Ashley's Story: THE LAST CHAPTER (11 page)

“Why are you still smiling?” she asked.

“Just happy that you’re here, that’s all. So you just gon’
sleep on my side of the bed?

Ashley looked at him confused. “You really want to sleep
because I thought you wanted to...never mind

“Yeah, I’m tired. Aren’t you? What did you think we were
going to do? Don’t tell me your mind is in the gutter,” Rio said.

Ashley shook her head. This man was unbelievable. She
thought they were about to do something else and all he wanted to do was sleep.

“No my mind isn’t in the gutter and yeah I could use some
sleep.

He tossed her one of his t-shirts to wear. “Good. Here’s a
shirt you can sleep in.”

Ashley caught the shirt and went into the bathroom to
change. When she was finished, she looked in the mirror. Liking what she saw
she turned off the light before walking back into the bedroom. Rio was lying
comfortably under the covers and channel surfing. Ashley got in bed and lay
back on the plush pillow. After realizing how tired she was, she began to drift
off to sleep.

“Ma, you really sleep? Wake up,” Rio whispered into her ear
while his chin rest gently on her shoulder.

He watched her sleep for a good twenty minutes straight. He
couldn’t believe that she was actually lying in his bed wearing one of his
t-shirts. He realized how much he loved hearing the light snoring coming from
her. It was a sound he could get used to. Rio kissed the side of her face
before pulling her closer to him. With her ass nestled so close to his manhood,
his dick instantly became hard. Ashley opened her eyes slowly. I thought you
were tired. Why aren’t you sleep? She asked him.

“I was tired when you weren’t here. I’m not anymore. I want
you to wake up so we can talk,” he said.

Rio wanted to fuck. When he told her to go back to his room,
he intended to do so, but it wasn’t right. She just poured her heart out about Petey.
He would’ve been taking advantage of her and that was something he didn’t want
to do. Instead, he let her sleep.

Rio I know you want me. I want you too. I’m not fragile; I
won’t break.”

Rio took that as his cue to do what he pleased. He kissed
the side of her face and then her neck before ticking her.

Ashley giggled. “If you don’t stop, Rio, I’m going to pee on
myself and let’s not forget I’m in your bed.

She turned around and looked at him with a smile still on
her face. He touched each freckle on her face.

“You’re so fuckin' beautiful you know that?

Ashley smiled. She could get used to his compliments. When
she was around Rio, all else was forgotten and she was the happiest she’d been
in a long time. However, she wasn’t a fool. Everyone had a dark side.

Rio caressed her ass while bringing her closer so he could
kiss her. When their lips connected, he could feel her body automatically
tense.

“What’s the matter?” he asked while pulling back to look at
her face. When seconds passed without feeling his kisses anymore, she opened
her eyes and looked at him.

“Why’d you stop? She asked him.

“I stopped because you’re uncomfortably. I want you, believe
me I do but if we’re going to do this, you can’t be uncomfortable. Open your
eyes enjoy it. We could just go to sleep. You do know I won’t be mad right?
Without hesitation, she smiled.

 “No I want this just as much as you do.

“I hear you ma. Take control and I’ll follow your lead. Rio
stated.

She sat on his lap facing him. Their lips connected for the
second time. There was one kiss and then another before she slid her tongue
inside his mouth. Both of their tongues hungrily stroking one another’s while
getting familiar with each other taste. Ashley moaned as she dry humped him
lightly without shame. She licked his ear before sucking his earlobe into her
mouth.

“I want you.”

Rio broke the kiss then sucked on her neck, tracing his
tongue in tiny circles around her neck before licking back up to her mouth.

Thoughts of Petey invaded her mind but she pushed them to
the side. This was about her and she didn’t want to ruin the moment. She needed
this. She hadn’t had sex in years. It had been so long that Ashley thought she
would cum just from his touch. She forgot the way her body felt pressed up
against a hard manly chest, the way her pussy pulsated when she was ready to
fuck.

Rio flipped her over so he could be on top of her.

“Ma, you got a nigga needing your ass right about now.” He said
while looking down at the imprint of his dick begging to be released. “You
should’ve called me before you stopped by. I would’ve made sure I had a condom
or two.”

Rio looked down at her with wanting. Ashley could see it all
in his face and she wanted him the same way.

“I’m not going to lie to you and tell you I’m on the pill
because I’m not. I trust you with me so if you want to, we can. You just have
to make sure you pull out.

Rio stared at her stunned. He couldn’t believe she wanted to
continue to go forward without protection.

“Hold up let me check my dresser again he said before
getting up he searched through the dresser but saw nothing.

He’d slept with a few women in his lifetime without
protection. Afterwards, he would scold himself about being more responsible.
Rio knew he wouldn’t feel that way with Ashley. She was Ashley, the one woman
he called his true lady friend. He trusted her just as much as she said she
trusted him.

So without second-guessing himself, he walked back over to
the bed in kissed her on the lips before stripping out of his clothes. Ashley’s
eyes roamed over every inch of his body before shyly looking away.

“Come here,” Rio said as he stood there naked as the day he
was born.

Towering over her little frame, he looked down at her before
bending his head down to kiss her lips.

“Take off your shirt,” he whispered against her lips. Ashley
pulled the shirt over her head and tossed it to the floor her breast were high
and perky and were waiting to be kissed. He slid his hand down her flat tummy
and into her panties landing on her hairless pussy.

“Oh shit!” she moaned while rotating her hips in circular
motions.

“Why you looking over there? I’m not over there look at me,”
He said as he bit her on the side of her neck.

Ashley threw her head back and lust and moaned before making
eye contact.

“I like that make sure you keep them eyes on me.”

Ashley nodded her head up and down before he laid her down
with his body weight. Without smashing her, he trailed kisses down the side of
her neck all the way down to her breast. Taking each one in his mouth, he
sucked and sucked until she moaned.

 The passion and pressure between her thighs was building up
and she was dying for him to stick his dick in her awaiting pussy. It felt like
a bunch of butterflies were having a party in the pit of her stomach making her
wanting for him that much stronger. He rubbed his stiff dick up and down her
warm wet slit before going into her slowly.

“So fucking good...shit’s so wet,” he said while staring
into her eyes. He bit his bottom lip and rocked in and out of her. “I’m
branding you. I don’t want you ever fucking with no other niggas.”

 “I won’t I promise,” She said while she matched his
movement. Ashley clawed at the sheets while her eyes rolled to the back of her
head. The warm tingling sensation in her pelvis was over whelming and she
couldn’t wait to release the buildup she’d been holding for the past five
years.

He stopped all movement. He pulled out of her and stood up
Ashley crawled over to him and Rio picked her up. She wrapped her legs around
his waist as they kissed sloppily while he carried her over to his dresser to
sit her down. Rio broke the kiss, pulled her thighs apart and slid his fat dick
back inside of her

With her head resting against the mirror, she gasped for
air. The beating he was putting on her pussy was insane. It felt so damn good
at the same time but so wrong she felt as if she was betraying the only love
she’d ever known Petey.

“I’m about to come! Ashley screamed. She tilted her head up
before biting into his shoulder as her warm liquid came rushing out with force.
Rio slapped her on the thigh while he continued to pound in and out of her
relentlessly.

Ashley moaned into his ear. She outlined his lips with her tongue
while staring into his eyes Rio kissed her tears way while he continued to
handle his business. Ashley closed her eyes. She felt light as a feather as she
released more years of pinned up frustration.

Her body trembled from pleasure before relaxing. Rio slid
out of her and came on her leg.

“That was good,” Ashley whispered.

“It was beautiful,” he moaned.

Ashley wrapped her arms around his neck along with her legs
while he carried her back to the bed by her bottom.

“Why were you crying?” he asked.

Ashley shrugged her shoulders. “Felt so good that I couldn’t
help but cry. She half told the truth.

Yes, it felt good damn good but the tears where for Petey. She
felt bad, shameful even. She’d let another man touch her in places she had
promised him that no other man would ever touch her. She had given him her word
but now she had betrayed him.

Rio laid her down and cuddled up behind her. He couldn’t
believe he was spooning like some punk as nigga head over hills in love but
then again it was Ashley. So he shrugged his shoulders and chalked it up to him
being on some sensitive shit because she needed him to be.

The sun peeked through the blinds waking Ashley from her
sleep. She felt the warmth from the sun on her face. Last night weighed heavily
on her mind. Last night was awesome. The way he ran his fingers across her
torso so lightly made her shudder. It felt like feathers stroking her skin as
she drifted off to sleep. Thinking about that instantly made her pussy wet,
throbbing with an ache only he could satisfy.

Guilt and betrayal consumed her. She betrayed Petey. The
worst part was that she didn’t regret last night and that made her feel awful.
She couldn’t understand why though. Petey wasn’t here anymore he’d been dead
for years.

Feeling as though someone was watching her, she stopped
moving. Whoever it was had been watching her sleep and they still were. She
didn’t have to open her eyes to see that she was right. She could hear them
breathing. Lingering cigar smoke was in the air. Ashley’s first thought was to
jump out of bed and make a run for it but she knew that she would be dead
before she even made it to the door.

She silently cursed herself for not having her gun
resting under the pillow but this wasn’t her home. How would she explain
wanting to sleep with a loaded gun under her pillow to Rio. He would never
understand.

There was something about the person’s presence that was
so familiar to her. His smell…she recognized his smell. Ashley’s heart started
beating faster; her mind raced with a million thoughts. She felt like she would
pass out if she didn’t open her eyes soon.

Without hesitation, she opened them.

Ashley blinked her eyes and then blinked them again
before rubbing them a couple of times. Her eyes were surely playing tricks on
her. The pace of her heart scared her. She had to remind herself to breathe and
not freak out. She would pass out if she didn’t and that was something she
didn’t want to do, especially since she’d had dreamed of this day forever.

Ashley gasped then covered her mouth as she sat up in bed
and pulled the covers over her breasts. She looked around the room frantically
for Rio. She still wanted to make sure he was safe. With tears running down her
face, she opened her mouth to speak but no words came out. She cleared her
throat to find her voice.

“Petey?” she said in a tiny whisper. “I gotta be
tripping. this can’t be you. Where the fuck have you been?” she asked. 

Petey sat in a chair beside the bed, his elbows resting
on his knees and his hands together. The tears falling from his eyes broke her
heart into a million pieces. Without wiping his tears away, he took a pull from
his blunt then blew the smoke out of his mouth. Ashley watched his every
movement without blinking.

Petey was so handsome. His chocolate skin and dark eyes
were still breathtaking. She wanted to jump out of bed and run away with him
far away to a place where no one knew them. That would be the perfect ending to
the five years of misery she’d faced all by herself.

Ashley shook her head at the thought. They had so many
problems and running away wouldn’t help the situation. it would only hinder it.
The future illusion she had for the two of them together was a far cry from the
crispy one she’d envisioned when they were younger. None of this was what she
expected but that was how life worked sometimes. Now that they were finally
face-to-face, she would get some answers.

“Did you hear me, Petey? Where have you been and where
the fuck is Rio?”

Petey took another pull from his blunt before smashing
the tip of it against the wall.

“You’re asking me about that nigga? Where do you think he
is? You know me; what do you think? Huh? That’s your man now? You care about
that nigga’s whereabouts? You gon fucking smash my fuckin’ heart and tell me
you care about that nigga? It’s always been me and you, so I’m gonna ask you
again since you know me better than anybody. Where you think that nigga's
at?   

 “Oh my God, Petey! Did you...did you kill him? Ashley
asked. A stream of tears ran down her face.

“When I walked in and saw you lying up under him, I fuckin’
lost it. I didn’t need to see this shit,” Petey said. “But as much as I wanted
to...”

Ashley cut Petey off. “Rio’s been here for me. He’s been
the one I called on when I had no one else. He picked up your slack when you
couldn’t!” she yelled hysterically.

Ashley was so angry that she couldn’t think straight. She
stood up and smacked Petey across the face.

“I know I deserved that,” he said as he held both of her
wrist. “I fucked up. I get it. You’re actions have been because of me. I
couldn’t be who you needed me to be. I was young and reckless. I couldn’t be
that man at that time. I’m sorry for that shit,” he said with pain lacing his
voice. “I want to be at peace but that’s something I’m not able to do right
now. I can’t do it if you’re not at peace too.”

Petey put his finger under her chin and stared into her
vacant eyes. “You’re so fuckin’ beautiful. You’ve always been.”

He wiped his own tears away and then hers. “I chased
behind you for a whole year before you gave me a chance and I thank you for
giving me one. My time of happiness started when you said you would give us a
try. everything had been right with the world at that moment. I really want you
to know that. you have no idea how much you mean to me. I regret so many things
I’ve done in my past but I don’t regret us.”   

Her tears clouded her vision but she could still see him.
She ran her fingers through the ends of his dreads.

“I really needed to hear that,” she said as their lips
connected. his tongue tasted like cigar smoke and

Ashley savored his taste.

She could feel tears fall from his eyes and onto her skin
but why this should’ve been a happy occasion. She inhaled his scent once more.

Petey pulled back and kissed the left side of her cheek
and then her neck where his name rested. While wrapping his arms around her
body, he rubbed his lips across her ear.

“Please forgive me for everything. I want you to be full
of life like you were. You need to know that you and I will always be. We’ll
always be together,” he said as he pointed to her heart and then his own.

Ashley nodded. “I have, Petey. I forgive you. I could
never stay mad at you. I love you so fuckin’ much.”

“Rio’s a good dude, Ash. You may have a few bumps in the
road with him but not too many.”

“What are you saying? Ashley asked as she pulled back to
look into his face.

His grip tightened around her as if he didn’t want to let
her go. “I want you to let me rest and I want you to be happy. You haven’t
betrayed me in any way. You’ve always been my ride or die and you still are.”

Ashley tried to wiggle from his embrace but he held her
tightly. “What are you talking about? What are you trying to say?” she asked as
a muffled cry escaped her mouth.

The sound coming from her mouth made Petey cringe.

“Stop and listen,” he said with authority. “You know I
love you. If I could, I would stay with you forever.” he whispered in her ear,
“Our daughter says hello.”

With her mouth gaped open, Ashley took a step back from
him. Before she could take another step, he grabbed her hands.

“Earlier, before you cut me off, I was going to say that
as much as I wanted to end his life, I can’t because this is a dream,” he
whispered.

Ashley closed her eyes tightly as a single tear fell from
her eyes. she had known in her heart that it couldn’t have been real. “I always
wanted to know what your last thoughts were. Were they of me? At any time, did
you think of me?

Petey smiled faintly through his tears. “I thought of you
from the beginning until the end. When you wake up, Rio will be sleeping next
to you.” Petey’s words echoed in her ear.
 

Ashley opened her eyes. She felt like she’d been held under
water and wasn’t able to breathe. Tears stung her eyes as she gasped for
oxygen. She looked over at Rio sound asleep. He looked so peaceful. Ashley
moved closer to him and rested her head on his chest. Petey’s kisses felt so
real that she couldn’t help but touch her lips with her fingertips. Feeling
overwhelmed and emotional beyond belief she was saddened that it was a dream
but happy that he had come to her, she needed that. His opinion of Rio meant
the world to her. Ashley looked at Rio once more before getting out of bed. She
needed to call the one woman who loved Petey just as much as she did...his Nana.