Eve

The plane ride was a long one. We had to stop twice for fuel and since we didn’t get back to late that night, I was tempted to sleep some of the way. I got cozy with Stan and fell asleep on his shoulder. I was exhausted, and it felt too good to have him next to me.

When we arrived, Callie was eager to get Qing to her place and I invited Stan to stay with me. It was late, and I knew that he didn’t want to get back on the plane and go for another couple of hours. He looked like he was tired as well.

“This is a big mess, isn’t it?”

He shrugged and didn’t say much. I know that he had went above and beyond for me today.

“It’s over now.”

“I know, but you did a lot for me Stan and I’m not going to forget it.”

“I told you before, I did it for Carl.”

“Did you?”

He agreed, but Stan wasn’t too sure anymore. He was looking at me in the sort of way that told me he wanted something more than to snuggle. He wanted inside of me and I wanted him there as well.

“Well, whatever reason that you did it, I will always be grateful for you doing that. It was more than any old friend from school could have asked for.”

“You would have done it for Callie. You did that and more.”

“Yeah, but it’s Callie.”

That was the only answer that I really had. I would do anything for Callie. We were close, had been for a long time and there was nowhere that I wanted to go that didn’t have her there with me.

“And because you helped me get my very best friend out of jail, I think we should go take a shower and get dirty. You deserve some fun time.”

Stan instantly perked up and I couldn’t even tell that he was tired. All the sleepiness that he had before was gone and the grin was all the way from one side of his face to the other.

“Shower huh? We haven’t done it in a shower yet.”

He talked like we’d been together for a long time, or that we were together now. It was confusing, but instead of trying to figure out a name for what was going on with us, I decided that I wasn’t going to worry about the title. Whatever was going on between us was something that I didn’t want to stop, at the same time I couldn’t in my mind see how it was all going to work out. How were we supposed to make something work when we lived so far away and were so different in every other way?

“Why do you look worried all of a sudden?”

Stan was close and looking at me like I was going to melt I was so delicate.

“I’m just, never mind. Let’s go take a shower and see what happens next.”

He growled at me and chased me into the bathroom. I was going to have to be careful with Stan because tomorrow was so uncertain.

***

The next morning Stan was still beside me and I can’t say how much I enjoyed waking up next to him. He was looking at me as my eyes opened and I had to wonder how long he had been staring. Every time we slept together, and I woke up, he was staring at me. It was a hard feeling to deny and the way he was looking at me made me a little nervous. He was ready for another round and I wasn’t.

There was a knock at the door and both of us looked towards the sound.

“Did you have anyone coming over?”

“Not that I remember. I bet that it is Callie coming over. She always comes over in the mornings when we are here because she lives right down the corner.”

“Oh, well do you want me to get dressed and get it?”

“No, I don’t want you getting dressed. Let me just talk to her for a minute and then we can get a little naked cuddle time and we will meet up with her later.”

I was excited because I wanted him to be a part of my life and I wanted him to start now. But what I didn’t seem to get now was the fact that he was going to be leaving. He might have to leave now, and I was going to be left alone. He lived in New York after all and it was a long way away from Chicago.

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing, I guess I forgot for a moment that you got to go home.”

He smiled and pulled me to him as the knocker knocked again. “I do have to go back eventually, but not right now. Get rid of whoever is at the door and then we can have a proper breakfast in bed.”

“Are you going to cook for me?”

He shook his head and said that he wasn’t.

“No Eve. You’re the main dish and I won’t be sharing.”

Another shiver ran through me because I already knew rather intimately what he could do with his tongue and I was already shaking in anticipation. I was going to get Callie out of here in no time at all and I was going to hold him to his words. I wanted him now and if the person wouldn’t have been so damn persistent at the door, I might have ignored them so I could have Stan. My original idea that I wasn’t ready for more was wrong. I was in dire need. It wasn’t like Callie though to knock like that and I started to think that something was wrong.

Pulling the silk robe that was hanging up on the back of the door around me, I padded towards the door, hollering that I was coming if she would just hold her horses.

“Damn sis. It took you long enough to answer the door.”

I stopped when I saw who it was. “Um Carl, what are you doing here?”

He pushed past me asking me if I was going to let him in or not. Truthfully, I didn’t want to because his friend was naked in my bed and this wasn’t going to end well.

“Let me in Eve and get some clothes on. When did you get home last night? I tried to call but it just rang and rang. I tried to get ahold of Stan and he wasn’t answering either. You two have me worried to death. You better not leave the country for a long damn while again.”

I was trying to think of anything to say. “Well I’m wiped out moneywise for a while, so you get your wish that way. I think I will travel around here for a bit.”

He smiled and motioned for me to cover up. I pulled the robe tighter and shut the door. I didn’t want to accept that Carl was here, so I knew I had to get rid of him.

“I’m probably going to go back to bed…”

“Come on Eve, I’m hard and horny. You need to get your ass back in this bed or I promise you won’t be able to walk later.”

I could feel my face getting bright red and I didn’t have to look at Carl to know that he was getting over the shock that there was a guy here.

“Who is that Eve? You just got back last night. You move fast.”

He was embarrassing the hell out of me and I didn’t know what to say. I wanted to tell Stan to shut the hell up, but it didn’t matter because he was walking out of my bedroom with his cock out and swinging in the air. It took him a few dirtier suggestions to see Carl standing there.

“Put some pants on so that I can beat your ass Stan. I can’t punch you with your dick hanging out.”

Stan just stood there froze and I was silently telling him in my head to cover up. He was making matters worse and I could see the accusation in my brother’s eyes. “You don’t take long at all do you Eve.”

“Stop Carl. I love him, and he loves me. A lot happened over there and I’m not going to let you fight.”

I looked back to make sure that Stan was still standing there, and I could see that he was getting dressed. I tried to stop him, but this was between the two of them. Even though I was in it, it wasn’t about me, not really.

“How could you do this with my sister Stan? What the fuck? You were supposed to help her get out of a jam, not…this.”

He couldn’t even say the words and Stan didn’t have an answer beyond the biggest cliché that there was.

“I don’t know, it just sort of happened.”

“I jumped his bones when I got out of jail. He didn’t have a choice.”

Carl looked at me like it took a minute for the words to sink in. “What?”

“I wanted him, that was the end of it. There is nothing to be mad about and if you insist on being upset with who I date or fuck, then you get to hear it.”

“That was too much Eve.”

“Well you’re about to start a fight and you’re acting like I’m a teen or something. I’m older now and you can’t act this way anymore. I will be with whoever I want to be with.”

“But he’s my friend.”

“Yeah, well it happened.”

I wasn’t going easy on him because I felt the guilt well up inside of me. I knew that it was an off-limits situation, but at the same time, it was said and done now, and I wasn’t going to let it change because it made Carl uncomfortable. He was just going to have to find a way to deal with it because I wasn’t going to let that part of it change. I just couldn’t.

“Outside Stan.”

I rolled my eyes and tried to stop Stan from leaving. I didn’t want the two idiots to hurt each other, not sure who I wanted to win or who would win. They were both scrappy. This was madness and I tried to tell them again that this was too much.

“Stop Stan. I don’t want you fighting my brother. I don’t want either one of you to get hurt.”

“It will be fine Eve. He’s got to let it out and I’ve got to let him. I knew that when we first got together. I wasn’t able to say no to you, even though I should have.”

I didn’t have anything to really say to that. I felt the same way about it, but at the end of the day I had pushed it. I can’t believe I’d said out loud in front of Carl, but it was done now.

Now I was going to have to watch the two people I cared about most, duke it out and it made my stomach cramp up with the idea of it all.