Echoes of Us (11 page)

“Jade,” I groaned. He stopped moving. “No, don’t stop,” I whined. “I need more.”

Jade rose to his knees, pulled his fingers free, and grabbed a condom. His dick was hard and leaking on my leg. He rolled the condom on and poured more lube in his hand, stroking his dick a couple of times.

He paused and stared at me. “If I hurt you….”

“Jade,” I said and opened my legs wider, pulling my knees to my chest.

He lined up, pushed hard, and slipped inside me. The pain was intense at first, but I concentrated on his face. His red lips fell open, and his eyes rolled back. It was a lovely sight.

“Rylan,” Jade gasped. His fingers drifted across my stomach and wrapped around my cock. He pumped me a few times, and I was on the verge of losing everything. I thrust my hips and Jade let go of my cock, digging his fingers into my skin. He pulled his dick out and pushed back in. He changed the angle of his thrusts, and suddenly he was hitting my spot, sending sparks flying up my spine. I moaned and my hips came off the bed, meeting Jade’s every movement.

“Oh my God, baby, I can’t hold off anymore,” Jade panted. “I need to cum.”

“Do it,” I said, reaching between us to stroke my cock.

His breathing sped up, and I felt his thighs clench as his rhythm faltered. All my muscles tightened, and I felt the magic burn wrap around my spine. With a couple more strokes, we came within seconds of each other, my cum spurting all over my stomach and my name falling from his lips. Jade gasped and collapsed on top of me, smearing the wetness everywhere.

“Holy shit,” he whispered. “Holy shit, baby.”

My body tensed when he slipped out of me, and I worried he might race out of the room when he realized what we’d done.

He sat up, balanced on his knees, and removed the condom. He dropped it in the trash and ran a finger down my chest right through my cooling cum.

“You’re a mess,” Jade said. He leaned down and kissed me. “Shower?”

A small smile tugged at the corners of my lips as he helped me to my feet. We snuck down the hall trying to keep our giggles quiet. I couldn’t help it. I was running naked down the hall with Jade Marin, my formally straight roommate, who I had firmly told Maggie I wasn’t going to fuck.

The water was warm and soothing, and Jade couldn’t keep his hands to himself. He pinned me to the shower wall and gave me one of the finest hand jobs I’d ever received while kissing me senseless.

We toweled off and crept back to my room. Jade gathered his clothes into a neat little pile and stepped into his underwear. He seemed unsure what to do, so I solved his problem by tackling him on my bed.

“Can I ask you something?” I said, hiding my face in his neck.

“Sure.”

“Have you ever… er.”

“No,” Jade answered quickly. “I told you, I did research. Was it bad?”

He looked like he was starting to panic. I chuckled and dragged my lips over his neck. I rolled on top of him and grinned. “God no, it was you. How could it be bad? But, why me? I mean you had a girlfriend.”

Jade wrinkled his nose. “I was never happy with her. I tried, but there wasn’t a spark between us. At first I thought it was just Daria, so I spent a lot of time watching other women and there was nothing special. I mean, I appreciate beauty, but they didn’t get me all riled up. I started to think there was something wrong with me, that I didn’t know how to love someone. But then the first day I met you and Maggie, I knew. When you got out of your car something deep inside me woke up.”

“The first time you saw me?” The thought made my entire body heat up. He had wanted me from the beginning.

“It freaked the shit out of me, but the trip to the grocery store was fun. Then you fell asleep in my bed. I, um, watched you sleep, and I knew.” A shy smile spread across his face, and I wanted to know what the hell he knew, but I was too chicken to ask.

I sighed, and he wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly. I was in deep shit.

S
NEAKING
QUIETLY
around the house had never been one of my strong suits. I usually ran into a door or dropped something that made a ton of noise. Tonight was no exception when I had to go to the kitchen and find something to drink to relieve my cottonmouth. The plastic glass I fumbled made a terrible clatter when I dropped it on the wood floor. Maggie raced out of her room and almost ran into me.

“What are you doing?” she asked. I felt her gaze sweeping over my naked chest and landing on the hickeys. They must have glowed in the dark or something.

“Oh my God,” Maggie said. “Did you bring someone home?”

“Er…. No.”

She glared at me and made me feel like I was totally naked. The weird stare down lasted for a few seconds, and then her eyes widened.

“Oh, holy shit, Rylan. Is it Jade? Oh my God! You fucked. You fucking fucked already. Fuck, Rylan, are you fucking crazy? You told me you weren’t going to get involved with our roommate.” She ranted for a little longer about how fucking stupid this whole thing was and how she wasn’t going to be there to pick up the pieces when one of us freaked out.

“I think I’m falling in love with him,” I said quietly.

The statement stopped her in her tracks.

“What?”

“I love him,” I said.

“Whoa,” she said. She handed me the orange juice and left me standing in the kitchen. Maybe she had been sleepwalking and wouldn’t remember this conversation in the morning.

I shook it off, went back to my room, and quietly pushed the door open. I held my breath, not knowing if Jade would still be in my bed, or if he had hightailed it back to his room. My heart soared when I saw the tips of his damp, sun-kissed hair spread out on my pillow.

“You scare the shit out of me,” I whispered and kissed his cheek. I gently climbed over him and settled down again. He scooted closer, breathing into my shoulder. I sighed and closed my eyes, hoping he would be next to me when I woke up. I’d been known to have fantastic, realistic dreams when I was drunk.

So I couldn’t be blamed that I was a little surprised when Maggie opened the door in the morning and I felt Jade wiggle next to me. I wanted to shout it to anyone who would listen that he’d stayed with me and it was all very real.

Maggie eyed us curiously. The only thing out of her mouth was we needed to get up for school. Even if she had been sleepwalking last night, there would be no pleading the Fifth to get out of this one.

“Rylan and I don’t have class today,” Jade said. It was news to me, but I wasn’t going to argue with him.

Maggie shot a frigid glare at me, making me sink back into my pillow.

I think she scared Jade too, because his voice quivered when he spoke, quickly spilling the truth. “Okay, fine, we’re skipping to work on some songs.” Jade sat up straighter and spoke directly to Maggie. “Remember when we were watching YouTube the other night and you said we should post some of our songs?”

“Yeah,” Maggie said.

“I think we should do it. I mean, if Rylan agrees, because I’m not doing it without him.”

Maggie shrieked, and I looked at Jade like he’d stepped off the deep end. Maybe his blood supply was still located in his dick from all the sex last night and his brain wasn’t working correctly.

The bed dipped when Maggie climbed in with us, shoving Jade against my hard cock. Jade sucked in a breath of air, but didn’t move away. The curve of his ass rested against my cock, and every time Maggie bounced on the bed, there was friction. I managed to shift slightly, but my shoulders hit the wall. I was fucking trapped.

There was a lot of giggling and whispering, but finally, Maggie got out of bed and walked out of the room.

“Jade,” I choked out.

I thought he would leave, but he turned around and straddled my hips, pinning me to the bed. He leaned forward to kiss me, but I turned my head away from him. “Morning breath,” I groaned.

“Don’t care,” Jade said and caught my lips, shoving his tongue into my mouth at the same moment he drove his hips into mine. The friction was delicious.

“We don’t have much time,” I gasped.

“Not going to take much,” he panted.

I slipped my hands between us and shoved our underwear out of the way so I could wrap my hand around our cocks. Jade rolled over so we were on our sides facing each other. His lips were near my ear, and he was breathing heavily. “When we have more time, I want you to fuck me.”

My orgasm came without warning, filling my hand and covering Jade’s cock with my cum. He moaned loudly, and I gripped him tighter, rubbing my cum everywhere. He grabbed the back of my neck and pulled me in for a sloppy kiss. His body shuddered and his dick pulsed in my hand. I milked him through his orgasm.

“Fuck,” he said and rolled to his back. “I need a fucking nap.”

“Maggie is not going to let you sleep after you told her we’d record something, so I propose you get up and shower before she comes back in here and sees you with your dick hanging out of your underwear covered in cum.”

Jade laughed and tucked himself back into his underwear. “Don’t worry. We have days. We need recording equipment before we can do anything. It’s not like you have any of that shit lying around the house.”

“Well, we don’t have any in our house, but….”

“Your eyes are sparkling,” Jade said and dragged his thumb across my cheek. “What are you up to?”

I shoved his hand away. “Shower, Jade,” I said pointedly.

He frowned, gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, and climbed out of bed. He picked up his clothes and tossed them into my laundry basket. Maggie met him at the door. He kissed her on the cheek and whispered something to her. Within seconds, her face was bright red and Jade was laughing his head off. I wasn’t even going to ask. It was difficult to make Maggie blush, but he seemed to do it on a regular basis.

She sat down on the edge of the bed. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I think so,” I said. “I think I’m on overload. This is insane.” I didn’t need to elaborate. I’m sure she could see it in my face.

“I’m here if you need me,” she said, grabbing my hand. “I’ll always be here for you.”

“Thanks, Maggie.”

“Don’t look so smug. We’re still talking about this. You do not get to plead the Fifth on this one.”

“Didn’t even cross my mind,” I said.

“Now go get cleaned up. I talked to Mrs. Morgan and she’s waiting for us.”

She pinched my thigh before she left the room. I collapsed on my pillow and felt that familiar spark shoot through my head. I rolled over and grabbed a notebook and pen from under my bed.

The words fell seamlessly onto the page. There was no struggle to yank them out of my mind, and I lost myself in the writing.

Before I knew it, Jade and Maggie were standing in the doorway, cleaned and dressed.

“I’ll be over as soon as I’m done,” I said without looking up at them.

“Why are we going over to Mrs. Morgan’s house?” Jade asked Maggie.

“Mrs. Morgan has a small recording studio in her basement,” Maggie said.

“Are you serious?” Jade said.

“Yep, her husband was a studio musician. She has a nice setup, and it got better when her lousy son decided to try his hand at being a rock star. He updated the equipment. Thank God, his career was short-lived. He couldn’t play an instrument or carry a tune. He even tried rap. It was fucking horrible, but the studio is super cool and Mrs. Morgan has let us use it before.”

“Hello?” I said. “I’m writing here. Go away.”

Jade grabbed Maggie by the arm and hauled her out of my room. His excitement was catching. As I moved further into the song, it dawned on me I was writing a sappy love song filled with sentiments of happiness and hope. Maggie was going to know I’d gone crazy, but maybe it wasn’t so bad to let go of my cynical side and be happy.

“Oh my God, I’m a lovesick puppy.”

I gathered up my journals and started to leave the house when I figured I should shower. The stench of stale alcohol, sex, and sweat were not a nice combination, especially in mixed company.

By the time I got over to Mrs. Morgan’s house, everyone was huddled in the basement discussing how the video would be shot.

“Why are you talking about a video?” I asked.

“The song is going on YouTube,” Maggie answered.

“Oh right, well, maybe we should record the song first. Jade and I haven’t had much practice. It might sound like shit once we lay it down,” I said.

“We’re not going to sound like shit,” Jade announced.

He sent a smile at me that made my blood race. I sat down next to him, and Maggie started with all the technical stuff.

Mrs. Morgan was a huge help. She was the first person who had ever suggested I record my music, showing Maggie and me how the soundboard worked. Maggie devoured the information and quickly learned how to get the best sound out of me. Both women were hunched over the soundboard, speaking quietly and fiddling with the knobs. We did a few sound checks and adjusted our mics several times before we launched into the song. It didn’t take long until Jade quieted his guitar, and I realized we’d made it through the whole song.

Jade scooted closer to me and gave Mrs. Morgan and Maggie the thumbs up.