This Time Around (10 page)

“Fuck. That sounds sexy,” Adrian says, as he climbs out of the car. Sliding from under the car I climb to my feet and we fist bump. I take the oil rag from my back pocket and wipe away some of the oil and grease from my hands. I stand next to my best friend and take in the beauty of car in front of us. Fuck, I love my job.

“Fucking agree, man. I can’t wait to see the look on the bloke’s face when he sees this.”

“Same here. I’m gonna go and give her a call and tell her that the car is finished and see what she wants to do next,”

“That’s cool. Let me know. I would really like to be there when she gives him the car,” I state. He nods and walks towards the office. I stare at the car, taking in all the hard work I have put into it over the past few weeks. Lucky for me the car was still running, so it was basically cleaning under the hood and restoring the outer body of the car. Not many parts needed to be replaced which was a good thing and surprising considering the age. My phone dings from my back pocket and I dig out my phone. My heart does that girly skippy thing.

It has been three days since our heated kiss over at her house. I haven’t seen her since because she had to work, but I know that today is her day off.

Well my day just got better. I jog over to the office and l open the door. The sight before me causes me let out a manly yet girly scream. I slap my hand over my eyes. There is Adrian’s lilly white arse slowly moving in and out of his wife Claire.

“Fuck my eyes. A little warning next time, man. Fuck. Claire I need that bleach that you ordered!” I hear chuckles and spread my fingers, praying they have covered up. Thankfully Claire has pulled her dress back into place, so I remove my hand completely. Adrian tucks his dick into his jeans and smirks at me.

“I can’t help that I have a sexy as fuck wife, dude.” He winks at me.

“Aren’t you lucky that it was me that caught you two and not a Bambi or a customer.”

“Jelly? Why is she coming over?” he asks.

“She is bringing us lunch. It’s her day off and Connie is out with friends. I think the same friends as Knox.” I shrug.

“Oh God. I would never live it down if she had caught us,” Claire says, covering her face with her hands and shaking her head. This makes Adrian and me laugh. Claire’s head shoots up and she glares at us. “Piss off out of my office now, you two dickheads.” She shoos us out the door.

We laugh at her as we walk out of the office. We head towards the BMW that Ade had been working on this morning. The car took a hit to the back when the driver was stopped at a red light. It wasn’t a big job, but the owner wanted a full body spray to make sure it didn’t look repaired.

“Hey, listen can we talk? It’s kind of personal and I don’t want things to be awkward after it,” I ask Adrian.

“Why do I get the distinct feeling that I am going to be checking for lumps on my body where there shouldn’t be lumps?” he asks.

“Ummm?”

“Don’t get me wrong, I will check if I need to.” How the fuck did this conversation turn awkward?

“Okay, not how I wanted the conversation to go. But whatever,” I say, shaking my head. “No. I want to talk to you about Penny. You know how things went down years ago and you know what shit I went through. Me and Penny talked, and we want to give us a go, but slow. I am not going to pressure her, you know I’m not like that. We have the kids to think about. But I just wanted you to know what was happening with us, with you being her best friend and all.”

“I do know all the shit you went through, but I also know that you are a great bloke. You are an awesome dad to Knox, and I know that you will take care of my girls. Penny and Connie mean the world to me, you know that. But I can tell you now, best mate and partner will not help you if you fuck her over, man.”

“Fair enough. But I want this to work. I need to talk to Bambi about Connie’s fa…” The sound of a car pulling into the garage stops my sentence. I see Penny pull up next to my car in the staff parking spaces. Music is blaring through the speakers. I stay rooted to the spot as I watch my girl climb from her car. Thank the Lord for the unusually hot day, because it has made my girl wear a sexy but sweet summer outfit. It looks like shorts and a top but they are connected. No clue what they are called but she looks fucking amazing in it. It is white, with some navy pattern around the breast area and along the bottom of the shorts. It’s short with very thin straps and did I mention that it is short?

I push down on my erection again to ease the pain that she is causing. It is all I seem to be doing since our heated kiss the other night.

“Dude, really?” Adrian’s voice snaps my attention from watching my girl. He drops his gaze to my dick and then back to Penny.

“What? I can’t help it. Have you seen what she is wearing?” I point to Penny who is now bending over retrieving the food from the back seat of her car.

Holy fucking shit. I see arse!

I see the two other lads that work at the garage watch as she bends over, laughing and licking their lips. No way fuckers.

“Bambi,” I shout over to her, making her jump. Her hand goes to her chest, showing that I did in fact frighten her. I stand my ground and crook my finger at her. I watch as she walks towards me, carrying a bag of food for our lunch. Her hips sway a little but it’s a natural sway, she doesn’t know how sexy she looks. That to me is what makes her even sexier.

“Roadie,” she greets. Her smile lights up her whole face.

“Baby, you cannot go bending over in that outfit, with these horny bastards around.” I chin lift in the boy’s directions. Penny follows my gaze and a small blush crosses her face. I lean forward and whisper in her ear. “Only I get to see that arse of yours, babe.” She gasps at my words.

“I didn’t think it was that short,” she says, looking down at the ground. Shit, I didn’t mean to make her feel bad.

“Baby, it isn’t short, if anything it is sexy as fuck. But when you bend over, well let’s say that the whole world gets a perfect view of the tight cheeks that are under the material. The cheeks that only I know just how tight, they are.” I wink at her. Her blush deepens and I lean in to give her a quick kiss on her soft lips. I step forward and bring my body flush against hers. I deepen the kiss and my tongue plays with hers. She has always tasted amazing. My hands grip her waist, while her hands slide up my biceps. I love feeling her hands on me. A throat clears behind me and I pull away from my girl's mouth.

“Okay, I do not need to see that shit. Leave it for later,” Adrian says.

“Oh, you mean like you and Claire, earlier?” I chuckle. Bambi looks between us with a cute confused look on her face.

“What happened earlier?”

“I walked in on Ade shagging Claire in the office.” I laugh at her face. She has scrunched her little nose up in disgust, but I know she finds this shit funny.

“Ewww, so glad I didn’t walk in on that. I have seen your white arse way too many times, boy.”

“Haha, you love my arse so shut your face.” He blows her a kiss.

“That’s what you think, bud,” Bambi retorts. I chuckle.

“Hey, the only arse she will love seeing from now on is mine. So back off my woman, dude.” I put up my fists, ready to box with him. I bounce around on my toes, as if I was in a real boxing ring. Adrian laughs and copies me. We bounce around in a circle and play boxing.

“Game on, fucker,” he says in a stupid accent.

“Put ‘em up,” I cry out.

Bambi just laughs next to us and the two other lads come out of their ports to watch us two dickheads screw around. We bounce around each other, making fake jabs, taking fake hits and crying out in fake pain. I catch him in the stomach and he doubles over in pain, I can hear everyone laughing loudly around us. While still doubled over, Ade lifts his head and I fake an upper cut to his chin. He throws his body backwards, in full Hollywood dramatic effect. He falls to the floor and pretends to be knocked out. Cheers go around and I raise my arms above my head and jump up and down. Penny runs over to me and jumps into my arms. I wrap them around her, holding her body close to mine.

“Yay! You did it, baby. You beat him. I will never have to look at his white hairy arse again. I am so damn proud of you.” She lays a big wet, sloppy kiss on my lips before she pulls away. Yeah, that’s not happening. I place my hand on the back of her head, keeping her lips attached to mine. The kiss gets heated and the world around us fades away. I can only feel and sense Penny Miller in my arms. Her taste invades my mouth and kicks my dick right into action. Penny grips the back of my neck, holding my face to hers. Her nails marking me I’m sure.

A pair of arms wrap around us both, startling Bambi from our kiss. We both turn our head to see Adrian smiling like a cheshire cat next to us, he is so close I can feel his breath on my face.

“Hey, I am the best friend that got knocked out by this massive fucker. Where is my love and kisses?” He puckers up and makes kissy noises. Fuck head.

“Piss off. She is my, woman. Only I get to kiss her. Go and get your woman, I’m sure she would want more action from you,” I smirk at him. His face lights up and he darts off in the direction of the office. Bambi laughs.

“Tonight. Me. You. Food. Alcohol, lots of alcohol. I will pick you up at seven, okay?” She smiles and nods at me before I take her mouth again.

Fuck yeah. I am getting me some Miller time tonight!

Looking through my wardrobe deciding what to wear on my date tonight with Liam, my heart keeps skipping a beat when I think of him. I feel like a bloody teenager again, crushing on a bloke for the first time. Liam text me this afternoon saying that we were going to a nice little restaurant in town. I have been there a few times with the girls and I love their food and the friendly feel they have there. I place my hand on my forehead and walk over to the window to pull it open, the room is feeling stuffy again. Surely I shouldn’t be feeling like this. I am too old to be feeling all jittery over a guy. But then again the guy is Liam Bradley, the roadie who starred in my dreams for years.

Walking back over to my wardrobe, I flick through the clothes hanging and spot my simple navy dress with capped sleeves. It’s plain but sexy with the way it hugs my body in all the right places. I just hope Liam will like it. I slip the dress on over my white lace bra and knickers set. The dress makes me feel beautiful yet sexy.

“Connie, can you come here and zip me up, please?” I yell from my bedroom. It doesn’t take her long to join me in the bedroom.

“Wow, Mum. You look so pretty. What time is Liam getting here?” she asks, while zipping up my dress. Once she is done, she climbs up onto my bed and sits crossed legged. I walk over to my shoe rack and pick up my favourite nude colour
shoes with a little bow on the side. They add a little height, which in my case is a very good thing.

“Thank you, sweetie. He will be here pretty, soon. Do you have everything you need? Gramps will be here soon to pick you up.” I touch up my lip gloss and drop it into my clutch bag. “Okay, kid. So do I pass? Do you think Liam will like this?” I ask. Just looking at her makes me think of Jodi and that both hurts and heals my heart. But Connie is the one thing I will never regret in my life.

“He will love it. I bet his jaw will hit the floor, Mum.” She jumps off the bed and skips towards the door. “I’m going to grab my bag and wait for Grampa.” She walks out of my room and towards her own. Taking one last look at myself in the mirror I walk out to the living room, just in time to see my dad walk through the front door. He smiles at me when he sees me standing there. I have always been a daddy’s girl, being the younger sister helps too. Darla was always hanging around our mum, but not me. I was always out fishing with my dad, or watching the footie on a Saturday morning.

“Hey, Dad. Connie is just getting her things.”

“Hey, sweetie,” he smirks at me. He is on the Rachel train; the train about me dating more.

“Yeah. I am pretty sure that one of my soon to be fired friends has told you about our past.” He chuckles and follows me into the kitchen. I put my bag down on the counter and turn to face him.

“Both. They both look out for you, Pen. They love you and only want what’s best for you and my granddaughter.” I nod.

“I know. I guess they can keep their best-friend status...for now,” I wink at him. He walks over to me and kisses the top of my head.

“Always the good girl, Penny Miller. Proud of you. Me and your mum.” The knock at the door helps me keep my emotions in check. I hate crying in front of my dad, because he starts crying as well, he is such a soppy old man. I walk towards the front door when I hear my dad calling for Connie.

“Connie James Miller, you had better get your little arse down here now, girl. Your mum's date is here and we need to get going.”