United

by A. Aubry

  We sat in silence for a few minutes as she calmed herself down while I rubbed her back. It killed me to see her this upset, all I wanted to do was make her smile. This asshole needed to be stopped once and for all.

  “You want me to go kick his ass for you?” I playfully asked.

  I could hear her soft giggle before she lifted her head to look at me, “No, I want you to stay right here with me.”

  “I will always be here for you, Jules.”

  Her eyes widened in surprise, “You called me Jules.”

  “I’m your friend, right? And your friends call you Jules.”

  “You are my boy-friend and my boyfriend calls me Julianna.”

  Damn was she stubborn.

  I rolled my eyes, “Okay, Julianna. My sassy, stubborn girlfriend. Give me a kiss.”

  She playfully jumped out of my arms and started darting towards the staircase, “You’ll have to catch me first!”

  Now that was more like it.

  My phone rang, tearing me away from my thoughts as I got dressed at my locker. Practice ended early thanks to it being Friday. If only Julianna was getting off work early today too, we could have a lot of fun before our weekend began. I picked it up, expecting it to be my girlfriend who often called me during slow moments at work just to hear my voice. Rather, it was my mother.

  “Hey, mom. What do you need? I’m just getting ready to leave practice.”

  “I need to be picked up at the airport, that’s what I need,” she teased me.

  My eyes nearly popped out of my head, “Wait, as in…you flew here…to Minneapolis.”

  Well that put a damper on how much sex I could have with Julianna.

  “Surprise! I came to visit you and meet this girl that you can’t stop talking about.”

  “Wow, okay. I’m on my way but it will be about twenty-five minutes. Just get something at Caribou and I will call you when I’m close,” I picked up my bag and quickly waved goodbye to my friends.

  We said our quick goodbyes and soon I was taking off towards the Minneapolis/Saint Paul airport. Traffic at this time was thankfully light and I made it to the airport in record time. Helping my mom put her weekend bag in my trunk, I gave her a hug and we clambered back into my car. There wasn’t even enough time to text Julianna to let her know that now my mother was in town.

  “So, will I get to meet Julianna while I am here?” My mother asked excitedly from the passenger seat.

  “Actually, yes you will. She’s been staying with me for a few days,” I admitted as quietly as I could.

  She turned her head to look at me, “Why is she staying with you, Finn Walker? You two aren’t having sex now, are you?”

  I had to hold back from rolling my eyes, “No, mom, it’s not like that. She’s been having some problems with an ex-boyfriend who has been harassing her. She’s just staying with me until the restraining order she applied for has been granted. I wanted to make sure she was safe at all times.”

  “Aw, that’s my boy. Being the gentleman that I raised him to be.” She reached over and pinched my cheek.

  I swatted her hand away. When we got back to my place, I had to pretend that I had been sleeping on the couch while Julianna had the bedroom. My cheek got pinched again for that one. Thank god she didn’t go check my room because I was pretty sure our bed wasn’t exactly made from last night.

  She did practically beg me to take her to Red Robin for dinner, which I just had to agree. It became one of her favorite places to visit with me since there weren’t any near her part of Atlanta. Mom went up to the guest room and unpacked her things while I went into my room and quickly cleaned up. It was a good thing I did because Julianna’s lace panties were still in the bed we shared from the night before.

  Making sure my comforter was straight and my pillows looked like only one person had been sleeping there, I heard Julianna’s voice call out for me downstairs. When I looked across the hall, my mother wasn’t in there. Oh shit.

  “You must be Julianna, I have heard so much about you,” my mother’s voice floated up the staircase.

  I ran down the stairs as fast as I could, stopping momentarily at the bottom step as Julianna was engulfed in one of my mom’s infamous hugs. My lips turned up into a smile at the sight, I knew my mother would love her. I took a moment to really appreciate the outfit that Julianna had worn to work today. A loose black skirt, a blue dress shirt that showed off just the right amount of cleavage for me, and she stood at her usual height of 5’3” in her black flats.

  “Don’t suffocate her, Mom,” I finally said, attempting to get her to let go of my girl.

  She quietly laughed, “Oh, I’m sorry dear. I just got so excited when I heard her come in.”

  “Julianna, this is my mother, Carol. Mom, as you already know, this is Julianna,” I explained before I allowed myself to give Julianna a quick kiss.

  I moved to Julianna’s side, putting my arm around her waist as Julianna held out her hand, “It’s very nice to meet you, Carol. Finn has told me a great deal about you and his brothers.”

  Mom shook her hand with a large smile on her face, “You are so polite, that is refreshing.”

  Really, mom? Do you really have to embarrass me in front of my girlfriend?

  “We’re gonna be leaving for dinner soon, Mom. Why don’t you go freshen up before we head out?”

  She nodded quickly and disappeared up the staircase. Finally, a few seconds alone with Julianna. Julianna turned to me and clutched onto my shirt, bringing me flush against her.

  “You didn’t tell me your mom was coming to visit today, I can go home if you need me to. The judge granted the full restraining order this afternoon, so we don’t have to worry about Michael for another thirty days.”

  Go home? No way. I had grown so accustomed to her being there with me.

  “She surprised me by flying in last minute. But I want you here with me, so please don’t go home just yet,” I whined and snaked my arms tight around her waist.

  “Okay, I’ll stay. Just for you,” she smiled and rested her hands on my arms.

  “Good. We’re going to go to dinner, so I hope you are hungry,” I closed the distance between our lips once more. If this was all the intimacy that I was going to get for the whole weekend, I needed to take advantage of it.

  “Where are we going?”

  “Mom wants to go to Red Robin. The only ones near where she lives are almost an hour away and the one in Shoreview is only a few exits up on the freeway.”

  She glanced down at what she was wearing then turned her gaze back to me, “I’m a bit over dressed for Red Robin, I should go get changed.”

  I let her go, remembering every other night she had come home and how I would go upstairs with her, help her undress from her work clothes, and make love right before dinner. She turned and walked to the stairs, starting to climb up before she turned around and looked at me.

  “You comin’ to help me?”

  How could I say no to that? We definitely had to be quiet though, the whole no sex before marriage rule of my mother looming over our heads while she was here and all. Julianna knew about this rule, I had told her about it when we spent most of Wednesday night talking about our families and showing pictures to one another. I practically ran up the stairs with her, making a quick pit stop at the guest room door.

  “Mom, ten minutes and we will meet downstairs to head out,” I quickly called out.

  I barely heard her faint ‘okay, honey’ before I followed Julianna into my room, closed the door, and locked it. My lips crashed into hers so quickly I felt like I almost toppled us over. Our hands quickly worked together as we rid one another of our clothes. After she finished pushing my boxers around my ankles and I kicked them off, I grabbed onto her hips and put her on the bed. I leaned over and grabbed a condom from the top drawer of my bedside table before climbing up on top of Julianna.

  She opened her legs for me as I rolled the condom over my cock that was already throbbing with ne
ed for her. The second the condom was in place, I thrust quickly into her, air whistling through my teeth at the feeling of being buried deep in her like I was this morning. Julianna’s hand covered her mouth as she groaned in pleasure.

  Once she got the volume of her moans under control, her hand moved to my back and I could feel her nails lightly dig into my skin. Fuck, I loved when she did that. The moderate pace that I started thrusting in was enough where it didn’t feel like I was going to come any second but that it wasn’t going to take long before we both came together. Maybe I could get her body to shake from such an intense orgasm like it did last night. That was the fucking hottest thing I had ever seen.

  I buried my face into her neck, kissing her soft skin to mask my grunts as I thrusted into her, “God, I’ve missed you, Julianna.”

  “You just saw me this morning,” she playfully chastised but her sentence was cut short by a quiet moan.

  I bit down onto her neck softly, “Doesn’t mean I didn’t miss you and your fucking sexy body all day.”

  It was true, I was practically a walking hard on just thinking about all the sex we had been having over the last three days.

  “Oh, shit,” she moaned breathlessly.

  I couldn’t take it anymore, I needed my release and I knew that she needed hers. I pumped harder into her, the soft sounds of our skin smacking together with every thrust floating around us. Hopefully mom didn’t remember what having sex sounded like, because that sign alone would give it away for me if I heard it. I stopped nipping at Julianna’s neck as I nuzzled my mouth against her skin, my groans starting to get a little too loud.

  “Baby, oh fuck,” I moaned.

  Julianna’s pussy clenched onto my cock so hard that I knew her orgasm was hitting her. I took my head away from her neck and Julianna grabbed onto my face, our lips meeting as I helped stifle her moan with my mouth. A few more thrusts with the feeling of her pussy holding tight onto my cock, and I poured my release into the condom that I wore.

  It took everything in me not to call out when I came, something I had been doing nearly every time because that was the only way to reassure myself that I really was coming as hard as I was. Even today, with the thought of my mom possibly catching us in the act, I came just as hard as I always did with Julianna. I leaned my forehead against hers as we panted through our post orgasm bliss together. Pulling out of her reluctantly, I laid next to her in an attempt to catch my breath still.

  “Holy hell,” Julianna said, her chest still rising and falling quickly as she tried to steady her breathing.

  “Took the words right out of my mouth,” I laughed and took a deep breath, my heart rate finally slowing down.

  Julianna got up and kneeled next to me. When her fingers grabbed onto the condom that was still wrapped around my cock and started to take it off, I fought off the hardness that was threatening to come back as my breath whistled through my teeth. I watched as she tied the condom and leaned down to kiss me tenderly. She climbed off the bed and disappeared into the bathroom. Holy fuck, now I just wanted her even more. No girl had ever taken off the condom for me before.

  I got dressed while Julianna was in the bathroom and when she reappeared, she slipped into the jeans and t-shirt look that she had always been comfortable in. Taking her into my arms, I kissed her lips gently because I knew we wouldn’t do it again for a while.

  “You’re amazing. You know that, right?” I smiled, my nose tracing along hers.

  She blushed, “I’m working on knowing that. Now let’s not keep your mother waiting any longer. Otherwise she will get suspicious.”

  I sighed dramatically, telling her I didn’t want to leave our little bubble that we had created but I knew that we had to. We walked downstairs and I went to fetch our coats. When my mother wasn’t looking, I wiggled my eyebrows at Julianna and winked at her. Mom didn’t let on that she knew that we had sex in my room, we had gotten away with it as far as I knew. Julianna’s giggle filled the room and I knew she got what I was referring to.

  Once we were in the car, Julianna gave up the passenger seat to my mother as she sat behind me. While mom and I talked about how things were going back in Atlanta, Julianna just listened. At one point I reached up to my left shoulder to massage the muscle that had been bothering me since practice. Coach Thompson really knew how to push us sometimes. Julianna noticed what I was doing, and I watched in the rear-view mirror as she scooted to the edge of her seat, as far as her seat belt would allow, and rubbed my shoulder for me as I drove. When our eyes met in the mirror, her shy smile greeted me. Where had this girl been hiding that I was finding her just now?

  The restaurant was not as crowded as it usually was, which was surprising for a Friday night after work. My mother followed the hostess when she said she had a table ready for us. Julianna followed right behind her, and I took my sweet time walking behind Julianna, watching her beautiful ass sway as she walked while her jeans hugged it just right. I let Julianna choose which side of the booth she wanted and let her take a seat first before I took my place next to her. As my mom looked at the menu, I reached over to Julianna’s lap and gave her upper thigh a light squeeze. If I couldn’t have her as much as I wanted over the next few days, I wouldn’t mind teasing her. Julianna smiled at me as she leaned into me and kissed my shoulder through my shirt.

  We placed our orders and our waitress left after bringing our drinks, and I couldn’t believe just how lucky I felt in that moment. I had the most perfect girl in the world on my left who was enjoying the company of the wonderful woman who raised me who sat across from me. Everything was going great, until I heard the one voice that made a chill creep down my spine.

  “Carol, it’s so great to see you up here in the cities! How’s Georgia?” Natalie’s perky voice called from the end of our table to my mother.

  Oh, fuck me. I looked at Julianna out of the corner of my eye who was now looking at Natalie. Luckily, Natalie was not looking at her. There was no fucking way that I was going to introduce these two. Not just because Natalie was my ex-girlfriend who had been trying to desperately get me back since we broke up, but because she could be a major bitch about someone else’s appearance. Julianna was self-conscious enough because of her asshole ex, she didn’t need to be subjected to how brutal Natalie could be because of her looks.

  “Natalie, what a surprise that you are here today as well! Isn’t that a surprise, Finn? Georgia is fantastic. How is nursing going for you, sweet girl?” My mother surprised me by hugging Natalie as she always did.

  Like I said before, my mother thought she was a nice, innocent person but on in the inside Natalie was cold and manipulative.

  “It’s going great! I just started a new job over at United Hospital. Long, odd hours but it is very rewarding,” Natalie explained to her.

  So she could work long odd hours but when I do it, I got cheated on. What bullshit. When Natalie looked over at me, I prayed to god that she wouldn’t say anything to Julianna. She could say all that she wanted to me, as long as she left Julianna out of this.

  “Finn, it’s been a bit since we’ve last seen each other,” Natalie cooed as she put her hand over mine.

  Yeah because the last time I saw you, you were fucking one of your friends. My gaze fell down to where her hand rested on mine, I tried to tug it away but her grip was strong as she put a bit more pressure on my hand. I turned my head to look at her, silently willing her to just leave and go back to her table. Her eyes darted over to Julianna then back to me and I swallowed hard, mentally preparing myself for what she was going to say about her.

  Natalie leaned in close to my ear, “Finny, you haven’t been responding to my messages.”

  “Because like I said, I don’t want to be with someone who cheated on me,” I responded quietly.

  “But I’ve missed you. He didn’t satisfy me like you do,” she leaned a little closer, out of earshot of my mother, “With that big cock of yours.”

  When we were together, that would have
turned me on. Now it just made me flush with embarrassment. I didn’t want her, if only I could use her own words against her…she didn’t satisfy me like Julianna does.

  Our waitress returned to our table, our meals in her hands which forced Natalie to leave the table. Thank fuck for that because now I could enjoy my time with my girlfriend. When I turned my attention back to Julianna, she looked somber as she picked up a French fry and put it in her mouth. Any other point in time, and any other ex-girlfriend of mine, I would have introduced them. But Julianna was fragile because of Michael, Natalie would have only broken her spirit more. I had been trying too hard to build it back up, I couldn’t just let Natalie ruin that. Putting my hand back on Julianna’s thigh discreetly, I gave it a gentle squeeze again, hoping she got the message that everything was okay.

  Mom went off on some tangent about a few things that Ashton was working on at the house when he wasn’t working at his auto shop, but I could see that Julianna wasn’t eating. That was concerning, normally she had such a good appetite.

  “Hey, Finn…I have to use the restroom,” Julianna said quietly from beside me.

  “Of course, baby,” I slipped out of the booth and let her out before taking my seat once more.

  The conversation between mom and I flowed smoothly as Julianna’s food stayed there, all but a few French fries still left on her plate. I caught mom up on how preseason was starting soon and that I would be traveling a lot again so my nightly calls may come every few days rather than almost every night.

  Just as our waitress brought back the box that I had asked for to put Julianna’s dinner in, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I was about ready to send my mother to the bathroom to see if Julianna was alright. That was when I saw that she had texted me.

  Julianna: I had Angie pick me up, I’m not feeling the best.

  My brow furrowed in confusion. She didn’t seem like she was sick when we had sex right before we left. But that would explain why she barely touched her food.