Chapter 29
Chapter twenty-nine
"Oh nooo," she whined.
Standing practically naked in an open robe Ebony bit her lip in panic. The wax strip with its clear sticky wax was stuck like glue to her bikini area and with each tug it felt as if her skin was going to rip off.
Bouncing on her toes, Ebony threw her head back and stared at the ceiling in regret.
Why why why why did she try to do this herself?
! She tried to just make herself tug it hard and fast but each time she chickened out at the last second and her pull was halfhearted which only made the pain so much worse.
Her chest heaved and her heart began to race.
She tried using oil to just slide the whole strip off, but that did nothing but make a mess.
She tried hot water and that did nothing either.
Oh God what if she had to go to the hospital or something?
Just the thought of having to show a nurse the wax strips stuck to her vagina made her want to die in shame.
She was making a small keening sound of panic when the hard knock came at her bathroom door.
"Ebbs? Are you okay?" Gavin's voice didn’t have a shred of the playfulness he usually reserved for her. It was sharp and serious no doubt reflecting the look on his face.
Her throat felt dry as she tied her robe shut. "I'm…fine," she called out, closing her eyes at the desperate sound in her own voice.
Her heartbeat stuttered mid beat when he said, "You're lying. Open. The. Door."
Knowing he would just kick in her door, Ebony went to it and opened it just a crack. She nearly jumped at the closeness of his face as if he had his face pressed against the door the entire time. Bright arctic blue eyes stared down at her, scanning her person trying to see what was wrong.
"I…I made mistake," she began pathetically.
Losing his battle with patience, Gavin gently yet forcefully pushed his way in. He quickly surveyed the bathroom before turning back to her.
"What mistake?"
Mortified beyond all human belief but also aware that she had no choice but to tell him, Ebony stared down at her feet. "I…tried waxing myself," she admitted in a small voice.
For a second he didn’t say anything. Afraid he was laughing at her she looked up to see that he had gone over to the vanity counter and was examining the wax strip box.
"I thought you normally go to the Silky Kitty place to get it done." His expression was serious, no smile, no cocked eyebrow, just worried eyes looking directly at her.
Ebony felt a little better with that. He was taking this seriously, especially since he didn’t smirk at the waxing place's name like he normally did.
"The girl I use went back home to visit her family in Vietnam. She will be gone for a month and I wanted to get it done before the trip tomorrow." She was rambling and her voice was warbling with unshed tears and panic.
Tomorrow morning, they would all be getting on a bus that would take them to the Houston International Airport which would then take them to Colorado for their senior ski trip.
School was officially over. They graduated last Friday, walking the stage and getting their diplomas and now it was time for their much awaited senior trip.
She was doing what every senior girl was doing— primping, prepping, and packing. But now it was going horribly awry.
"Gavin!" she nearly cried "It's stuck. I can't get it off. Oil hasn’t worked and I think I'm going to have to go to the hospital where a bunch of people are going to stare at me naked and laugh at me and-"
Big warm hands cupped her face, pulling her from her spiral. Looking down at her, Gavin wore a soft smile before leaning forward to kiss her forehead.
Ebony relaxed in his grip, leaning into him. Wrapping her arms around his waist she buried her face in his hard chest. He felt so warm and safe. After a few seconds, she stepped back just enough so she could look up at him.
Something in his expression made her breath catch. Leaning down, he brushed his lips across hers. "I'll help you get it off."
Like a fog rolling in from the sea, it gently washed over her brain leaving her a little dazed and numb.
This was a new habit. Ever since graduation, he had started this mind altering not-quite-kiss.
He had whispered how proud he was of her after he had delivered his valedictorian speech before gliding his lips up her neck and over her lips.
Just like then her core heated and grew soft with need, despite the horrendous wax strips sticking to her. She wanted him to kiss her. The thought no longer caused her an immediate spike of panic and shame.
Trying not to let her frustration show when he pulled away, she blinked and focused on the matter at hand. "But how can we-"
"Shhh," he hushed her and took her by the hand, leading her out into the bedroom.
Her room was in a bit of a disarray from her packing. The small couch near the windows was covered in heaps of clothes.
Stopping in front of the bed, he had her sit on the edge. "Remember a few years ago when all me and my friends did was torture each other?" He didn’t wait for her to reply. "You remember the wax strips? How Ethan damn near took off my nipple with one of those things?"
Ebony nodded remembering a howl of pain coming from the boy’s locker room at the martial arts center followed by Ethan running for his life out the door soon after.
"I'm familiar with how they work. I'll get it off for you,” he assured her.
Ebony thought about what he was saying and gave him a panicked look. "But… you can't, you'll see me."
Gavin didn't turn away; he held her gaze in silent challenge. "I would see you."
Ebony covered her face with both hands. Not like this. She didn’t want him or anyone to see her like this. "Noo, this is so embarrassing."
"How many did you put on?"
"Two," she squeaked.
Gavin whistled under his breath. "You don’t do things half measure do you?"
Ebony made a whining noise. Everything inside of her wanted to crawl under her pillows.
"And you don’t want me to see you like this," he emphasized.
Again, he pulled her focus from the topic at hand and she froze. They regarded each other in silence for a moment. The soft expression he had that had shone in his eyes only moments before slowly gave way to something almost predatory.
This was one of those moments, she realized with startling clarity.
One of those thresholds she could go through and change everything, or not and change everything for the worse.
She couldn’t help but think back on those months without him by her side, those times where he didn’t sleep in her bed holding her tightly to him.
She didn’t allow herself to think, she just answered instinctually.
"Not like this," she whispered.
Gavin nodded and turned to walk to her closet. He was in there for a few seconds before he came out holding a long black piece of silk fabric.
Ebony stared at it for a minute. "That's from my black dress in the back, right?"
Gavin nodded and came to stand directly in front of her. Holding up the tie to his face, he pressed it against his eyes. "And for now it will be a blindfold."
Ebony swallowed nervously as she watched him tie it snug around his face. Once done she waved a hand at him. He didn’t react so that was good.
"Now keep your legs hanging off the bed and lie back." He didn’t wait for her to follow his command, he simply went to one knee.
Feeling immensely awkward, Ebony looked around trying to think, trying to look at anything besides Gavin's blindfolded face inches away from her.
"Wouldn't it be better if we were standing? You could just grab and rip and—Oh!"
Gavin grabbed her knees and pushed them apart.
"Now take my hands and put it at the bottom of the strip against the grain of the hair," he instructed.
Ebony bit her lip. She hated everything about this. She always went to the waxing salon to keep herself nice and neat just in case she ever was in an intimate moment with a guy and now she was not only not nice and neat at all she was in this crazy predicament. She wanted to scream.
With no choice, she opened her robe just enough to allow each lapel of the robe to cover her breasts but leave her exposed below.
Plastic from the strips crinkled as she sat her hips closer to the edge of the mattress and leaned back onto one arm.
Grabbing his hand, she guided it with a shaking hand to the base of the strip.
The room was so quiet both of their breathing was audible.
Getting a grip of the material Gavin brought his other hand up to her soft mound causing her to jump. Gavin's head cocked to the side, listening to her as his hand stilled.
"I'm sorry," she breathed.
"Don't apologize," he commanded, his voice low and thick.
Understanding he was trying to keep the skin taut, Ebony leaned back a little more.
"Lie down," he commanded again and this time she complied, settling onto the soft comforter. "Now take a deep breath."
Ebony stared down her chest and past her stomach and looked at Gavin.
The black strip of silk against his skin made him look like a bandit of some sort.
That combined with him practically bending over her spread sex only made her ache.
She sucked in a large breath, her chest rising before beginning to release it.
Gavin ripped the strip. The pain was quick and fiery but it was a cool breeze in comparison to the sudden feel of Gavin's mouth against her inflamed lip.
Ebony arched in the bed but his hand slid up to her sternum and kept her firmly in place as he kissed her pussy. Heat pooled at her center turning the tingling feeling into a throbbing ache.
"Gavin!" she cried out in shock.
Gavin said nothing; his lips traced the now bare lip of her pussy as he dragged his hand back down.
"Now for the next," His hoarse voice stroked her skin. "Open your legs wider for me."
Ebony was too much in shock to do anything but obey. Spreading her legs, she could feel her lips separating and the warm puffs of his breath against her folds.
"Good girl."
She nearly cried at that.
Again, she felt his hands position on the next strip.
"Take another breath for me."Her pulse was thrashing like crazy as she watched his blindfolded face hover above her.
He was going to do it again, she knew it.
Nervously, she filled her lungs again with air and closed her eyes as she began to exhale.
This time she didn’t scream at the pain but at the feel of his kiss against her aching lip.
Reaching down she speared her hand into his silken hair.
She moaned even as she tried pushing him away.
The feeling was exquisite. His lips soft against her sex, his fingers spreading her open just enough to-
"Oh," she screamed. Her legs spread wider as his tongue found her little button of nerves.
Gavin growled against her, sending little shockwaves through her. His tongue batted her clit back and forth as he sucked. Every action only brought out a new cry from her, spurring him on.
Pulling the blindfold from his face, Ebony sucked in a breath as his glowing eyes looked up from between her legs and met hers.
Her body began to tighten and his grip slid underneath her ass. Gripping each of her ass cheeks he lifted her from the bed until she was halfway in the air. She watched him devour her. His greedy mouth bit and sucked all while he watched her break.
The climax finally broke over her, tearing a scream from her throat. She shuddered in his grip, the release so acute and paralyzing it robbed her of all thought.
Settling her back down on the mattress, Gavin stood looking at her, his chest heaving. Ebony couldn’t help but look at the swell of his cock straining against his sweatpants.
Still reeling from her climax, she lay there, her robe and legs open showing him everything.
Gavin visibly swallowed, as he dragged his gaze up to meet hers. “You can’t keep denying this, my little coward. I need you to choose. Tomorrow, I have to know. Will I spend my life at your side, or walk away to save what’s left of me? Because I’m done pretending.”