Wanted (41 page)

“Come on let’s go sit on the front porch…..” Ellie said as she turned to Gunner and pointed to the front of the house. Gunner lo
ok
ed concerned but just nodd
ed his head like he understood.

“He is in the house…I can’t let him see me crying Ells.” I said as I panicked at the idea of
seeing Jeff right that second.

“We will walk through the gate
okay
?” Ellie linked her arm with mine an
d we walked to the front porch.

After I told her what
Jeff said to me and how I told him the truth about Jason,
she just sat back in the swing.

“Ari, clearly Jeff has feelings for you sweets. You have to see that right. Why didn’t you go after him?”

“I don’t know why I didn’t Ellie. I mean it’s like he wants to be with me but he doesn’t. I don’t know how
else
to explain it….I feel like he is attracted to me but he does nothing to act on it. Maybe
he just can’t see me as anything
more than his little sisters best friend Squirt. He even called me squirt before he turned and walked away. I
t killed me when he said that it worked……that me
trying to hurt him worked.”

“Well of course it worked. You had to know when you told him he would be upset. Give him time Ari. Maybe he just needs time to get use to the
idea of you being something other than
my best friend. What you need to do is show him that is not all you are.
You are more than Arianna…Ellie’s best friend….You are more than just Squirt………
You need to mak
e him want you Ari….want you bad
!
You need to show him how much he wants to be with you!
”

Ellie said with a wicked smile on her face. We b
oth started to laugh. Only Ellie
could make me fee
l better when I felt like shit.

“
Okay
I have other news! S
o while you were dancing, Gunner asked if we both wanted to go to his grandparent’s ranch
next week for a few days. I SO want to go but I need you to go with me. Please say you will go!”

Ellie was so fucking cute when she begged! “Of course I’ll go with you. Is um…..Jeff going?”

Ellie smiled that big ole smile of hers
.
”
You bet he’
s going! Five full days of us in the country with two
really
good lo
ok
ing guys
and
the Llano
River
runs
right through it…..I’m thinking Jeff might need to see you in your red bikini!
”

“Well
,
when you put it
that way…count me the fuck in!”

We both started laughing so hard we couldn’t stop. So Ellie thought I should go after Jeff huh? I think I was up for that challenge! Just then
the front door opened……..
speak
of the devil……
it was Jeff.

He opened the door
all the way
and stepped outside. “Is everything
okay
? Why are y’all sitting out here?”

“Well, we were just talking about how much
we
were lo
ok
ing forward to heading out to the country with you and Gunner.” I said as I got up and walked t
owards Jeff.

Now it was his turn to be
stunned. I walked up to him and leaned in so he had to bend down towards me to hear what I was about to say.

“I can’
t decide if I want to bring my red bikini or my white one? I might just have to bring both. What do you think Jeff?”

He lo
ok
ed like he was having a really hard time swallowing and if
I
didn’t know any better I would say that Mr. Big football player was blushi
ng. Oh yes…I liked Ellie’s plan I thought as I let a smile play across my face.

Game on Jeff………….

CHAPTER THIRTY TWO

G
unner……

Things must be
okay
with Ari because Ellie and Ari came through the front door giggling like school girls. J
eff was walking behind them
and
lo
ok
ed at me and just shrugged. I was standing in the kitchen talking to Brad and Amanda. I lo
ok
ed back up and saw Jon walking over to Ari and Ellie.
What was that fucker up to? I watched as he
put his hand on Ellie’s arm.
I immediately saw her tense up.

I couldn’t tell what they were talking about but Ellie kept shaking her head no
but held a polite smile on her face. He then leaned down closer to the side of her face and said something that made her laugh.

“Dude, are you even listening to me?” Brad said as he pushed my shoulder back. I tore my eyes away from Ellie and Jon
and lo
ok
ed at B
rad.

“Oh yeah sorry I was distracted by something.” I said as I lo
ok
ed back over to towar
ds Ellie. Jon was clearly
up to something that fucker.

“Listen Gunner, you better keep an eye on Jonathon Barker. That fucker is a man whore. Once he sees something he wants he won’t stop at anything until he gets it in his bed.” Brad
said as he star
ed over at Jon and Ellie.

“I know all about Jon but thanks for the warning Brad. Lo
ok
s like he has his eyes on the one thing that he will not be taking to bed so if you will excuse me Amanda, Brad….I have a girl to save.” I said as I star
ted to walk over towards Ellie.

I felt the heat moving up my body the more I watched him try to move closer and c
loser to her. I noticed Ellie take
a step backwards away from Jon. I was already fisting my hands up so I needed to get a grip. When I walked up behind him I heard what he was saying.

“I really wish you would change your mind my dear and dance with me. I would really love to get to know you better.”

Mother fucker…..in my own fucking house going after
my
girl, oh hell no. I lo
ok
ed over at Jeff and gave him a nod….if I los
t it he better be fucking ready to pull me the hell off of this prick. Jeff was on his way over and walked up to Ari and whispered something in her ear. Jon didn’t even notice
Jeff walk up
.

“Hey sweetheart, are you ready for that dance?” I never to
ok
my eyes off of Ellie for one second the entire time I walked over to where they were standing. Ellie had seen me walking over and g
ave me the
smile I would move heaven and earth to see every second of the damn day.

I slapped Jon on the back….hard…..causing his beer to spill a little onto the hard wood floor. He lo
ok
ed pissed but once he saw it was me he relaxed. Fucker better not think I’m harmless because I will break
him in two.

Elli
e tried to hide her giggle. “I’
m more than ready for that d
ance!” Ellie said with a smile.

“Well, hold on a minute my dear…I just asked you to dance and you said no. Now you’re just going to go running off and dance with Gunner? What’s the deal?” Jon said with a laugh. Ari to
ok
Ellie by the arm and s
tarted to lead her away. Jeff mu
st have told her too when he walked up. Ellie lo
ok
ed confused.

“
It’s
okay
sweethea
rt, go on outside with Ari, I’
ll be right there.” I said as I leaned down and
kissed her check.

Once they started to walk away I turned and stood in front of Jon. He was giving me a shit eating grin, fucker.

“Hey bro, it was all harmless…I just wanted to dance with her that’s all.” Jon said as he to
ok
a sip of his beer.

“Listen Jon, I put up with your shit because you are friends with
Josh and that is the only reason why.
I don’t really give two shits who you hit on but if you ever
lay a finger on Ellie again or call her anything other than Ellie
, I will break both your arms and you will never play baseball again?
Do you understand…..
BRO?
”

Jon started to laugh. “
Okay
sure dude whatever
,
but in my defense I always thought you were the fuck ‘
em
and leave ‘
em
kind
of guy
. You’ve never kept them around for more than a few dates.”

Just then I hear a gasp and lo
ok
ed up. Ellie was still standing there and Ari was trying to get her to go outside. She had a lo
ok
of horror on her face. FUCK! This fucking prick
….I was going to kill him.

I was ready to punch the fuck out of him and Jeff must have sensed it.

“Whoa…hey dude….You’re one to talk. I think you need to either knock it the fuck off or leave our house. You don’t talk like that to my best friend and you sure as shit don’t talk like that with my sister right here you got it?” Jeff said as he stepped in between Jon and me. Jon gave me a fucking grin again.

“Sure you’re right….sorry Gunner man, didn’t mean to get you all upset. Put those Guns away dude. I will stay c
lear of her for as long as she’
s your girl.”

“
You’re
goddamn right you will!”
I practically shouted.

“Gun, man just cool off…..you need to go talk to Ellie. Ari got her to go outside.”

I ga
ve that prick on
e
more lo
ok
and started to walk off. I hit his shoulder as hard as I could as
I walked by.

Fucking great…now what was Ellie going to think about me after this prick pretty much just painted m
e out to be no better than him.

When I walked outside Ellie,
Ari and Heather were talking
and laughing. Maybe everything was
okay
. She wouldn’t believe that ass
hole would s
he? I mean, I’m not saying I have
n’t sleep with my share of girls but fuck….it’s not like I was a man whore. Fuck I think Jeff has ho
ok
ed up a
hell of a lot more than I have.

Just then the music changed to an oldie but goodie. Christina
Aquilera’s
“
Dirrty
”
started playing and
I smiled
and made my way over to Ellie.

She smiled at me as soon as she saw me walking up to her. Fuck it just about brought me to my knees. I leaned down and asked against her ear. “Please tell me you don’t believe him. I’m not like that I promise you.”

Next thing I knew Ellie’s smiled turned to a very sexy grin. She started dancing….and I mean she was
dancing.
I did the only thing I could think of….I grabbed her and pulled her closer to me.
She started to move her hips as she lo
ok
ed up at me with those beautiful blue eyes.

FUCK ME….I had no idea this girl could dance like this. She turned around in my arms and started grinding
against me
and I thought I was going to fucking explode.
She reached up and put her hand behind my neck as she lo
oked back
at me with the most seductive lo
o
k
I had ever seen in my life.
I moved
my hands up and down her body and never in my life did
I
feel my dick this fucking hard. Holy shit this girl had the power to just blow me over.
My whole body felt like it was on fire from her body being so close to mine.

She closed her eyes
as she moved her ass as close to my dick as she
could get. I didn’t give a f
lying fuck that I was so
hard.
I’m not sure how long we danced like that before she finally turned around and face
d me. I silently was hoping to G
od that Jeff was still in the house not seeing this right now. I’m pretty sure my face was giving away the fact that I wanted this girl more than my next breath. Next thing I knew Ellie had her arms around me and was moving against me like nothing I had ever experienced. Fuck I hope she never danced with Ryan this way.
The way she was dancing…… it looked so fucking hot…her hands were moving up and down her body and then she put her hands on my chest and started to move………