What You Do To Me (Unexpected Love) (17 page)

             
Listening to him brought my mind back to David. I had always wanted kids and he never felt it was right. I told him I had stopped taking the pill and I wanted to get pregnant. I remember how he didn’t touch me for
months.
God,
how that should have told me something, but I thought I could change him and who he was. After a night out
drinking,
he came home and that is how I
became pregnant with
Lily. I
remembered
how upset he was, but
I
thought once she was here
that
things would change. Of course, they
didn’t.
I could feel him
emotionally and physically
pulling
further
away
from me
…
from us
.

             
After I told him I was pregnant
with
the
twins,
he freaked. I don’t think he talked to me for a
month,
thinking I
got pregnant
on purpose. I had been on the pill, but
due
to the antibiotics I was
taking
for a
cold,
they were no longer effective.
For
some
reason, I
kept thinking he would change and come around. I was so young and naive to think I could change
him.
Instead,
I had
realized how much of me changed
, how I lost who I was and how
that
all my dreams
were
shoved away
.

             
I wo
ke to
someone
banging
on
the door. I roll
ed over and saw
Alex getting out of
bed,
grabbing his jeans from the floor. I immediately roll
ed
over to look at the clock on the
nightstand
.
Crap
, it was ten in the morning already.

             
I hear
d
the door open and immediately t
he sound of Sam’s voice filled
the room
. “Do you know what time it is and how hard it was to get them to give me this
goddamn room number?” She sounded mad, but at the momen
t,
I d
id
n’t know why.

             
“Goo
d morning to you too,” Alex said
with a little playfulness in his voice.

             
“Here take these and the
coffees.
I’m sure you will both need them.” I hear
d
something being exchanged between them. “Get the sex washed off you,
because
we have a flight to
catch,
so be downstairs in thirty minutes.” Now speaking in a louder voice, “And Abby, I’ll be calling you later,
now
d
r
ink the coffee.”

             
I hear
d Alex say thanks as he shut the door. I
lay
back
,
look
ing up at the ceiling. My head wa
s
pounding, so
I close
d my eyes. Alex set
whatever
he was carrying down and slid
back in next to me. “What are you
doing?
You
heard your
sister. You
have a plane to catch.”

             
“
One,
I didn’
t plan on the first morning I wo
ke with you in bed to be rushed
out
of bed
,
and
two,
the plane is
chartered,
so
it won’t le
ave without me.” Alex leaned down and kissed
me on the forehead.
I
responded
by opening one ey
e. “
Here,
have some coffee.” That
time,
I respond
ed
with a
moan.
I love my morning coffee. “You have no clue what that sound i
s doing to me.” That
time,
I bro
k
e
out into a smile.

             
We both sa
t up in
bed.
Alex
propped against pillows and I was propped against him. We dra
nk our
coffee,
taking in the fact that we would
be saying
goodbye
in a few s
hort minutes. When Alex finished his
coffee,
he took my
cup, put it on the nightstand
and wrapped
both arms around me. I let out a
sigh,
not wanting
this moment to end. Alex kissed
the top of my
head.
“
Come
on, we need to shower.”

             
Alex started
sl
iding off the bed and he reached out his hand so he could
take mine. I reach
ed
out and grab
bed
it and we walk
ed
in
to the bathroom
together
. In
the
shower,
Alex took
his time washing every inch of me and I
thanked
him by doing the same
for him
. On my way up from washing his
feet,
I stop
ped
and
started
washing his manliness with
my mouth.
Alex moaned
and reached for my hair. Moments
later,
he wa
s pulling me up
from my knees
and pushing me up agai
nst the shower wall. His mouth was invading mine and he had his hands
grabbing
at
my hips, sliding to my ass and bringing my legs
up around his waist. Alex paused
from the kissing to
look me
in the
eyes as he entered me. All I could
do
was
moan
softly,
while maintaining eye contact. We stayed that way until we both hit our climax.

             
When we climbed out of the
shower,
Alex wrapped a towel around me,
and
then his wa
ist. He pulled me over and began
towel drying my
hair,
stopping
occasionally
to trail kisses down my neck.

             
When we exited the
bathroom,
Alex broke the silence. “
I’m so sorry.
I got lost in the moment
and forgot to put on a condom.
”

             
Up until that moment, I had not thought about
a
condom.
I
hadn’t
used one in thirteen years.
“It’s
okay
, I have an
IUD.
After
the
twins,
David made me either get that or have my
tubes
tied.”

             
“I’m clean if
you’re
wonde
ring.” With that
comment,
it hit me just who Alex really
was.
He
had made it
easy to forget about the rock star and so easy to focus on him as a person.

             
“I hadn’t even thought about it, but thanks for the heads up.” I turn
ed
to grab my bra and panties f
ro
m my bag, feeling upset, bu
t having no logical reason for being
mad at him. I just
hated
thinking of him with all th
ose other girls and knowing he wa
s leaving me
now. He
was
going where all the g
roupies would
be easily and readily available
.

             
Alex must have sensed the ho
stility in my voice. He
wrapped
his
arm
s
around my
waist, and kissed
my neck. “You know, after last night, all I want is
you.
All
I’ll be thinking about
for
the next ei
ght weeks will be you.” M
y heart
was
becoming lighter
, but then he kept
talking. “Also, for the
record,
other than my ex-
wife,
I’ve never been without a condom.” Really, I could have done without that last comment.

             
I
heard
a
phone
ri
nging and Alex broke
away from the embrace. “
What?
”
He barked
into his cell phone. “I know
.
I’l
l be there in a
minute.
”
There
wa
s another pause, “Sam, I said I’ll be t
here in a minute.” He hit
the
end
button
and tossed
the phone onto the bed.

             
“You better
go.
I’m making you really late. Plus, I h
ave to meet Derek for lunch and I have a long drive home
.”

             
“Come with me. I’l
l fly you home tomorrow.” Alex wa
s looking at me with pleading eyes.

             
“I
can’t.
I have three little girls at home waiting for me to show
up.
I already miss them like crazy and even if I could or
did,
it
is
only postponing the inevitable. I’ll eventually have to leave and return home.”

             
“I know, it was selfish of me to ask, but I don’t want to say goodbye.”

             
I look
ed
a
t
Alex,
wanting to tell him I didn’t want to leave him, but I knew if I
did,
it was only allowing us both to think last night wasn’t the end and it needed to be
. “You don’t have
to
,” I pause
d
and wrap
ped
my arms around his waist. “Call me tonight after your show. We’ll talk whenever you want and there doesn’t have to be a go
o
dbye.” Knowing he wo
uldn’t be calling, it saved us the
awkward good bye.

             
Alex leaned down and kissed
the top of my head. “I like the sound of that.”

             
We both start
ed
getting dresse
d. He slipped
on
the
clean clothes
that Sam brought him and he asked
me to pac
k his shirt and jeans in with my stuff
so he has a reason to come find me in case I
refused
his calls. After a few more kisses and a rea
ssurance on his part that this wa
sn’t good
bye,
he headed
for the door. “Abrianna Porter, I am
serious,
this isn
’t goodby
e.
”
With that,
he walked out the door. After he
left,
I
finished
getting ready and
while
pack
ing
up my
bag,
my cell rang
.

             
“
Hey, sunshine,
how is the head this morning.” I hear
d
Derek’s fake upbeat voice on the other line.