Forever & an Engine (The Austin Series)
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‘You don’t believe in the one, except for Neo,’ I grinned.
‘Morpheus was always right. Seriously though I didn’t believe in it, but he’s kind to you, super protective and caring, he loves you and it sounds like the sex is pretty damn hot. I don’t think that’s normal Mia, that doesn’t come around very often, especially not when both people feel the same way about each other. You hit the jackpot with him and I’m not talking about the house, the car, the huge cock or however much money he has. You’d be a fool to fuck this up.’
‘You’ve really turned into Yoda Lexi, it’s like you know all the right things to say.’
‘A tall ungreen and unhairy Yoda thank you,’ she smiled. ‘So are you going to do this? Are you going to stay with him and deal with this fertility shit?’
‘I can’t leave him Lex, I just can’t. The thought of it’s …’ I clutched my chest, it suddenly hurt to breathe.
‘Then you have your answer Mia. You love him, so find out what you could do in the future.’ I nodded my head while I took some deep breaths. ‘And Mia, it’s not like he’s proposed yet, he’s just expressing that you’re the girl for him and he hopes to marry you one day. It’s kind of romantic.’
‘God he’s so romantic sometimes Lex. He’s been so sweet with me lately.’
‘Take him with you to your post op meeting.’
‘I thought you were coming?’ I asked, surprised.
‘I think you’ll go a long way to repairing some bridges if you let him go Mia. Let him see that you’re not cutting him off, or the shutting the doors of possibility on something he wants.’
‘I guess it would help, but I’m worried we’re not spending as much time together now I’m with him.’
‘Well forgetting this week of dual sick leave thing we have going, we still have lectures and Movie night and Friday drinks. I’m happy if you’re happy.’
‘And I want you to be happy too Lex. So stop stalling, where are you at with Doug?’
‘We have a good laugh, a really good laugh. I find him attractive, obviously,’ she said shaking her head as I smiled knowingly, ‘but I’m not sure that there’s a spark there.’
‘A spark?’
‘You go to pieces when Gabe looks or smiles at you. I want that passion, that need for each other like you two have.’
‘And you don’t think you’ll get that with Doug?’
‘It’s not there now,’ she said with a rueful shake of her head.
‘Have you kissed yet?’
‘Only on the cheek, I was stalling on the date because of my condition.’
‘Well maybe that spark comes as you get to know someone better. Maybe sex will ignite it.’ I snapped off another piece of galaxy and popped it in my mouth.
‘Well maybe if this bleeding stopped I could try and find out. Are you going to share that bloody chocolate or keep eating it all yourself?’
‘Sorry Lex, I’m in a world of my own at the moment.’ I passed it to her.
‘Maybe sex will do it, but you and Gabe had that connection the first time you saw each other, before you even kissed or spoke.’
‘You can’t compare to Gabe and I, everyone’s different. How was Doug when he found out you were pregnant?’
‘He was fine, surprised I hadn’t just been upfront with him. He was really good with me when he relieved Gabe of watcher duties. He’s been to charm school just like him, he held my hand and just let me have a cry and then gave me a hug and got me pissed.’
‘I should have been there for you Lex, it should have been me hugging you,’ I sighed.
‘Well I should have been there for you too. It was just bad timing on all parts, we can be here for each other now ok?’
‘Always and forever Lex,’ I smiled.
‘You’d better believe it Page, we’re Albatrosses.’
‘Eh?’
‘Mates for life.’
‘Ahhhh, where did you pick that up from?’
‘I sometimes watch intelligent shit on the TV too you know,’ she smiled. ‘Sadly not the right shit if I miss visuals of cocks that are over a foot long.’ There was a gentle knock on the door.
‘Is it safe to come in?’ called Gabe.
‘Speaking of big cocks,’ Lexi winked.
‘For the love of god Lex please get laid,’ I sighed with a shake of the head. I tipped my head back and yelled at the door ‘Of course it is Gabe.’ He came in and naturally handed the first tray of food to me. I felt my stomach grumble as I looked at the pale pink salmon fillet covered in hollandaise sauce. He’d done asparagus, fine green beans and new potatoes with some melted butter on them. I lifted my knees and carefully balanced the tray between them and my ribs to avoid my stomach. ‘Thanks Gabe, this looks really good.’
He smiled and disappeared and came back with another tray for Lexi and his own. He sat on the far right of the settee next to Lexi and I noticed he’d less sauce and no butter at all on his potatoes, he was so good at looking after himself. We tucked in and he cleared his and Lexi’s trays first as I finished off and it made me smile again to see how happy his face was that I’d finished the whole plate.
‘Ok, I heard a rumour that one of you liked Vermonster and the other Cookie Dough so I got a load of the mini tubs and put them in the freezer. Here you go.’
‘Excellent,’ said Lexi as she grabbed hers off him.
‘Thanks Gabe, that’s really kind of you. I owe you for the extra food you’ve had to get in.’
‘Don’t worry about it, though if you feel better soon and plan on drinking, you may need to buy in some booze. I don’t keep much other than beer and I think Dad would flip if we raided his wine cellar.’
‘Which flavour are you having?’ I asked as he headed to the door again.
He bent down and whispered in my ear, ‘I’m not. I only like eating it off your naked body.’
‘I can still hear when you whisper, how many times do I have to remind you?’ tutted Lexi. He grinned at me, kissed me and stood up.
‘Gabe?’
‘Yes baby?’
‘If you’re going to the kitchen, would you get me a teaspoon?’
‘You don’t need one do you? I thought they came with little spoons inside?’
‘O Gabe, you’ve so much to learn about Mia. She hates the taste of wood in her mouth,’ said Lexi. I looked at him and bit my lip to stop from giggling, but it was no good, we both burst out laughing. ‘What?’ protested Lexi looking puzzled and then her mouth opened. ‘O shit. I walked right into that one didn’t I?’
‘Yes you did Lex. Sorry Gabe, I hate the wooden sticks on ice lollies too, yet another quirk.’
‘And I love them all. Back in a minute.’
I grinned at Lexi and she stuck her tongue out at me and started on her ice cream. Gabe returned chewing on a crisp bright red apple and had a teaspoon for me and two of my painkillers, which I quickly washed down.
‘Okay baby hitch forwards a bit so I can get in behind you.’ I did as I was told and he climbed up onto the sofa behind me and slid down behind me his legs either side of me and gently pulled me back onto his chest putting an arm around my waist. ‘Is that ok?’ he asked.
‘Yes thanks, just no prodding or tickling.’ I lay my head back on his shoulder and he kissed the side of my face. The body contact with him felt so reassuring after the up and down day we’d had. I just hoped that his love for me was enough to overlook my relationship shortcomings. I picked up one of his hands and kissed his fingers and sighed happily to be with two of the most important people in my life while I was recovering. I was missing mum, it would be so lovely to be honest with her, but that wasn’t a conversation to have over the phone. It needed to be in person, at least I had Lexi and Gabe to give me a cuddle and make me feel better in her absence.
The three of us sat chatting and laughing with the TV on in the background and jumped when we heard the doorbell.
‘Sorry baby you’re going to need to move so I can get out.’
‘Hmmm you taste all apply,’ I observed.
‘You taste all pecan and maple syrupy, though I really did prefer it the other night and can’t wait until we can do that again.’
‘Tell me about it I’m so horny,’ I sighed.
‘Then maybe we should road test you tomorrow to see how you respond to my touch, see if you can handle an orgasm.’
‘O god that would be so nice. Don’t make promises you can’t keep though.’
‘Baby, you want an orgasm you tell me and I’ll happily provide. I guarantee quicker delivery than Domino pizza.’
‘Wow that is fast, though the perfect night would be an on demand orgasm or two while the pizza was on its way.’ We started kissing again and he wrapped his other arm around my chest hugging me tightly to him.
‘Christ Gabe, put the poor girl down, she’s just had a bloody operation.’ We broke away from each other to see Doug grinning at us and Lexi plonked herself back in the corner of the sofa.
‘Alright Doug?’ Gabe asked.
‘Yes thanks, so how are you doing Mia? These are for you, just a little get well soon gift.’ He handed me a card and a large square box wrapped in red paper with a bow and leaned down and kissed my cheek.
‘Doug thanks, that’s really sweet of you, I’m getting there slowly thanks for asking.’
‘I just came over to check on you and Lexi, see how you were both doing. Jesus have you heard about the murder?’
‘What murder?’ I asked.
‘There’s been a second body found on campus late last night. I can’t believe you don’t know, it’s been all over the news. Another girl, she was strangled too.’
I felt Gabe’s arms tighten around me protectively.
‘Shit where’s the remote let’s get the news on,’ said Lexi. She found it and flicked through the channels until she found one with a streaming update at the bottom and we all watched, strangely and sickeningly fascinated. Doug was right it was another brunette, 18 and a Uni student. I felt a coldness come over me and shivered.
‘Now will you listen and be careful and take self-defence classes?’ Gabe whispered in my ear. I nodded, I’d be mad not to, this was bad, really bad. ‘I’d never let anyone hurt you baby.’ He kissed my neck and I gripped his fingers.
‘God this is depressing. Let’s put something cheerful on,’ said Lexi. She changed channels and put on a music video one I opened my gift to find it was a box of Thornton’s chocolates and opened them and handed them around.
‘No one touch the Sicilian Lemon one. Have whatever and as many as you like, but those are mine,’ I instructed.
‘Wow aggressively possessive over lemon truffles,’ laughed Gabe.
‘Gabe, she could take down anyone who touched those without permission.’
‘Lexi, do you have to give away all my secrets?’
‘No go on Lexi tell me more of them,’ said Gabe.
We spent the next hour exchanging personal facts about our best friends and laughing and I felt myself getting more and more sleepy and shut my eyes.
‘Ok baby, I’m taking you to bed you’re dropping off,’ whispered Gabe in my ear.
‘Hmmm,’ I sighed. I was comfortable, warm and cosy and I didn’t want to go anywhere, even if I did my attempts to open my eyes were futile.
Thursday
When I finally managed to wake up, I found myself in bed, still dressed in my t-shirt. I looked at the clock and it was 6.50 a.m. How the hell had that happened? I yawned and stretched out, alone. I got up and went to the bathroom and took my pill and painkillers, raking my fingers through my hair and examined my stomach again. The bloating was starting to go down and the bruises had turned to a deep purple colour. I brushed my teeth vigorously having missed doing them the night before and looked out of the window and saw he was in the pool.
I padded down stairs, made myself an instant coffee and headed over to the orangery. He was powering up and down doing the front crawl and hadn’t seen me. I managed to lower myself to sit between the shallow end ladder railings, dangling my feet in the water as I sipped my coffee watching him. He was amazing, his arms were just so strong as he sliced through the water and those shoulder muscles were so impressive. I’d finished my coffee when he stopped opposite me, stood and removed his goggles wiping his eyes and shoving his wet hair back. I studied his side profile, as if he were not hot enough, seeing him dripping with water was just … wow and to think I got to have sex with him. I put my fingers in my mouth and did a shrill wolf whistle. He jumped and turned to look at me, breaking into one of his knicker wetting smiles and swam over.
‘You’re such an amazing swimmer Gabe,’ I smiled.
‘Thank you. Morning baby.’ He leaned on my knees and slid his hands up my t-shirt to my hips and shook his head, water flying off his hair, showering me.
‘Stop. Stop I’m all wet now,’ I shrieked laughing.
‘I like you wet,’ he said in a low sexy voice.
‘Gabe Austin, I can hear the sexual intonation in your voice.’
‘You’ve got your turned on face. You look gorgeous.’ He leaned in and pecked my lips and I smoothed his wet hair back again and kissed him in return.
‘I am turned on. Has no one ever told you that you’re stunningly hot?’
‘It may have been mentioned in passing by a few women,’ he shrugged. ‘But I love that you think that. How did you sleep?’
‘Obviously very well as the last thing I remember was eating truffles in the lounge, then it’s nearly 7 a.m.’
‘You were completely out of it, but you were talking a lot in your sleep again.’
‘Sexy talk?’
‘Sadly not. You seemed to be arguing with someone about food. It was nice to see you eating properly last night.’
‘I was hungry. I am hungry.’
‘Then let’s go eat. I better go in today or I’m going to get really behind. I’ve got to be in for ten and won’t be back until nearly six sorry.’ He looked at me apologetically and I ran a finger over his lips.
‘I’ll miss having you around.’
‘I’ll miss you too baby, but you’ll have a good time with Lexi. Are you going to do some studying as well?’
‘Studying?’ I laughed, like it was a dirty word. ‘We’re off sick, what better excuse to do nothing? So no, no studying today, I need some fun.’
‘Will you wait here while I quickly shower and change?’
‘What I can’t come and see my gorgeous boyfriend naked and showering? I was thinking as you wet me, maybe I could make you wet, in my mouth.’
‘Mia Page you’re so coming in my shower,’ he grinned.
‘I think you’ll be the one coming in your shower,’ I responded with a smile. He pulled himself out of the pool without using the ladder far too easily and helped me stand, holding my hand as we walked over to the pool shower room.
It was nearly eight by the time we got back to the kitchen and he couldn’t take the smile off his face.
‘Why are you so smiley today?’ I asked.
‘Well we’ve set a new record that you haven’t cried for over 18 hours, you’re laughing and eating again, you’re staying here with me and I just had a fantastic morning blow job. Why wouldn’t I be smiling?’ he replied planting a kiss on my forehead.
‘Sorry to burst the bubble, but you missed a set of tears with Lexi in the lounge last night.’
‘If I didn’t see them, they didn’t happen,’ he said firmly. ‘Ok I fancy an cheese and mushroom omelette, how about you?’
‘Sounds good. Can I watch?’ He lifted me to my counter top position and made mine first and I ate it sitting where I was, as I watched him make another. He leaned back on the island eating his, just smiling at me and I blushed and looked down at my feet. ‘As I’ll be here for a few more days Gabe, you better show me how the fancy coffee machi
ne works.’
He helped me down and stood behind me and reached around dropping a capsule in it and pressed some buttons. His breath on my neck and physical proximity was driving me crazy. As soon as he’d finished and the coffee started to flow, I turned around, pushed him back against the island and tiptoed up and kissed him vigorously, my hands running everywhere I could touch. He slid his hands into my t-shirt and under my knickers to hold my bare bottom as we attacked each other’s mouths. I suddenly pulled away gasping as I felt his erection pulsating on my stomach.
‘Shit sorry Gabe, that’s not fair to you,’ I uttered. He ran the back of his hand over his mouth, he was oozing sex and lust from every pore, as was I.
‘You don’t see me complaining do you?’
‘God. This is so frustrating,’ I sighed. ‘I want you so badly, I miss having you inside me.’
‘I miss being there, but it’s not forever. Maybe in a couple of days we can try?’ he suggested. I looked at him with a face of pissed off resignation and he walked over and put his arms around me.
‘I’ve stopped bleeding,’ I mumbled.
‘So we’ll have dinner tonight and I’ll take you to bed and see if I can make you come.’
‘I think you could make me come by just kissing me Gabe.’
‘But I plan on doing it many other ways to help with your recovery.’
‘Go on then, twist my arm, man the things I have to do to keep you happy,’ I teased. He smiled and kissed me again.
‘I’d like to invite Doug over Friday night. I thought we could do Movies and pizza as you missed it on Tuesday.’
‘Great.’
‘And I’d like to take you out on a date Saturday night if you feel up to it?’
‘Our second date night? I’d love that.’
‘Great. So other than not studying what are you and Lexi planning on doing today?’
‘I’m happy watching more movies, is it easy to set up in the cinema?’
‘Sure if you go on my computer I have a movies folder, copy the ones you want to the cinema folder. It’s all networked up, don’t ask me how, but when you use the remote downstairs you’ll see whatever you put in the folder.’