Finding You

by Kelly Elliott

  “I remember. What about her?”

  Meagan’s eyes captured mine and I could see nothing but devastation. “She works with Gray. He took her to lunch the other day. I saw them together when I ran into them. I was taken back to college and I froze as she stared at me with that stupid bitch looking face of hers.”

  “Holy shit, no way, Meg. She lives in Durango?”

  Nodding, Meagan said, “And I think Gray might be attracted to her.”

  Grabbing Meagan’s hands, I pulled her up and said, “You have to tell him how vile she is, Meg. Gray needs to know what kind of a bitch she is.”

  Shaking her head, Meagan said, “No. If I do that then he’s going to ignore her or worse yet, say something to her and she’ll start up with something. I’ll handle her on my own but—”

  “But what?”

  Worrying her bottom lip, Meagan closed her eyes and said, “I overheard Gray telling Noah there was a new girl at work that was hot. Noah asked if Gray had been out with her and he said once. He said he was tired of waiting for the one girl he wanted to wake up and realize what they had . . . so he had asked Claire to go out on another date when he got back into town. He said they were going to celebrate the New Year together.”

  Feeling all the air leave my body, I stood there staring at, Meagan. “So you’re going to take a back seat to this bitch, forget the feelings you have for Gray and just let her walk in and take him from you? Aren’t you tired of her taking something from you, Meg?”

  Something moved across Meagan’s face as her mouth parted open. She looked at me hard for a few moments and then said, “I am. She ruined my whole college experience and by God I’m not going to let her keep getting away with this. For shits sake, I council kids on this shit.”

  Smiling, I stood taller and said, “Hell yeah! Meagan, you are no longer that girl in college who let a bunch of cuntlickers bully her. You are Meagan fucking Atwood. You chew bitches like that up and spit them out!”

  Meagan stood up and smiled. “Hell yeah I do! I . . . wait . . . did you call them cuntlickers?”

  Nodding, I said, “Yeah. Why?”

  Meagan stared at me for a few seconds before she busted out laughing. The next thing I knew, we were both on the bed laying down laughing our asses off. Noah walked through the door and looked at us as he let out a chortle.

  “What’s so funny?” he asked as Meagan and I finally got some composure and sat up. Glancing over to Noah, I quickly stopped laughing as my mouth dropped open as I looked at his T-shirt.

  The white T-shirt had a black and yellow sign across the top that read Oversized Load. Under the words was a figure of man, like you’d see on a construction worker sign. Except there was something drawn between the legs signifying a dick. He was holding a yellow sign that said, Caution.

  Meagan busted out laughing again. She must have read the shirt. “You think highly of yourself, Noah,” she said as she got up and continued to laugh as she left the room. I could hear her laughing all the way downstairs.

  Standing up, I stared at the shirt. “W-where did you get that?”

  Noah smiled like he was the luckiest man on Earth. “Your dad.”

  Closing my eyes, I whispered, “Holy hell. I’m going to kill him.”

  “Why? I like it,” Noah said as I opened my eyes and shook my head.

  “Okay, I can’t deal with that right now,” I said as I walked up and grabbed Noah by the hand and dragged him into our bathroom. Shutting the door, I turned to him and couldn’t help but notice the smile on his face.

  “Hell yeah! You in the mood for some quick sex, even though everyone is downstairs? I’m all about it, baby.” Noah wiggled his eyebrows as he asked, “It was the T-shirt, wasn’t it?”

  Rolling my eyes, I picked up the pregnancy test and held it up in front of him.

  Noah sucked in a breath and whispered, “Oh wow.”

  Smiling, I said, “Yeah. Oh wow is right. I missed my period last month and then again this month. I didn’t want to get our hopes up, so I didn’t say anything. But, this last month I’ve been feeling sick every morning. It usually hits around ten in the morning and lasts through lunch. My breasts are sore as hell and . . . well . . . I just feel it. I don’t know how else to explain it.”

  Noah grabbed the box and ripped it open as he took out the test and said, “Pee, Grace. Pee like your life depends on it.”

  Laughing, I took the test and made my way over to the toilet. Pulling up my skirt, I pulled my panties down and sat. Noah dropped to his knees and just stared at my lady bits.

  Tilting my head, I glared at Noah. “Um . . . I can’t really pee with you staring at me like that, Noah.”

  Standing up quickly, Noah took a few steps back and said, “Shit. Sorry, baby. I’m kind of excited.”

  “Really? I couldn’t tell with your face practically in my vajayjay.”

  Giving me a sexy smile and a wink, Noah leaned against the counter and whistled as he looked everywhere but at me.

  Sitting there, I tried like hell to conjure up some pee to no avail.

  Closing my eyes, I sighed. “Noah. Maybe you could just stand there and be quiet.”

  “Oh yeah, sure,” Noah said.

  Another two minutes went by with nothing. Then Noah turned on the faucet and it hit me.

  Finally. My bladder was about to burst.

  After I finished, I stood up and took a piece of toilet paper and put it on the counter as I laid the test on top of it. Noah grabbed my wrist and pulled me away from it.

  “No matter what it says or what happens, we do it together. You and me.”

  Grinning from ear to ear, I nodded. “Always together, always you and me.”

  Noah ran his finger along my jaw as I felt my insides tighten with need. “So beautiful,” he whispered as he moved his lips across my neck.

  Wrapping my arms around his neck, I let out a soft moan. Noah’s hands slipped under my skirt as his fingers found their way to where I desperately needed his attention.

  Two fingers slipped between my lips as I pushed my hips toward Noah. “Fucking hell . . . you’re soaking wet.”

  “Oh God, Noah. I want you,” I whispered as I quickly unzipped his jeans. I didn’t care that our friends and family were downstairs waiting on us. Or that the fireworks were set to go off soon. All I knew was that I needed to feel my husband’s dick buried deep inside of me now.

  I’d been horny before, but never this horny. Noah’s dick sprang out from his jeans as I licked my lips.

  “Fuck me, Noah. Now!” I said as Noah pulled my panties off and grabbed my ass as he lifted me up.

  “Jesus, Grace,” Noah said as he buried himself deep inside of me.

  “Yes,” I hissed through my teeth as Noah gave me exactly what I asked for. My stomach felt as if I was on a roller coaster. Noah had a way of bringing out every emotion in me. Every time we were together, it felt like the first time. My insides bloomed with desire as my orgasm quickly grew.

  “So. Close,” I panted as I felt Noah’s dick grow bigger.

  “Grace . . . oh hell, baby . . . come for me, Grace.”

  And just like that, I exploded as my entire body shook as my orgasm raced across my body from my toes to the top of my head. Not thirty seconds later and Noah was moaning as he had his own release.”

  When he finally stopped moving, he didn’t pull out. We stayed as one as we both gasped for air like we had just run a marathon.

  Leaning his head against mine, Noah chuckled. “Shit, I can’t believe I just fucked the hell out of my wife with all our friends and family downstairs.”

  Giggling, I dropped my head back against the wall. “I needed that.”

  Noah kissed the tip of my nose as he said, “Me too.”

  My eyes glanced over his shoulder to the test sitting on the counter. Swallowing hard, I said, “The test.”

  Noah gently pulled out of me as he slowly set me back down. Reaching over, he grabbed my panties and motioned for me to step
into them.

  “I should wash up real quick,” I said as Noah placed his hand on my stomach to stop me.

  “No. I want your panties soaked with our cum. I want you to remember me pouring myself into your body.”

  My heart dropped in my chest as it felt like I needed to find air to breath. That had to be the hottest damn thing Noah had ever said to me.

  “O-okay,” I barely said as Noah slipped my panties back on. Standing up, he cupped my face with his hands and kissed me passionately.

  Pulling his lips ever so slightly from mine, he whispered, “Are you ready?”

  Squeezing my eyes shut, I nodded and said, “Ready.”

  Noah took my hand as we both made our way over to the counter and looked down.

  Staring at the test stick, I wasn’t sure what to say. Noah turned me toward him as he looked into my eyes.

  “I love you, Grace Hope Bennet.”

  Wrapping my arms around him, I choked back my tears. “I love you the most, Noah Pete Bennet.”

  Noah

  Holding Grace in my arms, I looked up as the fireworks exploded in the night sky.

  All you could hear were the ohhs and ahhs of everyone around as the different colored lights lit up the whole area.

  Glancing around, I couldn’t help but smile. Everyone I cared about was here including my sister, who held her daughter in her arms as her husband held onto their son. Em must have felt my stare as she gave me a quick smile before she looked up again.

  Gray was standing on the other side of Emily with a couple of girls who were fighting for his attention. Chuckling, I shook my head and wondered how he was able to attract the women like he did. I wasn’t sure who they were, all I knew was they were somehow related to Ellie and Jeff, but I never did catch how.

  Luke stood with Libby in his arms as his hands rested on her pregnant belly as their daughter ran in circles around them. Libby was due tomorrow and everyone was holding their breath she made it through tonight.

  Will and Alex were next to her parents, Gunner and Ellie. Taylor was standing next to her parents, Brad and Amanda, as she kept pointing up and laughing. I think out of all the girls, Taylor was by far the most innocent, and the one who had a heart of gold.

  Meagan stood next to Grace and me as she shot daggers at the girls who were falling all over Gray. Laughing, I shook my head as I watched Meagan look away in disgust.

  Yep. This night was perfect.

  When the fireworks ended, Grace turned around in my arms and smiled up at me.

  “Should we keep it our secret?” Grace asked as she lifted her eyebrows.

  Letting out a quick breath, I glanced around at everyone again. Shaking my head, I said, “I want to shout it from the rooftops, Grace.”

  Giggling, she nodded and said, “So do I.”

  “Let’s do it then,” I said as I pulled Grace over to my truck. Lifting her up, I set her in the bed of the truck as I ran over and honked the horn.

  Everyone turned and looked at Grace as she said, “Ah . . . hold on. Noah?”

  Jumping into the bed of the truck, I stood next to Grace. “Grace and I wanted to first say thank you to everyone for spending your New Year’s Eve here with us and ringing in the New Year. It meant a lot to us to have you all here.”

  Cheers erupted as well as some loud whistles.

  “Second!” Grace shouted as she took my hand. “We figured since we had y’all in one place, we’d share some news we just found out today. It’s a bit out of the normal, but we were both too excited not to share it.”

  “Jeff passed down his T-shirt collection to Noah?” Gunner shouted as everyone laughed. Laughing, I pointed to Jeff who gave me a thumbs-up.

  Grace chuckled and said, “No . . . but unfortunately I’m afraid my father has rubbed off some on my husband.”

  “I’m so sorry, sweetheart!” Ari called out.

  Grace looked at me as she took my hand in hers and asked, “Are y’all ready to hear the news?”

  My eyes landed on Ari and Jeff. They held each other as Ari wiped a tear from her eye and Jeff stared at Grace.

  “Tell us already, Grace!” Alex shouted.

  Grace laughed and then shouted out, “Noah and I are expecting a baby.”

  Cowboy hats went flying and cheers erupted as Jeff walked up and reached for Grace. Lifting her down from the bed of my truck, he held her tightly as Grace softly cried into his chest. I jumped down from the truck bed as Ari walked up to me and gave me a smile I don’t think I’ll ever forget. “Congratulations sweetheart.” Taking me in her arms, she held me tightly.

  Knowing this wasn’t going to be easy, I tried to push my fears away. I was already scared to death for both Grace and our child. Grace had already told me she was nervous but wasn’t going to walk on eggshells. We needed to have faith and that was what we were going to do.

  It felt like our wedding day all over again. Everyone came up and gave each of us a hug and said congratulations. The last two people to approach us were Grams and Gramps.

  Gramps hit me on the back and said, “Stop by tomorrow, son. We’ll play a game of dominos.”

  Knowing I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to spend time with Gramps, I nodded and said, “I’ll be there, sir.”

  Grams cupped Grace’s face and kissed her gently on the forehead. “I’m going to say it’s a girl.”

  Grace chuckled. “What makes you say that?”

  Giving Grace a wink, Grams smiled and said, “I have my ways.” Laughing, I shook my head. Ari always said that Grams had a sixth sense when it came to knowing things before anyone else did.

  Wrapping my arms around Grace, I said, “As long as he or she is healthy, I don’t care.”

  Grace scrunched her nose up and said, “Me either. But I’m totally okay if Grams is right.”

  Laughing, I pulled Grace closer to me and kissed her as Luke yelled out, “Get your paws off my sister!”

  For the next two and a half hours we told stories, laughed, ate s’mores and each person made resolutions for the upcoming year.

  By the time Grace and I got up to our bedroom, we both face planted onto our bed and didn’t move.

  “Too tired to move,” Grace said.

  “Let’s just sleep like this,” I mumbled into the bed.

  Grace giggled and said, “Or we could get naked and have hot sweaty sex.”

  Turning over onto my side, I stared at her. “How can you even think about sex? It’s damn near four am. I don’t even think my dick wants to wake up.”

  Giving me a sexy smile, Grace moved her hands into my pants and stroked me. The bastard came up and quickly started to throb.

  Licking her lips, Grace sat up and pulled her shirt over her head and stripped out of her skirt and panties.

  “Looks like your oversized load is ready to unload again.”

  I’d never taken my clothes off that fast before in my life.

  The rest of the night, or what was left of it, was spent tangled up with Grace.

  I was positive I’d never be able to bring in a new year like this one ever again.

  Placing my lips on the top of Grace’s head, I kissed her gently as she slept peacefully wrapped in my arms.

  Moving my hand down, I rested it on Grace’s stomach as a smile grew across my face.

  It had been a long road traveled . . . but it was worth every twist and turn we had to face. As long as Grace and I were together, we’d never be lost again.

  My eyes grew heavy as I finally gave in and drifted off to sleep, dreaming of a little girl with bouncy brown curls being chased by a dark-haired little boy with a giant toad in his hands.

  Life didn’t get any better.

  Meagan

  Walking toward my rental car, I glanced over and saw Grayson leaning against a car, talking to one of the girls he met tonight.

  Ugh. Man-whore.

  Pulling my eyes off of Grayson, I focused on getting to the car and heading back to my parents’ house. I made it thro
ugh the holidays intact. All I needed to do was get back to Colorado, immerse myself in my job, and push everything else away.

  “Meg?”

  Closing my eyes, I sped up and tried to pretend like I didn’t hear Grayson call out to me.

  “Meg! Stop!”

  Shit. Keep walking, Meagan.

  Reaching for the handle on the car, I went to pull it open when I felt Grayson pull on my arm. Turning me to face him, I prepared myself.

  Cue the cold black heart.

  Looking up at Grayson’s smile, I ignored how it made me feel. “Meg, before you leave, I was wondering if we might be able to talk?”

  My eyes glanced quickly back over to the girl who was sitting in her car now, but watching every move Grayson made.

  Not looking directly at Grayson, I asked, “What in the world would we possibly have to talk about at three in the morning, Gray?”

  Focusing on his earlobe, I waited for his response. His hand lifted as he rubbed a piece of my hair through his fingers. I had died my hair brown three months ago and Grayson had made it clear to me he loved the new color. A lot. “What’s the matter, Meg? You can’t even look me in the eye when you talk to me?”

  My eyes snapped up to his. Don’t get lost in them, Meagan.

  Letting out a nervous laugh, I rolled my eyes and said, “Don’t be ridiculous, Gray. I’m tired and ready to go home.” My eyes looked back over to the girl who was still sitting and watching us. Motioning with my head toward her, I said, “Looks like your new friend is waiting for you. Have fun tonight, Gray.”

  Turning, I went to open my car when Grayson used his hand to shut it. Leaning in closer to me, his body pressed against mine as I came alive and took in a deep breath.

  He’s only good for sex.

  Amazing, mind blowing, incredibly hot sex.

  That’s it.

  Grayson’s mouth moved toward my neck, stopping just below my ear. Thank God my parents had already left. The last thing I wanted to do was explain any sort of relationship with Grayson to my father.

  Grayson’s hand swept my hair away as he pressed his lips against the sensitive skin behind my ear. My body trembled and I cursed under my breath for letting him get to me.