“Tell me if I need to stop and relocate us to get a condom.” I can’t believe I was almost going to sink inside her without wrapping shit up.
“I’m on birth control and clean,” she says.
“I’m clean, and I’ve never not used one,” I tell her honestly.
“I trust you, Lee,” she says, and my heart skips a beat at her words. “Now, fuck me.”
“I don’t have to be told twice,” I growl before taking her lips with my own once again. I line my cock up with her entrance and plunge in until I’m balls deep. The feeling of being inside her with nothing separating the two of us has my balls pulling up tight and ready to blow. I start running stats through my mind, thinking of the worst calls I’ve responded to, anything I can think of to keep my orgasm from ending things too early.
“Harder,” Allison moans. I do my best to shift her against the wall. I slip my arms under her legs, my hands going to her ass to help raise and lower her on my cock.
The room is filling with the sloppy sounds of our bodies connecting. Our mutual moans and cries of pleasure as we both make our way towards that cusp and then topple over the edge of no return. I hold her ass in my palms, slamming my cock in as deep as I can get it as my orgasm barrels out of me. My knees go weak as stars start spinning behind my eyelids. I stumble around, finding the couch to fall back onto, keeping Allison in my lap, my cock still buried inside her tightness.
“Now that was some make-up sex.” She chuckles as we both catch our breath.
“That was just the beginning.” I wink at her, pushing her messed up hair from her face.
“I’m okay with that.” She smiles at me. A real smile. One that fills her face. Lights up her eyes.
I might have once been okay with just a night, just a quick fuck, just a kiss… but she’s taught me that what I really wanted was so much more.
EPILOGUE
LEE
18 months later
I check my phone for what feels like the millionth time today. I’ve done it so many times, I’m sure Allison must think that I’m cheating on her or something shady is going down. Unbeknownst to her, the complete opposite is happening. I’m waiting on Reese Blackwood, a local celebrity and my girl's best friend's cousin, to get back to me if she can help me with my proposal later this weekend. Reese is in town for a large country festival that is taking place this weekend, along with a shit ton of other performers.
“Can you put that thing down?” Allison asks, scrunching her nose at me.
“Sorry, sweetheart. Just waiting on a text,” I assure her. “When is Lindsay going to be here?” I ask, trying to get her focus off of me and my phone.
“She texted about ten minutes ago that they were just leaving to pick Paisley up and then would be headed this way.”
“So they should be here soon, then, I’d guess.”
“Yep, and I can’t wait to see how excited Paisley is when she gets to the concert.”
“I can’t believe she’s finally old enough to go to a concert,” I muse. My best friend has been a single dad for six years now and has done a hell of a job co-parenting with Paisley’s mom. She was a surprise to both of them, but they turned that surprise into the best gift two people could get.
“Uncle Lee, Uncle Lee!” the little angel calls out as soon as the front door opens.
“There's the princess!” I hold my arms out for her to run and jump into.
“Look at my new boots Daddy and Lindsay got me,” she says, pointing to the pink cowgirl boots she’s got on.
“Wow! Those are pretty cool! Lots of sparkles.”
“They were my favorite ones,” she tells me as she wiggles to be let down.
“I can only imagine why.” I chuckle at her excitement. “Are you excited for today?” I ask her just as I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket.
“Yes! I get to see Reese sing! Do you think she’ll let me sing with her?” she asks me.
“Maybe if you ask really, really, really nicely.”
“Okay.” She accepts my answer.
Lindsay has Allison occupied, so I slip my phone from my pocket, checking the screen for my notifications.
Reese: Everything is a go! When you guys arrive, just come to the backstage gate, and you’re all on the list to get through. I’ll introduce you to my tour manager, who will take care of the rest. Hillary and the guys are really excited to be in on everything, as well.
Lee: Thank you so much! We should be headed that way shortly.
I slide my phone in my pocket, a little weight lifted off my shoulders, knowing that my plan is in the works. By the end of tonight, I’ll hopefully have a fiancée and not just a girlfriend.
“You ready, man?” Tucker asks, the girls still occupied.
“As ready as I’ll ever be. You’ve got the ring box, right?” I question him.
“It’s safe with me,” he says, tapping his pocket. Allison would never suspect a box to be in Tucker's pocket, but in mine, it would stick out like a sore thumb.
“Reese just texted that she’s got me covered for tonight,” I tell him. Lindsay was the one that suggested this idea to me a month or so out when I started talking to her about helping me plan something, as well as picking out the ring. I would never have thought to reach out to her cousin to see if I could propose on stage at a country concert, but she was all for it. Thought that Allison would love it. “Lady A is willing to help out, as well.”
“That’s awesome, man. I’m happy for you. You couldn't have picked a better woman.”
“Thanks, man. I don’t think I would have won her back if it wasn’t for your wife, so I’ve got her and you to thank for making me pull my head out of my ass and see everything that was good right in front of me.”
“Are you two ready to go, or are you going to sit around gabbing like we do?” Lindsay asks, smiling over at us.
“We’re just waiting on you, ladies,” Tucker drawls at his wife. She walks over to where he’s standing and pulls him into a kiss. They keep it somewhat pg13, seeing as his daughter is in the room.
“Okay, love birds, let's get out of here,” Allison says, coming to stand at my side. I slide my hand into hers, linking our fingers and squeezing them quickly three times in what's become our thing. A quick three squeezes are our way of telling one another I love you. It took me a little while to realize that is what I was feeling for Allison, and even longer to admit that I didn’t need to be afraid of that feeling. When I finally embraced it, life got a whole lot better for me.
We pile into Tucker’s truck, mainly because it has Paisley’s booster seat installed in it. The drive over to the fairgrounds isn’t far, just on the outskirts of town.
“Do you know if Jackson and Holly are coming out today?” Allison asks.
“I believe so; Jackson was talking about it before we got off shift yesterday. He said Holly was pretty excited about it.”
“Oh, yay! I haven’t seen her in a while. I’m excited we’ll get to hang out together,” Allison says. Jackson is one of the newest guys on our shift. He moved back to town when a spot opened up in the department and met Holly on his first day on shift when he joined Tucker and me at Holly’s school for a program we did for her class. They were pretty smitten from that first meeting.