Limitless (Journey Series) (3 page)

He came over to me after hanging up
his tan tux that we had decided on and twisted my hips around so I was pressed
against his body. I breathed in his deep soap scent that I loved so much and
squeezed my eyes shut to savor the smell. Hopefully, when we got old and gray,
that smell would still be there. It was one of the things I loved about him so
much, it was just so comforting.

“Are you doing okay?” he whispered
against my neck in between warm kisses. I bunched up his shirt in my hands
willing him not to stop, trying to keep his head where it was but of course, he
pulled back to look at me intently with those familiar green eyes.

“Yes, I’m okay. The real question
is, are you okay?”

After Mr. Barnum or should I say,
Roy, left, I was kind of eerily calm about the whole situation. When Chase got
home from hanging out with the guys, I explained what happened and he went a
little crazy, to put it into nicer terms. He paced the living room back and
forth so many times I was sure there would be marks in the carpet.

After he finally got done grilling
me about what Roy said word for word about twenty times, he went off into the
small office we had set up and clicked away on the computer, researching for
hours. I’m pretty sure I saw a few grey hairs on his pretty little head by the
time he finally came out.

“Let’s not worry about it until we
get home, ‘kay? We can deal with the real world when we get back. For now,
let’s worry about what we should wear to this little shindig planned for us
tonight, and better yet what our friends have planned for us.”

Chase

Leah was right, I needed to forget
the whole Caleb situation for now and just enjoy our time together. I mean, we
were down here to get married and pretty soon Leah would be my wife. How
fuckin’ crazy was that? Just thinking about that guy though pissed me off and
made my chest tighten. Roy Barnum, what kind of name is that anyway? One for a douche
bag.

 Any guy who had touched Leah’s mom
had to be an idiot. I had heard countless stories from Leah about her mom’s
scandalous ways. She was an uncaring woman who didn’t give two shits about her
own kids and was only ever worried about her next lay and to make sure there
was plenty of booze around the house.

 I was convinced he was just
putting on a show for Leah. She said he was dressed nicely and looked to be
clean cut. Yeah, well you can’t always judge people by their appearances,
right? Leah had thought I was some sort of bad boy player when she had first
met me, just because I had some tattoos and a tongue ring. I had been with a
few girls, nothing out of the norm, but I left the whole player thing up to
Teddy. I had been his wingman for years.

Hopefully, Leah’s mother was just
mistaken about this Roy character and we wouldn’t have to deal with all of that
shit.

For now, I just needed to worry
about Leah. And she was looking freaking sexy right about now. I couldn’t
believe
that
was my soon- to- be- wife. She had left to go get ready
with Ally and Remy after finding something to wear and I didn’t see her again
until we met up for the pre- wedding blow out that Ally had planned. She had
rented one of those cabana things right on the beach with a fire pit in the
center.

“Damn baby, how did I get so
lucky?” I wrapped her in my arms the minute I saw her, grabbing a nice handful
around back before she pushed me away with a giggle. She had her hair down just
how I liked it, all curly and loose on her bare shoulders and Ally had somehow
convinced her to wear the shortest red dress I think I had ever seen, along
with a pair of black heels that were so tall and pointy I’m not even sure how
she was walking right now.

“This is awesome, wouldn’t you just
love to live here?” I pulled her down onto my lap on one of those chaise lounge
things and the rest of the crew joined us.

“Here, these are for you two.” Ally
placed a tiara with a veil on Leah’s head and a button that said bride-to-be on
it, while I got my typical black hat that I liked to wear but had the word
groom scrawled across it in white.

 We had a personal waiter that brought
anything from the beach bar to us and then Ally had some of those fire breathing
dancers come out along with hula girls in grass skirts.

“Now that’s what I’m talking about.
Let the entertainment begin,” Teddy yelled out, while throwing a shot back and standing
up to dance alongside the girls. I noticed Ally behind him rolling her eyes and
her arms crossed tightly over her chest. I really wasn’t sure what was going on
with those two, it was like they were fighting being in a relationship together
or something, even though they seemed to have an undeniable attraction. Anyone
with two eyes could see it.

After that, we made our way to one
of the on-site clubs. I knew this kind of place wasn’t Leah’s typical scene
since she didn’t drink much but she seemed to be okay with whatever Ally had
planned. When we got in, Ally talked to the front bouncer who then showed us to
a VIP section. This girl had really hooked us up tonight.

“Oh my god Ally, this is awesome!”
Remy squealed out from Marks lap. The place was two levels and the VIP section
was on the top. It looked like there were a few different bar sections and just
like with the cabana we got our own personal waitress who immediately took our
drink orders upon arrival.

“Leah, let’s go dance!” Ally jumped
up grabbing Leah and Remy’s hands and with one swift kiss from Leah, she was
gone.

“So dude, you ready for tomorrow?
Getting cold feet and all that shit?” Teddy asked as his eyes scanned the crowd
beneath us. His normal groupies weren’t around that knew him so well but he
still had girls falling all over him just about everywhere he went. I was
pretty positive that he would be leaving with at least one tonight.

“Yeah, I think I’m good, Teddy. No
cold feet here to worry about. What about you and Ally, you thinking about
starting anything up with her?”

“She’s better than half the shit you
bring home anyway, Teddy, why don’t you give it a shot?” Mark chimed in while
handing us each another shot that the waitress had just brought over. I needed
to seriously slow down or Leah was going to have to carry my wasted ass back to
the room. I had other plans for tonight, so that would not do.

“Trust me, Ally is loads of fun but
you guys know better than anyone I’m not ready to settle down. Especially if
the band is going somewhere. Who wants to have to keep it in their pants when you’re
on the road? Not this guy.” I just laughed at him as I scanned the crowd of
dancers until I found Leah’s small body moving to the music alongside Ally and
Remy.

Since I had left the band, Tyler had
joined. And Leah liked to remind me that he had nothing on me, but the guys had
actually been doing good, booking more gigs and bigger locations. They even got
contacted to be the opening act on a tour. Leah asked if I missed it or if I
wished I would be going with them but I was glad I got my teaching job. And I
was about to marry the hottest and smartest girl around. I wouldn’t change
anything even if I could.

“Chase, come dance with me,” Leah
yanked on my hand with a seductive smile and I wasn’t about to do anything but
follow. She led me through the crowd of people and I placed my hands on her
hips while she moved them to the music. Even with those tall ass heels on, the
top of her head still only came to my shoulder. I could tell what little liquor
she drank had gone straight to her head by the way she was laughing the whole
time and leaning her body against me, but I didn’t mind.

I twisted her body around so her
back was to my chest and wrapped my arms around her small waist. She kept
pressing her body closer and closer to me, which really wasn’t a good thing
since there were so many people around, even though I liked it. A lot.

I had to take advantage of her
aggressiveness even if that made me an asshole. She normally wasn’t like this
in public.

I trailed kisses down her neck
while she wrapped an arm around the back of mine and I whispered in her ear,
feeling the shivers run right down her body. “You really should quit that or
were gonna get kicked out of here. I don’t think they’ll like what I’m about to
do to you right now.” My dick twitched in my pants, like it was trying to make
a point. I’m sure she could feel it too, through that thin ass material that
was molded to ever curve of her body.

She giggled at me and turned her
body around again, bringing her lips just inches away from mine. “Are you ready
to ditch this place then? Ally will never have to know.”

I scooped her up in my arms just
the way she liked it and made a beeline through the crowd. I didn’t have to be
asked twice.

Leah

“There you are, Leah Rossi! I know
you sneaked out on me last night and just left without a goodbye. I bet you
think you’re so sneaky, but you’re not.  You’re lucky it’s your wedding day or
I’d beat the shit out of you right now. I don’t think a black eye would be too
pretty in the wedding pictures though.” Ally huffed out a breath, before
climbing into the pedicure chair beside me and dipping her feet into the
steaming water with a sigh. Remy was already on the other side of me after we
had met up for breakfast. Apparently, Ally had a later night than the both of
us. I wonder who exactly it was with.

“Just relax, Al. Me and Chase don’t
get much alone time, so we’re going to take advantage of it while we can. We
had fun with everything you planned out, so thank you.”

“Well, I guess that’s okay then, as
long as you had fun
before
and
after
.” She wiggled her eyebrows
at me, not even needing an answer for that. She knew perfectly well all about
Chase’s amazing skills. I’m pretty sure she was sick of hearing about them.

“So Rem, you excited to start
school? Can you believe we’re almost done?” Remy and I both had equal amount of
credits so we would be getting our nursing degrees at the end of the fall
semester.

“Yes,” she answered back while
handing the technician a bottle of bright red nail polish that she had picked
out, which matched her hair perfectly. “I just can’t believe that we’re almost
finished, its surreal. Then I just have to figure out where I want to go and
start applying for jobs. Who knows where Mark will be or if we’ll end up
staying together.”

I knew she had been worrying about
that lately and their relationship seemed to be a little strained because of
it. The Major Hoosiers had been offered the opportunity to open for a pretty
big band and they would be on the road for a while if they accepted, which I
was pretty sure they would be doing.

“Well, at least you have a little
bit of time to decide on all of that. Hopefully, you’ll figure out everything
with Mark.” Remy nodded her head silently, but I could tell she was stuck on
the whole Mark thing.

I loved Chase with all of my heart,
but who knows if we would’ve ended up staying together if he had continued to
be in the band. I don’t know if I could handle having a boyfriend on the road
even though I trusted him completely. It was those groupies that I didn’t trust.

“So Al, what did you end up doing
for the rest of the night after we left? Seems like you were out pretty late.”
I raised an eyebrow at her, but she avoided looking at me. Instead, her toes
looked very interesting all of a sudden.

“Oh, nothing. Just danced a little,
walked on the beach for a bit. Nothing too exciting.”

I snorted when she said it. I knew
her too well, basically every word out of her mouth had just been a lie, but I
decided to let it go. For now.

We were pampered for the rest of
the day, getting our toes and nails done, and then getting massages. Lunch was
brought to us while we were soaking in our whirlpool with our special facial
masks on. I felt fancy eating those tiny little finger sandwiches with
cucumbers on them.  I had never before been so catered to in my life. Mary had
really outdone herself with all of this and I was really going to need to
figure out a good way to repay her.

After our soaking, all three of us
were put into white fluffy robes and were escorted to the salon in the resort.
We weren’t doing anything too fancy so I just got my hair styled with my usual
curls and a crown of braids added to the front. Ally and Remy both got theirs
put up into a simple twist and then we made our way up to their room where we
were getting ready for the ceremony.

“Oh my,” Remy breathed out after
helping me slip the simple white dress that flowed around my ankles, carefully
over my hair. The minute I had seen this dress at the bridal store, I knew it
was going to be perfect for our ceremony. There was a lace overlay over the
thin material and it tied around my neck, leaving my back completely exposed. “You
look gorgeous; I can’t wait till Chase sees you. He won’t have any idea what to
do with himself. He’s probably going to faint.”

Chase

The day had passed by slower than I
had thought possible. Teddy, Mark, and I hung out at the beach all day, after
my mom made sure I was lathered up in plenty of sunscreen, like I was five
years old again. The girls definitely had more pampering to do on the wedding
day than us guys.

Mark had hired a private instructor
for us to try out scuba diving. It was something I had always wanted to try and
it was an awesome experience. After spending almost half of the day learning
how to use all of the equipment, and then exploring, we relaxed on the beach.

I sat up when I glanced down at my
watch, seeing that it was about time to go up and get dressed, and punched
Teddy in the shoulder. He had been passed out the minute we hit the beach.
Probably from a very late night.