Wanted (19 page)

“What are you lo
ok
ing at
Ellie
? Is there something on my face?” Gunner asked with a
smile.

I don’t know what came over me but I reach
ed up with my left index finger
and tried to wipe the marshmallow off his mouth. Gunner grabbed my hand and
before I knew what he was doing he
put my finger i
nto his mouth and sucked on it.

Holy hell….I’
m pr
etty sure I let out a moan
…..the
a
che down between my legs grew ten
times stronger. I just stared at him.
I could not tear my eyes away from his mouth.
It
was the hottest damn
thing I’
d
ever experienced in my life. I didn’t want him to stop
…ever
. He slowly to
ok
my finger out of
his
mouth.

“Now that was
the best thing I’
ve tasted all day.”
Gunner said with a wink
and a smile. I just sat there stunned.
I don’t even thi
nk I was breathing
. How did he do that? How could he make me want him so damn much? Did he know what he was doing? Surely he knew that wa
s going to turn me the fuck on.

Okay
….I had to clear my head and get away from him because I was so ready to just jump on him. NO!!! I could not do this. Gunner was not lo
ok
ing for a relationship and I certainly was in no way lo
ok
ing to let someone in just to
get hurt
again
.

“Um….I guess we should leave don’t you think?” I said as I lo
oked up at his beautiful
eyes. His smile faded for one qui
ck second and then it was back.

“Sure, you probably need to get things ready for tomorrow.” Gunner said as he slid out of the booth. He to
ok
my arm and helped me up and guided me out the door with his hand on the small of my back. God please help me right now because every time he touched me I thought I was going to expl
ode.

As we stood and waited for Gunner’s truck
to be brought back up
he made small talk about graduation. What time was it, how lon
g did I think it was going to last
?
Once we got the truck and got in and started towards my house he started
to talk about the
graduation
party.
Talk about tryin
g to keep the small talk going.

“So d
id you invite any other
friends to come tomorrow night?” Gunner asked trying
desperately to make small talk.

“Um,
yeah, I think Ari was going to invite
our friends Amanda and
Heather. They’
ve been to a few UT frat parties
with us
so yeah I think they will be up for it.
”

“So just three friends
is
all you are inviting Ells? I mean this is YOUR party sweetheart so you can invite whomever you want. You know that right?” Gunner said as he watched me very clo
sely.

Huh? What was he expecting me to say I was inviting a guy? My heart sank for just a moment. Was Gunner going to have a date there? I started to get angry just thinking about it. Really hone
stly Ellie….it’s not like he’s
your boyfriend.

“I know. I really only have a few close friends and to be honest I want to start moving away from the hi
gh school crowd. I’
ve been dying to come to one of
y’alls
parties for so long. I’
m pretty excited about it!”

Gunner let out a laugh. “I know how that feels….wanting to get away fr
om everything high school. U
m,
so tell me….what Frat parties have
you and your friends go
ne
to?”

Oh shit…..busted. “Gunner…
please
do
not tell Jefferson!
He would be so pissed at me if he knew. I mean
he is so over protective and I’
m so shocked he is even having this party for me and…..and….
Well I mean
we only went
a few times an
d it sucked each time we went. M
y god those college guys had their paws all over us. It was disgusting! Alth
ough, Amanda
lost her virginity at o
ne of the parties……but……”

Just then I heard Gunner start ch
ok
ing. OH
…Oh no! Oh
holy shit….I s
wear…I have zero filters….ZERO!

“Oh my god……. are you
okay
? I mean oh my god, oh
m
y god! I can’t believe I said that out loud…..I mean….oh holy shit……oh no! Please Gunner
don’t
repeat that…ever!
Oh god…first I slip about Ari to Jefferson and now Amanda!
Holy hells bells Amanda is going to kill me and if Jefferson ever found out th
at one of my friends….oh my god
I almost said it again……” There it went….my mouth talking when my brain clearly had checked out again.

“Jesus H. Christ
Ellie
please
…just
PLEASE
stop talking! You’
re making it worse!” Gunner said as he had tears running down his face. Thank goodness we were stopped at a traffic light.
I lo
ok
ed over at Gunner and busted out laughing. I laughed so hard and it felt so good. I cannot remember the last time I laughed so hard or had
so much fun. I loved spending time with
him
. I didn’t want this day to
ever
end. Everything about him made me happy. His eyes, his smile, his touch….
his laugh. We must have laughed for a good five minutes. God it felt so good t
o just be carefree and relaxed.

I was surprised Gunner knew where I lived. I don’t ever remember him coming over to the house. “How did you know where I lived?” I asked as we were driving down the street that lead to
our simple three bedroom house.

“I’ve been here plenty of times
Ellie
. You were just never home. I think you might have been home one time but I usually just waited out in the car for Jeff.” Gunner said with a smile. He lo
ok
ed up and his smile faded and
was replaced by a lo
ok
that scared the shit out of me
. I lo
ok
ed over towards my ho
use as Gunner parked his truck.

Holy hell
.
Ryan was sitting on the steps
to my house.

Chapter Fourteen

Gunner
……

As soon as I saw that bastard sitting on the steps I had to fight the need to
pound his face into the ground.

“What the
fuck
is he doing here?”

Ellie
was just as shocked as I
was. “I don’t know why
he is here. SHIT! My mother is here also Gunner. She is
going to ask questions about what happened! W
hat am I going to tell her??”
Ellie
just about started to cry.

I didn’t have time
to worry about her damn
mother. I just wanted to know what this little prick was doing here waiting for my
Ellie
…..I mean….waiting for
Ellie
.

“I’
ll get your stuff in the back but let me help you out of the truck.” I started to say but
Ellie
threw
the door open and got out of the
truck
before I could stop her
.

“Where the fuck have you been all night
Ellie
. I’
ve been worried sick about you!” Ryan said as he jumped to his feet and started to walk over towards
Ellie
. I reached into the back seat and pulled out her two bags and her backpack. I so wanted to tell this douche bag not to talk to her that way b
ut I needed to stay out of this or I might end up in j
ail for kicking his
ass.

“What are you
doing here
? Why a
re you waiting on my porch for me?”
Ellie
kept lo
ok
ing back up at the house.
What the hell was she lo
ok
ing at?
Was she waiting for her mother to come out? I thought I saw someone standing in a window but I lo
ok
ed away when that little prick started yelling at
Ellie
.

“FUCK yeah I’
ve been waiting
here for you
. I was here last night waiting for you to come home but you never did. Where were you
Ellie
?” Ryan said as he moved closer to
Ellie
. I was standing behind her
so I
to
ok
one step closer to her and
that stopped him in his tracks.

Pussy bastard.

“I don’t
know why you are here Ryan and I
have nothing to say to you. I’
m sorry you waited for me but we are through. I thought I made that perfectly clear yesterday after I saw you with Jessica. As f
ar as where I’
ve been…well that is just none of your business.”
Ellie
said with her shoulders straight and square. Good girl. Stay stron
g…I heard her voice crack while she was talking but
I was s
o fucking proud of her.

Just then that little bastard laughed and lo
ok
ed at me. “What were you o
ut fucking this guy because I wasn’t good enough for you to fuck
Ellie
?” He did not just say that
to her
.

I immediately dropped
Ellie
’s bags and backpack and went straight after that fucker. I had him pinned up against the house before he even knew what hit him.
It to
ok
all of my strength not to beat the shit out of him for talking to her that way.

“You better apologize to her right now you fucking bastard.” I said as I held him even tighter in my grip. I heard
Ellie
behind me let out a gasp.

“OH MY GOD Gunner NO
don’t
hurt him! P
lease just let him go he’
s not worth it.”
Ellie
was trying with all her might to pull my arm off of
Ryan’s neck with her left hand.

“
Ell
ie I need you to stand back. I’
m not letting him go until he
says he is
sorry for what he said to you.”

I could hear him trying to say
something so I let up on my
hold just a bit. “I want you
to
apologize
to her
and
then
tell her you will never bother
her again or I’
m going
to come after you with a few more of my friends and
Ellie
’s brother.
” I said up against his ear.

“If you let go of me I will
tell her
……just let go of me I can barely breathe
dude
.” So I pushed off the fucker and stepped back a few steps. I stood next to
Ellie
and waited for the bast
ard to catch his breath
.

“Um,
Ellie
I um, I
didn’t mean what
I said,
I’
m sorry. I should n
ot have talked to you that way
.
“

He acted like he was finished
and was not going to go on with telling her he would leave her alone
so I to
ok
a step back towards him.

“Yeah and I um, I won’t ever bot
her you again. I understand we’
re over. I’m sorry I hurt you
Ellie
. I really am. I hope you believe me.” Ryan said as he bent down to pick up his baseball cap
that flew off when I pinned his ass against the house
.