Wanted (30 page)

“I sl
ep
t
okay
, thank you so much for giving u
p your room last night for us.”

Jefferson shut his eyes for a second. Was he even planning on saying
he was sorry to Ari and Ellie?

“Lo
ok
Ellie….Gunner made blueberry muffins. Isn’t that so sweet? Some guys are just like that…..caring….they know how the little things just make
s
a woman so happy.” Ari said as she leaned against the counter and stared Jeff down. She had been sending someone a text message right before.

I did
not like where this was going.

“Ari
, can I speak with you in private plea
se?” Jeff asked as he stood up.

“Um, no….” Ari said as she picked up a muffin a
nd started to put butter on it.

Jeff was
running his hands down his face
clearly getting frustrated
.
He let out a loud sigh.
“Please….I
really
need
to talk to you
……….
please.”

Ari lo
ok
ed up at Jeff and I swear if lo
ok
s could kill Jeff would have been on the floor. “Whatever you have to say to me you can
say it
in front of my friends. You know what those are, don’t you Jeff? Oh…wait…the type of
friends
that you have…
…
you fuck them in your room during
your
sister’s
graduation
party.”

“Ari that is enough, he just wants to talk to you.” Ellie said as she lo
ok
ed back
and forth between Ari and Jeff.

Fuck me….this w
as not going to go well at all.

“No this
is fine Ellie. If this is how Ari wants to have this go down
then
that is fine by me. I was going to apologize for my comment last night that embarrassed you. It was very insensitive of me to bring up the fact that you are still
a virgin and that your
fucking dr
y humping every guy at the party
might give them the wrong impression
you were ready to give it up
.” Jeff said as he
slammed his bottle water down.

This was like a fucking
train wreck
that I couldn’t stop watching
.

“JEFFERSON! Oh my god! How could you say that to her right now after what you did
to her last night
?” Ellie said as she stood up and walked up to Jeff.

“What…what did I do to her Ellie? I was trying to apologize and she is being a bitch about it.”
Jeff
said as he turned to lo
ok
at Ari.

She was just standing there with a blank expression on her face. “You SLEPT with that girl Jefferson. You k
new that was going to hurt Ari
…you knew it would.” Ellie
said with a crack in her voice.

“Is that what it is Ari? Are you upset because I slept with another girl because the last time I checked sweetheart….I didn’t have a fucking girlfriend.” Jeff shouted at Ari.

“Do not call me sweetheart you son of a bitch.” Ari said as a tear started to roll down her face.

“Jeff,
let’s just back off here for a minute. Dude I see where you are going with this and dude
I
get it but…..”

“What?” Ellie said as she turned and gave me a shitty lo
ok
.

Oh fuck…..

“So Gunner…..you think what Jefferson did to Ari was
okay
because they’
re not dating? You and I both know they have feelings for each other.” Ellie said as
she put her hands on her hips.

Shit she was cute when she was mad.

“No
w
wait
a minute Ellie; don’t turn
this around on me now. That is not what I was going to say. I was just saying that it is true….Ari and Jeff are not dating and really he could see or date anyone he wants. I’m not excusing what he did it’s just….it’s just….” Oh why the fuck did I think I just stuck
my foot in my
damn mouth. Stop talking Gunner….

“Can I just please say that I
could care less what this
dick
wad
does
okay
? So Jeff…have
at
it ….fuck
whoever
you damn well please
‘
cause
you are right, we have nothing together. Never have and you made it very clear last night
,
we never will. I got your message loud and clear.” Ari said as
she wiped a tear from her face.

“Fuck, Ari
please just let me explain….I was not trying to hurt you last night. I just got angry and
you where flirting and
…..”

Ellie wasn’
t done with me though
and she cut Jeff off
…..

“So wait…Gunner. Does this mean if I had been dancing with one of the other guys all night and made you all hot and bothered,
you would have gone
off and fuck
ed
Crysti
to help satisfy your hard on?
Because that is pretty much what you did right Jefferson?” Ellie said as she walked over to Ari who was now just as confused as I was. How the hell did this turn around onto me?

“NO! Ellie, I wo
uldn’t do that to you but they’
re
not
dating.”

“Neither
are
we Gunner……thank god for that!” Ellie t
urned and walked to my bedroom.

Oh holy fuck……..
I started to follow her.
How the hell did this just happen?

“Ellie wait a minute! How did this turn to me doing something wrong to you?” I asked her as I walked into the bedroom. Ellie turned and lo
ok
ed at me. She threw one of my tee shirts at me and shouted, “Because you are all fucking alike!
Every
god
damn one of you…..
even
my
own brother. All you do is
use
your dicks
to think
with
.”

Ellie grabbed her bag and pushed past me and walked back out into the living room. Ari was standing there waiting at the front doo
r. What? Where were they going?

“Ellie let me drive you both home sweetheart.” I said as Jeff walked up to try and ask Ari if he could take her home.

“We do not need a ride thank you Gunner and no Jeff, you cannot take me home so we can talk.
We have nothing to talk about.

“How are you getting home Ari?” I asked while I was lo
ok
ing at Ellie who would not even lo
ok at me now.

“I sent a
friend
a text message asking him if he could take
Ellie and me back to my house.

“What frien
d?” Jeff asked clearly annoyed.

“Josh, he gave me his number last night and asked me out on a date. I told him no last night but I seemed to have
woken
up with a much clearer head this morning.” Ari said as she smiled at Jeff.

“The FUCK you will. There is no fucking way my sister or you
are
getting in a car with that asshole!” Jeff said as he to
ok
out his cell phone. I already knew what he was doing.

“Josh, this is Jeff……..yeah I know a
nd I want you to listen to me, y
ou come anywhere near my sister or Ari and I promise you I will break you in fucking two pieces you got it? Good…
…
.loose her number….” Jeff threw his cell phone onto the so
fa and walked down the hall
into his bedroom and slammed the door
shut
.

“Great….just great….I guess I will call a cab Ells.” Ari said as she to
ok
out her cell phone again.

“WAI
T
!.....
Ari please just give me five
minutes.” I turned to lo
ok
back
at Ellie. I practic
ally begged her to let me have five
minutes with her in private.

I to
ok
Ellie back into my bedroom and sat down on the bed wh
ile she stood up near the door.

“Ellie
swee
eee
……um, lo
ok
I don’t know what the fuck just happened out there or what I said or did that pissed you off but you have to believe me. I have no…..absolutely
no
interest in any other girl but you. I already told you….I won’t give up on us Ellie. I will wait forever if that is what it takes to prove to you how I feel about you. I kno
w we just me
t and you think I’
m moving too fast and I promise you I won’t pu
sh you but please
sweetheart…..G
od please
just
don’t
push me away.” I said as I watched her whole body relax.

I lo
ok
ed over and saw the James Avery box. I got up and walked over to it. I picke
d it up and walked over to her.

“I wanted to give this to you last night but I never could find the right time to do it.” I said as I handed her the box. Her eyes lit up when she saw that it was
the James Aver
y gift I picked up yesterday
. I guess she was pu
tting two and two together now.

“
Wha
…..what is this for Gunner?”

“It’
s your graduation present sweetheart. I wanted to make sure you got
it
this morning before you left.” I said as I pushed a piece of her hair
behind her ear.

“Gunner…..you really didn’t have to get me anything!” Ellie said as her blue eyes captured mine.

“Open it…please before you get mad at me again!” I said with a laugh.

Ellie let out a giggle that just traveled through my whole body.
I could listen to her laugh all day.

She started to open the box and when she saw the daisy necklace her head snapped up and lo
ok
ed at me. She lo
ok
ed so confused. Why?

“How…..
I mean……how did you know
….
the flowers at
Ari’s house and now this?” She to
ok
the necklace out and handed it to me to put on her.

“How did I know what sweetheart?” I clasped the necklace an
d turned her around to face me.

“Did Jefferson tell
you
daisies where my
favorite flowers
?” Ellie asked me with such a confused lo
ok
in her eyes.

Well I’ll be da
mned. I can’t believe it, they’
re her favorite flower!
If only I could pump my fist in the air
right now
!

I smiled down at her causing her to smile at me.

“Ellie, when you were in Jeff’s truck right after the whole Ryan thing…I leaned in to whisper in your ear and I thought you  smelled like daisies. Every time I see a daisy I think of my
grams
who has a whole garden of them and now I
will
also think of you sweetheart.” I said as I traced the side of her jaw line with the back of my hand.

Ellie lo
ok
ed down at the necklace and then back up at me. She threw herself into my arms…..fuck I have died and gone to heaven again!

“
Oh.My.God
!
Thank you so much Gunner! Thank you for being so sweet to me and just knowing how to make me feel so much better. I love this! I will NEVER take it off….ever!” Ellie said as she held onto me so tight. I didn’t want to let her go. I wanted to take a few steps back and lay her down on my bed and just make love to her slowly and sweetly. I felt my d
ick jumping………
DOGS! I needed to think of dogs!

Ellie started to let go of my neck. She stepped back and smiled up at me. I leaned down and kissed her softly on the side of her lips. “You are most welcome my Ellie. Now, can I please give you and Ari
a ride home?
Please?!”

Ellie started to laugh. She nodded her head and we headed back out into the living room. Ari was now sitting on the sofa holding Jeff’s cell phone.
She had a huge ass grin on her face.