Page 37 of Let it Breathe
"You've seen me on television." I squeezed her tight.
"No." She leaned in. "I mean live, in person. I think it will be pretty cool to see you out there, to say to myself that guy with so much talent and who plays with so much passion, he belongs to me."
"You want to be mine?" A new set of tension entered my system. What was she saying? What was I asking?
She turned in her seat.
"I do, Donovan." She blinked as her eyes grew moist. It hit me in the gut and in the heart. "I may not act like it all the time, and you can remind me of this conversation anytime I'm being a brat, but I do want to be with you."
I leaned in, our foreheads touching, breathing each other in, letting our words seal the deal. We were going to give this a real shot.
"I want to be with you, too."
She whimpered, and it hit me a little lower as I placed my lips on hers. We got lost in each other for a second until a huge roar from the crowd brought us back to reality. It was if they cheered our union. The NFL fans gave our relationship their blessing.
* * *
My boy's team won, and we partied with him and his family until none of us could walk straight.
Mauri was only eighteen, so I wouldn't allow her to drink even though it would have been easy for her to at the party. She had one sip of champagne but danced her ass off for the rest of the night. She enjoyed staying out with us. My uncle was pretty strict with her at home. She herded us back to the hotel around four am.
"Okay, you both remember where your room is?" Mauri asked.
James and I tried to keep a straight face and act like grown-ups.
"Yes," Chai answered, and we cracked up.
We all stared at her.
"Did I say that funny?" Chai asked.
We all cracked up again
"Mauri, this just proves our point that drinking is bad," James said and giggled like a little girl. We all joined him.
"Really? I got him, and you make sure James gets to his room okay." Chai said as she struggled to keep my hands in appropriate places.
I couldn't stop laughing.
"Let's go to one more party. I'm not done. As soon as I get back, I start off-season training, and I'm not ready."
"Come on." Chai grabbed my hands and brought them around her waist. She walked backward and pulled me along. She didn't have to pull too hard. With her breasts pressed against my chest, I would follow her anywhere. "Let's have a party in our room," she whispered, her breath tickling my ear.
When we arrived at our door, Chai turned in my arms. I pressed her up against the door and groped her ass and kissed her neck.
"You know, this would be a little easier if you would back up like two inches," she said over her shoulder.
I pressed myself into her. "I'll back up eight inches," I said and laughed.
She rolled her eyes, but she moved a little quicker with the key.
We spilled into the room, and I collapsed on the bed. I propped myself up on my elbows and watched as Chai removed my shoes and socks. She crawled on my lap, and I grabbed her hips, but she pushed my hands away.
"No hands." She gave me a sexy little grin as she unbuttoned my slacks. She crawled off me. I groaned. I liked having her on me. She pulled my pants off from the cuffs at the bottom. I smiled again when she crawled up me and sat on my lap.
I managed to get my shirt unbuttoned and pushed my shirt off my shoulders, but it took some effort to get one arm loose and then the other.
The last thing I heard was her faint voice telling me to wake up.
I could almost feel the relief in her voice when I didn't. She left but soon returned. When her cool body slid up next to mine, I drifted off to sleep.
