Sean (15 page)

A million things were running through my head. It was too loud to have a conversation with Ethan, so I didn’t bother. I’d know soon enough.
The announcer got the crowd even more fired up before he yelled into the microphone.

“Give it up! Buckcher
rrry!”

I took a deep breath as the band members rushed the stage. The music started immediately and my eyes shot to the right. Brynn’s back was to the crowd as she moved her body expertly to the beat. The crowd went wild as
All Night Long
was recognized as the opening song. Ethan grinned at me as he checked out my reaction. My jaw was hanging, as it had every time I’d witnessed Brynn move.

She looked as though she’d been specifically trained for the part. Her entire body was involved in every beat. Her movements were sharp and sexy as she teased thousands before she turned, paused, and raised her
eyebrows. The crowd exploded as she smiled and gave a little wink before she went all out. It was different to see her dance up there, knowing it wasn’t just for me, but I wasn’t any less impressed. In fact, I was shocked at her confidence and complete ease as she held the crowd around her little finger. I was in awe of her.

“Give it up for Angel!”
the tattooed guy said at the end of the song. The crowd screamed, whistled, and I heard various comments yelled out by guys around me. I wanted so badly to yell out, “That’s my girlfriend!” but I didn’t. I was really proud of her.

Ethan motioned to the security guy and he came over and opened the gate for us
again. We made our way back to meet the girls. When they came through the door, they were obviously wound up. It looked like they’d just come off a roller coaster ride or something equally invigorating.

“Was that fucking awesome, or what?” Gia said breathlessly.

“Hell yes! Good job, Brynn!” Ethan gave her a hug.

“Thanks.” Brynn panted. She
looked at me with hesitation.

“Fucking awesome is an understatement,” I said. “I’m speechless.”
She threw her arms around me and gave me a hot kiss.

“Let’s get shots!” Gia said.

“I think I had enough back there.” Brynn pointed to the door they’d come out. “But you guys go for it.”

“Well, you needed some liquid courage.” Gia laughed. “How about just a beer? I’m parched.”

We went to the nearest bar and as Ethan and I got the drinks, Brynn got surrounded by ‘fans.’ “Back the fuck up!” I heard Gia yell. Ethan reached over the bar and hit something and within five seconds he and three other guys had broken up the swarm.

“Thanks, baby,” Gia told Ethan. “Are you okay?” she asked Brynn.

“I’m fine,” Brynn answered. “They were just goofing around.”

I put my arm around her and she turned into me.

“We might want to head up to the VIP platform for the rest of the show,” Ethan said. “That’s where you belong anyway,” he told Brynn. “Being as you’re a celebrity and all.” He smiled and winked.

When we got up there, Brynn and I got comfy on our stool from the other night. It was nice to have her all to myself again.

“Thanks for being cool about the dancing thing,” she said.

“You were amazing up there. I’m really proud of you.”

“You are?” She seemed surprised. “I was afraid you might not be okay with it. Gia helped them talk me into it.”

“I want you to do what makes you happy,” I told her. “Don’t worry about what
I or anyone else thinks, as long as it makes you happy. You deserve that.” I knew what kind of a person she was and I knew I could safely say that and mean it.

We enjoyed the rest of the show together
and then hung out with Gia and Ethan until we headed back to the cabin for our last night under that canopy. We’d be leaving in the morning and I was anxious to be alone with Brynn again.

“I drank too much tonight,” she said as she undressed. She was mildly unsteady but didn’t seem to be what I considered ‘drunk
.’ I had the feeling she was trying to tell me something. She’d been different all day. We had fun and it didn’t seem as though she were upset with me, she just seemed a little withdrawn.

“Would you like something to eat?” I asked.

“No. I just need to sleep.” I watched as she crawled into bed and pulled the blanket up to her neck.

I undressed down to my boxers and crawled in next to her. She gave me a peck on the lips and said good-night before she turned to her side and closed her eyes. I stared at the back of her head, wondering if I should be worried about her
or what she was thinking. I reminded myself that I didn’t want to be an overbearing boyfriend who jumped to conclusions when his normally quiet girlfriend needed her own time.

We were fairly rushed in the morning as we barely had our things packed when Gia and Ethan pulled up to take us to the airport.
Brynn was in good spirits and she seemed to be happy to be heading home. It had been a great weekend, but I was ready to be home, too. I was excited to fall into a routine with Brynn. Not a boring, do the same thing every day routine, but fun dates, long talks, laughing and making love kind of routine.

Brynn said her good-byes quickly and walked toward security. I appreciated that she let me have a moment with Ethan and Gia before we l
eft. Ethan told me I’d better hold onto her and that he thought she was really something. I agreed. Gia said I’d better be careful or I was gonna “fuck it all up with her before I even realized it.” I loved how she didn’t sugar coat it; she just said exactly what came to her. I hugged her extra tight, knowing it would be a while until we saw each other again.

I leaned into Brynn as she watched out the window on the plane. “Thanks for coming with me this weekend. I had a lot of fun.”

“Thanks for inviting me. I’ll never forget all the firsts.” She smiled and squeezed my hand as we watched the city disappear.

Chapter 8

We’d had a fun trip home and I felt better about where we stood when we landed in California.
By the time we had our luggage and were waiting for a cab, I was starving.

“How about some Chinese food and a movie
on my couch?” I asked Brynn.

“Actually, I’m going to head home,” she said. “I haven’t stayed there in almost a week.”

“Are you sure?” Maybe I wasn’t so at ease with where we stood.

“Yes. I can’t stay with you every night. I like my own place, too. Home, you know?”

I nodded. If I hadn’t stayed at my own home for almost a week, I’d have wanted to be home, too. I gave Brynn’s address to the cab driver. We snuggled in the back seat. “I could bring Chinese food over to your place, if you want.”

She seemed surprised
as she pondered it. “Broccoli beef sounds really good,” she said. My pulse quickened as I grabbed my phone and put our order in online.

I smiled and kissed her, thankful for the chance to spend more time with her. I carried her luggage up to her apartment as the cab waited to drop me at my place. I told her I’d be back shortly with our dinner. She seemed happy
, which made me feel ecstatic.

I didn’t waste any time as I tossed my luggage into my room and headed to my car. I picked up the food and some fresh flowers before I sped across town to be with her.

She’d showered and made some tea since I’d dropped her off and the smile that greeted me when she opened the door was sincere. She closed her eyes as she smelled the flowers and it took me back to our second date. So much had happened since then, but she was still the same girl who kissed me on the zip-line and shocked me with her inexperienced, yet well-researched sexuality.

I wrapped my arms around her waist, picked her up, and slowly swung her around as I kissed her. She giggled as she kissed me back. “You’re beautiful,” I told her.

She replaced the old flowers with the new ones and we shared our dinner from the boxes. We talked about the upcoming week and weekend as we compared schedules, trying to fit each other in where we could. I disliked the fact that she worked nights until two a.m., but I was fairly certain I could trade a couple of my day shifts with the night guy, giving Brynn and I a similar schedule several days a week. Of course, when school started in the fall, we’d have opposite schedules again, but at least we’d have the rest of July and August to build-up what we’d started.

“Do you want to stay the night?” Brynn asked.

“I’d love to.”

“My bed is kinda small,” she said. “We’ll have to sleep very close.”

“Maybe we should stay here more often.” I winked.

She double checked all the locks on the door and apologized for not having a TV. I told her it was no big deal
and that we’d have to make our own entertainment. She seemed to like that idea. She set her phone on the dock in her bedroom and put some music on. It helped drown out some of the noise that seemed to be non-stop around her building. She said she didn’t even notice it anymore, except when there was gunfire;
that
she noticed.

“Jesus, Brynn,” I said. I knew there was nothing I could do about it, but I really hated the fact that she lived in a dangerous neighborhood, alone.

“Can we try some new things tonight?” She changed the subject drastically.

I chuckled. “What’d you have in mind?” I was curiously excited.

“Positions. Different positions.”

“Think of me as your personal positions tester,” I told her. “I’ll do my best to accommodate
you.”

She smiled. “I’ll be right back.” She disappeared to her bedroom.
Hmm.
When she returned she carried the bag from The Naughty Spot and had changed into a silky white knee-length cami with spaghetti straps. She looked amazing in it and I felt very warm.

“I love that,” I told her as she dug through the bag.

“Thanks.” She turned toward me, holding something. Her nipples hardened under the breast hugging silk. “I’ve been thinking about this ever since we got it.” It was the Screaming O vibrating ring.

“Let’s see if it lives up to its name.” I stood and she pulled my shirt off. Her lips met mine and
I could feel her heart pounding already. She’d worked herself up just thinking about what she wanted to do. It was such a turn on. She ripped my jeans off like she hadn’t had sex in months and pushed me down in the dining room chair. She spread her legs and straddled me as the silk raised to her thrusting hips.

“I want you,” she panted at my lips as she reached between us and lifted my cock
to touch her right where she wanted it. Her hand was forceful and I moaned as she squeezed. I rolled the condom on and she lubed it as I sucked her nipple through the silky fabric. I aided her as we slid the ring down my shaft and turned on both vibrators. The one meant for me at the base of my shaft felt amazing as it vibrated my boys. Brynn positioned herself and slid my cock into her warm wet pussy. God, she still felt like a virgin. She moaned as she rode me, trying to get a rhythm going.

She stood, unsatisfied with how that position felt, and turned around. I lifted the silk as she backed down into my lap. The view I had from that angle was making me lose my mind. Her ass moved up and down
as I watched my cock disappear into her over and over. She had ahold of my ankles and I imagined she was watching from the bottom. I was about to come, but she wanted something different.

She rose again and I saw her frustration. I picked her up and carried her to her bed. I laid her down and brought her knees to her chest. I spread her legs slightly and entered her fully, pressing the vibration directly onto her clit.

“Ahh,” she smiled.
There we go.
I grinded back and forth, keeping it tight and rhythmic, just like she wanted. She licked her lips. “Yes,” she whispered. It felt so good I wished I could fuck her all night, but I’d be lucky to last two more minutes. Her breasts heaved and bounced as I bumped her ass with my hips. I turned my head and ran my tongue along her calf after it grazed my cheek.

She brought her legs down and pushed me off of her and onto the bed beside her. In an instant she was on top of me,
taking me inside her. She leaned down and kissed me with her eyes open while she grinded deep. The vibration was tight against her clit again and when she moaned, her eyes pleaded with mine. I placed my hands on her lower back as I thrust upwards to meet her motion. Her head went back and her breathing was fast. I pulled my head up to suck her neck, but she pushed me back down.

“Don’t fucking move,” she said as she dug deep into me and moved ever so slightly.
Fuck!
She was in a good place. Her intensity pushed me over the edge and I came long and hard.

“Fuck, Brynn. Fuck,” I whispered. She tensed and closed her eyes. “C’mon baby, let go,” I told her. She came unraveled.

“Oohhh, Sean, ahh.” She reached between her legs, turned off the vibrators, and collapsed on top of me, burying her face in my neck. “Ahh, yeah,” she whispered as her orgasm lingered. Her pussy pulsed around my cock as her back rose and fell with her rapid breaths.

I ran my hands up and down the silk on her back. She shivered and nuzzled into my neck. I could feel her smile against my skin and it warmed my entire body. “Every time is like the first time with you,” I told her.

“Mmm.” She moaned against my neck, sending goose bumps across my shoulder. Then she giggled. “Sorry about my bossiness. I got a bit…lost.”

“You can get bossy and lost with me anytime. I loved it.” I squeezed her.

She rolled off me, allowing me to rid myself of the Screaming O and the condom. When I returned, she was under the blanket, grinning. I slid in next to her and she met me with open arms. We kissed long and passionately. She felt soft and warm as she pressed her silk-covered body against me.

“Thank you for staying here with me tonight,” she said. “It’s nice to
be home and have you next to me.”

“It’s nice to be here, next to you. Tomorrow is our last work-free day for a while. I want you to pick something fun to do together.”

“I could go for a day at the beach,” she said.

“Perfect.”

***

We did spend that next day at the beach, and many more days through
the rest of the summer. We had the best time together laughing, swimming and enjoying each other. Brynn was a breath of fresh air that I couldn’t get enough of. If we weren’t at the beach, we were at the movies or the gym, or at her place or mine. We picnicked in the mountains and revisited the waterfall, went tubing and bowling and biking. We spent all of our free time with each other.

The sex was amazing.
Making love to her was as sweet as anything I’d ever felt and fucking her was mind-blowing and raw. She was intense and knew exactly what she wanted and where she wanted it. She learned what I liked too, and loved to take control and watch me come apart. She dressed up for me a lot. It started out as a visual aid for me to imagine her job as something other than what it was. She pretended to be a teacher, secretary, and a nurse, but we soon realized that the sex was even hotter as a result of the costume, so it turned into a weekly ritual. She could fucking rock the little school-girl uniform and I’d never seen such a sexy nerd.

When September neared, we knew our days of fun and frolicking were going to become limited. I’d be in school most of the day and she’d still be working most nights. I tried to transfer into some night classes, but beings as it was my last year, my classes were set. I wanted Brynn to move in with me, but she said it was too soon. She promised we’d get through it and we’d see each other more than I thought.
I hoped she was right.

On our last free day before school started
, I got a call from Gia. Brynn and I were just headed to the beach.

“It’s Gia,” I told Brynn. “I’ll just be a sec.”

Brynn sighed and plopped down on the couch like someone had just let the air out of her. I hated how she acted like that whenever Gia called. She knew we were good friends and that we kept in touch. Plus, she and Gia were friends too, although Brynn didn’t seem very eager to keep the line of communication going long distance since we’d come back from The Lock in July. I’d have to ask her about that. It bothered Gia.

“Hey
, Sean!” Gia said. “Ethan got us four tickets to the Kid Rock/Hank Jr. concert there in October!”

“Great!” I told her. We’d talked about seeing it together, but they didn’t know if they’d be able to make the trip or not. “I’m glad you guys could make it work. I
won’t be working after school starts, so I’ll just have to tell Brynn to get it off.”

“Speaking of Brynn, has she said anything about me? It seems like she’s been giving me the cold shoulder.” Gia sounded concerned.

“No, she hasn’t said anything. I can ask her if you want.” I felt bad her feelings were hurt.

“No. I’ll give her a call later. I’m probably just being paranoid. Tell her I said hi and you two have fun at the beach.”

“Okay. Love ya.”

After I hung up, I told Brynn about the concert. She nodded and said she’d try to get off work for it. She didn’t seem too excited about it. I grabbed her around the waist and lifted her. Normally she would’ve wrapped her legs around me, but she didn’t.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“I thought we were going to the beach.”

“We are.” I kissed her soft lips. “You seemed down. I was just trying to lift you up.”

She forced a smile. “I’m good. Let’s go.”

We stopped for breakfast, but Brynn barely ate. I hated when she did that, but she didn’t do it very often so I never spoke of it. She still went to counseling and therapy once or twice a week, depending on her needs, so I knew she was working on it.

“I’ve decided to try out for
Grease
,” she said out of the blue. My eyes grew big. I was shocked. She hadn’t mentioned it at all since July. Not one word.

“Good for you! I didn’t know you were even considering it.” I was a little hurt she hadn’t talked about it.

“I wasn’t. It just came to me this morning. I need something to do while you’re in school all day. I’ll start practicing tomorrow, try out in about three weeks, and then if I get a part, I’ll still have all day open to rehearse.” She didn’t have much enthusiasm about it.

“Of course you’ll get a part.” I leaned over and kissed her. “I’m excited for you and proud of you for going for it.”

“Yeah, we’ll see. Are you ready?” She stood.

“Yep!” I finished my juice and followed her to the car. I hoped her mood would lighten a little. She was unusually crabby.

She did lighten up finally and we had a great day. She even ate half her meal when we stopped for an early dinner on the way back to my place. As I followed her through my door, I felt anxious about it being our last night together before our schedules became filled with school, homework, rehearsals, and her job.