Wanted (46 page)

“I’m not sure I am going to have a cell signal since we will be so far out in bum fuck Egypt. Jason really, I
’m a big girl I think I’
ll be fine……it’s just going to be Ellie and Gunner and me……..
I’m not one
hundred percent
sure if Jeff is going……..
his grandparents ranch……..yep
just for a like four or five
days I think…….he is helping his grandfather fix a few things around their ranch……..
okay
well have fun hiking………Yep you to……bye…….”

I lo
ok
ed over at Ellie as I poured a
cup of coffee. I raised my eye
brows and turned my head down to give her a total mom lo
ok
.

“Funny…
sounded like you were
having
to explain a lot there
.”

“Fuck Jason….he thinks he can tell me where and what and WHO I c
an hang out with. No…sorry
dude that position is
reserved for my dad only and
even he stepped down years ago.
The fact that he is even upset about Jeff being there just pisses me off!
”

I started to laugh, god I loved Ari. Her m
other had us watching more Katha
rine Hepburn movies the other night and filling our heads with her girl power lectures. I s
ee why Ari is so strong headed.

“Why would he be upset if he knew Jefferson was going to be there?” I asked because I was more curious than anything. How could Jason even know anything about Jefferson and
Ari
.

Ari stopped and lo
ok
ed at me confused. “You know, I’m not su
re why he even asked about Jeff.
That is kind of weird
isn’t it
?
” Ari said as she sat down and ate a banana.

“Maybe he knows Gunner and Jeff are roommate
s, have you ever talked about them?” I asked as Ari lo
ok
ed at a text message she just got.

Ari thought about it for a moment. “I must have….how else would he even know? I mean I’ve brought up Gunner only because of you but I honestly don’t remember ever talking about Jeff. Oh well,
it doesn’t matter….I’m not one hundred percent
sure Jeff is going until I see his handsome face sitting in the truck!” Ari said with a wink as she got up
and walked towards her bedroom.

“I’m going to get dressed. Jeff just sent a text saying they were on their way
.”
Right then my phone buzzed with a text message from Gunner.

My darling Ellie….we’re
on our way. I can’t wait to see you ;-)

I let out a small EEEPPP and ran to the bedroom to g
rab my suitcase. I brought it back out to the living room and Ari was walking out with her suitcase. She was wearing short….SHORT blue jean shorts with a sleeveless black top. She had on flip flops and was p
utting her hair in a pony tail.

“THERE! Do I lo
ok
country enough? I mean I know Jeff is expecting me to be all dolled up
and probably wanting to bring four
suitcases with me so I am keeping it to a bare minimum.”

I lo
ok
ed at her giant suitcase and then back at her. She had very little makeup on and had taken all of nail polish off as well.

“Well, I know how hard it was for you to take a smaller suitcase Ari….are you sure you got everything?”
I said with sarcasm dripping from
my mouth.

“Oh holy shit you don’
t know how hard it was for me to pack so light. I had to really think about my outfits and what situation I might come up in on a ranch. It was plain torture. Fuck…it better be fun!”

I let out a laugh. I could not believe she was fucking serious! Ari lo
ok
ed at me with a confused lo
ok
on her face.

“What
the hell is so funny?” She said
has she put her hand
s on her hips and stared at me.

“YOU!
That is a HUGE suitcase and what is with taking off all your nail polish? I’m pretty sure girls who live in the country wear nail polish. Did you pack jeans? Gunner told me to bring plenty of jeans.”

“Of course I packed
jeans what the hell Ellie….I’
ve been to the country before!”

Just then I heard Gunner’s truck driving and music blaring from it. Christ if he played Truck Yeah I would kill him. We walked over to the bay window and watched them parked. They bo
th got out of the truck at the same time
and they were both laughing at something. My stomach to
ok
a dive and my heart starting beating like crazy.

“Holy fuck…
.” Ari and I
both said at the same time
. We lo
ok
ed at e
ach other and started laughing.

“Jesus, Mary and Joseph no guy should lo
ok
that fu
cking hot in a pair of fucking W
rangle
rs and cowboy boots. I think I’
m going to have an orgasm just lo
ok
ing at his ass in those things!”

“Shit Ari come on! That’
s my brother….
eewwww
AAAA
!” I sai
d as I hit her in the shoulder.

“Fuck me Ellie do you not
see
Gunner? Holy shit…..that fucker is hot!”

I smiled as I watched them walk up to the house. Gunner lo
ok
ed hotter than hot. I had to push my legs together to ease the ache that was present….again….from just lo
ok
ing at him. He had on a pair of
Wrangler jeans and a white t-shirt. A tight white t-
shirt just like the one he was wearing the first day I met him. I could see h
is tattoo through the white t-
shirt and part of it was sticking out from his sleeve. I had yet to see him with his shirt off and I was dying to! I wanted to trace his tribal tattoo wit
h my finger and then my tongue.

ARGH! Ellie stop thinking like that. Oh my god what was wrong with me. I had to shak
e my head to clear my thoughts.

“
Hmmmm
YUM….I see Gunner’s tattoo…..sure as sh
it wish Jeff had on a white t-
shirt stupid fucker!
I hardly got to look at his tattoos the other morning.
”
Ari said as she wiggled her eye
brows up and down!

“Shut up you bitch! Come on let’s get going before they see us both drooling all over them!”

Jeff knocked on the front door but then opened it and walked in. He stopped dead
in his tracks when he saw Ari.

“You’re wearing
that?
” Jeff asked Ari as he lo
ok
ed her up and down and ran his hand through his hair.

Ari shrugged her shoulders and lo
ok
ed at what she was wearing.

“Yeah, why, what’s wro
ng with what I have on
dickwad
?

Gunner walked up to me and leaned down and wrapped his arms around me as he lifted me up to give me a kiss.

“You lo
ok
beautiful Ells. Did you pack enough pairs of jeans sweetheart?” He said as he slowly lowered me to the ground. I loved nothing more than when he did that. To be so close to his body was amazing. I wonder what having sex would be like with him?

Wait….What??? Holy
fuck where did that come from?

“Nothing is wrong if you’
re going to the beach or I guess the mall or something. For Christ sakes Ari we are going out to a fucking cattle ranch. If you bend over a little I can probably see your ass thos
e shorts are so fucking short.”

Ari lo
ok
ed at Jeff and gave him that signature smile of hers. “Well it’s a damn good thing this ass does not belong to you now isn’t it. You don’t have to worry about it!” Ari smacked her ass with her
hand and gave Jefferson a wink.

“Whatever
squirt
. If you want guys lo
ok
ing at you like y
ou’
re some kind of whore that’
s up to you. Let me guess the giant suitcase right here is yours?”

Ari smiled and walked up to Jefferson
as he picked up her suitcase. She stood on her tippy toes and purred up at him.
“Are you jealous that
the
other cowboys will be lo
ok
ing at me and fantasiz
ing about how good of a rider I might be?”

Jefferson dropped Ari’s suitcase and it almost landed on her left foot. Ari was stilling leaning in close to Je
fferson as she gave him a wink.

“Be careful
there Jeff…I
have very important items in that
suitcase that I need to take
care
of…
….
certain…
.
.
.
needs
…….”

Jefferson lo
ok
ed over at Gunner and me and sho
ok
his head as if he was trying to erase an image. He quickly picked up her suitcase and walked out the front door. Gunner started laughing as soon as the front door shut. I mean really…
.
.I think Ari just entertains the hell out of Gunner. I hit his shoulder and lo
ok
ed at Ari.

“Arianna!
That was just plain MEAN! You and I both know you do
NOT
own any such items! And
you…
…
Gunner stop laughing. It’
s not funny. She is going to give poor Jefferson a heart attack by the end of the week.” I said as I stared at both of them. They were both trying not to laugh but doing a piss poor job of it.

“WHAT
!
?
I have my flat iron and hair
dryer in that suitcase! Those are very important items to me.
Gesh
Ellie….get your mind out of the gutter you
perv
!”

Gunner reached down and grabbed my suitcase and started to head out to the truck. “Come on ladies….let’s blow this popsicle stand!”

I was so excited I could hardly stand it! I grabbed my purse and stuck my iPod
and my headphones into it as quick as I could
. I followed Ari out of the house and locked the door behind me! Ari leane
d over and whispered in my ear.

“DO NOT make me sit in the back seat with Jeff or I will fucking kill you!”

I started to giggle when I saw Jefferson jump in the front seat of Gunner’s truck. “I think you scared the shit out of Jefferson….he wouldn’t sit next to you even if you paid him to!”

Ari lo
ok
ed over at the truck and then back at me and we busted out laughing.
Gunner walked up and picked me up and spun me around. I let out a little yell as he gave me another kiss.
He smiled
at me and leaned in close
to my ear.

“Do you want to sit in the front with me sweetheart? I can kick Jeff into the back seat with the whore!”

I started to laugh and hit his
back. “Put me down and no! I’
ll sit with Ari in the backseat. I think if Jeff
erson
and Ari had to sit near each other that long they would end up killing each other and that would ruin my first trip out to the country!”

“Agreed!
Let’s go baby.” Gunner walked over to open the truck door for me.

Ohhh
…..I secretly wished he called me baby all the time. I was not sure why I liked it so much. I mean…the way it came out of his mouth it just sounded so…….

“Fuck
its
hot when he calls you baby.” Ari said to me with a wink.

“Yeah, it is hot
isn’t it
?!
.
”

Ari jumped into the truck and slid all the way behind Gunner’s seat. Gunner held my arm as I got in. Shit the electric jolt that traveled through my body when he touched me was unreal. Would I ever get us
e to it? He gave me one last pec
k on the cheek, smiled and shut the door. He jogged around the front of the truck and got in. He lo
ok
ed over at
Jefferson and smiled!

“Alright!
Let’s get the hell out of the city and get us some fresh
country
air!”
Gunner said with a smile.