accepting mine with another giggle. I throw
myself back against Chad's pillows, his bed ultra-soft and inviting. Pulling
the comforter up near my nose I giggle uncontrollably at the overflow of
happiness that is bubbling within me.
"You gonna join
me," Chad's blue eyes peek out from the bathroom, his perfect naked body
standing before me, my eyes roaming it unashamedly. I practically jumped out of
bed, running at him with a wide smile, leaping into his arms and wrapping my
legs around his waist as he laughed into my kiss, the loud lip smacking sounds
that I made making his laugh rumble throughout the quiet morning air. The
peaceful shower was shattered when my moans rang out with the flowing water,
Chad having me pinned up against the shower wall, smiling into my skin at every
little sound I emitted.
He threw us down on the
bed, not bothering with a towel, and I was splayed across his chest my legs
straddling his waist. "I'm in heaven," he huffed out, brushing the
wet strands of hair off of my face. Did I just hear that right? I thought, my
heart finding my throat and throwing my brain into overdrive at all of my
forlorn fantasies.
"Me too," I
whisper, finding his lips and tangling my fingers in his hair.
I could lay here
forever, just kissing him and feeling the warmth from his body as he holds me
tight. I never want to give this up.
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Chad:
Friday January 20,
2012
I was throwing the last
sleeping bag into the bed of my truck, pulling the black snap cover over and
shutting the tailgate as my phone started to vibrate in my sweatshirt pocket,
playing the theme song from 'The A-Team'. I didn't have to look at the touch
screen to know that it was Reno Martinez, one of my SEAL Team-mates.
"What's up brother," I say, his voice laughing on the other end.
"Hey Chief, packing
up?" his slight Mexican accent laden voice chuckled over the line.
"Yeah, just
throwing the last few things in the truck before Ray gets home from work,"
I double checked that the snaps on the bed cover were all pushed down before
hopping up the steps back into my house. It was quiet without Rhea being here
and I had been extremely lonely the last few days when she worked her day job
then nights at the bar. Yeah I went in to Muncy's and hung out with her,
catching up with some old high school friends and nosy locals, but I wanted
that woman all to myself every second of every day.
"You need me and
Rosa to pick up anything before we head out?" Reno and his wife Rosa lived
down in Virginia Beach, right near the base in a nice little condo right on the
beach. It was our hangout place when we had some down time, which was rare.
"Groceries, if you
guys want anything specific, Rhea and I are gonna get some basics and stuff we
like." Tonight was the night we were heading out to Randy's cabin in the
Blue Ridge Mountains to meet up with my SEAL buddies. It'll be the first time
Rhea meets any of them and they all knew Randy, except our newb Bobby Timmons,
but he was just a young guy of twenty one. Most of the Team were in their late
twenties, but if Randy was still alive we'd both be the second oldest at
thirty. Timmons, Martinez and I were being joined by Fred Black and our Team
Leader, Austin French, both of them bringing their dogs because they didn't
have wives or girlfriends. In my line of work it was hard to keep a
relationship, being deployed whenever and wherever, Martinez was a great
example of that. Rosa and him had been married just over three years and they
had been separated more than a dozen times, always getting back together then
having something like distance separate them again, Rosa moving in with her
mother. Giving Reno a few last minute directions and ideas on items to pick up,
I issue a 'see ya later' and go back to making sure I've packed all the items
that I need.
The whole breaking up
thing is what scares me about getting involved with Rhea. I love her, I always
have, but I