Page 26 of Tequila & Lace
I laughed a full-on belly laugh. “Andi’s a chick and my new roommate. Mark sent a girl to live with me.”
“When do I get to meet her?” Autumn asked.
“She just moved in last night, Auttie.”
She shrugged. “And?”
“And—”
“So you haven’t fucked her already?” Gabe asked.
I shook my head. “No, but man, she’s feisty and I like it.”
Gabe stared at me for a few seconds. “Does this mean you’re ready to move on from Vanessa?”
I gave a sarcastic laugh. “I’m over that bitch.”
“Whatever, PJ. You’re my best friend. You haven’t dated anyone the entire time I’ve known you. You think you’ve never told me about Vanessa?”
I stared back at him. I didn’t remember discussing Vanessa with him, especially in detail. We’d always dealt withhisproblems. If he hadn’t gotten help, he would have drunk himself to death. Luckily, Autumn had bumped into him at the right time and showed him that there was more to living than a bottle of whiskey every night.
“You don’t even know what that bitch did to me.”
“You’ve told me a few times while you’ve been drunk.”
“Whatever,” I huffed.
“We all have our demons, PJ. You were there for mine. I’m here to help you with yours if you’re ready for that. Maybe Andi’s here,” he pulled Autumn to his side and kissed the top of her head, “to show you that your first love is not always meant to be your last.”
I shook my head. “Again, I just met her last night. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”
He nodded and cracked a smile. “I wasn’t the one declaring my love five minutes ago.”
I narrowed my eyes at him and rolled my eyes. “Touché, Cap. Touché.”
“Are you two girls ready to shoot or what?” Autumn asked.
As I drove home, I thought about what Gabe had said. I hadn’t really thought about Vanessa in years. Sure I’d thought about her, but I hadn’tthoughtabout her.
I couldn’t.
Each time I did, I thought about what it meant to kill a part of me, to take that decision away from me. At the time, I was young and I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t regret joining the Army, and maybe her decision was for the best, but I still hated Vanessa for not giving me the choice to make the decision, too.
Was Gabe right, though? Was I ready to settle down and start a family now? Was having Andi show up on my doorstep and giving me these thoughts a sign that it was time to leave the past in the past finally? Maybe Andi wasn’tthe one, but maybe she was the one who could remove the numbness from my heart.
When I pulled myJeepinto the garage, there was a white Acura on the right side of the driveway. It had no plates on the back of the car, but I’d bet my new roomie got new wheels because I hadn’t seen the car earlier.
The water in Andi’s shower was running and I groaned as I walked by on the way to my room to change, thinking about her under the hot water lathered with soap. I thought about the way it would cascade down from her shoulders to her thighs passing every place in between to rinse the suds off. How she would squirt shampoo into her hand and then work it into her damp hair, massaging her scalp and then turn and rinse it off. How she would do the same with the conditioner, but this time as the cream stayed in her hair, her hands would glide down to squeeze each tit then pinch her nipples until they puckered. She’d moan at the way it went straight to her pussy, turning her on as she’d think of me and her hand would travel from one of her breasts, making its way down her stomach to her coarse hair and slip between her legs.
She’d throw her head back, leaving her body in the spray of the warm water and began teasing herself by applying pressure with the palm of her hand that stayed between her legs. Using the water with her arousal, she would start sliding her fingers through her needy pussy lips, making sure she took the time to massage her clit with her two fingers.
She’d groan out my name, wishing it was me using my fingers as she slipped one then two inside her, pumping in and out. She’d have to use the wall of her shower to brace herself from falling as she thrust over and over, bringing herself closer and closer to release. Knowing she was at the brink of exploding, she would take the hand holding herself up and widen her stance to brace herself as she slid her free hand down to viciously rub her clit causing her to moan. And then, as she came with a jerk, images of me would flash in her head because she’d want nothing more than to have me fucking her—hard.
Damn, I really needed to get laid!
After changing, I turned the corner to head to the kitchen and ran smack into a warm, wet, Andi. My dreams were coming true. “Gorgeous,” I smirked. My arms wrapped around her, clinching the towel and preventing it from falling as hers went to my chest to steady herself.
“I… uh, I forgot my clothes in my room.”
