She was such a pain in the ass.
He was Seventeen... And she was Thirteen.
Jensen discovered that she had an annoying habit of popping up at the worst possible moment. Really embarrassing moments.
Like when he was at the back of his house drinking one of his dad's beer. Or when he was making out with some girl behind the old well.
One time he chased her, all the way to her house. He was determined to teach a lesson... Teach her not to mess with him. But when he caught her, he just couldn't. He let her go. Then watched as she tried to dust the sand off her clothes. Her face red.
He smiled. "Kitty Kat" he said.
She answered by calling him a dork.
One time she stole a pack of cigarettes from him and broke them all in two. He wasn't even smoking them, he just carried them around to look cool. He didn't know what to do with her.
It was hell. She wore make up now. He told her it was ugly and she looked silly and that she was trying too hard to look older.
She told him he looked like a geek.
She pissed the hell out of him. And all her brother Jon did was laugh. That's how Katherine was. Annoying. He had to get used to it. Jonathan said.
But annoying as she was. She baked the best cookies he had ever tasted.... And cupcakes. And when she realized he like them, she always brought him some everytime she baked. She would pack them in a shoe box lined with wax paper and bring them to him.
Sometimes she brought them to school for him. As they grew older he realized she cared about him... She liked him. He knew that. And he liked her too... But just as his best friends little sister... He told himself then. She wasn't his friend. He wasn't going to be friends with some kid.
Then he had lost his parents...And it had hurt like hell.
No one had ever seen him cry.. But she did.
All his family members, friends and well wishers were at his house. Everyone one had some consoling words for him. Words that didn't make him feel better one bit.
Some said 'Let me know if there is anything I can do for you' and then walked away before they even found out of there was anything they could do.
Some of the women brought food... Anything to make him eat something. But he wouldn't touch anything.
His grandfather was going to take care of him and his siblings now.
He didn't have appetite to eat anything. He had felt sick inside. Empty. Dead.
And then he opened the door to find Katherine standing there with a box of cookies. She hadn't said a word. No "I'm sorry for your loss" or "let me know if I can do anything". She had just stared at him with her big bright eyes and handed the box to him.
They both left the house. Went to the a spot on the path leading to the river. And they sat on a rock together. She sat so close he could feel the warmth from her where their shoulders almost touched. They didn't say anything. Just ate the cookies.
The cookies and her presence had made him feel better —for a while.
Then he remembered his parents. He was never going to see them again. Nothing was going to ever change that. Suddenly he wanted to be alone... He wanted to run and hide from everything. From everyone.
And so he told her to leave... She did.
And then he had sat there and sobbed in his knees. He thought he was alone. Then he heard a movement. She was back... Or she had never left. He stared at her. He was mad at her for staying. He didn't like that she had seen him cry. But he didn't have the strength to yell at her, though he wanted to so bad.
She folded her hands and hung her head. She walked right up to him and sat down again.
Then she did something he had never expected.
She cried with him.
They got closer after that day. Close enough to make Jonathan a bit jealous. He often told Katherine to go hang out with her own friends. But she didn't seem to mind.
She helped him get over his parents death. And he looked after her at school. Like he took care of his sister. Sometimes they walked to school together or took the bus together.
He remembered sitting with her on the bus one day. Her friend Eva hadn't come to school that day. She was sitting alone, looking out the window. He didn't like the way she looked so he had left his friends and came to sit with her. She was so happy.
She still followed him around a lot . But it didn't annoy him as much as it used to anymore — though it did sometimes. He still called her Kitty Kat. And she told him everytime not to. But he still did because he loved to tease her. She looked so funny when she got pissed.
That rock by the river became their spot. They went there together with some of her cookies. And they ate and talked and argued about almost everything. Like why the sky and the ocean was blue and how planes flew and why engines need oil. They talked about a lot of silly things too.
When he was leaving for college she was very upset. She cried. She didn't want him to go. He was going to miss her too but he was also excited about going to college. They kept in touch for a while... But then the calls and texts became less frequent and then they stopped. Jonathan told him she left to live with one of their aunts when she got into college.
He didn't see her for years after that.
Next time he saw her he had graduated from college and he was back home. He was supposed to join Dillon at their parents company. But he knew deep down that he wanted something of his own. He hadn't expected to see her. Nobody told him she was back.
She cuddled deeper into his embrace. She hadn’t lied about the cuddling part. She had missed him so much. And she was just so glad to be in the arms of the man she loved.She loved this man. She loved her husband. And she wanted him to come home. She shook her head when she realized that he was talking and she hadn't been listening.“We have options,” Jensen said.She blinked and focused her attention back on the here and now and the fact she was in bed after hot, sweaty sex with the man she loved.It was all she could do not to groan.“What options?” she asked huskily.“I can feed you. I can make mad, passionate love to you again. Or we can take a short nap and then do either option one or two. Or both. See? I’m easy.” he said.She smiled and squeezed him. She did love him. It scared her to death just how much she loved him, and she was flooded by so much em
“Ride me,” he said in a strained voice. His pupils dilated and his brow constricted. Tight lines were etched into his forehead, and his hands gripped her hips so tightly that she could do nothing more than squeeze her inner muscles around his erection.“Sweat heaven,” he groaned.She wasn’t going to last, and she was helpless to do anything about it. She needed to move. She had to move.Placing her palms flat on his chest, she wiggled free of his grasp and began to move up and down, taking him, releasing him, then taking him again. Sweat beaded his brow. His eyes were narrow slits, and he never took his gaze from hers. He urged her closer so he could cup her breasts. They filled both palms and he rubbed the pad of his thumb over the painfully erect nubs.“I can’t hold on,” she whispered.“Then let’s go together,” h
His breath blew hot over her chin and then her jaw. He kissed a line to her ear then sucked the lobe between his teeth. Shivers overtook her. Delicate little goose bumps dotted her flesh until she trembled uncontrollably.He stepped back, his hands falling to the waistband of her pants. His fingers hung in the snap and he stood there staring at her heaving chest.“You’re so beautiful.” he said. "I have missed you so much"He raised one finger to hook in the strap of her bra. He ran it up then down, and he grazed the tip over the swell of her breast.“I love the lingerie.” he said.She leaned back on the dresser, resting her palms on the top to give him a better glimpse of her cleavage.“You’re absolutely merciless, aren’t you?” he murmured.She smiled and arched invitingly until the bare
“Get it together, Katherine” she muttered.Lord, but she did lose all her brain cells when it came to Jensen.She laughed outright and it had the effect of someone popping her thought bubble with a sharp pin. The driver looked up in the rearview mirror, and she valiantly tried to look back with a straight face. If he only knew the absurd thoughts she was processing.If she was truly the naughty girl of her fantasies, she would have ridden over with only a trench coat covering her sexy lingerie. Then when she walked into Jensen's room, she could discard the coat and watch his reaction.The idea certainly had merit, and if she ever received another invitation such as tonight from him again, she’d give it serious consideration. Just to tease him. But for now, she would concentrate on the moment.A few minutes later, the driver pulled up to the sumptuous hotel Jensen had been staying in since he moved
"All they needed was some convincing. I'm finalizing the documents for the dissolution of the partnership. I know you might find it hard to forgive me, but I don't want us to grow apart over this. No one is worth it. So please tell me that you want me back home too, Kat. And maybe this is a little too fast, but I don't care, I wanna be with you tonight. It's been so long. Let me hold you tonight."Katherine sighed. Oh, the man really knew how to get to her, with his words, his touch, his kisses. Everything. “Jensen,” she began again, and promptly shut up when it came out more as a plaintive wail than a protest.“I’ll send a car for you, Katherine." he said." You are my wife. But I want this to be special, kinda like a first date like you said. I’ll have my driver pick you up from work, or if you prefer, you can drive your car to the house and I’ll have him pick you up there. Tim can take care of the house for one night and Deanie can stay at your mo
He looked at her almost like the last was a challenge. She tilted her chin up and stared coolly at him. She hoped that she looked as unruffled as she wanted to portray.“Why did you come to my office today, Jensen?” she asked.His mouth tightened briefly before he relaxed and eyed her with thinly veiled amusement. “We are married, Kat " he said."I can't take my wife to lunch?”She curled her fingers into tight fists.“Jensen.” she said. She stopped when her voice cracked. She felt like the worst sort of idiot. Right now, she felt ridiculously tongue tied.“Yes?” he prompted. He wore a curious smile, almost as if he found her and the situation amusing. It made her angry.“Look Jensen, I'm not going to act like I didn't miss you. I did. But I don't know what you are up to, and if you think that —.”