Chapter Twenty-Eight

 

 

 

 

Simon

 

 

 

 

 

I woke up suddenly and took a second to orient myself. I was in Megan’s bed, that much was obvious because my naked girlfriend was asleep on her stomach next to me. Her bare back was on display and her hands were tucked under her pillow, making her look completely at peace.

My phone vibrated next to the bed, alerting me to a text message, and I realized that was probably what had woken me up in the first place. I reached over to pick it up and saw the text was from my brother.

 

Alex:      Water main broke in the neighborhood so the water will be off all day. Better shower at Megan’s.

 

I groaned at his passive aggressive message and didn’t bother replying. I set my phone back on the nightstand and gratefully picked up the ibuprofen Megan had left out the night before. I swallowed them, along with half of the bottle of water, before collapsing back into bed. I cuddled up to Megan and dropped an arm across her back. She shifted under my hold and turned so she was facing me, her eyes still closed.

“Go back to sleep,” she murmured before pressing her lips to my chest. “It’s too early.”

I pulled the blanket up higher and kissed her temple before closing my own eyes. We laid like that for a while but I knew Megan hadn’t gone back to sleep. I shifted us so she was on her back and I hovered above her as I grinned.

“Good morning.”

Her lips curved up into a smile and her sleepy eyes focused on my face. “Good morning.”

I pressed a quick kiss to her mouth and trailed my lips down her jaw, continuing my descent between the valley of her breasts, down her stomach, and paused when I made it to the top of her underwear.

I looked up and my gaze met Megan’s. A fire sparked in her hazel eyes and her breathing quickened in anticipation. I was going to make up for leaving her high and dry the night before. I hooked my fingers in her underwear and pulled them off of her slowly before pushing her legs apart. I feathered kisses on the inside of her thigh, loving how she squirmed under me. I hooked my arms under her legs and trailed my tongue to her center, licking her once and eliciting a low moan from her.

God, she tasted amazing. It didn’t matter what part of Megan I was sampling- I was addicted to all of it.

Pressing my face to her warmth, I flicked my tongue against her slowly, gradually increasing my speed. I pushed my tongue inside of her, enjoying the way she wriggled as I did. When I secured my lips over her most sensitive piece of flesh, her body started trembling under my hold. She chanted my name as she pulled fistfuls of my hair. Her grip only tightened when her breathing stalled and her body tensed up.

I slowed my assault on her sensitive flesh as her orgasm waned and Megan released the grip she had on my hair. I pulled my face away from her and crawled up her body, maneuvering my boxers off as I did. I paused at her breasts and ran my tongue along one of her delicious, perky nipples as I rubbed my thumb against her other. Every gasp, moan, and cry that escaped her lips caused my dick to harden to the point that it was almost painful. Finally, I let go of her nipple and kissed a path up to her lips.

Megan didn’t waste any time tangling her tongue with mine and I groaned with the knowledge that she could taste herself. Her legs spread as I positioned the tip of my cock at her entrance and her whole body squeezed me as I slid inside slowly. Her fingers dug into my back as I began thrusting in and out of her as a languid pace. Megan pulled her lips from mine and shook her head.

“Si. Faster. Please.”

“Fuck,” I murmured as I increased my pace. I slammed our hips together and was rewarded with her loud cry of pleasure. I did it again and again and willed my body to hold out a little longer. I wanted Megan to come again before it was over.

I shifted my hips and I knew I was hitting her perfectly because her body began to convulse underneath mine almost immediately. As she cried out in pleasure again, I lost all control and my orgasm raged through my body. I tried to keep moving my hips but it was too much so I just pressed close to her. Aftershocks ran through me and the sensitivity caused my hips to jerk. After a moment, I pressed a kiss to her lips while my body sagged with exertion..

“I love you,” Megan whispered. Her eyes were closed and a serene look of satisfaction filled her face.

I pulled my hips away from hers slowly so I could drop on the bed next to her. She didn’t waste any time cuddling to my chest and I cinched my arms around her.

“I love you, too.”       

We stayed in the paradise of her bed for a bit, not saying anything, and eventually we got up to shower. When we got out, I moved to grab the boxers I’d been wearing the day before but Megan just smiled and shook her head.

“I washed some stuff that had been left here. There’s a pair of your boxers in my first drawer on the left.”

“We are so domestic,” I replied as I dropped a kiss to her cheek. She smiled at me as she used the towel to dry her hair and I knew she wanted to say something. I turned around with my boxers on and sighed. “Okay. Let’s talk about it.”

Megan hung her towel up on the bathroom door and pulled on some black shorts and a pink blouse before she walked over to where I was. Her fingertips purposefully touched the sore spots on my face.

“What did he say?”

I shook my head and held her gaze as she continued her inspection. “Not a lot, honestly. Just that he didn’t expect me to do something like that. He’s feeling really betrayed.”

“I can’t imagine how Kelly would respond if we were in that situation,” she said quietly. “I think it’s worse because you’ve always done everything for him and he’s not used to you being selfish. I mean, I think in some way we expect our younger siblings to be selfish but they don’t ever think that of us.”

“I’ve never thought about it like that.” I tilted my head as she ran her fingers down my neck.

Megan nodded and gripped my hand with her free one. “What we did was wrong. Not even just the kissing or having sex at the station that day. Long before that we were having an emotional affair. But if the tables were turned and I was dating you but Alex and I had any sort of attraction or connection, what would have happened?”

“He would have tried to stay away from you,” I answered honestly. I hesitated a bit before continuing on. “But I don’t think he would have tried very hard.”

“Exactly. Kelly would have done the same. She would have tried for a moment to be noble but ultimately she would have gone after what she wanted.” Megan kissed my chin and smiled. “He’ll forgive you. Alex will find another woman who can be enough for him and be what he wants. That isn’t me and it never was. I’m sure his feelings have more to do with you than me, anyway. Once he’s happy, he’ll understand.”

I nodded in agreement as I pushed a wet strand of hair behind her ears. “You’re right.”

“I know. What’s your plan now?”

“I was going to go home to try and talk to him but he sent a text earlier that tells me it’s still not the right time.” I gave her a wry smile. “So I guess I’ll wait until sometime this week.”

She gripped my hand and tugged to encourage me to follow to out of the bedroom. “I’m going to walk the dog and make sure my sister is alive. I’ll get some breakfast started after that.”

I watched as she slipped into some flip flops and hooked Simba up to his leash. I immediately went into the kitchen and started pulling out stuff to make breakfast once the front door was shut.

“Why are you so noisy?” Kelly whined from behind me as she collapsed at the kitchen table. “Are you trying to make my head split in two?”

“Good morning to you, too,” I said with a chuckle as I mixed some eggs with a fork. “Do you like French toast?”

She didn’t move from where her face was buried in her hands. “I like coffee.”

I had coffee going and the first round of French toast on the griddle by the time I heard Megan walk back through the front door.

“Sorry. The crazy neighbor caught me and he wouldn’t shut up. I’m gonna check on Kelly really quick and then I’ll…” She trailed off as she came around the corner and found Kelly at the table and me in the kitchen. “Wow. Looks like Kelly is alive and you’re making breakfast. What can I do?”

I shook my head and gestured to the coffee. “Get a cup for you and Sunshine over there and relax.”

Megan did as I said, dropping a kiss to my shoulder in the process. “Feeling last night, Kel? How much do you remember?”

“Only a little,” Kelly groaned. “I remember talking to Chad Hughes. He’s a nice guy.”

“No, he’s not.” Megan’s voice was firm with underlying tones of anger that instantly had me going into protective boyfriend mode. “He knew you were wasted and was trying to get you home. When I told him that wasn’t happening, he was an asshole.”

“An asshole to you?” I asked as I folded my arms across my chest. Megan smirked at me.

“I put him in his place and Tori offered to help me kick his ass. I’ve got it under control.”

“My first act as lieutenant is assigning Hughes indefinite bathroom duty,” I muttered as I flipped the French toast.

The three of us ate breakfast together and Kelly eventually went back to bed. Megan and I cleaned up and went grocery shopping. When we made it back to the apartment, we went to her room to change into our bathing suits so we could go to the complex pool. It took us a bit longer than it should have because I pulled the red bikini off of her before she’d been able to make it out of the bedroom. Once we were both redressed, we grabbed towels and headed to the pool.

We spent an hour in the water either talking or racing from one end to the other. Megan eventually got out to lay on a chair near the edge as we kept chatting. A few of the neighbors stopped to talk to her, including a guy who dropped his eyes to her chest a little too often. I quickly learned he was the crazy neighbor that liked the chit chat with the girls. He finally backed off when I pulled myself out of the pool and took the lounge chair next to Megan.

“I love seeing you in that bathing suit,” I said as I ran my eyes down her glorious body. “I just don’t love everyone else seeing you in that bathing suit.”

Megan laughed and sat up. She pushed her sunglasses to the top of her head and made a dramatic gesture as she looked me up and down. “Ditto, Si. I feel like I need a bat to keep the women off of you. Literally.”

“I only want one woman on me,” I murmured as I leaned forward and captured her lips. She flinched and pulled away from me.

“That water dripping off of you is cold.”

“Yeah?” I asked with a grin and Megan immediately began shaking her head.

“Don’t do it.” She moved to her feet but I wrapped my arm around her thigh before she could take a step. I grabbed her arm with my other and hoisted her so she was draped across my back, spanning both shoulders. She struggled a bit but there was nowhere for her to go.

“This is what we refer to as the fireman’s carry, babe,” I said as I walked us over to the deep end.

Megan shook her head again and attempted to use her hand to push up off of me but I wouldn’t loosen my grip. “Si. I’m completely dry. Don’t do it.”

I ignored her as I took slow, purposeful steps. “It’s helpful because we get a more even weight distribution than just a traditional over the shoulder.”

“Simon Owens! If you throw me in that pool, I will severely hurt you.”

A couple of other people in the area were chuckling and I turned my head so I could look at her. “Babe. I’m not throwing you in.”

“You’re not?” Megan looked relieved as I shook my head. That relief turned to shock when I jumped in with her still across my shoulders. We both broke the surface and Megan wiped the water off of her face before giving me a playful shove.

“You ass.”

I tugged her to me and kept us above water as I pressed my mouth to hers. She stopped struggling and wrapped her arms around my neck as she kissed me back enthusiastically. I had to stop the kiss before it got out of control so I pulled back and gave her a smile. She returned it easily and gestured down with her chin.

“My sunglasses are at the bottom of the pool.”

I chuckled and pushed her away so I could dive for them. We both got out of the water after that and showered together before spending the rest of the day watching movies as Kelly flittered in and out of her hangover coma. As we got ready for bed that night, all I could think about was how lucky I was to have that moment.