Anywhere With You (13 page)

Aiden is quiet for several minutes while he processes what I just said. “Is this, what you want? Are you happy?”

“Yes, and yes I am. There is this connection between us, Ace. I can’t explain it, but I want him and I am willing to risk a broken heart to have him.”

Aiden is nodding his head in agreement before I am even finished speaking. “Liam is a great guy, my best friend aside from you. If anything, Liam is a man of his word. He would never lead you astray on purpose. Not to mention, he’s never had a girlfriend. I’ve watched him mope around here since the day he met you. I’ve seen him turn other girls away saying he would just be pretending they were you.” He smiles at me. “I’ve lectured and warned him off of you. Threatening that if he starts anything, he’d better be serious. We’ve been thick as thieves since freshman year and I’ve never seen him act like this. He really is into you.”

Again with the smiling, my face is going to be sore tomorrow
. “I want to see where this goes. I feel safe with him, wanted …” I don’t bother to elaborate Aiden knows how I feel about being alone in the world. “Shit.”

“What is it, what’s wrong” Aiden asks concern lacing is voice.

“I’m Liam MacCoy’s girlfriend,” I whisper.

Aiden throws his head back and laughs.

“It’s not funny. I’m in your bed sleeping next to you while my very new, very sexy boyfriend is sleeping just down the hall.” I can see why Liam is so frustrated. I’m not so sure that I could handle him sleeping with another girl, best friend and adopted sister or not. He really is practicing great restraint with this entire situation. I will need to make sure that I make it up to him.

“It’s not your fault and besides, with you and Liam being an official couple this will not happen again, Liam will make sure of that.” Laughing, Aiden leans over and kisses my cheek. “Night, Ash.”

“Night, Ace.”

It takes all the fucking will power that I have to walk away from Allison. She is all snuggled up under the covers in fucking Aiden’s bed.
Jackass.
In reality, I know that it has nothing to do with Aiden and it is simply the bad luck of Blitzen being flooded out of his apartment as well as me not wanting to make Hales sleep with Aiden. When she calls my name as I’m walking away, I am hoping that she will ask me to do just that. I won’t be able to tell her no.

I make it to my room and Hales is sound asleep. I change into gym shorts and climb into beside her. I love my little sister, we are close but right now I don’t really like her all that much at the moment.
I am definitely getting a futon tomorrow!
Little sis and I are going to have a long chat tomorrow about her choice of dates, Todd and Jason of all people.
What the fuck was she thinking?
Either one of them could have been hurt worse than Allison’s bruised hand. The thought of either one of them hurt in any way has me seeing red. After what seems like hours, I finally fall asleep.

I wake to the sound of footsteps in the hallway. I immediately open my eyes and hop out of bed. Today is a new day and I am going to spend every damn minute of it with my girlfriend. I stall waiting for the panic to set in … nothing.

I make my way to the down the hall following the noise which leads me to the kitchen. I find Allison standing at the sink opening the new bottle of Advil I had bought last night. I stand there just watching her. She is so sexy, even in my sweats that swallow her, and she’s all mine.
Finally!
She must sense me watching her because she looks up. “Good morning, beautiful,” I say as may quick work of the space between us. I pull her back against my chest and nuzzle her neck. “Need some help?”

She exhales, “Yes, please.” She hands me the bottle and I reluctantly let her go to open it for her. “I can never get these damn things open.”

“How are you feeling today?”

Allison shrugs her shoulders “I’m fine, Liam. I have more of a headache than anything.”

I lead her to the table and pull out a chair for her. “Sit while I make you some coffee. You probably need to eat something with this as well, eggs and toast okay?” I ask her as I shuffle throughout the kitchen making coffee and grabbing eggs out of the fridge.

“Thank you, but I can just grab a pop tart or something back at the dorm. You don’t need to wait on me.”

I immediately stop what I am doing and stalk to the table and kneel down in front of her. I tuck a lose piece of her hair that has fallen out of its holder behind her ear. “First of all, I know that I don’t have to make you breakfast, I want to. Second, you need to get used to me taking care of you. You’re my girl.” I kiss her on the forehead. “And third, why are you going back to the dorms so early? I thought maybe we could hang out today.” I rise to my feet and go back to making breakfast.

“I need to get clean clothes and call Gran to check on her.” She pauses, “Besides, I wasn’t sure you wanted me to stick around, I thought maybe you might have regrets about the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing.” She averts her gaze looking at the wall in front of her.

As soon as I hear the word regret out of her mouth I panic. I am at her chair in three strides. I bend down scoop her up then sit in her chair holding her on my lap. I wrap one arm around her holding her tight against me while the other rubs circles on her thigh. “Allie, look at me.” I wait patiently. While internally I am unnerved waiting until she turns to face me. “I cannot and will not ever regret you. I’m all in, you and I are taking a chance on each other remember?” She nods her head in agreement and it suddenly hits me that maybe she’s the one with regrets. I take a deep breath “Unless, do you …” I can barely get the question out before I start to get flustered. I just got her, I can’t lose her. “So … do you regret your decision to take a chance on us?” I whisper, too afraid of what she might say.

“What? No of course not. I thought that maybe in the light of day that you would, you know, maybe have changed your mind about me, about us.”

Instead of responding I pull her close and kiss her. I start out slow and easy but when she parts her lips and invites me in, I take full advantage. I thrust my tongue into her mouth, gently caressing her thighs. The taste of her on my tongue is amazing.
Will I ever get enough?
Allison pulls away and I groan in protest. She meets my gaze and licks her lips as she stands up then sits back down to straddle my hips.
Hell yeah!
I envelope her body with mine and she resumes her sensual assault on my mouth. Allison places her hands on my shoulders and rocks her hips into my erection. I moan deep in my throat. Before I know what’s happening, Allison pulls away and buries her head between my neck and shoulder. Confused from the lust that is coursing through my veins, it takes me a few seconds to realize what is happening. Hales, Aiden and Blitzen are all three standing in the kitchen doorway beside us, mouths gaping.

I smile over at my sister and my two best friends as I rub circles on Allison’s back. She keeps her head buried in my neck and I am just fine with that. I cherish that fact that I am the one holding her close. “Good morning,” I address them. That seems to snap them out of their stupor and they pile into the kitchen. Hales took over making breakfast, Aiden makes coffee and Blitzen sets at the island just taking it all in. Continuing to rub my hands up and down her back, I pull Allison just far enough away so that I can look in her eyes. “You okay, baby?”

She shakes her head yes. Her face is still flushed from embarrassment. Without thinking I lift her in my arms and she instinctively wraps her legs around my waist and clasps her arms tight around my neck. I feel the grin spread across my face as I carry her down the hall to my bedroom. I kick the door closed with my foot. I walk over to the bed and sit down. Allison remains wrapped around me with no sign of moving, so I scoot back on the bed and lay down, she stretches out beside me, her legs entangled with mine. I gently brush the hair out of her eyes. “You okay, beautiful girl?”

She offers me a small smile, “Yeah. This is all just so new to me.”

Fuck!
“I’m sorry, I let myself get out of control, but you tasted amazing. I promise I’ll never force you to do anything you aren’t ready for.”

“No, it’s not you, Liam. I liked what we were doing. I’m the one who straddled you, remember?”

I laugh. “How could I forget?” I say as I run my hands over her hips. “So what is it then?”

I can see the blush rising across her face. “I guess I am just embarrassed that we got caught. I’m not sure how we do this. I mean I know you called me your girlfriend, but are you okay with what just happened in there? Are you okay that they caught us?” she nervously chews on her bottom lip as she focuses on the ceiling. “Is it okay that people see us like that?” This last question is almost a whisper.

I am dumbfounded. This beautiful, smart, incredibly sexy girl thinks that I want to keep her a secret. Did she not hear me last night when I told her I was all in? Hell yes, I want people to see, especially all of those fuckers who watch her every move.
She’s mine dammit!
I sit up on my elbow so that I am looking down at her. She is starting at the ceiling, so now I have her full attention. “Allison you and I are together now. You agreed to be my girlfriend and I refuse to let you take that back.” I kiss her nose. “I want the entire world to know that we’re together. I want you, all of you and the more people who know that you’re mine, the better. So to answer your questions, no I’m not embarrassed and hell yes, I want them to see us.” With that I kiss her hard, she immediately opens her mouth for me and my tongue finds its way into her warmth. Allison moans deep in her throat and if I was not already harder than a rock I would have been in this moment. I find myself on top of her bracing my weight on my hands on either side of her head. Her legs fall open and invite me in. Even though she is wearing sweats and even through my shorts I can feel her heat.

Somehow I am able to see through my hunger that I have for her to realize that we are in a compromising position. I want things with Allison to be perfect. Her first time needs to be special. I slowly end the kiss and drop my head to her chest. “We need to stop before I’m not able to”.

Allison lifts her hips into mine, “What if I don’t want to stop?”

Holy shit!
“I want nothing more than to bury myself deep inside of you and never leave. What I don’t want is my sister and two best friends in the next room. I want our first time together to be special.” I roll off the bed and stand up pulling her up with me. I pull her into a hug so tight I am probably cutting off her air supply. I can’t get her close enough. “You’re special, Allison. You’re not just some girl. I need to prove to you that you’re important to me.”

She places her hand on the back of my neck and pulls my lips back to hers. I gently run my tongue along her bottom lip before biting down gently. She moans and I know that I need to slow down, so I kiss her lips softly one more time before pulling back.
Fuck, I don’t want to stop kissing her.

I cradle her cheeks “I want nothing more than to stay here in this bed with you all day, but we need to go shopping.” I place one more, chaste kiss on her lips and pull away. “Now let’s get you some breakfast. You have a phone call to make before we head out.”

I am mortified when everyone walks in on me grinding on Liam. What hell has gotten into me? I have my official first boyfriend for less than twenty-four hours and I turn into a slut.
Ugh!
I know slut is pushing it, but that’s exactly what I feel like when they walk in on us. Then I realize that Liam might not want them seeing us like that and my embarrassment rises. I can feel the heat in my face so I keep it buried in Liam’s neck. Not that I’m complaining about that part.

Liam carries me to his room and cuddles with me. Yes, my six foot four boyfriend is a big teddy bear. He reassures me that he wants me and he wants the entire world to know it. I must admit I melt when he says that. It’s hard to think that out of all the girls he’s been with that he would choose me to actually have a commitment with. I am still stunned.

I let Liam lead the way back out to the kitchen where Hailey, Aiden, and Blitzen are sitting at the table eating breakfast. I can feel my face getting hot as we walk into the room. Liam pulls out the remaining chair and plops down, as he pulls me down onto his lap. Blitzen winks at me and Aiden laughs out loud. Jackass, he knows I’m embarrassed. My dear roommate, Hailey, who as you know is Liam’s little sister, goes straight for the kill.