accept the truth. I was attracted to her in a big fucking way; no amount of hiding or denying was going to change that shit. “Fuck me running bro, what the fuck?”

  Josh looked at me with a ‘what now’ look on his face. I think I felt a little trepidation at the situation. I wasn’t afraid of what I was beginning to feel, but I was just a little wary. It was too soon after the betrayal. Hadn’t I told myself that I wouldn’t ever do this shit again? And besides this girl looked like fucking trouble, there was definitely something going on with her, but what? Josh kicked me under the table to get my attention. I’d wandered off in my head again, something I found myself doing more and more where this girl was concerned.

  “What’s up Matt?” I kept my eyes trained on her as she moved around the room.

  “I don’t want to do this shit bro.”

  “Bro you’ve been driving around town trying to pick up her scent. You’ve already got it bad.”

  “You make me sound like a wild animal or some shit.”

  “Well if the claws fit.”

  “I don’t know bro, I’m not too jazzed about putting myself out there again. And she seems to have some fuck wrong with her.”

  “Perfect, then you can both mend each other; I don’t see the problem.”

  I decided to ignore his ass as I ate my ice cream, he was no help whatsoever since he had love and happily ever after on the brain. The dumbass kept dropping hints about what I should do to move things along as he swore I was already hooked. I wasn’t, not by a long shot. It would take more than a pretty face and a grade A ass to pull me in. But those eyes fuck; I think she’s going to get me with the eyes. I have always been a sucker for a damsel in distress.

  The prick at the next table was following her with his eyes but I noticed she was steering clear. Why the fact that he was looking should bother me was anyone’s guess. Make up your mind Matt, either you’re in or you’re not you can’t have it both ways.

  “Bro there’s steam coming out your ears, if you want her go get her before that fucker makes his move.” Josh had noticed the other guy clocking her as well, shit. I have to man up in front of my brother, can’t let some college asshole show me up but shit.

  Carrie excused herself from the table and headed for the counter where Kadyn had just finished helping a customer. I don’t know what she was saying to her but had a good idea I was involved when Kadyn took a peek at me. I held her eyes until she blushed and hid behind her hair; that’s my kinda shit.

  Carrie came back to the table all smiles but not giving up anything and I refused to ask. Besides all my attention was still focused on the ‘friend’ at the next table who couldn’t seem to keep his eyes off my…fuck.

  “We’re not leaving until they go.” The three of us were finally finished with our dessert but the asshole and his friends were still here and no matter what I told myself I was not about to leave her here alone with them.

  “Why don’t you just go talk to her Matt?” Carrie was resting on her husband’s chest as he played in her hair. Watching the two of them together sometimes made me long to go for it. To throw caution to the wind and just say fuck it. What no one seemed to realize is that I had come very close to doing something that I never thought myself capable of when Patti had done the shit she’d done.

  It wasn’t only that she’d fucked with my brother it was the fact that she was capable of such actions. I never wanted to be that close to evil again in my life. If I took a chance on this girl and she fucked me over there’s no telling what I would do this time. I had the feeling that this one could send my ass over the edge. The things she made me feel Patti hadn’t even come close to. It was like the difference between day and night.

  “Not now Carrie, I’m not sure which way this thing is going but I don’t want to make any fast moves.”

  “You’re certainly nothing like your brother.” The kissing started and I had to wait until they were through sucking each other’s faces off for her to expound on that statement.

  “What’s that supposed to mean?”

  “I mean that this one didn’t wait for an invitation, he just forced his way in.”

  “I’m a gentleman, your husband didn’t get that particular gene at birth.”

  “Kill the shit Matthew I know you remember? Patti might’ve knocked you off kilter for a minute but there’s no way my brother is out of the game. You just need to let go of that shit and do what you have to do Steele style.” The fucker grinned at me like an idiot. He was right though, I had to get my head out of my ass soon. Patti was the past, I’d fucked up there yes, but it wasn’t like me to just lay down and die. If she’d only fucked me over I might’ve handled things different. But she’d gone after my little brother, my heart.

  I couldn’t get him to understand what that shit did to me without sounding like a bitch so I held my peace. “The next woman I get myself tangled up with is going to be the last guys. I can’t just rush into this shit, we all know what happened the last time I did that.” As I said the words I knew them to be true. I liked what I saw when I looked at my brother and his wife, that permanence.

  In a world where divorce was prevalent and people took love for granted I’ve always known that I’m the settling down type. That’s why I’d stayed with that viper for so long, i
t’s just not in me to do the running around thing. Maybe that’s why I could understand Joshua’s rush into marriage at his age. He’d seen his forever and taken it. Now I won’t settle for less, but neither will I be too hasty. “I’m not as twisted up as I was a week ago so you guys can stop worrying okay. I just need some time before…”

  “That’s good Matt.” Josh gave me a high five as I kept my attention on the asshole at the table across from us who was still busy clocking her with his eyes. I had the strong urge to punch the fucker in the face but that was just crazy. I had yet to even have a real conversation with her. Maybe it was time I remedied that shit and moved on from this limbo that was making me nuts. What was I afraid of anyway? It’s not like I was going to ask her to marry me in the next second or some shit. But something about her scared the fuck out of me, which made no sense whatsoever. Maybe I had lost my mind after all.

  Chapter 9

  MATT

  The douche bag and his friends left not long after and I breathed a sigh of relief when all he said to her was bye. I felt a little less tense when she looked in my direction and kept her distance from him, waving him off from her place behind the counter. Once again Carrie excused herself, this time to go to the restroom and I watched as she stopped to have words with Kadyn, again. I had no idea what they were talking about but from here it looked as if Carrie was trying to talk her into something with all the head shaking and hand wringing that was going on. Whatever it was she finally smiled and nodded before lil sis headed for the bathrooms in back.

  “What’s your wife up to bro?” Josh looked over at where the girls had been standing together and then turned back to me with the fakest look of innocence I’d ever seen since he was six. He shrugged his shoulders and changed the subject to sports.

  “Since when do you give a fuck about baseball stats Joshua?” Oh yeah they were up to something alright, nosy fucks.

  “You wound me bro, you know I’m into all that happy shit, in fact I’m thinking of picking up the game.” I just glared at him and left him alone with his secrets, I guess I’ll figure out what it was soon enough since everyone seemed to be on a fix Matthew kick this week.

  When Carrie came back she grinned at her husband and I really knew then the two of them were up to some shit. “Let’s go.” I stood from the table ready to go. I had some shit to think about and I needed to be alone to do it. Things were moving kind of fast. It had only been a short time since I’d first laid eyes on her and already in that time she’d wormed her way into my every thought. Not a day went by that I wasn’t thinking about her or some shit. And lets not talk about the days that I didn’t get a glimpse of her on one of my rides around town. Then I felt like I’d lost something. All this shit had to be dealt with. I might want to take my time but time wasn’t waiting for my ass it seemed.

  “You guys head to the truck I’ll be right there.”

  I threw the keys to Josh and left the table and went to the counter where she was wiping down the surface as they headed out the door. “I need to talk to you, walk outside with me.” I didn’t give her a chance to accept or deny, just took her hand and pulled her around behind me. As skittish as she was I sensed a stubborn streak inside her. The first thing I needed to do was find out what the hell made her act as though she’s afraid of her own damn shadow. “Where are you taking me?” She tried pulling out of my hand but I held on tighter. One look over my shoulder was enough to quiet her little ass down.

  When we reached outside I pulled her around the side and out of the way of prying eyes. With her pushed up against the wall I looked down at her. She was so fucking beautiful in the moonlight as she looked up at me, her eyes bright and wary. For some reason that shit pissed me off; I didn’t want to find her beautiful, didn’t want this burning in my gut that came from being this close to her.

  I wanted to kiss her and strangle her at the same time, but why? She’s never done anything to me, never once gave any indication that she wanted anything from me. Maybe that was part of the problem, she was always so fucking cool. Never once letting on that she was affected by me the way I was by her. But she’d let that asshole put his hands on her though, she hadn’t seemed afraid, didn’t jump out of her fucking skin.

  “Are you a fucking witch or something?” I crowded her even closer pressing my body into hers.

  “What no, why would you say that?”

  “Whatever the fuck you’re doing to me you need to stop.”

  “Hey I’m not doing anything to you, you’re the one following me around acting like you own me remember?” Yeah there was that fire I sensed inside her. She pulled away from me and folded her arms as she spat fire at me with her eyes. “I have a solution for you, why don’t you just stay away from me in the future and you won’t have to feel like this.”

  Before I could answer her she turned to walk away from me and that’s when I did the dumbest thing I’d done thus far where she was concerned. I pulled her around roughly not quite sure what I was going to do until I found myself taking her mouth in a searing kiss. She tried keeping her tongue from me at first but I didn’t let up until I had it in my mouth. In the back of my mind I could hear myself asking what the fuck I thought I was doing but I couldn’t stop. She was fighting it just as much as I was as I could still feel the tenseness in her body.

  That little bit of resistance I encountered only prolonged the kiss until she yielded to me completely and burned me to my very soul. Her lips were soft and sweet beneath mine, and her body molded itself to my hardness like we were made to fit together. My heart raced away from me, and my mind was a blank as I tried to rein myself in. I’ve never kissed anyone like this before in my life, like I wanted to consume her, to somehow draw her into me.

  “Fuck Kadyn, just fuck.” I rested my head against hers until I caught my breath. I looked down at her glazed eyes and swollen lips using my thumb to rub them softly. “What the fuck are you doing to me Kadyn?” Her answer was a shake of her head, as she too seemed blown away by the heat of the kiss. I hadn’t expected that that’s for sure. Hadn’t expected to feel like I’d found something I hadn’t even known was lost. To be sure it hadn’t been a fluke or just plain horniness I took her lips again. This time I tried to go slow, take her softly but that lasted for all of two seconds before I was once again devouring her.

  Her taste was unbelievable, everything about her mouth was; the way her tiny tongue played hide and seek with mine, the little sexy sound she made when I folded her closer to me wrapping my arms tightly around her. “Like this.” I had to show her how to take my tongue in her mouth and the reality came crashing down on me. She didn’t know how to kiss; that could only mean one thing. Untouched. As if my head wasn’t fucked enough as it was that thought had to creep in there. The idea did something strange to me, what that was, fuck if I know but it did…something.

  I pulled her head back holding fistfuls of her hair as I stared down at her. A million thoughts were going through my head as I took her in. She wasn’t flinching away form me now but instead her hands were clutching folds of my shirt at my back. Neither of us said a word as we stood there under the moonlight just staring into each other. I knew why I wasn’t talking, I had no words for what was going on inside me, but what was her excuse?

  Finally I kissed her forehead and whispered in her ear because I needed to get the fuck out of there and think about this shit.

  “Get back inside. I’ll see you tomorrow.” I turned and walked away without a backward glance. That quickly I was back to being pissed. What the fuck was going on here anyway?

  The two meddlers seemed to sense my mood because they said nothing when I jumped in the truck and took off. It was going to be a long night, if she could make my body sing from just a few innocent kisses who knew what else she could do to me. Innocent, the word swam around inside my head and did even crazier shit to my heart. If what I suspected was true she was in even more trouble than before; I’m not sure I could walk away from that package. />
  Chapter 10

  “We’re going to the beach bro let’s go.” Josh was in my room first thing the next morning trying to drag me off the bed. It was too early for his shit and I wasn’t in the mood. I didn’t want to go anywhere, just wanted to stay here hidden in my room and think about the way things had gone last night. Can’t a guy lose his fucking mind in peace around here?

  And I’m pretty sure that that’s what’s going on with me; what else can it be? One minute I’m mad at the world the next I’m hard as fuck. I have this girl that I barely know running around in my head and following me into my dreams while the nut that I was once hooked up with was facing ten to life. This shit reminded me of a scene from one of dad’s old ancient ass movies ‘stop the world, I wanna get off’. If only it were that easy. Kadyn…

  That kiss had sealed both our fates; she’d damn near blown off the top of my fucking head. So soft and sweet, her taste was still on my tongue hours later as I’d tossed and turned on my bed trying to make sense of the whole thing. Where did we go from here? Was I even ready to swim in those waters again? I was twisting myself in knots with no real answers.

  “I don’t feel like going to the beach bro, you guys go on without me.” I went back to throwing the ball up in the air as I laid back on the bed. “I think you might want to rethink that one bro.” It was the way he said it that had me looking at him suspiciously.

  “What did you do now?” I sat up and flexed my shoulders, have to be on the alert when this sneaky fuck was up to his shit, and who knows what it was this time. “Why do you always have to be so suspicious bro? Lets just go you have ten minutes the others are already waiting.” He stood over me and punched me in the shoulder. What the fuck did he want with the beach so early in the damn morning?