Knox
“I’m so excited, tomorrow is going to be the best day ever,” Piper says, her face beaming.
She’s finished grade school, and tomorrow officially graduates from eighth grade. All week, she’s been reminding me that she’s a high school student now, and officially almost a grown up. And that her birthday is in a month and she’ll be fourteen. As in not my baby girl anymore.
I know the next four years are going to get even worse. That she’ll want less and less to do with me, and more and more to do with her friends. Until the day she brings a boy home. How the fuck am I supposed to deal with that?
“I still remember my eighth grade graduation,” Avery says from her position beside me on the couch, “I tripped when I went up to get my certificate.”
“And that’s why we didn’t get the shoes with the heels too high, right?” Piper says.
“Exactly.”
“I don’t want to make a fool of myself tomorrow, especially with the surprise I have planned.”
“What surprise?” I ask.
“Duh, it’s a surprise. Surprise means I can’t tell you. Or it wouldn’t be a surprise.”
Piper’s gone on about her surprise for the past two weeks. I don’t like surprises. No matter how much I’ve pressed her on what it is, she wouldn’t tell me. It’d better be something stupid, and not anything like introducing me to a boy at the ceremony.
“You’d better get to bed, or you’ll be too tired to enjoy tomorrow,” I say.
“Night,” Piper says as she runs up the stairs.
“Good night,” Avery and I say.
“What the fuck is the surprise?” I mutter.
“No idea. She wouldn’t give me any hints,” Avery says.
She’s been sitting beside me on the couch all night, and now that Piper’s gone upstairs, I pull her closer.
“It better not be a boy.”
“You might want to prepare for that. If it’s not tomorrow, it’ll be some day not too far in the future.”
I grumble, too annoyed out by the idea to think about it any longer.
Avery leans her body against mine, and we mindlessly watch some movie. I only pay attention when a car comes on the screen.
Piper loves having Avery around so much, and the two have become even closer. She’s fit right into our family so easily, it’s like she’s always been a part of it.
Part of me still worries that having an actual girlfriend and having Piper have a relationship with that girlfriend is a bad idea. But it’s an idea I’ve been religiously following Piper’s whole life, and breaking it is a weird feeling.
Even though breaking it for Avery couldn’t feel more right.
The credits roll up the screen, but neither of us moves. Avery’s been going home around eleven every night, but tonight I don’t want her to leave.
She presses her hand against my chest and moves to stand, “I’d better get going.”
“Stay here tonight.”
Avery’s eyes move up to mine, and widen when our eyes connect. “What are you saying?”
I lower my voice, and say, “To sleep. I want you in my bed.”
“But what about Piper.” Avery raises her head to mine, inches away from me.
“But nothing. I said to sleep. We both know you can’t be quiet. Besides, I’m surprised you’re not still sore from this morning.” I spent three hours at her house this morning, and when I left she was stuck on her bed.
“You want me to sleep in your arms? But not fuck me?”
“That’s what I said. You can leave before Piper gets up in the morning.”
“I didn’t bring anything to sleep in.”
“Good,” I say and bring her mouth against mine. I break the kiss just as fast, before I won’t be able to stop and we end up waking Piper.
Pushing Avery off me, I stand and take her hand. She follows me around the house as I turn off all the lights, before she follows me up the stairs and into my bedroom.
In silence, I strip down to my boxers while watching Avery peel off her clothes. She leaves her panties on and climbs into my bed. I finally have a woman in my bed and it feels fucking right.
I get in bed, and pull her alongside me. She hooks her feet around my calves and I hold her tighter against me. My dick rests against her round ass, and I force myself to think of Piper to stop myself from sticking it in Avery.
Avery falls asleep almost instantly, and I lie here, enjoying the rise and fall of her ribs under my arm. The scent of her hair fills my nose as I drift off to sleep.
At some point, I wake with a massive hard-on. It’s pitch black, and Avery grinds her ass against me in her sleep.
Still half asleep, I trail my hand over the curve of her hip, and flick my finger under the edge of her panties. She’s wet and she wants me. Fuck, I need to be in this pussy.
I kiss her cheek, put my lips to her ear and say, “Can you be quiet?”
She mumbles something and grinds into me.
I flick my cock out of my boxers, hold her panties aside, and push into her. Being inside her bare, feeling her wetness against my skin, still sends shivers from my cock through my body. I stay motionless, enjoying the sensations.
Moving a little, I move slow and deep. I’m waking up more now, but Avery is still half asleep. With each thrust, her ass pushes back against me. Her breath is shallow and fast under my arm, and she whimpers.
“Quiet,” I whisper, increasing my thrusts.
A moan comes from her throat. I know the noise, it means she’s close. Tingles race up and down my legs and my balls tighten.
Avery’s body gyrates and she tilts her head back, her mouth open. I clamp my hand over her mouth in time to muffle her scream. I hope I muffled it enough.
My body shudders and my dick explodes against her walls.
In seconds, she’s back asleep and I wonder if she was ever even fully awake. Exhausted, I leave my cock in her and fall back asleep.
I wake up with Avery still in my arms, the room bright with sunlight. Not wanting to wake her, I run my hand over her sleeping body before caressing each of her breasts and rolling her nipples between my fingers.
My cock stirs inside her, but I know it’s too risky and that Piper would know. Having her sleep here in my bed is risky enough.
Shit, it’s after nine. Piper will be up. Fuck.
“Wake up, baby,” I whisper into Avery’s ear.
“Hmm.”
“Quiet, Piper’s up.”
“No.” Avery jolts to her elbows, and my dick falls free of her in the movement.
“We slept in. We have to be quiet,” I say in a hushed tone.
“How do I get out of here?”
“I’m going to have to sneak you out.” The way Piper had better never sneak a boy out.
“How?”
“I don’t know, I’ll distract her in the kitchen and you go out the front door.”
Avery laughs, and I cover her mouth with my hand.
“What’s so funny?”
She creases her brow and pulls my hand away, “Did we have sex last night?”
“I’m offended you don’t remember.”
“I remember you putting your hand over my mouth. And I remember a pretty good dream.”
“Dream?”
“Not a dream then?”
“No. Focus. We have to get you out of here without her knowing.”
I should think it was a mistake having her stay here last night, but all I can think of is wanting more of it. Even though I know it’s a mistake.
A mistake that makes me even more angry at myself, for putting myself ahead of Piper. Piper has to come first. I can’t forget that.