Page 56 of Falling for the Unexpected

“So you guys don’t dance?” the blonde asked me, while the brunette tried to stand as close to Ian as she could without making it obvious.

“Not really my thing,” I answered quickly. Now it was Ian’s turn to raise his eyebrow at me. I was usually the first one out on the dance floor. I gave him an answering shrug like he had given me. A knowing smirk played across his face.

“Well then, maybe we can just hang out here,” the blonde one said, scooting her chair closer to me. I was trying to ignore her attempts to gain my attention when she placed her hand on my leg and started rubbing it up and down. Just as I was planning my exit, a text alert came through on my phone.

“Sorry, I need to check this,” I said, jumping up quickly. Honestly, I didn’t care who it was since it provided the perfect escape plan. I wasn’t trying to be an ass, but with some women, the harder I tried to politely act uninterested, the stronger they came on to me, thinking I was playing hard to get or something.

Once outside, I pulled up my text messages. I saw I had a couple missed ones from Simone, the most recent having just come through. The first was a picture of my girls and Addie sitting on the couch watching a movie. The next was a picture of Stella curled up next to my sister fast asleep. The last one, though, almost made me drop my phone.

Simone:Addie left, Stella is asleep. I’m just lying in bed wishing you were here with me.

Attached was a picture of her in a tank top and the tiniest pair of black panties. I was instantly hard. I was having a good time hanging with the boys, but I seriously needed to cut this night short and get over to her apartment.

I was about to turn and let the guys know I was leaving when I almost slammed into Ian. After we recovered from our near head-on collision, I quickly hit the home button on my phone to clear out of my text app. I didn’t need anybody seeing the picture of Simone.

“Hey, I can’t believe you left me alone in there with those two. What’s so important you had to walk out here?” he asked, glaring at me.

I looked back down at my phone when another notification came through, completely ignoring Ian.

“Dude, seriously. What’s going on?” he continued. “It’s not like you to be so secretive and it’s especially not normal for you to pass up a chance with a couple girls that seemed like a sure thing.”

“I didn’t see you jumping at the chance to hook up with them, either,” I said, deflecting his inquisition.

Ian glared at me again. “Really? That’s all you’re gonna give me?”

I hated lying to my friends. The four of us shared everything. I had to give him something. “Well… I’m sort of seeing someone, but it’s not something I really want to talk about right now,” I said, hoping the small sliver of information would satisfy his curiosity.

“Picked an ugly one, did ya?” he joked.

I punched him in the arm. “Shut the fuck up. I’ll kick your ass if you keep talking shit.” It didn’t matter how old we were. We quickly slipped right back into teenage boy mode when we were together.

He shook his head. “Fine, I’ll let you keep your little secret. Seriously, though, you know we all have your back. There’s no reason you need to hide anything from us.”

I appreciated that, and it wasn’t so much Ian or Erik that Simone and I were both concerned about. Nonetheless, it was nice to hear. “I know that, and you all will know about this soon enough. We just need a little more time. On that note, I’m outta here. Can you tell the guys I took off?” I asked, getting antsy. Ian was keeping me from getting to Simone. Who was waiting for me… hopefully naked.

“Sure. Be safe,” Ian said with a smile.

He headed back inside and I wasted no time. Since I only drank one beer I was able to walk to my house and hop in my car so I could drive over to Simone’s. I’ll admit that I looked at her picture more than once during my walk-jog home. Keeping my dirty thoughts under control on the drive over to her apartment was not easy. Or sticking to the speed limit. No way was I going to be delayed by getting pulled over. But I felt on edge the whole drive to her place. It was like my body was craving its favorite meal and knew it was finally dinnertime.

I knocked on her door, anxious to get my hands on the woman who was driving me crazy. She must have been in bed because it took a few minutes for her to answer the door.

When the door swung open, I rushed her and crashed my lips on hers, making her lose her balance. I wrapped my arms around her back to keep her upright. When I broke away from the kiss I saw her smile.

“You must have gotten my picture,” she said, batting her eyes at me and trying to look innocent.

“That was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen,” I told her honestly. “I couldn’t get here fast enough.”

My statement made her blush, and damn if that didn’t make me want her more. Channeling my inner caveman, I scooped her up and threw her over my shoulder. I gave her ass a light smack and her responding shriek made me laugh.

When we reached her room, I tossed her onto the bed. The sex was fast-paced but still mind-blowing. I would never get tired of being with her. Once we were done, we settled in the middle of the bed and cuddled.

“Mmm,” I heard her softly moan. “This is exactly where I want to be.”

“Me too, babe,” I replied, kissing her lightly. Then we both feel asleep.

After what only felt like fifteen minutes, I heard Stella start to fuss. I must have worn Simone out because she didn’t even stir. I gently pulled my arm out from under her and climbed out of bed. I grabbed my pants off the floor and headed toward Stella’s bedroom. When I walked through the door, I saw her standing in her crib, holding onto the rail with tears streaming down her cheeks.

“Hey, beautiful. What’s wrong?” I asked, not expecting an answer from her. However, she did reach her little arms out for me to pick her up, melting my heart a little. She had been having a rough time with her molars coming in so I assumed that’s what was wrong. Never thought I would know about things like teething, but being here taking care of her felt right.