Chapter 12
A smile came to his lips as he closed his eyes against the early morning sun.
He fought the urge to fully wake. He ran his nose along the top of Austin’s head breathing in his scent.
This morning the scent of Austin’s hair was mixed with a little bit of smoke from their fire, and a little bit of sweat from their all-night sexual quest. Kitt’s ass was sore.
Deliciously sore, he’d heard said somewhere along the way, and now he understood completely what those words meant.
Austin had stayed rough and eager, giving and taking before turning gentler, sweet and tender.
The one thing he hadn’t exaggerated about, they went at it all night long.
Kitt’s ass got a couple of solid poundings, the kind that would cause this ache to stick around for a few days.
Austin told him he intended it to remind Kitt who his ass belonged to while he was away in Los Angeles.
Funny how the thought of commitment and exclusivity with Sean had freaked him out, but now with Austin, his heart felt light and breezy, ready to be Austin’s for however long he wanted it and him. The romantic thought caused Kitt to smile again, and he kissed the top of Austin’s head.
They lay zipped up tight in the sleeping bag.
Austin sprawled across Kitt, and they held each other tight.
It didn’t look like they changed position much over the last while.
In these early morning hours, Kitt still couldn’t fully wrap his mind around the fact that Austin wanted a long-term, exclusive relationship with him.
Well, now, relationship was never actually mentioned, but exclusivity was made very clear.
A long-term fuck buddy with someone who was hiding from the world had to mean a relationship of some sort, right?
Kitt felt shockingly great about it all.
Maybe shocked better described it, but to know the person you wanted most in the world wanted you back…
yeah, the word great fit right up there too.
Based on the sun, it had to be early. Kitt guessed it was close to seven.
A noise caused him to look to the side of their sleeping bag.
He figured the cows were making their way down the pasture.
It was where they came first thing in the morning.
That was probably what woke him. Kitt looked to the left of them but saw nothing.
He looked to the right and saw the fire was just embers now.
He stroked his hand up Austin’s back thinking if it were early enough, maybe they’d have time for one more round before Austin had to get going.
After a minute more of lightly stroking his fingertips across Austin’s back, Kitt ran his hand down to Austin’s ass, sliding a finger into the crease.
It was still a little oily from last night and his finger slid in easily.
It made Austin finally lift his head. Sleepy, tired eyes met his with a big grin.
“Good morning, sexy…funny how my ass hurts, yet that feels so good. Can we go back to the licking thing you started with last night?” Austin leaned in for a kiss, but something caught his attention and he lifted his gaze. His eyes grew wider as Kitt watched. “Kitt, we aren’t alone.”
Kitt threw his head back, looking upside down at what Austin was staring at.
His sister, Kylie, sat on top of her horse between them and the truck.
Panic struck his heart. He immediately tried to separate from Austin, but they were zipped up tight.
All he could do was jerk his hand from Austin’s ass. “What are you doin’ here?”
“You know what, Kitt? I was gonna quietly leave when I saw you, but then I got so mad! And for the record, I knew! But you should have told me!” Kylie yelled.
She was a short fiery little redhead, and she dismounted with only the flair and fight of a true Kelly.
She didn’t just let go of the reins, she tossed them.
Just like with Kitt’s horse, hers was well trained—he ignored her outburst as he sauntered off. He wouldn’t travel far.
“Kylie! What’re you doing here?” Kitt asked again, unzipping the zipper and dislodging from Austin.
He pushed away, but there was little room in the sleeping bag.
Kitt flipped the top open, dumping Austin to the side.
Austin tried in vain to cover himself, but he lay partially exposed when Kitt jumped up.
Kitt dropped his hands down, covering his package.
Kylie was purposefully trying to embarrass him now, standing with her arms crossed over her chest and feet spread apart, tapping her foot, her angry blue-eyed stare trained on him.
Kitt went straight for his underwear and jeans, shaking them out and turning from both Austin and Kylie as he pulled on his underwear first. From out of nowhere, Kylie snuck up behind him and jerked the jeans away from him.
She ran away several feet, hiding them behind her back until the fire was between them.
“Give me my jeans!” Kitt growled, using one hand to cover himself. Austin tossed him their pillow, and he used it to hide behind. He darted around the fire, but she ran away from him. No matter which way he went, he couldn’t trick her or get to his clothes.
“No! I tell you everything, Kitt. Everything! You’re like my mom and my dad and my brother and my best friend all in one, and you like boys and you never tell me?
What’s that about? This is so not fair! And, for the record, I knew it!
Or I suspected it, but you still should have told me!
” Kylie finally came to a stop after her rant, and Kitt stalked to her.
He was barefoot, toeing around rocks and grass spurs as he went toward her.
Dramatically pulling his jeans away from her, he turned around to see Austin sitting on the sleeping bag.
Kitt pulled each leg of the jeans up, bouncing as he covered his ass with the denim and buttoned his Wranglers.
“Kylie, go home. We’ll talk about this later.
And for God’s sake, don’t say one word to anyone about him.
Or me!” Kitt said, turning back toward her.
He grabbed the rest of his clothes she now held in her hands.
Kitt walked through their camp, picked up Austin’s clothes, and tossed them in his general direction.
“No! I’m not leaving until you explain why you never told me. Kitt, you were my best friend growing up! I can’t believe you didn’t trust me enough to tell me!”
“Why aren’t you in school?” Kitt asked, ignoring everything she said and scrubbed his hands over his face. His wonderfully blissful morning had turned to crap in a matter of seconds.
“Because I’ve been calling you, and you were avoiding me.
So, I drove home. They said you were in Dallas, so I came out here, where you and I used to come because I miss my brother and needed to be in the one place we both love.
Kitt, why didn’t you tell me?” Kylie asked the last sentence in more of a whine, and for the first time since they started talking, Kylie looked over at the guy sitting on the sleeping bag.
“And you’re Austin Grainger! Oh my gawd! Kitt, that’s Austin Grainger!”
He stopped his hand in mid-scrub down his face and looked over at Austin who still sat there in nothing, covered from the waist down by the sleeping bag. The only words that came to mind were simply, “I’m sorry.”
“Why’re you sorry?” Austin asked at the same time Kylie did.
“Is he your boyfriend? Oh my God, is this why you left acting, to come here and be with my brother? Kitt, that’s so romantic!
” Kylie said it all, looking between them both.
She had the most lovestruck look in her eyes, and all Kitt could do was groan and roll his eyes to the heavens, begging for the world to just swallow him up whole.
“Kylie, I need you to go back to my house and wait for me. And don’t speak to anyone.
” Kitt stood between her and Austin now, but Austin rose, keeping himself wrapped in the sleeping bag and walked toward them.
He slid in behind Kitt, wrapping one arm around Kitt’s stomach, the sleeping bag anchored between them, and stuck out his other hand toward Kylie.
“I’m guessing you’re Kylie, the sister he’s so proud of,” Austin said, giving her his charming grin. It didn’t matter if his hair stood on end, or that he was draped in a sleeping bag. Austin was sexy and hot as hell, just sucking Kylie in deeper when Kitt tried to push her out.
“Yes… Oh my God, I can’t believe you’re here.
Are you the one who bought our land?” Kitt watched it happen in front of him, and his heart began to slowly sink to his knees.
Kylie was the only one who knew about this special place he’d brought Austin to.
It hadn’t ever occurred to him that she might come home from school this weekend.
Hell, Austin had him so tied up in knots he didn’t even realize he missed her calls.
He wouldn’t have dodged her on purpose, and he could feel his precious secret slipping out of his grasp as more people found out.
“I am. It’s my pleasure to meet you. I’m going on the other side of the truck to dress.
I brought gourmet coffee. Please ignore your brother.
” With that, Austin kept the sleeping bag around him and carried his jeans and T-shirt the few steps behind the truck like it was the most natural situation on earth.
Kitt started shaking his head to tell Kylie to go home, but she was too excited, jumping right in on him.
“Kitt, you should have told me! And you’re datin’ Austin freakin’ Grainger!” She beamed. “I’m really happy and really mad at you all at the same time!”
“No, I’m not datin’ him. You need to go—” Kitt was cut off by Austin.