Plausibility (42 page)

Liz stood to leave her. What else was she going to do?

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“I’ve been trying to call you since last night. What’s wrong with your phone?” Whisper asked Quill in homeroom.

“Nothing
, I shut it off.”

“Why?”

“I didn’t want to talk to anyone,” she coolly replied, got up and walked out of the class as soon as the bell rang. Whisper stared after her, wondering what was up her ass.

Quill sat alone at lunch and didn’t join her normal table with Whisper and Sed. She wasn’t trying to be rude. She just didn’t have the ambition to sit and small talk. She could barely keep up during class.

“Are you coming to the yard?” Whisper asked at her locker.

“No, not today
, I’m not feeling the best,” Quill lied as the two girls walked toward the parking lot.

Quill saw him. She pretended not to, but she knew it was him. “You know. I think I will come over for a little while,” Quill said, changing her mind. She knew her mother wouldn’t be home for another hour or so, Reese would be at practice and Julius would be at her front door.

“Okay,” Whisper replied puzzled.

Quill jumped in the front seat of Whisper’s car and watched in her side mirror as Julius pulled out right behind them. Really? What the hell was he doing? Whisper carried on a one sided conversation while Quill watched Julius through the mirror.

“Pull over, Whisper,” Quill requested once they were off the main road.

“Why?” she asked, pulling to the side of the road.

“I need to go talk to this idiot following us.”

“Who is it?” Whisper asked, turning to see Julius pull right behind her.

“Just some guy, I’ll be right back.” Quill didn’t have the relationship with Whisper that she did with Seri. They didn’t talk about personal matters. Quill liked it that way. She was, however, going to have to explain who the hell Julius was now, somehow.

Freaking hell, it was cold outside. Quill walked back to the driver’s side of Julius’s car as he rolled down his window.

“What, Julius?” she shouted.

“Why isn’t your phone working?”

“My phone is working just fine. It’s turned off.”

“Get in the car, Quill.”

“Fuck you. I’m not listening to a word you say. What the hell are you even doing here? Go live in another country.”

“Go tell your friend you’ll see her later
, and get your ass in this car so I can apologize my ass off for being such a douche.”

“Why should I
?” Quill asked, letting her guard down.

“Because I love you, and I am a fucking idiot. Please come with me. I’ll even let you beat the shit out of me.”

Quill smiled a little. “Hang on,” she said, giving in and walking to get her backpack out of Whisper’s car.

“I’ll talk to you tomorrow, Whisper.”

“What? Why? Where you going? Who is that?” Whisper protested.

“I’ll tell you about it tomorrow. Promise,” she lied.

“I’m sorry, Quill,” Julius said as soon as Quill got in with a pout and crossed arms.

“You don’t have to treat me like that, Julius. I didn’t deserve that.”

“I know you didn’t, baby. I was just so fucking pissed off, thinking about another man touching you. I shot him in the head.”

“YOU WHAT!!!”

“Not really, Quill, but I wanted to.”

“Jesus, Julius. Don’t fucking do that, you just made my heart stop.”

Julius smiled. “Please forgive me, and please don’t let another man please you. That’s my job.”

“You weren’t here, Julius.”

“That’s what upsets me. I feel like you just moved on.”

“I didn’t just move on.” How the hell was she supposed to explain that she wanted to be a slut like Seri was? “I was just trying to distract myself from all the thoughts about you. I’m sorry. It was a onetime thing. I couldn’t be with him. I didn’t want to be with him.”

“I’m sorry. Will you forgive me?”

“Do I still get to kick your ass?”

“If you do it naked,” he smiled.

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“You bought furniture,” Quill stated as Julius unlocked the door.

“I bought you something too. Two somethings,” he smiled, retrieving the white paper sack from the side table.

Quill took the white bag and opened. “Sex toys?”

Julius smiled an ornery grin.

“I don’t forgive you that much yet. You didn’t buy this for me. You bought it for you.”

“Oh, but I promise to make you enjoy it as much as I do.”

“Why do good girls always fall in love with the bad boys?”

“You’re a bad girl. Why do good boys always fall for the bad girls?”

Quill laughed and shrugged her shoulders. “You taught me to be bad.”

“I’m sorry, Quill,” Julius apologized again. He felt horrible for making her feel the way he did.

“I’m over it, just don’t let it happen again,” she said, dropping the bag to the sofa and wrapping her arms around his neck. “I can’t stay long. I have a test tomorrow,” she whispered to his lips.

He kissed her, lightly. “Test on what?”

“Chemical equation of photosynthesis.”

“Yuck, I was going to volunteer to help you study, but I hated biology.”

“Yeah, I remember. You would never help me with biology.”

“But I taught you, you’re ABC’s, didn’t I?”

Quill laughed. “I don’t know. I can’t remember when I was that young.”

“I did. Had it not been for me, you wouldn’t even be able to read.”

“Shut up and take my clothes off,” Quill demanded between kisses.

“You want me to undress you?”

“
Hmhmm.”

Julius didn’t waste time. He had her naked in front of him in record time. Quill circled him, wearing nothing but her birthday suit. She raised his shirt and he slid it over his head as her nails grazed his abs.

“I love you, Quill,” he whispered as he watched her fingers unsnap his jeans.

“Hmm, I love you too,” she replied, walking around him, kissing him lightly, his back, shoulder, arm, and then his chest while releasing his hardness to her hand. He had to place his hand on the back of the sofa to brace himself
, as she lowered her body, taking him in her mouth, as much as she could.

Julius hissed at not only the feel, but also the sight of her caressing his balls and sliding his cock in and out of her mouth. Julius wanted to ram balls deep in her mouth. He was fighting his resisting hips to do just that. He couldn’t take it. God, she felt amazing. He pulled her up and led her to the bed, wanting to please her as well.

He scooted himself to the middle of the bed, stroking himself in his hand as she came to him. She loved watching him do that, she just went from wet to wetter in a fraction of a second. She was sure of it. Julius took her hand and guided her to straddle his face, wanting to taste her and hope that she continued what she had started in the living room.

Quill moaned as he stroked her with his tongue and lightly sucked on her nub, causing her to squirm above him. She stroked him in her hand a couple of times before leaning over and taking him in her mouth once again. Quill tried her best not to let go. She was enjoying the tantalizing feel of his tongue on her pussy, his finger in her ass and his cock in her mouth. She wasn’t even sure where it came from. She thought she was in control. She wasn’t. She squeezed his cock with her hand as her head dropped and she called out in pure ecstasy.

Julius flipped her off of him and rammed into her from behind. He fucked her, quick, fast and hard as she moaned the most god awful sounds. He fucking loved it. He held her hips, thrusting frantically in and out of her. She was going to cum again. She could feel it.

“Roll over, baby,” he demanded, pulling out of her. She did as she was told and watched as he stroked himself, moving her legs up, beckoning her to hold them up for him. He rubbed her juices in with
his fingers before guiding the head of his cock inside of her. Quill held her legs up as they both watched his cock sliding in and out of her, gazing at each other, every so often.

As soon as Quill let go for the second time, Julius was done. He thrust deep in her, holding himself profoundly inside of her as her walls constricted around his cock, pulled out and spewed to her open sex.

“Rub it in, Quill,” he whispered in some sort of low raspy tone. She did. His lustful eyes watched as her fingers massaged his cum around her swollen nub. She moaned again, knowing she could cum again if she kept that up.

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“Let me out here, Julius. My mom’s home,” Quill said before Julius got too close to her house. She leaned over and kissed him. I’ll call you later.”

“I love you, and I am sorry for hurting you yesterday.”

“I love you too, and I forgave you after the second mind blowing orgasm. Please don’t mention it again,” she smiled with one more kiss.

Quill walked up the sidewalk with a smile. Liz was flipping through the mail as she entered.

“You okay? You look a little flushed. Are you running a fever?” Liz asked in her motherly, worried kind of way.

That’s because I just had amazing sex with the man I love. “Yeah, I’m fine. I’m going to go study. I have a test tomorrow,” Quill replied
, unable to look her mother in the eye. Would she ever understand? Would Seri ever understand? Why couldn’t they just love him as much as she did?

Quill continued to sneak around and see Julius every chance she got, which was practically every day. She avoided Seri’s questions and made sure that she didn’t have any fresh bites when she and Reese visited for Thanksgiving. Christmas was another story.

Quill had the weirdest family in the world. She was sure of it. Who stayed in a vacation home at the lake with their ex-husband and his fiancé? Connor was staying too. It was like one big happy family. Liz and Seri cooked in the kitchen of the cabin while Manny and Connor hung out watching sports. Who did that? Quill wasn’t complaining, she was just a little shell-shocked at the entire family under one roof.

Seri went in
to wake Quill on Christmas morning, wanting to give her her gift in private. Quill was already up and in the shower. She sat on her bed to wait, glancing at the screen of her phone, displaying JC. She didn’t answer it, thinking JC must be the secret boy. Why wouldn’t Quill tell her about him? She thought they were closer than that, not understanding her need to keep it secret.

It was probably just the investigating in her blood, but she couldn’t resist. She picked up the phone, getting the locked keypad. She held it to the window and smiled at the smudge marks, 5 -2- 4 -3, it only took once for her to unlock it. She hesitated briefly, debating on whether or not to go to her messages.

Seri shook her head as she read the very detailed messages of Quill and JC talking about the amazing sex they had the day before, the toys that they played with, the anal sex that he thanked her for, the amazing blow job that she finished, completely, the numerous amounts of I love you’s, and the I don’t want to be without you during the holidays.

“JC—Julius Chavez,” Seri said out loud.

She moved back to the bed and tossed the phone to the bed where she stayed with her elbows on her knees, head down, waiting for Quill. She couldn’t believe it. She had been seeing him all along. She should have known. What the hell was she supposed to do? Manny would kill him, well, probably not. Julius could break him, but nonetheless. He would be pissed. What the hell was she thinking?

“Merry Christmas,” Quill said, coming in to the bedroom with wet hair, wrapped in a towel. “What’s wrong?” she asked, seeing the disappointment all over Seri’s face.

“Nothing’s wrong, Quill,” Seri said, dropping the wrapped gift on the bed. “Your family is waiting for you to come to breakfast and open gifts,” she stated with a long face, leaving her alone.

“What the fuck?” Quill said to her empty room. She sat on the bed and opened the box, not understanding what just happened. She held up the silver keychain, reading the inscription. (You and me – A single soul dwelling in two bodies).

Quill pulled her hair into a messy bun on top of her head and quickly dressed. She wanted to talk to Seri. Something just happened. Something was going on, but what? Seri stared at her with a look that Quill couldn’t read as she entered the dining room with the rest of her family.

Seri sipped her coffee, keeping her eyes on Quill while the family listened to Reese talk about cheerleading camp in… JUNE. Quill stared back with a puzzled look. She wasn’t interested in Christmas anymore. She wanted to know what the hell Seri’s problem was.

Quill endured the chatter around the table, and then moved to the living area around the massive Christmas tree that they all helped decorate the night before. Seri was fine then. They had a ball the night before.

As soon as the last gift was open
, Seri stood and looked directly at Quill. “Bundle up, Quill, let’s go for a walk,” she demanded.

“Sarah?” Manny questioned. All eyes were on Seri, wondering what the attitude was about. Manny sensed it earlier, but refrained from saying anything, not wanting to ruin the gift exchange.

“We’re fine. I just want to talk to Quill ALONE.”

Quill slid on her boots and warm coat. Had the circumstances been different
, she would have whined about the cold. She didn’t. Seri was pissed about something and she was anxious to find out what.

“What the hell, Seri?” Quill asked as soon as they were away from the house.

“How the fuck is Julius? Quill?”

Well, fuck.

“Um, excuse me?” What did she know?

“You’ve been seeing him this whole time, haven’t you?”

“What the hell are you talking about, Seri?”

“JC called while you were in the shower.”

“You talked to Julius?”

“No. I didn’t answer. I thought JC was the boyfriend from school that you lied to me about. It wasn’t until I read all of the text messages that I figured out that JC was actually Julius Chavez.”

“You went through my phone?” she almost asked how she got into it, but didn’t need to. Seri was trained to do shit like that.

“Yeah, Quill. I did. I can’t believe you.”

Quill didn’t know whether to be pissed or what the hell to think. “What do you want me to say, Seri? I love him. I’m going to be with him.”

“And are you just going to hide behind lies while you SEE him?”

“I don’t know.”

“What the hell, Quill? You could have told me.”

“Told you what? Oh, by the way, I’ve been sneaking around, seeing Julius. Would you have given me your blessing?”

“Fuck
no. And neither would your mother and father.”

“Exactly my point
, did you think I was actually going to tell you? You’re engaged to my dad. Do you keep secrets from him?”

“You know I don’t
.”

“Hence the reason I didn’t tell you. Are you going to tell him now?”

“Jesus Christ, Quill. Fuck. I don’t know. He’s going to be livid. I can’t believe you put me in the middle of this shit.”

“I didn’t put you in the middle of anything. You shouldn’t go snooping through people’s phones if you don’t want the truth.”

“Where is he?”

“Why?”

“I just want to know. Is he living close to you?”

“Are you going to go after him?”

“No. I told you, his name is clear as long as he stays out of trouble.”

“He’s not getting into trouble. He’s not doing anything. He doesn’t even smoke weed, and gets mad at me for doing it. He’s clean.”

“So he is living near you?”

“Yes.”

Seri shook her head, un-fucking-believable. “Now, what the hell am I supposed to do?”

“Nothing
, keep your mouth shut. I’ll be 18 in less than six months.”

“And then what, Quill?
Are you going to run away with him?”

“I don’t know what, Seri. I love him. I can’t live without him. Can’t you understand that?”

Seri ran her gloved hands over her face. Yes. She could understand that. She felt it for the first time in her life with Manny. Her father understanding, that was going to be a different story.

“I’m so mad at you right now. Why couldn’t you go off to college and fall in love with someone that you
r father would approve of? I have to live with him.”

“I can’t fall in love with anyone else. Julius has owned my heart since I was a little girl. Julius and I have a bond that can’t be replaced by some guy in college. I don’t know how to get you to understand that. Julius and I are always going to be tied together. I can’t change that. I don’t want to change that.”

Seri placed her arm around Quill’s shoulders, trying to understand and be her friend, not the adult that she was turning into since Manny came into her life. “We’re still a single soul dwelling in two bodies,” Seri said, bumping her head with hers.

“Thanks, I loved that, but I don’t get it,” Quill questioned.

“Get what?”

“Why the keychain? Where’s the keys and the car? You told me my dad was going to buy me a car for Christmas.”

“Shit, Quill. You ruin everything. Why do you always have to put things together? You’re dad’s going to kill me.”

“I’m getting a car?” Quill asked excited.

“No. I didn’t say that.”

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Quill did get a new car, well not new, but new to her. It was a used white Honda CRV, and she loved it. She hated having to drive Reese to school every day, but loved not having to share her mom’s car. She spent a lot of weekends with Whisper (Julius), and Seri kept her secret. She was glad that Seri knew. Although she still didn’t like it, it was nice to have her friend to talk to when he pissed her off or she wanted to share something funny that they had done.

“Let’s go somewhere this weekend, Julius,” Quill suggested, wanting to get out of his house and do something outdoors now that the weather was cooperating. She really did hate winter, and would probably never get used to that.

“I can’t. I’m going out of town tomorrow.”

Quill sat up from, leaning on him on the sofa. “Where you going?”

Julius pulled her back to him. “It’s a secret. I can’t tell you.”

“No. Fuck that. We don’t have secrets. Where are y
ou going? What are you up to?” she argued, pulling away again.

“Okay, it’s not a secret, just a surprise, and I’m not telling you, so lose the attitude. I’ll be back tomorrow night. You can come over then if you’re allowed.”

“Is it a surprise for me?”

“Yes. Now
, stop. That’s all I’m saying.”

“I hate you, Julius Chavez.”

“I don’t care. I love you.”

“I’m going to graduate high school again next month,” Quill said, laughing at the fact.

“You are, and I am so proud of you.”

“Then what, Julius
? My mom wants me to go to college.”

“Do you want to go to college?”

“No. I mean. Why would I need to? We’re rich, aren’t we?”

Julius laughed. “We have plenty of money. Now
, get naked before you have to leave me.”

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Seri knew the voice before she ever turned around. Her heart dropped to her feet and her defenses automatically kicked in. Julius grabbed her arm and swung her around to keep from getting decked. He didn’t know who he was messing with. She was quicker than him and had her knee in his throat right there in the hallway of her and Manny’s apartment building.

“Jesus Christ, Seri,” he choked.

“What are you doing here? Where’s Quill?”

“Get the hell off me and I will tell you.”

Seri, cautiously moved off of him. “What do you want?”

“I wanted to talk to you about something.”

“Okay, talk.”

“Can we go somewhere?”
he asked, not wanting to discuss business with her in the hallway. They would be lucky if someone hadn’t already called the cops.

“Is Quill okay?”

“Yes. Quill is fine. This isn’t about Quill, well not completely.”

“What’s it about?”

“Are we going to talk right here?” he asked, waving his hand animatedly in a circle.

“I guess we can get coffee.”

“I kind of wanted to show you something.”

“Show me what?”

“Oh my God, you’re worse than Quill. Trust me, will you?”

Seri laughed a nervous laugh. “Trust you?”

“Yes. Trust me. Move it,” he ordered, nodding toward the elevator.

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Seri had never seen Manny this mad before. She was almost afraid he was going to kick her out of their new home. He couldn’t believe that she lied to him all these months.

“I never lied to you, Manny,” Seri pled.

“You did lie to me, Sarah. You not telling me that my daughter has been seeing that low life for months is the same as lying.”

“He’s not a low life, and he loves your daughter. Manny, you’re not going to keep her from him.”

“You can’t seriously be defending that bastard.”

“I am defending him. Will you just hear me out?”

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One down
, one to go. Seri was sure Liz would have an asthma attack and die right there on the floor.

“I’ve known for months, Sarah,” Liz explained, pouring them both a cup of coffee.

“You have?” Seri shockingly asked.

“Yup,” she replied, sitting in front of her at the table. “I can even show you his house.”

“You never said anything to Quill?” She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She was sure she was going to take more from Liz than she had Manny, and then she was going to kick Julius’s ass for talking her into this shit. Liz wasn’t mad at all. She knew.

“No, I was waiting for her to tell me. I’m not going to ruin our relationship because she’s in love with a man that I’m not sure is good for her or not.”

“I know how you feel, but I honestly think he is good for her, and I know he loves her.”