The Beginning of Us (81 page)

“Open your eyes, Ev.  I want to watch your eyes as you come with me inside you.”  His demand makes my heart beat faster.  I have never left my eyes open during sex. 
It's
just instinct for me to close my eyes and focus on the feelings.  This seems raw and stripped open.

I do as he says.  I can see his eyes darken as we get closer to release. 
I'm
working my hips and he puts both of his hands on the skin of my ass.  I feel a sting from the touch and it causes me to inhale sharply.  He notices and moves his hands to the side of my hips.  We guide each other through what was the longest orgasm of my life.  His hands explore my nipples and pinch down on both of them at the same time.  All comprehension left me at one point and I don’t think I managed to keep my eyes open the entire time like he wanted.  He didn’t stop me, so I went with what my body did naturally.  I fall on his chest from exhaustion and kiss his chest right above his heart. 

“I'm
falling in love with you, Talon.  Every time
I'm with you, a little part of my heart fills more with the love that I'm
feeling for you.  You are very close to having my entire heart.  Please don’t break it.”  I whisper to his chest.  I know he hears me, because his body tenses with my words.  I don’t expect him to say anything.  I don’t need any reassurance that he feels deeply for me.  I know he does. 

It would be great if I could just bottle up this moment and know it will last forever. I thought I was in love once before. If you would have told me that I didn’t know what love was, I would have fought you to the death to say that I did love Brandon
.  Sadly, I feel stronger for Talon in
a matter of weeks, than I ever did for Brandon
. 

My mom always said that you will know what love is for sure when you know you would do anything for that person, including laying down your life for them.  I know I would be lost without Talon.  I know that my heart hurts thinking of him being hurt in anyway. 

I slide off of him and walk to the bathroom.  I need a shower.  I turn the faucet all the way to hot and wait for it to heat up. 
I'm
leaning up against the wall and I feel his eyes watching me before I feel his touch on my skin. 
I'm
engulfed in his arms as he wraps around me from behind.  His light nibbles on my shoulder cause me to squirm and smile.

“Can I join you?” He whispers in my ear.

“You can always join me in the shower. No invitation needed.” I say, looking forward to washing his body.

We step into the shower and I reach for the soap. I force him to turn around and begin to
wash his back.  I always admire his massive tattoo.  I want to get a tattoo one of these days. 
I'm just waiting until I decide on the perfect reason to get a
tat.  I continue scrubbing his skin making my way around to the front of his body as well. 

He returns the favor and washes my entire body, paying special attention to my more rounded areas. 
He's a breast and ass man for sure.

We towel off and collapse in the bed with exhaustion.  He tucks my body into the groove of his hips and we line up in our usual position.  This has become home for me.  I feel safe and secure when
I'm just like this, with him.

I wake the next morning alone in bed.  I can smell a hint of coffee aroma in the bedroom and I eagerly get dressed and attempt to make myself presentable.  I turn into the kitchen to find Talon and Holden making breakfast. 

“Mornin’ beautiful. Would you like some coffee or OJ?” Talon approaches me and I surrender to his usual ‘good morning’ groping and kiss that makes my knees weak.

“Coffee please.” I say as I lean my forehead against his lips as he finishes his attack.

“Get a fucking hotel room!  Shit!  How am I supposed to sleep with your sex sounds vibrating through my room!  I had to jack off three times last night listening to your girl here moan.”  Taron looks straight at me and winks. 

I could die right now.  Bury me in the back yard because
I'm
going to die of embarrassment.  I don’t have any words to say. 

“Shut the fuck up, asshole.”  Talon comes to my rescue. 
I'm sure everyone can see that I'm
humiliated.  I sit down and stare into my coffee, hoping for an escape.  My face is hot and it feels like my heart is in my throat as I struggle to swallow. 

“Chill out lil’
brother.  It’s all good!”  Taron replies putting his hands up in a surrender position.  “
I'm
fucking happy your bitch ass finally got laid.  Now maybe you won’t be such a downer all the fucking time.”

Talon can tell I'm still mortified and he begins gripping my shoulders massaging the tension out of them.

“You are just jealous you haven’t found what I found!” Talon tells his twin,
causing me to smile. 

“You are dead on there.” Holden finally speaks.

“Nah! I can get a different flavor every night if I want. Why would I want vanilla every time?”

I finally get a little burst of nerve and decide to defend myself.  If
I'm going to be here often, I'm going to have to learn to deal with Taron and his abrupt comments.

“Well now I know you didn’t hear us last night.  Because if you did, you would know
I'm
not just plain vanilla. 
I'm
a damn hot fudge sundae with whip cream and a fucking cherry on top.  Bet you wish you could have a bite!” 

Ok, where did that come from?  I swear Ivy is rubbing off on my ass.  That was all out before I could stop myself.  Taron’s face lifted in a full smile as he raised his eyebrows at me. 
I'm working really hard to keep my eyes focused on him and my head held high.

“Well when you put it that way, I guess I do wish I could find what you have lil’
brother! 
She's
fucking feisty!  I like her.  Can we keep her?”

“Ok jackass, leave her alone. I don’t need you running her off with that vulgar mouth of yours.” Talon warns him one last time.

We eat breakfast and I sit back and watch the three brothers interact with one another.  They tease each other, but you can tell there is a loyalty there that only comes from brotherly love.  I know enough about Taron to know he has been there for Talon during his darkest days and for that I have to like him.  Not only that, I would never want to come between the bond that those two share. 
I'm
actually not sure I would come out on top if I tried. 

“What do you say we head to the lake for the day?” I hear Holden talking to his brothers.

“Let’s do it!” Taron looks at Talon to get an answer.

Talon turns to look at me for an answer.

“I don’t care if you go. Have fun.” I say, truly hoping he has a fun day with his
brothers.

I have plans to work on the photos from last night. I want to go through them and put together a poster for the band. I know some of my pictures are really good and I'm excited to show them to Talon.

“You should come with us.” Talon surprises me. I figure he would want to hang out with his brothers for a change.

“Ok, can I bring Ivy?” Everyone looks at Taron for an answer. He presses his lips together like he's holding in his words. I didn’t even think about how Taron would feel about Ivy coming with me.

“Whatever you decide. If you want to hang with a bitch all day, then by all means load her up!” Taron acts like he's indifferent, but everyone can tell he isn’t. Holden and Talon bust up with laughter.

“You are just upset that there is a female version of you out there and she hates your ass!” Holden says between his laughter. Taron stands up quickly and leaves the kitchen.

“Are we going to sit around and laugh all day or get to the water?” Taron yells from the hallway after he exits.

“I need to go home and change clothes. I'll call Ivy on the way, so she will be ready.” I say to Talon. He agrees and quickly gets his own stuff for the day. I call Ivy and she jumps at the chance to spend the day with me at the lake.

~Chapter Eleven~

Talon

I drop off Eaven at her house then
make my way to the gas station and the grocery store. I have this routine down. I buy the same lake food we always do. Beer and cold hotdogs it is.  I get water for the girls just in case they don’t want beer all day.
I'm looking forward to teaching Eaven how to water ski. My family has practically lived on the water my entire life. My brothers and I can all
slalom, which is when you only ski with one ski. 
Taron and I are the only ones crazy enough to barefoot as well. We only do this when the water is as smooth as glass. The tiniest ripple in the water feels like you are flying over a speed bump and jars the crap out of your knees.

I notice my phone ringing. Glancing at the number, I don’t recognize it. I answer and my entire body freezes at the sound of the voice on the other end of the line.

“Talon.” Her voice is nervous and unsure. I end the call and throw my phone across the dash in disgust. She's fucking stupid to call me after what she did. I have nothing to say to her and I don’t want to hear any of her shit either. Nicole can rot in the hell that she created for herself.

I find myself in the parking lot of Eaven’s apartment letting my mind rehash the last few years of my life. I thought Nicole was my future. As I think of Eaven, I realize that I'm much happier with the thought of her in my future than I ever was with Nicole. I decide right now that I'll not allow Nicole’s call to ruin my day with Eaven.

I look out the window and see my girl headed towards me with her arms full of bags.

“We are only going for the day. You packed like you are moving in.” I tease her.

“Most of it's Ivy’s. She wanted to have options, whatever that means. I just agreed and stuffed her stuff in bags.” Eaven quickly explains. I help her with the bags and I wrap her in my arms and enjoy the wait for Ivy to make her way to the truck as well. She's wearing a red cover up and I can see red and orange on the bikini strings around her neck.

“I’m going to teach both of you girls how to water ski today.” I say once we get on the road just outside city limits.

“Oh you are?” Eaven says smiling at Ivy.

“That should be fun.” Ivy seems like she's looking forward to it.

“Yes. My family has been skiing for as long as I can remember. It's really pretty easy. You just need to keep a good grip and stiffen up at the right time as you are lifted out of the water. I'll be in the water with you. I'll have Holden drive the boat.”

“Oh can Taron teach me? Maybe we can both learn at the same time. Do you have two of those rope thingies for us, so we can try at the same time?”

I smile because there is no way these two are going to go at the same time. That will be chaos. “We will have to see what Taron says.”

The ride to the lake goes quickly with these two girls. I notice they even finish each other’s sentences sometimes. They have inside jokes and hidden meanings left and right. It's great that they have each other.

Holden and Taron are at the marina when we arrive. They have the boat ready to pull out of the dock. We struggle down the dock with our arms loaded like we are going on some National Lampoon’s Vacation. I catch hell from the guys about the crap the girls are stuffing in the cubby holes in the nose of the boat. What can you do? I just smile and shake my head.

As we pull into the cove the girls take off their cover ups. My jaw drops as I see her in her bikini. Shit. I’m not ready to share the view of her with anyone.

“Fuuuuuck,” Taron says as his eyes pop out. I notice he isn’t looking toward Eaven though. His eyes are planted on Ivy in her hot pink bikini.

Ivy looks over at Taron and squeezes her breasts together. “Like what you see?” She's enjoying taunting my twin. This day could get interesting.

Once we get to smooth open water we stop the boat. Taron has agreed to teach Ivy to ski at the same time I'm working with Eaven. Holden preps the ropes and skis. The girls take time to put sunscreen on and Eaven even rubs me down. We probably should do that every hour. We wouldn’t want to get burnt.

We each put on a life jacket and get in the water. We just float near the boat while we put the two skis on each of the girls. Holden tosses each of us a rope. He idles the boat even after the slack has all been pulled out of the rope.

“Stay in a rocking chair position until you lift out of the water. Then stand up slightly. Remember to keep your knees bent some to help with the roughness of any waves that may come.” I'm holding on to Eaven as the boat tugs us through the water until they're ready. “When you are ready, give a thumbs up to Holden. Make sure you are both ready.”