White & Black (11 page)

She stopped and turned towards him. “Were you waiting out here for me Dev?” She challenged him coolly.

“No… I was making a call and about to go. If you had come along two minutes later, I’d have been gone. Don’t worry Ella I’m not stalking you…”

“Hmmm… well I live out in Henderson that’s probably too far out of your way.” She did need to get home somehow…

“I don’t mind. Get in. And you’re quite safe with me, I promise.”

She walked around the other side of the car and got in. He looked at her sitting in the plush interior of his Porsche in mild astonishment. It was a surprisingly good feeling, having her in his girl free zone. He felt kind of pleased and glowing and smiled warmly at her.

“Are you hungry… would you like to go for some ice cream first?” He didn’t have a clue what she liked, but most people liked that. They could sit in Denny’s for a few minutes… it was busy and impersonal there.

“Well I am a little hungry actually. Okay then, let’s do chocolate heaven. Nice car by the way.” She smiled back at him hesitantly as she did her seat belt up. She was quite thrilled to be sitting in a top of the range Porsche. She was so very easily bought… ice cream and a trip home in his grey sex machine.

“Yep, I love my car and my car loves me…” he grinned happily to himself as he made his way out and into the traffic.

A few minutes later they pulled into Denny’s and went inside. They ordered their ice cream sundaes and sat looking at each other warily across the table.

Ella finally broke the staring silence.

“So, what’s this really about then, me and you, sitting here?” Her eyes searched his for a clue.

“Well, I think we got off on the wrong foot. I want to start again.” He found personal conversation like this so hard… He could chat girls up easily, but he needed to be more real here.

“I don’t know about that Dev. You’ve got a lot of history I don’t think I want to follow” He was holding her gaze, looking genuine, but she didn’t know him at all. He could be a great actor.

“I have, I know. I’m a real bad case and that’s something that needs to change. If I promise not to hit on you, how about we hang out for a while. See how things go?” He would have to try and control himself around her for a while. Wear down her barriers…

“What… like friends you mean?”

“Yeah, friends. Wanna do that?” The idea was actually appealing to him. This was a first. He’d never been friends with a woman before. She was a bit hot for a friend though…

They sat eating their ice cream for a moment. She slipped the chocolately fudge sauce into her mouth in pure bliss, looking directly at him. She was considering being friends with him.

“Dev… to be honest, I really don’t know if I can be friends with you.”

“Oh, and why’s that?”

“You’re way too hot for a friend.” She gave him a hot little look of her own.

“I was just thinking the same about you…” What a great meeting of friendly minds they were having already.

“So we may have to be hot friends then.” She suggested with a naughty grin.

“Hot friends? Well now, how do we do that?” he asked with a bigger grin.

“Well it sounds like dating to me. I’m up for it… what about you?” She was getting very daring tonight. She locked onto his dark brown treacle eyes for a breathless moment.

“I might be willing to give it a go” He took her hand across the table.

Despite absolutely everything else screaming at her to the contrary, he had an appealing inner innocence which she found more than attractive.

He drove her home arriving quite late outside her house. The lights were on. Dad was still up and probably Jakey would be there by now. Could she invite him in? Why the hell not… What a daring girl she was!

“Dev, can I ask you to do a little something for me?”

“What’s that?”

“Would you come in and say hello to my dad. He’s one of your greatest fans. It’d mean a lot. My younger brother might be there… he’s a fan too. Please?”

“Okay… no problem” He didn’t like this type of thing… sometimes fans expected him to be something more than he was… but he’d do it.

They went up the path to her door and she let them in. She took his hand and led him into the living room. Jake and her dad were watching TV as usual.

“Hey Dad, Jakey, I’ve bought someone to meet you. Say hello to Dev.” She turned off the TV.

Their faces turned together in unison registering shocked surprise.

“
No shit
” exclaimed Jake. “I only wanted an autograph Ells, not the whole person!”

They had a laugh about that and it broke the tension.

“S..s..s..so… What are you doing with m..m..m..my girl Mr Black?”

“That’s it dad, go straight for the jugular.”

“The truck broke down, I have brought her home safely for you, after giving her some ice cream.” Maybe he did have some personal skills after all he thought, smiling a little in surprise.

“Well that’s v..v..very thoughtful. Thank you Dev… can I c..c..call you that?”

“Of course you can. What should I call you?”

“Call me dad… that’s just f..f..fine.”

“Hey Dev, I caught the fight tonight. And you Ells… That was great seeing you both on TV… anyway, he was a pushover that Dalca.” Jake piped up.

“Not that much of a pushover… I did have to work a little”

They proceeded to have a few minutes chat about the sport and the latest fights he’d had. She stood to one side watching. Jakey was animated and under Dev’s spell. Her dad loved him too. He’d passed the first family test then.

She showed him out a little later, walking to his car. He got in and buzzed the window down.

“You don’t want to leave me the car, do you?” she teased, bending down a little to his level, her hands on the roof.

“No way, but I’ll pick you up tomorrow. What time do you have to be in?”

“At 5 in the afternoon. It’s a little early I know, but Lucy said she wants to see me. “

“I’ll be by at 4.30 then. And Ells, you’re going to love what they have planned for you.”

“You know something about it?” He was even using her pet name now. What a miracle of change had happened this evening.

“They tell me some things. Tony’s a good friend of mine.”

“Dev… can I get back inside your car, just for a moment, please?”

“Okay. I know it has its pull… I have the same problem, car love, I mean.”

She ran round the other side and got in, closing the door.

“Oh no, it’s not the car I’m interested in right now… I just want to say a special thank you for making my evening, one way or another.” With a little difficulty she slid over to his side, squeezing in the narrow space between him and the steering wheel and sitting astride his lap. She took his gorgeous if rather rough and stubbly face in her hands giving him an intimate and probing kiss. They both sank into it in a very big way crushing themselves together tightly. He pushed his hardness up towards her and she pushed back down against him even harder.

Her entire body felt weak as she pulled back and looked into his beautiful dark eyes with a deep longing and a mass of lustful thoughts that were almost too much to think about. Her breathing was much too heavy. She felt like she needed a shot of oxygen because she was so light headed with all the heated kissing and pushing.

When and if they ever make real love together, she knew they were going to go beyond the realms of heaven, and she couldn’t wait to see what was there.

“Well ‘night then my new
hot
friend… thanks for my ride home. See you tomorrow.”

“Yeah ’night Ells” his mind and mouth were in overwhelm. He felt well and truly hooked… Like a little fish whipped up tight on her far too hot line.

She finally left the car in a heated wobbly daze and stumbled up the path to go inside.

He sat there literally steaming up the windows watching her walk up the path to her door.
Hot
didn’t even come close.

Once he had calmed down enough to drive safely, which took a fairly long time, he had a think about things. There was no mother around, he hadn’t liked to ask at the time, but there was no sign of one in there. Dad looked disabled and spoke a little oddly. He reckoned that Jake was a handful too, he recognised the signs. If he wasn’t completely wrong, Ella was looking after the whole family on her own. The realization hit like a bullet and his heart went right out to her.

Chapter 15

Marcia had been at home watching the MMA fights live on TV. She had told herself she wouldn’t, as it would most likely upset her seeing Dev, but of course she couldn’t help having a little peek, then ended up watching the whole damn thing.

Her eyes had widened at the new and palest blue Arena Angel reveal. How fucking perfect the little ginger cow looked.

Blue looked good on Marcia too, it was
her
favorite color. Why couldn’t Lucy have done this whilst
she
was still there?

She was so angry that Lucy and Tony had let her go early. She thought they would renew her contract with them and was still smarting at being dismissed so fast. She had liked her role at the Arena. It wasn’t her best source of income by any means but it was familiar ground. She had status there. Well she used to. Past tense now.

The program was ending now and her blood pressure shot up so high she thought her body would explode with pure fury. That fucking bitch Ginger… She was kissing her Dev on the cheek and now he was kissing her, all smiling and close huggy they were … So what if that Sara was doing it too, she didn’t count.

Ginger girl had stolen her man and her crown. She really was gonna die. No brief near naked bikini this time, this was full scale war.

Chapter 16

Ella was ready and waiting for Dev after her Saturday lunchtime shift at the diner. She was feeling hopeful that she didn’t need to do waitressing anymore. If the changes Lucy had planned for her meant more money, then she could give it up. That would be more time at home and perhaps more time studying. She really had no idea what to expect from the Winchesters.

No idea at all.

She’d arranged for someone to tow the truck away from the lot and find out the problem with it. They had already collected the keys earlier.

Dev arrived at 4.30 as promised and she called at the neighbors as usual to let them know she’d be out for a while. Jake was home at the moment, he said he’d be in for the afternoon, but she liked the neighbors to be told when she wasn’t. Jake wasn’t always completely reliable.

She slipped inside the Porsche. What a beautiful thing it was. She had severe car lust. She wanted a sexy car of her own one day.

“So, you okay today?” he asked giving her very cute short denim dress a good long appreciative look. He was more than looking forward to getting his hands on her later. He’d planned a super expensive hot seduction date for them.

“Yeah… truck’s getting sorted, family sorted, just me left to get sorted now!” She smiled slightly as she looked at him out the corner of her eye. He was just so gorgeous in his black jeans and white t shirt. She wanted to sink into him, anywhere, anyhow, right now.

How she would love to be
sorted
by Devy. He’d been in her mind all night long. A whole sleepless night of tossing and turning and imagining what every little thing might be like with him. She’d had full scale sex with him in her head, now she desperately needed the real thing.

She turned sideways to look at him properly. He had invaded her mind completely. His dark amazingly sexy good looks were stuck like glue in her head … One of those very bad uninvited thoughts had jumped into her brain again… extremely naughty words that mustn’t be thought.

She wanted him to fuck her in his car…

What a sublime steamy little fantasy! It was way too cramped in here but she’d love to try it out sometime. She was almost hyperventiliating with Dev and Porsche lust…

“Don’t look at me like that Ella, I know exactly what you’re thinking.” He couldn’t believe it, she was full on already!

“You do?” No he couldn’t possibly, could he?

“There’s a neon sign on your forehead that’s flashing it out loud and clear.”

“What’s it flashing… tell me?” Her heart was pounding like a drum.

“Maybe I shouldn’t.”

“For God’s sake,
just say it
!” She demanded rather forcefully.

“Okay!… Fuck me right now…”

“So, do you want to?” She held her breath. Her mind was already there.

“Ella I’m sure you know the answer to that, but not in here and not right outside your house.”

“No, of course not here… Take me somewhere fast then.”

“We should get you to work… Ha… now that’s funny! Did I really just say that?”

“No, you really didn’t…”

“Look, you have somewhere you need to be” He wanted to wait until tonight. This car was way too cramped for his kind of action. He liked to spread out and move about a lot.

“Work can wait”

“No it can’t”

“I just don’t believe you!”

“I don’t either”

She sat grinning at him all the way to the Arena. He sat there grinning at her too, trying to watch the road from time to time as well. They stopped at the far side of the lot and he switched off the engine turning to face her with a big smile.

“D’you know something… I think I’m gonna love being hot friends with you Ells”

“You have no idea how hot your friend’s mind really is right now.”

“I think I do”

“You
so
do not.” Her whole sleepless night of lust was boiling over now she was with him. She was aware she was being really much too blatant but she just couldn’t help herself.

“Well aren’t you the hot one today. I remember yesterday, after the fight, you wouldn’t touch me with a ten foot pole.”

“That’s not true – I wouldn’t touch that kingsize bed of yours with a ten foot pole and I don’t ever want to be one of your queued up groupies. But I never said I didn’t want you. Anyway, as I recall, you were pretty hot yourself last night… when we said goodnight.”

“Mmmm, you do kind of inspire me that way”

“Well I’m inspired to wear you out soon” She gave him a naughty grin and flashed her eyes.