TANGLED HEARTS.
- HAPPY NEW YEAR.
“Gail?”
“Hello Shane,” she says and he still can’t believe that she’s standing in front of him. How? And why?
“You followed me?”
“I’m sorry… I don’t mean to come across as creepy. I know what it looks like but I swear, I mean no harm,” she speaks softly, maintaining the distance between them by not attempting to take a step closer.
Shane has a lot of questions right now, so many of them and he doesn’t even know where to begin. She followed him all the way here, for how long has she been tailing him? Was it her the other day at the shop? Where has she been all this time and why is she here now?
He’s reminded of the day she disappeared. She had texted him earlier asking to meet him at their usual meeting spot because she had something that she needed to tell him and he made it there on time. He waited and waited but she never showed up, her phone was switched off too and then as he was about to leave, her father showed up and beat the living crap out of him. He was certain that the man was going to kill him that day. He told him to stay away from Gail and that was it. He never saw or spoke to her again and now she’s here. They were just teenagers who thought they had life figured out at the time and she was the girl he was ready to risk it all for but her father put a stop to whatever dreams they had together. She just disappeared and and that was the end of their relationship, he was still a teen tryi g to figure his own life out so he didn’t spend a lot of time trying to figure out what happened to her, all be knew was that her father had stepped between them and back then, there was no going head to head with that man.
“What are you doing here, Gail?”
“I wanted to see you,” She answers and that doesn’t even begin to explain anything.
“You wanted to see me?”
“Yes, Shane… I’ve been trying to get the courage to approach you since I saw you a while back. I didn’t know how to so I followed you, I saw where you stay so I’d drive there and just wait a couple of houses away. Today when you drove out I decided to follow you here. I had a whole speech prepared as I stood here, waiting for you to finish but now that you’re looking at me, I don’t even know where to start, ”
“You don’t have to start anywhere,”
“But I do have to explain,”
“You don’t have to. So much time has passed, we were only seventeen when you went away, we barely even knew what we were doing. There was no need for all of this, you didn’t have to follow me and you don’t have to be here explaining anything that happened when we were kids.”
“But I do, I believe I do because I just disappeared and never contacted you,”her eyes try to plead with him but for the life of him, he can’t understand why all of this is necessary, do all teenage exes behave like this or does he just have bad luck?
“After all these years?” he asks.
“Yes, please… I need to explain myself. I haven’t been able to move on from what happened, I know we were just teenagers at the time but seeing you brought all that guilt back,”
“I don’t hold anything against you,you did wjat any kid wpuld have done when conrered by a parent.”
“Aren’t you curious? About what happened to me?”
” I’m not.”
“Not even a little bit?” there’s a hint of paon in her voice.
” I used to be but I let it go as time passed. I figured that your father wanted to keep us apart so he sent you away,”
“Can we go sit somewhere and talk?” she desperately asks.
“I don’t think that’s wise-”
“Please, I won’t take up much of your time,”
“No. I won’t be good company and I don’t see a need for us to sit and talk about something that happened when we were still young. I’m not in the best of moods, Gail and I don’t want to sit somewhere and talk,” he says firmly and she looks past him, at the grave that he was visiting.
” I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you, “She says sadly. She disappeared around the time that Emma and Brandon died. It was one blow after another for Shane and she can imagine how hard it must have been.
“It’s okay,”
“It’s not… But I understand that you don’t want to talk right now so I’m going to ask that when you feel okay, please contact me… I really want to talk to you, Shane and it’s not because I want to revive what we had years back but I just need to talk and maybe all this guilt that I’ve been carrying with me for so many years will finally dissolve… Please, can I give you my number so you can contact me when you’re ready? “she pleads with him and he takes out his phone. She calls it out for him and he saves it then they go their separate ways as soon as their cars leave the graveside.
He doesn’t know what to make of this but one thing he knows is that he needs to be aware of his surroundings more. He was followed and he never saw this, it’s alarming. As for Gail, he doesn’t think he will be contacting her because he really sees no need to sit and talk with her. They are different people now and he has no interest in dragging his past into his promising present and future.
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“I missed you so much,” Amerie throws her arms around him and he welcomes her with the same energy. He lifts her feet off the floor and hugs her tight and kisses her. When he sets her feet on the floor again, he rests his head on her neck and breathes her in, he missed this, he missed her ams everything about her. Had she not returned, he would have driven to go see her instead.
“I missed you too, my love,” he kisses her again, this time making the kiss last longer because it feels like he hasn’t tasted her in forever.
“What were you busy with in my absence?” she mumbles against his lips.
“I was counting down the days and hours until you returned,” he doesnt mention drinking himself to sleep.on Christmas and visiting his late loved ones, nothing must ruin this mood for thrm. He’s just happy to have her back in his arms .
“That sounds depressing,” She says jokingly. If only she knew that there is so much truth to her statement.
“Tell me you won’t be going away again in the longest time,” he says. She made use of her leave days so she could spend more days at home and she only returned today, on the 31st so she could go into the new year with her man just as promised. She’s excited for this. Normally she would be making plans to go out and turn it into a wild night but the thought of just staying in with Shane is what excites her.
“I hope I won’t,” she giggles and looks at him “Are you sure you’re good?”
“Now that you’re here, I’m more than good, baby,” he tells her honestly. Days have passed since the day he saw Gail and he never bothered to call her, he’s not planning on it either. He doesn’t see what good it will do to meet with her and talk about the past. They were both seventeen then and they are now forty-two. So much time has passed to allow them to both grow and move on, which makes him wonder why Gail is still held up on a relationship that only existed during their teenage years. He looks at Amerie and decides that he will not be entertaining this, for the sake of their relationship too because he does not want her to think that he’s out there trying to rekindle an old flame. Gail is in the past, that’s where she should stay.
“Okay, I’m glad.. I think I need to shower before we set up outside,” Amerie announces while pulling away from him.
“You go right ahead and I’ll get started so long,” he tells her and she’s a little disappointed that he didn’t offer to come with her. She misses him, it’s been a while since he touched her but she doesn’t have the courage to voice that out so she just nods and leaves the room.
Shane has the perfect idea as to how they can have a cosy night while counting down to the new year. He starts setting up in the backyard. He gets the air mattress against the wall and lets it inflate while he sets up a snack and drink station not too far from where they will be laying. He brings out the sound system too so they can listen to music. When the mattress is fully inflated, he covers it with fleece blankets and puts pillows there. They can gaze at the stars and later see the fireworks from a distance, this is the perfect setting for just the two of them and he’s hoping that she will love this. This means much more to him than going out and celebrating with a lot of people.
When she comes to find him outside, she’s changed from her shorts and shirt and into a short, loose fitting dress, she has let her hair down and as always, he stares adoringly at her. She can never get over how Shane looks at her like she is his entire world.
Her eyes move to the setting and they lit up, a smile also carves itself on her lips.
“Do you like it?”
“Like? No, I love it. This is amazing, Shane. How did you think of this? Wait, don’t answer,” She says and they both laugh. Of course he knows all about design.
He sits on the mattress and pats the empty side so she can join him and she takes off her shoes before gently getting on the mattress and cuddling up next to him. They sit and countdown while chatting, it’s the warmest feeling ever and she loves it” Thank you for this, I love it, ”
” Is it better than a night out in a club with your friends? ”
” It is so much better, but don’t let Leona hear me say that, please, “she laughs a little.
He offers her a drink and snacks and they get comfortable. She is snuggles up against him and from time to time, she looks up at the stars, reflecting back on the year and it appears that Shane is doing the same” You know, if anyone had told me that I’d be this happy months ago I would have laughed at them. You don’t know the kind of joy and love that you have unlocked inside me, Amerie, I can only hope that in time you will know,”
“You show me that everytime I look at your eyes, Shane. No one had ever looked at me the way that you do… Like I’m the only important person in the room, like I’ve just brightened up your day by just standing in front of you. I won’t lie, at first it scared me because I thought it’s just a phase, I kept reminding myself that I need to enjoy this while it lasts but now I find myself hoping that it never ends. I don’t want to fear waking up someday and finding that things have changed. I just want to enjoy and make this last for the longest time, ”
” I’m not going anywhere baby, I’m afraid I’m incapable of letting you go too, ” he tells her.
” I have no interest in being anywhere else but here with you, ”
He lays her flat on the mattress and hovers over her, he uses one hand to caress her cheek and he looks deeply into her eyes” Thank you for coming into my life, Amerie, I’ll always cherish the day you walked into it and made it so much better, ” he lowers his face and kisses her.
It quickly becomes heated as he deepens the kiss and she spreads her leg’s so he can be between them he slides his hand under her dress and feels on her soft and warm skin. It’s like her soul is calling out to him and he cannot help but respond. He sees the way that she’s clinging onto him and he just knows, she wants him and he has no intention of denying her what’s hers.
He takes off her dress, and finds that she only has her thong on underneath, there’s no bra. Her nipples are hard, pointy and inviting, he cannot help by cover one with his warm mouth and suck on it, making her moan in pleasure. He gives the other one the same attention, before sliding off her thong and using his fingers to feel just how wet she is and she’s drenched.
He cannot go without eating his favorite meal first so he lowers himself so his face is between her legs and then he starts eating her out, not in a rush but rather slowly like he’s savoiring the moment. He flicks his tongue over her folds, sucks on her clot enters her with his tongue and just eats her out all the way to her organs and he still wants more, he doesn’t think he will ever get tired of going down on her, her pussy is addictive and he’s happy to have it whenever.
He goes back up again and teases her opening with his pre-cum covered d#ck. He kisses her while running it over her slit, over and over, sometimes teasing her by pushing in a bit of the tip and then removing it so he can rub on her pussy again. She takes the torture until she can’t anymore, until she’s desperate “Shane, please,” she begs.
He looks down at where their parts are meeting. He doesn’t have a condom on and she knows this “Are you sure?” he asks and she nods.
“Yes, please,” her response is soft and breathy. They are both way too gone and way too deep in the pleasure of it so much that none of them wants to pause this to go look for a condom.
He starts pushing in and the feel of her skin against his is enough to set both of them off. He pushes until he’s all in and f#ck, this feels like an amplified version of sex. He closes his eyes and groans in pleasure while Amerie digs her fingers on his back. He starts moving, sliding in and out of her in slow but deep thrusts, he fills her up each time he goes inside her and he leaves no inch on the outside, he wants her to feel all of him, so much that the only thing touching her skin on the outside should be his balls and she welcomes all of him each time, with her walls clenching against him like he’s her hostage. He makes sweet love to her, slowly and they kiss. His thrusts become harder as he drives her to her release and she cums all over him while clinging to him and crying out his name. He goes harder when he chases his own release and it’s not long before he slams into her one last time and goes so deep that he makes her scream and then lets his seed flow inside her while she takes every last drop of him just as the fireworks start.
He kisses her while still on ton and inside her then he pulls away and looks at her, cupping her cheek with his hand “I love you, Amerie. I am madly in love with you and I don’t ever want to lose you and I’m not saying this because I expect you to say it back, I just-” she shuts him up with a kiss then she says
“I love you too, Shane. I love you so much and I can’t wait to see how great we become in the new year,”
“Happy new year, baby,” he pecks her lips.
“Happy new year. “