Off-Limits Roomates

23. Booth

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***Booth***

“ W e’re going to Larry’s to celebrate. You coming?” Vaughn ran a towel through his hair to dry it. “After the work you put in tonight, you should.”

I looked down at my duffel bag and pretended to search through it. I couldn’t look him in the eye while lying. “I think I’m just going to head home. My head is killing me.”

Fisher slapped my back. “Shit, man. A beer might help.”

“I’m good. Celebrate for me.” I zipped my bag shut and threw it over my shoulder. “Are y’all going out to that party at Big Bill’s after?”

Vaughn nodded. “I think so. Fish won’t commit to anything yet but if he thinks I’m leaving him home alone with Ella, he’s crazy.”

“You’re leaving Booth alone with her. How’s that fair?” Fisher made himself busy adjusting his watch. It seemed that he, too, was having trouble facing our best friend while hiding things.

“Booth’s harmless.” Rethinking his statement, Vaughn grunted. “Harmless isn’t the right word. I’ve just never seen you go after anyone, Booth.”

“As much as I love this conversation, I’m going home.” I bumped fists with both of them. “Good game.”

I had to make nice and talk with a few more guys on the team before I escaped the locker room and made it to my truck. I tossed my bag in the passenger seat and drove home in silence. My thoughts were loud enough.

I knew what I was doing was wrong. I wasn’t normally the type to go against his friends’ wishes. There was something about Ella that fucked with my head. I didn’t care that she’d slept with Fisher. I didn’t care enough that it would infuriate Vaughn if he found out. I hadn’t slept a full night since she moved in without being interrupted by filthy dreams of her. Almost losing my control in the gym had shown me just how much I wanted to go for what I wanted. Consequences be damned.

Ella hadn’t gone to the game that night because her friend was sick and she said she had a lot of homework. I’d missed seeing her in the stands but I was glad that she was already home and waiting for me. Even if she didn’t realize that she was waiting for me.

I let myself in and locked the door behind me. Taking the stairs two at a time, I raised my fist to knock on her door as she pulled it open. She gasped when she saw me and then grinned. I caught her as she threw herself into my arms.

“You did amazing! I was coming out to see which one of you was home. I’m glad it’s you, though. I saw that play you made where you hit the other quarterback. It was so good! Everyone was freaking out about it. The announcers read off all of your stats and everything!”

I moved us farther into her room and closed the door behind me. “Ella.”

She went still as she pulled back and met my gaze. “Booth?”

“There’s only one thing I want to celebrate with tonight.”

Her eyes dropped to my mouth and I felt her tighten her arms and legs around me. “What do you want?”

“A kiss.” I licked my lips as her sweet scent flooded my head. “One kiss, Ella.”

Her lips stretched in a wide smile as she watched me. “Just one kiss?”

“That’s all I need.”

She lowered her mouth to mine and gave me a gentle kiss. “Just that, huh?”

I walked to her bed and sat on the edge with her straddling my lap. “That could be a kiss you gave to your grandparents, Ella. I want a real kiss.”

Running her hands through my hair, she nodded. “Me too.”

I cupped the back of her head and pulled her mouth closer. Her breath smelled like one of the chocolate cupcakes she’d made us and I felt a low rumble in my chest before I closed the distance between our mouths. Unlike the first kiss, she didn’t move away. She kept her face tilted up to mine and offered me more. If I was only going to get one kiss from her, I was going to make it count. Tightening my hold in her hair, I sucked in a shaky breath and stroked my tongue over her bottom lip.

Ella shuddered in my lap and opened her mouth for me. She tasted like chocolate. It was enough to make me kiss her deeper and throw caution to the wind. Whatever plan I’d had was out the window. I stroked my tongue against hers and growled when she pressed her hips down on mine. I couldn’t get enough of her. She bit my bottom lip and then stroked it with her tongue, pushing me even closer to my control snapping.

I kissed down her jaw and rubbed my beard over her throat, loving the way she whined and rocked her hips more. I sucked at her neck and soothed stinging bites with swirling strokes of my tongue. Kissing back up to her mouth, I swallowed her moans and gripped her ass. I pulled her even tighter against me and rocked my hips forward to meet her movements.

Hard as steel, my cock tented my shorts and Ella rubbed herself against it, using it to get herself off. She let her head fall back and I buried my face in her chest. The thin t-shirt she wore did nothing to hide her hard nipples. Like a man possessed, I took one and then the other in my mouth and sucked. Ella gasped and grabbed two handfuls of my hair.

I groaned against her chest as her movements made precum leak from the tip of my dick. I was too close to coming in my shorts but I wasn’t going to stop Ella when it sounded like she was close to her own release. I tugged her head back, forcing her body to arch and present more of her perfect tits to me. Sucking and biting at her nipples, I shifted my hand on her ass and slid it halfway down her leggings. Just as my fingertips connected with the warm skin of her ass, a sound other than her moaning accosted my ears.

The alarm sound that announced the front door opening.

Ella froze against me and when our gazes connected, her eyes widened. “Oh, shit.”

I stood up and gently put her down on the bed. She locked eyes with my tented pants and her mouth popped open. I groaned and moved towards the door. “Stop looking at me like that, Ella.”

She cleared her throat and nodded. “Yeah, sure. That thing isn’t going to be on my mind for weeks, at all.”

I could hear footsteps pounding up the stairs and swore. “Someone’s coming.”

She shook her head and pointed to the bathroom. “Hide!”

I rushed into the bathroom and hid in the shower. A laugh threatened to choke me but I forced it down. It didn’t matter that I was an adult hiding to avoid being caught making out. I couldn’t laugh and give away my presence. If whoever was home came into Ella’s room, I was fucked. Especially if it was Vaughn.

A loud knock sent my stomach careening straight to hell. As I listened, Ella opened the door for Vaughn. I couldn’t hear what he said but I could hear the annoyance in Ella’s voice.

“Go away, Vaughn. I’m in for the night. Not that it would be any of your business if I did go out to party.” She coughed and I winced, hoping she wouldn’t say she was feeling sick since that was the excuse I’d used. “Besides, I’m not feeling the best.”

I tipped my head back to stare at the ceiling. If Vaughn went to check my room and saw that it was empty, he would know exactly where I was. I was in the middle of trying to figure out if I could climb out of Ella’s bathroom window and scale down to my room when her voice caught my attention. “Will you do me a favor before you leave and go downstairs to get me some crackers?”

“You serious?” Vaughn groaned. “Fine. Just get in bed. You look all red and blotchy.”

As soon as Ella whispered to me that I could leave, I tiptoed down the hallway to my room, making sure Vaughn didn’t look up the stairs and spot me. Once I was in my room, I leaned against my door and blew out a shaky breath. I’d lost control and we’d almost gotten caught. Despite that, I was still hard as a rock and tempted to go back to her room as soon as we were alone again.

I knew I wasn’t going to get anywhere until I took care of my dick. At least I had the feeling of Ella fresh in my mind to get me there.