One Last Touch

by Lauren Wood

  “It’s horrible timing.”

  “It’s perfect timing Mariss. Can’t you see that? If I would have seen you a couple of months from now, then that would have been bad timing. I can stop what was going to happen and do what was supposed to happen instead.”

  “What do you mean?”

  “I mean I’m not getting married to Marsha. How can I?”

  “Why does she think you are?”

  “I’m waiting for after Anna and Jesse’s wedding. He would never forgive me if I did anything to mess it up for them. I tried to break it off with her at the restaurant, but she refused to listen. I work for her father, so she has my balls in a grip right now.”

  “Maybe you shouldn’t be here then Cal. I don’t want to mess anything up for you.”

  She said that she didn’t, but I could see that Mariss was happy about the calling off my upcoming nuptials. Even if it didn’t work out with her, it made me realize that there was no way that I should settle for a marriage that I didn’t want to be in. It didn’t make sense and I was determined to make sure that I didn’t make such a decision. I had been crazy to think that a marriage like that would have been fulfilling. Mariss made me see that there could be so much more.

  “You’re not. You made me see what I’d long forgotten. You’re a hard woman to forget about Mariss.”

  Mariss’ smile was big, and I could tell that she liked the idea of me not getting married. It was the first step to making something real with her. The rest was a mystery. Right now, I wanted my hands on her and her back in my arms so that I would know this was real. This wasn’t a dream and I felt cheated last time because I’d thought it was. I don’t know what I would have done different, but something.

  I moved the stray strand of hair out of her face. The long, silky hair was so black that it looked almost blue in the light. I’d always loved her hair and her eyes. They really did call to me, just like they were now.

  “You’re beautiful Mariss, you know that?”

  She was seated next to me and her knees were almost touching mine. Mariss didn’t answer, but when I moved to kiss her, she didn’t resist me. I was afraid she would with everything between us at the moment.

  “So what were you thinking that we should do?”

  “You know what it is that I want Mariss. I’m going to have fun making you come again. Maybe get a little bit of a taste before I start?”

  She shivered in response and it was the best response that she could have given me. I’d missed her so damn much and I needed her now.

  “I thought you wanted to talk?”

  “I’m talented and I can do both at the same time, no problem.”

  She snickered at me and told me that I was ridiculous. Maybe I was, but I made her laugh a little and that was a triumph to me.

  “You really are incorrigible Cal. Is that really all you ever think about?”

  I tried to tell her that it wasn’t true, but I couldn’t say it with a straight face. When I was around her and ever since I knew that she was back in town, I hadn’t been able to think of much else. Now that we’d been together again, there was no way that I could forget about her like I had before. There was just no way. And there was no way that I wasn’t going to want more. I needed more. I needed to feel the insides of her and just a taste was just not going to be enough.

  “Pretty much when it comes to you. What else is there to think about? You’re beautiful and I’ve had a thing for you as long as I can remember.”

  “What if it’s not as good as you remember?”

  “That’s impossible.”

  She wouldn’t look at me, like she’d gotten shy suddenly and I didn’t know what to say. I liked that she was here, and we were together, but there was more than just talking that I wanted to be doing.

  “Let me show you how good it can be between us Mariss. I remember how you like it. You like it slow at first and then harder and faster until you scream.”

  I saw her body tremble and I leaned in for a kiss. It was now or never as far as I was concerned.

  Chapter 14

  Mariss

  He was coming in for a kiss and I knew that this was moment to stop this madness. I knew where it was going to lead and even though I wanted to do this, I also wanted to run from him. He was going to mess my head up again. I just knew it.

  Before I could make up my mind, his lips were on mine and I was closing my eyes. His lips were soft and so damn insistent. They opened my own so that he could push his tongue through. It felt good to me and I swirled my tongue with his. I heard a whimper and realized it was coming from me. I couldn’t help myself and I didn’t want to.

  All the feelings from before came back and I was almost immediately wet. I didn’t have to check, I could feel the lips squishing together and I just knew as I leaned in. We were sitting on the edge of the bed and then he was pulling me back to lay next to him.

  Cal’s body was moving over mine, but his lips never left me. I don’t know how he did it, but the next thing I knew, he was everywhere, and I couldn’t get enough. My hands went to his neck and encircled it as I moaned his name breathlessly when our lips were finally pulled apart. I was breathing a little heavier and so was he.

  Our eyes met, and he told me again how much he missed me. I said something about showing me and he growled, pulling me up on the bed, so my legs and feet were no longer hanging off. His body was back on mine, crushing me into the mattress and pressing against the most sensitive parts of me. He liked to drive me crazy and he was doing a very damn good job of it at the moment.

  Cal’s lips went to my own for a moment, but not even his tongue was pushed through before he was kissing my cheeks, nose and forehead. I squinted them all up and he chuckled as he pulled my hand away that was blocking him.

  “I forgot how ticklish you can be.”

  I doubted that, and I started to squirm. He’d always liked to see me squirm, no matter how much I asked him not to. Cal liked to do it while I was naked because I would forget completely that he was eying me and I would be far more worried about stopping him then the fact that I was giving him an eyeful.

  “Stop Cal!”

  He didn’t listen and somehow, he was getting me naked as he did it. I could feel the clothes coming off, but I was unable to really stop anything if I wanted to because he was relentless with his touch.

  I was in my bra and panties before he finally gave me a break. I was horny, and my body was on edge from his touches and tickling. Every breath on my skin was intensified and every lick of his tongue on me felt amazing.

  My neck and shoulders were given proper attention, enough to make me shake a little. He knew exactly what he was doing because of the grin I saw on his face. It was clear that he was going in one direction and I wanted to help him on his way.

  I tried to push him down with my shoulders and he told me that he was going to take his time. I growled at him and I told him that I didn’t want to wait. All I could think about was getting his mouth on me or his cock in me. As good as his tongue and lips swirling around my nipples felt, it wasn’t enough, and it sent shockwaves through the rest of me. I needed him badly and he chuckled again when I tried to push him down.

  “You always were impatient Mariss, but after the amount of time that I had to wait last time in between fucking you, I’ve learned that I got to make it worth it the first time.”

  I shook my head and told him that it was fine. I wasn’t going anywhere, but I did beg him to hurry up. I wanted to feel him stretch me as only he could, touching parts of me that remained a mystery before and after him. It wasn’t just the feeling that I had when I was with Cal, but the physical perfection of how we fit together.

  He wasn’t bothered by my rushing. He couldn’t feel how I did inside. I felt like I was going to explode from his touch, but the longer I waited for it, the harder it was.

  Finally, he was at my hips, nibbling with his teeth and then settling me with is tongue. I loved the way it felt, and I whim
pered as my hips rose. I wanted him to go just a little bit lower, but he was ignoring that part of me. I swear that he was doing it on purpose.

  “Come on Cal. I’m dying here!”

  He assured me that I would be fine, but I really didn’t believe him right now. I didn’t feel like I was fine. I felt like I was about to lose my shit. It was just that simple.

  My hands went to his head and my body moved up enough that his hot breath was now on me. My legs opened wider and I closed them around his shoulders. I was done waiting and I had no problem pushing the situation if I had to.

  It didn’t Cal long to see that I needed him, and he was giving me exactly what I wanted and what I had to have to go on. His tongue came out quickly and there was no more slow motion. His tongue flicked and licked me quickly, making me jump and squirm. He held me down with his hands on my hips as I tried to get away from the lashing tongue. For something that I’d begged for minutes before, it was funny how quickly I was ready to catapult into space with it.

  My body tightened up as he licked fast and faster. It wasn’t long before I was coming and calling out his name, every muscle in my body contracting as relief flooded my body.

  This time there was no one to stop us or to stop what was going to happen next. All I could think about was how good his mouth had felt on me and I didn’t notice that he was off the bed and getting undressed. It wasn’t until he was on top of me and starting to push in that I knew it for what it was.

  “Fuck!”

  My eyes flew open and met his. My hands pushed against his chest and he drove deep. We were both waiting for that moment, but Cal’s eyes were on me, watching as I closed my own again. He was so deep, and my insides were trying to adapt to the hard length that was now in my midst. It was impossible to and before long, I was trying to get away from it.

  “Just relax. You know that it takes a minute. Do you remember last time?”

  I couldn’t think now. My mind was coming up with a blank and I knew that there was a reason that he wanted me to think of that time, but I just really wasn’t sure what it was. All I knew for sure was that this time I wasn’t going to be able to take it. He was just too damn big and wide. It had been too long since I’d been stretched this way.

  “Relax.”

  He had lost his mind if he thought I was going to relax. He laughed a little and then told me that we would get the first one out of the way and that would loosen me up. I’d just came in his mouth several times as he held me down, I don’t think I was going to get any wetter and I certainly wasn’t going to become relaxed suddenly because he said to.

  Cal’s hand went between our bodies and he started to rub on my clit as he moved his cock in and out very slowly. I could vaguely remember this now and my thighs tried to close, but there was no where for them to go. I tried more than once to stop what came next, afraid that I was going to lose my mind, but there I was, flying off into neverland anyways.

  I screamed out his name and I was ashamed at how loud I was. It just felt so damn good and I didn’t think that it was possible to feel that good and not say anything.

  The man above me grinned and started to pick up the pace. My recent orgasm made me nice and wet and let him slide in and out with ease. The sound of our bodies slapping together filled the air with the moans that came from the both of us. I’d never heard nothing sexier in all my life. It was music to my ears and turned me on further, as strange as that was.

  One orgasm turned into another and I was swept away from all the pleasure that he gave me. It was more than I could handle and soon I was begging him to finish up before I lost myself completely. I clenched him hard to let him know that I was being serious. I couldn’t go on anymore.

  It was enough because he started to move frantically until he pushed in deep one last time and I knew that it was over. I could tell by the way he was shaking and then the hot blast of fluid that filled in all the cracks that were left between us. It was hard for me to stop myself from coming again and I gave up trying as another wave of bliss ripped through me. I was drug away by the tide.

  I was barely breathing right before he was cuddling up against me, his fingers playing with my pussy as he started to wind me up again. This at least, I did remember. We’d had a long night last time and this time didn’t look to be any different. Once hadn’t been enough before and it wasn’t long before Cal was pulling me on top of him and positioning me to slide down on him. It felt too good for me to resist.

  Chapter 15

  Cal

  It was the day of the wedding and Jesse looked like he was going to yak into his shoes. He was nervous and pacing. I tried to make him feel better, tell him it was all going to be okay, but Jesse didn’t believe me.

  “I don’t know Cal. I think that I’m making a mistake. I made a mistake and I can’t take it back.”

  I was confused because Jesse and Anna were perfect for each other. As much as she didn’t like me and the fact that I was friends with her man, at the end of the day I could see how happy Jesse was. That’s why I didn’t mind the crap she gave me because my best friend was so happy. In the end that was all that mattered. Maybe he just needed a reminder because he had cold feet.

  “You two are perfect for each other Jesse, you’ve said it yourself a million times.”

  “Yeah, but what if I’m wrong?”

  “You’re not. She’s great.”

  “She is great. Anna is so fucking great, and I would be lucky to have her.”

  I didn’t get where he was going with this and I tried to keep up. He was upset, that much was clear, but the why was a mystery to me. How was he going to mess it all up? I felt like there was something that I didn’t know about and I asked him again what was going on.

  “You didn’t ask me what I was doing last night.”

  “You didn’t ask me either. Should I?”

  “Maybe you should and then you’d understand my dilemma.”

  I don’t know why, but I was getting a bad feeling about all of this. He was talking in circles and that usually meant that he didn’t want to just come right out and say it.

  “So, where were you last night Jesse?”

  “I was with Katarina.”

  I knew the name well and asked him if he was an idiot.

  “What in the hell would you be doing with that skank?”

  Katarina was a mess and he’d turned Jesse into a mush head for a while. The man hadn’t been able to think or eat or sleep. It was pathetic, and I refused to let him go down like that again. I didn’t want to see that, not to mention what he would be messing up with Anna.

  Or what he’d already messed up.

  “Please tell me that you didn’t do anything stupid?”

  “Define stupid.”

  “Did you do what I think you did?”

  “If you mean did I have sex with her and cheat on my fiancée a day before the wedding, yes.”

  My mind was blown, and I backed up a little bit. We were at the church and I felt like I needed to give him a little space. He may very well burst into flames right in front of me.

  “Why would you do that?”

  He shrugged and told me that he was an idiot. “I’m not even going to say it was because I was drinking. I was, but I knew what I was doing. I just sort of freaked out and now I don’t know if I can go through with this.”

  “Do you not love her?”

  “Of course, I do, but I can’t lie to her. How could I keep this in forever? I can’t marry Anna with this secret. It wouldn’t be right.”

  I could understand what he meant, but at the same time I didn’t think that he was really thinking about it clearly. He couldn’t tell her because then he would lose Anna for good and that was no joke. She wasn’t going to forgive him for it and the wedding would be called out. She would be embarrassed. They wouldn’t last through that.

  “So, what are you thinking about doing? You’re not thinking about telling her, are you?” I didn’t even want to consider the sh
it storm that it would cause. He’d never come back from it.

  “I don’t know. I feel like I should.”

  “Well you need to take that feeling and shove it down deep because you shouldn’t. It just that simple Jesse. You are going to mess everything up and you’re going to regret it.”

  “I already do.”

  “What’s done is done. Don’t throw away the best thing that you’ve ever had for a mistake. Trust me when I tell you that I’ve been there, and it isn’t something that you want to do.”

  “Katarina is the type of girl that if she found out I was getting married, she will tell Anna. I don’t want her to find out that way.”

  I still couldn’t believe that he had went back to Katarina. She was a mess and I just wanted to shake Jesse.

  “Marry her Jesse. It’s what should happen. You two should be together and just don’t mess up again. Think of it as a second chance. We should all get one.”

  “Are you talking about me or you?”

  I didn’t know, but I knew that his situation was shedding light on my own. “We’re not talking about me, we’re talking about you. You’re about to walk down the aisle and marry the girl of your dreams. That’s what you’re doing today Jesse. Just focus on that.”

  Jesse grinned and mentioned how perfect Anna was.

  “She really is too good for you, so don’t give her a reason to realize that. Wait until you’re married, and she’s trapped.”

  That made him laugh and I was feeling relieved that he was thinking about going through with it. I wouldn’t have been a good friend if I would have let him think that anything but that was the right thing to do. Maybe after some time, when everything was settled he could come clean with her, but it didn’t seem like a good idea right now. It seemed like the best thing that he could do for himself was to just shut up and let it lie. That’s the best advice that I could give him.

  “You really think that I should not say anything?”