Chapter 3
My father, Steven, was kind of a man whore. It all began when he ran into a twenty-five-year-old when I was in high school; she didn't want to steal him from my mom, but she wanted to join the relationship. She ended up asking my father if he would propose the question of an open marriage to my mother, which became the downfall of Steven and Michelle very quickly. My mother was appalled that he would ask such a question and when he came home the next day from meeting with his new lady friend for new ways to get her to agree to an open marriage, she met him with divorce papers instead of dinner.
Ever since then, my father has been a part of many orgies, and thruples, and all kinds of weird relationships. It did however put a strain on our own relationship, because I saw how devastated my mother was after the end of their relationship. They had decided to remain friends for my sake, and it got better after a while, but it was hard seeing them lonely and yearning for each other for so long. That's why I like Charles, he makes my mother happy and makes it easier for her to just stay home instead of working.
My mother could definitely be classified as a trophy wife, and she's perfectly okay with that. She gets to stay at home and plant things all day, and she spends most of her day with Charles as well, unless he's golfing, which was almost every day if he could. Charles was looking for someone to spend the rest of his life with after his late wife died of cancer. Charles and my mother are more like really close friends than husband and wife. He takes care of her needs, and she keeps him company.
My father on the other hand has only had a handful of meaningful relationships since my mother, and while I waited for him to confirm his latest one, he went around the room and hugged my friends and stopped at my mother so he could look in her eyes while he held her hands. "How are you doing, Michelle? I apologize for stopping unannounced, but we got off the plane late and I wanted to see everyone before we settled in for the night," he chortled at her as a puzzled look painted its way onto her face.
"We?" she looked at him with utter amazement; she had finally reached the same conclusion as me as to why my father had come into town sooner than he normally did. He had a new woman on his arm. As a playful smile spread out across my father's mouth another shadow came out from behind Deacon, who everyone seemed to have forgotten about since my father's sudden appearance. He sort of put his head down and ducked out of the doorway in case someone decided to pop in around him. Luckily, I had gotten his number on our date; after watching his door close, a message popped up across my phone screen. 'Good luck with all of that, and goodnight beautiful. I will be by tomorrow morning with some coffee.'
My attention went back to what was unfolding in front of me, and I walked over and closed the front door, so that things could be more private. As I spun back around, I was met by a very petite, painted hand. "Hi, I'm Meagan, and you must be Elise, it's very nice to meet you," her voice was tiny, and high pitched.
"Are you the child my father is dating?" I retorted a little spicier than I expected.
"Now, Elise," that was my father. Meagan shook her head and quietly chuckled as she took back her hand after I refused to take it.
"No, actually, I'm the child that he's marrying," she said as she backhanded me with that response. She then linked her arm through my father's, knowing she had won, she smirked. I looked over at my mother who looked pretty disappointed that this is who my father decided to settle down with in the end. After a while we asked my father and his new child bride to go back to their house a block over, then asked my mother and Charles if they would like to come over the following morning.
After everyone had left the girls pounced on me like a herd of lions. All of them started on their questions about Deacon and wouldn't let up, and after they were content about the answers they received, they went up the stairs to their beds. I looked down at the phone in my hand, the message was still on the screen that he had sent, so I opened it. I sent him a selfie along with a message, 'coffee in the morning sounds delectable, especially served by you,' accompanied with a saucy winky face with a kiss.
I headed up to my room where the girls made it look like it always had when I unpacked the room. On the dresser was a note, probably from my mother, telling me how proud she was that I've almost finished school and had achieved my dream of becoming a doctor. I tucked the note in the drawer where she had left notes every time we came to visit.
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I woke up to the warmth of the sun shining down on my back; groggily and warm I rolled over. I was met with Deacon looking around my room, still holding both of our cups of coffee; I guess one of the girls let him in the door this morning. After a few seconds, Deacon had realized I had woken up, and turned to me with a tantalizing smirk, "good morning, gorgeous," he cooed at me as he handed me a cup with my name scrawled across it with a winky face.
"I take it one of the girls let you through the door," I asked with sleep still in my voice, "also, how long have you been in here?" I took the cup into my hands and could feel that it was still warm, so it couldn't have been too long. He chuckled at me as he sat on the bed, then he took my hand as he looked into my eyes; I could tell he was longing for a kiss but didn't know how to initiate it. I got lost in his green eyes that looked like a beautiful, luscious, and ferociously green jungle. It wasn't until he cleared his throat that I was thrown back into the present.
"So, if you're up to it, I was thinking I'll take you on an actual date, planned by me of course, and not something planned on a whim," he sounded proud of himself.
"And what did you have in mind, good sir," I asked playfully. He stood up and pulled me with him out of the bed, then pulled me into him so that I was looking up into his eyes with a pout. I gasped softly when I landed into his arms and began melting all over again like when I first spotted him. At this moment I realized I was still in the pajamas I went to bed in last night, and the cartoon characters adorned all over me made me blush a little and pull away from Deacon.
Deacon must have guessed that I felt a little underdressed as he turned towards the rest of the room and away from me. I pulled my dresser open, and as I reached for a skirt, Deacon piped up. "Oh, make sure you wear jeans, because my bike is very unforgiving when she lays down," he said. I put the skirt back down and opened the drawer below it and grabbed my best pair of skinny jeans. I picked out a nice crop top, so that I could start on my summer tanning, and began undressing. As I bent down to pull my jeans onto my legs, I felt his heat behind me. I didn't exactly kick him out of the room for my own devious reasons, but I was still surprised when his warm, rough hands turned me around and back into him.
As I wrapped my legs around him, he sat back onto my bed, landing with me in his lap. Our lips locked as if we were meant for each other, and I could still taste his cherry ChapStick that he must have put on before he got here. With each kiss, I could feel myself melting into him as he caused my back to arch. The sensations I felt coursed through my body, and even though I knew this was too new for me to be so comfortable, I gave into it anyway. I wrapped myself around him and pushed him lower into the bed. His fingers slid up from my back sending more sensations along my spine, then he tangled his finger through my hair, and I could feel an ever so slight tug.
Deacon then caught himself, and sat us up, "oh, I'm sorry, I think I should let you finish getting dressed," he sounded embarrassed of himself, "I don't know what came over me, but you're beautiful." His fingers lingered on my arm as if longing for a few more minutes of connection. I then collected myself, and pulled myself off of him and the bed, then continued starting the process that I had begun before our spicy moment had occurred - not that I was complaining.
Chapter 17~ I woke up very relaxed, and the room was dark from the black out shades that were in the room, but I could hear the birds chirping outside. I wasn’t under the covers, but I was still warm laying between the two naked men on either side of me. The events of last night were still swirling in my head. The room smelled very much of sex with a mixture of both boys’ cologne. Hunter still slept like a child holding a toy as he latched onto me. Deacon on the other hand was facing the other way, curled into a ball. I lifted my head off the pillow and saw my phone lying on the dresser, probably dead. I peeled myself out from between the two and sat on the edge of the bed to assess how I actually felt. From the mirror above the dresser I could see small bruises the size of kisses all below my neck line. There were also hand prints throughout my arms and legs from where Deacon gripped a little too hard. I touched each and every spot gently and a tingly sensation went through my bod
Chapter 16 “So, do you wanna talk about today?” Deacon asked softly from the door. I had yet to roll over as I was internally rolling my eyes in my head. I mumbled something into the bed where he couldn’t hear it. What I really said was, ‘I really would rather you go away,’ but it was unintelligible. He crossed the room and scooped me into his strong arms. “I promise I won’t talk about us again to anyone else; that was very stupid of me. I wasn’t thinking,” he went on, definitely unaware that I would rather be left alone. I crawled out of his arms, tears slowly streaming out of my eyes and started, “I’m not even upset that you told Hunter; I’m upset that he used that information as an advantage to touch me in a way I was not ready for. I don’t know him like I know you yet, and I was comfortable doing those things with you so when he touched me, I was very caught off guard.” It felt as if the whole room went cold, but I could tell it was just Deacon, and he had an icy glare as he st
Chapter 15 “I hope you know you’re gorgeous. Like very gorgeous,” Hunter called from about a yard in front of me. I threw my head back and laughed a little bit to myself, Honey Lemon seemed to understand where my self worth was as she neighed in what I could only think of as protest. Hunter didn’t turn around when this happened, so he missed the whole thing. After about thirty minutes of riding slow, I had Honey Lemon catch up to Hunter and his horse. He moved his horse closer to mine so that they were trotting in step right next to each other, and then slowed them both down and reached for my hand. “I figured since this was a date I could hold your hand and ride,” he beamed at me. Hunter was about thirty years of age, but he had a baby face. It was almost like his humor was keeping him young. He always seemed to be happy and enjoying himself no matter what he was doing. It was true even today. As we rode on we talked more and got to know each other. At one point he asked if our age
Chapter 14 Even though I remembered going to bed with Hunter the night before, it had completely startled me in the morning to have his arms wrapped around me. They felt similar to Deacon’s big, strong arms; but they held me differently. He was holding me like he would never let me go, and curled into my back with his head pressing into me. I tried wiggling my way out to no avail, so I gave up and laid back down and enjoyed the sunshine that was pouring onto my face. After a few moments, I began struggling again, to get out of Hunter's arms, and this time they gave way. I slid out from under him and turned my body to see his face. Mostly, just to make sure it was him and not some random stranger. I relaxed my body after seeing his face; seeing how soft his expressions were, like he were a small child holding onto a teddy bear to make him feel better. Once I was content again about my surroundings, I laid back down. I made sure to at the very least drape Hunter’s arm over me, so tha
Chapter 13 We started our adventure with a nice, hot soak in one of the higher temperature pools. By this time, we had started switching from smoothies over to alcohol, and we could definitely tell that it was an adult drink. I sat between Deacon and Hunter in the pool, and held both of their hands. I kept having to ask if I could have one of my hands back so that I could also drink what I ordered. They thought it was very amusing, and it was nice to see the brothers relaxing and enjoying each others’ company, even though I sat between them. Both figuratively and literally. “What should we do after this,” Deacon asked nonchalantly, leaning his head back against the granite that lined each pool. He rolled his head to the side to look at me, as if I had an idea, so I just shook my head and shrugged. He then focused his attention on Hunter who was mid sip of his cocktail. Hunter’s eyes widened as he realized that Deacon was looking at him, and now the question was pointed towards him.
Chapter 12 I woke up with Deacon snuggling into my backside like a big spoon, he had stayed over the night before. We didn’t do very much but play games on the television in my room and catch up on the events from Hunter’s version of a date. The sun was shining through my curtains; the window was still cracked from the night before, because we wanted to feel the breeze from outside. It was a lovely scene to wake up to, so I nestled myself more into Deacon and closed my eyes again to soak this moment in. Another hour had passed before I could no longer keep my eyes closed, and I let out a sigh. Deacon let out a little chuckle of air through his nose. “You know I was awake the first time you woke up? I just wanted to lay here a little longer since you were as well. We most definitely could have gotten up,” he said in a quiet, deep voice. A small smile formed across my lips and I wiggled my way around to face him. I dropped a small peck of a kiss on his nose and wrapped my arms around