Hailey and Allison take care of all of the food preparation while Aiden and I set up the living room to accommodate everyone. We picked up a case of beer, but that’s all since we have practice and a flight tomorrow. Tonight, we’re just going to chill, not get our drink on. Hell, all I want to do is make love to Allison, but what else is new.
When Blitzen and Jerrica arrive, you can tell she feels out of place, being the only new person to the group. Allison must sense this, because she quickly introduces herself and drags Jerrica off to the kitchen with her and Hales.
“So, you ready for the big game?” Blitzen asks us.
“We got this,” Aiden replies as he holds a fist out to each of us to bump.
“I think our chances are good, our team is strong,” I respond. We continue to talk about the game until the girls get our attention by yelling that the food’s ready, didn’t have to tell us twice. They have really outdone themselves. We have meatballs, buffalo chicken dip, finger sandwiches, chips, cookies, and brownies.
I tug Allison to my chest and kiss her just below her ear. “Thank you for doing all this.”
She smiles as she turns to Jerrica, trying to include her. “Thanks again for helping us get all of this together,” she tells her.
“This is so good,” Aiden says as he shoves a meatball in his mouth. I watch while Hailey grabs a napkin and wipes his face for him. Interesting.
After we eat, we gather in the living room for a game of battle of the sexes. The girls kick our asses. So, of course, us being the manly men that we are, we refuse to play again and demand another game. We vote for Rock Band, so we take turns, guys and girls. Of course, we’re all acting crazy and making fun of each other, which leads to cranking up the iPod and dancing around the living room. Aiden, Blitzen, and I decide it is time for more food. Once we return to the living room, the girls have cleaned up the games and are starting a movie. We’re watching Easy A, and surprisingly none of us have seen it before. I sit down in the recliner and tug Allison down on top of me. Blitzen and Jerrica take the love seat while Aiden and Hailey take the couch. The movie is good, at least what I watch of it. It is hard to focus with Allison’s warm body snuggled up against me. The movie ends right before midnight, which works out so we’re all able to get our New Year’s kiss. I’m able to see Aiden pulling back from Hailey as I pull my lips away from Allison’s. I know he wouldn’t hurt her, and I can’t exactly tell him to keep his hands off my little sister, since Allison is just like a sister to him and I pursued her. I’ll have to at least mention it, another time though.
Blitzen and Jerrica thank us for having them and leave a short time later. Allison and I say goodnight to Hales and Aiden, and lock ourselves in our room. We go through what has now become our routine, brushing our teeth together and changing for bed. Allison crawls into her side of the bed and I follow, pulling her next to me as close as I can get her. She’s never close enough.
“I love you, beautiful girl,” I whisper in her ear.
She looks over her shoulder. “I love you too, Liam.”
I kiss her. She rolls over to face me and deepens the kiss. I have my hand on her thigh and slowly move it up under my t-shirt she’s wearing to cup her breast. The next thing I know, she has her shirt off and is pulling at my boxer briefs. I take the hint and make quick work of taking them off and throwing them on the floor. Allison climbs on top of me and continues our tongue duel. She pulls back and gently guides me home. I immediately sit up and hug her. I kiss her neck and work my way down to her breasts, slowly making love to them with my tongue. Allison must have different plans as she pushes me back onto the bed and begins to rock against me. My hands find her hips, and I assist her with bringing us both the pleasure we crave. I’m so close, and I want us to fall over the edge together, so I gently rub between her thighs. This brings us both crashing into bliss within mere seconds. She collapses on top of me, and I instantly wrap my arms around her and kiss the top of her head.
My mind travels to the engagement ring I have hidden in Aiden’s room. I know now isn’t the right time, but soon. I have to know I’ll have these moments with her forever. I need to make her mine in every way.
Allison pulls herself off of me, and immediately I miss the connection, the warmth of being inside of her. She curls up on her side and wiggles back against my chest, where she belongs. It’s only a matter of minutes until I feel her completely relax and her breathing evens out, so I know she’s asleep. I gently brush her hair back from her ear and whisper, “I love you, Allie, so much. I can’t wait to marry you.” And then sleep takes over.
Chapter 33
Allison
I wake up alone and look at the hotel clock. It’s ten. The guys had to be at the field at nine-thirty. Kick-off is at twelve-thirty. I need to get a move on. I faintly remember Liam kissing me goodbye, but nothing after that. I drag myself out of bed and hop in the shower. I throw on my favorite pair of Rock Revival jeans along with a long sleeve t-shirt underneath my MacCoy jersey. I straighten my hair and place my UNC hat on my head. The weatherman says it’s going to be in the fifties today, so that should be plenty of clothing. The way Hailey and I jump around and cheer, we keep ourselves plenty warm. I venture down to the lobby and find Hailey ready to go, sporting the same jersey as me.
“Hey, you, are you ready to head out?” she asks me.
“Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson are headed down as well. How about your parents?”
Hailey nods. “I just talked to Mom. She said they were walking onto the elevator, so they should all be here at the same time.”
“Sounds good. I’m going to call Gran on the way and wish her a happy new year and check in.” We gather our phones, keys, pocket some money in our jeans, you can’t watch a purse when you’re trying to focus on the game, lock the door and we are good to go.
Hailey’s driving, so I hop into the passenger seat and pull out my phone to call Gran. “Hey, Judy,” I say to her homecare nurse. “Can I talk to Gran?” I listen while Judy tells me that Gran wasn’t feeling well this morning and is laying down for a nap. “Okay, well, when she wakes up tell her I called and I’ll call her after the game.” Judy agrees to relay my message, and we say goodbye. Pulling into the stadium, we spot Liam and Hailey’s parents, as well as Aiden’s, waiting for us by the entrance. We all enter together and take our seats. Liam being the quarterback has its advantages, he has scored us the same seats all season.
The game is awesome. We’re in the fourth quarter, one minute to go, and we’re up two touchdowns. Hailey and I have been on our feet the entire game. I feel my phone vibrate in my back pocket, I pull it out to check it and see it’s Grans’ number. It’s so loud in the stadium I’ll never be able to hear her and there are only a few minutes left, so I hit ignore with the intentions of calling her back as soon as the game is over. I hope to relay a win, maybe she’s watching at home as well. She and I have watched all of the away games together. Gran quickly became addicted to watching football. I smile, remembering her yelling at the television one Saturday when Liam got sacked. She was so not impressed.
Not thirty seconds later I feel my pocket vibrate again, I pull out my phone and see it’s Judy, Gran’s homecare nurse. I glance at the scoreboard and there’s nineteen seconds left in the game, we have the ball and are still up by two touchdowns. I bump Hailey’s shoulder and tell her gran tried to call and now Judy is trying too, so I’m going to head out of the stands and call them back just to make sure everything is okay. I make it out of the stands to the landing by a concession stand, which has already closed, so there aren’t a lot of people around. I pull out my phone and hit redial for Judy.