by Green, Maree
Okaaaay. I hadn’t been expecting that.
The breath instantly whooshed out my lungs, and my arms automatically reached around his neck, clinging. My heart leapt and immediately went into some weird, frantic beat. Even my breath started coming a little faster than normal.
Jace strode from the room carefully, not stopping until he’d reached the safety of the hall. There, he slowly lowered me to the ground, my back almost against the wall. He didn’t move back when I was on steady feet, he just stood there staring down at me, with me watching him right back.
Damn six, two was tall. The top of my head only reached his chin.
Unblinking, I drew in a slightly shaky breath. I couldn’t seem to break his gaze. My heart was still going crazy, and I was sure the rise and fall of my chest was more than obvious. The slight pressure of his hands on my hips sent tingles all the way up my spine to my scalp.
I trembled under his gaze, frozen, like some pathetic prey caught in a hunter’s trap, too scared to move, or even breathe in case he pounced.
Please pounce…
But he didn’t move. Jace looked just as frightened to move as I did. He just stood there gazing back at me, a slight flicker of uncertainty in his otherwise hungry eyes.
That was about the time I realized I was still clinging to his neck. Huh? The idea of it confused me, and I was suddenly wondering how they ended up there in the first place. It then occurred to me that that might be the reason he hadn’t moved back yet. Crap.
Smooth, Mia. Real smooth.
Just as I was trying to figure out how to make some sort of graceful exit, Jace leaned forward and kissed me.
My brain instantly went into shut down mode. The warmth. The softness. The sweetness…
The shock of it lasted for less than a hundredth of a second before I was resurrected, and I latched onto the opportunity he was presenting me with both hands.
The kiss was slow and sensual, his bottom lip sliding softly over mine as he took a long, teasing taste of me. I shivered involuntarily and melted a little against the wall, pulling him closer. In response, his hands tightened on my hips and he pushed me harder against the wall, one of his thighs sliding in between mine.
Heat flared, and a tiny little noise rumbled in the back of my throat. Damn, that felt good. I went to push back, needing to feel more friction, but felt Jace pull away instead.
I blinked, confused by his sudden departure, but when I heard a faint ringing, I realized it was his phone. He watched me intently as he answered the call, never taking his eyes off me, or bothering to move back any further than he already had.
“Hello? Yeah, we’re fine…Okay…Are they?...She’s good…I’ll let her know…Okay, bye.”
I knew without a doubt Jace had been talking to Aiden. I never got to find out what he was supposed to let me know though, because as soon as he’d stowed his phone back in his pocket, he was kissing me again.
I responded eagerly, my hands finding their way around his neck again and my fingers lacing in his hair. They clenched the dark strands tightly, pulling him back into me. His hands found my hips again then began moving upwards, his thumbs rubbing over my ribs, just beneath my breasts.
I gasped from the sensation, breaking the kiss at the sudden overwhelming feeling, but Jace didn’t stop, he just kept nipping at my lower lip while I panted breathlessly into his mouth. Holy!
Who needed air anyway? Hungrily, I claimed his mouth again.
I simply couldn’t control the effect he had on my body. Now that he’d touched me, I was addicted. I wanted more. I needed more.
I pressed myself harder against him, kissing him deeper, our tongues tangling as we eagerly tasted one another. His hands began to search more of my body, roaming down to my hips and then around to find the curve of my lower back, where he pulled me in firmly against his own needy body.
Needing to feel more of him, I started my own exploration, moving my hands down the sides of his neck, over his broad shoulders, and down his chest. Holy shit, the boy was ripped. I could feel every little contour of his chest and stomach through his shirt.
It wasn’t until I felt a slight coolness caress my skin that I realized the towel hadn’t stood up to the challenge of staying on my body. Whoops. The instant Jace’s hands found my bare skin, I felt a tingle of electric shocks over the entire surface of my body. I gasped. Holy mother of all that’s good…
Jace pulled away, a slight look of shock on his face. He gazed down at my naked body and I watched him swallow hard.
“Mia…” My name came out sounding a little strangled, and my pulse took off like a rocket. I pulled Jace to me again, claiming his mouth in my own hungry kiss. I needed to feel more of him. I needed to have his lips on me, his hands on me. Everywhere.
Jace groaned into my mouth, and in that moment, I felt like I could conquer the world. I tugged at his shirt, trying to lever it upwards and off. Thankfully taking the hint, he shucked it off, throwing it to the floor and reclaiming my body as fast as he could. My hands went straight to his naked chest. I wanted to feel those contours with nothing between us.
Our kisses turned nothing short of frantic. Jace’s hands were like magic. They moved to caress everywhere I wanted them, and when his thumbs brushed over my breasts, catching my sensitive nipples, I was sure I was a nanosecond away from fainting.
I gasped, a strangled cry escaping me, and Jace started kissing my throat, licking and nipping his way down to my collarbone, then back up to taste the sensitive spot below my ear. I honestly had no idea I had so many spots on my body that could feel so good. My hands clenched harder and harder with each new spot he found, while I tried yet again to catch my breath.
“Fuck, Mia,” he breathed between kisses. “How have I not noticed how fucking hot you are before? I want you so fucking bad right now.”
An unknown little thrill surged through my body with his words. I didn’t know what words to use to respond. It was all so new and unfamiliar to me. Instead, I pulled him harder against me and kissed him with everything I had.
Next thing I knew, Jace’s hands gripped me just below my ass, and he was lifting me upwards. Instinctively, I wrapped my legs around his hips, and locked my arms around his neck. The warmth of his naked chest against mine sent tingles all through my body, all of them surging towards where I needed him most.
His tongue delved into my mouth, tangling with mine and driving my need for him further than I ever thought possible. Then he was moving down the hall. How he could navigate it so well in the dark was beyond me, but I wasn’t going to stop him to ask.
The first sense of where I was came when I felt the softness of a bed underneath me. I didn’t think twice about pulling Jace down with me, the weight of him on top of me giving me a weird little thrill. I ran my hands over the hard chords of the muscles in his arms, relishing the firm lines of them all the way up to his toned shoulders.
His hips settled between my legs, and I could feel the hardness of his erection against me. I moaned softly. “Jace,” I whispered.
Jace’s answering groan set me off even more. “Fuck, Mia. You’re killing me. Please say you want this…” he groaned.
His words made me pause. Did I? I knew I was caught up in the moment – caught up in my fantasy of him, but was this the right thing? I knew I was sick of hiding. I was sick of always missing out because I was scared. I didn’t want to miss out on this.
I wasn’t stupid. I knew Jace didn’t do girlfriends. I wasn’t expecting anything else. I just wanted to feel. For one night.
“Yes, Jace,” I breathed. “I want you…”
A low growl sounded deep in his throat, and I arched into him even more. His kisses moved down my throat, over my collar bone, and down to take gentle licks at my straining nipples. My hands clenched even tighter in his hair. I’d never felt so much sensation at one time. I wondered if it was possible to die from sensory overload.
But Jace just kept on going. His tongue lapped further south, mov
ing over my stomach to my belly button in a slow, tormenting rhythm. When he started kissing the insides of my thighs, I almost leapt right off the bed, but nothing could’ve prepared me for the immediate burst of sensation when his tongue touched the very core of me. “OH MY GOD!”
My hands dragged the sheets into my tight fists as he relentlessly teased me with his tongue, and within a few short minutes, my world was shattering around me and I was gripping Jace’s head for fear of his abandonment before I was ready to let the ride of ecstasy go.
When the intense waves subsided, I loosened my hold, my body falling languid against the bed, and Jace began kissing his way back up to me again. When he reached my breasts, the stirring inside me reignited and my body reacted instantaneously, arching upwards for more. By the time he came back to my mouth, I was panting again and hungrier than ever for his kiss.
It wasn’t until he came down on top of me properly that I realized somewhere along the way, Jace had disposed of his jeans and put on a condom. Jesus. Was he freaking superman? How had I not noticed him doing that?
The feel of his erection pressing against my stomach created the most intense ache inside me I’d ever felt.
“You need to tell me now if you don’t want this, Mia,” Jace said, his voice strained.
I shook my head. I needed him inside me. Now. But I couldn’t bring myself to say the words. Instead, I kissed him forcefully and tilted my hips to urge him inside me.
Jace groaned loudly, allowing me to do what I needed. He kissed me hard, forcefully, thrusting his tongue inside, tangling it with mine. I moved my hips more, my hands coming down onto his hips to pull him further inside me. All restraint gone, Jace thrust inside me. Hard.
The sudden pain was a shock to my system, and the yelp that came out was automatic. Whoops.
Jace froze. “Mia?”
I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t even move. My body was wound so tight, I thought I might implode. I forced myself to take a deep breath, and then another. The pain quickly started subsiding, and the pressure of Jace’s body on top of mine soon started to send little shivers of an entirely different feeling altogether.
Jace pulled back a little so he could see my face, ultimately bringing his manhood with him. I tensed, expecting it to hurt, but the feeling was the exact opposite. “Are you okay?” he asked, his voice a little husky.
I exhaled, trying to relax my tightly wound body and nodded. “Yeah, I think so. Just…go slow…”
I could tell he was hardly breathing. His body seemed to be tensed more than mine. Slowly, I moved my hips, tilting upwards to take more of him in, and then I slowly moved the other way. Jace hissed through his teeth.
When I felt no discomfort, I relaxed, moaning softly under my breath. Closing my eyes, I just let my body feel.
Jace groaned roughly near my ear. “God, Mia. You’re so fucking tight.” His breath came heavy and strained. “Fuck, you feel so good.”
His words had the most amazing effect on me. I loved his dirty mouth. My breathing started to come much faster like his, and so did my movements. Soon, we were both moving together, our rhythm increasing with our desire. I could feel the tension growing inside me, building up to seek another glorious release, and right at that moment, I couldn’t think of anything but getting there.
I ground my hips harder against him, not knowing if what I was doing was right, but frantic to do it just the same. I knew I was reaching my climax. It was so close, I could sense it.
Jace was breathing hard against my cheek, the sound of his pleasure sending mine through the roof, but before I could beg him for release, I felt my body suddenly teetering on the edge of something wonderful, and I let it all go.
My head fell back and my back arched. My breath rushed in and out, and the waves started crashing. Big thunderous waves that surpassed anything I’d even felt before. I whimpered. “Oh, God! Jace!”
At the sound of my ecstasy, Jace began to pump faster, harder. I clung to him, desperate to hold on to the intense pleasure that was coursing through me. Then he groaned, his body tensing even more. “Fuck!”
Wow. So this was what I’d been missing out on.
Chapter 4
Jace
I woke to the sound of a cell phone ringing. Fuck me! What time was it anyway? Groaning, I rolled so I could search for the offending device and shut it off. My hand fumbled over the bedside table until it found what it was looking for then I slid my finger over the screen. “Hello?” I croaked.
“You better not be in bed you fucking prick.”
Aiden’s voice was like being doused by a bucket of cold water. My eyes popped open with a slight panic as memories from the night before rushed through me like a freight train. I’d slept with my best friend’s sister! Fuck! Did Aiden already know? Did Mia tell him?
Automatically, I turned to the space beside me. Mia was lying with her back to me, the blanket only pulled up enough to cover her ass, leaving the sexy curve of her back exposed for my viewing pleasure. My dick instantly hardened. Fuck. I was in so much trouble.
“You are, aren’t you? I fucking hate you right now. I had to sleep on the god damned floor you asshole.”
Relief came instantly with his words. Thank fuck he didn’t know. Aiden was a fucking psycho when it came to protecting his twin.
I looked back at Mia with sudden guilt. I’d taken her virginity last night. I didn’t know why that’d surprised me. It wasn’t like I’d ever seen her with a guy before, but the way she was with me last night, so confident in her own skin, so sexually commanding, I just assumed she knew what she was doing.
Drawing my attention back to Aiden, I forced a laugh. “Yeah, this bed’s all sorts of comfort man.”
“Shut up dick wad. Kacey’s just talking to some emergency workers now, so we should know if the road’s open soon. I can’t fucking wait to fall into bed.”
I chuckled and opened my mouth to give Aiden a smart assed answer, but Mia chose that moment to stir and roll over to peek at me. A blush spread over her cheeks and she quickly turned back. I swallowed hard.
Uncertainty coursed through me. I’d never been in a situation like this before. I was used to having all the control for fuck’s sake.
Jesus. I still wasn’t even entirely certain what had happened. Mia had blindsided me and my usual tactic had gone out the window. Now I was on the phone to her brother, and I had no idea how she was going to react.
“Yeah, I bet you’re all pretty wrecked,” I said, trying to keep my voice light, eyes still on Mia’s back.
She suddenly pulled the sheet back, swinging her legs to the floor and sitting up. Aiden started talking, but I didn’t hear a word he said as I watched Mia push herself to her feet, completely naked, and start walking out the door. I watched her perfect naked ass, my mouth hanging open slightly, as it disappeared from view.
Holy fuck she was hot.
“Alright?” Aiden’s voice re-emerged from oblivion.
“Sorry, what?”
“Fuck, are you still asleep dude? I said, the road’s open. We’ll be there in ten. Go check on Mia and make sure she’s okay you dick.”
“Yeah, whatever.” I didn’t wait for a response. I just ended the call, my head all kinds of fucked up. I needed to talk to Mia and find out what she was thinking about what we’d done. I hoped to god she wasn’t pissed.
Throwing on my jeans and a shirt, I made my way down the hall. The bathroom door was closed, and I heard the sound of the shower running inside. Standing outside the door, I ran my hands through my hair. Fuck!
I paced for a bit, wondering if I should just go in and talk to her. She obviously didn’t mind me seeing her naked. Then I remembered the broken mirror. We hadn’t cleaned it up last night. Surely she didn’t just walk in there with bare feet? Fuck and fuck!
I stopped pacing and pressed my hands against the wall, leaning my forehead between them for a bit before banging it firmly against the wall a few times for good measur
e. I was so fucking screwed.
Pushing off the wall, I headed for the kitchen, deciding I was going to have to put some caffeine in my system if I needed to have my wits about me. Fuck knows Mia might function a little better with some coffee too. Hopefully it would put her in a good enough mood to put the situation behind us.
I’d just finished pouring the cups when I heard tires crunching on the gravel outside. God damn it! Seriously? Mia wasn’t even out of the shower yet!
I picked up my coffee and drew in a mouthful, burning my tongue like a motherfucker. I just knew this was about to turn into a shit fight.
Kacey burst in through the kitchen doors with a playful scowl. When she saw me standing there with a second steaming cup beside me, she beamed. “Oh my god! Thank you so much!” She scooped up the cup and slurped it with her eyes closed.
I watched her with a hint of irritation. I wanted to bark at her that it wasn’t hers, but I knew it wasn’t her fault I was flipping the fuck out. I knew we’d been kind of working up to something over the past few days, but it was a pointless game. She knew I could take it or leave it.
She held the cup away from her and leaned in to kiss me on the cheek. I cringed a little. Up until yesterday, I’d been all for it. Being a cheerleader, she had a pretty decent body and was always made up nice, but since last night – since Mia – I didn’t think she looked that enticing anymore. She seemed too…fake. Her long blonde hair was too bleached, and her skin was a little too orange. Even the expressions on her face seemed fake.
Mia’s face came unbidden into my mind. I had no idea why I hadn’t noticed how gorgeous she was before. Without make-up too. I could still remember the way she’d looked up at me with her big, blue eyes as I had her pressed up against the wall, her waist length, black hair all damp and wavy. Her tanned skin so smooth and soft…
“I missed you last night,” Kacey crooned, rubbing her tits against my arm.