Wanna Bet? (16 page)

I look up at
him nervously biting my lip, I’m not sure what he thinks is going
to happen when we get into that bed but I am not being someone’s
one night stand.

“
Trust me?” he
asks sincerely.

I watch him
silently for a minute and decide that after everything, I do trust
him, all the nights we’ve spent together, and all the times he
talked me through the hard times. I nod at him and crawl into bed,
he climbs in next to me and pulls me into him, Tucking me under his
arm so my head lays on his chest, I wrap my arm around him across
his stomach.

“
You have no
idea how long I’ve waited to hold you in my arms like this” Tucker
sighs above me and leans down to lay a kiss on my
forehead.

“
It would
definitely make sleeping you’re bed easier” I tease but frown when
I feel him stiffen “What’s wrong?” I ask lifting my head to see his
worried expression.

“
I don’t want
you to be in my bed, not anymore”

“
Umm …
okay”

“
It just
wouldn’t be right”

“
Okay” I’m not
going to say I understand because I don’t but I won’t push him on
it, I’m sure he will explain when he’s ready.

His arms
tighten around me and I squeeze him back.

“
Can I ask you
a question?”

“
Sure” I
answer unsure.

“
You never did
tell me why you’ve never had any sort of sex”

“
It’s hard for
me to talk about … One of the last things my dad said to me before
he died was how he wished I could stay innocent forever and I guess
it was the only innocence I could save. I know that’s backwards
when you consider the things I’ve done for boyfriends in the past
and the one thing I really I like doing is really not innocent at
all but I thought if I didn’t let my self get to that point then my
innocence would remain. It worked you know, until last night that
is.”

“
You don’t
talk about your dad much, do you?” he asks softly while playing
with my hair.

“
No, the years
I had with him were my happiest. I try not to think about it, it’s
easier to get through all the rubbish times that way” I shrug and
yawn.

“
Go to sleep
Brooke, we have a long weekend ahead”

“
I’m glad
you’re coming, thank you” I yawn

“
You’re
welcome” is the last think I hear him say before keeping my eyes
open becomes too much.

I wake up to
Tucker kissing my neck just below my ear softly. I turn my head to
smile at him. “Morning” he smiles before leaning down and kissing
me.

“
Good
mor
ning” I smile and stretch
out “How long have you been awake?”

“
Not long
about ten minutes, did I wake you?” he grins and starts kissing my
neck again.

“
Mmmnnn” is
all I can reply while he continues his assault on my
neck.

I pull away
and crawl over him so I’m hovering above him on my hands and
knees.

He tilts his
chin up silently asking for a kiss and I obey, as the kiss deepens
and his tongue softly moves again mine my knees give way and I fall
onto his stomach, I pull back from the kiss and smirk at Tucker
because he’s poking me in the stomach. He shrugs and grins
sheepishly at me.

I raise an
eyebrow at him and lean in to kiss him again, when he tries to
deepen the kiss I pull away and start trailing kisses down his body
starting along his jaw and down his neck disappearing under the
covers letting my tongue slide down his chest and his stomach. I
pull his boxers back and take him in my hand; I squeeze slightly
then pull him into my mouth. Working my mouth up and down I hear
him groan. I flick my tongue over the head and then put my hand on
the bottom of his shaft, my mouth meets my hand and twist my head
with him still inside and continue twisting my way up and down the
length of him. I hear him groan out my name followed by a curse and
know that he is getting close but I don’t stop. He pulls the
blanket up over my head so It’s bunched up in between us but I can
see him over it and lift my eyes to his not breaking the gaze until
he fills my mouth, I close my eyes and swallow through his orgasm,
his head falls back on the pillow and I pull him out of my mouth
once he’s finish and chuckle quietly when he covers his face with
his hands.

“
Where are you
going?” he asks grabbing my hand as I jump out of bed.

“
To the
bathroom, we have to get going. We have a long drive and the others
will be here soon”

“
But … you …
what …” I tilt my head at him hoping he will be able to string a
sentence together “What was that you just did?” he finally
asks.

I raise an
eyebrow at him “If we had more time I’d do it again but slowly so
you understand, but we don’t so get up” I pat his leg and head to
the bathroom leaving him grumbling to himself.

“
Ready?”
Sophie asks when I come out of the bathroom, I look around the room
at Sophie, Matt, Luke, Katie and Tucker who are all sat at the
table in the kitchen area. I look down at myself in just a
towel.

“
I won’t be
long” I call as I grab some clothes and head back into the
bathroom. I doesn’t take long for me to get ready because I didn’t
wash my hair so I just leave it down with its natural
wave.

“
We’ll have to
stop in a driveway on the way” Katie tells me washing her cup as I
join them all in the room and accept the take out cup of coffee
that Matt hands me.

“
Sure, I’ve
already had breakfast though” I say straight faced and watch Tucker
stumble on his way to the bathroom.

“
How was he
here before us?” Sophie asks pulling me aside and gesturing towards
the bathroom.

“
He came over
last night” I shrug at her.

“
And …” she
prompts.

“
And nothing”
I tell her, obviously Tucker hadn’t mentioned anything because she
didn’t know why he was here and I don’t want to say anything to
anyone because I don’t know what’s happening anyway and everyone
has warned me plenty of times about him. I don’t want a lecture or
any awkwardness on this trip.

“
I can share a
room with you this weekend and Matt can share with Tucker if you
want?” she asks watching me closely.

“
No, don’t be
silly. It’ll be fine I promise”

“
Right let’s
go the
n” Luke calls when
Tucker comes back from the bathroom.

“
Don’t worry
about it” I say quietly to Sophie as we all head out.

“
Who’s going
with who?” Matt asks once we have reached the cars.

“
We’ll take
two cars three in each, Tucker can come with us and Brooke can go
with Luke and Kate” Sophie tells us all. I roll my eyes at her
attempt to keep me and Tucker apart a bit longer.

We pull into
the hotel and once we have all parked the cars and gotten our
luggage, Sophie hands Matt her bag to put in their room and follows
Tucker and I to our room.

Tucker sends
her a look of annoyance when we walk into our room but I just smirk
at him.

“
What the hell
was that this morni
ng?” he
asks me quietly when we’re finally left alone for two minutes as
Sophie uses the bathroom.

“
Do you really
need me to spell it out for you?” I ask him.

“
That’s not
what I meant … how are you so good at it?” he asks me looking
slightly annoyed.

“
I like doing
it” I shrug at him “There’s only so much you can do with a
boyfriend when you’re a virgin who doesn’t want to have sex. I’ve
had practice”

“
Who?” he asks
me.

“
Jason”

“
And …” he
narrows his eyes at me but I don’t get a chance to reply because
Sophie walks back in the room.

“
Ready?” she
asks frowning at Tucker who is glaring at me.

“
No one” I
answer him rolling my eyes before turning to Sophie
“Yes
, let go”

We all meet
downstairs and decide to have lunch in the hotel
restaurant.

“
What’s the
plan then Brooke, what do you want to do?” Luke asks me when we
order our drinks and have finished eating.

“
I’m not sure,
I’d like to meet Will but I want to do that tomorrow. All I want to
do is go to the pub tonight so what ever everyone wants to do today
is fine with me”

“
What’s the
pub called again?” Matt asks me over his pint.

“
The black
horse”

“
So we’ll
split up and all meet there at seven?” he asks looking to Sophie
for confirmation.

“
That sounds
good” I answer and someone walking past our table catches my
attention, I’m not sure why the guy looks so familiar but I feel
like I know him, he’s about my age maybe a little older. Blonde,
tall, good looking and very athletic looking. He catches my eye and
smiles but then does a double take and frowns at me. Shaking his
head he walks away. I frown to myself and turn my attention back to
the table, everyone is watching me.

“
Umm what did
you say?” I ask the table not sure if someone has spoken to me or
not.

“
Who was
that?” Sophie asks and I notice her and Katie are both watching the
man walk away.

“
I’ll be right
back” Is all I say and head over to the bar where the guy is now
sat on a stool.

“
Excuse me,
sorry for interrupting you but do I know you? You look familiar but
I’m not sure?” I wince internally because what I said sounds like a
lame chat up line.

“
Brooke?” he
asks me.

“
Yeah…” Is all
I can say because he gets up from his stool and pulls me into a
hug. I’m not sure what to do so I just keep my arms by my
side.

“
Will said you
were coming” he releases me a
nd holds me at arms length “I can’t believe how grown up
you are now” he smiles as he takes me in with his eyes.

“
Umm…”

“
Sorry I’m
Andrew, we used to play football on the beach when you were
younger, I’m sorry to hear about your dad by the way” he finally
fills me in.

“
Oh, sorry I
don’t remember much from before he died” I explain.

“
That’s okay,
how long are you in town for?”

“
Ju
st
tonight.”

“
My dad will
want to see you, come on” He grabs my hand and I blink at the
intimacy of it.

“
Is Will
you’re dad?” I ask still looking at our joined hands.

“
No” he laughs
slightly “this is so strange, you really don’t
remember?”

I shake my
head at him. “I should really tell my friends that I’m leaving the
restaurant if you want me to meet your dad” I tell him sure that my
friends must be wondering what’s going on.

“
Of course
he’s only upstairs anyway, he’s the owner”

He leads me –
still holding my hand – back to the table where everyone is
sat.

“
Hi guys” I
smile at everyone. Sophie and Katie are staring at Andrew with
their mouths slightly open, Luke and Tucker are both staring at our
hands and Matt is glaring at Sophie.

“
This is
Andrew, we used to play football when my dad brought me
here”

“
Hi” Sophie
and Kate say at the same time but it’s almost a whisper.

“
Andrew this
is Sophie, Matt, Luke, Katie and Tucker” I point to everyone as I
say their names and he says hello to each other them.

“
Why don’t you
join us?” Sophie asks him and then winces and glares at Matt, my
guess is he kicked her under the table.

“
Sure” Andrew
says releasing my hand and grabbing a chair from a near by table. I
take my seat and he slides his chair in between me and
Luke.

“
Brooke you
have to have sex with him” Sophie whispers in my ear making me
choke on my drink and turn bright red.

“
What?” I
screech. Everyone turns to stare at us.

She rolls her
eyes and pulls me up from the table. Once she has dragged me a few
paces away from the table she grabs both of my arms and shakes me
slightly.

“
This is very
mature and inconspicuous Soph” I roll my eyes at her but keep one
eye on the table.

“
Do not tell
me you don’t think he’s hot” she says raising both her eyes brows
at me.

“
He’s cute,
but I’m not going to have sex with him, I don’t know
him”

“
You do! You
used to play football with him. You have to and then you have to
tell me and Kate what he looks like naked” she begs I look back to
the table and sure enough Kate is staring at him almost dreamy
eyed.

“
Forget it. If
Matt could hear you now he would kill you” I scold but can’t help
smirking at her. She has never once cheated on Matt and I don’t
think she ever will but the way she is looking at Andrew almost
wistfully makes me wonder. I walk back to the table and ignore her
when she calls me back.