The Unexpected Series (Unexpected #1-3) (48 page)

My body rotates around and he’s mere inches away. “Why aren’t you with her? If she is living with you why aren’t you with her?”

His eyes are averted to my chest. It’s rising and falling at a rapid rate. I try to convince myself it’s from me running away from him, but I’m in good shape. It’s his presence...and we’re alone.

“I don’t want her, Noelle.” He looks around as though he is making sure no one is nearby and steps into my personal space.

My back is against the garage door. He places one palm on it next to my hip and leans down. “I answered one of yours, you answer one of mine.”

I nod. I’m a fucking mute right now. I have no voice. No way to tell him to step back. No way to tell him to go away and no way to tell him to fuck me in front of the neighborhood kids riding their bikes past us.

I jump at the same time as his free hand slides up my thigh. It’s his move. He owns the “slide your hand up a girl’s thigh” move, and he’s perfected it.

“Are you wearing panties, Noe?” He finally asks, his voice cracking with desire.

I don’t respond, because I’m a mute and all, and he hisses when his fingers climb higher and find nothing.

No. Panties.

“I warned you, Noelle. I told you that I might not be so nice next time.” A soft touch of his hand pushes towards my inner thigh but not where my body is beckoning them to go.

My body has gone rogue with my voice because before I can stop myself I tell him. “I don’t like when you play nice, Trent.”

See? Rogue!

He takes a deep breath and looks to the sky. Probably praying for the resistance that both of us have lost.

My legs spread wider and his digits move in, sliding through the slickness he has created. His fingers feel as though they are on a slip and slide.

“Goddamn it.” His head hits the garage door when it falls forward over my shoulder. “We can’t do this right now, Noelle.”

And he pulls away, dropping my skirt, grabbing my hand and pulling me back into the house. With every stride I feel myself getting more worked up. My clit is so swollen.

The table is quiet when he pulls out my chair and pushes me back down into it. All eyes are on me.

“Did he propose?” Hannah asks.

Seriously getting her a muzzle for her birthday.

“Hannah, eat your dinner,” Mama D tells her. “Everyone, eat please.”

I look back across the table to find Alex’s uncomfortable stare. I don’t know what’s going on between the two of them but if they are not a couple and living together it’s got to be big. Or maybe I’m just being stupid, but he puts his arm around her chair yet again as he sits and the previous ten minutes disintegrate.

Savannah’s cries ring through on the monitor and I jump up before Erin gets the opportunity.

“I’ll get her,” I say waving both her and Walker off and take off towards the guest bedroom.

Her mouth is wide open, letting an ear piercing scream out. I gently pick her up and walk to the rocking chair in the corner. She calms as the rocker moves forward and back but still whimpering.

My fingers trace the outline of her face and she grabs my hand, bringing it to her mouth.

“She’s teething,” Erin calls out from the doorway. “First tooth coming in.”

She walks over to the bed and sits. I can feel her stare on me so I look up. “What, Erin?”

“Nothing. You just look good like that.” She smiles as she looks at her daughter in my arms. “Do you want that someday? I mean, I know you love your independence but one day, right?”

I look down at Savannah as she slobbers all over my fingers. “One day, Erin, I do. But right now I don’t know if that will ever happen.”

“It will.” She stands and attempts to take Savannah from me. I turn so that she knows I’m not giving her up. She concedes and turns to leave. “One day you will meet someone who you will want that with.”

After she is gone, I sing
You are my Sunshine
to Savannah, soothing her, while rubbing her gums. I did this with Jason when he was teething, and it helped a lot. I loved every minute I spent with that little guy. My favorite was when he would fall asleep on me. My world is always so fast paced and during those moments Jason would settle me down and have me breathing deep. It was a great feeling, and he is probably the only man who has ever stolen my heart.

As though he hears his name in my thoughts, Jason toddles into the room and runs to me. “Nannah.” He points at Savannah.

“Yes! That’s your cousin, Savannah.” I smile and grab his face and squeeze his chubby cheeks. He looks just like his daddy and all the ladies panties are going to drop when he is older.

“Too, Nannah,” he yells loudly scaring her.

“Awe she loves you, little man, and so do I.” I lean over and kiss him on the forehead.

“Too, Noe. Too!” He screams again and runs out of the room past his father standing in the hall.

“Come to my house tonight at eight,” he says from just outside the door. “We need to talk.”

~~

I
don’t like to take commands. I like to run my own ship but I couldn’t help getting to Trent’s house right at eight. The driveway filled with his truck and Alex’s parent’s car and thankfully, Jace isn’t home.

I’m not sure why I’m here. Does he want me to talk to him with Alex there?

The door is wide open when I arrive and I just walk in. Everything stills when I hit the living room and find Alex straddling Trent on the couch, her lips on his, his hands on her waist.

I turn to run before he sees me, but it’s too late. I can hear him scream my name all the way to my car. I don’t look to see if he’s coming before I peel out of the driveway.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I’m done.

I
throw the keys down onto the table as we walk into the house after leaving my moms. It’s dark so I flick on the lights hoping not to wake a sleeping Jason. Alex walks in the door with him snuggled up into her chest. I can see she is struggling with his weight a bit so I take him from her and bring him to his room.

I quickly and quietly change his diaper, dress him in fresh pajamas and lay him down. He’s peaceful and while his chest rises and falls I think about watching him with Noelle. The way he is comfortable with her, the way she was holding Savannah, I’m feeling so much more than I ever thought I could for her. It’s scary. She looks good with children and I would love to see what ours would look like. Placing a kiss onto his head I tell him I love him and prepare to say goodbye to Alex. She is going to spend the night with her parents so they can leave early and see another specialist in Wisconsin.

I walk into the living room finding Alex slung across the arm of the couch and glance at my watch. It’s 7:30 P.M., and Noelle will be here in half an hour. I haven’t let Alex know that I asked her over, well told her, and I prefer if she was gone by the time Noe arrives.

I’m not sure exactly what I am going to say to Noelle, but I need to hear if she feels anything for me and if so to just be patient. I truly believe that I need to focus on Alex and Jason’s last few months together.

“Are you still planning on hitting your parent’s house tonight?” I ask placing my tired body beside hers. Jason had us both up early this morning. She sleeps in his room but I have a monitor just in case she needs any help. He was up bright and early at 5:30 A.M. wanting to play. She told me to go back to sleep but I couldn’t. So I watched them play.

She doesn’t answer so I reach over and squeeze her knee. She jumps up chuckling and looks over at me.

“Yea, I have my bag ready. You look exhausted,” she says shoving her shoulder into mine and stands up to, I assume, take her bags outside.

I try to shut my eyes for a moment and fall asleep thinking of Noelle. Her blonde hair wild and falling into her face. Her body straddling me and I’m gripping her hips.

“Trent.” A voice calls out but it’s not Noelle’s, it’s Alex’s.

“Trent,” she says again but in my dreamlike state I don’t answer. All I can focus on is Noelle’s eyes and the feel of her rubbing on me.

“Please open your eyes.” Alex begs and I finally fulfill her request, desperate for her to leave so that maybe when Noelle gets here we can continue my dream.

My head flies back into the couch in surprise when I find Alex’s face inches from mine, her legs on either side of me.

“Alex, get off me.” I push on her hips gently. I know she is very weak.

Her eyes look heartbreaking and desperate. “I need one more thing from you, Trent. One more item on my bucket list.” She attempts to grind on my still hard dick from my dream of Noelle.

Shit!

“Alex, I can’t do that for you. I can’t.” I plead with her. I don’t want to deny her, but I don’t think I can bring myself to do that when I’m thoroughly in love with someone else.

“Please, Trent. I need to feel like a woman again, not some broken scared girl. I want you to make me feel like you used to. Loved and cherished. I need that from you.”

Before I can protest again her lips are on me. Her hold on me is feeble, and I easily push her away but before I can tenderly diffuse this delicate situation I find Noelle running from the door.

I scream after her pushing Alex to the side. She yelps in discomfort but tells me to run after her. By the time I get outside it’s too late. Noelle is already speeding down the street.

I run back into the house telling Alex not to leave until I get back and grab my keys and wallet. I make it to my truck in record time and speed all the way to Noelle’s house trying dozens of times to call her on her cellphone. It rings and then goes straight to voicemail.

I dig into my console looking for the spare key to the house Erin gave me years ago knowing that when I arrive she most likely won’t let me in.

I told her I didn’t want Alex and that we weren’t together. Then I invite her over and she sees what she has been thinking all along? Shit!

I slam my hands on the steering wheel when I pull in and her car isn’t there. Reaching for my phone I send her a text.

Me: Where are you???

It’s agonizing waiting the entire minute before she responds.

Sunshine: On my knees sucking someone off.

Me: Noelle, tell me where you are!

Five minutes pass before my text pings again but this time it’s Erin.

Erin: WTF Trent! You better tell me what’s going on but right now it’s in your best interest to stay away from her. I’ve got her here.

God damn it! I jump out of the truck, slamming the door and kicking the tire.

FUCK!

I crouch down onto the pavement and pull hard on my hair in desperation to feel something else besides dread.

I was getting somewhere with her. The night in the bar I could tell she and Jace were on the fritz and she told me I was the other guy. Then her reaction to the messed up family dinner we had. I see she feels something for me and I know why she is pulling away. Besides Alex, I know she still has reservations about it not working out and her relationship with everyone in my family.

I could care less about that shit. When Noelle Grant becomes mine, and she will, there will be no need to worry about it working. I’ll marry her in an instant and she will be mine, forever.

I have to see her. I need to make this right. Zipping onto the main road I call Erin. She doesn’t answer so I hit “end” and call Walker.

“You’re fucked, dude,” he answers. “I thought you said you weren’t banging Alex?”

“I’m not!” I yell into the phone. “She just got there a fucking minute too soon.”

“Yea, that doesn’t sound shady at all, Trent. I hope you aren’t coming here because it’s not a pretty sight. I had to keep her from waking Savannah.”

“I don’t give a shit. I’m on my way.” I hang up and push the accelerator down now knowing where she is.

The house’s lower level is lit up and before I can turn the knob to walk in Erin is whipping the door open and shoving me back outside.

“No!” She yells pointing her tiny finger at me. “If you know what’s good for you then you’ll go home and let her seethe. She is pretty pissed.”

“Erin, I have to see her. To explain. It’s not what it looked like.” I stop trying to push my way into the house and sit on the stoop.

“So, Alex wasn’t straddling you in your living room?” Her hands meet her hips in disapproval.

“She was but I was pushing her off, Erin. I swear!” I stand up and yell towards the door. “I SWEAR!”

Erin slaps my shoulder and shushes me. “Savannah is sleeping. I told you I have this. I’ve tried to help you, Trent, and now I need to be there for my friend. You need to go home. Try tomorrow.”

My eyes look to hers begging for someone to understand. “What’s going on with Alex...it’s not my story to tell. I gave up on pursuing Noelle because I was tired of trying to compete with Jace. Then my issues with Alex were keeping me away, but now I can see she might feel for me what I do for her and I’m tired of protecting Alex. Noelle holds the key to my happiness and I love her, Erin. I need her to know that.”

She pulls me into her for a hug. I feel protected and secure even though I’m an entire foot taller than her. She’s my big sister, and I love her for always being on my side no matter what...even if she doesn’t think what I’m doing is right.