by J. S. Cooper
“No.” I shook my head and stood up. “He made his decision. He can deal with the mess that his business transaction makes. That’s his problem.”
“Oh Liv.” Alice sighed. “Promise me one thing though.”
“What?”
“Take a pregnancy test.”
“I’ll get one this week.” I nodded and we left some cash on the table and then walked out of the restaurant to the sound of Gabby and her friends laughing. I didn’t know what to think or feel. A part of me wanted to be pregnant and the other part of me was scared stiff that I was. I wanted to tell Xander the truth so badly, but I didn’t want to be the one that told him. I didn’t want to be the girl that was chasing him and forcing him to be with me. That was no way to start a relationship. No way at all.
Chapter Thirteen
There was a big brown package sitting on my bed when I got home from work and I looked at it with a curious expression. Who was sending me a package? It wasn’t my birthday and I hadn’t ordered anything online in ages. I walked over to it eagerly, excited to see what was inside. I smiled to myself at my excitement. It was the first time in over two weeks I’d had anything to feel excited about. Alice and I hadn’t gone back to my parents’ house after the bar and no one had called or tried to find out what had happened.
I was sad that my family didn’t even bother to find out why we’d left, but I was even more hurt that Xander hadn’t called me or come over. I’d hoped that he’d show up that evening, but he hadn’t. I didn’t even know if he knew that there was no baby. I was confident Gabby wouldn’t tell him. She had no morals and no conscience. She wouldn’t care. I sat on the bed and opened the package quickly, ripping it open to see what was inside. I opened the box and stared at the contents with a frown. There was a tongue sitting there. I picked it up and then saw the note. It was from Xander and it read “Please call me soon. I want to talk to you.” I threw the note and the tongue on the bed and hurried out of the room. Did he think that was funny? I walked to the kitchen to get some water and tried to calm my rapidly beating heart.
“Hey, I didn’t hear you come in.” Alice said with a small smile as she walked into the kitchen.
“Yeah, just got in.” I said and took another sip of water. “I saw the package. Thanks for putting it in my room.”
“No worries.” She nodded. “Anything good?”
“No.” I shook my head and then frowned as my phone rang. “It’s Aiden.” I rolled my eyes at her and answered the phone. “Hello.”
“Liv, its Aiden.” He said stiffly.
“I know, what do you want?”
“Are you coming home this weekend?”
“Nope.”
“I think you should come.” He said again, softer this time. “Gabby needs your support.”
“Why?” I said shortly.
“Xander broke off the engagement.”
“Really?” I said surprised, though I didn’t want to admit it. I also didn’t want to admit how happy that made me. “Why?”
“I guess it wasn’t a real engagement.” He sighed. “I think she was up to her old tricks or something.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, she’s not really pregnant, but she’d lied and said she was having this baby and really needed support.”
“Oh? Wow.” I faked shock.
“Yeah, turns out he asked her if they could break it off that first weekend.” Aiden continued talking. “He thought he’d made a mistake or something, but she told him mom and dad would disown her if she wasn’t engaged. And that she’d move to France or something and take the baby with her.”
“Oh wow.” I shook my head. “That’s crazy.”
“Yeah, so anyways we’re all getting together this weekend to make her feel better.”
“I’m not coming, sorry.”
“You should come, Liv. You and Alice.”
“Alice and I are not coming.” I said loudly and I saw Alice staring at me. I knew she was wondering what we were talking about.
“Please Liv.”
“If you want to see Alice, just pick up the phone and ask her out or something.”
“Liv.” He groaned. “I don’t want to date Alice.”
“Uh huh. So why do you want to see her this weekend?”
“Liv, it’s complicated.”
“Aiden, grow up. I know you like Alice, just ask her out.” I shouted into the phone and I saw Alice shaking her head at me.
“Liv, I saw Alice and Scott kissing.” Aiden said softly. “There is nothing between Alice and I. She already made her choice.”
“You what?” My jaw dropped. “You saw what?”
“That night we were all at the club. I was waiting up to apologize to Alice and as I walked to your room to say sorry, I saw her with Scott and they were kissing.”
“Oh.” My voice was a squeak and I could tell from the look on Alice’s face as she stood there that it was true. “I didn’t know.”
“Yeah well, it is what it is.”
“I’m sorry, Aiden.” I said softly.
“It’s fine.” He sighed. “Maybe we can go and grab lunch soon.”
“What? You and me?”
“Yes, you and me.” He laughed. “I think we’re old enough to be friends now, don’t you think?”
“Yes, I’d like that.” I said with a smile. “I’d like that a lot.”
“Oh and Liv.”
“Yes, Aiden?”
“Go easy on Xander.” He said softly. “He’s a good guy.”
“What are you talking about?” I asked softly, my heart racing and my face red.
“You know.” He laughed. “I’ll see you soon.” He said and hung up. I put my phone in my pocket and looked at Alice in silence, unsure of what to say.
“You kissed Scott?” I said finally and she sighed.
“No, yes, not really.” She burst into tears. “He walked me to my room that night and he leaned in to give me a kiss outside the door. And I said what would one kiss hurt? You’d always told me to go for him. So I leaned forward and he kissed me, but I knew as soon as our lips touched that I didn’t like him like that, but it was too late. As we kissed I saw Aiden in the corridor glaring at us and I just didn’t know what to do.” She sobbed. “Oh Liv, what am I going to do?”
“Oh Alice.” I groaned. “We’ve really fucked this all up.”
“I don’t know what to do.” She cried. “I really like Aiden and now he hates me.”
“He doesn’t hate you.” I sighed. “I’ll come up with a plan. We’ll figure something out.”
“Thanks, Liv.” She rubbed her eyes. “I’m going to go and lie down now.”
“Okay.” I nodded and watched her leave the room. I stood there for a few seconds and then pulled my phone out and made a call.
“Hello.” His voice was a sexy drawl and I felt my heart jump at the sound.
“It’s Liv.”
“I know.” He laughed. “I take it you got my gift.”
“Yes.” I shook my head as I walked to my bedroom. “I did.”
“What do you think?”
“I think it’s perverted. Who sends someone a plastic tongue?” I laughed.
“Me.” He said softly. “Have you used it yet?”
“Used it? What are you talking about?”
“Oh, you don’t know what it is yet?”
“No, what is it?”
“Take it out of the box and look at it carefully.”
“Okay.” I grabbed the box and pulled the tongue out. I looked at it carefully and noticed a small switch I hadn’t seen before. I turned it on and the tongue started vibrating back and forth. “Oh my God, is this a vibrator?”
“Yes.” He laughed.
“Xander.” I shouted at him. “How could you?”
“How could I what?” He laughed. “I figured if you couldn’t have my miracle tongue, you could have second best.”
“Wow, how nice of you.” I laughed and lay back on the bed.
&nbs
p; “I aim to please.” He said with a chuckle. “I’m glad you called Liv.”
“I heard about you and Gabby.” I said softly.
“Yes, the engagement is over.”
“I’m sorry about everything. I’m sorry she lied about being pregnant.”
“I ended it before I knew she was lying Liv.” He said softly. “I ended it the weekend you showed up with Brock and Jock.”
“What? That was two weeks ago.” I said, hurt he hadn’t called me.
“I was mad at you Liv. I wanted to talk to you that weekend, but you went out with Alice and you never came back.”
“I was too hurt and jealous.”
“I understand why you were upset at me. I acted like an idiot.” He sighed. “I shouldn’t have expected you to be okay with me and Gabby being married; even if it was a fake engagement.”
“It was crazy, but I could have been more understanding.”
“We were both a bit crazy.” He sighed. “But maybe more than anyone. I’m not even sure what I was thinking. All I can say is that the first weekend with you gave me some sort of brain damage.”
“Oh Xander.” I giggled.
“So are you going to test out the tongue?” He asked softly.
“What?” I said feeling a bit turned on.
“I want you to try the tongue and tell me if you prefer the real thing or not.”
“Xander.” I blushed. “I’m not going to do that?”
“Or maybe I can help you out and see for myself.”
“See for yourself?”
“I can see if you scream louder with your present or with my miracle tongue.”
“Hmm, I’ll think about it.”
“Make up your mind quickly.” He laughed and then I heard the doorbell ring. “I’m here.”
“You’re here? At my house?”
“Yes. Now come and get me.”
“Hold on.” I ran out of the room and to the front door and there he was. “Xander, you’re here.”
“Yes, it’s me, in the flesh.”
“I don’t know what to say.” I blushed and he grabbed me and pulled me forward to kiss me.
“Say you want me to come in and visit your bedroom.” He winked at me as he turned his phone off.
“Come in.” I said weakly and we walked to my bedroom quickly. Xander closed and locked the door behind him and then pulled me in for another kiss.
“I’ve missed the taste of you.” He said softly. “I’ve missed you.”
“You didn’t call.” I said as I kissed him back.
“I wanted to give you time to miss me as well.” He laughed. “Now, let’s see that tongue.”
“You want me to use it now.”
“Oh yes.” He laughed as his massaged my breasts. “I very much want you to use it now.”
“Hmm, I’ll think about it.” I pulled his shirt up and touched his stomach, letting my fingers slip into his pants to touch his manhood.
“Oh, Liv.” He groaned and grabbed my hand. “Don’t start something you can’t finish.”
“Oh, I can finish.” I grinned at him and licked my lips.
“I want you to come with me to a wedding this weekend.” He said against my head as his hands slipped up my shirt.
“I’m not going to go just so you can have some more church sex.” I giggled and lifted my arms up so he could pull my top off. He unclasped my bra and sucked on my breasts with vigor. “Oh Xander.” I groaned as his hand reached down and undid the button on my pants.
“That’s not why I want you to come with me.” He muttered as he pulled my pants down.
“Uh huh.” I said and watched as he pulled his shirt off.
“I want you to come as my date.” He looked up at me with a smile as he pulled his pants down. “I want it to be our first official date.”
“Hmm, really?” I gasped as he grabbed me and carried me over to the bed.
“I’m sure.” He kissed my neck as his fingers slid down between my legs and rubbed me gently.
“Oh Xander.” I groaned as he kissed down my stomach and then stopped right at my belly button.
“Yes, dear?” He grinned up at me.
“I’ve missed you.” I said softly and ran my hands through his hair.
“I’ve missed you too.” He kissed back up my stomach and stared into my eyes. “I nearly let my fear ruin the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
“Oh?” I said softly as I gazed back at him. “What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you? Hooking up at a wedding? Having a one night stand with me?”
“What we had was not a one night stand.” He kissed my lips softly. “What we had was so much more. And I’m not just saying that. I’m not inviting you to the wedding so we can have hot sex in a side room. I’m inviting you because I want to have you by my side at a special occasion. I want to show my friends and my family that I have a girlfriend and I’m proud to introduce her to everyone I know and love.”
“Oh Xander.” I kissed him hard, my heart melting.
“And Liv, I want to make this vow to you.” He grinned at me.
“What’s that?” I asked, my heart beating fast.
“I vow that the next wedding we have sex at will be ours.” He said with a deep voice, full of emotion as he gazed at me with love in his eyes.
“Oh Xander.” I stared at him searchingly, not daring to believe what I was hearing.
“I love you Liv.” He kissed my lips, and my nose and my cheeks. “I loved you the moment I saw you. You’re the wind to my sails. You’re everything to me. I never ever expected to feel this way. I’ve never wanted to wake up with someone before. It took me aback, but now I know how lucky I am. I love you, Liv and I know that I love you with all of my heart. I know you’re the only one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I know that you’re it for me. So know that I mean that vow with all my heart. I see us getting married, Liv. No one could ever love you more than I do because I love you with everything it means to love. We don’t know each other that well yet, but we have the rest of our lives to get to know each other.” He kissed me again softly and stroked my face. “Will you let me be your Mr. Miracle Tongue forever, Liv?”
“Oh yes, Xander.” I nodded. “I love you too.”
“Good.” He said smugly. “And now it’s time to conduct the test.” He grinned. “I want you to close your eyes so you can’t see if it’s my tongue or the toy and then I want you to tell me which one you think is best.”
“Oh Xander.” I giggled and was about to say something else, but the sight of him wiggling his tongue at me shut me up. I mean, who was I to say no to the contest? I needed to concentrate hard and prepare myself for the orgasms to come. It’s a hard job, but someone’s got to do it.
Epilogue
Three Months Later
So I know you’re wondering about my being pregnant. How could you not be right? Well, I’m glad to say that Xander and I were not pregnant. I do want to have babies. I want lots of them, but not quite yet. Not until after we’re married. Not until we know each other a bit better, because let’s be honest, we don’t really know each other that well.
So the other thing you should know is that Xander and I both lied. I told him that the tongue vibrator didn’t come close to him and his tongue-work and well, if I’m honest, it did come pretty close. I hadn’t expected it. Maybe it felt so good because I always closed my eyes and pretended it was Xander’s tongue when I used it. I think he figured out that I lied because one day the tongue just disappeared and when I asked him where I could buy another one, he told me he wasn’t sure. Likely story.
And Xander lied, when he said that the next wedding we would have sex at would be our own. That didn’t happen. We’ve been to two weddings since that conversation and we had sex at the last one. Loud, obnoxious door breaking sex. And yes, I say door breaking for a reason. We were against a door and it broke as he pounded into me. We were lucky though. Only the bride saw us in all our glory. And she
just rolled her eyes and walked away. Typical Gabby behavior, yes, I said Gabby. Yes, she did get married three months after her broken engagement to Xander. Don’t be surprised. I’m not. She found some sucker on an online dating site and had a fake pregnancy scare with him. I guess she figured it worked once; so she’d try it again. Only this time, she told him the truth before he found out. She got lucky though, because he didn’t care. Turns out he was hoping to get her pregnant anyway.
My family was also surprisingly cool about Xander and I getting together. It turns out that both Aiden and Scott had sensed there was something between us, Chett didn’t care and Gabby, well Gabby had a few words to say to me, but she got over it pretty quickly. My parent’s were the most surprised, but after having to deal with all of my siblings for all of their lives, me dating my sister’s ex-fiancé wasn’t even close to the top of the shocking things they’d had to deal with. Remember I have Gabby for a sister and boy did she know how to get into trouble. I think once you’ve dealt with one of your daughters hooking up with your pastor, you can deal with anything.
You should be pleased to know that Xander and I are going strong. You wouldn’t think a relationship that had such auspicious beginnings would stand a chance in hell, but it did. We’re very much in love and we’re so happy I can hardly take it. Though, we do argue a lot about a lot of different things. He’s still obnoxious and pompous and inappropriate and I still feel like slapping him every other day. But there’s a good part to arguments, the makeup sex is great. And when I say great, I mean he proves to me night after night why he’s my Mr. Miracle Tongue. I also call him Mr. Miracle Cock to Alice, but we decided it’s best I don’t tell him that. I don’t want to make him any more arrogant. He’s full of himself as it is. We’re going to move in with each other in a couple of weeks. I’m so excited I can’t stand it. I thought it was too fast to move in already, but he says he doesn’t want to go another night and morning without me in his bed again. I rolled my eyes when he said that, but inside I was thrilled. I mean, that’s the sort of romantic talk I was looking for. Only I don’t tell him that. I’ve learned to let Xander come to realizations himself. It tests my patience, but our relationship is better for it. I got really lucky and I know it. I also know that we’re both still a bit immature and a bit crap at dealing with relationship issues, so I just try to let him be. We’ve got a lifetime to get it right. And we’re already making plans together; things we want to do and that kind of stuff. We’ve planned a trip to Paris, a sex-class we want to take (shh) and a special party for when we move-in. The party is for Alice and Aiden though; we’re hoping to get them together. Well I am, Xander doesn’t really care. You know how guys are! As long as he’s getting regular sex he’s happy to go along with almost everything I say. And I’m fine with that. I really am. My life is wonderful now. I feel content and I’ve got as much excitement as I can take. Who knew my one night stand would lead to the rest of my life?