Off the Rails

by Isabelle Drake

  He blinked, his eyes gleaming from the glow of the Pepsi machine. “Tony Harwell and I drank a fifth that night. You can’t expect me to rem—”

  She leaned into him, noticing how solid and warm his body was. And hard in all the right places. “You were drunk? You fuck. I can’t believe you were drunk when you asked me to dance.”

  He shrugged, easily managing to move despite her constant pressure against him. “Yep. Sorry.”

  Madison glared. He didn’t look at all sorry. In fact, his mouth was twitching again. Evidently he thought the whole thing was hilarious.

  “It was the only way I could get the nerve to talk to you,” he replied, half-smiling at her snarling face. “You were pretty intimidating.”

  “What do you mean were?” She grabbed the lapels of his jacket and pulled him to her. “Like I’m not now?”

  “I’m not eighteen anymore,” he replied, his voice dropping to a husky growl as his eyes turned from the blue of an easy afternoon sky to the dark blue right before a storm. “In case you hadn’t noticed.”

  “Oh, I noticed. But you’re not off the hook. You’re going to pay. Big time. More than once.”

  The quirk on his mouth turned into an outright grin. “Is that right?”

  Even though he was standing there, unmoving and pretending to be unaffected, she could feel his heart thumping in his chest, and his uneven breath coming in soft puffs across her face. Off in the distance, the first strains of Sandra’s song, Gone, started. That was Madison’s cue that the duet was up next. Drew didn’t seem to notice her shifting attention, he was so focused on her. She leaned back and loosened her grip on his lapels. “Yes. You are going to pay.”

  “Oh, yeah?” he challenged, straightening his shoulders to tower over her. “When? When exactly am I going to start paying?”

  The song crept toward the halfway mark. Madison let go of him and started to walk backward down the hall. “Be ready,” she yelled, right before turning around and rushing toward the stage door. She made it backstage just in time. Sandra was positioned in front of the center bouquet, belting out the final line. The plan was, as soon as she lowered the mic, Madison was to step on stage. And so, there she stood as arranged, waiting for the mic drop, but so over the whole I-need-to-impress-everyone thing that she really wanted to walk out. Who cared about singing with super-famous Sandra Williams? That few minutes with Drew had been enough to get her heart thumping and put her lust drive in high gear. It was way past time to settle their unfinished business.

  But a deal was a deal, so Madison was going to sing the song.

  Hurry up and drop the mic, you annoying, arrogant ass.

  The music fell away, leaving a space of silence for applause. The crowd clapped then the sound built into a low roar. The lights softened, casting a warm glow over the crowd. Sandra waited, holding the mic up and soaking in all the admiration as she slow-walked across the edge of the stage, gazing sanctimoniously down into the faces of her former classmates as though she were blessing them. After she’d gone back and forth twice, she nodded to the sound man and the first strains of the duet quieted the applause. The lights came back to center stage.

  Madison felt a gentle shove on her ass. She spun around and came face to face with Mr. Sandra. “Go on. Stop waiting and go on out. She isn’t going to drop the mic.”

  No kidding. But Madison was being paid for five songs, so she was going to do five songs whether Sandra dropped the mic or not.

  She straightened her spine and stepped forward, moving slowly to the right side of the stage, the way they had arranged during rehearsal. Once positioned in front of one of the idiotic vases of flowers, she did her best to work her facial expression into sexy but professional and waited for her first verse. When she spotted Drew weaving his way through the crowd, his blue eyes focused on her as he moved toward the corner of the stage, the professional part vanished. She couldn’t stop herself from staring back at him, eye fucking him right there in front of everyone. It wasn’t until Sandra bumped her shoulder that Madison lifted her gaze, looked out into the crowd, realized she’d missed her start and began singing halfway through the first line of her verse. She made it through and Sandra joined her for the chorus.

  Madison hated that her own smoky alto gave depth to Sandra’s warbling soprano, but they did sound great together. After they’d traded a couple of verses, Sandra cast Madison a quick, sly smile that made Madison’s stomach lurch. Still singing, the other woman made her way to the far corner of the stage. She stopped right in front of Drew and bent down low enough that her gigantic boobs nearly fell out of her black dress. Once Sandra had finished her verse, and it was Madison’s turn to sing, the superstar reached out and grabbed Drew’s elbow, lifting until his arm hovered over the edge of the stage, zombielike. Then she wrapped her fingers around his and led him to the steps on the side of the stage. Madison had to force the words of her verse up her throat as that bitch guided her man crush up the stairs then to the center of the stage, where she tucked herself against him. Drew moved into her embrace and wrapped his long arms around her waist.

  Stinking bitch.

  Was it time for Madison to finish what she started the other night at the club? That shirt-over-the-face hockey move was out because pulling that dress over her head probably wasn’t going to work. Grabbing fistfuls of those elaborate curls would be a good beginning though. Madison went so far as to take a step toward them, but then she saw the tight twitch in Drew’s jaw. And the stiff way his shoulders kept his torso from moving.

  Sandra continued clinging to him, belting out the words as she shoved her tits in his face, beaming with the false assumption that every guy in the room wanted to have her nestled up against him. It wasn’t just Drew’s stiff shoulders and tense jaw that gave his true feelings away. He wasn’t leaning in to her and he sure as hell wasn’t smiling. Not really.

  Madison took a step back.

  Ohh.

  So that’s what it looked like to take the moral high road. It only took her a second to realize Drew’s polite-even-though-he-wasn’t-happy approach clearly had advantages over the get-pissed-and-cause-a-fuss approach she was considering. His was easier on all involved and clearly had less long-term repercussions. Once the song was over, they’d all forget it even happened.

  And so Madison turned her devil stare away from Sandra and looked out over the crowd, pretending she didn’t care the least that the nasty troll was pawing at her guy. That’s right—her guy. As she and Sandra came together for the song’s last lines, Tia gave Madison a wave then ducked out the door, Pet Boy close on Tia’s four-inch heels. Madison backed up and planted herself beside Sandra, who was still clinging to Drew. Finally, the song ended with a grand crescendo and the beginnings of applause. The second Sandra loosened her grip on Drew, he shook himself free, grabbed Madison, swept her into an embrace, and covered her mouth with his.

  There was nothing gentle about the kiss. He made full use of his height, taking advantage of the angle to ease her mouth open so that he could invade with firm sweeps of his tongue. After kissing her breathless, he turned to crowd, many of whom were cheering and shouting rude but silly comments. It took Madison a minute to recognize Tony Harwell, who’d stuck his index fingers between his teeth and was whistling.

  Madison loved it. Caught up in the madness of it, she forgot to be anxious or stressed, and waved back. Dozens of people laughed and clapped. She peered around Drew’s shoulder. Ms. Sandra was trying to pretend that two people hadn’t just made out on the stage next to her. And stolen her applause. She did not look happy, to say the least.

  Drew whispered into her ear. “Meet me at the Pepsi machine?”

  When he stepped back, Madison saw Mr. Sandra lingering behind the curtain. “Yep. I just have to get paid first.”

  Drew nodded, and her heart did a silly flip when he winked at her.

  Drew was right there, waiting in the glow of the Pepsi machine. Madison swallowed hard, realizing it was the two of
them, together, finally, after all these years. What was stopping her from getting what they both wanted?

  Nothing.

  Madison wrapped her arms around his neck, flattened herself completely against him, and zeroed in on his mouth, unapologetically staring at his lips.

  Laughing this time, as he smiled, he held her back. “Whoa—hold on.”

  “Wait? Hold on?” Madison scoffed, still hanging on as she wiggled in to nestle herself between his thighs. “I don’t think so.”

  He took her waist in his hands, pushed her back a few inches. “Just so I know where we stand… What did you say that was so horrible?”

  She ran her fingers across the strong column of his neck, and shaking her head, she offered him her cutest smile. “Never mind that itty bitty little thing.”

  Down the hall some guys were shouting and laughing, enjoying the reunion. A DJ started up, filling the ballroom with dance music that would have everybody on their feet in seconds. But Drew kept a tight grip on Madison’s waist, his gaze still firmly fixed on hers. “I need to know what kind of girl I’m getting involved with.”

  Madison’s softened her smile. “So now we’re getting involved?” she asked, sliding her fingers into his hair.

  “I don’t know yet,” he said, his voice husky and low. “I think you better tell me what you said. And the truth. I always know when someone is lying to me.”

  “You aren’t going to let me off the hook just this one time?”

  “Not on your life. Spill it.”

  Madison sighed. “Fine.” She leaned in. “Come closer,” she whispered.

  He eyed her carefully, a roguish glint shining in his gaze. “I don’t trust you yet,” he said finally.

  Then, instead of doing as he’d been told and coming close enough for her to kiss away his request, he backed her away from the Pepsi machine into the stairwell. The heavy metal door closed with a solid thud, shutting away the whole reunion and making them the only two people in the world that mattered. Madison tottered in the dark for a few seconds until her eyes adjusted to the light that was only bright enough for her to see the sun streaks in Drew’s blond hair and the flash of white teeth.

  “Okay,” he said, pressing against her. “Now that we have privacy, I can chastise you properly if you do something naughty.”

  Some nicely naughty images flashed through Madison’s mind. All so wonderfully vivid and tempting she couldn’t decide which one she’d want to bring to life first. She whispered, “Come closer, Drew.”

  When he did, she arched against him, offering him an eyeful of cleavage. Then, speaking softly, she repeated the words she’d been carrying around in her mind for five long years. But at the same time, she ran her fingers up and down his cock using long, promising strokes to let him know what she’d really rather be doing. By the time she finished repeating the lamentable phrase, he’d gone from hard semi-erect to rock-hard. And her pussy was slick and hot.

  “I don’t want to talk anymore.”

  He thrust his hips forward, rubbing his cock against her fingers. “What, I didn’t—”

  Gliding her palm across the zipper confining his awesome shaft, she looked him straight in the eye. “Do you want me to stop, Drew, and repeat myself? Or do you want me to quit talking and use my mouth for something else?”

  “Is that a trick question? Is this some kind of test?”

  “Hell, yes, it’s a test,” she replied, loosening his belt with quick tugs then shoving his pants and boxer briefs out of the way. “You better take notes.”

  He started to reply, but his words evaporated as she dropped down to cover his jutting cock with her mouth. She curled her tongue around him then pulled away. The tip of his dick brushed against her cheek as she spoke. “I didn’t realize you were the blow job-in-the-stairwell type of guy.”

  Groaning, he stumbled back, hitting the wall then sagging low enough for her to take him all in. Madison followed him back and again took him into her mouth.

  He was even bigger than she’d imagined, and Madison let years of fantasies be her guide. She planned to enjoy every last lick of him.

  A deep throated groan rumbled out of his chest, encouraging Madison to continue taking control of him.

  Skimming her temples with the tips of his fingers, he said, “There’re a lot of things you don’t know about me, Madison.”

  She moved back, releasing his dick long enough to reply. “You better get ready to start showing me.”

  With that, she took him into her mouth again, coaxing his huge tip over her tongue then taking his shaft deep into her throat. As she moved him in and out, licking and sucking faster, he matched her motions with his hips, rocking along with her rhythm. She welcomed his thrusts, opening her mouth wide enough to accommodate his thick cock.

  Madison was thrilled to be in control, and giving him pleasure offered her the chance to show him how she felt about him. The taste and solid hardness of his dick was making her hot and wet, and as she stroked him with her mouth, she imagined his heavy body on top of her, pounding into her pussy with long, hard thrusts.

  “Wait, you— Stand up, pull your dress up so I can…”

  He didn’t need to finish because Madison was already on her feet, wiggling her red dress up over her hips then wiggling her ice blue thong all the way down to the floor. Thank God for the heels, the shoes made her tall enough that when she wrapped her left leg around Drew’s solid hips, his cock slipped right between her pussy lips. Bit by bit, he pushed his shaft into her, gradually filling her wet channel. Her body rolled with liquid heat, she could’ve melted right there in the stairwell.

  He moaned into her neck, the deep sound vibrating across her skin, making her nerves zing and snap. “If I’d known you felt this good—”

  But Madison stopped his words by pulling his lips to hers. He got the idea, angling his head so that he could invade her mouth with the same demanding force that his cock was invading her pussy. He kissed her deeply, thoroughly, then moved his mouth so they could both catch their breath.

  The strokes of his dick started out slow, as though he wanted to find the right spots to hit, those places deep inside her that would make her moan. But Madison had waited so long to have him that every nerve ending quivered and her entire pussy ached for his thrusts. She didn’t want deliberate. She needed forceful.

  “Faster, Drew,” she said between pants. “Now, I need it.”

  His movements turned fierce, and he pumped into her hard and quick, filling her to the hilt with determined perfection. Her breathing hitched, the slickness of her hot pussy dripping onto his cock, making his thrusts faster.

  Her release came so suddenly, grabbing her so purely, that her whole body flashed with tension, gripping her muscles then just as quickly letting go. Drew held her upright as the shock waves of pleasure stole her strength. His own orgasm came on sharp and quick, too. Madison leaned into him, and they both used the wall for support as he thrust into her several more times, then groaned as the last spurt of cum emptied his cock.

  His breathing settled and she dropped her leg. He let out one last sharp breath, then kissed her thoroughly, only stopping when he had to come up for air. He reached over and adjusted her dress, smoothing down the fabric as best he could.

  As Madison finished getting the straps back in place, she began to reconsider what they’d just done. She tried to shrug off the insecurity as it rose up inside her but it was as stubborn as ever. But this time she wasn’t going to let it stew, getting the better of her. “That worth waiting for, Drew?”

  “You ask that like you have something to prove,” he said, brushing a lock of her hair away from her eyes.

  “I do. That it was worth waiting years to have sex with me.”

  “It was. But I’m not willing to wait long for the next time.”

  “No?” It was her turn to help him with his clothes, first pulling up his pants then working his belt.

  “No.” He took the belt from her to finish the buc
kle. “Absolutely not.”

  “Good, ’cause I’m not either.” She lifted her eyebrows and, half joking, asked, “You don’t care about hanging around an unemployed singer slash actress waiting for her next big break, do you?”

  “Um. No. I make some money. I can afford to buy us both some McDonald’s. Or maybe even have pizza delivered. You know. If we want to live it up.”

  “That’s okay,” Madison said, only half-listening because she was already imagining what they might do next. If they were lying down.

  “Gee. Thanks.” He kissed her lightly on the mouth then picked her thong up from the floor and tucked it into his suit pocket. “I’m glad you don’t mind that I make money because I guess that means you won’t mind that I have the top floor suite.”

  That got her attention. “A bed. Excellent.”

  “Yes, a bed. With a view of the river. You can see half of Kentucky.” He reached over and shoved open the door. “Let’s get out of here. I didn’t wait all this time to spend our night in a stairwell.” He ushered her through then pulled his key card from his jacket pocket. “Head for the elevator.”

  Madison started resisting his gentle push, laughing. “But wait. I never even picked up my nametag. What if I want my swag?”

  Drew swung around in front, wrapped her in his arms then swung her over his shoulder. “I have all the swag you need.”

  Laughing louder, Madison half-heartedly kicked, pretending to try and get free. “What does that even mean?”

  They reached the bank of elevators. Drew stepped into the open one, hit the button and said, “You’re going to find out,” as the doors slid closed.

  Also available from Totally Bound Publishing:

  What’s her Secret?: Unfinished Business

  Isabelle Drake

  Excerpt

  Chapter One