by Amy Briggs
“I think having a plan is smart; you’re not focused on the thrill so much as the long term. It’s cool,” she admired his drive and commitment to a future. So often she found that people were more interested in immediate gratification with a total disregard for their future and where they would end up later on in life.
“So you wouldn’t rather be with a guy who is working twenty-four hour shifts, running into burning buildings every day?” He said jokingly, but also curious if she found that more attractive than the stability he brought to the table.
Letting a snicker escape, she replied, “Uh, no. Honestly, I think that if you were a full time firefighter, I might not be as interested.” She didn’t love the idea of worrying about someone’s well being constantly, but also she appreciated his dependability.
“So, you’re interested?” He joked with her, squeezing her.
“Umm duh. I mean you feed me, you give me Jack and Coke, what more could a girl ask for, really?” She teased back. “Also, it did not go unnoticed that you were willing to choke down that horrible dinner I made and yet you’re still here.” She was loving their banter.
“Well, in all fairness, you did attempt to drink that shitty wine, so we’re kind of even on that one.” He leaned over and kissed the top of her head, smirking at the thought of how terrible that dinner went, but pleased at where they had landed by the end of the night.
“I did, you’re right. We’re even,” she wrapped her arm around his waist, snuggling in tighter. “So what else should I know about you?”
“Hmm,” he thoughtfully let out. “I was all state in football back in high school, but that was a long time ago. I left that behind for the fire department, but I’ve always been an athlete.” Scott could feel his speech slowing, as he was getting more and more tired. He contemplated leaving, but the thought of moving from this position kept him planted where he was. He could smell her shampoo and perfume and he inhaled deeply, kissing the top of her head again.
“So I’m dating the captain of the football team, sweet,” she teased softly, beginning to fade. “Were you the prom king too?” She tickled him gently, causing him to flinch slightly.
“Haha! No, I wasn’t. Anyway, what about you? You blog and read dirty books, what’s next for Dani Moore?” He was genuinely curious what her long term plans were, even though he was practically falling asleep.
Yawning, she thought about what her plans were and what she wanted to share thinking it may sound silly. “I’ve been considering starting my own public relations company for authors, and using my blogging connections to do it. But, I’m not sure, right now, I’m content doing what I’m doing. I like the hours, I get to go and be and do what I want, and that works for me.” Dani hoped that her lack of a serious long term plan wasn’t a turn-off for Scott, but it was an honest answer. While she had thought about starting her own company, after the attack, she wanted to take a step back, and get comfortable again before making any big decisions or commitments.
“You’ll figure it out and when it hits you, you’ll know,” he said softly, cradling her in his arms.
Dani inhaled as she leaned into him, noticing the faint smell of smoke, but also his cologne; something in that combination was soothing and she felt herself begin to drift off. Scott sighed heavily, feeling the events of the day weigh his eyelids, as he floated off to sleep as well, holding Dani in his arms.
16
The next morning, Dani woke up first, realizing that they had both fallen asleep, cuddled together on the couch. As she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, her focus turned to how amazing Scott was the night before, and she realized how attached she was becoming to him already. So attracted to him, even barely awake, her libido started to take over as she took him in.
Pushing herself up gently, she decided that she would wake him and take him back to her bedroom. Acknowledging to herself that she was ready, and that he was the right man to move forward with, she softly kissed his neck just below his ear, rubbing her large breasts against him in the process. As he started to wake up, realizing what was happening, he pulled her into him, whispering, “Good morning,” before kissing her.
Their kiss deepened, causing his dick to awaken as well. Scott wasn’t clear where this was going until Dani pulled away, taking his hand in hers. “Come on, let’s go to bed,” she breathed out haughtily.
Unsure if he knew what that meant, he stiffened a bit, giving her a confused look. “Dani, we don’t have to…”
“I want to. Come on,” she glanced at him through her eyelashes, pulling again. This time, he got up with her and wrapped his arms around her tightly, taking in her scent again. She pulled away, dragging him behind her as they walked down the hallway to her room, where she had a gigantic king size bed, and what seemed like the softest blankets on earth.
Turning her around to face him, he took her face in his hands, “Are you sure about this?” He asked, wanting to be absolutely certain that she was all right with what was about to happen. He’d thought about this moment from the first time he’d met her, and the idea of worshiping her body right now was overtaking his brain.
She started to unbutton his shirt, looking up at him and smiling. “I’m very sure about this Scott. It’s what I want,” she whispered.
He pressed his lips to hers, exploring her mouth with his tongue, tasting her. He was reeling from her touch, as she continued to slowly unbutton his shirt, dragging it off his shoulders. She moved to the hem of his shirt, her fingertips gently dragging along his torso. His cock had moved to full hardness, pulsating with desire. His heart was nearly pounding out of his chest, as he raised his hands to her breasts, gently running his thumb over her stiff nipples.
Not wanting to wait any longer to open his present, he ripped his own shirt off over his head, then proceeded to pull hers up, exposing her soft white skin. Her breasts were spilling over the top of her blue lacy bra, and he could feel her heart thumping as he slid one strap down slowly, kissing her shoulder. Dani tossed her head back gingerly, allowing him more access to her neck and shoulder, letting out a quiet moan as he ran his lips along them. His touch took away any reservations she had, as she pulled him closer where they backed up to the edge of the bed, the mattress hitting the back of her knees.
Scott gently set her down, hovering above her then making his way into the bed with her, never taking his lips away from her now flushed skin. “You’re so beautiful Dani,” he whispered between kisses, roaming over her body with his hands, enjoying every bit of her softness.
Dani loved how soft and gentle Scott was with her, but her desire for him was taking over and she wanted him naked now. Reaching for the waist of his jeans, she began tugging at them, working at the zipper. Realizing that she was more ready than he thought, Scott stood up and took them off then reached for her. He wanted to see all of her. As she came closer, he removed her jeans, working them down to her ankles while she still laid on the bed, watching him. Taking in her full figure, Scott sucked in his breath muttering, “Fuck…” to himself at how sexy she was, laying there, ready for him.
“Get over here,” she demanded in a husky tone, feeling confident and consumed with her desire for him. He willingly got back into the bed, pulling her close to him, and kissed down her chest. Pulling her bra down letting her luscious tits spill out into his face, he took a nipple into his mouth, sucking and licking on the hard little pebble. Fully engaged with him, she let out a louder moan, feeling the wetness build between her legs.
Dani clawed at the waistband of his boxers, attempting to pull them down while Scott easily grabbed the string of her panties, yanking them down and moving his hungry lips to her other nipple. Knowing they were both ready, Scott detached himself from her for a moment, grabbing a condom from his wallet, and stripping the rest of the way down. As Dani started to reach back to take her bra off, Scott stopped her, “no, leave it. It’s so fucking hot Dani.” He stared at her huge breasts, framed by the bra sitting up for him. Noticing the tattoo
on her shoulder again, he realized it was a serpent that wrapped around her shoulder and down her back. Getting back into the bed, first grazing over her breasts, his hand slid down her thigh, between her legs, where he could feel how wet she was.
Her head was swimming with need as he positioned himself above her, kissing down her belly, making his way to taste her. Never having had the pleasure, Dani tensed up a bit, watching him. He glanced up at her with a smirk before saying, “I’ve wanted to taste you since I met you.” Her jaw dropped open as he spread her legs wider, giving himself the access he wanted. As moved to softly lick her clit, his chin brushed across her smooth, shaved pussy. She threw her head back on the pillow, unable to control the sensations she was feeling.
Her entire body started to buzz, as an orgasm began to build up within her. Scott increased the intensity, lapping at her, then slid a finger inside causing her to shudder and cry out, “Oh my God Scott!” Making her come before anything else was his only desire, and she was close, he could feel her quivering. His cock was screaming with hunger for her pussy and as she shouted out his name, he devoured her even more, relishing as her wetness covered his face.
Dani’s hips rose as she climaxed, and Scott held them tightly, drinking in all of her orgasm until she started to come down. Panting, she pushed herself up to her elbows and with hooded eyes, watched him crawl back above her. “Scott, that was amazing,” she whispered between breaths.
“I’m not nearly finished baby,” he said as he took her mouth again, letting her taste herself. He quickly ripped open the foil and rolled the condom on before positioning himself at her entrance.
“Oh God, yes Scott,” she pulled him toward her. She wanted him inside of her; she wanted to feel him completely. As his giant cock entered her, she inhaled sharply as her body adjusted to his size.
Once he was fully inside her, Scott worked to gain composure and gently rocked himself inside her, kissing her deeply. “You feel so fucking good Dani,” he breathed out heavily. Her tight pussy squeezed around his cock, sending his body into overdrive. He wanted to go slow, to enjoy every moment, every touch, every kiss, but the way her body responded to his was making it nearly impossible.
As Dani’s hips began rocking into his at a faster pace, he returned her rhythm, pumping his aching cock into her as she moaned for more. He reached around the back of her head, grabbing a handful of her red hair that had splayed across the pillows. He gently yanked her head back, burrowing his face in her neck as he gently bit her shoulder. Her tits were bouncing up against him, and with every thrust, her nails dug into his lower back, pulling him in deeper.
Scott could feel Dani’s body start to pulsate, and as she started to climax, her pussy clenched around his cock, sending him over the edge with her causing them both to cry out loudly. Scott had never yelled like that, Dani had blown his mind; he was shaking all over as he rolled off of her, scooping her into his arms immediately.
“Oh my God Dani,” he huffed out, noticing they were both out of breath, and feeling extremely pleased with how the morning had played out.
“Good morning to you too,” she replied, cozying up to him.
“Good morning indeed,” he said, grinning. He tilted his head to kiss the top of hers; he realized he had grown a fondness for doing that. “I could get used to waking up like this.”
Dani felt herself blush as a smile formed, thinking to herself how fantastic that would be. She hadn’t been so free and so comfortable in as long as she could recall. Sure, she read about all kinds of things in the bedroom, but she hadn’t experienced much of it for herself.
Realizing that he’d never gone home, and had to work that morning, Scott sighed, fairly certain he was going to be late. He lifted his hand to his face to see his watch, then muttered, “Fuck.”
“What’s wrong?” She asked, leaning herself up on her elbow.
Also starting to get up, Scott replied, “I have to go. I’m late for work babe.” He got up, and began to get dressed.
“Oh shit, I’m sorry Scott,” she said.
Immediately turning to her, now in his jeans, but still shirtless with his muscles bulging and tense from their workout, he sat down next to her. “Do not for one second be sorry Dani. I’d do it all over again if I didn’t have to get my ass to work.” He brought her lips to his, kissing her tenderly.
“Okay, good.” She said quietly.
Realizing that Dani usually went to work with Clayton, Scott thought he should ask her if she wanted to come with him. “Um, I know you usually go to work with your brother… do you want to come with me?” He hesitated, not wanting to change the mood of the moment.
Dani shook her head no and said, “Nah. I’ll let him know I’m home. I think I’m ready to start moving back in here on my own; it’s time.” She smiled confidently, sending a shot straight to Scott’s chest. He was proud of her, and happy that she felt like she could share that with him, and he felt like he had a small something to do with it as well, which gave him pride.
“Okay baby. I have to go. I really seriously do not want to though. I’ll text you later?” He questioned hopefully.
“Sounds good, now get out of here,” she swatted at him playfully.
“Come here first, I need to taste you one more time,” he embraced her completely, giving her a deep and loving kiss. As he pulled away, he rested his forehead against hers. “Dinner tonight?” He asked.
“Yes please,” She smiled.
“Okay great,” he got up and started to walk away. When he reached the doorway, he turned back to her, “No cooking though. Pick someplace for takeout.” He started laughing.
Cracking up at the joke, she tossed a pillow at him and yelled back, “Shut up! Ok, you’re right! Now go!” She said, still laughing as she heard him shut the door on his way out.
17
Scott couldn’t help but to have a spring in his step after his morning with Dani, which was good because he was running behind. He stopped home quickly to shower and shave, then made his way into the office where he was meeting Clayton to go over the latest details of the case. Thinking over the events of the last few days, he felt like things were finally coming together for him. He’d met a great girl, who seemed to be into him as much as he was about her, he was working a major crimes case, and he finally had the time in his schedule to enjoy his life more.
When he arrived at his office, he realized he was running much further behind than he’d thought, when he found Clayton sitting on the couch waiting for him, going through a file he’d brought with him.
“Good morning sunshine? You forget about me?” Clayton asked sarcastically, presuming Scott had a late night with Dani.
“Dude, I am so sorry. I completely lost track of time this morning,” Scott replied, shuffling the papers around on his desk to avoid eye contact. Suddenly, he felt sheepish about how he’d spent his morning, and felt his face get a bit warm from embarrassment, assuming Clayton knew where he’d been.
“No problem. How’s my sister?” Clayton teased, sensing it was making Scott uncomfortable, and therefore extremely amusing to him.
As Scott froze, his eyes turned to Clayton. “I… uh… she’s awesome?” He let out a stifled laugh, unable to contain it.
Smirking back, Clayton said, “I’m just busting your balls man. So let me tell you what’s going on with this case.”
Scott settled himself into his desk chair and relaxed; grateful to change the subject. “Sounds good, what have we got?”
Clayton pulled his notebook out of his pocket and began thumbing through the pages. “Okay, well after you left, just about where you were standing was a perfect circle of blood. I cut out the piece of carpet and brought it in for testing. It was completely separate from the blood where the body was found.”
“Interesting. What did they find out?” Scott was intrigued.
“Well not much. The system was backlogged so I haven’t been able to get any test results back on the DNA yet to find out if the
blood matched the victim’s, or someone else’s. We did find one, really random thing in the initial blood typing,” Clayton’s tone was serious, and not lost on Scott that something big had been found.
“What’s that?”
“The blood in the carpet sample had five grams of iron in it,” Clayton said matter of factly, assuming that was meaningful to Scott.
“I don’t know what the means?” Scott questioned.
“I didn’t either. I was just being a dick,” Clayton laughed. “As it turns out, the average male has four grams of Iron in his system. Like his entire body, not just a sample. So, five grams found in one spot means there’s something up with this blood. It’s insanely high in Iron.”
“Okay, so what does that mean exactly?” Scott was still confused how that was possible, and what it meant.
“Fuck if I know man, I was hoping maybe you had some thoughts,” Clayton sighed, running his palms over his hair. “We will be able to get some DNA testing done sometime today, but in the meantime, all we have is a sample of blood that does not appear to be the same as the victim’s at first glance, and it’s insanely high in Iron. That’s all we’ve got.” Clayton was noticeably frustrated that he couldn’t get DNA typing faster. With all the modern technology available in this day and age, not being able to get immediate test results was maddening.
“Okay so let me get this right. There’s definitely two different sets of blood from this scene, but we’re waiting to see if we can find out who they belong to when testing is available. We just know that they’re not the same, right?” Scott recapped what he’d heard.
“Yea, that’s about right,” Clayton said. “I’m hoping that the second blood spot will be the assailant's, not the victim’s, and not some random fucking blood either. So, now we’re more or less standing by and hoping on a wing and a prayer that this unknown sample will get a hit in the system.” As Clayton thought about what he’d said, he realized that they were putting all of their hope into a DNA match, and outside of that, they had no other real evidence. It didn’t bode well for a closed case in the near future.
