“I don’t know what it is about you Lucy Jenkins but you make my body crazy. We need to slow down. I want to explore all of you, not just fuck you and fall asleep.”
“You’re so romantic.” Lucy laughed.
Ace started to tickle her. She laughed even harder. Finally when they had both laughed themselves silly, Ace kissed Lucy and rolled her over on top of him. They just kissed for several minutes before Lucy wiggled her way down Ace’s body and sucked his cock into her mouth.
“Oh lord. Keep that up and I’m not going to be able to hold off for long.”
Lucy giggled as she sucked faster and harder until Ace came in her mouth. As soon as he finished coming he reached for Lucy and pulled her back up the bed next to him and started fingering her while he kissed her lips, ears, neck, breasts and then her pussy.
“Ace, oh my God Ace. Oh, oh, God yes.”
Ace gave Lucy two orgasms before he reached for a condom and slid himself inside of her while he looked into her eyes. If he didn’t know for sure before then, he knew now…he was very much in love with Lucy.
“You make me feel so special.”
“You are special, Lucy.”
Ace continued to make love to Lucy over and over again until neither of them could move. Ace pulled Lucy into his arms. Lucy cuddled up against his chest. Ace kissed her forehead.
“I’ve fallen in love with you, Lucy.”
When Lucy didn’t respond Ace got nervous she was upset or worse…didn’t feel the same way about him. He pulled back only to realize she was asleep.
Chace and Declan got out of the car. Shane just sat there. Chace opened the door and poked his head in.
“You coming?”
Shane nodded his head. “I just need a minute.”
“Hey, I know what I said was hard to hear but Shane it had to be said. We all love you and we’re here for you. Don’t shut us out.”
“Thanks.”
“Look, I’m going to get Declan inside and get him fixed up. You come in when you’re ready.”
Chace shut the door and left with Declan.
Chace led Declan towards the ER as Declan was looking up to try and keep the blood from gushing from his nose.
“Shane’s a mess.”
“Dec, I’m sorry I didn’t go over there and talk to him myself.”
“It’s ok. Now I owe him one.” Declan chuckled.
“You two have always had the strongest bond.”
“Maybe because he needed me the most? You were always on top of your game and Ace, well he is so damn stubborn about taking care of himself. Shane and I get each other on a different level is all, we have since college. In high school we had a mutual hate for one another on the mat.”
“I heard that was because Shane won all the matches between you two.”
“He was the better wrestler, I will admit it…to you.” Declan laughed.
Chace had finished filling out the paperwork and the nurse gave Declan some clean gauze pads and an ice pack and told them to take a seat and wait for a doctor.
Shane finally decided he needed to stop feeling sorry for himself. He got out of the car and was walking through the parking lot when he heard someone call out his name, “Mr. Hart.” He turned around and Dr. Martino was standing there.
“Hey.”
“Are you feeling alright?”
“I’m ok.”
“Then why are you here at the hospital?”
“I think I broke Declan’s nose. He’s in the ER.”
“I thought I saw your partner Chace walking in the hallway.”
“Yeah, I called him when it happened. I’m still too dizzy to be driving.”
“How dizzy?”
“No worse than I’ve had in the past. Usually it takes a few days to subside if I’ve been knocked out.”
“If it gets to be worse than you’ve had in the past then I want you to come back to the hospital or give me a call. Head injuries are not something to be taken lightly.”
“Yes, Doctor.”
“Luke.”
“Shane.”
Luke smiled at Shane. Shane smiled back and it looked as if he winked since his one eye was still so swollen.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Sure.”
“How is it that you can dedicate your life to building a perfect body with a beautiful face and then knowingly allow someone to damage it, possibly beyond repair?”
Shane liked hearing Luke say he had a perfect body and a beautiful face. It made him feel good about himself…for a minute.
“It’s something I’m good at. It helps me to relieve my anger and at the same time it’s such an adrenalin rush. People want to see me, they chant my name and my opponents fear me.”
“But what about afterwards, the pain and risk of possibly losing your life?”
“I don’t think about losing the fight or my life. As for the pain, it reminds me that I’m alive, that I’m a survivor.”
“Some pain can be pleasurable but what you endure, not so much.” Luke smiled.
“I’m also familiar with the pain and pleasure factor but I somehow don’t think you’re still talking about fighting?” Shane grinned.
“I think it’s time for me to go home.”
“Yeah. I need to check in on Dec.”
“I’ll see you next week at your appointment.”
“Maybe by then I will be able to see you with two eyes.” Shane laughed as he walked away.
Luke couldn’t keep his eyes off of Shane’s sexy ass as he watched him walk away.
Lucy rolled over and saw Ace staring at her. She smiled and he smiled back.
“I think you made me pass out.” Lucy chuckled.
“I can’t help it if you can’t keep up with me.” Ace laughed.
Lucy grabbed her pillow and smacked Ace with it and then he whacked her back. They rolled around having a pillow fight until Ace fell off the bed. Lucy looked over the side at him lying on the floor. Neither of them could stop laughing. Lucy couldn’t ever remember being this happy…or in love. Ace’s phone started to ring.
“Lucy, can you grab that.”
Lucy grabbed the phone and as she handed it to Ace she unknowingly hit the speaker button.
“Hello.”
“How did the date go? Thank you for helping me out with Lucy, I owe you one.”
Lucy’s father didn’t even finish the sentence before her heart sank. Ace sat up and tried to get the phone off of speaker but he wasn’t fast enough. The look on Lucy’s face broke his heart.
“Can I call you back?”
“Are you still with her?”
“Yes.”
“We can talk tomorrow.”
Ace hung up the phone and stood up. Lucy was already searching for her clothes as she held back tears. Ace walked over to her and grabbed her and tried to pull her into a hug.
“Don’t.”
Lucy pulled away and continued to get dressed. Ace stood there trying to think of what to say.
“Lucy, I love you.”
Lucy turned around and slapped Ace across the face.
“As if you taking me out and doing all this shit for my father wasn’t bad enough but now, NOW, you’re going to tell me that you love me, when I know damn well it is a lie. You just don’t want me to go home and tell my father that you fucked up on your charity mission for poor pathetic Lucy.”
“No, no Lucy, I swear, yes your father asked me to take you out but Lucy, we’ve been hiding behind his back. I couldn’t tell him that. Of course I said yes, he’s worried about you. Hell, I was going to ask you out anyway.”
“What were you going to get out of this, a promotion?”
“A date with a beautiful woman.”
“You never wanted a date before. You only wanted to fuck me…”
“Lucy, stop it.”
Ace grabbed Lucy by the wrist.
“LET GO!”
Ace let go. Then he stepped back.
“I gues
s you never cared about me at all.”
Lucy looked up at him and just stared for a minute before she turned and walked out.
Declan came walking into the waiting area with a taped nose and two newly formed black eyes. Shane stood up and walked over to Declan.
“I’m sorry, Dec.”
“I know, Shane.”
Chace stood up, pulled his keys from his pocket and headed towards the door.
“Let’s get you home, Declan.”
Declan and Shane followed Chace without another word.
Ace wanted to chase Lucy out the door but he didn’t, instead he sat down on the edge of the bed and vowed not to ever let another woman into his heart. How could he be so wrong about her? As he laid back onto the bed he saw his cell phone. He picked it up and dialed Lucy’s father. He figured he had better warn him.
“Ace, I said we could talk in the morning.”
“Chief, uhh…Lucy knows that you asked me to take her out. She heard you on the phone earlier.”
“Oh, I see.”
“I’m sorry. I told her that I would have liked to take her out anyway and I was happy you’d asked me to.”
“Don’t worry, Son, I will talk to Lucy and explain how worried I was about her.”
“Alright then. Good night, Chief.”
“Good night, Ace.”
Lucy walked down the street away from Ace’s house and called her cousin, Mary to come and pick her up.
“Hello.”
“Mary, can you come and pick me up please?”
“Lucy, are you alright? Where are you?”
“I’m down the street from Ace’s house.”
“Déjà vu?”
“Oh Mary…”
Lucy started to sniffle and then Mary knew she was crying.
“Did he hurt you, Lucy?”
“Yes, but not physically.”
“How long have you been seeing him? I thought it was just that once?”
“Tonight was our first date. All the other times were just sex.”
“Whoa! Sex? How much sex? How many times? I can’t believe you’ve been holding out on me.”
“Not that many times. I haven’t seen you to tell you. Are you on your way?”
“Yes, I’m already in the car. What did he do to upset you?”
“My father asked him to take me on a date and he did.”
“Uhh, ok. Then what?”
“He only asked me for a date because my father asked him to. He never wanted a date before. He only wanted to fuck me all over the house. Oh and get this, when he realized I was upset, he blurted out that he loves me. What a loser.”
“Lucy, did you ever think that maybe he does love you?”
Lucy thought for a moment before she answered.
“He’s a player. He just wanted to kiss up to my father. I was just an added bonus.”
“What if you’re wrong and he really does love you?”
“How long before you’re here?”
“I’m coming down the block now.”
Lucy hung up and placed her phone in her pocket. She didn’t want to discuss Ace anymore.
All Declan wanted was a drink and some sleep. He was both mentally and physically exhausted. Not to mention in pain at the moment. He poured himself a drink and immediately drank it. He brought the glass into the kitchen, placed it in the sink and turned to head to the bedroom when he saw Shane standing in the kitchen doorway.
“Shit! You scared the fucking hell out of me.”
“I’m sorry. I let myself in.”
“Well you can let yourself out.”
“Dec, I need you. Please, please let me stay.”
As much as Declan wanted to wrestle Shane to the floor and beat him senseless for breaking his nose, he also knew his friend was hurting and he couldn’t turn his back.
“Fine, but don’t think that when your face and head heals that I’m not kicking the crap out of you for breaking my nose.”
“Deal.”
Shane walked over to Declan and hugged him. Declan could feel how tense Shane was at first and then as they hugged he started to relax. Shane pulled back after a few minutes.
“You’re the only person who really cares about me. Even my own parents never could.”
“Shane, your parents love you. They’re just close minded and cannot accept the fact that you’re gay.”
Shane leaned over and kissed Declan. Declan kissed him back until he had to pull away from the pain in his nose from pressing against Shane’s face.
“You alright?”
“I think another drink will do the trick.”
“Didn’t they give you pain killers?”
“Yes, but I choose not to take them. I much prefer one hundred year old Scotch.”
“Why don’t you go lie down and I will bring you a drink.”
Declan went into the bedroom and got undressed. He was just about to get into bed when Shane walked in with their drinks.
“Sit down.”
Declan sat down on the bed and Shane handed him his drink. After Shane downed his own drink he dropped to his knees. He took hold of Declan’s cock and then sucked it into his mouth.
“Oh God, I forgot how good you are. You put all those women to shame.”
Shane looked up and smiled, which in turn looked like a wink with his still swollen face. Then he doubled his efforts until Declan came.
“I think you’ve just redeemed yourself for breaking my nose.”
Shane stood up and kissed Declan on the lips. Then he undressed and got into bed with Declan.
IT HAD BEEN ALMOST a week since Ace and Lucy had seen one another. Lucy wanted to call him and apologize. She knew deep down that he was being truthful about taking her on a date and not just doing it to earn brownie points with her father. Ace scared her when he said he loved her. She loved him too but instead of telling him, she panicked. Tom told her he loved her and she believed him. She loved him and then he broke her heart. She just wasn’t ready to commit to that, not just yet.
“Miss Jenkins, can I erase the blackboard today?”
Lucy looked up, she had been so deep in thought about Ace that she never noticed little Timmy approach her desk.
“Why sure you can. Thank you.”
Timmy was beaming from ear to ear as he grabbed the eraser and went to work, erasing all of the day’s lessons from the blackboard.
“Class, I know you will be very upset but I have decided since you have been working so hard that there will be no homework this weekend.”
The class erupted in, “YAY! YES! and YOU”RE THE COOLEST MISS JENKINS!”
Lucy smiled. At least her class would have a great weekend.
Ace was at the firehouse cooking dinner. He hadn’t been in a kitchen cooking since last week when he was with Lucy. He missed her but there was no way he would allow himself to be hurt by a woman again. No how, no way. He’d had enough bad relationships to know that once it goes bad there’s no hope of turning it around. Lucy walking out on him after he told her he loved her was enough for him to realize he was a damn fool and needed to move on.
“What’s cooking, Dean?”
“Salmon, spinach and brown rice.”
“You watching your weight?”
“No Jorge, I’m not watching my weight. What’s wrong with a healthy meal for a change?”
“Calm down boy, are you alright?”
“Yeah, I’m sorry. I haven’t been sleeping much.”
“Sounds like more than lack of sleep.”
“Maybe a little more than that.”
“Care to elaborate?”
“Just something I need to work through.”
“You know I’m always here if you want to talk.”
“I know you got my back.”
“You want to go tell the Chief and the guys that dinner will be up in five.”
Jorge turned to walk away and the tones went off indicating that there was a working structure fire and also that dinner w
ould have to wait. Ace shut off the stove and ran to the truck along with his crew.
Shane walked around the examining room looking at all of Luke’s diplomas and certificates hanging on the walls while he waited for Luke.
“Hey, sorry I’m running late. I had a three year old that was in a car accident and got tied up in surgery.”
Shane turned around and smiled.
“You’re worth the wait.”
“Gee thanks. I see you can smile now without looking like you’re winking.”
“Didn’t notice, I haven’t smiled much this week.”
“Come over here and sit down. Let’s get those stitches out.”
Shane walked over and sat down on the table.
“So can I get back to training again?”
“Would you mind lying back, it will be easier for me to remove those stitches.”
Shane stretched out. Luke put on his gloves and grabbed forceps and surgical scissors.
“You alright, Doc?”
“Fine, thanks.”
Shane laid there while Luke removed his stitches. Neither of them spoke. Shane could sense something was wrong but it was clear that Luke didn’t want to discuss it. After the last stitch was out, Shane sat up.
“So can I get back in the cage now?”
“Anymore dizziness?”
“Not much.”
“How much is not much and when was the last time you were dizzy?”
Luke walked closer to Shane and was now flashing a light in Shane’s eyes.
“A few days ago.”
“Alright, you can get back in the gym to workout but no fighting. I don’t want to take a chance at you getting hit in the head for another few weeks.”
“A few weeks?”
“You’re free to get a second opinion.”
“I trust your opinion, I’m just anxious to get back to my old routine.”
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