Kings of Mountain Brook Academy

by J. N. Pack

  Liam nods and moves to the side. We all walk to the basement where Finn is lounging watching football.

  “What’s up?” he says.

  I curl up in the corner of the couch and Maverick sit as close to me as possible.

  Maverick says, “Can we stay here a while?”

  Liam’s eyes widen going from me to Maverick. “What the fucks going on?”

  Maverick looks at me like he’s asking my permission to explain. I nod quickly. “We don’t know all the details yet, but Fallon’s mom sold her. She was in debt to a client and traded Fallon to clear her debt.” Their mouths drop open and Maverick continues. “She’s not safe at home. He’s coming for her. I couldn’t take her to my house, it’s too close to hers.”

  Liam says, “Dude, you know I’ll never say no. This place is like Fort Knox, it can be impenetrable if necessary.”

  “Thanks man!” Maverick says.

  Liam’s eyes turn to me, “You okay?”

  Tears fill my eyes and I glance away, “I’m fine.”

  A second later I hear feet on the stairs and start to panic. Maverick does as well leaning in front of me to shield me.

  “Liam?” a quiet female voice says coming down the stairs.

  “Down here Wit!” Liam says.

  Maverick and I noticeably relax.

  Wit is in a pair of Liam’s joggers and her tank top. She smiles when she sees me. “Fallon!” she squeals in delight. She throws herself at me giving me a huge hug. “Jesus, you’re shaking like a leaf?” her big eyes fly to Maverick, “What’d you do to her?”

  “What the fuck Wit? I didn’t do anything.” Maverick gripes.

  She squeezes Maverick over and he tells her the whole ordeal.

  “Christ! No wonder you look like you’ve seen a ghost.” she turns her attention back to Maverick, “Sorry King. If it’s any consolation I want have to kick you in the balls.”

  Maverick smirks, “Leave the boys out of this. You can go play with Liam’s balls.”

  At that she smirks and says, “If he’s lucky.” and Liam just grins.

  Why the hell have these two never hooked up? They are too fuckin’ cute. She’s the tiny pixie and he’s the big bad fighter. They are perfect.

  My stomach growls and Maverick turns to look at me. He cocks his brows and says, “Hungry?” I pop my shoulder and say, “Maybe a little.”

  He looks at Wit and says, “If I order some food would you mind picking it up for us?”

  Liam says, “I’ll go with her and get us all some grub.”

  Maverick looks at me and says, “Double-cheeseburger and fries good for you?” I nod. “Can we get some ice cream too?”

  Maverick and Liam smirk at each other, “Anything you want. What kind?” Maverick asks.

  “Double chocolate brownie chunks!” I say quietly.

  Liam grabs his chest, “My girl! That’s my favorite!”

  I look over to Maverick and ask, “What’s your favorite?”

  He smiles and says, “I’m a simple man. Butter Pecan.”

  I smile.

  Before leaving Liam asks Finn if he wanted anything. We call and order the food and Liam and Wit leave.

  Maverick moves to the opposite end of the couch and pats his leg for me to lay my head down. I lay with my face in his lap facing him. With my eyes closed I quickly drift off to sleep listening to Finn chat. I wiggle when my phone rings. Maverick answers it quickly.

  “Hello? She’s fine. She’s sleeping Miri…. I know, I’m sorry….I will Miri…. I can’t say. It’s only a safe place if it’s a secret…. I’ll guard her with my life…. I promise Miri…. I will. Talk to you soon…. Keep us updated on what’s going on.” He must have hung up because he falls silent. I drift off to sleep again.

  The next time I wake he’s talking to Finn.

  “What the hell kind of mess did you dive into?” Finn asks.

  Before responding I feel Maverick’s hand rub through my hair and stop on my shoulder, “I don’t know. I know when she heard what her mom had done she was devastated. I’d have done anything to take that from her. More than anything, I could see that she knew what was in store for her if she’s found and she’s terrified. I don’t know what happened to her, but I know something did. I know it!”

  Finn is quiet for a minute before he says, “If it scares her it must be pretty bad. She’s not one to bullshit, she doesn't scare easily.”

  Maverick sighs, “That’s what I’m afraid of. Hell I just fuckin’ got her and I feel like shits already about to snatch her away.”

  “Nah man, she likes you. She’s a tough cookie. If you’re really in her corner, she’ll fight to make it work.” Finn says.

  Maverick tenses and ask, “How the fuck would you know?”

  Finn laughs and says, “I’ve seen it. I’ve watched her when she thinks no one is watching. I’ve seen her eyes when she is looking at you. I’ve also seen the hurt, she masked as anger over that shit you pulled with Payton.”

  Maverick’s hand rubs up and down my arm. Finn continues, “Plus whether she knows it or not, Wit is a good friend. Wit told me she pulled away from you, because she was fal…”

  “I’m awake...I’m awake!” I say sitting straight up looking at Finn horrified. He grins and when I look at Maverick he’s grinning. He well knows what Finn was about to say.

  Chapter 17

  A t some point Slate and Serena show up and of course shortly after Serena shows up Maverick’s phone starts going nuts. Slate acts like I’m not here and when he does acknowledge me it’s with disgust. I can feel Maverick’s mood changing every time his phone goes off. I finally snatch it and answer.

  “What Payton?” I know you know I’m here. What do you want?” I growl.

  “Put King on the phone Bitch!” Payton yells in the phone.

  “Maybe he doesn't want to talk to you.” I say.

  “Well he can tell me!” she yells.

  I smile, “Honey, it’s for you.” and I could hear her going crazy on the other end of the line. He stares at me like I’m the damn devil. “You’re evil!” he whispers and I wrinkle my nose at him. I lay my head in his lap watching his face as he talks to Payton. I look for any sign I should run.

  “What Payton?” he growls. “We are not together, we fucked around that’s it….” he laughs bitterly. “Go for it….I don’t give a fuck, Fallon is my girl….. Look! Back the fuck off Payton. Lose my fuckin’ number…. Fuck you Bitch!” he hangs up and he is furious.

  “I’m your girl?” I ask.

  He looks at me and says, “Fuck yeah! Mine all mine!” He leans in kissing me roughly. Claiming my lips. It’s Sunday so nobody really drinks. We all just hang out in the basement. At some point Liam and Maverick start playing pool. Wit and I are sitting on bar stools beside the pool table watching and talking.

  “So you and King?” she asks.

  I smile and say, “You and Liam?”

  She grins, “He’s so different than what I thought. He’s tough, that’s true but he’s tender and he really acts like he cares.”

  I smile and my eyes slide to Maverick. It’s his shot and he makes it and shoots again. He sees me watching and smiles. When it’s Liam’s turn he walks to me smiling. He leans back against me. I wrap my arms around his waist. He lays his head back on my shoulder. “You look relaxed,” he says.

  I grin and say, “I’m trying. Thank you for taking care of me. For caring.”

  He smiles and says, “I do care, Fallon. I care a lot. I will keep you safe if it’s the last thing I ever do.”

  I smile and kiss his cheek as him and Liam start talking shit to each other over the game.

  “Damn girl.” Wit says.

  I glance at her and she says, “That’s some real shit right there. I hope you know how special that was. He doesn’t do that to anyone. If I hadn’t seen it myself I’d call bullshit. How’s it feel to be one to make Maverick King fall in love?”

  I blanch. I have had very few people use that wo
rd in regards to me. I look at Maverick and I wonder. Does he love me? What the hell am I doing? This is going to blow up in my face. Then he looks up and smiles at me and I’m powerless. I smile back. I watch Liam look at Wit. She blows him a kiss and he just grins like a kid with an ice cream cone. I look at Wit and I can see the stars in her eyes. She’s a goner. She’s wrapped up in him just as much as he is her.

  Am I that far gone with Maverick? Am I willing to chance him getting hurt for me? What if he does get hurt? I’d rather hi be alive and without me than him be gone. Do I have what it takes to leave? Can I hurt him? He’s right. We just got each other. As much as I don’t want him hurt, I don’t have it in me ro do anything about it. Not when he smiles at me and it’s like the sun rises and sets on me. I can’t hurt this beautiful boy.

  “Snap out of it.” Wit says snapping her fingers in my face.

  “What if something happens to him because of me?” I whisper.

  Wit looks at Maverick and says, “What do you think is going to happen to him if something happens to you at all?”

  About twenty minutes later Slate and Serena leave. Wit announces, “Well it’s been fun guys, but schools tomorrow, I’m out!”

  Liam pokes his bottom lip out, “Stay.”

  She smiles, “I wish I could, but my Dad is coming home tonight and I need to be there.”

  He smiles and says, “I’ll walk you out.” She gives me a quick hug and waves at Maverick and Finn.

  I yawn and Maverick asks, “Ready for bed?” I nod. He says, “Liam is going to let us use the basement bedroom. It’ll give us some privacy and he said it’s got a bathroom in there so if we need to shower or whatever it’s there.” I tense before allowing myself to relax. He shows me to the room and goes to his Tahoe to get my stuff. I’m laying across the bed on my stomach when he comes back in. He lays on the bed beside me looking at me. He twirls his finger in my hair smiling. “Don’t be nervous.”

  I smile at him. I’m really not nervous. I know he’s not going to hurt me. What makes me anxious is one of my mom’s psycho clients coming after me. He leans forward and kisses my forehead rubbing his hand through my hair again. “What you thinking about beautiful?” he asks.

  “My impending doom.” I whisper.

  He frowns and says, “I’m not going to let anything happen to you. I promise.”

  “See that's it though. I don’t want you to save me if it puts you at risk.” I say.

  “Welllll, you don’t exactly get a choice in that. I’m not going to let anything happen to you. Would you honestly think very much of me if I allowed someone to hurt you?” he asks.

  “I don’t know. I just know I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to you because of me. Or Wit. Or Liam. Or Finn.” I say.

  He shrugs, “Too bad! We aren’t going anywhere. Where you go I go.”

  I laugh, “So you’re kidnapping me then?”

  He smiles, “Sure! If that's what it takes.”

  I don’t know what came over me, but I lean forward and take his face in my hands and kiss him, pushing him to his back and straddling him. His hands sit comfortably on my hips. I can feel his erection pushing into my core. I grind into him and he nips my lip moving to my neck. I tremble and moan loving the sensation of my building orgasm. I’m flipped to my back and he is on top of me. Kissing me. Grinding into me. He steps back stripping to his boxers, then pulling me to the edge of the bed. He slowly pulls my pants and panties down, throwing them to the side. He kisses between my boobs moving down to my navel and kissing again. He trails kisses across my hip bone and I nearly fall to pieces when I feel the heat from his delicious tongue lightly lick my folds. I moan and throw my head back on the pillow when his tongue starts moving and flicking over my clit. I’m on the verge of going over the edge when his tongue darts between my folds, sending me over the edge. I cry out, “Maverick!” as my orgasm takes over. I grip the pillow with my left hand as my body convulses. Oooo my God that was amazing. Before I can think another thought he slips a finger inside of me. I nearly buck off the bed in desperate need. Then he adds another finger. After a few minutes of finger fucking me and bringing me back to the brink of orgasm he stands and tosses his boxers to the side. My eyes widen, he’s so big! He climbs on the bed and I slide up laying my head on a pillow. He’s bent on his elbows straddling me. He looks down at my body and then back at me. “You sure you want this?” he asks staring into my eyes. I nod quickly. He leans on one elbow and lines himself up with my entrance. I moan when I can feel the tip rub my folds. Then in one swift thrust I cry out. I’m filled to the brim and he freezes, “You okay?” He doesn’t move, allowing my body to adjust.

  “Umm hmm.” I moan and he finally starts to move.

  “You’re so tight.” He says as he starts thrusting slowly, building a steady rhythm that pushes me to the edge of Neverland. I dig my fingers into his back as my orgasm takes over. I grip him and with every thrust I’m milking his orgasm. Taking every bit of it. I can feel every bit of him fill me. He doesn't just roll off when he’s done. He leans in and kisses me. “You okay?” he asks.

  “I’m fine Maverick.” he smiles and finally pulls out. He wraps me in his arms and that's how we fall asleep.

  Chapter 18

  W hen we wake up the next morning, we are laying skin to skin, as close as humanly possible without being inside of each other. While I’m in the shower Maverick makes the bed and tosses out dirty clothes into a pile. When I walk out wrapped in a towel his eyes widen. He’s on the phone. Scratch that, he’s on my phone. He says, “Hold on.” and puts the phone on speaker.

  “Fallon?” Uncle Matt says.

  “Yeah, I’m here.” I say.

  “Does the name Michael Gregor sound familiar?” he asks.

  My stomach turns. The room spins. Maverick eases me to the bed before I fall.

  “Fallon?” Uncle Matt says through the phone.

  “I’m assuming she knows him. She’s as white as a ghost.” Maverick says.

  “Fallon? I need to know how this man knows you?” he says.

  Tears fill my eyes and start running down my cheeks, “He…..” I start wiping tears from my face.” He….” I’m staring into space.

  “Sweetie? How do you know him?” Uncle Matt asks calmly, trying to be reassuring, but nothing is reassuring when someone is asking you what the devil himself did to you.

  “He…. he hurt….. He raped me!” I start crying hysterically. Maverick drops the phone and wraps me in his arms, “Shhh…. I’m so sorry baby. Shhhh.” I can hear Uncle Matt on the phone, “I’m so sorry Fallon.”

  When I finally somewhat calm down Maverick picks the phone up, “Matt?”

  “Yeah I’m here.” Uncle Matt says.

  “What’s going on?” Maverick asks.

  “Michael Gregor is the man Miranda traded Fallon to. Fallon, your biological father is doing everything in his power to keep you safe. He’s working with the FBI to try and get their hands on Gregor.” he said.

  “Doc…” I started.

  “Fallon, Doc is not your father. Doc was a good man and he tried to be a father to you, but Miranda would never allow it. Your real Dad is a good man, but he wasn’t in a place to take care of you.” Uncle Matt says.

  Through tears I ask, “Who...Who’s my Dad?”

  “I can’t tell you yet. Not just yet. He has a family and he wants to tell them first, but I promise you will meet him soon.” he says.

  After ending the call Maverick lays with me wrapped in his arms, “You wanna tell me about what happened to you baby?”

  Brushing tears from my cheeks I whimper, “My mom…. She…. I was ten. My mom she didn’t protect me…. He came into my room while mom was in the shower. I was asleep. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. When I opened my eyes my gown was up around my belly and he was on top of me. I screamed and he… he… shoved himself inside of me.” I shoved more tears away and continued, “She heard me….she looked in. She just shut the door back. She j
ust let him ruin me. The pain was so bad and at some point I passed out…. When I woke up again I was covered in blood and our neighbor was taking me to the hospital. I had broken ribs. My pelvis bone was all messed up and I had to be stitched. I had bruises from one ened of my body to the other, including a bite mark to the right side of my throat. She just let him….She let him come back…. Twelve and fourteen.” My body is trembling and it has nothing to do with being cold. “When I got pregnant at fourteen, he had mom take me to a clinic to get an abortion. When she spent the money on drugs and he found out she never took me for an abortion he looked up at home abortions. He…. he held me down while my mom used a hanger to make me lose the baby. I lived in pain for the month after that. I left. I slept in parks and under bridges, but eventually I had to go back. I haven’t seen him since then. I… I thought I was safe here.”

  Maverick’s hand spread across my stomach and he uses the other hand to shove tears from his eyes. “I’m never going to let him touch you, not ever again. I promise you that.” He kisses my stomach and runs his hand across my stomach again. “Why….why didn’t the law step in?”

  I shrug my shoulders and say, “They never did anything. They asked questions, but they never did anything.”

  Maverick links his hand with mine and says, “I know you don’t want to tell anyone, but I think our friends should know. They love you and need to understand you better. They need to know what you’ve been through.”

  Tears fill my eyes, but I know he’s right. I nod and whisper, “I’ll tell them today.”

  Instead of going to school I spend all day wrapped in his arms. He soothes my heart just from holding me. It’s as if a piece of me heals.

  When everyone starts showing up that afternoon Maverick is quiet. Slate walks in with Serena and seeing me he turns to leave saying, “Fuck this shit.”

  Maverick follows him out. “What’s your problem Slate?”

  “HER! She’s every fuckin’ where!” he growls.

  Maverick asks, “What the hell is your problem with her Slate?”

  “She’s my fuckin’ sister!” he yells.