Taking Shots (Assassins) (48 page)

He was nervous about Trice and Walter, since he didn’t really know any homosexuals, but the guys were funny as all hell and Shea enjoyed their stories of the terrible actress they were currently dealing with. Jodi and Derrick were so different that they worked; Jodi was a firecracker that loved the dramatics. Shea was certain the girl would break out in song at any minute. Derrick talked a lot about his job as a teacher at one of the prestigious private high schools in the city and since Shea’s parents were also educators, they had a lot to talk about. So wonder Elli loved them so much, they were all great people.

When Jodi stood, clanking the side of her glass, everyone stopped talking, bringing their attention to the cute little blonde. “I just want to make a toast to Elli, the food is divine honey, and I don’t think any of us could disagree on the fact that Shea is amazing.” Elli turned deep red as she smiled at Shea, while everyone agreed holding their glasses up. “Also, I would like to say that I never thought I would see the day when Harper Allen would have a boyfriend, or be moving in with the boyfriend, so here’s to you, Jakob, for taming the crazy bitch!”

Everyone stated laughing as Jakob kissed Harper’s glaring face, but Jodi didn’t sit down, and when the tears welled up in her eyes, Elli stood, but Jodi shook her head, stopping Elli in her tracks. “We’re all in such good places right now, and this is the best time to tell everyone, don’t you think Derrick?” Jodi looked down at Derrick and he smiled, taking her hand in his, “We’re pregnant, guys!”

Shea, Jakob, and Derrick were then left at the table as everyone hugged, gushed, and shrieked over Jodi, congratulating her as they rubbed her belly. Derrick shook his head, smiling over at the guys, “They act like I didn’t do anything.”

Jakob and Shea had to laugh at that.

After dinner and Elli yelling at everyone to leave the dishes alone, that she would do them later, they all gathered in the living room. Elli had Shea move the coffee table into the bedroom, since she said they had needed more room. Shea didn’t know what for but he did what she asked anyways.

“
Is Jakob gonna be able to play?” Jodi asked. Jakob looked up from his cake to Jodi then Harper.

“
Probably not, I don’t know, we can try. I’m the best here anyways so I’ll carry him if I need too,” Harper said with a smug grin. Elli rolled her eyes.

“
We all know I’m the best, so shut it!” Elli said laughing.

“
Whatever, I smoke y’all every time!” Trice added.

“
What are we playing?” Shea asked. Elli smiled.

“
You’ve seen Pulp Fiction right?”

“
Yeah.”

“
You know the dancing part?”

“
Yeah,” he said getting more worried by the minute.

“
We do that,” she giggled as she handed a dry erase board to everyone; Shea just looked up at her confused. “Okay, so we pull two names from the hat, then a song, the two people get up, the song starts and they start dancing.” Shea raised an eyebrow, she had to be kidding. “Now the point of the game is not to smile. If you do, you get points taken off each time. One person keeps up with how many points you lose while the others score you, then we deduct and then we have your final score.”

Shea and Jakob just looked up at her blinking. “Okay, let’s show ‘em, Elli.” Harper said, getting up, and picking up the hat that held the songs, Shea guessed. When she pulled a piece of paper out, she giggled, going over to the iPod and finding the song as Elli moved over to the father side of the room.

“
This is hilarious, get ready for a show, boys,” Trice said as everyone went to the edge of their seats as the girls got ready. When the music to ‘Push it’ started, everyone died laughing as Elli and Harper started dancing hard with straight faces. Shea had a hard time breathing, he was laughing so hard, when Elli dropped it like it was hot before going into the sprinkler. The sprinkler got Harper and she smiled, causing Trice to yell, “See that’s a point off, since Harper smiled.” Shea nodded, turning his attention back to the girls. When the song ended, Elli had made Harper smile three times, and also burst out laughing, which meant Harper got ten points taken off, making Elli the winner. Elli made sure to rub it in Harper’s face, but Harper said it was just a practice round, causing everyone to laugh.

Shea figured he had the game. That was until he played Jodi. He was basically rolling around on the ground laughing. That girl was a mess, and she knew it. When Derrick got paired against Jodi, he didn’t even crack a smile, and it made Jodi so mad that everyone was laughing as she tried the most ridicules dance moves in the world, but she finally got him with the running man. Shea was convinced it was because she ran into the wall, though. Jakob and Harper went against each other to the ‘Skanky Leg’ and even Shea couldn’t keep a straight face as Jakob just stood there pointing to his bum leg during the chorus. Poor Harper, she didn’t have a chance.

Finally Shea was paired against Elli, to some song he had never heard,
What you know
by Two Door Cinema Club. The music started and Elli had obviously heard the song cause she stood there tapping her foot as the song started. When the song went into its hard hitting notes, Elli went nuts, while all Shea could do was stand there and try not to crack a smile. When she started moving towards him, he clamped his mouth shut from laughing as he made his way towards her, then they broke it down, Pulp Fiction style, causing everyone to laugh, which caused them both to fall over laughing.

Shea had never had so much fun in his life.

They loved him!

Jodi, Derrick, Trice and Walter, all loved Shea, which set her mind at ease. Not only was she ecstatic that everyone loved Shea, but Jodi and Derrick were pregnant! They had been trying for such a long time. That alone brought the bright smile to Elli’s face. The dinner and game night was a huge success and Elli couldn’t have been happier as she stood loading the dishwasher. Shea came in from walking Adler just as she was finishing up and wiping down the counters. He came into the kitchen, shooting her a smile before filling Adler’s bowls up. He leaned up against the counter, watching her put away the left overs, before saying, “I had a great time tonight.”

She smiled back at him, “I did, too.”

“
I like your friends, they are good people.”

“
They loved you and they really are. I’ve loved them a very long time,” she said as she turned from closing the fridge. She had had such a wonderful night that she forgot he was leaving early the next morning. “Are you packed? You gotta leave stupid early.”

“
I know, I was gonna get everything out of the dryer in a minute.”

“
It’s already folded, so all you need to do is pack,” she said as she moved through the kitchen, stopping at the hallway to slip her shoes off before going into the laundry room to grab the basket of his clothes. Shea followed her down the hall into the bedroom, where she laid the basket on the bed.

“
You didn’t have to do that,” he said, wrapping his arms around her, kissing her lips.

“
I don’t mind, now pack,” she said smacking his arm, before pulling away, “I’m gonna take a shower.”

Elli grabbed her night shirt and panties before heading into the bathroom. After starting the shower, making sure the water was nice and hot, she started undressing as the bathroom filled with steam. She loved when it was cold outside; the steam just came so much quicker in the winter months. Elli opened the glass door, stepping in, letting the jets hit her as she made her way to the end of the shower where the large spout was. She loved this spot. She still got hit with the jets but she was able to shower since the spout got her fully drenched all over, not messing a part of her body.

Elli was washing her hair when she felt someone up against her back. She turned, surprised; she didn’t even hear Shea enter the shower. Elli only saw his broad smile for a second before he had her mouth busy with his. He moved her up against the heated marble, moving his hands along her dripping wet body. Elli decided to get her fill in too, moving her hands over his narrow hips, to his exquisite butt. He smiled down at her when she squeezed his butt before kissing down her neck to her breast.

Elli let out ragged sigh as he sucked the water from her heavy breast, tugging at her nipples with his teeth before moving his other hand to between her legs, cupping her mound before dipping a finger inside her wet (not from the water) folds. He circled her throbbing nub with his large rough finger, catching her moan with his mouth as he began to kiss her mindlessly.

When she came, she came loud. The whole bathroom filled with her agonized gasp that turned into loud, explosively moans. He grinned against her lips when she started smacking his hand, to make him stop since Shea would continue to play with her clit to his heart’s content, even if she was to the point of passing out. Since Shea had released her mouth, Elli took it upon herself to explore his body with her mouth. She pushed him against the wall, causing him to grin widely at her as she moved her mouth along his collarbone to his neck, where she bit softly.

She was rewarded with a hiss through his teeth, so she continued biting and nipping at every part of his amazingly sculpted chest. Since he had been gone, he had been working out more so the muscles of his chest, the tightness of his abdomen were so pronounced that Elli was dripping with need at the sight. Not even the scars could keep her from wanting him. “Okay, I need you in me,” she said against his chest as she grabbed a hold of his shaft, he let out a harsh rush of breath, closing his eyes as she moved her hand up and down his hot, swollen flesh.

“
I forgot to grab a condom. I’ll be right back,” he said, but didn’t move as she moved her hand up and down him, cupping his heavy balls with her other hand. She smiled, watching his face as he enjoyed the things she was doing with her hands. His hands came up, rolling her dripping wet nipples with his fingers as she moved faster up and down his shaft.

When his eyes finally opened, his eyes were so dark, it almost made her come at the sight of his arousal. He pulled away from her, dropping to his knee, burring his face between her legs, running his tongue up and down her folds, slowly flicking his tongue across her swollen nub. She thought since she had came not ten minutes ago, she would have last longer, but nope, he only flicked his tongue maybe three times before she was coming loudly for him.

“
Condom, gotta get a condom. Now.”

He went to leave, but Elli grabbed his arm, stopping him. “I’m on the pill.”

“
Oh,” he looked down at her with worry in his eyes, arousal nowhere to be seen, “Yeah, I forgot about that.”

“
Do you not want to do it without a condom?”

He shook his head no, then smiled sheepishly, “This is gonna sound stupid,” he began.

“
What?”

“
I’ve never done it without a condom, ever.”

They stood there staring at each other as moments past, “Ok, I’m clean.”

“
Oh, I know, it’s not that, I’m just worried…performance wise.”

Elli had to smile, “Well I’m pretty sure you’ll get an A, Mr. Adler, now come here, I want you inside me, nothing between us.”

It only took a second for him to have her against the hard, hot marble, lifting her leg and burying himself deep within her. They both groaned loudly at the feeling of nothing between them. He was so hot, so big, and Elli wasn’t sure how long she was gonna last, because she felt another organism building.

“
Oh, God,” Shea muttered against her neck as he drove into her. He drove into her only two more times before he exploded inside her, leaving her withering beneath him. He leaned his head down into her shoulder, breathing extremely hard as Elli tried to catch her breath.

“
I don’t even think I lasted a minute,” he muttered against her shoulder, embarrassed.

“
Probably not,” she answered, he looked up at her, glaring, “but it was the best damn minute of my life.”

A slow grin went across his face, before he kissed her long and hard. By the time they got out of the shower, there was no hot water, and Elli never did get to finish washing her hair.

Not that she cared though.

Elli was packing when Grace called.

“
Hey girl! I need a huge favor.”

“
Sure,” Elli said as she threw the new bathing suit she had just bought in her carryon bag, “What’s up?”

“
I have a party coming up and the girl ordered matching dresses for her and her friends, well one of the friends is in um, somewhere I don’t know, anyways, she is the exact body type as you, so I was wondering, actually, going to beg if you could come over and have this dress altered to you,” she said. Elli raised her eye brows at Grace’s request. Why didn’t the girl have the dress shipped to her friend, so her friend could have it altered?

Who was she to ask?

“
Sure, when do you need it done?”

“
Tomorrow?”

“
Oh, I’m sorry Grace, I’m leaving for Florida to go see Shea today.”

“
Oh, hell, when are you leaving?”

“
I think my uncle’s jet is leaving at three,” Elli said as she moved around Shea’s condo, picking up random things she needed as she went through. She had dropped off Adler to Harper that morning, so she didn’t fill Adler’s bowls like usual as she past by them.