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She was the first to see us pull in and came running. My heart tripped in my chest when I caught her in my arms and lifted her off the ground. “You’re short.” There were tears in her eyes and on her cheeks. I hate her tears so that last comment was meant to piss her off or make her laugh. Either one would take care of them for me.

Anger won the night I guess, though she wasn’t really angry. “Hey take that back. I am perfectly proportioned thank you very much. We don’t all have to look like lurch.” I tickled her sides and she kicked and squealed to be let down. Now I was the one who felt like crying. Sometimes she sounds so happy. Like no one I’d ever known before. Her happiness is a different kind of happiness to the one I’m used to. There was nothing superficial about it. Something very rare in this town of make believe.

Maybe that’s why I felt more with her than with anyone else. She was so different from the norm, so real, and she actually makes me fucking feel. “I would die for you.” I pulled her head to mine and ignored the snickers of her parents and my boys as I covered her lips with mine. I let go only when she needed to breathe, and buried my face in her neck.

“I love you so fucking much I can’t breathe right now.” I wrapped my arms around her tight enough to cut off her breath. Our hearts knocked against each other rapidly as I closed my eyes in thanks that things hadn’t turned out as bad as they could have.

“Tell me you’re okay baby. Say Jace I’m perfectly fine.” My voice almost caught in my lungs as she took my face in her hands and stared into my eyes. I felt the slight tremble in her hands and held her closer.

“Jace I am perfectly fine.” I read her eyes and knew she was lying her ass off, but she was trying to be brave. I kissed the tip of her nose and rubbed her ass, making her swat at me.

“Good girl.” She wrapped her legs and arms around me and laid her head on my shoulder and I began to settle a little. It was that innocence that touched me more than anything. Although I know she’s strong, that underlying core of innocent sweetness makes me want to wrap her up in silk and keep her safe from the world.

We followed the others inside where my parents had done their usual of putting out a spread. No matter the occasion, food was always the answer around here. I wanted to take her upstairs and get away from the others, have her to myself until the fear of what could’ve been disappeared completely. Instead I sat with her on my lap while everyone else paired off including the parents.

There was a lot of whispering among the adults as the girls grilled us for information, which we kind of sidestepped. No way was I telling Sian this shit. Not until it had been taken care of. She had enough on her plate as it is. I’ll just be her eyes and ears and stand between her and all comers. Her dad was going to have a fit but I’m not letting her go back home; I can’t. I’d fucking die if something happened to her and I wasn’t there to protect her, never again.

I kissed her temple and tuned back in to the conversations going on around the room. Mom had called the other parents letting them know the girls were okay, not wanting them to hear about the fire from elsewhere and freak. She must’ve played that shit down because they were all still here and there were no panicked parents beating down our door.

“How are you doing baby?” I rubbed her back and pulled her back into my chest, sniffing her hair and just being extra fucking grateful that she was still here with me. She snuggled in close and the last bit of fear finally lost its grip on me. “I’m fine I promise.”

She took my hand in hers and I let her convince me while conversation went on around us.

“Well Jackson, Veronica, you know you’re staying here until your place is livable again.” Dad offered her dad a drink while the moms sipped on wine. Her parents protested but I could’ve told them they were wasting their breath. I was about to laugh at the back and forth when it struck me that this little invite might pose a problem for yours truly.

It seems it’s my day to be selfish but I couldn’t help it as I tried to imagine what it would be like having her parents here while I had her in my bed. Not the most comfortable thought and I really was being a selfish prick. A bomb had just chased them out of their home, and all I could think about is fucking their daughter.

It was just a natural reflex I guess. The need wasn’t so much about getting off as it was about reaffirming that she was safe and unharmed. I pulled her closer on my lap and wrapped my arms around her possessively while nuzzling her neck.

It doesn’t matter what’s going on, I always want her. I can’t imagine my life without her in it. I used to laugh at my dad and the way mom had him wrapped around her little finger. The way he could be harsh with everyone else, put his foot down with even me, but when it came to her, it was a different story. I never saw it as weak, but I did question how such a thing could be; and now I know. Now I have my own love that transcends all else.

As usual, having her this close was having an affect on me and I was soon trying to come up with an excuse to get us out of the room before I embarrass myself. The little minx knew, she felt my dick under her ass and with a cheeky grin ground herself harder down on me. I pinched her side to get to her behave and she just pouted and kept at her shit. “Sian.”

I sat there with my dick getting hard and my need for her growing to the point I had to grit my teeth. Dad asked me some shit and I grunted out an answer, but my mind wasn’t there. She felt me grow to fullness beneath her ass and smirked back over her shoulder at me.

I put my mouth to her ear. “I need you.” I bit her ear and she scrunched up her shoulders and tried to get me out of there. “Jace behave, we have company.” Like I give a fuck.

“How are you really baby? Are you okay? I mean up here.” I tapped her forehead and she grew serious and cupped my cheek in her palm.

“I am, everybody’s fine. It’s probably just some kinda faulty wiring or something like that.”

Damn she’s so innocent. Not an ounce of cynicism. “I hope you never change.” I kissed her again before she could ask me what I was talking about. Fuck Sian! My baby’s like a baby. But it only made me that much more determined to protect her. Each day I learn more and more why dad is the way he is with mom. Why her parents from what I’ve seen live pretty much by the same tenets.

The way they protect the women from shit that they know will upset them. Mom mostly finds that shit out anyway, but it’s usually when the shit has been taken care of and can no longer harm her in anyway.

It’s strange when both parents treat you like you’re part of the equation. Dad, when I got older would sometimes tell me things that he was keeping from mom. As his son he knew that when he wasn’t around I would be the one looking out for her. Mom on the other hand would bitch and moan that dad was keeping stuff from her.

I used to agree with her; after all she’s an adult. But now I see why he does it. Adult or not when your woman is in danger you don’t see the age. All you see is the most precious thing in your life, that soft beautiful creature that you’d bleed for, in harm’s way.

“Jace you’re squeezing me to death.” Shit! I eased up on my hold but still didn’t let her go.

Something was going on in my head and the rest of me was trying to play catch up. If that shit wasn’t bad enough I had another worry. If she hadn’t disobeyed me she would be dead or seriously hurt now. Is this what they call a catch twenty-two?

What the fuck am I supposed to do with that shit? I told her to stay put, she didn’t stay put and it saved her life. Now she’ll never let me forget this shit and for the rest of our lives she’s gonna use it to get her damn way. Shit! Not gonna happen. I looked down at her trying to figure out how to out maneuver her.

She curled up in my lap like a little kitten. Across the room Jared was whispering to Belle and calming her down while Shane did the same with his girl. Cassie and Valerie had their heads together and Alex looked like he was deep in thought. He kept giving me these strange looks but every time I looked at him he’d look at the girls and shake his head. Later then.

Maggie had already gone up to one of the guest bedrooms upstairs apparently too tuckered out from her friend’s house to even care about all the excitement. Everyone else was now tired and mom was talking sleeping arrangements. She gave the girls a room to share and the boys another.

“I think I’ll stay with the girls tonight.” Sian said to the room at large. Like hell!

“Yeah, uh no.” She’s out of her fucking mind too. I stood and grabbed her hand and headed for the stairs with a ‘goodnight’ to everyone. The room erupted in laughter and she hid her face in my back as I pulled her along behind me.

My boys, except for Jared had spent the night here before they know how to get around. I was pretty sure before the hour was out Shane and Jared would have their girls with them. That would leave Cassie and Alex. Oh shit Valerie, Track. He must be going out of his mind.

I have no way of calling him since they take his phone whenever he gets stuck in that place. Speaking of which how had he called me tonight? That’s the first time he’s ever done that while away. Not to mention the fact he knew something was wrong before it happened. If my head wasn’t full of her I would think about that, but right now I couldn’t focus on anything else but her.

“Wait here.” I left her and went back to where Valerie was sitting still looking a bit dazed. “Are you okay?” I knelt in front of her and took her hands in mine. She nodded and looked at me. There were tears drying on her cheeks. Track is going to lose his shit when he hears about this.

“Track, heard he heard everything.” I looked at her questioningly. “What do you mean?”

“He called just before you guys showed up. He was asking me where we were and if everything was okay when that thing went off. He sounded really worried and then his phone went dead. He was screaming for me when the explosion happened and then he was gone.”

Fuck! I squeezed her hand feeling helpless. “I’m sure he’s okay, I promise you he’s okay.” And after this I’ma make sure dad does something to stop the fucking school from sending him away each time he acts up. He wasn’t as bad as everybody tried to make out, and I was sick of them doing that shit anyway.

“Try to get some sleep and I’ll try to find him in the morning.” I knew the words were empty. In my gut I was sure my friend was okay but if it were Sian at the end of nowhere and I couldn’t reach her at a time like this I’d lose my fucking mind. I hope he doesn’t get into any more trouble than he was already in. But I know Track, if the thinks she’s hurt, or in danger, nothing will keep him away.

I patted her knee one last time and got up to go to my girl. Dad waylaid me on the way back to the stairs where I could see her sitting waiting for me, twirling a lock of her hair between her fingers. The act was so innocent it almost stopped me in my tracks.

Dad followed my eyes and turned back to me. “That is why you don’t tell her shit Jace. You get it now? You want her to remain like that, innocent.”

“I get it dad.” I just joined the ranks of the Neanderthal. Fuck my life.

“Jackson told me what happened but we’re not telling the girls. I told your mom because Veronica already knows but the others don’t need to know this. The story for now is faulty wiring. Her detail wasn’t there tonight because she was supposed to be staying in and no one thought anyone would go to their home. I guess we know better now.”

She looked up and saw us and her smile started to slip because I was sure that whatever I was thinking was showing on my face. “Okay dad I’ll see you in the morning.” I went to her and picked her tiny little ass up in my arms and headed up the stairs to my suite.

“Jace you’re mad because I said I’d stay with the others? I just said that because of my parents, you know I would’ve come to you after everyone had gone to sleep.” She rolled her eyes as soon as we got to my room and closed the door. “Why would you have to do that? Your parents know we sleep together.”

“Well yeah, but it’s one thing for them to ‘know’ and another for…oh never mind.” She said this because I was looking at her like she was nuts. I pulled her into my arms and just held her. I know her sassy ass gets mouthy when she’s scared and the truth was evident by the way she was still shaking even now.

“You’re okay baby, don’t be afraid.” How many times am I gonna have to say that to her before this shit was over? Maybe I should take her away somewhere for a while. I don’t see either of our parents going for that but it might be worth a shot. This shit had been too close.

It’s as if she was waiting for those words to let go. She trembled and wrapped her arms around my neck and I pulled her in as hard as I could without hurting her, it was still not close enough. “If we hadn’t left…” She shook and I heard the sob in her voice. I guess she’d held it all in, just waiting for me so she could let go. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I know baby I know.” I held her head in my hand, the night’s events bringing it home just how little she was compared to me. I looked down at her face and wanted to erase the fear I saw in her eyes. I’d asked her to trust me to take care of her; so far I wasn’t doing so good. “I’m never letting you out of my sight again.”

“You’re not coming to the bathroom with me Jace, that’ll just be awkward.” Funny!

“How’re you, feeling does anything hurt?” I walked towards the bed and laid her down. Lifting her legs I removed her shoes and pulled her shorts down and off before tackling the rest of her clothes. She just went loose and let me do all the work. Lazy ass! I kissed her tummy once she was completely bare and she giggled at the tickling sensation.

“My back pulls a little but I’m ok. I think it’s more from me being tense than anything else.” I went to the bathroom to grab some strawberry scented massage oil that I’d been keeping for one of my freaky nights but she needed it now.

“Here baby lay on the towel for me.” She lifted up and rolled so I could lay the towel down before settling on it again with a sigh. I heated up some oil in my hands and starting at her feet, worked some of it between her toes working my fingers into her instep and the soles of her feet. “That’s not my back.” She knew what I was after no doubt, and the glint in her eye told me she was right there with me. “Shut up.”

By the time I reached her inner thigh, kneading the muscles that were firm from cheerleading, she was moaning and writhing against the towel, rubbing her clit into the petal soft material no doubt. She spread her legs open wider, begging without words for me to touch her there.

I wanted to fuck her so bad it hurt, but I leashed my animal and focused on taking care of her first. As my hands moved over the perfect globes of her ass I started thinking about how much my life has changed since she came into it. It didn’t seem possible that we’d known each other for such a short time. It felt like we’d always been one, how is that possible?

A quick look at the ring on her finger was a reminder of just how much in love with her I was from the start. How I just knew from that first look that she was for me. I knew in my gut that I’d never have that with anyone else. I wouldn’t want it with anyone but my Si.

I was careful with her back as I worked out the knots. She was strung tight as a bow so I set about giving her relief. I worked until her back loosened up, placing teasing kisses along her spine, and she relaxed. Now it was time to deal with the other aspect of the night.

“Where were you going tonight baby?” My fingers brushed against the sides of her breasts, which had plumped out under her arms. I was watching her face from where she had it turned to the side so I saw her eyes fly open with that ‘uh-oh’ look come into them.

“Um, uh…”

“Sian, don’t lie to me.” My voice was stern but my hands remained gentle. My cock sat right in the crease of her ass hard as fuck. “Were you going to see Mandy?” I thought I’d help her out since she seemed to have lost the ability to speak.

“Yes.”

“This is after I told you not to?” Her body reacted to the change in my tone and she tried to turn over. “Stay where you are.” I used a little force to hold her still. She got nervous because she couldn’t see what I was doing back there, as well she should.

Now that I was a little calmer and could think clearly again I knew just what to do to her disobedient ass to keep her in line. I lubed up the butt plug I’d grabbed with the oil, still out of her peripheral vision.

“Answer me.”

“But Jace I was just going to talk to her.”

“What did I say?” She mumbled some shit under her breath and tried to ease out from under me. “Be still.” I pressed down on her ass lightly and spread her legs a bit more.

“I can’t spank you because you’re hurt, I’ll save it for next time.”

“Spank…Get the hell off me.” I barely restrained myself from smacking her ass with the flat of my hand. “I told you to be still Sian I’m not playing with you.” I waited until she settled not letting her sniffles get to me.

“Jace if I’d stayed we would’ve all been hurt.” Just as I thought!

“No, because I would’ve been there and I wouldn’t have let anything happen to you. The fact remains you didn’t listen.” She was scared as shit not knowing what to expect and had I not continued rubbing her back she would’ve tightened up again.

I kissed her neck wondering what the fuck she’d done to me. I’ve had girlfriends since the age of fourteen, or maybe younger, and not once have I ever felt this overwhelming need to protect, to own, to possess.

I never fucked a girl in the ass before but with her it was almost a compulsion. Like I had to possess every part of her. I’ve never done what I was about to with anyone else either. Never cared enough to.

“This is going to hurt a little. No don’t tense up. The pain won’t last more than a second.” I poured some lube on my finger and pushed it into her tight ass.

She hissed and pushed back onto my finger. I pulled it out and lubed a second one, adding both to her ass this time. She spread her legs and I could see her juice already wetting her pussy lips from behind. My mouth watered and I had to concentrate. There was a wild beating in my heart as I eased the tip of the plug into her puckered pink rosebud.

She winced and jerked at the feel of the hard rubber against her tender flesh as I pushed a little deeper. I’d bought one that was just a little shorter but just as thick as my cock. I’d done some research since she’d awakened these feelings in me. It’s not like I could go ask my friends how to dominate my woman. Most of it came naturally, but there were some things I imagined doing to her that I had to be sure was safe.

I could’ve asked dad but that would reveal way more about my parents’ relationship than I wanted to know. I worked the plug into her ass with one hand while kneading her back with the other. “Jace it burns.” She reached a hand back to grab mine.

“Move your hand Sian or it’ll get worst. I told you not to leave the house tonight.” Once the plug was in her ass and she was fisting the sheets I went back to massaging her. I let my cock slide down between her thighs where the fat leaking head rubbed against her slit and clit each time I moved. Her breathing became sporadic and her body flushed with heat.

“Jace please I need you.” I heard the pout in her voice and gritted my teeth. If I planned to do this shit for the rest of our lives I knew I had to get it right from the start or she’d run rough shod over my ass forever.

“No. You need to apologize first then I’ll give you what you want.” I knew she’d hold out as long as she could because her ass was hardheaded. So I settled in for her stubborn ass to put me through my paces.

Once her back relaxed again I had her turn over and started in on her front. The cream was supposed to make her body more sensitive to touch and I could see it was already doing its job. Her legs wouldn’t stay still. I didn’t look at her eyes because I knew that’s how she’d get me.

Instead I focused on working the sweet smelling cream into her plump tits, avoiding her nipples. “Jace stop playing.” She tried pushing her nipples towards my hands but I pulled away not looking at her.

“How can you be mad at me after what happened?” Her voice shook. Don’t fucking cry. My hands were already shaking like what the fuck are you doing? But something inside of me needed this.

“I’m not mad at you, but you need to learn to obey me.” How could I explain this need I had to control her every move to keep her safe when I didn’t really understand it myself? From the first moment I met her something went off in my head and I knew this time, with her, things were going to be different.

Everything I thought I knew about relationships went out the window the day she became mine. That’s why she was already wearing my ring. For me, that had been the surest way of claiming her. But there was something else there, that went much deeper.

I knew I could never breathe without her; that if she ever betrayed me, I’d end her, who the fuck thinks like that? The feelings were sometimes so strong they scared me. We were so young, sometimes I worried she’d grow tired of my shit and bounce. And I haven’t even showed her half of what was inside me for her.

I tried to distance myself from what I was doing to her. This punishment shit was torture. Who the fuck was being punished here anyway? I ran my hands over her tits and down her middle to her wet pussy and rubbed between the creases of her thighs. She lifted into my hands and spread her legs once again trying to get me to come to her.

She must’ve seen something in my face because she reached out to me, but still she wasn’t saying sorry. I held her eyes with mine as I dipped a finger inside her. She arched but a hand on her stomach pushed her back down on the bed.

I played with her clit, as I pushed the finger deeper and waited for her walls to tighten before taking my fingers away from her. “Bastard.”

“Keep it up and I’ll figure out a way to beat your ass red without hurting the rest of you.” Damn, this shit comes naturally. I can just see this one throwing some shit at my head for messing with her. Submissive she is not.

“You ready to apologize baby?”

“No, I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Suit yourself.” I turned her back onto her stomach and straddled her ass. I massage her back and shoulders as she tried to hump the damn bed. A hand under her tummy took care of that and she cursed a blue streak because there was no longer any friction against her clit.

“Shh, you don’t want your parents to hear you do you?” I knew they couldn’t of course, but I doubt she remembered the room was sound proof. She went still before her body relaxed again. “Jace this isn’t fair. Let me up I’m gonna go sleep with the others.” Now she was sulking.

“You’re not going anywhere.” I pushed her hair out of my way and nibbled on her ear and neck. “They can’t save you little Sian.” I chuckled when she tried to buck me off.

“I don’t need saving, you’re a bully.” I eased the plug in and out of her ass while teasing the lips of her pussy with the fingers of the hand holding her tummy.

“Does that feel good?” She was already making humming noises as she tried pushing her ass back on the plug. “Jace I need to cum.” I pushed the plug back in and took my hands away going back to massaging her.

She growled in frustration and humped the air. I’d never seen her so wet and I kinda got the feeling that she liked what I was doing to her. The round firm globes of her ass begged to be spanked but I rubbed them instead making her jump.

I shoved a pillow under her tummy raising her ass to just where I needed it, in the air. Lowering my head I opened her pink pussy folds from behind and breathed in her intoxicating scent, before tasting her with the tip of my tongue. “Oh…” she was close.

I licked her slit and moved the plug in and out of her ass, stopping each time she got close to cumming. She fought and swore and did everything except apologize and I found that I was really getting into this shit.

I could tease her all night long even though my cock was so hard I was afraid I’d hurt her once I did get inside her tight pussy. I knew that she would cave; that she would give me what I wanted before the night was done and it gave me a sense of power. I think I fell more in love with her while I was tormenting us both.

As I fucked her ass with the plug and teased her clit with my tongue I realized something about this new need I had to own her completely. It didn’t come from a place of abuse, as I’d feared. I would never hurt her; never betray her in anyway, it just wasn’t in me. Instead I wanted to give her everything.

“Do you really not see how it was wrong to disobey me baby?” I kept teasing her ass with the plug and barely letting my fingers graze across her pussy slit. She moaned and hissed, trying to get me to do something to ease the ache that was no doubt growing inside of her. Each time she did, I stopped all movement.

“I wasn’t disobeying you Jace. I was trying to make things right so you didn’t have to deal with her again. I know you don’t understand….”

“Oh but I do. I understand the need to protect the one you love. But there’s something you’re missing here baby. I’m the man; I’m your man. What’s more, I know her. I don’t want you anywhere near her, no more than you want me near her.” I added that last part quickly when she opened her mouth to argue.

“That’s not really the point though is it? The point is I said no, and you outright disobeyed a direct order.”

“A direct… Jace this is a relationship, not a dictatorship.”

“You keep telling yourself that shit. Now enough of this shit. My dick’s about to break the fuck off and your pussy’s leaking like a broken faucet. You really want to argue about this now?” I don’t think that’s part of this whole domination kick, who gives a fuck? I make my own rules.

“Sorry, not sorry.” I’ma have to work on my technique, for now I teased her ass, smoothing my hand up and down the firm globes. Of course she thought I was setting her up for a spanking and tried to get away from me.

“No don’t move baby, I’m not going to spank you, just let me have you.” My cock was already leaking pre-cum all over her ass and thighs. I grabbed her ass cheeks in my hands spreading them around the plug, and her pussy smiled at me from between her legs. I stroked my cock a couple times before leading it to her pretty pink opening and sliding in deep.

We both sighed together as her warmth enveloped me and sucked me into her depths. I pushed all the way in slowly and leaned over her back so I could whisper in her ear. “You feel so good baby. I love being inside you.”

My heart thumped in my chest as I fucked in and out of her slowly, doing my best not to hurt her. With the pillow under her middle her ass was at the perfect angle for a nice deep fuck, but I found that having to hold myself in check had its own perks.

She was extra tight because of the plug in her ass and my cock was being strangled to death, but nothing had ever felt this fucking good. I leaned completely over her back and found her lips with mine.

She pushed her pussy back hard on my cock and I felt the deep arch in her back. To keep her from hurting herself I placed one of my hands in the small of her back. That left me with one to tease her right tit.

Her pussy went into overdrive when I squeezed her aroused nipple between my fingers before palming her plump tit in my hand. My hips found and kept a nice slow pace of in and out, digging deep into her channel without hurting her.

I knew she was okay by the sounds she made as she moved beneath me. The sight of her ass shining from the oil I’d used on her earlier made me want to take a bite. I contorted my body, taking my hands away from her back and tit until I reached her ass with my teeth.

My cock slipped out of her a ways but her pussy still massaged the sensitive head of my cock. I bit down too hard in my effort to hold of my own orgasm, but when I thought I’d hurt her with my carelessness, her pussy clamped down on my cock head and she thrashed her head back and forth.

Getting to my knees I grabbed both her ass cheeks and fucked into her hard. There was no holding myself back this time, and when she pushed up on her knees and growled I let go and fucked my seed into her. Hard!