Passion and Pearls (The pearl series)

by Marie, Dani

  “My turn,” was all she said but she leaned down and nipped at the sensitive skin of his neck, her hands stroking over his shoulders and down his arms. The kisses continued down his torso, finding ridges and areas he didn’t know were so erogenous. When her tongue was again circling his nipples and she was slowly rocking against his erection he could only think that this was heaven. But when she moved lower, pulling his boxers as she went his body went completely still. The feel of her long hair sliding over his sensitive skin, the whisper of her sliding her tongue up his legs was better than anything he’d ever felt before. With her hair completely covering his shaft she pushed his legs farther apart and totally stunned him when she drew one of his tight sacks into her mouth. He bucked up and he could feel her smile around him, she let one side go and licked the other with one broad demanding stroke. She then lifted her head, looked at him and smiled. His held his breath and with a wicked grin she leaned down with her lips pursed just over that sensitive tip drew his shaft into her warm mouth. She was sucking deep and hard taking him in as far as she could. Her hand slid down and cupping his sacks began stroking them until he was afraid he was going to come well before he wanted to. He slid his hands into her soft silky hair and pulled her off him. She had that same wicked little smile on her face that he knew would, from this day forward, always make him hard. He pulled her up his body until he could kiss her, tasting himself on her lips. They both knew that was all either of them could take and that they needed completion now.

  “Please,” was all she whispered, but he was more than happy to accommodate her. Blu rolled them until she was under his heavier frame. He slid her legs apart and then realized she still had those wet panties on. He murmured an apology and promptly ripped them off her. She could only nod her approval as he moved closer lifting her legs and sliding them around his waist. She dug her heels into his firm butt cheeks urging him on. He teased her sensitive nub with the tip of his shaft, then poised at the opening that beckoned him. He pressed in just a little then pulled out again, wetting just the head with the proof of her need. Then he claimed her mouth again, kissing her deeply and as his tongue boldly slid into her mouth, he thrust hard and deep. He captured her scream of pleasure with his kiss, pleased that she was again so responsive. He could feel her inner muscles clinching in release around him as she came. He knew he wasn’t going to last long but he wanted the imprint of his passion to sweep her away. So he stroked slowly in and out of her core until her body quieted and only then did he rear back and begin pistoning in and out reaching for his own release. She had to stifle her moans and another scream when she felt him release his seed deep inside her. Their breathing ragged, Blu slumped down over Aqua and then when he could, he rolled to his side taking her with him. He somehow kept them connected in the most intimate of ways, his hands stroking her body as if to quiet her sensitive skin.

  At one point he did pull from her turned her around and in the classic spoon position whispered, “Mine,” before tightening his arms and falling sound asleep. Aqua laid there feeling herself completely wrapped up by this man, her body relaxed and tingling with satisfaction. With a soft sigh she too fell asleep.

  The sound of someone banging on a far door woke Blu but Aqua picked that moment to snuggle a little closer to him in her sleep. The feel of her soft skin against his was enough to block the rest of the world from his brain. His hands were gently stroking her and just as he leaned down to take one of her taunt nipples into his mouth someone banged again on her bedroom door. With a growl he jumped from the bed and opened the door a crack planning to rip apart whoever was there. His brother Ben was smiling and jumped back. “Moms looking for you, did you want her or me to find you here?” he said laughing as he turned to leave. “Better hurry, she’s ready for Christmas morning festivities and you know how she hates to wait.” With that parting shot he walked off and Blu shut the door, banged his head against it once in frustration and turned to wake Aqua up.

  She was already awake sitting up with the sheet pulled clear to her chin, looking so adorable that he strolled right to her, pulled the sheet from her fingers and drug her up and against his naked form. The kiss was explosive and it took all of Blu’s will power to not lay her down and make love to her again. But Ben’s words were in his head and Blu knew his Mom would not be happy to find him in Aqua’s bed, it was a Mom thing. With gentle hands on her shoulders he pushed her away from him slightly and with his forehead against hers told her what was going on and that they had better get dressed and meet everyone downstairs.

  Chapter 4

  Fifteen minutes later Aqua was nervous as she went downstairs to face the family, but they were already into the spirit of things and the laughter and noise level was something Aqua loved. She stood at the entrance to the living room watching as children and adults alike were handed gifts but none were allowed to open them. The excitement especially from the younger children was catching and soon even the adults were asking Blu to hurry as he had been elected as the one to pass out gifts. When he spotted her, he stopped for a minute and just stared at her then with a smile continued on. His Mother saw the look and turned to see the awed expression on Aqua’s face. She had never had any man look at her that way, as if she made his day just by being there.

  It took a few moments for Aqua to realize that Blu’s Mom had walked up to her. She took her hand and pulled her into the mêlée of the family, found her a place to sit and expressly warned Aqua with a chuckle not to open gifts yet.

  The day was amazing, watching Blu’s family exchange gifts the more odd the gift the more they seemed to like it. Aqua realized that this family was what she had wished for as a child. How amazing it must have been to grow up in this environment.

  The Christmas packages were finally all unwrapped, and the children were off playing with new toys and gadgets. The rest of the family was sitting enjoying coffee after a breakfast which included more food than Aqua had ever seen. She sat next to Blu on the sofa with his arm draped around her shoulder, listening to the conversation. That’s when Aqua’s worst fear started niggling at her.

  Why did her gift always seem to come into play at the worst times? She tried to ignore it but soon it took over her mind and she sat frozen watching the scene play out. Blu must have spoken to her because when the vision in her head stopped he was shaking her and had a look of worry on his face. She sighed, this was going to be the end of this relationship and probably her chance of having a nice normal life here. Aqua knew how this worked, once folks found out about her gift they would stop coming into her store and she would have to close down and start over again. This time would be harder than before as she’d made some really nice friends. Then there was Blu, it almost would have been better if this had happened before they’d made love. Now that she knew what she was missing and giving up. But this time there definitely wasn’t a choice, she had to use her gift and help.

  With a resigned sigh, Aqua put both hands on Blu’s face looking him in the eye so that he knew she was serious. “We have to get your Mom to the ER now. I know this doesn’t make sense but you must listen to me and we have to go now, her life depends on it.”

  He glanced over to his Mom who was sitting quietly watching the family. All seemed well, but then he thought of other Christmas’s and realized this was unusual as she was usually running around taking care of things. He turned back to Aqua with a questioning look. “Please hurry,” she urged, “and we need to call ahead to get the cardiac specialist there, we have no time to waste.”

  Totally surprising Aqua, that was all it took for Blu to take action. With a few words to his brothers and father, Blu took his Mother’s hand and walked her to the front door. He got her coat and slipped it around her shoulders. She asked him what was going on and he just looked at her and asked her to trust him. Aqua was stunned, he believed her and was even taking action, this had never happened before. Usually she was shunned and was asked to leave, then when the bad thing happened she was often blame
d for it. Blu, Aqua and his parents got into the car and headed to town. Blu had already called the hospital and they were going to be waiting for them. About three quarters of the way there, Blu’s Mom looked at her husband and told him she didn’t feel well. He pulled her close and told her not to worry that everything was going to be fine. She held him tight whispering that she was frightened. Blu drove faster.

  At the hospital Blu’s Mother was immediately taken into the ER and was being looked at when the heart attack hit. Without the presence of such skilled medical staff they would have lost her then and there. As it was she had to have bypass surgery and soon the entire family, minus a few adults to watch the children that were left at home, had converged in the waiting room. There was a solemn feel to the room and people were quietly talking. The worry for the matriarch of the family was deep and strong. This woman was the heart of their family and they couldn’t even imagine her being gone from them.

  Aqua was quiet, sitting near Blu but not wanting to talk because she kept waiting for the questions and then to be sent away. She was worried too, Blu’s Mom had been so nice to her. Aqua wanted to wait here, with these people and hear the news from the doctor that the gentle woman was going to be fine. Yes, she already knew it in her mind but hearing it from the doctors was different and she needed that too. Blu looked at her and through his worry he saw the fear on Aqua’s face, somehow knowing it wasn’t just about his Mother’s heart condition. “You ok?” he asked her, his hand taking hers.

  She nodded her head as tears slowly started seeping out and down her face. He pulled her close, hugging her and whispered. “I don’t know how you did it, but we will all forever be thankful that you gave her this chance. Without your warning, we would have lost her this morning.” Aqua cried harder, the tears wouldn’t stop. They sat like that for some time, both releasing the fear that was inside them.

  When the doctor walked into the waiting room, the scrapping of chairs and hissing of indrawn breaths was so loud that it seemed as if it had been choreographed. He smiled and told them quickly that she was doing well, the operation had fixed the problem but she would be in recovery for some time. He suggest they go home, get some rest and come back later when he would let a few of them see her.

  When the doctor left the room the conversations started up again and the room almost exploded with questions and relief. All to soon, the question Aqua was dreading came when Blu’s sister asked him how he knew their Mom was going to have a heart attack.

  Aqua couldn’t speak, she just looked at Blu and then down at the floor. She knew this was it, the new life she had carefully constructed was about to end. Her heart was breaking, this time not only was she going to have to leave her friends, business and home, but she was afraid she’d fallen in love with Blu and wasn’t sure how she was going to bear it. With a strangled sound of pain she turned and ran. She didn’t want to watch it happen again, not this time.

  Blu and his family watched her go, surprised and not understanding. But Blu knew he’d seen fear and pain in her beautiful green eyes and he wouldn’t watch this woman run away from him. With a shrug for his family he went after her. He found her walking away from the hospital. He fell into step next to her, saying nothing but noting that she had tears flowing down her face. They walked another couple blocks in silence, until she started to step across the street and Blu put a hand out to stop her. She hadn’t seen the car coming and he didn’t want her to get scared or hurt. She stopped and looked at him as if she didn’t even know he’d been there, maybe she didn’t, he thought.

  Now she tried to wipe her tears and he could see her trying to gather herself. “Wanna talk about what just happened?” Blu asked her and she looked at him but shook her head no.

  They continued walking, ending up at the back entrance to Aqua’s apartment. Blu took the keys from her shaking fingers and unlocked the door. He followed her in and shut the door. Aqua was just standing in the kitchen when Blu took her hand and walked her to her bedroom. He sat her on the bed, then went into the bathroom and Aqua heard the water start in the bath. He came back to her and taking her hands, stood her up and began undressing her. She didn’t stop him, or even waver as he gently stripped her naked. He walked her into the bathroom, adjusted the water again and added a generous amount of bath salts. Once he had the bath ready, he slowly helped her into the hot soothing water. He left the room and returned shortly with a glass of wine and Aqua could hear soothing music from the stereo. Blu was glad he had sisters and understood that now was not the time to talk. He knew Aqua needed some time to decide what or if she wanted to talk to Blu or anyone about what was bothering her. He left her and went to the kitchen and started cooking a simple late lunch since they had missed it with everything going on.

  Aqua cried herself out then once she realized the water had cooled knew it was time to face Blu and talk about her gift with him. Come what may, it was already an issue and she might as well face the situation. She got out of the tub, a bit wrinkled and cold but with her mind in a better place. She dried off and went into the bedroom. She was dressing in comfortable clothes when she smelled whatever Blu was cooking and realized how hungry she was. With one last mental pep talk she headed toward the kitchen. When she walked in the kitchen, Blu turned from the stove and with a smile, went to her and enfolded her in a hug. He just held her for a while. He wanted her to feel comfortable and secure. He wasn’t sure what was going on, why she was so upset but he wanted to find out and the protector in him wanted to fix it. Blu couldn’t help himself, he softly took her face in both his hands and kissed her. He had to work hard not to take the kiss deeper, but he knew she wasn’t up to it and that now wasn’t the time. His body didn’t agree, but he worked to keep himself in check. He had to stop, he stepped back from her and took a couple deep breaths. “Ready for lunch?” he asked her as he gestured to the table. They were quiet while they ate, with only Aqua’s thanks and comment on his cooking skills to break the peaceful lack of conversation.

  Once they were finished and were sitting with a cup of coffee, Blu figured he’d been patient enough. “So, are you ready to tell me what is going on in that beautiful head of yours?” She looked as if he was asking her to give up her first born. “Come on, it can’t be that bad.” He pushed.

  Finally with a sigh she started talking. “I’m psychic, or at least I guess that’s what it is. My Mother was too, it’s been passed down through the female line on my Mom’s side for several generations. I can’t predict the future, and no I can’t pick lottery numbers, before you even ask. But sometimes, like with your Mom, I just know something is going to happen. I am seldom wrong once I get a feeling. People usually don’t believe me and then when things go bad they blame me for it. I moved from my home town because the whole community shunned us, made us feel like freaks. I was hoping to start over here, not let anyone know about this so I could live a normal life. But, that cat is out of the bag now. Soon, people will be afraid to let their children near me, they’ll cross the street so that they don’t have to walk near me and it’s a given that my business is going to die. So, yeah, it can be THAT bad.”

  Blu just looked at her, trying to soak it all in. She was serious, he could tell. But really, psychic? Then he thought about his Mom and how she wouldn’t be with them right now if Aqua hadn’t insisted they take her to the hospital. At the time, Blu seemed to know that he needed to listen to Aqua and had acted accordingly. He couldn’t explain why, couldn’t answer why he didn’t even question her at the time. All he knew was he was damn glad he did listen, and so was his family. So, it was up to him and them to make sure the dire outcome she was expecting didn’t happen.

  “I have one question,” he said looking seriously at her. Aqua nodded her head preparing herself for whatever he had to say. “How do you feel about us and you staying here in Colville right now?”

  Aqua, was shocked at the question. “Right now I still feel good about it, I haven’t gotten any bad vibes at this point,” sh
e told him. He smiled, got up and walked around the table, took her hand and without a word walked with her toward her bedroom.

  Aqua wasn’t sure what to do. She followed him to her room and when he stepped in pulling her in with him and turned shutting the door she just watched him, waiting to see what he planned on doing. Aqua had such a look of confusion on her face that Blu almost laughed. He could see that she didn’t yet understand that he didn’t care, or at least he wasn’t freaked out about what she’d told him. He was a bit worried in ways, knowing that some people could be less that understanding. Blu also knew that his family would be right there with her, helping her through it all and standing strong as a family unit. Because she was going to be family, she was going to be his wife and soon if he had anything to say about the matter.

  He pulled her close and began to kiss her softly, whispering soft words to her. He told her how thankful he was and how his family would always be grateful. He told her how watching her was the highlight of his day yesterday and that wanting her was making him crazy. How he couldn’t wait to take her clothes off and feel her soft skin next to his again and that nothing had ever felt so right as when he was inside her, making love to her.

  Aqua, had tears tracing a pattern down her face. Was it really this easy, to be accepted? Did Blu really want her in his life? She had never thought to have this type of acceptance. Was he talking love, marriage, children? When Blu began undressing her she forgot all her questions. His hands on her skin were sending little electric shocks through her entire system.

  Blu spent the rest of the day with Aqua, making love, laughing and they found that being together was easy. Aqua was still uncertain about the future. She was concerned about the community and how they would accept her if they knew about her gift. She tried to talk to Blu about it but he would distract her whenever she brought the subject up.