The Prince Of Highland Park

by Marilyn Faith

  Evelyn Chapter Three

  What the hell am I doing entertaining Ryan’s crazy and ridiculous idea to change my opinion about him? This guy has all my logical sense flying out the door when he is around and I can’t seem to stop it. I can’t even think straight let alone stop acting like a giddy teenager. Watching how he operates with Sam and the others should be my wake up call to leave him alone. Maybe it’s because I wanted to feel alive again … I have been in a trance ever since Kevin, died.

  Kevin was my brother; he and I were thick as thieves. We didn’t have anyone else but each other. Kevin always looked after me. He took on a parental role even before our parents died, because they were too busy drinking and doing drugs to take care of us. He read me bedtime stories, he shield me when our parents were fighting. He defended me when my dad called me a whore. Everything in Kevin’s life revolved around making sure I was well protected and cared for. You would think as an older brother he wouldn’t want to be around me, let alone play with his younger sister. Nope, Kevin was the opposite. He took me everywhere; he would say I’m his little tail. We would fish together in the pond, went swimming at the lake, made mud pies, played in the snow together, and if I wanted to play with my dolls he would play that too. We would hide together from our parents while they were drinking. He was my big brother, my protector, my parent, he was everything to me.

  As I got older we argued, which was always about him being overly protective. He would never allow me to go anywhere without him, he was like my shadow and sometimes it got on my nerves. Even when I was old enough to protect myself he wouldn’t let up. I wanted my freedom to just be me, not having other kids scared to talk to me, because of my crazy self-proclaimed protector.

  When Kevin started high school his friends adopted me as their little sister, and my friends, well, let’s just say they like to be around so they could gawk at my brother and his friends. When I started high school we became the untouchable group because of my brother. As long as I was a part of that group, everyone knew not to mess with me. When I went out I knew I would be safe as long as Kevin was with me.

  When I started to develop, if you know what I mean, some of the guys stopped seeing me as a kid, and a couple of them wanted to take me out. When I told Kevin, because of course stupid me tells him everything that didn’t go over so well. He flipped and that’s putting it mildly, letting them know I’m off-limits, and if they ever cross that line they’ll have him to deal with. Not that I was interested in any of the guys, but it pissed me off big time not able to make my own decision about the matter. I had to let my overprotective ass of a brother know that he had nothing to worry about, because I wasn’t looking to hook-up with anyone. I was too afraid to end up like our parents.

  I can’t help but remember when I put whipped cream in the palm of his hand while he slept and got a piece of thread to tickle his face. I had to cover my mouth with my hand to stop from laughing as he slapped the whipped cream on his face.

  My side hurt from laughing so hard that day. Another time on his birthday I didn’t have money to buy him anything so I came up with the brilliant idea of taking things from his closest and wrapping them up as his birthday gifts. We had a ball that day, even though he was given back his own things, he said it was the best birthday he ever had. We used to have so much fun together; we’d laugh, talk about anything and played pranks on each other all the time.

  As I’m thinking about him this cloud of sadness comes over me…I miss him so much. I think about not being able to talk to him about what’s on my mind, him not calling me baby girl again, him not being able to give me boyfriend advice, him not kicking my boyfriend’s ass if needed, my eyes became clouded with tears.

  Rubbing my hand over my face I realize the tears were on my cheeks. I quickly dried my eyes with the back of my hand and got out of bed. I stretched my arms over my head, trying to get the aching tension from my shoulders. Drawing the comforter over my bed and throwing the pillows back on…straighten my room and got ready for the yet another day without him.

  I threw on my black shorts and white tank top then, brushed my teeth, and washed my face, putting my hair up in a bun, and head to the kitchen for my morning coffee. I put on the coffee and grabbed a yogurt from the refrigerator. Getting a spoon from the drawer I sat at the little kitchen table and start eating, waiting for my coffee to finish brewing so I can sip myself into oblivion.

  I’ve fantasied about Ryan for so long even, when I told Kevin about him and, where he came from he always said to me. “He’ll be lucky to have you baby girl, no matter what, just know that you deserve the best there is.” I used to think to myself that he was only saying that because he’s my brother so he had to say it. My dad on the other hand drilled in my head how worthless I was over and over.

  Ryan Chapter Four

  Last night I watched as Evelyn and her friend left after we kissed. I’m out to prove to her that I’m not the type of person she conjures me up to be in her head. I understand why she feels the way she does about the snobby rich people. It’s common for people from the club to harass or sleep with girls from her side of town. I want to show her that I’m not a snobby, materialistic asshole who thinks he is better than the people who work at the club. Just because you have money doesn’t make you better than others and most of the people from around here didn’t get that memo.

  I can still feel her lips under my mouth, the way her body feels against mine. My dick was hard as a rock when I touched her, the way she responded to my kiss, fuck I’m getting hard right now just thinking about it. Adjusting myself in my boxers, I need to get myself under control.

  I hear Sam downstairs with my parents, and I know she’s about to come up to my room. When I heard the knock I knew who it was “Come on in the door is open,” I called out. Pushing the door open she walked in closing it behind her and started unbuttoning her blouse. She walked over to where I am on the bed and pushed me down so she can straddle me.

  She leaned in kissing me, I rip her blouse from her shoulders, when I saw that she wasn’t wearing a bra underneath, it only drove me crazy. I grabbed her breasts and she groans out loud. She took my cock out from my boxers and started stroking it up and down. She looks at me and smiles right before she bent her head and taking me into her mouth and start sucking. I hissed between my teeth which prompted her to suck harder in turn driving me wild. Sam is good with her mouth and she knows it.

  I pull her up to stand, because if she continued I’m going to blow and I wanted to fuck her hard-and-fast. I pulled my boxers off, taking a condom out of my wallet on the nightstand. I sheathed myself, and pull Sam to straddle me. I heist up her skirt and tear her panties, “Oh, I see you want it rough, baby,” she whimpers.

  I rub my finger along her opening making sure she was ready for me. Once I felt she was wet and ready, without saying anything I slammed her down to the hilt on my hard cock. She screamed out, and that made me lifts her and slammed her down again. I lifted my hips and she screamed even louder “You have to shut the fuck up, my folks are downstairs.” I squeeze her breast, sucking on her nipple which made her go wild as she rides me. I could feel her tighten around me. I let go of her nipple with a pop and looked at her flushed face. I could see that she was close and I was nowhere near ready to finish.

  Looking at her, all of a sudden Sam’s face turned into Evelyn’s and I slammed into her harder. This can’t be happening to me, why the hell am I seeing her face while I’m buried deep in Sam. I lifted Sam up flipping her so she was facing down, lifting her ass so she was on all four on the bed. I got behind and plummet into her again. As I rode her, all I was seeing is Evelyn’s face and I rode her harder. Her screams were getting louder with each thrust of my hips. I grabbed the pillow and told her to scream into it if she has to or else I’d stop if she doesn’t keep quiet. I feel her pussy tightening, and knew she was about to cum. Rubbing on her clit, she threw her head back while she came all over my cock. I still wasn’t ready to finish, I r
eached around and started rubbing her clit and with my other hand and holding her waist so I could keep her still while I pumped harder. I started to feel my balls tightening just as her pussy started to tighten again. As I pound harder and faster all I was thinking was this was what I want to be doing to Evelyn; then Sam moaned and threw my shit off.

  I was going so hard Sam reached around to brace her hand on my hip for me to slow down. I wasn’t having that so I grabbed her hair and pulled it back as I continue fucking her, pounding into her harder as she screamed into the pillow the loudest I’ve ever heard her as I blow my shit. Sweat was dripping from my face to her back. I was so spent from fucking her but realized that I wasn’t satisfied.

  She turned her head and looked at me smiling as she said, “Wow Ry! That was amazing; you’ve never fucked me that hard before, I thought you were going to split me in two.” By the smile on her face I could tell she loved it. If only she knew I was thinking of someone else while I was fucking her, she would be mad as hell. I pulled out discard of the condom, and went to take a shower.

  When I came out of the shower I told her she should leave, she wasn’t too pleased about that shit, but I didn’t care. She grabs her stuff off the floor dragging them on and leaves. I know I am going to be interrogated by my mom as to why she was leaving so quickly, but I just didn’t care right now. I need to be by myself figuring out my next move. How am I going to do this? I sure don’t want to fuck it up with Evelyn even though we are not dating. She already thinks badly of me.

  Evelyn Chapter Five

  Getting up early I drove to the lakeside trying to clear my head and figure out what I should do about Ryan. I walked down to the lake slipping off my sandals and sinking my feet in the sand, enjoying the way it feels between my toes. The few nice days we get in the springtime here in Chicago calls for celebration. The sun is shining and the temp is cool, perfect for this time of year. I plop my butt on the sand watching the waves rolling on the lake, knowing I’ll only be here for around three months or so before I have to leave.

  I am starting UCF in the fall. I was hoping to find a part-time job that will work around my studies to help with the expense. I must say I am a little scared to go away to school, especially knowing that I know Ryan is going to the same school. This may sound weird, but I want to see him and scared to death at the same time. It’s times like these when it’s the hardest accepting that Kevin was no longer here. I know I should try and let go, but I can’t. He was everything that meant something to me. I can’t see pass it; I’m just not ready to let him go. He would know how to make this transition better. Now I’m lost trying to find my way in this fucked up place alone, not knowing where to start. He would know how to calm and reassure me that everything would be ok. Kevin had sacrificed his schooling to stay home and raise me, after what happen to my parents. Thinking of school brought a smile to my face because Julie and I will be roomies. At least I’ll have my best friend sharing a room with me and not some stranger with bad habits.

  Remembering when I got my acceptance letter from UCF, I screamed… Kevin ran from the living room asking, “What’s wrong baby girl?” I handed him the letter of acceptance watching as he read it, waiting for his reaction. When he looked up I saw the pride written on his face. He reach over embracing me in a bear hug, so tight I think my breath was about to be cut off. I needed to know if he was ok with me going so far away from him, knowing what he gave up for me. When he let go we jumped up and down in the kitchen excited, I got a full academic scholarship. I was beyond excited. I picked up my phone and dialed Jules, and when I heard her voice, I screamed; telling her I got into UCF on a full ride. I was going on and on when I stopped and said, “What! Did you just say you got in UCF…please tell me I’m not hearing things.”

  “No Ev; I got in too, I was just about to call you when I heard my phone.” I heard her screamed so loud; I had to pull the phone from my ear in fear of her bursting my eardrum with her screaming. Laughing at her, I imagined her jumping up and down on her bed, hair all over the place throwing her hands in the air screaming.

  I was so relieved that we were going to the same school and be roommates, I didn’t want to think what I would do if she didn’t get in. We are like the two amigos; well that’s what my brother used to call us. You didn’t see one without the other. I brush my teeth and Jules spits, we became the three amigos my brother included, because we were inseparable ever since we became friends in the third grade.

  The first time I met Julie, it was the first day back to school during recess. She came up to me and asked if I wanted to play with her; I looked over my shoulder thinking that she was talking to someone behind me. When I turn back around, she looked at me and said. “My name is Julie but my family calls me Jules.” I replied.

  “Mine’s Evelyn and my family calls me Ev.” Julie looked at me and asked “What are you?”

  “A girl,” I answered knitting my brow. She laughed, “I know that silly, you are very pretty,” I didn’t know what to say except, “Thanks; so are you.” We’ve been friends ever since. Hearing the waves crashing against the stones, I snapped out of my head. My phone chimed. Looking down I see a text message from Ryan.

  Meet me after your shift at the club today

  I instantly replied

  Sure just let me know where

  Should I say I am excited to hear from him? Let’s just say there are no words to describe the feelings that are running through me knowing that he wants to meet up with me. I can’t wait to see his beautiful face; he’s all I’ve been dreaming about lately. I don’t want to get ahead of myself and I do want to play it safe, but I’m willing to see where this leads with Ryan if that’s what he wants.

  Ryan Chapter Six

  “Hey man I need you to cover for me if my dad asks where I am.” I said hoping he will do this for me. I’m trying to avoid being interrogated by my folks about why I’m not with Sam. I just can’t deal with his shit today; also I’m planning on taking Evelyn out tonight. “Why can’t you just tell your parents where you’re going? It’s not like you’re a kid man, stop letting them run your life dude.” Mitch stops paying attention to the golf ball in front of him and looked at me. He was just as tall as I am, was blonde where my hair was dark. I was bigger in build than he was, because I worked out more frequently. “I’m asking as a favor. Consider us even for all the times I bailed your ass out of a jam.” Mitch looked at me and said. “She’d better be worth it.” I know he wanted to know what was up to with me and Evelyn, but he wasn’t going to ask straight out. He knows I’ve been feeling Evelyn for a while he’s the only one who does, but I don’t want to go into too much detail with him at this moment. I know he won’t say anything to anyone. I still don’t know where this is heading and I don’t want to jinx it.

  “The both of you looked cozy last night by the gazebo. Don’t worry no one else saw you but you need to be careful. I had to distract Samantha when you left the party,” he said smiling like the cat that got the canary.

  “Thanks for covering for me that could have been a disaster if she caught up to me.” I sighed.

  “Are you planning on sleeping with her? He said with a grin plastered over his face. “You are, aren’t you; you devil that’s what this is all about?” I hit him in the stomach.

  “No that’s not what this is all about creep.”

  “I see the way she looks at you man, that girl is straight up feeling you big time, if she hasn’t already fallen in love with you. So if sex is what you want I don’t think you’ll have a hard time getting it on with her.” I was so excited to hear Mitch say that, he has no idea how hung up on her I am. I don’t talk about much and if I do I would come off as a pussy. I know she doesn’t believe me now, but I check for her big time and sex has nothing to do with it.

  I see the way she looks at me when she thinks I’m not looking. I can feel her eyes on me stripping me bare, she always has that dreamy look on her face. I love the see the flush on her face when she is
caught looking at me, like she was caught doing some naughty things with me in her thoughts. It’s going to be tricky trying to get to know Evelyn without having all these uptight motherfuckers all in my business. I don’t want to jeopardize her job at the club. If Sam finds out I know she and her girls would do everything to get her fired.

  I headed home and jumped in the shower and changed into a pair of jeans and a white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up to my elbows. I can’t wait to see her, I told her to meet me down by the lake at Addison Park. It’s quiet over there and no one knows me, at least I don’t think so. It should be safe to hang out there for a bit. I drove down to the beach. When I got there I saw that she was already there waiting for me. “You’re late” she said looking nervously around.

  “I’m sorry I ran behind on a couple of things I needed to get done, but I came as soon as I could get away,” I said walking toward her taking her hands in mine.

  She looks down at our hands her cheeks turning pink as she tries to look around at anything except at me. “Don’t worry no one will see you here with me, if that’s the reason you are so nervous?” Her pink shade deepens even more. Like she was busted doing something she shouldn’t. “No that’s not it I…I’m not use to…never mind,” she whispered trying to get her thoughts together. I smiled loving how she reacts around me. “I figure we could talk and get to know each other better, what do you think about that?”