by Jamie Knight
After that stellar throw of mine, the Leviathons were up by a lot. We had been expected to win this game, but not by this much, and to face the Boston Flags in the Superbowl, because they were expected to win their own division championship.
There was always the chance that we could blow this, though, especially, now that I was out here, if I choked like I had in the past. So, everyone was over the moon happy that we were doing even better than expected, and they seemed as surprised as I was that it was in large part due to my performance. Once the clock ran down, we were the victors, and the crowd was going wild again.
The coach rushed onto the field after the game, and it was clear that he was trying to talk to me. I couldn’t hear him over the roar of the crowd and the din of all the other players talking to reporters and each other on the field, so I got in really close.
“What’s that, Coach?” I asked him.
“Good job! You more than surprised me,” he said.
“Well, thanks,” I told him. “I promised I wouldn’t let you down.”
“You sure held up your end of that bargain,” he told me. “And I don’t want you to quit now. I need you in the Superbowl – that is, if your game is still gonna be on this hard.”
“It fucking will be!” I exclaimed, and I skipped the high five, the fist bump and the butt pats and went straight in for a hug.
“Well, geez, Ward, there’s no reason to get that excited,” Coach said awkwardly.
But he was smiling, as if he was glad I was back. And so was I.
***
The next day, Olivia and I were at my place, still celebrating my miraculous comeback victory. And when I say celebrating, I mean that we had been fucking each other’s brains out over and over since last night. My dad and Sandra had been kind enough to watch Kylie at their house.
“Is this the cock of my big, brave football player?” Olivia was saying now, as she got down on her knees in front of me and took my cock in her hand.
“I don’t know,” I teased. “Why don’t you taste it so you can be sure?”
She did, taking my cock into her mouth and looking up at me with mischievous eyes. At the same time, I took in the view of her big tits, curvy ass and small waist. I was so glad my petite, voluptuous Olivia was back in my life – and back in my bed.
She moved her lips all over the head of my cock while her hand moved up and down my shaft. She sucked on me while grabbing my balls and playing with them. I had never felt so good in my entire life – except for the times that I was inside her.
“You feel so good,” I told her. “I don’t ever want this to end.”
“Oh, really?” she asked, and began sucking on my cock even harder.
I was torn, because I wanted to flip her over and fuck her, but I also wanted to cum in her sweet, hot mouth. I decided that there was plenty enough time for both.
As if reading my mind, she said, “You deserve a nice release. I want your cum in my mouth.”
She didn’t have to say it twice. I reached down and grabbed a hold of her nipple so I could twist it in my fingers while she kept sucking my cock. She took it all the way in her mouth, deep-throating me and making me feel so fucking amazing.
“Mmmm,” she moaned against my cock, and it made me get even harder and start to throb.
“Here I come,” I tell her. “I’m gonna cum in your mouth.”
“Yeah,” she moaned, as I began shooting it inside her mouth.
My cock slid out of her throat a bit as she eagerly swallowed my cum. I pulled her hair back a little so it wouldn’t get in it. She winked at me to let me know she liked that, so I pulled it a bit more roughly while I finished emptying my cum into her mouth.
“Mmmm,” she said, gulping it down and then licking the head of my cock to slurp up the rest of it. “It’s even better than ice cream.”
I handed her a towel after wiping myself up, and then laid down on the bed. When she was done, she laid down beside me and I put my arm around her.
“That was amazing,” I told her. “Thank you.”
“No problem, Superstar,” she said.
“You know, I don’t think anything is better than ice cream,” I told her, and we laughed.
“We’ll have to have some of that later,” she said. “To further celebrate your big win.”
“Yeah,” I agreed. “That’s a good idea. We’ll bring Kylie. I’m supposed to drop by my dad’s and pick her up in a bit. You can come with me and then we’ll go.”
“Sounds like a plan,” she said.
I was just about to drift off into a blissful nap when I heard a knock at the door. And when I say knock, that’s an understatement. It more like booming, incessant pounding.
“What the hell?” I said, scrambling to throw on a robe.
But it was too late. The person who was banging on the door obviously had a key – and didn’t have any patience at all.
I watched in horror as a wide-eyed, crazed-looking Sasha barged right into my bedroom, where Olivia and I were still stark-raving naked.
“Sasha!” I exclaimed, while finishing pulling the robe over my body and chastising myself for not getting the locks changed. “What are you doing here?”
“I came here to tell you that I know you’re dating Olivia!” she shouted. “No wonder you fired me! I saw on the news that you guys are dating now. Oh, really! No wonder I’m out of a job, and the whole plan I had made for us, Marvin.”
The she hissed in Olivia’s direction and yelled, “Yeah, it was all because of you, you bitch! His little high school girlfriend, coming back to steal him from me right when we were about to get started as a couple.”
“None of that is even true,” I started to protest, but she cut me off.
“I told you I would ruin you, Marvin,” she said. “And I’m going to. Because I know that the judge and Kylie’s mom didn’t know, at that hearing where Little Miss Innocent testified as to your fitness, that you two were in a relationship! And I’m going to tell them. Then they’ll have a basis to reverse it and take Kylie away from you. And that’s what you get for ruining my life! Now your life will be ruined.”
“Sasha, that isn’t true, either…” I say again, more frantic this time, but she’s leaving the house just as quickly as she came.
I supposed there was nothing to do to change her mind. And I wanted her gone. So, I didn’t go after her. I just sat down on the bed, next to Olivia, who had covered herself up with the blanket on the bed.
“What the fuck?” she asked. “I knew that chick was off her rocker, but woah.”
“Yeah, I have no clue,” I told her. “I’m really sorry about that. She has gone absolutely crazy.”
“Do you think that the court knowing that we’re together will hurt your custody case?” Olivia asked me.
“Probably,” I said, and shrugged. “I mean, I’m sure the judge wouldn’t be happy to hear that my raving character witness was also my girlfriend.”
“Yeah, that doesn’t sound too good,” Olivia agreed.
“But it’s not like there’s much I can do about it. And I’ve learned the hard way that I have to just let the chips fall where they may. I need to stop thinking so negatively and instead try to tell myself that maybe those chips will end up falling down in a way that actually works out for me – like you coming back into my life did.”
“Aww, that’s so sweet,” Olivia said.
My heart was pounding, but I didn’t want her to worry about things that were outside of our control, so I kissed her on top of her head and said, “Yeah, sometimes I have a good side of me that comes out.”
Chapter 34
Olivia
Today we were gathered to celebrate Roxanne’s wedding day. Although I wished that it could be timed better due to the tumultuous events of my personal life, lately, I also knew that today was about her. And I was doing my best to focus on her, not me or Marvin or even Kylie.
It wasn’t hard to do that, considering that I was standing right b
eside her, as her maid of honor. I was able to admire her lacy white wedding dress and her beautiful flower bouquet, as she said her vows to her new husband and then he bent down to kiss her.
They had been through a lot together, which was a story for a whole other day, and I was happy that everything worked out well for them. It showed me that true love really does exist – even during that time in my life where I felt utterly convinced that it wasn’t going to happen for me, at least I didn’t lose all hope for humanity.
At least I knew that happily ever afters could work for some people. Even though, for a long while, I didn’t think that I would be one of those people.
But now, I was finally beginning to see that perhaps it could happen with Marvin and me, too. He had really turned everything completely around. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen with the custody case but I knew that he had Kylie’s best interests at heart now, completely. And I had grown quite fond of her.
It seemed as though his contract would be renewed with the Flags for another season next year, and that would be different on our home life, but I didn’t mind staying back to watch Kylie. Maybe we could even bring her on the road with us sometimes, when I had long weekend breaks from school. Of course, though, we had to wait and see what happened with the court case.
“I now pronounce you husband and wife,” the officiant said, and I cheered for my best friend along with the rest of the wedding guests.
I cheered for her and I cheered for me, too. For believing that love really does exist, and that it can conquer any obstacles in its way.
***
Later, at the reception, Roxanne came over to me and threw her arms around me.
“Congratulations!” I told her. “It was a beautiful ceremony. It all came together so beautifully.”
“I know. Exactly how I wanted it. Thank you so much for being the best bridesmaid, ever!” she told me.
“No problem,” I answered, smiling to myself because it really wasn’t a problem at all.
Roxie was too anal retentive to leave the planning or details of her wedding day up to anyone else. Even when I tried to help, she wouldn’t let me.
And she hadn’t wanted a bachelorette party or shower, due to her social anxiety. She said she had to deal with people enough at her job as a lawyer, so the last thing she wanted to have to do in preparation for her wedding was to go out to some loud, crowded club or to pretend to “ooh” and “aww” at gifts she received but didn’t really need.
She didn’t even want speeches at this reception because she said it made her nervous even to have to see other people in the spotlight. And she didn’t want everyone staring at her while hearing embarrassing stories about her youth.
I wouldn’t have done that to her, but I got where she was coming from with the whole wedding toast thing in general.
Therefore, I really hadn’t had much to do. We had gone for a small luncheon with a few of her other friends – some of whom were mutual friends of mine as well – and I had arranged it with the other girls and had paid for it, but otherwise, I didn’t have to do anything. It was the easiest maid of honor assignment ever.
“It’s not like you gave me much of a job to do,” I told her now, voicing my thoughts.
“Well, I’m giving you a job right now,” she said.
“Oh yeah?” I asked, glad there was something I could help with. “What’s that?”
“It’s party time, girl. And I’d like you to be responsible to get people moving out onto the dance floor.”
“Okay,” I told her, wanting to groan, but trying to look excited, instead.
Dancing really wasn’t my thing, but it was her day.
First, I went and told her table of bridesmaids that they had to help me with this endeavor. They happily agreed, moving over to the dance floor to shake their tail feathers.
Then I went over to Marvin and Kylie, who were still finishing off their wedding cake, which had tasted delicious.
“Hey guys, come dance with me,” I said, pulling them both up from the table by their hands.
“Oh, you know I have two left feet,” Marvin said.
“Come on, Daddy!” Kylie coaxed. “It’ll be fun.”
“Whatever my girls want, my girls get,” Marvin replied.
We went over to the dance floor and all three of us starting rocking out to Blondie. Then, when a slow song came on, Marvin pulled us both closer to him and we swayed back and forth.
“I knew it wouldn’t kill either of us to dance,” I said jokingly. “This is actually pretty fun.”
“It sure is,” Marvin said. “This was a nice wedding.”
“And when are you two going to get married?” Kylie asked, looking up at both of us with a devilish grin on her cute little face.
I laughed, but Marvin answered her honestly.
“I think that’s something we’ll have to take care of very soon,” he said.
“What?!” I replied, surprised by what he had said.
“Well, I figure we’ve already wasted too much time finding our way back to each other,” he said. “I don’t want to waste much more time before having an official life with you.”
“Awww,” I said, burying my face in his strong chest, while Kylie clapped.
Then I looked at him and in a teasing manner said, “But how do you know what I want?”
“Good point,” he said, a dimple appearing as he smiled back at me. “I guess I’ll just have to ask you and see what you say.”
“Sounds like a good plan to me,” I replied, and my heart beat with anticipation, with the wonderful thought that soon we might be engaged.
Chapter 35
Marvin
I was getting ready for the Big Game when there was a knock at my front door.
Damn it, I thought, getting ready to face Sasha’s wrath again.
However, I was more surprised than ever when I opened the door and saw who was standing there.
“Candy,” I said, and then cleared my throat.
“Can we talk?” she asked.
I nodded, but couldn’t resist looking at my watch. I didn’t want to be late for the game, even though I knew this was just as important.
“It won’t take long,” she assured me.
Her eyes looked clearer than I’d seen them in a long time, and they were pleading with me. So, I stepped aside and held the door open for her.
“Come on in. Kylie isn’t here.”
Olivia had taken her to my dad and Sandra’s so they could go out for lunch before the game, while I got ready.
“That’s okay,” she said. “Although, I’d love to see her soon.”
“Well, I don’t know about that,” I said, reluctantly. “I’ve been trying to call you, and…”
“I was in rehab,” she said, quickly, as she sat down on the couch.
I sat down next to her.
“They don’t let me have my phone there.”
I’ve heard that so many times before, I thought.
“I know you’ve heard that before,” she said, as if reading my mind. “And I understand why you would be skeptical. So, I’m not trying to make excuses. I just wanted to let you know that that’s why I couldn’t answer you calls.”
I nodded, unsure of what to say from here. This time definitely felt different from the other times that she’d gotten out of rehab. She wasn’t yelling at me, blaming me, or having huge mood swings where she went from raging to moping.
Instead, she was just looking at me calmly, and her eyes were sympathetic. Her skin was even different – almost as if it was glowing. She looked… dare I say… happy? Or at least content.
“Okay,” I finally said, at a loss for words.
“I did a lot of thinking, about what the judge said,” she continued. “I have been doing my best to think about what’s best for Kylie. For a long time, I didn’t think that you knew how to give her a happy home, even though I knew I didn’t, either. I’d feel guilty and start to think I could change and b
e a good mom, so I’d file paperwork and want her back. But as you know, that never lasted long.”
“Right,” I agreed, hoping this wasn’t another one of those times.
Sure, she looked better, but if she thought she could just waltz in here and claim Kylie after one good run at rehab, she had another thing coming.
“But this time I’ve finally learned my lesson,” she said. “And I feel like you’ve learned your lesson, too. I think Kylie belongs here with you.”
My jaw nearly fucking dropped down to the floor when she said this.
“You do?” I asked.
“Yes. You’ve always been a more stable influence on her than I was – not that that’s saying much – but now you seem very devoted to doing what’s best for her.”
“I am!” I agreed. “I really am.”
“I know,” she said. “So, why don’t we come to an agreement like the judge urged us to do? I’m fine with you being her primary caretaker. And I know it will take a while to prove myself and build up trust, but eventually, I’d like to get some visiting time with her. At first, it can be supervised. By you, or whoever else you’d like to have to do it. Your dad or his wife maybe.”
This truly was like a dream come true. I couldn’t believe that things were going so well.
Suddenly, I thought about Sasha. My first desire was to agree to and file something quickly, so the case would be dropped and there would be nothing Sasha could do to change things.
But I didn’t have time to do that right now. And I felt that because Candy was being so honest, I owed her the same honesty in exchange.