Hope's Chance

by Jennifer Foor

  My mother finally moved into her new place. There was one whole week when I wanted to just move back home with her, but once I saw the size, I knew why she hadn’t asked me in the first place. It was tiny and only had one bedroom.

  Her boyfriend Noah was a great guy. He had a outstanding sense of humor and seemed to be madly in love with her. I could tell immediately why she was so crazy about him. He made me promise that once a week I would come over to his place and have dinner with he and my mother. She was thrilled that he asked and I kept to my promise.

  One night while on the phone, Chance told me about what Trevor said he and Rylee did. I had been going on and on about her being such a trustworthy friend and he said he had to tell me. I got angry about it, and then finally called her.

  At first she denied it, but soon after, she called me crying saying that it happened a couple times when they were drinking. As angry as I was with her, I didn’t really care. I hated Trevor, now more than ever before.

  I was so happy with mine and Chances relationship that I just let it go.

  Some days, I would spend all of my time in the pool house. I told my father I went in there to study, but I never really studied.

  Chance convinced me to enroll in community college, so when September came around I headed to college. I was enrolled in three classes and they kept me busy enough to where I wasn’t dwelling in depression.

  After two long months Chance got three days off to come and visit. Buffy never mentioned it to my father, but he was rarely home anyway. Some new strip mall was taking up all of his time. Buffy said she would tell my dad I was staying at a friend’s house so that Chance and I could have the night together.

  I drove all the way to the airport myself to pick him up. I was so excited that I missed my exit twice and when I finally pulled up to get him I locked my keys in the car, with it running. While a nice officer got my car opened, I spotted Chance walking towards me. I ran as fast as I could and jumped into his arms. He swung me around as I squeezed him tight.

  Chance

  Hope had no idea how much I missed her. I couldn’t believe she was finally here in my arms. I tried to get home to see her every week, but my boss was a real prick. Apparently the hotel we were building had a deadline and if we finished it ahead of schedule they got a bonus. The crew had to work on weekends and one guy got one weekend off at a time. Since I was the newest on the crew, I was the last person to get a weekend.

  Being away from Hope had been so hard on me, but I tried to keep myself busy. I impressed the bosses by working overtime almost every night. Little did they know it was because I didn’t want to sit in my motel room and miss being with Hope anymore than I already did. I would work late enough to where I could go home and call her, and then crash for the night. I felt like a robot, by falling into the same daily routine for two months.

  Having Hope back in my arms felt like heaven. “God Hope, I missed you so much baby.”

  She pulled away and pressed her lips against mine. When she pulled away she hugged me again. “I missed you too.”

  I looked around and noticed she was alone. “Where is Buffy?”

  “She said she wanted to give us the night together. We have a room for the night about a mile from here. Nobody knows.” Hope explained.

  I couldn’t help but smile. “Really?”

  Hope nodded and bit her lip.

  “What are we waiting for then?” I said as I picked her up and carried her to her car. I was surprised when an officer gave Hope her keys.

  “I locked them in the car.” She explained while getting into the passenger side.

  I climbed in the driver’s side and we made it to the hotel in less than five minutes. Apparently, Buffy had paid cash for a room and reserved it under my name. I held Hope’s hand while we got our key card and headed up to our room. When we got into the elevator I couldn’t control myself. I pulled Hope into my arms and kissed her bottom lip. My tongue slid over it and then made its way into her mouth. When her tongue brushed against mine, I became instantly aroused. It had been too long.

  The sound of the elevator opening made us break out of our lip lock. An old woman with a walker waited for us to exit. She was shaking her head and giving us dirty looks. We laughed as we walked past her. Hope and I made it into the hallway and finally located our room. Once the key card slide into the key slot the green light lit and we flung the door open. Our bags dropped at the door and we made it to the bed without even noticing what the room looked like.

  Hope’s hands grabbed my shirt and ripped it over my head. Her lips were pressed against mine again. I pulled away. “Don’t you want to slow down?” I asked between kisses.

  “No!” She stated as she started kissing me on my chest. I had been standing, but she pulled me down on the bed next to her and started unbuttoning my jeans. “Please don’t slow down Chance. I have waited two months to touch you.”

  Her shirt had buttons, but it didn’t once I was finished ripping it open, revealing her see through white bra. It hooked in the front and I didn’t waste time freeing her beautiful breasts. While she finished removing her shirt off of her arms, I cupped both of her breasts and squeezed them with both of my hands. “I missed these.” I whispered.

  Hope bit her lip and started slipping off her pants. They were some stretch kind of fabric and took no time to disappear from her legs. Fortunate for me, her panties came down with the pants. Hope lay naked on the bed beneath me and I couldn’t help but take in her beauty. After all of this time she was still as beautiful as I remembered. I stood up off the bed to finish removing my pants, but I never took my eyes off of Hopes. When I climbed back down on top of her, I immediately found her lips. If I could kiss her all night I would have been happy. Her soft lips played with mine as her tongue slid into my mouth. Our kisses deepened and our teeth kept hitting as it intensified. My hand cupped one of her breasts and I used my finger to squeeze her nipple before taking it into my mouth. Hopes body flexed and she let out a moan.

  Her legs intertwined with mine and she used her strength to flip herself on top of me. She sat straight up and I couldn’t help but admire her perfect breasts. Hope took her hand and ran it over my face, slowly moving it across my lips so that I could kiss them as they continued moving down. They made their way down my neck and then to my chest. When she reached my navel she slid her hands back up against my chest. “I think your muscles are bigger.” She said as she leaned down and kissed my chest. Her hips were moving back and forth against me and I knew she could feel how ready I was.

  “Did you miss me Chance?” She asked, while trying to catch her breath.

  “You know I did baby.” I said as I grabbed her by the waist and started rocking her harder against me.

  Her hands reached up and cupped both of her own breasts. “I missed you so much Chance. I want you so bad.”

  “Oh, show me how much, please.” I begged.

  Hope smiled as she sat up enough for me to slide right inside of her. We both shuttered with the first thrust, but then slowed our pace down as our hips worked together. I grabbed Hope’s ass and used my arms to push myself inside of her deeper. She cried out, but it wasn’t because she was in any pain. Her fingernails dug into my chest. It hurt but also felt good. “Oh yes!” I cried out as Hope began moving faster. I tried to follow with her pace, but lost myself in the moment of my own release. I pulled Hope down onto my chest and clung to her until I finally lost all control of myself. Hope stayed against my chest and tickled my stomach as she lay on one side of me. I kissed her forehead. “I love you Hope.”

  “I know.” She said. I could tell she smiled from the way her voice sounded.

  Chapter 33

  Hope

  Waking up in Chance’s arms was the happiest I had been in two months. His strong arms were wrapped around me and even though I was wide awake, I refused to move. Last night had been amazing and after three separate times we finally fell asleep. I wasn’t sure what time it was, but it di
dn’t even matter. As long as I was here in Chances arms, nothing could be better.

  When Chance finally stirred and gently kissed my forehead, I slid my mouth up to kiss his lips. I missed his lips, more than I wanted to admit.

  “Good morning baby.” Chance whispered.

  ”It is good.” I replied.

  “What time do we need to check out?” Chance asked.

  I shrugged. “Ten.”

  “Want to get a shower before we go?”

  “I really don’t want to go Chance. I don’t want to go home and have to pretend that you mean nothing to me. I waited too long for you to come home.” I declared.

  Chance sat up and cupped my face into his hands. “You think I want that? Hope, I have counted down every single day until I could see your beautiful face in person. All the pictures and video chatting was great, but this is what kept me going; knowing that one day I could come home to you. I promise you that if I have to climb into your bedroom window tonight I will. Nothing is going to keep me away from you today baby. Do you understand?”

  I nodded my head and let the tears fall on Chance’s hands that were still holding my face. He pressed his lips into mine again. “How about that shower?”

  The hot water felt so nice and being this close to my fabulously handsome boyfriend was even better. Chance took his time washing my hair while feeding my neck and back with soft kisses. He took the bar of soap and started washing my neck, then slowly made his way across my entire back. His slippery hands wrapped around me and gently massaged the soap into each of my breasts. He wasn’t being sexual. He just wanted to be with me.

  When he finished washing my entire body I did the same for him, concentrating on his sculpted chest. His arms seemed bigger since he left for the new job and I admired how strong they felt when they wrapped around me. I couldn’t help but smile when my soap covered hands made their way to his backside and maneuvered around. Chance was perfect and he was all that I wanted. I must have cried a million times when he had to leave, but now that he was here, I wanted to be with him every second.

  Just like old times, Chance climbed out of the shower and wrapped a towel around me before getting one for himself. He kissed the top of my forehead right before we both began brushing our teeth. It was normal everyday things like this that made me enjoy being around him.

  When we checked out of the hotel room Chance took me to breakfast. We both got pancakes and coffee. We sat there for a while after we finished and just talked. It was funny that we still had things to talk about. Our late night phone calls lasted so long that we knew everything about one another. My father may have wanted to distance Chance and I, but he had only helped us get to know each other even more. If I thought that I loved him before he left, it had only intensified now.

  I tried to pay for breakfast, but Chance insisted. When we got back into the car he had a big smile on his face.

  “What?” I asked.

  “I have something for you.” He said.

  “Is it a kiss?” I said as I leaned in for one.

  He returned the kiss but pulled away enough to speak. “Nope, it is something else.”

  I was getting more excited by the second. “Tell me what it is.”

  Chance reached in his bag and pulled out a small bag. It wasn’t anything fancy, but it did have a pretty blue ribbon. “I stole the ribbon from your bedroom one day. You were wearing it the day we first met. I kept it with me the whole time I was gone, in my wallet.”

  I pulled the ribbon that I now recognized, feeling a bit of red rush through my cheeks knowing he had something with him that was mine. When I removed the ribbon he grabbed it and put it in his pocket. “This is special to me, so don’t mind me taking it back.” He stated as he winked at me.

  I reached in the bag and pulled out a small velvet bag. Chance’s face got bigger as I dug inside of it. I pulled out the chain and gasped at what I saw hanging from it. There were two hearts that were separate pieces, one said Hope and the other said Chance. They were small hearts made of plain white gold that hung over top of one another to appear like it was just one charm. When I didn’t understand it, Chance explained.

  “I wanted you to have something special so I had these made. You can wear them every day and your father will never see my name, because it will be hiding under yours.” He took the necklace and showed me.

  “I love it. Thank you so much. I will never take it off.” I exclaimed.

  “That is what I was going for when I got it.” He laughed.

  Chance

  Putting that necklace around Hope’s neck made me feel so happy. I had bought that for her with my first paycheck and couldn’t wait to give it to her. I pulled it out every night as we talked on the phone and traced her name with my thumb.

  While she drove she played with it with her fingers. I could tell it meant a lot to her, which in turn meant a lot to me.

  Hope drove the slowest I had ever seen her drive on our way back to the house. I wondered if she was going to hang a left and drive us out of state, so that she didn’t have to pretend today. I missed my sister, but being without Hope was unbearable.

  When we pulled into the long driveway I heard Hope sigh. She dreaded this part of my visit and I could feel her pain. I squeezed her hand. “Baby, I promise.”

  “I know. I just don’t want to wait and I don’t like sharing you.” She pouted.

  “Trust me Hope, I plan on going to bed early tonight. Don’t you?” I winked.

  “Hell yeah. I feel tired already.” She joked.

  I brought her hand to my lips. “I love you and I am home. Nothing is going to keep me from holding you in my arms tonight.”

  “Then let’s get this show on the road.” She said.

  Hope left her bag in the car and walked with me toward the house. Buffy came running out and hugged me immediately. “If he asks I called Hope this morning to grab you from the airport.” She whispered.

  “I missed you too sis.” I said as I saw Mark approaching us.

  “Hey Chance. I didn’t even know you were visiting this weekend. How have you been doing?” Mark asked.

  I tried to remain calm, but I was still pissed about what he had done to his daughter. There was no way I would ever treat her that way. “I wanted to surprise everyone this weekend and I pretty much hate the job. The money is good, but when it is over, I plan on coming home and going back to school. This isn’t what I see doing forever.”

  Mark raised an eyebrow. “Sorry to hear it isn’t going that great. Well, come on inside and get comfortable. I think the pool house is the way you left it. Sometimes Hope goes out there to study, but I doubt if she made a mess.”

  Hope spent time in the pool house. Although Mark was still talking, I was picturing her rolling around in my sheets taking in my manly scent. When I started to smile, I realized they were all standing around me.

  “It is really good to be home.” I announced.

  Buffy talked Mark into going out to dinner, and with Hope still not speaking to him much, he said yes immediately. He hadn’t even made a big deal out of her picking me up from the airport. Maybe me being away had given him time to realize I would risk my life for her safety.

  After being home for only about a half hour, Mark got a phone call and had to run to the strip mall to meet with a potential new lease. Buffy had hugged me a million times and finally allowed me to breathe. As soon as Mark’s car pulled out of site Hope was back in my arms. We walked hand in hand to the pool house and closed the door behind us. Buffy said she would text us when he was back so Hope could just walk outside and act casual.

  The funny thing was that Hope didn’t seemed fazed by her father. I think she would have been okay with him seeing us together. Her animosity towards him was disturbing and I realized that she had just reached her breaking point. There may have been no way for them to fix their relationship. The man had let his daughter be sexually assaulted while he sat back and did nothing to the kids involved. That wa
s a crime in itself.

  When we got inside the pool house, I noticed how clean it was.

  “I came in here a lot more than both of them know about. In fact, I suck out at night and slept in your bed sometimes. It might sound creepy, but I just wanted to be near you, well as close to you as I could be.” She admitted.

  “Hope I carry around a ribbon in my wallet. I have no room to talk.” I confessed.

  “The house is clean except for the sheets. I refused to change them. They still smell like you.” She said as she smiled and walked toward the bedroom.”

  I followed her. I was still picturing her rolling around in the sheets. “You know we don’t have much time right?” I said as I watched her shirt come flying off and land on my head.

  “We have enough time.”

  I smiled and met her on my bed, minus my clothes.

  Chapter 34

  Hope

  I had wanted to spend the afternoon alone with Chance, but my father arrived home only an hour after he left. He and Buffy decided that we should go to the Country Club to have an early dinner. Chance headed to the pool house to get cleaned up, while I stayed inside the main house to do the same.

  My plan was that at the last minute I was going to tell my father I wanted to drive myself, in case they wanted to stay later. I knew Chance would volunteer to ride with me, which would give us some much needed alone time.

  The fall weather was causing it to be cool outside, especially in the afternoons, so I made it a point to wear something that I could put a sweater over. I chose a strapless black dress with blue and white designs in it. It came up above my knees, but looked cute with a sweater on top.

  My hair had really grown since the summer and also came down my whole back. I curled each of the ends and pulled the sides up so the curls looked fuller. After putting on a bit of makeup, I stood back and looked at my appearance. My most favorite part of the whole outfit was my necklace from Chance. It hung perfectly in the center of my chest.