CHAPTER 3

ADAM

 

Pulling out of the garage, I find a spot to pull over where I’m out of view of the garage, not that Darcy would give a shit. Leaning my head back against the headrest, I close my eyes and sigh loudly. Wow, she’s a force to be reckoned with! I think I may need to work at this one.

Fuck it, she has my number… it’ll only be a matter of time – she won’t be able to resist me! Well I hope anyway.

As a smirk pulls at my mouth from thinking about what I could do with feisty Darcy, I pull my phone from my pocket and text my brother Chris;

 

C: You at home bro?

 

I wait for a minute or so but I don’t get an answer, heading that way instead to see if he’s at home. Pulling on the drive of his and Taylor’s house, I see Chris’ car but not Taylors – she must be at work. I ring the doorbell and wait…

Seeing Chris rubbing his eyes as he walks towards the door in just joggers and no t-shirt tells me I woke him up. Fuck!

He gives me a chin lift as he opens the door. “Sup?” Chris asks me through a yawn. He opens the door wide and lets me walk in.

“Sorry I didn’t mean to wake you? I did text first but I thought I’d come anyway and if you weren’t in, I knew Taylor would be?”

“Yeah, but I had to get up anyway Taylor’s had to go into the office for a meeting and I’m on nights this week, last one tonight though. What’s up, did you want a drink?”

“Coffee please, mate.”

Chris nods and prepares the cups and puts the kettle on to make us a drink. I sit down on the sofa and rest my feet on the coffee table.

“Oi, get your feet down! If Taylor walks in and sees ya, she’ll go mental.” I take my feet from the table and sit up on the settee. “Come on then what’s up?” Chris asks as he places the cups on the table.

“Fancy going out this weekend?”

“Adam. You wouldn’t come around here just to ask me that.”

He’s right, he knows I would have messaged him instead. “I need your advice... I’ve met this girl, well, I’ve only met her a couple of times, I want to get to know her better but she’ll barely give me the time of day.” I frown. On seeing my dilemma Chris thinks it’s really funny, then laughs loudly at me.

“You mean to tell me that she hasn’t fallen for your cocky attitude straight away? I like this girl already. Come on then what’s she like?” Narrowing my eyes at him, I begin to tell him.

“She’s a redhead, petite and she’s fucking gorgeous but she’s kind of moody, she’s a mechanic at Ambrose mechanics in town. I tried my normal glowing personality on her and I think she wanted to run me over with my own truck, then I went back there today and she was even moodier.” He looks across at me with raised eyebrows then laughs some more.

“I’m glad you think this is funny!” My voice takes on a higher pitch, “I even tried flirting with her and she said my girlfriend wouldn’t like it. Oh, and you know why that is? She thinks Taylor is my fucking girlfriend because she picked me up from there the other day, so now she won’t even speak to me!”

Laughing loudly again Chris says, “Oh, Ad, you’re an arrogant fucker at times so it’s not surprising is it, just hang in there. I don’t think there’s anyone as difficult as Taylor was.”

“Yeah but that’s different, you were fucking her!” I tell him wide eyed, not seeing how that’s relevant to this case.

The smile that was spread across his face has now turned into a frown. “We were also friends for a while remember, and I never thought of it as fucking her, I always wanted more with Taylor. She just needed to get on the same page as me. Anyway, Taylor was a lot different to what this girl sounds like though. Try being her friend and not try getting into her knickers straight away, that might help – if she sees you genuinely like her, you never know - you might win some brownie points with her. Earn her trust first.”

“Friend. Does that shit really work?” I ask screwing up my nose. Chris shakes his head at me.

“You’re unbelievable, but yeah it works sometimes.”

I drink the rest of my coffee after agreeing with Chris that might be the best plan, changing the subject, we talk about work, I tell him about my new book I’m writing, a suspense thriller.

Talking like this with Chris reminds me of when we were a bit younger, Chris, me and Todd were always close – we hardly ever see Aidan – he’s always working. I hear the key turn in the lock and see Taylor walk in, go straight over to Chris and kiss him.

“You got one of those for me, gorgeous?” Winking at her and she snorts loudly.

“You wish. These are all for my hot boyfriend I’m afraid. How’s your mechanic?”

“Don’t ask, in fact yeah ask him, he’ll fill you in, shit, literally - I’m going, see you later.” Kissing Taylor on the cheek, I make my way out back to my truck and drive home.

Walking in the house, I go straight to my study, which I set up when Chris had moved out and used his old room, I sit at the laptop and start writing, getting lost in my words.

 

* * * * * * *

 

Two days after seeing Chris, we’re at Heatwave, our local club hangout. I didn’t go back to the garage again. I thought I’d give Darcy some space, I don’t know whether she just doesn’t like me or she’s playing hard to get but whatever it is – I’ll find out.

I’ve had way too much to drink and there’s a little blonde hanging off me, begging for it. Darcy has been

on my mind since I met her, fuck knows why but she takes up fifty percent of my headspace at the moment.

I think that’s because I’ve been thinking of her in those dirty overalls, or out of them so to speak but since it’s not going anywhere, there’s nothing wrong with getting rid of this hard on while I can.  

It’s either get her to sort it out or do it myself. Grabbing her hand that keeps accidently touching my hard dick in my jeans, I ask her if she wants to go somewhere. Fluttering her eyelashes, she smiles and nods at me.

I direct her to the back of the club where the toilets are, I lead her into the ladies, luckily there’s no-one waiting, just two of the cubicle doors are closed. Shutting the door and locking it, she’s on me like a leech - her hands are everywhere, rubbing up and down my chest, her other one rubs across my aching dick.

I cup her chin with one hand, crash my lips to hers and lift her tight skirt to bunch around her waist. There’s nothing nice about this, this is an itch that needs scratching. She undoes my jeans as I take out a condom out of my wallet. Rolling it on, I pick her up and place her against the door, I ram my dick into her as she calls out, her back is banging against the door making it rattle. She tightens her hold on my hips with her thighs as she locks her ankles at my back and her nails dig into the skin. She captures my earlobe between her teeth and bites down sharply. I re-adjust my grip onto her arse and after a few hard thrusts I’m emptying myself as she’s shuddering and moaning.

“Fuck!” I say gasping.

“That was awesome, thanks,” she says with a wicked smile. Shit, I can’t even remember her name.

I’m not usually this much of a bastard but needs are a must. I’ve only done this a couple of times and I don’t see them again, I’ve been lucky not to get a clinger.

Removing the condom, I tie it, wrap it in some tissue and fasten up my jeans while she lowers her skirt, then she fixes her make up in the mirror. After saying my goodbye with a wink and dropping the tissue wrapped condom in the bin, I make my way back out into the crowd walking back up to Todd, slapping him on the back.

“Where have you been?” Looking at him with a smirk on my face I tell him I had some business to attend to.

“You ready to go?” I ask Todd as picks up his drink and knocks it back and nods to me.

When we get outside he turns to me, “You shagged her didn’t ya?”

“I might have done. Let’s grab that taxi,” I tell Todd as we start walking towards the empty one sitting at the kerb, once we’re inside Todd turns to me,

“For fucks sake, Ad!”

“What? You looked busy with her mate.”

Frowning at him I turn away from him to look out of the window as he speaks again.

“I kissed her that was it, she really wasn’t my type and when she realised she wasn’t getting anymore she went looking for her friend.” Todd is nothing like me. We may be twins but we’re complete opposites.

“If she’d have come to the toilets she would have found her,” I say with a smug grin on my face.

Shaking his head at me at what looks like disgust, he looks at me, “I hope your dick drops off!” then he steps from the taxi and leaves me to pay the fare. I pass a tenner to the driver and step out.

“Oh, chill your fucking beans, dude!” I say as I laugh out loud. Stroppy fucker!

When I enter the house, I’m still laughing, but I quieten down because Mum will kick my arse if I wake her up. I get a glass of cold water and drink it all in one, while I see Todd has already fucked off to bed. Todd is opposite to me in every way possible, he’s the settle down kind, a little like Chris. Me, I don’t want to settle down – unless I can get Darcy to change her mind about me then, maybe I’ll think about it.

I leave the glass on the side and go to my room, have a quick shower, then get into bed. As soon as I close my eyes, the only face I can see is fucking Darcy, haunting me.