by Lauren Wood
Carl pulled up at Lily’s and he hesitated several seconds before he turned off the engine. I didn’t know if it was because he didn’t want to be there or not, I wasn’t really sure. All I knew was that he was here and I was going to get him to give me the peace of mind that I needed. He was the only one that could help me and he could say and deny all he wanted, but I knew that he wanted it too.
I got out and made my way to the door, not looking behind me, trusting that he was there. Carl had become something more since I’d broken up with Dustin and I wanted that to go further. I wanted him in the same way that I had so long ago, if not for forever, at least for the night. Just like the night so long ago, I needed one more night like that. It had to be and it had to be tonight.
“You want a drink?”
He looked suspicious like I was trying to liquor him up for a reason. If I was honest with myself, I was. I wanted his head on top to think less and I knew that Carl would chill out some with a few beers in him.
“Sure. What do you have?”
I told him to come take a look while I went and changed. I needed to after the long ride home and now that Carl was here, I wanted to change into something a little more comfortable. I hadn’t really tried to seduce him, not wholeheartedly, but something had gotten into me tonight and that’s what I was going to do. He wasn’t going to be able to refuse me again.
Hearing clattering in the kitchen, I asked him to make me a drink before I went back to Lily’s guest room where all of my things still were. I went through all that I had and I still wasn’t satisfied. I wanted something more delicate and I finally went with a slip camisole and a pair of boy cut underwear that could have passed for a really short pair of shorts.
I pulled my hair down and shook it out, looking in the mirror. I looked casual because I didn’t want to look too desperate and trying too hard, but it served its purpose, letting all of the assets out to be viewed and touched.
If he was going to say no to me now, I really wasn’t ever going to have a chance with him. I was going to give it my all and see what happened. I know what I wanted to happen.
Chapter 25
Carl
There was something different about Melanie and I had a feeling I was in trouble. She had mischief in her eyes and that could mean only one thing, it meant that she was going to make it hard on me. I went back and forth with the guilt of screwing over my best friend and the reality of how badly I wanted his sister.
When I saw her standing at the entrance to the kitchen, I knew that I was going to give in to one side before I worried about the other. She was gorgeous. Her body was out in the open and for once I could see most of her soft curves and they were calling to me. I was already so hard that it hurt and now I was literally pulsing in my pants.
Her smile was crooked and her head was tipped to one side. She knew what she was doing and she knew that I wasn’t going to be able to tell her no. I didn’t want to and I was sure that even if could muster up the brain power to deny her, I wasn’t going to be able to say it out loud. There was no going back now. There was going to be no limits or red lines to not cross.
“Did you pour me a drink?”
I nodded that I had and held it out. I watched her walk to me slowly, her hips going from one side to the other in a way that made it hard to look away. It was hypnotizing and she smiled at me like she knew what I was thinking when she took it out of my hand.
“Do you want to watch a movie or something Carl?”
Shaking my head, I told her that I didn’t want to. There was nothing on the television that was going to get my attention off of her and those shorts that I swear could be underwear. They were so thin and formed to every single little inch of her body that they covered that they might as well have not been there.
“No, I don’t think I’m much in the mood for a movie Mel.”
She smiled at me and I could tell that she knew she was winning. If there was a contest to see who was going to control it, Melanie was winning in spades and she damn well knew it.
“What are you in the mood for Carl? Do you want to help take my mind off of everything going on?”
“Is that the reason why you want me tonight?”
“No, not at all. I’ve wanted you for a long time, but tonight I have to have you. Like I said before, even if it’s just you holding me, I would feel better if I was in your arms. It’s the only time today that I was able to forget about everything. I just found out about dad and I’m just asking you to help take it away for a little while.”
She was standing there with an expression that said she was worried about what was going to happen next.
“Let’s go lay down. Sleep has a way of helping a person forget everything.”
As I said the words, sleep was the last thing on my mind. I knew before we left the hospital that I wasn’t going to stay as a friend. She wanted some quiet in her mind and I knew the perfect way to make her forget everything. It was a surefire way that I’d used time and time again, so I know that it would work. It always had before and when me and Melanie touched, it was nothing short of electric.
I followed her back to the bedroom that we’d used before when I’d taken her home. It was much different this time around and it was Melanie that was nervous. Calm had come over me. It was the calm that I got from making a decision and knowing that I was just going to have to ride it out.
Melanie was shaking as I touched her arm and I could see goosebumps that were spreading across her milky flesh. I’d never wanted a woman as badly as I wanted her and I knew once we got upstairs, everything was going to change. We were almost there and I stopped her in the hallway and turned her towards me for a kiss. I needed reassurances that she knew what was going on and wanted to continue.
Her lips yielded to mine without a thought. She had wrapped her arms around me and pressed her body up tight against my chest before I could stop her, if I’d even wanted to.
“Are you sure all you want to do is lay down Melanie? Do you really need a friend right now?”
Melanie bit her lip and looked up at me. “No, I don’t need another friend Carl. I need something more than that.”
It was like music to my ears and to hell with all of the rest of it, I was going to give her what she really needed. She needed to forget it all and I knew that I wanted the same thing just as much.
I picked her up and cradled her into my arms. She felt light and warm against my body. Melanie was right, she felt damn good in my arms. I kissed her again before I laid her back down on the bed. Melanie looked up at me as I turned around to shut the light off.
Darkness plunged into the room and it took a minute before I could see her staring up at me. Her green eyes glistened and I lay down with her, covering her with my body as I pinned her down and started to kiss her lips again.
I was going to make sure that she forgot everything. I was always a man that stuck to my word. Too bad that Melanie was unforgettable and as I undressed her, I realized that I was the one that was in over my head.
Chapter 26
Melanie
His body felt heavy, hard and unyielding underneath me. I wanted to think that I was ready for him. I’d thought about Carl enough and we’d been together a little bit before, but nothing had prepared me for what he was like when he started to pull his clothes off slowly. I could feel every inch of him and before long my own clothes were with his on the floor next to the bed.
I shivered inside and his heat taking over my senses did nothing for the seeming cold that had started to grip me. I don’t know why I was so nervous. I wanted everything to be perfect and because nothing was, I’m sure that I was worried about how it was all going to end.
After a few moments of him back on top of me, our bodies smashed against each other, I realized that it wasn’t tomorrow that had me all a tizzy. No, it was the very present that was making it hard to concentrate. Once I felt his hard length pressed against my stomach, I was unable to focus on anything else.
It was so hard and it was actually throbbing and moving against me. It seemed like his member didn’t want to be forgotten.
I looked down between our bodies as he moved to his knees and started to run the length of my body with his tongue. He’d done this before and I was so aware of the fact of what he could do to my body. He was the master of it, more than I was and it bothered me to no end that I wasn’t able to stop the stirring feelings inside of me. I wanted to get a grip on myself, but I couldn’t. All I could do was watch his head and hungry mouth move further down towards my nether regions, the whole time his heavy cock was slid against my thighs. It was really hard to focus and when I felt hot breath between my legs, my eyes closed and every thought in my head was gone.
“I don’t want this tonight Carl.”
“I’d believe you more if you hadn’t just come in my mouth Melanie, you know that right?”
He was smiling at me with this goofy look on his face and I shook my own in aggravation. It was the last thing that I wanted to think about. It wasn’t that what he was doing wasn’t magical and amazing, but even while I was coming like he’d mentioned, I was thinking about what it was going to be like with him inside of me.
“This isn’t going to be enough Carl.”
“Again, I beg to differ. I made you pass out last time.”
I didn’t want to hear it. He was right on all counts, but that didn’t mean that I wanted a reminder about it. It was hard to say what I felt about him at the moment. He had done things to my body last time that I’d never felt before, which is why I came back for more, but it was still painfully clear to me that there was a lot left that I hadn’t been able to experience and I wanted to. I really did.
“I want to feel you inside of me. All of you and I want to know what it’s like to make you come.”
He grinned and I knew that I’d won. Last time he didn’t answer and this time he didn’t either, not really. He moved up to my body and started to lower his lips against mine. I could taste myself and the excitement that had oozed out of me because of his ministrations with his mouth.
I whimpered lightly as my lips pressed against his. He had taken that moment to start feeding himself inside of me and even though I’d hoped that it was coming, I hadn’t known for sure and I wasn’t ready to feel all of him in me, even though that’s what I’d been begging for all along.
When he was fully inside of me, I could feel the same pulsing that I’d felt against my stomach. Now it was inside of me and it was pressing against the inner walls and stretching me beyond my limits.
I pushed my hand back against his chest because I needed a moment and I wanted to see his eyes. I wanted to see the dark blue globes that I’d fallen for when I was so young. I wanted to remember this moment forever and I knew that I would.
“You feel perfect inside of me, like you were made for me.”
He groaned in response as I tightened up around him. It was like temptation that I couldn’t control. Everything about Carl was oozing in sex and when he started to move inside of me, I knew why. He was making me feel better than I could ever remember feeling and it was like he wasn’t even trying. His eyes never left mine as he started to move faster, watching all the little nuances of my expression before I closed my eyes all the way. I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I cried out with pleasure.
The wave of bliss that I was used to was suffocating. It wound me up like a tight coil and when it released, I thought I was going to pass out again right there. This time there was no ending to the orgasm and it just seemed to go on forever. I had to finally steel myself against him and clamped down inside for him to lose it enough to come. It was a relief because I couldn’t take it anymore.
I felt his hot, sticky heat blast inside of me and it just felt right. The last aftershocks of pleasure were running through me as he lay down beside me and looked up at the ceiling. His eyes were closed and I wondered what he was thinking. My mind was still blank, only filled with him and how my body was responding to what he had done to me. I didn’t have words and I told him very seriously that I better not wake up to another note.
“I wouldn’t do that.”
“You already did. You better not again Carl. Not after this.”
Chapter 27
Carl
I woke up with a start and realized that someone was knocking on Lily’s door, hard. I don’t know how long they had been there, but whoever it was, they were getting pissed and knocking harder with each set of knocks. They were banging on it so hard that the door was shaking with the action and it took me a moment to remember why I was even there and then I saw the woman next to me.
Stirring Melanie up, I asked her if anyone was supposed to be coming over.
“No, not that I know of.”
“You need to go see who it is because I’m not supposed to be here.”
It was then that she seemed to get the predicament that we were in. Someone was here and it was most likely one of her family and if it was Scott, this morning was going to be a problem. I didn’t like to think about it, but I knew that it was most likely Scott and I was going to have to explain what I was doing here with Melanie.
“Okay, you stay here for a minute.”
“It’s not going to matter Melanie. My truck is out front and will probably give us away.”
Even so, I stayed back as she answered the door. I had never been the guy craning to hear from the bedroom before and I can’t say that I liked it all that much.
“Come on Carl. We have to go.”
I wasn’t expecting that and when I came downstairs, it was Mary that was standing by the door. She had a smile on her face and told me good morning. I don’t know why she looked so happy, but she was not the scowling face of her son that I’d expected.
“Good morning Carl. Wasn’t expecting to see you here, but it’s just as well. Ted’s taken a turn for the worst and we need to get down there. I know that he always looked at you as a son, so he wants you there as well. We will leave this little tid-bit out of the conversation though, shall we?”
I was shocked by her words and the knowing look on her face. She didn’t seem fazed by it, though I could see that she was upset about other things. Her husband was lying in a hospital bed and here we were. I felt horrible and I got dressed quickly so that we could leave. I followed them in my truck so that it didn’t look like we’d been together the night before.
When we got the hospital, Scott was already there. “Thanks for coming Carl. I tried to call you and I couldn’t get an answer.”
I told him that I had the phone off and ignored the two women in the room that knew why. It was strange being there, but Ted wanted to talk to me and it was time for me to have a minute alone with him. I don’t know why I was so worried about it, but I was. I didn’t want there to be any problems and Ted seemed to be with it quite well. Like his wife, he seemed to know more than he should.
“Sit down Carl. You look nervous. I’m not going to bite. I doubt I would have the strength to.”
I sat down like he requested and met his gaze. It’d been a while since I had, not wanting him to see how upset his sickness made me. No one wanted to see their role model less vital than he had been before.
“I know that you’re not mine Carl, but you kind of feel like it, so I want to tell you a few things before I go.”
I didn’t like how this was starting or where it was going. I didn’t want to hear him talk like this, but I knew that all I could do now was that very thing. He wanted me to listen and so I was meant to listen. I had always looked up to Ted and I knew that I was going to be saddened when he was gone.
“I want you to take care of them for me. Scott is a good boy and man, but you’ve always been the level headed one. He will in time get over you and Melanie together. Just give him time.”
I wanted to tell him that he was wrong about me and Melanie. Somehow it was known by all but my best friend. I couldn’t lie to a dying man though, never could lie to Ted before. I ju
st sort of nodded my head like I understood.
“You take care of her. That’s all I ask.”
I agreed that I would, not wanting to know what all that meant to him. We’d only been together once, the rest of the time in some sort of dance that was hard to describe. I wasn’t sure what to think of it and now I was promising her dying father that I would take care of her. It seemed impossible when Scott was going to want to come to fists over it.
Leaving the room, Scott wanted to know what he said. I told him a little of it, but the part about taking care of them and his sister more precisely I left that out. It wasn’t the right time to say such a thing, to reveal the truth. I smiled at Melanie with my back turned when I saw her. Making my way down to the machine, I came back up with a hot, bitter coffee in my hand. I didn’t really want nor need it, but it was distraction from what was going on in my head.
Chapter 28
Melanie
The next few days were a blur and I stayed with mom at the house. Scott was off and on around, but there were a lot of arrangements to be made. I thought about all of the things that I was supposed to be doing, but I didn’t want to do any of them. I laid in bed a lot, still not sure how this had all happened. I wanted so badly to wake up and for all of this to have been a bad dream.
Today was the funeral and it wasn’t a bad dream. It was real and that meant that I really had to get out of bed to face everything. It wasn’t something that I wanted to do, but it was something that I had to do. I had to figure out how to get through the day.
