It's love

by K. C. Harper

  I thought it was romantic and I still did. “My mom still has that rock. She kept it thinking we would end up married, since we were so inseparable when we were kids.”

  “Are you serious? She still has that rock? I thought it would have been in the trash after you started dating Jackson.”

  “My mom never liked Jackson. When she found out we were breaking up after high school she almost threw a party.” The more I thought about my relationship with Jackson, the more I had to agree with everyone else, he really was a jerk.

  “Well, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who thought you two were a mistake,” he said. I was just about to pull my shirt over my head when he said he thought me and Jackson were a mistake. It hurt a little that he didn’t trust me enough to tell me these things when we were so close in elementary school, but then again he wasn’t around in high school. “Well, maybe you should have said something about it, instead of ignoring me whenever I was around.”

  TJ walked across the room, putting his hands on my hips as I took my shirt off, tossing it to the chair in the corner.

  “Hey, I thought we talked about this already, I never said anything because I thought you would have told me to mind my own business. Besides, it didn’t seem like you were looking for someone to tell you that he was a mistake. I saw you guys the nights when he would bring you home and make out with you in the car. I didn’t see you telling him no, or that he was a mistake. What did you want me to do? It’s not like we were friends, so I just tried my best to not think about it.”

  Holy crap! He saw us all those times in the car. If he only knew Jackson tried to get me naked most of the time in that truck in front of my mom’s house. “You saw us making out in his truck?” I wondered if my parents had ever seen us. I was mortified at the thought.

  “Can we just forget about this? It’s not important. I told you how I feel about you now. I don’t care what happened with Jackson. Right now all I care about how hot you look in just your bra and panties,” he said, while he was looking down my bra and grinning.

  “TJ, my eyes are up here.”

  “I can’t help it, they look amazing in this bra. I thought pink was my favorite color, but purple is my new favorite color.” He was pushing me to the bed, clearly not wanting to talk about Jackson anymore. I was glad. I wish I could erase the whole Jackson part of my life.

  “Are you just using my boobs to change the subject about you spying on me, and not having to answer the questions?” I wanted him to answer the question, but at the moment he was looking incredibly sexy and I was falling back onto the bed before I had time to say anything else.

  TJ was on his knees between my legs as I laid there looking at his gorgeous abs. I still got hot just from the sight of him. I loved the sexy smile he was giving me as he traced the top line of my panties just under my belly button with his finger. “I should have never left with my mom when she left my dad. I should have stayed and told you how I felt, that Jackson and you were a mistake,” He didn’t have to tell, I could tell by the look on his face. It was a look of regret and hurt. “I wasted all that time without you, when I could have had you.”

  “TJ, I thought we weren’t going to talk about this, I thought all you cared about was how good my boobs look in this bra?” I was the one who wanted to change the subject now. “Come and kiss me already.”

  He was still kneeling between my legs, his hands gliding up and down my legs, while staring at me.

  “TJ...”

  He was taking his time, and it was driving me crazy.

  I’m Right here.”

  He made his way up my body, finding my lips with his. It started out slow, igniting flames all over my body, making every nerve ending tingle. His hands became more possessive with every touch. The only thing between our bodies now was my bra, panties and his boxers. I could feel the heat coming off of his skin, warming mine as he kissed me. He reached around my back unhooking my bra, tossing it across the room. His mouth was moving down my cheek to my neck, kissing and licking, sending shivers down my body as he made his way to my nipple, then blowing lightly on the wet skin where he just licked. I arched my back, pushing up closer to him. I thought I was going to completely lose my mind when he nipped the skin next to my nipple and he slid his hands into my panties.

  “Mmm… I love every inch of you. I love you, Danielle,” he said, as he slid a finger inside between my legs.

  “Oh––“

  I let out a low moan as he pushed his finger in and out, slowly lifting his head to look at me. “Tell me you want me, because I want you. I want you for more than just right now Danielle, I want you forever.”

  I knew I wouldn’t last long if he kept that up. “TJ, I want you inside of me, please...”

  He didn’t answer me, just kissed my lips quickly and began sliding down my body. He hooked his fingers in the edge of my panties, sliding them down.

  “I plan on taking my time down here, so if you want to beg, please by all means… beg.”

  My body shivered just from his words and I could feel his smile on the skin of my thigh as he kissed his way slowly between my legs and slid in his tongue. It didn’t take long before he was pushing me over the edge. He had me calling out his name, as I felt the wave of pleasure hit my entire body.

  “TJ––”

  He let out a groan as he heard his name and pushed inside me.

  I was still trying to get my body under control from my first orgasm and I didn’t even see him slide off his boxers. I almost came again just from the feel of him sliding himself into me.

  “I love you Danielle.” He was pushing himself in and out, slowly taking his time as he whispered in my ear, gently biting down as he pushed back into me again.

  “I love you too.”

  He let out another low groan as he pushed harder now, lifting one of my arms up pinning it down over my head with his hand in mine, locking our fingers together as he kept up the slow rhythm. I could feel the tremble in his body as my other hand ran down his back slowly down to his ass, pushing him in deeper. He was moving faster now, still holding my hand over my head and kissing me until I came once more. He pushed hard one last time, collapsing on top of me, his cheek resting on my chest as he tried to get his breathing under control.

  Eighteen

  The last couple of weeks had been amazing. I was starting to feel better, the pain in my ribs was almost gone and I was excited to be back at work. Things were getting back to normal. TJ and I planned to move me into his apartment this weekend. He wanted me to move in with him before Thanksgiving, that gave me enough time, since it’s was still mid-October.

  “Danni, someone is here to see you. He says he is an old friend,” Stephanie said. She was the front desk secretary and we had become good friends over the past few months. It was nice having a female friend. I missed Judy, and I liked having my girl time. Stephanie was a few years older than me, but we had a lot in common. It was nice to talk to another woman besides my mom about men problems. “He is also–– hot. Just thought you should know,” she winked at me as she left my office. Stephanie was married, but she never turned down the opportunity to check out a hot guy. She said she was ‘married not dead’ and that it was technically ok to look, just not touch.

  I looked over at the clock on the wall, it was a little after eleven. I knew I wasn’t expecting anyone, so I got up from my desk to go see who was waiting for me. He was standing with his back turned to me, staring up at the flag with his hands in his pockets. He didn’t have to turn around, I knew who it was just from seeing him from behind. “Jackson, what are you doing here?

  He turned around, smiling at the sight of me. “You look great, Danni, but then again, you always did look amazing.”

  I sighed, because I knew he was just using his usual lines. The same ones he would use in high school when he tried to get me to sleep with him. “I’m busy Jackson, what can I do for you?”

  He looked around, Stephanie was at her desk with he
r mouth practically on the floor. Jackson was good looking, but he was nothing like TJ. Jackson was tall, he had blonde hair but kept it shaved with a buzz cut and he had the bluest eyes, it was like looking into the sky on a day with no clouds. His body was still in great shape. Any woman would find him attractive, because it was the truth, Jackson Wright was hot.

  “Can we talk somewhere more private, maybe?” he said, as he looked around.

  “Sure, we can talk in my office, it’s right back here.” I almost didn’t want to walk ahead of him because I could feel his eyes on my ass. It felt uncomfortable, and I knew TJ would want to kill him. I closed the door behind him, and tried to keep my distance as he sat down in the chair across from my desk.

  “This is a nice office you got here, I had no idea you wanted to be a school counselor.”

  I rolled my eyes because Jackson didn’t know much about me. “Well, you never really took the time in high school to ask me what I wanted to do with my life.”

  “We were kids, Danni, I didn’t even know what the hell I wanted to do with my life. I was stupid.”

  Stupid was right, I thought, because he was always more concerned about himself than anyone else. “I’m sorry, Jackson, and I don’t mean to sound rude, but what is it that you want, exactly?”

  He was shifting uncomfortably in his chair, almost as if he were nervous. It was a look I never once saw from him.

  “I wanted to see you again, you know, since I last saw you in Home Depot.”

  That was a night I wanted to forget and never relive again. Well, maybe not the part back in my apartment, alone with TJ and the surprise I gave him that night.

  “Ok, I’m here, you saw me. What can I help you with?” This is ridiculous, I thought, and found myself getting annoyed.

  “Would you go out to dinner with me one night this week?” he asked.

  I almost snapped my pencil that I was holding in my hand. I know he saw me with TJ. He couldn’t be that stupid. I didn’t know what game he was playing. “Is this some kind of joke, Jackson?” I was almost shouting and sat back in my chair to calm myself down.

  “Danni, this isn’t a joke, I am serious. I was stupid to break up with you in high school. I want to make it right. Give me another chance. Come on, we were good together in high school.”

  I didn’t want to hear any more from him because he obviously didn’t see how bad we were together in high school. I might have not realized it then, but I did now, and wasn’t going back down that road again.

  “Jackson… I don’t know how to say this the nice way, so I’m just going to say it. We weren’t good together in high school, in fact, you only paid attention to me when it was convenient for you. I was your arm candy, something you just kept around to show off at football games and parties. And let’s not forget about how you treated TJ.”

  “Oh, for fucks sake, Danni, it was high school. He was a fucking nerd. I wasn’t the only one who took low shots at him. Are you with him now, is that what this is about?”

  I could feel my anger rising, Jackson couldn’t even apologize for being a jerk in the past and admit that he was wrong. “Yes, and I am moving in with him this weekend. So, as for you getting your second chance at making things right… you’re too late Jackson. My heart belongs to TJ. You know something else? My heart has always belonged to him.”

  His mouth fell open. He was looking at me like I was crazy. “Just go Jackson, please. I’m at work and this is really a waste of time,” I said.

  “I knew you were always in love with him, I could tell by the way you two looked at each other. I should have seen it then and saved myself the time, but I guess the nerd won this time.”

  He got up and left before I could say another word to him. What I really wanted to do was throw something at him and knock some sense into that block head of his. I wasn’t looking forward to explaining this to TJ, but I knew if I didn’t tell him and he found out, he would be upset with me. There was a knock on my door, and Stephanie poked her head around the door.

  “Ex-boyfriend, right?”

  Of course, she knew. Stephanie was a quick reader of people and could make her way through a situation without having all the facts, “Old high school sweetheart, except his heart isn’t so sweet,” I laughed at the thought of his heart being almost like the Grinch.

  “Too bad, because he was one fine piece of ass. I guess we can’t have both, good looks and sweet. Do you want to go grab some lunch and talk about it?”

  Lunch was exactly what I needed to forget about this and shake my bad mood.

  ***

  I got home a little after five and changed into some old jeans that I had cut off into shorts and a white tank top; getting comfortable so I could pack the last few boxes I had left before I moved on Saturday. I knew TJ wouldn’t be home for another hour or so and tried to keep my mind off of how I was going to tell him about Jackson. Just thinking about what happened today was making me angry. It got hot in the apartment, probably because of my anger, so I put my hair up in a bun to cool off. It was so quiet, I could hear my own thoughts and had to turn the radio on to have some noise running through my head. I hated packing, it always seemed like I had more junk and garbage than stuff I actually needed. The next song on the radio was Blake Shelton’s song “Who are you when I’m not looking?” I loved this song and found myself singing to the words and dancing around my apartment as I packed the last of the boxes. I was feeling the tension leave my body.

  “Wow! Is this what I get to look forward to when I come home? Because I have to say, this is the sexiest thing I have ever seen,” TJ said.

  I dropped the box I was holding and almost screamed as I turned around and saw him leaning against the counter, looking at me with a sexy grin on his face. “Oh, my God, TJ, you scared the shit out of me. When did you get here?” His eyes roamed down my body as his grin turned into a look of desire and pure sexiness. He pushed himself off of the counter and sauntered over to me.

  “Just in time to catch this sexy show,” he said as he reached me.

  I could feel my face turning red. Of course, it would be my luck that TJ would walk in on me singing and dancing to Blake Shelton. “Go ahead, laugh.” This couldn’t be any more embarrassing except if I was naked I guess.

  “I’m not laughing, I’m kind of turned on.” He slid his arm around my waist pulling me up against him his eyes burning into me, heating me with his gaze. . “That was sexy, do you think you could do that for me again?”

  I twisted my mouth, trying not to laugh. There was no way he could be serious. “There is nothing sexy about this, TJ.”

  He gazed down my body and something inside of me started to tingle.

  “You aren’t seeing what I see obviously, because right now you are the sexiest thing I have ever seen.” He wasn’t talking anymore. He slid his arm around my waist and put his hands on my ass, squeezing and lifting me up, forcing me to wrap my legs around his waist. He pushed a strand of hair away from my face as he moved his hand to my cheek, his fingers going into the hair as his lips brushed mine, kissing me softly as he started walking toward the kitchen counter.

  The radio was still on and at that moment I didn’t care. We made it to the counter as he set me on it, letting my legs fall off his waist, as his hands glided up them to my thighs, his lips never leaving mine. “You have no idea how much I want you right now. When I walked in and saw you, I think my heart stopped for a minute.” His lips barely broke away from mine as spoke and his tongue licked my bottom lip, sending shivers down my body, making me moan. I got a sense of how turned on he was because when he heard my moan he bit down on my bottom lip letting out a low sexy groan.

  “TJ…”

  “Danielle...”

  I loved hearing him say my name. It was a low. raspy whisper. I wanted him, but I had to tell him about Jackson first. “TJ, I need to tell you something.”

  He was biting my ear now, sucking on it slowly, and I almost lost my concentration.

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p; “Can we talk about this later? Right now I want to get you naked and hear you say my name.” He was kissing my neck as he said that and I almost gave in.

  “TJ, please–– It won’t take long and then I promise, you can get me naked and I’ll say your name as many times as you want.”

  His hands were resting on my thighs and he put his forehead to mine letting out a little sigh. “You promise you will say my name as many times as I want?”

  “I promise.”

  “Ok, what is it?”

  I almost changed my mind, but I knew it would be better if I told him. “Jackson came by school today.”

  He stepped back a little, his hands still on my thigh and I saw his shoulders tense a little. “What are you going to tell me, Danielle?” His voice was worried now, and the playful sexiness was gone.

  “He came to tell me he made a mistake letting me go in high school, and wanted to make things right. He asked me out to dinner.”

  TJ’s entire face changed, it went from wanting me to almost a look of panic as he backed away from me completely, leaving me sitting alone on the counter.

  “Did you say yes?”

  It took me about two seconds to really hear what TJ said. He thought I was going to tell him I was going to go back to Jackson!

  That explained the look of panic on his face, I thought, as my chest tightened. He thought I didn’t want him anymore. I jumped off the counter and walked over to him taking his hand in mine. “TJ, look at me, you think I would say yes to Jackson?”

  “No. I don’t know. You seemed to like being with him in high school, but he is an asshole.”

  He was right about Jackson, he was always an asshole, I just realized it a little later than I should have. “TJ, I think Jackson is an idiot, and there is no way I would want him over you. I don’t know if you have looked in the mirror lately, but you’re hot.” TJ was more than hot, he was sexy and he loved me. I let go of his hand and tugged on his shirt, pulling him to me. “You’re hot and you’re mine, so can we please get naked now? I believe I made a promise that I intend to keep.”