by Mallory Funk
He gives me another deep kiss that leaves me weak in the knees and makes me want to say, “screw it,” and tell him to fuck me right here, but I know I’m not ready for that. I wouldn’t stop him from kissing me like this for anything. He pulls back and gives me another breathtaking smile.
“Alright, baby. Have a good day at work.” He gives a wink and walks out the door.
Just then, Tara and Courtney come out of the hallway with big smiles on their faces letting me know that they heard and saw everything. I can’t help but roll my eyes and run upstairs to get ready for work. This time, with a huge smile on my face.
Chapter Six
Trevor
It’s finally happening!
I can’t believe I finally have her as my girl. These last two months have been torture. I loved getting to know her and being near her, but as great as it was it was also torture not being able to touch her whenever I wanted to kiss those soft lips. All I wanted to do was hold on to her and never let go. When I saw her shaking in the kitchen while cleaning up the morning mess, I couldn’t help but make a move. She hasn’t been that nervous around me since we first met. Usually, we clean the kitchen together after everyone leaves and have small talk, but this morning something was different. She kept giving me these glances while everyone was talking during our morning coffee, and then she got nervous when we were alone. I couldn’t help but think that it meant that she was ready for me. She was finally ready to start this thing between us that I have been wanting since I first laid eyes on her.
I could have kept kissing her all day, but I know that I have to take this slow so that I don’t scare her away. From what I learned these last two months, I could tell that she had been hurt. I want to kill the bastard that hurt her. I don’t remember feeling so protective of a woman in my life. I have gotten to know her over the past couple months. I already knew that she was smart and sexy with a beautiful heart, and that she’s also sassy and full of humour. She’s not afraid to speak her mind to anyone. I know that, even in this short amount of time, I have fallen for her.
Now with us moving to the next step, I can’t believe how relieved and thrilled I am. She said she was my girl. I’m going to make sure she doesn’t forget it and knows how much she means to me. I’m still grinning from ear to ear when I go downstairs to meet my brothers so that we can go to work.
“What’s got you smiling like that?” Sam asks as soon as he sees me which gets everyone else to look at me too but, damn, I can’t seem to wipe the smile off of my face.
“Isn’t it obvious? Paige. They spent an awful lot of time cleaning up coffee cups this morning. I haven’t seen him smile like that since the last time they kissed,” Liam says.
“Finally got her to give you a second kiss in two months- you better slow down man, you don’t want to go too fast,” Cole says and starts to laugh which earns a couple chuckles from the rest.
I flip him off. “Well for that, I’m not even going to bother telling you assholes anything.” I walk out the door and hear their protests on the way to the car.
“Come on, man! I was just kidding! Now I’ve got to know,” Cole says catching up to me.
“I ain’t telling your ugly mug shit!” I say with a playful shove and open the door to the truck, but I’m stopped. I feel two hands grab me, and I see Sam and Derek holding me, one on each side.
“No way, dick face. You’re not leaving until you tell us, or would you rather us go across the street and ask the sweet Paige what’s up?” Liam raises an eyebrow at me.
Just when I’m about to open my mouth and tell them, I hear the girls across the street.
“What the fuck is going on over here?” Courtney asks coming up to us with Tara and Paige coming up behind her.
“Baby brother here is all smiles this morning and won’t tell us shit. He was going to drive away like the asshole he is,” Cole says.
I look at Paige and see the amusement in her eyes. I can’t help but smirk.
“So, this leads to you guys holding onto him like you’re ready to beat the shit out of him? What do you plan to do, beat the truth out of him?” Tara asks looking directly at the four of them.
“We weren’t going to beat the shit out of him,” Derek says right away causing a snort out of me. He just glares at me.
“Speak for yourself. I’m about to punch the grinning bastard.” Cole glares at me.
Paige clears her throat, and everyone looks at her. “If you don’t get your hands off my man, I will personally make sure that you can never use your dick again.” She crosses her arms over her chest, and then Courtney and Tara stand on either side of her crossing their arms too. I can’t help but smile at her protectiveness, and the fact that she called me her man which must mean that she’s not regretting taking a chance on me. Sam and Derek both let me go and all four of them put their hands up like they’re held at gun point.
“Your man?” Cole asks with a slow smile spreading across his face.
“My man,” she says with a smile, and comes up to me putting an arm around my waist so naturally that one would think that she has done it a hundred times before. I put my arm around her shoulders and kiss her head.
“Well it’s about fucking time!” Liam says loudly which causes all to laugh.
“Sure is,” I murmur.
“Alright, Alright. This is great and all, but if we don’t haul our asses then we are all going to be late for work,” Sam says pushing everyone to their cars.
“Text you later, baby.” I give Paige a quick kiss and hop into the car.
Once we are all on the road, Cole and Liam waste no time asking questions about Paige.
“So, this must have just happened after coffee this morning because you weren’t all over each other then,” Liam says.
“Yeah, I helped her clean up this morning and something was different, so I just decided to go for it.”
“Well I am glad that you finally made a move. Dude, it’s been two months and I’ve never seen you so hung up on a chick before,” Cole says.
“She’s different. I knew that the moment I met her, and I know it now.”
“She is different. She’s not the type of girl you fuck, and then fuck off. She’s the type you keep,” Liam says.
“I always knew you would be the first one of us to go down, brother!” Cole says slapping me on the arm. I don’t even resist the urge to roll my eyes.
“Watch it, you might be next.”
“Shit no, that’s Derek for sure. He’s hung up on Tara just as bad as you’re hung up on Paige. There is no woman who can bring this guy to settle down,” Cole says, and Liam just snorts.
“Fuck, now I can’t wait for the day that a woman brings you to your knees,” I tell him smirking.
“Fuck that. Want to bet?”
“One hundred bucks says that you will be pussy-whipped in the next year!” Liam exclaims.
“I will take that bet too!” I say.
“Shit, we better get Derek and Sam on this too!” Liam starts typing on his phone before Cole can protest.
“Alright, Alright, if you are pussy-whipped by this time next year then you owe all of your brothers one hundred dollars each!” Liam says smirking at a glaring Cole.
“Fine, but if I’m not then all of you owe me a hundred each!” Liam and I glance at each other smiling.
We arrive home around nine in the evening. We were finishing up a job and didn’t want to fall behind on schedule. We had to miss supper, but Derek and Sam said they already ate with the girls and we all have plates in the kitchen. I head straight into the shower and then head to the kitchen to reheat my dinner. As I’m eating, I take a chance and text Paige, secretly hoping that she hasn’t changed her mind about us.
Me: Hey, What’s my beautiful girl up to?
Paige: Just in bed watching some T.V. Did you just get home?
Me: Yeah, had to catch up on the current project. Mind if I come over?
Paige: Sure, but I must warn you I’m w
atching a chick flick.
Me: I don’t care what we are watching, I just want to spend some time with my girl.
Paige: Okay.
Smiling, I quickly finish up my dinner and head over to my girl. I can’t believe that after these last two months, I can finally call her my girl. I knock, and Courtney opens the door.
“Oh hey, Trevor. What’s up?”
“Just came to see Paige.” I start heading up the stairs when Courtney stops me.
“Just be careful with her, Trevor. She’s been burned pretty badly in the past, and I wouldn’t be a very good friend if I didn’t give you the ‘hurt her and I will hurt you’ speech. She hasn’t taken an interest in anyone since then, and I know I don’t know you that well yet, but from what she tells me you’re a good guy and have been patient with her. Just keep in mind that she’s going to try to guard her heart and keep her walls up. It’s up to you to be worthy enough to break through them.”
“I don’t plan on hurting her. I didn’t plan on feeling this way about her, but I’m not going to give up. She’s been pushing me away for months now,” I tell her and then go up the stairs, but I don’t miss the smile that spreads across her face.
After I knock on the door to Paige’s room and she invites me in, I see my girl half sitting and half laying on her bed with a mountain of pillows and a blanket completely around her tucked on all sides up to her chin. She looks so adorable. I give a small laugh.
“Baby, are you sure there’s room for me in that bed. I don’t want to mess up the fifty pillows you seem to have boxed yourself into. Also, is there any room in your cocoon for me?”
She gives a mock glare “This is the only way I am comfy!”
I give her a small laugh. I pull my shirt over my head and get on the bed with her. “First of all, at least half of the pillows have to go, and one of the blankets… wait w-why do you need two?” I can’t help but laugh at her. This is not going to work. I start pulling pillows off the bed and she tries her hardest to “protect” them all from me.
Finally, she gives up. “Fine! Take all of my comfy away, but I’m warning you I do not sleep well without all of this, and if I sleep like shit then you better have my coffee ready before I even open my eyes!”
“Who knew you were such a pillow hoarder.”
“I am not! And I have two blankets because I get really cold at night! If I don’t, I turn into an icicle!”
I lay on my back against the headboard and pull her in so that her head is on my chest. I glance at the T.V. and that’s when I see the chick flick she was talking about. “You’re making me watch The Notebook?!”
I can feel her smile against my chest. She peeks up at me. “You said it didn’t matter what we were watching as long as you were with me.” She bats her eye lashes at me.
“Fine, fine. We will watch this, but then I’m taking away more pillows and one blanket!”
I start taking everything off the bed until there’s one pillow for each of us and one blanket. “Hey, Hey, wait a minute. You can’t do that!”
“Baby, the less pillows that are on this bed, the better chance that I have your sexy ass against me.” She rolls her eyes at me and starts the movie.
About an hour into the movie, she looks up at me and is hesitant at first, but then puts a hand on my cheek and rubs her thumb across my stubble. My breath hitches at her touch. I try so hard not to pull her to me and take her the way I want to. I told her that I would take this at her pace and that’s what I going to do. Slowly, she leans up and kisses me softly at first and then glances into my eyes for a moment and kisses me again. Her kiss firms and is filled with more passion than her kiss this morning. Geez, this morning. I can’t believe that it’s only been a day that I have called this girl mine. It doesn’t escape my notice how comfortable I feel getting into her bed and engaging in light banter with her in her room. It feels like we have been doing this every night. Kissing her, tasting her deeper and returning each kiss with as much passion as she is giving, I turn her over so that she’s laying on her back. I’m settled between her legs and I’m trying so hard not to grind onto her. I’m trying my hardest not to scare her.
When she starts rocking her hips against me, I pull away and look down at her. She looks up at me with eyes full of lust and desire. “Baby, we have to stop. I don’t want to rush you and I only have so much self-control,” I say almost pleading with her.
She rocks against me again. “Just keep kissing me like that. Don’t stop.”
She places her face in my hair, pulls me down, and starts kissing me with more hunger than before. The next thing I know, I’m grinding down onto her harder and with just her thin pair of shorts and my sweat pants separating us, I swear I can feel the heat at her center. I don’t know how long we keep kissing and dry humping each other like fucking teenagers, but the next thing I know we are both breathing heavy and she starts moaning the sexiest sounds I have ever heard. I notice everything starts turning frantic and her moans are getting louder, and my breathing is heavier with every thrust I give her. Her feet dig into my ass and her legs tighten around and she moans my name, I lose it and cum like I am some fucking teenager. I’m still on top of her and am careful not to put all of my weight onto her.
Slowly, our breathing evens out. I get up and at this moment I am so fucking glad that she has a bathroom attached to her bedroom. I clean myself off and Paige looks close to passing out on me. I turn off the T.V. and kill the lights. I crawl into bed with her and lay on my back. Barely a second later, she has her head on my chest and her leg on top of mine. She makes a humming sound of approval.
“Good night, Trevor.”
“Good night, Beautiful.”
I kiss her on the head and close my eyes feeling more content and at peace than I have in a long time. I already know that I’m falling hard for this girl and there’s nothing I plan to do to stop it. I fall into the best sleep I have had in a long time, if ever.
Chapter Seven
Paige
Waking up, I feel a warmth like I usually do when I’m in my fort of pillows and blankets, but this morning is different. I’m lying on my side with a hard body behind me. There is a hand on my stomach and snoring in my ear. I think back to the day before when I had finally agreed to be with Trevor and told him in front of his brothers and my friends that he was my man. I had thought about him and texted with him all day. I was feeling a little disappointed when he wasn’t home for dinner, but neither were Cole and Liam, so I knew that it had to be work related. He texted me when he got home because he wanted to see me; probably hoping that I didn’t change my mind in the twelve hours we didn’t see each other. I felt giddy and couldn’t help but put on a chick flick to see if it really didn’t matter what we watched. I can hardly believe that I made out with him until we both came. Wow, I hadn’t cum that hard in a long time. We were dry humping like we were still in high school and virgins or something! I knew he was taking it at my pace too which made me happy. I can’t believe how easy it was to fall asleep in his arms. I don’t think I woke up once. Usually, I end up waking up two or three times in the night, but last night I slept rock-solid. He also stayed all night which puts any doubts about how serious he was about us out of my head.
Slowly, I try to move from under his arm, but the moment I am almost out of reach he pulls me back against him and holds me tighter. I turn around. His eyes are still closed and I’m wondering if he is still asleep.
“Trevor,” I whisper softly.
“Mmmghjk.” I bite my lip to hold in a laugh.
“Trevor,” I say more loudly.
“shhhh…. I’m sleeping.”
“I have to get up.” He slowly opens his eyes and a smile breaks across his face.
“Why, you’re good where you are, right here.”
“I have to pee, and unless you want me to pee all over you then I suggest you let me up.”
A look of amusement crosses his eyes. “Well baby, I have never been into that sort o
f thing, but if you really want to try.”
I shove him playfully. “Hah-hah I’m not into that either. You better get up and make me coffee before this happy morning buzz wears off and my coffee addiction turns its ugly head.”
“Alright, I like seeing you this happy knowing I’m the cause of it. So, I will get up and make your precious coffee.”
As soon as he lets me go, I run to the bathroom with him laughing at me. No doubt it’s because of how fast I run into the bathroom. I fix my hair, brush my teeth, and head downstairs.
Trevor’s standing at the coffee pot making us both a cup. I could get used to this sight every morning. He turns around, sees me, and then hands me my cup. Without a word, we sit out on the front porch and wait for everyone else to wake up. It’s a comfortable silence. Whoever is up sits on the front porch either here or across the road until everyone is up, and then we all head to the deck and talk until it’s time for everyone to go. It’s become a routine for all of us to do since that first day. I enjoy sitting in silence with Trevor or his brothers. I know that I didn’t say Tara, but that’s because she’s always the last one awake so we are never the first two up. If she’s ever the first one awake, I will know that hell has frozen over, or pigs are flying.
Cole is just getting out of the house. When he sees Trevor and I, he grins widely. Instead of sitting at his house like usual, he comes over. I have no doubt that he’s coming over just to give us shit. It wouldn’t be Cole if he just sat back quietly.
“Well, look what we have here. Looks like the love birds are enjoying the morning sun together. Aww, how cute.” He puckers his lips.
“You know, if I didn’t love coffee so much, I would probably throw it at you,” I say with a smirk.
He puts a hand on his chest and mocks offense.
“You wouldn’t do that to me, would you darling?”
“Oh, so very tempting right now.”
