Authors: MJ Fields
“
I’m not, now Sarah thinks I am cool,” Jake said smiling.
He tried not to smile,
“Mr. and Mrs. Ross, Tessa I am sorry.”
“
It’s not your fault son,” John said.
Tessa walked outside,
“Ya might want to go calm her down, and you’ve never met Tessa the Terrible have you?” Maggie said to Luke as she grabbed another ice pack out of the freezer laughing.
~
Luke walked outside, he watched as Tessa ran down the dirt road behind the farm. He took a deep breath and ran towards her; he yelled her name when he was close.
She turned around and smiled,
“Try to catch me Links,” and she ran faster and he caught up quickly.
“
Give me a challenge Ross,” Luke smiled turning and running backwards ahead of her.
“
First one to the trees wins,” she yelled and flew past him.
“
You ready to get your fine ass kicked,” he laughed as he passed her again.
“
Hey Links, I’m no cheerleader I can beat you. Check this out,” she said as she took her shirt off and threw it.
“
Not fair Ross,” he said clearly sidetracked laughing.
“
You better get it or I will tell my Daddy you took it off me,” she giggled.
She passed him as he turned back to grab her shirt,
“See ya at the trees Links.”
She ran as fast as she could and was almost there when he grabbed her around the waist. She wrapped her arms and legs around him and he walked to the woods and plopped her down and softly fell on top of her. They started laughing and were breathless. He rolled to his back.
“I won,” she said.
He rolled to his side and looked at her as her chest rose and falling quickly,
“No I don’t think so,” he smiled and kissed her neck and started moving down.
They heard the tractor.
“My shirt,” she insisted.
“
Say please or I will tell your Daddy what a naughty girl he has Tessa the terrible,” Luke said trying not to laugh.
“
Forget it then,” Tessa said and went to stand up.
“
Damn it Tessa here,” he said and threw her shirt to her.
“
You better stand in front of me and block the view,” Tessa said laughing.
He did,
“You Tessa Ross…” he started.
“
Won,” she said and smiled, “and by the way, you haven’t seen Tessa the Terrible yet,” she smiled and kissed his check.
“
No but Tessa the Tease, that’s another story,” he said and smacked her ass.
She looked at him and her jaw dropped,
“Lucas!”
“
Sorry baby did I hurt you?” he asked concerned.
Her mouth started to form a sly little smile
and her eye brow rose slightly.
“Tessa,” he said using his warning voice, “Killing. Me!”
They walked towards Alex on the tractor,
“Mom sent me down to see if you were both still alive, want a lift,” he asked raising the bucket. They both hopped in.
“
Alex what are you doing tonight?” Luke asked.
“
Not sure why?” Alex asked.
“
How about you, Phoebe, Tommy, Jade, and Tessa and I go out to dinner. We can all ride in the Lexis he said. “It’ll be an early night, big game tomorrow for all of us,” Luke said and squeezed her hand.
“
Sounds good, I will call and ask,” Alex said.
“
Cool with you, TT?” Luke asked smiling at Tessa.
Tessa smiled and shook her head yes,
“Can I pick the spot?”
“
Of course,” Luke smiled and kissed her hand.
“
Good you get to meet my aunt tonight,” she said “hey Alex we’re going to go to the Spot,” she said and laughed.
“
You sure he is ready for that?” Alex laughed.
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They picked up everyone and Tessa told him where to turn. He pulled in and she smiled “You ready?”
“
Sure,” he said laughing “Your aunt work here?”
“
No she owns it,” Tessa laughed.
They walked into the rundown bar and made their way through to the dining area. It was all picnic tables and a dance floor. Almost everyone said hello to them.
“Hey there babies,” a blonde woman with a low cut blouse came running out and hugged the girls and kissed Alex. “You haven’t been up to see me in almost three months, the last time I saw you was when we went to the concert.”
“
We’re sorry Aunt Josie,” Jade said “Been a little busy,” she said. “This is Tommy, Tommy this is my aunt Josie.”
Josie looked him up and down and told him to spin around, she grabbed his butt,
“Nice,” she said. “You on the pill yet Jade?” she asked.
“
No not yet,” Jade said and smiled.
“
You can turn around now Tommy,” Josie said, “You are a doll.”
“
Alex who’s this pretty little thing?” Josie asked smiling.
“
This is Phoebe,” Alex said and smiled.
“
Very nice to meet you, Phoebe, be good to him, he’s a keeper,” Josie said and hugged her.
Phoebe turned red,
“I think so too.”
“
Tessa Tessa Tessa, who might this be?” Josie asked.
“
I’m Luke, the lucky one Tessa said yes to,” Luke smiled that dazzling smile and turned around before she asked. “Go ahead Josie,” and she did “Pretty nice right?”
“
Hell yes,” she said and smiled.
“
Now you?” he said, and everyone laughed. Josie blushed.
“
You coming up to help out during deer season girls?” Josie asked.
“
I don’t know,” Tessa said laughing.
“
I will,” Luke said and smiled.
“
What kind of experience do you have?” Josie asked smugly, “Oh hell who am I kidding a tight t shirt and jeans, can you wash dishes?”
“
Yep,” Luke said smiling.
Tessa laughed
“alright I’m in, but we are both in sports right now.”
“
That’s fine we can work around it,” she said, “Jade?”
“
I am a little busy right now I will check my schedule,” Jade said and smiled.
“
Tessa kind of a lame crowd tonight and no one is singing along. Go get them started and dinners on me” Josie smiled.
“
Dinner is always on you Josie, alright any requests?” Tessa asked.
“
Joplin baby” she said.
Of course that was her aunt
’s favorite. Tessa kissed Luke and ran up to Karaoke Joe.
She stood and the music started, she grabbed the cordless mic and sang. The local
s went wild; it was one big happy family, she bowed and handed the mic to Joe. “One more Tessa?” he asked.
“
For you Joe, pick one for me,” Tessa smiled.
He played Carrie Underwood
’s Undo it. She started singing and brought a chair up on the dance floor and made Luke sit there. She sang and danced around him and ended with her foot on the chair between his knees. Luke smirked and watched her the entire time. Tessa took his hand and pulled him up to her and kissed him in front of everyone.
Luke walked over to Joe and whispered in his ear, Joe smiled and handed him a microphone
“Tessa Ross, come back up here baby,” he said and everyone cheered. She walked up and looked at him “Sing with me baby?” Luke asked.
“
You sure about this,” Tessa asked laughing.
“
Hell no but I am going to try,” Luke said and laughed.
Picture by Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock started. She laughed and so did he. He sang to her and her to him, they hugged at the end and he twirled her around.
Dinner was on the table when they got back. Prime rib and chicken parmesan were on platters in the middle of the table and they all had salads. Josie took Tessa aside. “He is beautiful Tessa, and funny and looks at you like he is head over heels.”
“
He isn’t alone Aunt Josie, I am head over heels in love with him,” Tessa said beaming.
“
Be careful baby girl, I don’t want to see you knocked up before you graduate,” Josie said.
“
We haven’t had sex Aunt Josie, and by the way why aren’t you having this talk with Jade?” Tessa asked laughing.
“
Has she?” Josie asked.
“
No,” Tessa said.
“
He’s living with you all right?” Josie asked.
“
Yep,” Tessa said.
“
That’s why I am talking with you and not her. Besides he is quite flirtatious, he made me blush,” Josie said and they laughed.
The girls went up and decided to sing together,
“Never Gonna Get it” by En Vogue. When they finished they all laughed, “Phoebe you can sing girl,” Tessa said.
“
Pretty good to hu?” Phoebe said smiling.
They dropped everyone off and went home, Alex jumped out,
“You got five minutes.”
“
Did you have fun tonight?” Tessa asked.
“
I had a great time, and now we have jobs,” Luke said and smiled.
She leaned over and kissed him,
“I Love You”.
“
I love you,” Luke said and kissed her again. His hands started moving and she slapped them, it surprised both of them, they laughed. He kissed her and put his hands in the air, he stopped briefly, “It’s Friday,” and kissed her again this time with more passion. She touched him and he moaned, he followed her lead and she lightly groaned. She climbed over the console and sat on his lap, her phone chimed.
-Dad
’s up, you better come in…Alex
She read and let out a disappointing moan.
“Dad’s awake we need to go in,” she said and pulled away from him.
His hands still moved and he bent down and kissed
them, “Goodnight girls,” Luke said. She laughed and opened the door climbing off him.
She looked down and smiled
“Need a minute?”
He leaned his head back,
“Yes baby,” he moaned.
~
Tessa went in and John was in the recliner, “Josie called said she gave you and Lucas jobs?’
“
Yep,” Tessa said and laughed.
“
What’s so funny,” John asked.
“
Lucas has never had a job in a kitchen,” Tessa said and laughed. “She didn’t care because she thinks he’s cute.”
John laughed,
“He’ll do fine just tell him to be careful, she’s a cougar,” they laughed and Luke walked in, he heard him.
“
I will be careful,” Luke said and smiled as he walked in.
“
You kids need to get to bed, big games tomorrow,” John reminded them. They agreed and all got ready and went to bed.
Chapter
20
Tessa was up cooking breakfast her hair braided in pig tails, Luke smiled as he watched her dance around singing
Down with the Sickness
by Disturbed as she cooked. She didn’t know he was there.
When the song finished he clapped, she jumped and laughed loudly.
“You are so damn hot all the time,” Luke said and kissed her, “Good morning.”
“
I made breakfast,” she said.
“
I love you,” he said quietly.
“
You better, wanna hear the Angry Monkey song?” she asked. He chuckled, she rolled her eyes, “Head in the game Luke,” she yelled and cranked the song. She was dancing up to him and he started dancing with her, “Damn boy can you suck at just one thing?”
“
Not in my nature,” Luke winked.
John came in, he shook his head and grabbed a plate and ate as they danced around the kitchen, Alex came in and laughed,
“Angry Monkey song Tessa?” she smiled and pulled him up to dance. Eventually the two younger kids came in and laughed. Luke grabbed Kendall and made her dance, her face turned red and Tessa laughed.
When the song ended and Tessa turned down the radio
, they all ate.
When breakfast was over Luke and Tessa did dishes
, John and Alex went outside to move equipment and the two little ones took Chewy out. “How are you doing Luke? You ready for today?” she asked.
“
It will be weird without you there,” he said softly and kissed her neck, “How are you?”