New Love (35 page)

“Did
you forget shoes?” he laughed.

“Apparently I did.”

“Jump on,” he bent down down.

“I would love to,” she jumped on his back
and smacked his ass. She kissed his neck and bit his ear.

“How was work
?”

“Do you really care?” he laughed.

“I will in about an hour,” she said jumping off his back and ran upstairs.

He walked in and shut the door and locked it. She was already in his bed smiling.

“No outfit?” he asked dropping his shorts.

“Not right now
, unless you really need me to get dressed Lucas.”

She threw the covers quickly to the side and flashed him.

"Please don't," he grabbed her ankles and pulled her to the edge of the bed.

“Lay down, I owe you one or two,” he dropped to his knees.

She did as he said.

~

When they were done she couldn’t move. He lay on his side watching her try to catch her breath still rubbing his hand slowly across her chest.

“How was work?” she smiled.

He told her about his day, he loved his job.

“Check this out” he jumped
up, he grabbed his brief case and turned around.

“I’m
checking it out,” she tried not to smile.

“Give me fif
teen minutes baby,” he kissed her.

He pulled out an envelope. She opened it. It was some sort of voucher for a ten day vacation in Mexico.

She smiled. “Cool when are you going?”

He laughed, “When are
we
going. I’d like us to go right before I have to go to school.

“I don't think my parents will let me,” she pouted.

“Okay then Christmas break?” he smiled.

She took a deep breath, “I don’t want to disappoint them.”

“Could you at least ask?” he snapped.

"Okay,” she rolled over on her stomach.

"Tessa
…”

"I hate
flying.”

“Any other excuses you want to pull out? Fuck if you don’t want to go with me j
ust say so!”

Tessa rolled over and looked at him. She
stomped her foot on the bed as she watched him pull his shorts on. “I want to; I just really think they will be upset. Lucas look at me. I want to go with you, I really do. Will you sit down and talk to me, please?!” he sat in front of her and she grinned as she looked at his half naked body she wrapped her legs around him from behind and reached around and rubbed down his hard rippled abs. "You’re so yummy.

“Really is that all y
ou want me for?” he snapped.

She burst out laughing.
“Did YOU really just ask me that?” she laughed harder.

He shook his head a
nd looked down, Lucas ran his fingers nervously through his hair, and he laid back on her squishing her into the bed.

“S
o Sunday night after you dropped me off and left me completely out of my mind wanting you," she said dramatically as she tried to reach further down. He pulled her hands up to his chest, “I went downstairs after we were done texting,” she pinched his nipple and licked the back of his neck.

He held her hand flat to him and she bit him on the neck lightly and didn’t let go as she kept talking,
“I looked out the kitchen window and guess who was making out in the hot tub?”

“I don’t know, who?” he pouted.

"My parents," she laughed into his neck.

“Seriously
,” he chuckled and turned towards her.

“Yes.”

“So my little Tessa doesn’t want to cause waves?” he said and rolled off of her.

"No
, I don't.”

“And that’s why you don’t want to go
away with me?”

"Not right now," she said. “I want to see where this leads them with as little curveballs thrown at them as possible, and then I would love to. You and me laying on the beach all day, and playing all night.
Yes Lucas, I would love to. I’m not going to make you wait though, take Ryan before school starts.”

“No
, I want to go with you, I can wait,” he kissed her.

This time
was slow, gentle, sweet and amazing with lots of tender deep kissing. She stopped him and pulled off the condom.

“We don’t n
eed this anymore,” she kissed him.

“Nice.”

They went downstairs, and he grabbed some food out of the fridge. He walked outside and grilled salmon. She made a salad and sat watching him cook.

“Can I tell you some plans I have floatin
g around in my head?”

He popped a cherry tomato in his mouth and shook his head yes.

“Ok on Monday there is a class that starts it’s for a month; it is from four until six. I want to take it, Jade wants to as well, I start working the next Monday from seven until three. Can you talk me through what to do?”

“Well why do you need to take
classes this summer?”

“To get my prerequisites done for nursing school,” she said still avoiding eye contact.

“You want to be a nurse?”

“Yes, it’s a three year program
. If I want to do something else after I can, but I think it’s a good thing.”

“Would you consider
a college up near SU?”

Sh
e smiled, “After the first semester here. Jade will have had the baby and then…Yes”.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her up, “Then would you consider getting a place with me?”

“Uh huh,” Tessa smiled looking up at him.

He kissed her, “Then let’s do it.”

Lucas worked Monday through Friday from six until about 4:30; he was planning to stay later some nights to try to avoid working Saturdays. Tessa would work from seven until three and then to class from four until six. She would stop at his house on her way home at least three nights a week, the other two would be devoted to wedding preparation. Weekends they would spend together. She had the last two weeks of the summer off so she would help her Dad when she could and they were hopeful that if the job he was running went well they would have at least a week before he left for school. A couple weekend trips would be in the works with the six of them.

Chapter 15

John, Alex, Tessa, and
Lucas walked into Ben’s party. It was a much bigger bash than theirs had been. There was drinking and Limo’s to give rides to those who may have had too much to drink. Ben’s house was much different from Tessa imagined. His was as big as Lucas’s father’s house, on the outside it looked like an old barn built in the woods. There was a huge patio area with a stage. Out further was a pond. It was breathtakingly beautiful. It sat on about thirty acres. Ben was an only child and to meet him you would never guess he was so privileged.

"Nice place
, Ben," Lucas shook his hand.

“Thanks fo
r coming, hey Tess” he hugged her and he hugged the rest of her family as well.

There was a band playing and people everywhere
were dancing. Tessa saw Lauren and went up to say hello. The girls she stood with whispered and looked her up and down. Then they checked out Lucas. It was painfully obvious they thought he was good looking.

"Hello Lauren," she
hugged her.

Lauren gave her a half hug
. “Long trip, isn’t it?” she smiled politely as if she had to.

“It was nice
, actually,” Tessa said.

She watched the girls staring at
Lucas, and he noticed because his eyes bore into Tessa.

"Hey baby want to come dance wi
th me?" he kissed her.

“Of course,” she
smiled and followed him.

"T
hat was very awkward.”

“Yes
, I noticed” he smiled and put his arm around her.

“Did you see those girls checking you out? I thought
they were going to attack you.”

"Yeah
. Again… awkward.”

The band played about three slow songs, and they danced and looke
d at each other the whole time. They walked off the floor hand in hand.

“You guys want a drink?” Ben asked.

"Sure, show us where," Lucas smiled.

He pointed over to the Red tent.

“Do you shoot horseshoes?” he asked Lucas.

“No, never have.”

“Good… meet me down there so I can kick your ass Links,” he smiled.

Lucas
looked at Tessa and gave her a big obnoxious smile, “Sounds fun!”

They got drinks and walked down to the horseshoe pits.

“How about you and Tessa against Lauren and I?” Ben asked.

“Sure, why not
?” Lucas smiled.

“We don’t have to.” Tessa whispered.

“You any good?”

“I
strive to be good at everything I do;" she grabbed his butt and winked.

Tessa gave him the short version of how the game was played.

"Come on Ross," Ben said.

“You will be here with Lauren” she said and smiled and kissed him.

She walked down and stood next to Ben.

"You ready
to get your ass kicked, Ross?”

“No, are you?”

"Ladies first," he smiled.

She threw, and
the first was a ringer, the next two yielded one point.

Ben shot and knocked her ringer off and got two more points.

“Oh that’s too bad, Tess,” he laughed.

“Just warming up Ben.”

Lauren shot first, and her girls were there cheering her on. Lucas looked at Tessa and rolled his head. A blonde friend of Lauren’s stood behind Lucas giving him tips and was checking out his ass and not trying to hide it at all. Before his third throw, she grabbed his hips and gave him instructions on his stance. He didn’t smile, he looked at Tessa. Tessa was getting annoyed. Lucas hit a ringer, and the blonde hugged him.

“Is that bugging you
, Tess?” Ben asked.

“No
, I think he can handle himself.” She hit two ringers and smiled, “Your turn Ben.”

The blonde brought
Lucas a beer, and he thanked her. Ben hit one and got a couple more points. He set the beer down when he picked up the shoes. Lauren shot gaining no points. Lucas hit one ringer, and the fan club checking out his ass grew.  They all took the opportunity to congratulate him.

Tessa picked up the horseshoes and Ben picked up his.

“Shoot girl,” he smiled.

She hit two ringers again and got another point. Ben hit two as well.

Lauren shot one and missed. Tessa had to jump to avoid it. Her next throw she got a point. Tessa smiled at her, she rolled her eyes at Tessa.

“Ben
… you like this girl?”

“She’s
fun for now,” he nudged her.

Her next throw hit Tessa in the toe and she start
ed bleeding. Lucas quickly ran down.

“You okay
, Baby?”

“I will be as soon as we win” she smiled, and he knew she was pissed.

He kissed her quickly on the cheek and whispered in her ear, “Anytime you want we can go.”

“I’m good, just wondering if I may be the last sane w
oman on the planet.”

The game continued.

“Oops… sorry Tessa!” Lauren yelled down.

“I’d be done with that shit if I were you,” Tessa said loudly to Ben.

“Really why?”

"Cause she did that
on purpose," Tessa growled.

"
I don't think so Tess.”

“Alright
, your call but check her out Ben: she and the group molesting my boyfriend’s ass with their eyes--- are a bunch of bitches.”

He laughed “Alright
, I will.”

Tessa shot three ringers and smiled. Ben shot two, and his third hit one of hers off.

All three of Lauren’s had to be dodged by Tessa.

“She usually suck t
hat bad, Ben?”

“
Nope, sorry Tess” he said, “I’ll handle it.”

“Not if I do first,” she sneered.

“Hot head, I will take care of it.”

Lucas
ended the game. The blonde grabbed him and planted one on him. He pushed her away, "Not cool, bitch.”

Tessa started storming down after her and Ben grabbed her and looked at
Lucas, “You got this?”

“Lauren
-- what’s wrong with you?”

“Her!” she yelled.