“Okay well that could be a disturbing comment” I muttered
“If we were supposed to have stuff on our skin then we’d have been born that way” he pulled his shirt off over his head. Damn he had a good body golden brown and muscular “See notihng but a tan and a small scar” he grinned
“Alright then you think Tattoo’s are wrong… so if I…” I stood up and pulled my T-shirt off and unzipped m y jeans and pulled them down to mid butt “This you must hate”
“You’ve… you’re…” He scratched his head I held up my hand and turned round
“I told you yesterday I have a tattooed great grandma” I looked back at him
“You have Tattoo’s”
“Yep and I’m going to be getting more when I want” I nodded “you still think they’re so bad”
“I’m trying not to think about them” he crossed the floor and pulled my shirt from my hands and threw it on the floor with his.
“You don’t think they’re sexy?”
“Nope like I said I’m trying not to think about them” His breathing was erratic “I find you sexy”
“I’m sorry you can’t lick them and wash them off” I laughed
“Can we stop talking about them and” He pulled me to him a little more forcefully than before I felt him left me and lay me back and pile of straw. I groaned as his mouth moved to my neck I really wasn’t planning on being half naked in a barn and OMG he’d unbuttoned my Jeans.
“Justin” I pushed on his shoulders “We can’t”
“What?”
“We need to stop”
“You are kidding right?”
“No” I scowled at him “If you think you’re bringing me here to” he kissed me again why the hell did I tell him the only time I was quiet was when I had something in my mouth His hand working agin on my jeans. “Hey” I pushed him harder “No means no”
“Yeah right you were the one that took off your shirt” he snapped
“Hey you did it first and I was showing you I was tattooed” I reached for my shirt he grabbed my wrist. “Okay if you want full range in motion of that hand I’d let go”
“Darlin I ain’t a push over” he chuckled “and I like a girl that has spirit” He grabbed me quickly and sat on the bale and put me over his knee and cracked his hand across my butt “ but spirits can be broken”
“Oh hell no” I struggled against him and managed after another couple of slaps to roll off and scrabble to my feet “No jumped up ass is going to do that I ain’t been spanked since I was 6 and I’m not about to be now” Justin was smirking at me “Oh you smug son of a bitch” I balled my fist and swung it at him catching in square in the jaw knocking him off the bale
“Oh Damn it Aly” He spat out blood onto the straw
“I’ve been raised by the toughest you want to fight with me then you’ll go down” I snapped at him ready to swing again. He stood up
“Damn you have a good fist on you” he wiped the blood from his lip
“You want to go again I’ll have your eye swollen closed before you hit the floor” He grabbed me and backed me against the wall.
“Really come on then” he kissed me pinning my hands over my head as his body held me against the wall his mouth moving from mine to my neck nipping and sucking at the tender skin the cut on my head was throbbing as I arched into him he had got me so mad at him but the things his mouth was doing was making me surrender, my jeans pooling at my feet and he lifted my legs wrapping them round his waist.
Chapter 16
HOME
Justin was sleeping. I moved his arm that was draped over me, freezing as he mumbled something and rolled over. I scrabbled around to find my clothes I pulled my jeans and t-shirt on and hurried out of the barn running back in the still pouring rain to the bunk house everything was in darkness. I tiptoed in and headed for the bathroom. The door opened as I started the shower making me jump through the roof.
“Okay so where did you get to?” Jordan blinked against the bright light in the bathroom
“You scared me to death” I hissed at her “Oh I fucked up” I groaned “I really fucked up”
“Okay slow down how and what?”
“Okay I went for a walk with Justin and we headed for the old red barn”
“Ahh make out barn” she giggled
“You could have told me that” I swatted her ‘Well we sort of got into a fight”
“Nothing unusual for you” she laughed again
“Okay look” I turned away from here and pulled down my jeans
“Oh who spanked your ass you’ve got handprints on it” she squeaked
“SHHHHHHHH” I closed the door making sure the others were still sleeping “Justin did”
“Damn” she mouthed “He was trying to get further than I wanted” I sat on the vanity wincing a little at the stinging pain “so I stopped him and well he thinks tattoo’s are all wrong so I took off my shirt and showed him mine”
“Please tell me you had a bra on” Jordan groaned
“Yes I wouldn’t have done it if I hadn’t” I looked at her so when he kissed me again this time trying to get in to my jeans” she raised an eyebrow “I pushed him away and told him no”
“And he”
“He told me I had spirit and that’s how he like girls” I sighed “So he picked me up and put me over his knee and spanked my ass” I held out my hands.
“And you let him” Jordan was trying not to laugh
“No I didn’t let him he got in three before I could get lose” I sighed “And I think he might have a fat lip I got in one hell of a punch” Jordan snorted as she laughed.
“So then what?”
“I got slammed into the wall and… well let’s just say home run” Her mouth fell open.
“Where is he?”
“Sleeping in the barn I got up and left I didn’t mean to go that far… hell I don’t mind kissing a hot cowboy but I’m not out for anything serious” I hung my head
“See cowboys are good but how do they compare to a Marine?”
“Okay I wouldn’t know… I just I didn’t want to…” I rubbed my hands over my face “I was ready to walk away and he just took over”
“Rape” she stopped laughing
“No… yes… no… I gave into him Jordan so much for will power and backbone”
“What are you going to do?”
“Shower change and get the hell out of dodge before he wakes up”
"You’re bailing not like you”
I know but hey my tickets at the airport and I really need to see some Marines right now” I looked at her
“So what do I say to him?”
“Tell him I’ve gone to see my Dad leave for the next seven months” I reached for my towel from the rail “Tell him nothing’s changed there’s still no us”
“He thought there was an us?”
“Oh yeah” I nodded
“Damn that cowboy has it bad” She whistled walking to the bathroom door “I’ll tell him for you”
‘Thanks Jordan”” she closed the door and I took off the rest of my clothes looking again at the marks on my ass and noticing the scratches on my back from the rough wall of the barn. I was tougher than this hell I should have told him No a little more strongly.
Rachael was waiting to take me to the airport when I was done in the shower; I got there and managed to change my ticket to the 6 am flight rather than the midday fight. My head was reeling with the events of the night before. Yes I liked Justin and yes he was hot to look at but there was something with the level of disrespect he had for the Marines and for me come to that that irritated me. I landed and walked out and the first thing I saw was Brit smiling from ear to ear.
“You’re here” I squealed running at her hugging her “Damn I wish you’d come to damn Texas with me”
“Okay why?” I caught sight of my Dad grinning he turned his head to the person next to him.
‘You know you’re niece hasn’t
seen you for six months and the first person she runs to is the one she saw 5 days ago” Dad laughed Uncle Flynn looked at me and nodded
“I know and Brittany said Aly missed me” He chuckled as I let go of Aly
“Yeah sorry Al” She sighed “Dad came back with me”
“So do I get a hug?” Uncle Flynn held out his arms I ran to him and hugged him tightly “That’s better” he dropped a kiss on the top of my head “So you run off with a cowboy yet?” his eyes creased at the corners as he asked the question
“What…?” I choked “Who said?”
“Aly are you okay? And why the hell is there a dressing on you head?” Dad turned me to face him.
“Semper threw me yesterday I hit my head” I shrugged “nothing else happened”
“Okay” he eyed me suspiciously
“I’ve got a slight concussion as well” I looked down
“Well let’s get home” He stroked my cheek “You look flushed”
"I’m okay” I smiled at him… I didn’t think I would say it so soon but I was glad to be home there were finger prints on my arms and chest from where Justin had grabbed me that had started to appear. I hope to god the weather would be okay to wear a hoodie, but June in North Carolina I doubted it.
Chapter 17
Rape really?????
Mom was in the kitchen with Aunt Riley Talking and laughing over some photos from Christmas.
“Look who we found at the airport?” Dad called out as we walked into the house
“You’ll get to spend more than an couple of days at the ranch soon honey” Mom smiled as she walked over and hugged me.
“It’s okay this is more important than that” I hugged Aunt Riley
“Yeah she fell off her horse” Dad put his hands on my shoulders and pointed to my head
“You fell off?” Mom raised her eye brow
“No Semper got spooked by a snake and threw me when I wasn’t hanging on” I shrugged “just six stitches”
“Okay I think I need to get Brody to look after you…”
“Dad come on Uncle Brody wasn’t up there with me?”
“Okay so who was?”
“Alright who have you spoken to?” I leant on the counter top next to Brit
“I don’t know what you’re talking about?’ Mom smiled “But a cowboy?”
“Hey” Dad laughed
“I’m going to go up stairs and get changed” I groaned grabbing Brit’s arm
“Oh come on what about the Marines?” Uncle Flynn called after me
“I’m not listening” I shouted back.
“A Cowboy?” Brit closed my bedroom door as I pulled a clean shirt and jeans from my dresser
“So you heard from what was his name?” I looked at her as she sat on my bed.
“Way to change the subject” She grinned “and yes I have” the smile lit up her whole face “So come on… Oooo wait is this the really hot guy that Jordan sent me a picture of” She scrabbled to pull her phone from her pocket “because I’m sorry I’d make an exception for that piece of ass” I groaned and pulled off the shirt that I had on.
“His Names Justin” I sighed I turned to get something else from the draw
“Wow did you get those from falling of the horse” I looked at her
“Get what?” she walked over
“The scratches… and where did you get finger…” she turned me round “Hot and heavy already” she wiggled her eyebrows.
“I don’t know” I put on my clean shirt making sure the sleeves covered the finger prints
“You don’t know come on” She held my hands “What’s going on?”
“Since I met him he’s rubbed me up the wrong way he disrespected the military” He face changed to one of let me kill him “so I explained how our lives are and I thought he understood and then he kissed me to shut me up arguing” Brit started to laugh at that.
“Well we normally feed you but whatever works” I rolled my eyes at her
“Last night we went for a walk and took shelter in one of the old barns and we started talking about Tattoo’s”
“Oh Yum he’s hot and he’s got ink” she giggled
“No, he thinks tattoo’s are nasty” her mouth fell open “I’d shown him a picture of Ryder”
“What Mr. Ooh Rah”
“Yeah” I nodded “Justin said if we were supposed to have stuff on our skin then we would have be born with it”
‘Oh god not one like that” she walked back to my bed and sat down
“So I took off my shirt”
“Okay now was that to get him all hot and bothered or to show your ink?”
“Tattoo’s” I sat next to her “he got turned on but not by the tat’s he told me he wasn’t trying to think about them”
‘Well he’s going to have a problem if it’s a relationship about to happen you’re aren’t exactly little” she pulled a face “and don’t you have the appointment set for another one”
“Yeah I changed it I’m going this afternoon” I ran my fingers through my hair
“So Justin?” Brit prompted me again.
“he kissed me and was getting my jean’s undone and I told him no”
“Will Power Damn girl you’re good”
“Yeah he thought I was just being feisty and put me over his knee and spanked me”
‘Oooo a kinky cowboy”
“Brit” I groaned
“Sorry”
“He hurt, I got off and busted his lip”
“Nice” she nodded
“Yeah then he backed me to the wall and kissed me again and I gave in” I hung my head
“What you did get hot and heavy?” her eye brows knitted together
“Yes and no… yes we had sex… I gave up fighting Brit” I looked at here “I waited till he fell asleep and I got the hell out of there… I didn’t want to sleep with anyone yet my heads not in the right place for…”
“He raped you?”
“How can you call it rape when I gave up”
“YOU and GIVE UP aren’t put in the same sentence Aly, you’ve fought till you’ve passed out before now when you didn’t want to do something”
“Yeah well no way in hell was I going bungee jumping strapped to your brother” I sighed
“Aly you told him no and that should have been the end of it hell you punched his ass” she shook my “if that doesn’t scream back the hell off then I don’t know what does you can’t seriously be thinking about going back there”
“Yeah why it’s my summer thing and can you imagine what will happen if people find out what happened” I hissed
“HE RAPED YOU” she snapped “I should walk down stairs and tell Dad and Uncle J.J.”
“Don’t you dare” I grabbed her as she got off the bed “Brittany Amber Richardson I will so tell on you about the piercing you got” she stopped and looked at me
“You wouldn’t?”
“You know I would if I’m pushed and how do you explain where you have those rings because no one can see them” I cocked my head
“Oh you suck” she groaned “Let me come back to Texas with you and we’ll both take him down”
“Brit”
“Okay” she held up her hands “But don’t ask me to keep it from Jack because if he asks how you’re doing in Texas I’m going to tell him about the douche bag cowboy”
“He’ll tell Ryder and they can’t be worrying about stuff like that when they’re where they are”
“Oh my heads hurts with all of this” she groaned
“Try thinking of it and having concussion” I smiled “Come on lets go out for a while I need so sea air.”
Chapter 18
Jordan's mouth
We walked down stairs Dad and Uncle Flynn were watching a game on TV
“Where did Mom and Aunt B go?” Brit asked sitting on the arm of the couch by her Dad
“Oh they went to the boardwalk for a girly chat” Uncle Flynn rolled his eyes
&nbs
p; “We’re going to go out for a while” I reached for the keys for my truck from the hook by the door.
“Oh I leave in 4 days and you run out on me” Dad turned and looked at me pretending to be hurt
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