Keeping Her (The Lexington Series Book 2)

by Belle Winters

“Lucy get your ass over here and kiss me. My side hurts like a motherfucker.” I admitted.

  She looked worried and leaned down to me. She put a hand behind the back of my head and kissed me. I gripped onto her and let myself get lost in it. I heard cheers but it didn’t faze me. We tend to do that I knew our kisses were hot as fuck so I’m sure they saw it. She pulled back and feathered kisses on my face.

  “Well kids I’m sorry to interrupt but we need to have you checked out. Where does it hurt?” The coach said.

  “My left side hurts. It doesn’t feel like anything is broken or anything but it hurts like hell right now. I might just need to let it pass.” I told him.

  “Either way we need to be safe. Let them get you off the field and take a look to be sure.” Coach replied.

  I shook my head. “I’m straight. I’m telling you.”

  “He’s a pain in my fucking ass I tell you.” Coach Richards muttered.

  “Coach I’m good. You’re making a big deal out of nothing.”

  He huffed and turned to Nick, “can you help me here?” he asked him.

  Nick shook his head. “Have you met this stubborn bastard? Fuck no I can’t. Not with him. You’re looking at the wrong person.” He said nodding his head towards Lucy.

  The coach swung his head to Lucy. “I don’t think we met. I’m Coach Richards. You’re Lucy I take it?” he said holding out a hand.

  She took his proffered hand and shook. “I am.” She confirmed with a smile.

  “How do we get this stubborn son of a bitch to follow protocol?” he asked.

  She scoffed. “We’re talking about Landon here. Have you met him?” she asked and he laughed.

  “Yes. I get it.” was his answer.

  Lucy turned to me. “Landon stop being a pain in the ass and do what they say. Follow the goddamn rules and get checked out to make sure everything is ok.” She told me.

  I scowled. “No.”

  She crossed her arms. “Fine you asshole. Then I will find out what’s wrong with you and I am no doctor. I have a rectal thermometer and I know where you sleep.” She threatened.

  I raised a brow. “What the fuck does a thermometer have to do with anything?”

  She laughed. “Absolutely fucking nothing but I will use it. Want to try me or are you going to just do what you’re told?” she scolded me. She must’ve seen I didn’t plan on budging and her voice softened and her eyes pleaded with me. “Just let them make sure that there’s nothing wrong Landon. Please? For me?” she begged and I saw the genuine concern.

  I sighed. “Fine coach let’s do it.” I resigned.

  “Seriously? As hard headed as you are a thermometer gets your butt in line?” the coach asked incredulously.

  I laughed. “No. My woman threatened me and asked me. So I’m going to do it.”

  Coach turned to Lucy. “Can I bring you around practice to keep him in check?” he asked.

  She laughed. “Sorry coach. But I have to take care of Max.” she said running her fingers through his hair.

  He eyed Max then looked at me. “Is that your son?” he asked.

  Lucy shook her head and Max answered. “That’s my brother Landon and this is my mom Lucy.” He told him.

  Coach looked on confused and Lucy responded. “We take care of him and he looks at me as a mom but he’s like my little brother.” She explained.

  Coach’s eyebrows hit his hairline. “You take care of a kid?” he asked me.

  I nodded. “Yeah, my little brother. We all do.” I informed him. He watched me for a while then nodded. I let them escort me off the field as per the rules and Lucy, Nick, and Max followed. I caught Lucy’s eye and blew her a kiss which she rolled her eyes to. I’ll show her ass tonight who’s the boss.

  Turned out I just hit the floor hard and bruised up but there was no injury… like I fucking said. The coach called a team meeting before anyone left. He began the meeting by complementing our impromptu performance and still pulling the victory, saying that we showed some real teamwork out there today. After the compliments were given he went ballistic. He was pissed about the change in the play. He got on Dylan about trying to be the star of the show and how he was in no position to call any shots. He was only on the field because we were short players to begin with. Coach was pissed with his show and Dylan lost it. He was pissed about losing his star spot and wanted to show he was the best. Long story short Dylan ended up digging himself into a grave that got him kicked off the team. His cockiness was too big for a team sport and coach thought he was more risk than he was worth. After today I agreed. We all risked ourselves and could’ve potentially had more players injured than necessary trying to pull weight in positions they weren’t equipped for. Truth be told, I’m lucky I’m not just some lanky fucking runner because I would’ve probably been injured.

  We got home and I faked a limp the entire way. Max rode with Nick and Lucy fussed over me the whole way. We got to the bedroom and I turned to her. “Lucy, help me with my clothes please?” I asked her. I was capable but I wanted her to touch me.

  She came closer to me and went about removing my shirt. She saw the bruise on my side and gasped. Her fingers trailed over it lightly to the point I didn’t really feel it. “Landon, oh my god are you okay baby?” she asked concerned.

  I groaned and collapsed onto the bed. “No, it hurts.”

  She came over and sat down next to me. She lay down on her side and ran her hands through my hair. I loved it when she did that shit. “Come on, let’s finish getting you changed.” She took off my sneakers and pulled down my sweats. I was down to my underwear and socks. She stood up and began to take off her clothes to change for bed. I watched her and my cock stirred. When her back was to me I got up and walked over to her. I wrapped my arms around her and placed a kiss to her shoulder.

  “Lucy come make me feel better.” I whined again.

  She spun in my arms and looked up at me. “Let’s get to bed. You want ice or something?” she asked. She was still concerned and didn’t realize I was faking it. I mean it did smart a bit but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I was making it seem.

  We got into bed together and I snatched her. “Come here Lucy. I’m hurting.”

  Lucy sighed. “I don’t want to touch you because I might hurt your side.” She confessed.

  I sighed. “Baby, that’s not what’s hurting.” I told her and pressed my erection against her.

  She gasped and slapped my arm. “You faking bastard. Help yourself with that.” She told me with glare. I laughed and pinched her nipple. She arched into my hand with a moan. That was all the encouragement I needed. After a few kisses she complied and we had a long night bruise be damned.

  CHAPTER 5

  Lucy

  It was Valentine’s Day today. I was pretty excited. Things have been going really well between Landon and I, and I was hoping that today would be special. Nick volunteered to watch Max for us since he wouldn’t get to see Mel. I only had one class today and I would have the rest of the day to myself. Landon wouldn’t be done for another couple of hours. I knew he wanted to go out and do something and I picked out the perfect outfit last night with the help of Mel and Erica over facetime. I figure since I have time on my hands, I can go home and take my time freshening up and doing my hair and things.

  I was walking down the hallway trying to style my hair in my head when I heard my name. “Lucy?”

  I spun around to see Dylan standing off to the side near the stairs. “Hey Dylan.” I greeted him.

  He smiled. “Could you come over here for a minute? I feel like we’re screaming.” he asked.

  I shrugged and walked closer. When I got to him he grabbed my arm and pushed me back into the corner out of eyesight. I felt my chest constrict and panic seized me. “What are you doing?” I asked him trying to get my arm out of his grip.

  He stepped in closer. “Oh Lucy. Didn’t your parents ever teach you stranger danger?” he asked coming closer to me backing me up further caging me in clos
er to the wall. I continued to struggle but he was a lot stronger than I was. My heart was beating out of my chest. This can’t happen, not again. He ran his index finger along my cheek. “You’re such a beautiful girl. What are you doing with that tool Landon?” he asked.

  I shrunk. This was about Landon then. “I don’t know what you mean.”

  “Yes you do. Don’t you want a real man? One who doesn’t have to use his daddy’s weight and money to get what he wants?” He asked.

  I gagged a little. “Dylan get off of me. I don’t know why you’re doing this, but please just stop.”

  He smirked. “Oh she begs. Do you beg in bed? I like that type of thing you know. You know that asshole stole my spot, then my girl, and then got me kicked off the team? Do you love him Lucy?” he asked with his voice dropping to a whisper.

  My entire body shook. I could hear the hatred in his voice as he spoke about Landon. “Yes.” I told him with all the courage I could muster.

  He tsk’d. “That’s a shame babe because I am going to destroy that man of yours. And when I do, I might even let you come back to me and cry on my shoulder. But I might make you beg first.” He smiled and I grimaced.

  Now he was pissing me off. He was threatening Landon and that immediately made me go into fight mode. With all the strength I could muster I pushed him off of me and he went back a step. I stood up to my full height and pointed my finger at him as I spoke. “You will not. You will leave Landon the fuck alone unless you’ll have to deal with me too.” I looked him up and down and showed my obvious disdain. “And you’re not even close to the man he is. You look pathetic next to him.”

  He glared and took a menacing step forward. He lifted his arm and I instinctively flinched. I remembered what it’s like to be hit by a guy twice my size and it was no walk in the park. But this time I wouldn’t go down. Before his hand could come down there was a strong commanding voice to the right. “Is there a problem here?”

  Dylan moved back and swung his head to the side. When he saw Ted he put distance between us and held up his hands in surrender. “There’s nothing here man. I was just talking to Lucy here.” He said and began walking off to the side. Ted looked angry and fucking dangerous. I’ve always known him as the gentle soul that blushed when you spoke to him. This person, that was commanding and strong and intimidating as fuck was someone else. I breathed a sigh of relief as Dylan practically ran off.

  My shoulders slumped and I looked over at Ted with gratitude. He looked wary. “Are you okay Lucy?” he asked with concern.

  I nodded my head. “Yea Ted. I’m fine. Thanks for helping me.” I told him and gave him a sincere smile.

  He nodded his head. “You know I’m telling Landon right? I don’t know what that was about but it’s not for you to tell me. I’m just giving you a heads up. I’m going to see him shortly.” He informed me.

  I sighed and groaned. Great, I thought today was going to be a good day and this bastard Dylan just had to go and ruin it. Now I have to deal with tornado Landon when he gets home. I looked up at Ted with pleading eyes. “Do you have to?” I whined. “Today is valentine’s day. That’s going to spoil everything. Can you wait until tomorrow?” I know I sounded like a two year old but so what.

  He gave me a small smile and shook his head. “So he can kill me next for not telling him? Sorry Luce, I’m diming you out.” I nodded. I knew this already but it was worth the try.

  I went home and started getting ready anyway. I didn’t want to let Dylan ruin it. Nick would be taking Max to the movies to see one of those new cartoons that came out. Landon should be home any minute and the anticipation was driving me crazy. I heard when he pulled up and if the hard slam of the door or the pounding of his feet up the stairs was any indication of what was about to come then… it wasn’t good. I took a seat at the edge of the bed and waited for him. It didn’t take long. He came into the room and stood just inside the entrance to the room. His eyes were dark and hinted on danger.

  I sighed. “Hey Landon.” I tried.

  He didn’t answer and his eyes narrowed. His breathing was hard and I could see his chest heaving. “What happened Lucy?” he asked.

  “Landon can we not do this now?” I asked him.

  His eyes narrowed and came towards me until he was standing directly in front of me. “We have to do this now.” He corrected me.

  “Apparently you did something to piss him off and he wanted to let me know he is gunning for you. That pretty much sums it up.” I told him.

  His eyebrow rose. “Did he touch you?” he asked.

  I shrugged. “That may have happened.”

  He put his hands on his hips. “Stop fucking around Lucy and answer me.”

  I sighed. “Fine Landon. Yes he did but I’m fine. He didn’t hit me and I will survive.” His nostrils flared and I could see our day going down the drain. I grabbed his hand and tugged him to me. He came and sat on the bed next to me. I cradled his face and spoke to him softly. “Landon, I know you’re angry and I’m not too happy either but I was really looking forward to today. Can you please not let him take this away from us?” Landon let out a long breath and nodded reluctantly. I pressed a soft kiss to his lips. “And can you promise not to do anything crazy and get yourself in trouble or kicked off the team? He isn’t worth fucking up your future.” This time he rolled his eyes. I arched an eyebrow. “I’m serious Landon. Now promise me you’re not going to go to school tomorrow and lose your shit on him.”

  “Fuck Lucy. Fine, are you happy now?” he asked pissed off but I didn’t care. That was all I needed. I nodded again and kissed him. He deepened the kiss and lured me down to the bed. When he started to go for my shirt I broke off the kiss.

  “Oh no you don’t! We are going out mister so get your ass up and get ready. I’m excited.”

  He laughed. “Come on Lucy, we can make this quick.”

  I scowled. “I am not stupid Landon. You don’t do quick and you barely do once. You are not going to keep me trapped in this room underneath you today you freaking rabbit.”

  He gave me one last peck and sighed. “Fine Lucy. You’re fucking bossy today you know that?” he grumbled.

  I smiled and nodded. “Yes, now do what I say. Oh and the room is mine so get your shit and get ready in another room.”

  He shook his head. “Girl, you’re really into this aren’t you?”

  I nodded. “Technically this will be the first time I actually celebrated so yes.” I admitted.

  He smiled and hugged me placing a small kiss to my temple. “Ok then. I’ll try my best to make it perfect for you angel.” He whispered and I melted. I gave him one last kiss then shoved him out of the room.

  I was doing the finishing touches on my hair when Landon banged on the door for the third time. “Hurry up woman before I leave you. What the hell is taking so long?” he complained.

  I rolled my eyes and ignored him. I took one final look at myself in the mirror. It was pretty cold out so I had on these grey and pink pinstriped fitted trousers that made my ass Oscar worthy. I paired it with a matching pink cowl neck shirt. I completed the outfit with a pair of ankle boots. I smiled to myself, I think I did well. I opened the door and stepped out and Landon was missing. I frowned and headed downstairs. There were really only two other places that I would find him, the family room or kitchen. Of course he was in the kitchen sitting at the island snacking on some chips. When he heard me enter he looked up and his hand stopped midway to his mouth.

  “Lucy go change.” He demanded.

  I looked down and my shoulders dropped. “You don’t like it?” I asked him.

  He stood up and walked over to me. “Yes I like it. I like it a whole fucking lot. Turn around.” I spun in a slow circle. “No one else should see you like this that’s why you need to change. Have you seen your ass girl?”

  I threw my hands on my hips. “I am not changing because of that you punk. Are you ready?” I asked him and he nodded. “Where are we going anyway?” I asked h
im.

  “You’ll see when we get there. It’s only 5:00 and we have a few things to do and I have to make sure I get you home before too late because you have school tomorrow. And we need to make sure we have energy and stuff for sexy time later. That’s a definite for Valentine’s Day just in case you didn’t know.” He told me and I rolled my eyes.

  He grabbed my hand and led me outside. There was a black Mercedes parked out front. He walked me to the car and a driver got out to and opened the door for us. I slid in and he followed. I turned to Landon and smiled. “You got a chauffeur?” I asked him.

  He nodded and pulled my hand up to his mouth to place a gentle kiss. “Yea baby. What does it look like?” he asked amused. I swatted him and sat back to enjoy the ride.

  We pulled up in front of this fancy looking Italian place. He led me inside and the place was packed. There were more than a few couples waiting to be seated. We however were immediately taken to seats in a cozy little corner, he made reservations. He ordered a shrimp scampi telling me that no one makes his favorites like I do so he wouldn’t put himself through the torture. I ordered chicken parmesan and he got us a bottle of champagne. We talked and laughed throughout dinner and I have to admit that Landon brought on the romance.

  When we left we went the opposite way of home. I looked over at Landon in question. “Where are we going?”

  He shrugged “somewhere.” Was all he said, I asked a few more times but he wouldn’t cave. I was bouncing with excitement today had already went so well.

  We pulled up just to the edge of town where the road went up high. I’ve never been out here before. It’s a bunch of wooded area past the end of the road. Landon pulled me out of the car and I got nervous. “Is this where you finally kill me?” I asked him as he guided me towards the trees.

  He chuckled. “Yes and you can’t run in those shoes… so say your final goodbye’s now.”

  I sighed. “God I’m going to miss Nick and all of his hotness.”

  Landon grunted and grabbed me around the waist picking me up. I squealed and he placed me down gently but didn’t let go. He gave me a soft kiss on the lips. “You’re going to miss Nick huh?” He asked.