Rings
I pulled in to Tara and Cyrus’s Red Hook house and jumped out of the SUV. I walked around back and just about fell the fuck over. Cyrus said he was putting on an addition not building a new place. It was the shape of an octagon and dark wood half way up. The rest of it was glass.
I looked at the sign that said Birdie’s Nest. Damn that’s cool.
I walked inside and Cyrus was standing in a tux next to Jase and Zandor. Falcon, Abe, Kat, Ricco, and Carly’s stepdad Thomas were there too.
The room was all wood and around the entire perimeter were leather built in benches. Under each were baskets. There were four tables each had five chairs and a smaller table with two. I assumed that was for them. I wished it was for Taelyn and me.
We had been so damn busy all week and she spent the night with the girls and Momma at a hotel just outside of town. Cyrus was taking this all very seriously and you know what? I understood that now.
When Taelyn was free I knew that I had to have her. I sure as hell didn’t want anyone else to get her. I fought so hard to hang onto my views on love for my entire sexual life. Variety was not the spice of life…Taelyn Patrick was.
Momma Joe and Little Bell walked in. “Places.”
“Where is she at Momma?” Cyrus asked.
Momma wiped her face, “She’s out there with her sisters trying to fix her makeup. You Cyrus Steel are a beautiful man. You make her feel like Jonathon made me feel. Your father would be so proud of you.”
Momma hugged Cyrus and cried.
I looked at Jase and Zandor who looked just like I felt. We weren’t pussies but we missed Dad. Fuck this was hard. I took a few deep breathes and a minister walked in.
Jase, Zandor and I stood next to Cyrus and music blew softly through the speaker system. Unconditionally by Katy Perry started playing. Jase, Zandor, and I looked at each other and Cyrus glared.
“She likes this song, Back the fuck off.”
When Taelyn walked in she tried to sit with the others and Carly grabbed her hand. Taelyn looked up at me lost and needing direction. I smiled and winked. Bekah put her hand on her back and guided her towards us.
All three of them had on a metallic brown dress. None were alike but they were the same material. Taelyn stood next to me and I wrapped my arm around her waist.
“Sorry I didn’t know,” she whispered.
“This is where you belong. I fucked up that day. Let me off the hook babe. I love you.” I kissed her neck.
Her dress was floor length and strapless. I was thanking God that I had a jacket on because the only thing I could think about was licking her bare neck, unzipping that dress and licking the rest of her.
“You look so fucking sexy right now Irish.”
“I can’t wait to show you how hot you make me in that tux.” She looked up at me and smiled.
Tara floated in. Yeah she floats. All her movements are fluid. She stopped and locked eyes with Cyrus. Her mouth opened a little and she took in a big breath and her whole body quivered. She mouthed hi.
He gave her a half smile she held her hand out.
He walked towards her and she hugged him as soon as he got to her. She looked up and he rubbed the back of his hand up and down her cheek.
I looked over at Taelyn and she was taking a tissue Carly passed her. The chicks were already crying.
Cyrus and Tara walked up together and the minister did his thing. I didn’t pay much attention because I was too busy watching Taelyn’s reaction to it all. That girl couldn’t hide emotions at all.
When they kissed she turned to me with tears falling I had to kiss her. Fuck she was stunning.
We ate and danced and ate some more.
When all four of the girls were out dancing Tara, took off her little jacket and Cyrus jaw dropped. Tara looked over at him and smiled. She lifted her arms and shook her ass in a circle. The back and sides of her dress were opened.
“Does that say--.”
“Forever Mrs. Steel. Fuck,” he growled, “My little Bird just got even hotter. She must have done that last night. Wasn’t there before she left.”
He stalked up to her and whispered in her ear. Then they disappeared into the main house.
Bekah and Carly were laughing and Bekah looked over at Zandor. She turned and lowered the top of her backless dress exposing her back further.
“Kitten.” Zandor gasped and he walked towards her.
He pushed her forward and pulled her dress out and looked down it. He reached and put his hand around the front of her neck and pulled her up and kissed her neck. No hold up, he was biting her neck.
I looked over at Carly and Taelyn and then at Jase.
“She better not have let someone else touch her body,” he said staring her down.
She bent over and acted as if she were showing him her tits.
“You better not have.”
She smirked and nodded yes and then turned her back to him.
“Shits about to get ugly in here.” Jase hissed.
Carly looked over her shoulder and blew him a kiss. He shook his head slowly no.
She pulled her hair to the side and she had ink too.
“No fucking way.” He stormed towards her and Momma Joe was there in a flash.
Taelyn smiled at me. I lifted my palms in the air and she walked over.
“What no ink for you?” I kissed her cheek.
“Just something small. It hurts you know.”
“Where.”
“Your families place of course.”
“No. Where on your body?”
She turned and pulled her hair to the side.
Right under her hairline it said Irish. Nothing more just Irish.
I kissed her neck.
“Who got to do you?”
“Kat. She did me and Bekah. Your mom did Carly and Tara.”
“You plan this?”
“No. I actually said no and then I decided what the hell.”
“I wanna pierce your belly button.”
“I’m not sure about that.”
“Okay your hood then.”
“No thank you.” She laughed.
“I love it.”
“It’s a little sore.”
“It’s needled going in your skin Irish.” I kissed it softly. “Come with me to the SUV for a minute.”
We walked outside and to the vehicle. She was grinning when I opened the door for her.
I walked to the other side and got in.
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
“Didn’t expect it to ever happen. Didn’t know I ever wanted it to. But it did. Four weeks ago we met and have been together every day since. Have I mentioned I love you?”
“Yes.”
“Good. I got you a present. Today actually. It’s not a proposal, but I’m not saying it’s never going to happen because I never thought this would. It’s how I feel and it’s who you are.”
I pulled the little box out of my jacket pocket and opened it.
“It’s a --.”
“Claddagh ring.” She laughed.
“Right hand with the heart facing you means you’re spoken for. Maybe someday we switch it around?”
She held out her hand and laughed. “I love it.”
“I knew you would.”
“One more thing?” I kissed her hand.
“Anything.” She pulled up the console and reached between my legs.
“You are perfect you know that?”
I moved closer to her and she stood on the seat and pulled off a thong.
“Over here.” She curled her finger towards herself. She pulled her gown up and straddled me, “One more thing?”
“When we do this thing. You’ll have an Italian flag next to the Irish on your neck.
She reached between us and positioned my cock. “Ireland’s flag on the other side and you got yourself a deal.”
She stroked me against her opening and moaned. “Give me Italy?”
“Italy is all yours.”
She sunk down on be and moaned.
“Italy needs to concede quicker than usual. There’s cake to be eaten.”
She grabbed the back of the seat and rode me hard and real fast.
“Cake sounds like a good appetizer if pussy can be the main dish.”
“Italian sausage too?”
“I fucking love the Irish.”
She moved faster and cried out.
“Don’t stop now Irish. Show me what you’re made of.” I grabbed her hips and bounced her up and down on my cock.
“No more fucking nights apart,” I groaned.
“None,” she whimpered. “I’m gonna come. Oh yes, yes, yes—oh God!”
“Fuck Babe.” I continued bouncing her up and down as I slammed my cock into her.
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” I came inside her sweet wet little pussy and pulled her down hard on me one last time.
She nuzzled into my neck and I continued swaying inside her just so I could hear her whimper against my ear.
~
Two weeks later she dropped the bomb shell. She was going home for four days the following week. It was spring break and she needed to see her family.
“I wanna show my Mom the ring. I want to tell my brothers and father all about you. It’s four days.”
“Fine. I’ll go too.”
“You have work Xavier.”
“You don’t want me to meet them?”
“Of course I do. I love you. I just need to tell them face to face. Four days that’s it.”
“Next time I get a say?”
“Next time they can come here and stay in your place.”
I was not cool with this and she knew it. She started sleeping a lot again. Feeling like crap and she even cried a couple times.
I hated that. Hated seeing my Irish upset. So I kept it under lock and key, or at least I tried.
~
Two days before she left I really noticed a change and when she was off, I was off. It couldn’t be helped.
We had a little argument that resulted in her getting physically ill. That was enough for me. I didn’t want her to cry and I sure as fuck didn’t want her to vomit because of me.
She spent the day in bed and I went to meet with River.
When I got home that night she was asleep and she slept the entire night.
I woke in the morning to her going down. She was leaving the next day and I sure as hell wanted her to remember I was a giver.
I swung her around and started eating her like it was my job. And it was. I was spreading her and I massaged her ass poking a bit and she moved faster. I reached over into the nightstand drawer still tongue fucker her pussy and grabbed the lube I bought the other day. I squirted it on my pinky and then rubbed around her tight little hole.
She moaned and I pushed in a little. She took my cock deeper in my mouth, a sign that she was turned on. I pushed in some more and she gasped.
“You okay?”
“Yes I’m,” I nudged further in and she whimpered.
“Relax babe. Take a deep breath.”
She took a deep breath and I pushed half way in and then started massaging inside of her.
“Ahh--.”
“Hurt?”
“No, more,” She pushed against me and my pinky was inside her. I massaged her deeper and she hissed taking my cock deep inside her mouth.
I used the other hand to finger her as I licked her clit.
She came hard, bucking wildly against my face and deep throating my cock. I felt my release burning inside of me and I came real fucking hard.
We stayed real close at work that day. When it was four o’clock I decided to try to stay busy so I wouldn’t focus on what I had planned for us tonight. She had given me everything else, I was sure she wouldn’t deny me this.
I was tuning one of the guitars and she walked in and sat directly in front of me and leaned back.
“Will you sing to me?”
“Sing?”
“Yes. I want you to hold me, play the guitar, and sing to me.”
“We can try.”
I started with G.
“I don’t wanna fight no more.”
Then D, F#.
“I only wanna get to shore.”
I continued singing as I played.
When the song ended she stood up.
“Can we go home? I want you to hold me.”
“Taelyn, don’t go. You have been so damn down for two weeks you’re scaring the hell out of me. If it doesn’t feel right then don’t go.”
“Please don’t make it harder than it already is.”
“Okay we need to stop at the shop is that okay?”
“Yes.”
She sat real close to me in the car. I didn’t drive because we both needed the closeness.
“I want you to go to the doctors. You’ve been tired--.”
“I probably need iron. I’ll go when I get home.”
“You are home.”
“You know what I mean.”
“As long as you do.”
“Xavier please I don’t want to fight.”
“Me either.”
We pulled up in front of the shop and I got out. “Come in?”
“I’ll wait.”
“I kind of need you to come in. I wanna do something to you. Trust me.”
“I trust you but I really don’t want to come in.”
“One little poke and then I know--.”
“You can’t, I won’t, why are you doing this to me?”
“I promise it won’t be anything like--.”
“No.”
“Fuck it. Hey James take Taelyn home.”
“Xavier--.”
“No. Isn’t that what you just said to me? I don’t know what your problem is. You won’t even talk to me. This isn’t what either of us signed on for. This isn’t us Taelyn.”
“Please. I’ll go to the doctors when I get to Boston. I’ll be better when I come back. Please don’t fight with me. Not now. Please.”
“Jesus Christ Taelyn,” I got back in and shut the door. She grabbed me and held onto me like I was the only thing keeping her on this earth.
“I just want you to be happy. I promise I’ll be better.”