“I love you,” I say into his neck. He puts me in the passenger seat of the car and buckles my seatbelt before running around and hopping into the driver seat, taking off.
“There.” I point to the back road that heads into the country behind the airport. “Let’s park.” I don’t want to go to either of our homes. Not that we would even go to mine. My parents are so unpredictable that I don’t want to ruin the little time Linc and I have together with their nonsense. While his parents are nice, I want to spend time with only him. I don’t want to share him with anyone today.
The car rolls to a stop when we get to a secluded area. Before Linc even finishes shifting the car into park, I’m unbuckling my seatbelt and climbing into his lap. He scoots the seat back, making plenty of room for me. His hand comes to my face, tracing his finger down it, as though he’s memorizing every part of it. I lean into his touch, enjoying his affection. God, I’ve missed him so much.
“I don’t know if I can continue going this long without seeing you, Cherry. It’s killing me.” My thumb reaches out to sweep across his cheek. I lean down to give him a quick kiss. I want to tell him that I feel the same. That I want him to come back. That I’m carrying his baby. But I don’t say any of those things. Tonight is not the time for that.
“You can and you will. You’re doing it for the both of us. So that we can have a better life and future. I know it’s not easy. Believe me, I miss you like crazy.” I drop my forehead to his. “Our love has been so easy, if you think about it. People go half their lives without finding their other half. Not us. We’re crazy if we don’t think there might be times we have to be apart for a little, but we’ll get through it.”
“You always make me feel better.” He brushes his mouth against mine. “You’re right. In the end we’ll be together.”
I nod my head in agreement. “If we can get through this we can get through anything.” I run my hands down his chest. “You have to go back.” I don’t tell him Benjy already booked him a flight back. We have a little time.
“What I’ve got to do is make love to my girl.” I unbuckle his belt. His hands slip under my dress to my ass. “Want these.” l gasp when he rips my panties right off me.
“They're all yours.” I pull his cock out from his jeans, giving him a few strokes while his fingers go to my clit.
“You’re fucking soaked for me already.”
I moan my response. It’s been too long since he’s touched me. My body is more than ready for him.
“Put me in,” he demands. I shift, lining him up with my entrance. I want to go slow, but the moment the head of his cock breaches me, we both lose it.
I drop down onto him, taking him deep inside of me. He grabs my hips, groaning my name. He takes over, moving me up and down on him. He’s as hungry for me as I am for him. He jacks himself in and out of me, unable to wait for me to come fully down onto him. The orgasm hits us both quick and hard. I fall on top of him, wrapping my arms around his neck. I hold him as tight as I can. His warm release feels so good deep inside of me. I’ve missed this connection.
“I should be embarrassed with how fast I came but who can blame me?” His hands drift up and down my back. His cock is still hard inside of me. It doesn't matter how fast he comes; he’s always ready to go again. We have a few hours. We’ll be using them all. I sit up. He groans again, his cock jerking inside of me.
“We’re just getting started.” I smile. He grabs me, taking my mouth in a kiss. I kiss him with everything I have, knowing it will have to be enough for now.
Chapter Fifteen
Linc
The car is cramped and I stopped having feeling in my legs about an hour ago, but Cherry’s sitting between my thighs, her back against my torso, her sweet ass snugged up against my finally quiescent cock, so this is the best I’ve felt in weeks. A pleasant exhaustion has set in. I got into Shindale by morning, had sex with Cherry twice before lunch, ate a gas station egg salad sandwich which was better than it sounds, swallowed a cup full of mouthwash, made love to Cherry again, and finally passed out. When I woke up, the sun was setting and Cherry had fallen asleep on my chest. She woke up because her stomach was rumbling.
We still had some convenience store food—a couple slices of pizza that had gotten cold, two water bottles, the mouthwash, a pack of gum, and a bag of Doritos. I’m really showing my girl the high life.
“You’ve got to come to LA,” I tell her, rubbing my chin across the top of her head. “You should have seen me last night. I went out to get your teddy bear, but someone had stolen it. I nearly attacked the bartender who was supposed to keep an eye on it. Two security guards dragged me out. Not to be dramatic, but it’s pretty obvious I’m not going to make it without you.”
“You’re going to have to make it sound a lot nicer if you want me to leave Shindale,” she teases.
At least I think she’s teasing, but then I think back to how all our conversations have gone and is it just me complaining about how shit the life is in LA? Have I made it sound so bad that she doesn’t want to come? I never even thought about that. Damn. What an idiot I am.
“Maybe I’ve exaggerated a tiny bit,” I admit.
“I do want to be there with you, you know that, right?”
“Yeah, but I also know you want to finish with school, which is smart because one of us has to have a college degree or what will we tell our kids? Stay in school unlike your pops who made millions after dropping out?”
“Millions is it?”
“Nothing less. I’m going to buy you a big house in Malibu. You should see Treat’s place, baby. It’s incredible. Three stories of windows overlooking the ocean and it’s so fucking blue. I couldn’t believe it. But also cold as hell.”
“Really? I never would’ve guessed that.”
“I know! I was shocked. He threw us this big dinner at his place and then afterwards, we went down to the beach. Benjy and I stripped down to our undies and ran into the water. All the while, Treat is yelling something at us but we’re screaming our heads off in excitement so we can’t hear a word. We race into the waves and it’s not until we’re in the ocean waist high that we register how fucking arctic the water is. We crawl out, our balls shriveled into tiny raisins, and find Treat nearly asphyxiating from laughing so hard. He has pictures and says it’s going into our first album photo book.”
She giggles and the sound is so pretty that all I want to do is tell her stories that will make her laugh. I bury my face in her hair. “Do you have any idea how much I love you? It’s probably unhealthy, but I wake up thinking about you and when I see something new and cool, my first thought is to share that with you.”
“I love you, too.” She ducks her head to kiss my arm that’s wrapped around her chest.
“Tell me everything I’ve missed back home.”
There’s a prolonged silence and then, “It’s Shindale. I don’t think there’s anything here to miss.”
There’s a note in her voice that I can’t quite make out. Suddenly there’s an uncertainty that I’ve never experienced with Cherry before. It strikes me that all I’ve done is talk about what I want—Cherry in LA, but I’m not giving enough consideration to her needs and wants. I mentally slap myself across the forehead. What an ass I’ve been.