Chapter 18 #2
Arnold and I walk toward the group. I hear someone call out Coach Arrows is here.
For some reason my name causes everyone to step back to create a path and grow quiet, as if I’m the boogeyman.
My path lands me in the middle of the circle with everyone’s eyes on me, or at least I feel them, but I’m staring only at one player in uniform and light pads holding a tiny squishy baby.
Jefferson looks up at me nervously. “Oh hey, Coach.”
I smile with ease and hope it reassures him that I’m not the devil. “Your son?”
“Yeah. Getting him into the game early.”
I turn my attention to his side, to his wife who’s wearing one of those carrier things. “Congratulations.”
The petite blonde woman who looks slightly tired smiles. “Thank you. We’ll get out of everyone’s hair now.”
I look down at my watch and see that we should be starting, as we have a strict schedule and a long afternoon ahead of us, but I can’t bring myself to be a hard-ass. “It’s okay, we’ll start in five minutes.”
Jefferson’s smile grows wide.
Leaving everyone to it, I head away from the group to the table on the sidelines.
That short walk is enough time for me to question my soft demeanor that just happened.
I normally reserve it for my private life.
I’m changing, probably because I feel like these same moments that my players, my son, hell, most of the world get are now within my reach.
Doesn’t mean I will go easy on them during practice, though. I’m going to make these guys work damn hard, with a completely selfish motive to let us off a little early tonight so I can finish my discussion with Piper.
Piper looks up from the glass of water she just poured from the fridge dispenser. I’m home early, although I will need to watch footage of the practice later in my office. I texted Piper when I was in the car.
“Want me to attempt to cook? I started to make snacks.” She walks to me, oblivious that I’m agitated. It’s only when she attempts to kiss me and I don’t put in the effort to kiss back that she senses my mood. “Everything okay?”
I shake my head gently as our eyes meet in a tense stare. “No. We need to talk.”
She tips her head back, with her smile now faltering, but keeps her arms looped around my neck. “What's wrong?”
“I'm done waiting. I need to know that you're ready to move forward, no more stalling. I know you want to, but I can't figure out why exactly you're hesitating.” I unhook her arms from around my neck and hold her wrists gently up to keep her in my hold.
“What do you mean?”
I snicker. “I'm done running around like we're a secret. If you can't make the jump, then what are we doing?”
“Hudson,” she sighs.
“Don't do that. Don't come up with excuses. We both know that what we have is more than what either of us thought would happen the night we met.” I yank her closer, drop her wrists, then weave my hands into her hair.
There is passion in my movement, and Piper draws in a breath as a response.
“I’m not going to wait; my patience is wearing thin.
I want you by my side no matter where we are.
You're driving me crazy, you're always on my mind, and when you're here, I just want more and more.
I think I've warned you that I'm a man who jumps right in, but I only jump in when it’s right.”
Her eyes are almost pleading. “I'm going to tell April, okay.”
“Great. But there's more for us, I need more commitment. I want you cheering for me on the sidelines, visiting me on breaks so I can fuck you in my office or car. Let me meet your grandmother and tell me what you see in our future when you’re lying in my arms.” I hear the vulnerability in my voice.
I continue my explanation of what’s going on in my head.
“You feel it inside of yourself that you want us, but you can’t say the words that you’re all in.
” I walk her backward until her back hits the edge of the wall.
I let her wrists go and kiss her hard until she murmurs while she fists the fabric of my shirt at my chest. I kiss the corner of her mouth then speak against her lips.
“I’m going to give you an ultimatum, but I don’t believe I need to. You know how I know you want us?”
“Enlighten me,” she rasps with her eyes drawing a line up and down my body.
I step between her knees to part her legs open while our foreheads touch, and I sneak my fingers up her thighs and under her skirt.
“You let me come inside of you and I know you’re not on birth control.
” My fingers dive into her panties to touch her soft heat, already wet.
Her face looks panicked as if she has been caught out.
“I’m not mad, baby, I could have stopped us, and I didn’t.
” I don’t break our connection and the tips of our noses touch.
“I haven’t done it intentionally, I just… I can’t explain it. Sorry, I should be more care-”
“Shh.” I kiss her lips and continue to stroke her pussy.
“Your body already knows what you want before your thoughts catch up. It takes two, and I’m a selfish man who wants to fill you up, and I don’t care if you get pregnant, so I’m not going to say we should be careful.
Hell, I’m not getting any younger, and the thought of you pregnant with my child is something I envision.
But the point is that you wouldn’t take the risk unless you have the trust and felt it was worth it. Tell me I’m wrong.”
Piper frantically shakes her head as her fingers fumble with my jeans. “I can’t. You’re right. I trust whatever is happening between us.” Her head falls forward and rests against my shoulder.
“It’s our future, that’s what is happening.” I guide her arms over her head against the wall.
“You want to know what makes me hesitate, what scares me?” I hear so much vulnerability in her voice.
I press my forehead against hers. “Tell me,” I whisper. My eyes lock with hers to encourage her to speak.
“We’re moving fast, but if I blink, I know I could have it all with you because I see it. I’ve never experienced this before.”
Her answer is exactly what I needed to hear.
We press our bodies against one another, and we kiss, hungry, before I drop to my knees and bring her foot to my shoulder, giving me ample opportunity to travel up her smooth thigh with my mouth, brushing my lips delicately before inhaling her scent and licking over the fabric of her drenched panties.
I feel her losing her balance, and her hands land on my head to brace herself. “What are you doing to me?”
A devilish chuckle escapes my throat. “Making you mine.”
“I’m already yours.” She breathes out as her hips curve in my direction.
I needed to hear that, which causes me to change our course.
Standing, I hoist her up onto the counter beside us, and immediately I hook my arms under her knees to splay her out.
Our mouths fuse together, and I feel the urgency to take her.
I bend down and dive between her legs, yank her panties to the side, and get a taste.
“You’re soaking, Piper,” I mutter as I keep busy.
“And you’re eager,” she counters. Her breath is thick with an equal desire to get lost in one another.
“For us? You have no idea.” My tongue lashes out against her pussy.
Her hands wind into my hair. “Hudson,” she cries out.
I run my mouth back up to her lips and cover her mouth with my own. I feel like a man possessed. A man who wants to be consumed by her.
She begins to drag her shirt up and off, and of course, I assist her.
When her shirt goes flying in the air, I'm already tugging her bra cup down her breast and suckling on her nipple.
Her head falls back, and a soft moan escapes her lips.
I move to her other little bud and twirl my tongue and nip her skin.
“Ah, so good,” she hums.
I pull back slightly, with her legs still hooked around my arms. “Good,” I chuckle under my breath. “It only gets better from here, baby.”
I unzip my jeans and pull them down just enough. In a rapid movement, I slide her to the edge of the counter. Tonight, I'm lacking a bit of finesse, but we have confirmations to make.
My mouth trails up her neck, causing her to lie back on the counter. I drag her arms up over her head and pin them down. Her entire body arches up against me, a sort of surrender. Our kisses are messy, and her breath is heavy.
“I want all of you. Don't you realize you’re mine? Your pussy will only ever feel my cock from this moment forward. So when you go to sleep tonight in my bed, next to me where you belong, lying against my chest, remember what you choose, because I want all in.”
I don't wait for her to answer. I plunge into her, and we both moan at the sudden movement. Her hands walk her upper body up to sitting, one arm encircling around my neck. I can feel her breath against my skin.
“I understand,” she gasps.
I continue to pump in and out of her without an ounce of grace.
Reaching between us, I grab the edge of my shirt, and she helps me pull it up over my head, and soon it lands on the floor.
Our bodies are inseparable, our hands glued to one another, wandering and exploring.
But every kiss feels more intense. The emotional element is underlying which only makes our senses work in overload.
Every time Piper breathes my name, it only encourages me to fuck her a little harder. She isn't complaining either, because her legs wrap tighter around my waist with our bodies moving together in a rhythm.
A sheen of sweat breaks out on my skin and her hair is a mess. She looks like a woman at my mercy, but the fact she clenches around my length reminds me she’s an equal partner in our journey to bring each other to the edge.
Piper tightens her arms around me and buries her head into the crook of my neck before kissing the base of my throat.
I pause in movement but remain inside of her as I cradle her head in my hands. “Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
I kiss her eyelids that hood closed. “I’m crazy about you.” I kiss her jawline. “It isn’t just infatuation; the damn future is with you because I’m in love with you.”
Her eyes shoot open, and her body is near panting, but the corners of her mouth twist into a subtle smile. “I was sensing that, but I like hearing it.” Ah, she’s being a smartass. “I’m in love with you too, and I’m not just saying that because your hard cock is inside of me.”
I laugh because that’s Piper, surprising me with her mouth at random moments. Our lips seal together as I move again, this time a bit more frantic.
Finally, when she’s trembling in my arms, I’m chasing right behind her with a few more thrusts, and then I’m doing exactly what I plan on doing every chance I get, filling her up because she is mine.