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“Oh God Gunner….”

“Just take a deep breath baby.” I said as I ran my hands up and down her back. Once she settled a little bit she sat down on a bale of hay and to
ok
in a deep breath.

“God I love the way it smells down here. I wish I could bottle it up and take it home with me.”

I laughed and star
ted to walk into Big Roy’s stall
. I checked his leg out and it seemed to be doing well. I gave him a bit of oats and shut his stall. I sat down next to Ellie and to
ok
her hand in mine.

“I guess when the battery went dead Ari freaked out a little bit…if you can imagine that. Jeff got pissed and pushed her up against the Jeep and well, one thing led to another. No sex but more than kissing.”

I let myself go back to a few night
s ago when Ellie had her first o
rgasm. The memor
y alone caused my dick to jump.

“What happened next?”

“I guess Ari made the mistake of telling Jeff she wanted to take it further and well…… he didn’t. He basically told her he made a terrible mistake and that he wished he could take it back…
….
after she told him she loved him.”

Shit
Jeff……stupid fucker.

“She hates him Gunner but yet I know she still loves him….I hate to see her hurting like this.”

“I’m sorry Ellie but I c
an tell you that I’
m sure Jeff is hurting probably even more.”

Ellie pushed back away from my chest and just stared at me.
She lo
ok
ed confus
ed and pissed at the same time.

“How in the hell do
you think he is hurting more the
n she is Gunner?” Ellie hissed through her teeth.

“He’
s in love with her Ellie.”

Ellie let out a laugh. “Yeah if that is how he shows love than she is better off without him.”

“Ellie, Jeff t
old me he loves Ari so much he’
s afraid that if they end up together something will happen, something bad and he will lose her forever. He said he would rather have
her in his life as a friend tha
n to not have her in his life at all.”

Ellie just lo
ok
ed at me for the longest time. I knew what she was thinking because I thought the same thing when Jeff spit out that bullshit to me.

“That doesn’t make a lick of fucking sense
Gunner. I hope you know that!”

God I loved this girl.

“Ells I told him the same exact thing. I wish I could understand his stupid fucked up way of thinking but I don’t.”

Ellie let out a s
igh and we just sat there in
silen
ce. Fuck let this be a lesson for
me NO
T to fuck things up with Ellie.

Ellie and I spent the rest of the afternoon riding around the ranch. I showed her every square no
ok
of it. Where me and my cousins use to play kings and queens, hide and seek and where in high school we would sneak off to with some of Gramps beer that he hid from Grams.
Then I to
ok her out
behind the ranch house and showed her how to shoot a .22 gauge riffle.
It was a perfect afternoon.

Dinner….not so much
,
Jeff didn’t utter a word while Gramps mostly talked about the plans for fixing up the main barn.
Drake and his sons lived there and their quarters needed some fixing up. I told Gramps I would come back the weekend of Thanksgiving and help out. We had
a
game that Thursday, Thanksgiving
Day
but
,
I could p
lan on getting here Friday after we reviewed the game
and staying until Sunday night. Jeff finally sp
ok
e and said he would plan on coming also. That led Grams to having Ellie come out also and we would co
ok
up a Thanksgiving feast on Saturday. I thought Ellie was going to jump out o
f her chair she was so excited.

I lo
ok
ed up and saw Ari coming into the dining room. She was dressed in
Jeans and a black
Hulu
Hut t-s
hirt. Her hair was pulled back in a low pony a
nd she had the fakest smile I’
d ever seen plastered on her face.

“Well crap…I see I’
m late for dinner!”

I lo
ok
ed over at Jeff. He instantly sat up and lo
ok
ed at Ari. I could tell he wanted nothing more than to grab her and take her somewhere and talk to her. From what Gramps told me about his talk with Jeff, he pretty much told Jeff he just lost the best thing he would ever have, he then called him the stupidest mother fucker on the planet. He also let him know that if he ever wanted another chance with Ari he needed to back off, let her cool down and once she did he better crawl on his goddamn hands and knees and
beg her to forgive him.

“You’
re never late for dinners in this house my darling girl.” Grams said as she gave Ari a wink.

Ari never once lo
ok
ed at Jeff. Grams handed her a plate and we all started to pass down the pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans.
I had never in my life seen a
girl eat so much as Ari did tonight!

The rest of the night was spent outside on the porch talking, listening to Grams and Gramps tell stories, a couple rounds of dominoes and then we all headed off to bed. Before I went to sleep I let Gramps and Grams know we were leaving the next day. I killed me to leave knowing there was so much work to be done. But
I thought it was for the best.

I had pulled Ellie off to the side and asked her if she wanted to go to our tree one more time and watch the stars. She jumped up and down and clapped her han
ds.

“Give me fifteen
minutes and I’
ll meet you down at your truck!”

We ended up spending more time kissing and touching each other than we did lo
ok
ing at the stars. I was almost tempted to keep her out all night and make out but I knew we were heading back to Austin and we both needed to get some sleep. I kissed her long and passionately on the porch b
efore I walked her to her room.

“Goodnight Ellie sweetheart.”

“Goodnight Gunner. Thank you so much for such a magical week. I love you!”

“You are more than welcome baby. Sweet dreams Ellie.”

After Grams had packed up a picnic basket full of goodies we made our way back to Austin. Ari and Jeff both put their iPods in and never sp
ok
e a single word all the way home. It killed me I couldn’t have Ellie in the front seat with me but Ari threw a fit at the idea of the “bastard from hell” sitting next to her.

When we finally pulled up to Ari and Ellie’s house I thought Ari was going to bolt from the truc
k before I even had it stopped.

Jeff and I carried their suitcases in and then Jeff went back to the truck after saying goodbye to Ellie and Ari disappeared into her room.

“How many more weeks until football
is
starting back up?” Ellie asked me
as she walked me back outside.

“Three….so once th
at happens and school starts I’
m going to be pretty busy so you kn
ow I’
m going to have to spend every minute with you from now until then.”

Ellie laughed that beautiful l
augh that warmed my whole body.

“Well….that sounds like a god awful punishment but I guess I can make it work!
”

“You better! I’
ll call you when we get back to the house. Did you have fun sweetheart?”

Right on cue there was that smile that could bring me to my knees. “Yes. I had a wonderful time Gunner
, some moments
stand
out a little more
than others but wonderful all around.”

I threw my head back and laughed. “Same goes here baby!” I leaned down and kissed her goodby
e and made my way to the truck.

As I pulled away I lo
ok
ed in my rearview mirror and already my chest ached from missing her.

CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN

E
llie……

The rest of the summer flew by. We went out to Lake Travis a few
times and t
wice we to
ok
Brad’s parents boat out. It was huge! Amanda and Brad really seemed to be serious and I could tell Amanda had fallen hard for Brad and he felt the same way. Ari came once and brought Jason
but somehow they managed to stay clear on the other side of the boat away from Jefferson. He had been
there with some girl name
Kassie
…I think that was her name.
Shit I couldn’t keep up with them anymore.
Jeff
erson
seemed to have a
different girl on his arm ever
since we c
ame back from the ranch. I over
heard Gunner
talking to him in the kitchen
one morning,
when
Jefferson
came back from a run about all the g
irls he had been bringing home.

“You can’t fuck her out of your head Jeff….no matter
how many girls you bring home
the
y’
ll never be Ari
.”

Gunner had been st
aying at my place more often tha
n I stayed at his house. I could not bury my head in his pillows again while trying to drown out some whore screaming “YES OH GOD JEFF HARDER FASTER!” ARGH…….. It was just too much for my poor stomach to handle.

Ari seemed to spend every spare minute she had with
Jason. For some reason I didn’
t like him and my gut was telling me
he was not the right guy for her
. I never liked him in school and I was pretty sure I remembered Jefferson talking about wh
at a man
whore
he w
as when we were in high school.

This was the last night before Gunner had to report to football practic
e. We went to
Chu
y’s
for dinner, Gunner’s favorite
restaurant,
and then back to my place to watch a movie. Ari was out with Jason and who knew what time she would be home. She was all dressed up and was going to the country club because it was Jason’s parent’s anniversary.
So we were alone
for most of the night.

Somehow Gunner and I were able to control ourselves and
not tear each other’s clothes off when we spent our nights
together. I could tell it was getting
hard
er
for him to stop before things got too far. I had not had another orgasm since the ranch and I was practically ready to beg Gunner. I think he was afraid of not being able
to stop. To be honest so was I.

But
there was
something about tonight and the ache between my legs
that
was not going away. The way Gunner kept rubbing his thumb across the back of my neck
was driving me fucking crazy and I was willing to take the
risk of not being able to stop just ease this damn ache.

I decided I needed to take matters into my own hands. I moved so fast I don’t think Gunner knew what had happened. I
swung
my leg around and straddled him on the sofa. I started to bury my hands in that floppy messy hair of his
that drove me mad. Then I did it…I
rock
ed
up aga
inst his already hard erection.

Oh god….it felt so good, but fuck I needed more. I let a moan escape from my mouth and Gunner grabbed my hips and held me closer to him. I pressed in harder against him and
the
next thing I knew Gunner had my shirt over and off of my head and was making quick time at taking my bra off. My heart started to pound. Oh wow….oh shit….this would be the firs
t time he saw my naked breasts.

Once my bra br
ok
e free and Gunner slipped it down my arms he just stared at me. He licked his lips and I thought I was going to explode.
He just sat there staring with
a stupid ass smile on his face.

“Gunner….please touch me for fucks sake.”

He lo
ok
ed up at me and gave me that damn cro
ok
ed smile…oh my god…I could come just by that lo
ok
alone.