“Get in and don’t argue” I opened the door for him as the sound of sirens filled the air. “Damn it” I turned and headed back to the boardwalk.
“Where the hell are you going?” Ryne caught me and turned me round.
“To stop your ass from getting in trouble” I pushed him back “Please, wait in the truck” I begged, there was no way on earth I was going to see Ryne get in trouble for protecting me, they could kick him out of the corps. I hurried back to where the fight had taken place the boardwalk was packed with people walking around and having fun I peered over the wall where he’d fell and he was gone. There was a dark mark in the sand which was obviously blood and foot prints leading away toward the ocean but it was too dark to see further. I looked up and down the board walk before heading back to Ryne’s truck. He was leaning against the hood.
“He’s gone”
‘What?”
“Justin wasn’t on the sand just blood and footprints heading for the ocean” I walked round to the driver’s door.
He’d gone? Did the EMT’s take him?” Ryne looked at me wide eyed
“No, the only prints were his” I shrugged “and the Police headed away from the boardwalk”
“Son of bitch” Ryne started to head back to the beach.
“Where are you going?”
“To find where he went”
“Ryne Stop and get in the truck forget it you beat his ass now let’s go because if he does call the cops” I ran after him and pulled him back to me “You want to be dishonorably discharged because it will happen if you’re caught beating the shit out of him” Ryne’s jaw was clenched as he looked at me “Please I’m not going to have that on my conscious” Ryne shook his head and put his arm round my shoulder as we walked back to the truck. He took the keys back off me.
“I know my way to the base” He smiled “And I don’t drive like an old woman”
“Oh please you so drive like… well not my grandmother because she’d put most race drivers to shame but get it past 60 at least” I looked at him. He rolled his eyes at me. “What it killed me today the speed you took to get us home?”
“Hey you can walk”
“Pull over and let me out then” I poked him in the ribs.
“Hell no with that crazy out there” I sighed and sat back and answered my phone as it rang
Me * so help me God Ryder I’m going to change my number and not tell you
Ryder * oh really?
Me * yes I could have been doing a number of things… talking of that… hey Ryne can I have my gum back?
Ryder * Ew… TMI
Me * see what you interrupted. What do you want?
Ryder * okay So Mom took off
ME * you piss her off that much?
Ryder * will you shut up… Mom felt like something was wrong and called Flynn?
Me * is he okay?
Ryder * no, the idiot tripped over the dog and broke his leg and Aunt Riley Is away in Japan for some Marine wife thing so she’s took off on the red eye to Cali.
Me * damn… I’ll call in a while
Ryder * she said she’d call us when she gets there… but…
Me * but what?
Ryder * I sort of have… well I’m it’s… okay the sock is on the door handle
Me * what?…
The penny dropped I’d once walked in from soccer practice to find my brothers bare ass moving like the clappers on the couch with a squeaking cheerleader under hmmm… URGH… so the sign was he’d hang a sock if he was well we all know what…’
Me * Ryder and what am I supposed to do sleep on the beach
Ryder * you’ll think of something… Damn that feels good
Me * EW RYDER!
I hung up and looked at me phone and shuddered
“I want to be sick”
‘What’s wrong I think my brother just called as he was getting… no I’m not even going to say” I pulled a face “Okay go left opposite the base
“Why?”
“I can’t go home somehow my brothers got a girl in the house with him and she ain’t looking at his wound” I groaned “I can use Brit and Jack's apartment”
“You could come back to mine but Ana’s sick she said she’d been in bed since I left with the stomach flu”
“It’s okay, I have a key to their place… if you don’t mind taking me then I can at least use Jack's truck to get home tomorrow”. I smiled at him. I gave him the directions to the apartment he pulled into the parking lot.
“So do I get a coffee?”
“Sure” I nodded he got out and followed me up the stairs. I opened the door and walked in putting on the lamp in the living room. It was a large open apartment with two bedrooms off to the back with the bathroom in between, I put the keys and my bag down.
“Nice place” Ryne looked round “You said this is Brit's?”
“Yep hers and Jacks’ I walked into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee “When My Uncle got the job at San Diego. Brit was settled in school and Jack and Ryder had been posted here so Jack said she could stay with him till he finished school because we were all still on base so” I took two cups from the cupboard.
“You doing okay after seeing that guy” Ryne asked taking one of the coffees from me we walked backing ot the living room he sat on the couch as I closed the drapes.
“Trying not to think about it” I sighed
“I can’t believe he thinks that you were into him like that?” Ryne chuckled putting his sup on the table next to mine. “And that Tattoo I’m sorry is just funny”
“Yeah well I’m just glad the cops didn’t show”
“And if they had…”
“Ryne you just beat the living crap out of a guys and he didn’t lay a finger on you. You can’t claim self defense and when the normal cops know you’re a Marine you’d have been screwed” I was getting a little pissy now that he couldn’t see why I was trying to protect him. “Believe me any chance the cops round her have to screw over a Marine or a Sailor they will I’ve seen it happen… and like I said I’m not willing to let you take that sort of crap over me”
“It was my choice to get involved” Ryne got to his feet and glared at me “and as soon as he put his hand on you that was it game fucking over” he flung out his hands “And I’d do it again in a heartbeat”
“I understand that and if some how he’d got on base and you did what you did then it would be treated a whole lot differently to when you’re off Base”
‘Yeah I would have had my side arm and I could have shot the son of a bitch”
“Jeez and the Marine ego kicks in again” I groaned “this is what pisses me off about you Ryne you think you’re untouchable and like hell you are… I thought my brother was untouchable and he came home with two friggin’ bullet’s in his thigh… Lose the ego of two minutes and you’re the sweetest guy ever”
“You think this is ego” he laughed “I do what I do because I’m a Marine and a damn good Marine and with my job we get to be arrogant” he was inches from me now almost in my face.
“Arrogance isn’t everything” I poked him in the chest
‘Okay do that again and you’ll be on your ass girl” He snapped
“Oh you want to go again Hollywood bring it” I poked him again harder
“Oh you’re truly a pain in the god damn ass aren’t you Brat” He moved quickly trying to sweep my feet I stepped back so he caught the wall not my leg “Ow” I started to laugh
“Not so fast now are you Hollywood” Ryne righted himself and pinned me to the wall
“Oh I am”
Chapter 55
Tension breaker
Ryne’s mouth crushed mine he gripped both of my wrist behind my back with one of his hands while his other hand knotted in my hair Puling my head back slightly. His lips moved down my jaw bone and his teeth grazed my neck. I moaned as he nipped and sucked just below my ear, I managed to get my hands loose and pulled at the bottom of his shirt till it was off and on
the floor. He looked at me for a split second before kissing me again, his hands under my butt sitting me on the table that served for the place to throw keys and bags when you came in. Everything on it hit the floor. My skirt of my dress was now somewhere over my hips. I arched into Ryne as his hands worked the straps down my arms his fingers making the skin they touched feel like it was on fire.
“You still think I’m arrogant” He moaned as my hands pulled open his belt
“Hell yeah” I moved off the table and backed him against the wall “and hot headed” I nipped his jaw with my teeth “and stubborn” I moved to his neck “And irritating” He gripped my shoulders and held me back
“Really”
“Oh yeah” I smiled “and damn if you don’t get those damn pants off now…” He cut me off kissing me and lifting me backing me on to the breakfast bar sending the plates and cookie jar flying shattering on the floor my dress ending up on top of them Ryne’s pants ended up kicked across the floor by the door My fingers dug into his shoulders as we ended up literally bouncing off every surface both of us fighting to be in control Ryne gripped my leg holding it round his waist as he pushed me against wall. Everything melded together between the two of us… I felt my eyes close as the release was given to both of us… Finally.
Ryne pulled me to him under the warm water in the shower.
“Well that was…”
“Different” he chuckled
“I was going to say well needed” I smiled trailing my fingers down his back.
“I shouldn’t have just… I mean I know what”
“Okay you really want to ruin what just happened and get into a fight again” I dropped my hand and looked at him
“Well it could be fun if it ended up where it just did” he ran his fingers across my stomach “and I have to say I think I prefer you without clothes” I couldn’t help but smile at him for that comment. “Naked and horny what a combination”
‘Okay I’m getting out and leaving you with your thoughts” I laughed “we need to eat”
“I’ll have a shave” he rubbed his hand over the stubble on his face.
“Too late razor rash is already there or do you not remember the places you were kissing” I stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel he looked round the shower curtain.
“Oh I remember I just was hoping for a rerun” he laughed I wrapped the towel round me
“Well you never know” I reached my hand in and turned the water cold before running out of the room into Jacks to grab a T-shirt
“Okay that was so unfair” I jumped at the sound of Ryne’s voice ‘and Baby there’s one thing you need to know about me” he slipped his arms round me “Cold showers since meeting you do absolutely nothing to me” He kissed my shoulder “you want me to go order Chinese or something?”
“No I’ll order pizza we won’t have to wait that long to get it” I shook my head ‘you could go get my phone”
“Okay” he nodded I looked over my shoulder and watch his sweet tattoo walk out of the room my eyes dropping to take in his ass as well making me smile. I pulled one of Jack’s PT shorts from the drawer and put it on. I heard a scream and hurried out of Jacks room
“Fuck we’ve been robbed” I heard Brits voice “Look at the damn mess… Oh no I have a naked Marine in my living room”
“Shit” I started to laugh at the look on Ryne’s face as he grabbed the throw from the couch and wrapped it round his waist. Brit looked at me as Marek walked in behind her and immediately moved to attention when he saw Ryne.
“At ease Marine I’m not exactly on the clock right now” Ryne flushed red and shook his head.
“No but I beat you were on her and OMG do I need to bleach everything and please tell me you used Jacks bed and not mine because as long as you used his we’ll be good and not tell him” she gabbled trying not to laugh
“Oh shut up” I walked carefully across the floor “it would have all been tidy when you got home I just didn’t think you were going to be less than a day behind us” I reached for the broom from the closet Brit bent and picked up the things from the table and put it right and Marek and Ryne looked at us just talking like there hadn’t been a naked Marine there two minutes before or the fact the place was a wreck due to a hump fest of wild sex.
“Yeah we were asked to leave the hotel” She grinned walking over to Ryne and handing him his clothes he smiled at her and made for the bathroom to get dressed “Damn that’s one hot piece of ink” she whistled looking at his back
“I know” I giggled offering Marek a Coffee he took it still in stunned silence “So do I want to know why you were asked to leave?”
‘Er… where’s your room and I’ll put the bags init Marek butted in.
‘To the left” Brit smiled He kissed her on the cheek on his way past.
“So do I?” I waited till he’d gone into her room
“We called the EMT’s”
‘Why?”
“Well we sort of got stuck”
“Where?”
“The new one I had done and his” My hand went to my mouth and I was laughing like a Hyena on crack “Shhh” she waved her hands at me “It’s not funny”
“Oh it so is” I held onto the counter top.
“No it’s not they had to get the fire truck and we had to be cut apart” I was dying by now “Oh will you stop the firefighter that did it was about Grandpa’s age and kept saying about kids of today not knowing what dangers could happen when peircings go worng and get stuck like this”
“Okay you need to stop my sides hurt” I groaned. “I’m so glad the guy I’m in love with only has Ink” I wiped my eyes on the sleeves of Jack’s t-shirt, Brit was looking at me with a smirk on her face
“What?’
“Did you hear what you just said?”
“Yeah I’m glad that Ryne has tattoo’s”
“That’s not what you said” I looked over my shoulder to see Ryne leaning on the wall wearing just his jeans.
Chapter 56
Admition
“Yes I did” I said quickly
“No you didn’t” Brit beamed
“Will you just grab the dustpan while I sweep all this stuff into it” I hurriedly looked at the floor and swept the stuff into a pile.
“Hey Marek” Brit called out Marek appeared from her room “You want to go with me and get some pizzas?”
“Sure” Marek looked from em to Brit and then to Ryne as if he was weighing us all up
“I’m taking your truck” she hugged me
“We can call”
“Love ya be back in what 40 minutes” she laughed and pulled Marek out of the door with her.
“Well that was a little embarrassing” I said nervously of course I’d realized what had come out of my mouth and I just didn’t want to have Ryne think I’d said it because of what we’d just done. “Good job Brit and I pretty much tell each other everything” I put the broken plates and cookie jar into the trash. “I bet you want to go now?” I still couldn’t look at him and I couldn’t shut my mouth either “Hell I think I’d be a little…” He took the broom from my hands and put it aside he turned me round I was looking at his hands there were purple bruises becoming clear on his knuckles from the fight earlier. “We should get some ice on…” He tipped my chin up and pressed his lips to mine kissing me long and deep, my senses fell away again and my arms went round his neck, I molded my body into his again before pulling back and resting my forehead against his.
“So all I should have done every time this ran away” he trailed his fingers lightly over my lips “was kiss you “ I nodded
“Put something in my mouth and I’ll be quiet” I giggled a little
“Okay don’t tempt me, we have 40 minutes and at least two pieces of furniture without a set of ass prints on” he stroked his thumb down my cheek “I want to hear what you were saying about my tattoo to Brit”
“Nothing” I shrugged and went to pull away from him
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nbsp; “Bull, you want me to tell you what I heard you say?”
“No” I laughed blushing beet red
“Tough… you said something about being glad the Marine you love only having ink” He murmured “And I know you’re not talking about your Dad or your brother” he lifted my chin again “So…?”
“So what?”
“Aly please as a guy, as a Marine I’m begging you for once stop dancing with me and tell me how you feel, because I know you’ve pulled me in and got me so wrapped up, I have to see you, I have to talk to you and after tonight I have to touch you” he trailed his fingers down my arm lightly. “You want me to say it first because I will even though technically when you told Brit you said it first” he laughed “This Hollywood Marine is in love with you”
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