Stone
Today is moving day. We’ve had an incredibly busy week between Miranda going back to work and us trying to pack. Miranda has also spent the entire week trying to apologize to Slade for being mad at him last weekend. The poor guy felt so bad for telling me about the package. He was really stuck in a tough place, and when Miranda calmed down and we explained that he practically begged me to stay at work, she started apologizing. She gave Slade the biggest hug. It was hysterical because Slade just froze. The poor guy had no idea what to do next.
All of our friends are meeting us at our new apartment to help us unpack everything as things are moved into the house. Slade and Cole will be knocking on the door any minute to pick up Miranda and bring her to the new place while Logan, Shane, and I wait here for the moving company. We need to box up my surround sound system.
“I’m ready to go.” Miranda comes into the living room wearing black yoga pants and an old t-shirt that says Selfie on it.
“Hey, sexy.” I pull her in and press my lips to hers. She opens to me, her tongue searching for mine. I slide my hands up her back…one goes into her hair, and the other goes back down to her ass. I pull her hair slightly as I squeeze her plump ass. There’s a knock at the door, causing us break our kiss. I press my forehead to hers, trying to calm my breathing. “I love you.”
She rewards me with the most beautiful smile. “I love you too.”
She pulls away, sauntering over to the door. She looks through the hole and then opens it. Slade and Cole are standing there. “Good morning, guys. Are you ready for our crazy day?”
“Yeah, we’re ready. Are you two?” Slade smiles at her and it makes me happy to see these two are back to normal again. Slade and Cole have become more than just security. We all consider them friends now.
Miranda’s smile couldn’t be any bigger. “Are you kidding me? I’m thrilled. It’s our first apartment. The place we picked together and now our baby has a room. We’ll be able to start planning for her soon.”
“Oh, you guys found out what you’re having?” Cole gets excited.
“No, she just keeps insisting it’s a girl.” I put my arm around her shoulder.
“That’s what my gut tells me.” She smiles up at me.
“My gut says we should get going or your friends will beat you to the new apartment.” Slade laughs.
“Okay, okay. Bye, babe. Be careful with the guys, and I’ll see you in a little bit.”
“You be careful and don’t overdo it.
“Oh, I won’t. I’ve had enough of this thing. Do you have any idea how hard it is to work with one arm?” She looks at me with one brow raised.
“I’m referring to the baby.” I shake my head. She says her arm doesn’t really hurt much anymore, but they need to make sure she’s healed before taking off the cast and according to our last visit the baby is coming along nicely but I want to keep it that way. “I love you.”
“Love you too,” She calls out over her shoulder as she follows Slade down to their waiting car.
We moved her car to the new place last night. She’s not driving much yet, because of her arm, but at least it’s a start.
As soon as they’re out the door, I finish wrapping up cords and placing them in boxes. I have three black boxes, the stereo, DVD player, and the cable box all need to go. Plus I have six speakers that are still set up and need to be pulled down, five of them are mounted on the walls. I grab a screwdriver and the step stool and get to work. The moving truck is due here shortly, and I want to have everything ready to go so they can just start humping this shit. They are supposed to be bringing a flatbed dolly to load up so they can move our boxes to the box truck easier. We moved most of our clothes there yesterday so it shouldn’t take them too long.
I hear a knock, followed by, “It’s Logan.” The door opens and he lets himself in. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him so dressed down. He’s wearing Nike joggers and a t-shirt.
I jump down off the step stool. “Hey, man. Thanks for your help today.”
“No problem. I just dropped Sky off at the new place and shot straight here. It looks like you guys are pretty squared away.”
“Yeah, to be honest I only asked you guys to come here because Miranda was freaking out that I was going to be here all by myself. She said there’s been too much going on with Higgins and his goons for either of us to be alone.”
“I can’t say I blame her. Have you heard from Cooper?” He takes the speaker from my hands and places it in an empty box.
Shane and Jonah come walking in next. We all shake hands and I get back up on the stool and answer Logan’s question. “Yeah, the car was not wiped completely clean. The idiots managed to leave some prints. One set belongs to Benny, and the other is another of his goons, Tobey. There’s a third set, but there was no record on file for them, so we’re assuming it was from someone who works at the company they stole the cars from.” I step down from the stool, handing off another speaker. “We got really lucky though, because there were some things found in the trunk of one of the vehicles. It doesn’t appear this was an attempt to hurt her as much as it was to kidnap her.” A shiver runs down my spine just thinking about those fuckers getting their hands on my girl.
“That’s fucked.” Jonah grabs the last speaker from me and places it in the box with the others.
“Sure is. We can’t keep up with who needs protection more…her or me.” I exhale a deep breath. “Right now we’re taking it one day at a time because all this stress isn’t good for the baby.”
“How is the baby?” Shane asks, leaning against the door jamb.
“That baby is doing fine. She’s due mid-May, and the doctor wants to continue to monitor her closely because of all the stress. We go back again in a month for another ultrasound.”
“Well, at least the doctor is on top of it,” Logan adds.
“Yeah, she seems pretty cool, and Miranda likes her. She even gave her a list of things to watch out for. She told her no heavy lifting, and to relax as much as she can when she’s at home.”
Our conversation is interrupted by the movers arriving and asking to be shown all the stuff they need to move. These guys look a bit shady, but considering there are four big men standing around to watch them, I think we’ll be good.
***
Miranda
We roll up to our new place and park in one of the visitor spots. I smile as I walk past my pretty new silver SUV that I’ve only driven about three times. I’m getting there. It’s a hard to get back behind the wheel when you’ve been through what I have. You’re not talking some small accident. I wasn’t rear ended, I was run off the road. “How do you like your new car?” Cole asks, pointing to it.
“I love it, now if I can just get over my fear of driving, I’ll be all set.” I give him a tight smile.
“You’ll get there.” Slade looks down at me with a warm smile.
As soon as we get to the door, the doorman greets us. “Good afternoon, Ms. Stevens, and welcome to your new home.”
I smile at him. “Thank you so much, Stan. It’ll be nice to have all of our stuff here. Stone informed you we have guests arriving, right?”
“Yes, ma’am. I have a list of all guests that are allowed up without phoning you first, and I promise you we work hard to stick to that.”
“Thank you. Have a good day.” I give him a smile.
“Miranda, wait.” Skyler jumps out of Logan’s car.
“Hi Sky.” I give my friend a hug and we walk off to the elevators together. I press the button for our top floor apartment. “I can’t wait for you to see it, the place is gorgeous.”
The doors open and I pull out my key. When we get inside, the place is empty, with the exception of a few things we had moved ourselves, like our clothes and my laptop. Sky steps in, and Cole and Slade shut the door behind us to watch for the remainder of my friends. Her eyes light up as she wanders around. “Miranda, this place is beautiful.” I plop myself on the floor to relax while we wait for everyone else to show. My furniture won’t be here for another couple of hours or so. The plan is to relax until everything gets here, and then the girls will help us unpack everything.
Sky takes a seat next to me, leaning her back against the wall. “You look tired. How are you holding up?”
“I’m okay, and the baby is doing fine.”
The door opens and in walks Sadie, Lila, Katie, and Kara. I’m about to get up to hug them when Kara takes a seat next to me. “Don’t get up. Relax, you’ll be all over the place shortly.” Everyone else takes a seat, joining us.
They ask me if we have an update on Higgins, so I fill them in on who was behind the accident and that the police are searching for them. “They tried to get something from the package to tie it to Higgins, but were unsuccessful, which means they still have nothing to arrest him for unless they can get Benny and his buddy Tobey to spill, but I doubt they will.”
“Let’s talk about something happier.” Sadie pulls a piece of paper from her purse. “Sky and I took the liberty of making you a list of important things you will need for the baby. These are items that we used a lot or found very helpful on top of everyday things like bottles.” She hands me the list.
My jaw drops as I read it over. “You girls are the best.”
Sky wraps her arm around me in a small hug. “We knew if you had a list you’d feel better, and speaking of lists. I took care of the club for you, so that’s all set. I just need you and Stone to decide on your menu and I’ll get it to our caterer for you.”
“Awesome, thank you so much. I called the justice of the peace and she’s all set too. I’ve ordered the invitations. Stone and I plan to sit and finalize our guest list as soon as we’re settled.
“Sky, who’s working the wedding?” Kara asks.
“None of our staff. Stone and Miranda want you all there as guests, so we’ll be having a few friends of ours come in to work the bar.” Sky moves so we’re sitting in a messy circle on the floor, that way we can all see each other.
The wedding conversation continues as we wait. We’ve managed to set a time to go dress shopping, and even talked about some nice local places we can order flowers. My wedding is only three months away, so I really need to get a move on.
***
The movers have finally left and we now have furniture in the house. We’ve spent the last hour or so putting away dishes, clothes, and unpacking the knick-knacks. All the sheets and towels that our stuff was wrapped in are now going in our washer. I wanted to put them away fresh and clean. Sky and Sadie even made our bed for us.
Stone has just ordered a ton of food to be delivered for dinner. We wanted to feed our friends to thank them for all their help. While we wait for the food, the guys are setting up the TV and stereo system. Sky plops down next to me. “Next year we should rotate holidays. I’ll take Thanksgiving, and you can do Christmas.”
She looks to me with a smile. “I thought you weren’t a cook.”
“I’m not, but my fiancé is.”
“We’re not even married yet and she’s already offering up my cooking services,” Stone taps Logan with the back of his hand and laughter in his voice.
“Oh come on, babe. It would be fun.”
“It’s fine, baby. If you want us to host Thanksgiving, I have no problem cooking a turkey. Just don’t be upset when your friends are jealous because their men don’t cook.”
“Fuck you, dude. I can cook just as well as you can, if not better.” Logan shoves me.
“I wish I had a man who could cook.” Kara sits pouting in the chair.
“Noah doesn’t cook?” Katie asks her.
“I hardly see him, never mind have him cook anything.” She crosses her arms over her chest. “I swear he is up to no good, but he continues to promise he’s just working long hours.”
Slade comes in carrying seven boxes of pizza, and Cole is carrying five more boxes of wings. We stocked the fridge with beers yesterday. Starved, we all move to the kitchen to eat. Slade and Cole are about to walk out when I stop them. “Guys, join us.” They give me a strange look. “Come on. You can protect us from in here.” They agree, shutting the door and following us into the kitchen.
Kara picks up where we left off. “My gut tells me he’s up to something, and I should just dump his ass, but then if he’s telling me the truth, I’ll feel horrible.” Kara grabs some food and steps out of the way. I watch as Slade checks her out. I never noticed him look at her before. She’s dressed cute in a pair of skinny jeans and a short sleeved off the shoulder lightweight sweater. The green in her shirt makes her eyes pop. It’s too bad Kara is so busy being upset over Noah to even notice Slade. He’s a really good looking guy. He keeps his hair really short on the sides with some spikes on top. His hair is dark blond and his eyes are an amazing blue. You can almost see through them. Plus he’s well built.
I look over to see Katie trying to give her sister some advice, but everyone is talking, so I can’t quite hear what’s going on between them. I can see Kara is thinking and pretty torn up over what to do about her man. It’s hard when they both work strange hours. Kara’s a bartender at Thrive and Noah’s an EMT. If he isn’t on the night shift with her they’ll never see each other.
I’m so tired I can’t stop yawning. The girls made me sit while they cleaned up the kitchen after we were all done eating and the guys finished setting up the surround sound speakers. Now that everything is all set up, I really just want some alone time with my man. Another yawn slips out and Sky comes to my rescue. “Okay, everyone. I think we’ve helped our friends a great deal today. It’s time to let Miranda rest and give them time to enjoy their new home.”
Sky leans down to kiss me on the cheek. “I’ll see you Thursday.” We’re skipping our normal Monday night dinner since Thursday is Thanksgiving and we’re going to their house.
Stone stands to hug the girls and shake hands with the guys. “Remember our place for the Monday after Thanksgiving.”
“And I want to see the babies,” I shout over my shoulder as everyone makes their way out the door.
“I’ll walk you to your car that way you don’t have to go by yourself,” Slade tells Kara as he walks out with Cole.
“Thanks.” She gives him a shy smile. Yup, I think it’s time for my girl to move on to bigger and better things.
Stone sits on the couch next to me. He slips his arm around me and lifts me onto his lap. “Babe, what are you doing?”
A devilish smile spreads across his face. “Carrying you to bed.” He presses his forehead to mine. “How are you feeling?”
“Horny,” I answer with a smile.
“Thank god.” He covers my mouth with his and instantly our kiss is heated and passionate. We have been really careful about making love because of my injuries and I really miss him.
I pull away. “Please hurry, I want to christen our room.”
He carries me to our freshly made bed, wrapping my arms around his neck, I hold on while he pulls the blankets down. Lowering me onto the bed, he peels off my shoes and socks, and then lifts me off just enough to dispose of my yoga pants and panties. I’m already so wet for him, and I can tell by his growl he knows it. I sit up and peel my shirt off, tossing it across the room, revealing my lace bra that is getting too small for my breasts. He makes quick work of removing it and then lays me back down on the bed. He palms one of my breasts and whispers. “I love how full they’re getting. Your body is changing and it’s beautiful. He lowers his lips, sucking my nipple into his mouth.
“Mmm,” I moan out. My body is super sensitive to his every touch.
“You like that, baby?” He licks between my breasts. He takes the other into his mouth, paying it equal attention before he kisses a trail down to my bellybutton. “You better behave in there.” I giggle as he whispers to our baby. Kissing down over my hip, he spreads my legs and settles, lapping up the juices that are running down to my ass. He starts at the tight ring of my ass and licks up to my clit. When he gets there, he stays there, moaning in appreciation as he devours me like it’s his last meal. I can’t believe how sensitive everything feels. My hips jerk on their own, rubbing my pussy against his face. It’s been so long I easily find my release. Stone sticks his tongue deep in my pussy, fucking me with it as I ride out my orgasm.
Once he’s had enough, he climbs back up my body, lining his fully erect cock up and slipping it slowly inside me. He pauses when he’s fully seated. “My lord, woman. Your warm, wet pussy feels so damn good. I’m going to fucking lose it.”
I shift my hips, burying him even deeper. He closes his eyes, trying to hold on to the last ounce of control he has. He finally shifts, feeding me his cock in slow, gentle thrusts.
My hips start to roll, meeting him thrust for thrust. I want it harder and I want him deeper. “Please, Stone. You’re not going to break me.”
He gradually picks up the pace, giving me what I want. He slams his mouth down on mine, kissing me hard as he continues pumping his cock deep inside me. I’m moaning into his mouth, as I’m on the verge of my next orgasm. He pulls away and lifts my leg, switching the angle slightly, and it’s just enough.
“Stone, I’m coming.”
“Yes, baby. Fuck, I love how your pussy tightens around me.” He buries himself balls deep one last time, emptying himself as he presses another kiss to my lips. “Be right back.” He runs into our master bathroom and returns a minute later with a warm cloth. He gently cleans me up and then climbs in bed, spooning me from behind.
“We need to work on our guest list.”
He chuckles. “Is that really what just came to your mind?”
I roll over onto my back and smile up at him. “I was talking with the girls earlier and we got a lot done for the wedding, but it’s really soon, so we have to be sure we get the guest list squared away so we can get the invitations out. I don’t want to forget people like the Coopers.”
“I promise we won’t forget them. We’ll work on it tomorrow, but it’s getting late and it’s been a long day. You need some sleep. He kisses me gently and then I roll over, taking in his warmth as I fall into a peaceful sleep.