Authors: Barbara Peters
Now that her anger
was gone the tears started. I directed my glare at Trevor. He held his hands up in a warding off gesture.
“It’s a misunderstanding,” he defended himself.
“I fucking saw you,” Jess screamed back at him through her tears.
Trevor blanched and looked away. That gesture alone told me enough.
“Get out,” I told him in a cold and deathly calm voice.
His head shot up. “What?”
“Get. Out.
Now.”
I glared at him furiously.
Even if he was my friend he had no right to hurt my best friend like that. He must have seen something in my eyes because he didn’t argument any further. He scrambled to his feet from the floor, where he had been cowering from the object Jess had thrown at him, and was out the door within seconds.
As soon as he was gone
I lost my cool and
my tears started again. I stumbled over to Jess and we sobbed in each other’s arms.
I was so glad for Ethan at that moment. He took care of both of us. I was sure it was hell to take care of two crying and sobbing women, but he managed it perfectly. He was going to be a really good dad, I thought again as I watched him buzz around the kitchen, making us coffee and cocoa. He brought us blankets and tissues. He even thought about the ice cream we always kept on hand for such situations. I had told him about it once and he still remembered.
When we had calmed down a bit he put on a DVD for us and then sat down on the couch with us and watched the sappy romance, which had us sobbing again. We snuggled up to him from both sides and he hugged us to him. Somehow I fell asleep against hi
s chest
in the middle of the movie. Despite all the crying I slept pretty soundly.
When I woke up again it was dark in the room. Ethan had dozed off too after shutting off the TV. He snored quietly, making me smile. It was such a wonderful feeling to wake up snuggled up next to him. I had only experienced it once before we split up, but it had been burned into my memory ever since. And to live it now almost every day was
a dream come
true.
“
Psst
,” I heard from the other side of Ethan’s chest.
I had been staring so intently at his features that I hadn’t noticed Jess was awake. I lifted my head and looked around him at my best friend.
“Is everything okay?” I asked her in a hushed voice.
“Right now everything seems just fine,” she sighed in response as she snuggled deeper into Ethan’s chest and shot a wink at me.
"You know, as long as you don't have sex with him I wouldn't mind sharing Ethan with you," I whispered.
I was actually pretty serious about this, but Jess didn't seem to take it that way.
"That would be awesome," she giggled. "Then we could all live together in his huge mansion and take turns with the babies and we'd have date nights, the three of us together like today when we all watched DVD and snuggled together. That was nice," she sighed melancholy.
Then she started tearing up again, "I still can't believe Trevor really cheated on me, even though I saw it with my own eyes. He was right there in front of me with some bitch hanging off of him."
I handed her a tissue and tried to soothe her, "He doesn't deserve such an awesome girl like you. You’re so beautiful inside and out. He probably got wacked in the head and can't think straight anymore."
That made her laugh
a little. "Yeah, you're probably right. Maybe we should whack him again to set his mind right. What do you think?"
She gave me such an awfully hopeful look I couldn't resist the grin spreading across my face.
"Whatever makes you happy, Jess,
I’ll
be there to help you bury the body should you 'accidentally' hit a little too hard."
I winked at her as I made quotation marks in the air with my fingers around the word. I was so glad to see her spirits lifting.
"Me, too," Ethan said from between us.
We both jumped at his sudden interruption. We must have woken him up with the noise we made.
"Thank you both so much. I love you guys."
Jess
teared
up a little as she expressed her gratitude to us. I leaned my cheek against Ethan's shoulder and smiled up at him sweetly.
'Thank you,' I mouthed to him.
He leaned down and gave me a kiss on the nose. It was such a sweet gesture that I could feel my heart skip a beat in response. He hugged us both into his chest.
"You know, I wouldn't be opposed to being shared by you, either." He looked into my eyes. "Of course, my heart belongs to you and our babies, but I would be honored to take care of the both of you."
His gaze went from me to Jess.
"What do you say?" he asked us both.
I glanced over his muscular chest at my best friend and raised my eyebrows in question.
"I don't know." She looked torn between wanting to be taken care of by us and not wanting to intrude on us. "I think it wouldn't be fair to the two of you. You've just found each other again. And now you have twins coming in a few short months. I would just be in your way." She looked down at her hands, wringing them together in her lap.
"That's nonsense and you know it," I said as I shot her a reprimanding glare. "I probably won't be able to see much of you when the babies are here, but if we all live together I can see you every day and you can help me should it get too much for the both of us. I want to be there for you as you are always there for me."
"Let us do this for you," Ethan chimed in, gazing into her eyes with a conviction that almost stole my breath.
He was willing to help and protect my friend. It made me worship him even more. He was quickly becoming my hero. I felt a small tear glide down my cheek in happiness. Amazed I lifted my hand and wiped at the wet trail it left behind. I gazed at my hand in astonishment. I guessed I shouldn't really be surprised. In my pregnant state absolutely anything could make me break out in tears.
"Please don't cry, Rachel.
I’ll
do anything you want. Just, please, don't cry," Jess pleaded.
I looked up to find both of them looking at me with concern etched into their features. I smiled in response.
"I'm fine. These are happy tears. I know it's going to be amazing with the two of you."
Enthusiastically, I leaned over and pulled them both into my arms tightly. My belly was a little in the way, but I managed somehow. They both hugged me back and gave me kisses on the cheeks.
When I pulled away again they were both smiling at me. I could even detect a glimmer of happiness light Jess' eyes again. It was decided. We would all live together.
"So, are we really going to move into Ethan's mansion?" she asked me still a little disbelieving that we were really doing this.
I looked at the
man in question. "Yeah, we are,
"
I said with a smile.
He practically lifted me off the couch in his haste to hug me to him
, always careful of my belly
. He beamed at me with pure joy and kissed me passionately on the lips.
"I can't wait to have you back there again. It's been hell sleeping on your uncomfortable bed."
I playfu
lly slapped him on the shoulder, but couldn’t hold back a
little chuckle and a big smile. I couldn’t wait to move back to his again.
"Hey," I tried to muster up an offended tone, but couldn't quite keep the smile from ruining it. "Don't insult my bed. It's a super great bed."
"
I’ll
show you a super great bed. For the rest of my life until you admit your bed is a piece of junk."
He laughed and kissed my lips, effectively stopping my retort. We said good night to Jess and made our way to my room.
"You know, I have been thinking."
"Oh boy, here comes," he murmured.
"Hey!" I slapped him on the shoulder again, a little harder this time. "I haven't even said about what, yet." I gave him my best glare. It didn't seem very effective on him because he just gave me a smile.
"Sorry, go on."
I cleared my throat and tried again. "As I was saying,
I’ve
been thinking recently and it occurred to me that it really wasn't that much of an accomplishment to keep staying here if you're just going to sleep here, too."
I glanced at him.
"Isn't that what
I’ve
been telling you from the start?" he looked at me with his eyebrows raised.
"No, you didn't," I smirked at him.
He nodded
seriously
. "But I meant to."
I snorted in laughter. "You're horrible."
I couldn't be mad at him, though, when he was just so adorable and sexy.
He smiled and leaned down to kiss me on the lips. It tasted like heaven times ten. I melted against him, unable to help myself. He was just so irresistible.
As I sighed he deepened the kiss and delved his tongue into my mouth. They intertwined with each other on a dance so erotic I could feel my knees give in. Fortunately, Ethan held me tightly in his arms or I would have ended up as a lusty puddle on the floor.
“I love you,” he whispered as he pulled back for a second to catch his breath.
Then he swooped down and lifted me off my feet and into his arms. I yelped in surprise and laughed. He grinned down wickedly at me as he carried me over to my bed.
Gently, he laid me down and proceeded to strip off all my clothes.
With every brush of his fingers over my flesh, every whisper of a caress over my sensitive skin I got turned on more and more. My skin was already on fire and that heat quickly pooled between
my the
juncture of my thighs.
By the time he was finished undressing
me
and I lay before him completely naked I was squirming for him to touch me. It was a wonder I didn’t come right there from the way he was watching me alone. I had always been so conscious of my body and appearance, but when Ethan looked at me like this he erased all those doubts and only let me think of pleasure.
As I watched him he slowly started stripping for me. There was no music, but he swayed his hips in an erotic rhythm nonetheless. It made me giggle and groan in pleasure at the same time. It was a complete mystery to me how this one man could make me feel so many different things, but I was infinitely grateful that he had brought me out of my everyday stupor.
Since I had met him it had been nothing, but a whirlwind of unknown emotions I didn’t really know how to deal with. But
I was learning exactly that slowly with him. I knew he was trying to cheer me up with his dance from the Jess’ and Trevor’s fight earlier. He must have seen my reaction. And I only loved him more for that because he knew exactly how to do that.
I couldn’t wipe the grin off my lips as he sauntered over to me now totally naked. I could feel more moisture gush between my legs eager for his attention. My body knew exactly what it wanted and so knew
I
. I reached for him as he neared the bed. He came into my arms willingly and lay down beside me.
It was a tight fit, but we had managed it every night to my amazement. He kissed me passionately on the lips and then kissed and nipped and sucked his way down my body. He feasted upon my breasts
as he stopped there. It seemed he loved my increased cup size quite a bit. He took one nipple into his mouth and sucked gently as he massaged the other breast with his hand. He licked around the sensitive peak before he blew cool air on it.
Instantly, goose bumps formed all over my body and I moaned with pleasure. He changed sides and administered the same to my other nipple. I could hardly hold myself back from squirming and begging him for more.
Finally, he moved lower to my belly, kissing his way around it, running his hands all over it. I could see the love shining in his eyes as he kissed my belly button. He would be the most loving father for the twins inside me. I was sure of it.
Then he moved even lower to the juncture of my thighs and my breath hitched in my throat. His hands never stopped gently moving over my belly. Before I could protest he swopped down and buried his face in my folds. I gasped in pleasure. This was new. He had never done this before.
I gasped again as he licked through my folds up to the sensitive nub at the top. I jerked as he gently nipped at my clit and then lapped up the moisture that gushed from me in response. I was so close already. I wanted to come.
“Please,
“ I
moaned.
His only answer was a growl as he buried his tongue deep inside me. At the twirl of his tongue inside me I almost came off the bed
. He stroked it in and out of me. One of his hands slowly pulled away from my belly and moved toward my clit.
While he stroked his tongue inside of me his hand rubbed circles around my aching nub. When he switched I was a goner. His finger delved inside of my tight heat as his lips latched onto my clit and sucked.
I screamed out my orgasm so loudly that I was sure the neighbors thought I was being murdered, but I didn’t care. And in a way I was dying right now of pure bliss. Ethan drew out my pleasure for an eternity.
When it was over I slumped on the bed completely spent. But he still wasn’t finished. He crawled up my body and kissed me deeply. I could taste my pleasure on his tongue. I wouldn’t have thought so, but it was an incredible aphrodisiac that had be buzzing within seconds all over again, craving more of him.
His hands went back to my breasts as he lay down beside me and turned me on my side, so that he was now behind me. This could be interesting. He kissed the nape of my neck never letting up the massaging of my breasts as he went.