Chapter 21
Ellie
The next morning, I wake up to the sun coming in the window, and I stretch out. I feel Cole’s body pressed up behind me, and as I stretch, my thigh rubs against his hard cock.
“Mmm. Ellie Girl,” he says sleepily.
I turn over to face him, and he is still asleep. I lie there for a moment to confirm that he really is asleep. Once I’m sure, I slowly move down below the blanket and sheet. I grab his cock and run my tongue from base to tip.
“Fuck,” I hear him say through a breath. I take him fully in my mouth and suck my cheeks in, licking him from base to tip and back down repeatedly. Slowly he starts thrusting himself into my mouth, hitting the back of my throat. I moan around his cock.
Suddenly the blanket and sheet are ripped off my head, and I look up at him from under my lashes while I continue to suck him.
We’re staring into each other’s eyes, and he grabs my hair and continues to fuck my mouth.
“Your mouth is like heaven, Ellie Girl,” he says.
We are still staring into each other’s eyes, and suddenly he erupts in my mouth.
He stills, and I slowly move back up to the head of the bed.
I lie beside him, and he pulls me to him.
“Good morning to you too,” he says with a smirk.
“Morning,” I say, smiling at him. He reaches for my face, and he uses his thumb to wipe a drop of his come off, and I take his thumb into my mouth and suck it off.
“Fuck,” he says, watching me. “I was going to ask what you wanted to do today, but after all that, I think we should just stay in bed.”
I smile up at him. “I need to get my apartment ready for my parents to stay there. It shouldn’t take me long, but we can do whatever you want after that.”
“Whatever I want?” he asks with a smirk on his face again.
“Within reason,” I say, laughing.
“I can come with you and help you, and then we could do a movie night, if you want?” he suggests.
“That sounds good. We could grab a pizza and some snacks too.”
“Sure. Do you want to see if Bri and Jordan want to come too?”
“Yeah, that sounds fun!”
“I might see if any of the guys want to come. I want you to meet more of my friends. Do you want to invite Sarah and Renee so you have more of your friends here too?”
“OK. That sounds fun. It will be nice to meet your other friends!”
“Let’s shower and eat some breakfast, and then we can go get your apartment ready.”
We take a minute to text everyone, and only a couple of Cole’s friends won’t be able to make it. Everyone else is going to come over.
A couple of hours later, we are on the way to my apartment. I’m thinking about whether I should get rid of my apartment. Would it be too soon to move in with Cole? I am having his baby, but we’ve only known each other for a couple months.
“What’s going on in that beautiful head of yours?” Cole says, breaking me out of my thoughts.
“I’m just thinking,” I say.
“Anything I can help with?”
“I’m just thinking about whether I should move in with you or not.”
“Oh, I can definitely help with that. Just do it,” he says, smiling at me.
“What a great help you are, Mr. Simmons,” I laugh.
“Ellie, we have things to do. You can’t say my name like that.”
“Is there a problem, Mr. Simmons?” I say seductively.
“Ellie, if you don’t stop, the only thing getting done today is you.”
“All right, all right. Jeez, you’re no fun,” I say, laughing again despite the butterflies in my stomach.
Just then we pull into the parking garage for my building, and we get out and go to my apartment.
“So, what all do you need to do?” he asks as we walk in.
“Only a couple of things. I want to wash some laundry I didn’t get to before and change the bedding, and I need to vacuum and dust.”
“Well, let’s start on the laundry, and then you can dust while I vacuum.”
“Deal.”
We get to work on the apartment, and a couple hours later, it’s spotless.
We lock the door and go to the car. On the way back, we stop at the grocery store and buy snacks.
It is still a little early to grab the pizzas, so we choose to have them delivered when we are ready.
We get home and get all the snacks set out in preparation for everyone coming.
Once we are done, it is close enough to the time everyone is supposed to arrive, so we order the pizzas.
A little later Bri and Jordan come in. The tension radiating off them is insane. I still don’t know why Bri insists they will only be friends.
“Hi!” I say to them as Cole and I walk up, and I hug Bri.
“Hi, Ellie,” Jordan says, and then he and Cole bro hug each other.
“Anything you have to tell me yet?” I whisper in Bri’s ear as we hug.
“I don’t know what you mean,” Bri says to me.
“Mm-hmm,” I say. “Well, come on in. Everyone else should be here any minute now, there’s snacks on the counter.”
“Doesn’t want to move in with me but welcomes people in like it’s her own,” Cole says jokingly to Jordan, and they both laugh.
“Shut it,” I say to Cole.
“Wait. You are going to move in with each other?” Bri asks.
“No,” I say as Cole says, “Yes.”
“O-kayyyy,” Bri says, glancing back and forth between us.
“My boy here asked Ellie to move in with him, and she turned him down,” Jordan says to Bri, laughing.
“I didn’t turn him down, I just said I need to think about it,” I say defensively.
“Hey, it’s OK. Take all the time you need. We are just messing with you. I’m glad you are comfortable here, but I’m not going to force you to do something you don’t want to,” Cole says, grabbing my hand.
“Let’s get some snacks. I think I’m just hangry,” I say, trying to change the subject.
Just as we start to walk away, the elevator pings, and the doors open. Inside there are two guys. They are both tall, about the same height as Jordan and Cole, but they are both more muscular.
“Ellie, this is Brad,” he says, pointing to the one with dirty-blond hair and blue eyes, “and Tanner.” He points to the one with brown hair and brown eyes. “Guys, this is Ellie.”
“It’s so nice to meet you!” I say.
“So, you are the famous Ellie that stole Cole from us,” Brad says, smiling.
“Yeah, I guess that’s me,” I say, laughing.
“Hey, Bri,” Tanner says. I look at the guys, then Bri. How does she know them? Jordan stands by Bri and puts his arm around her shoulder. I raise an eyebrow at Bri. Just friends my ass.
“Hey, guys!” Bri says.
We all walk into the living room, and everyone finds a seat.
“Can we watch the rest of the game until the pizza gets here?” Jordan asks.
“Yeah, I forgot it was on,” Cole says.
“You forgot a game?” Tanner says to Cole.
“Yeah, I’ve been busy and haven’t had much time to keep up with games.”
“Oh, we know how busy you’ve been,” Jordan says, looking between Cole and me, and everyone laughs. The elevator pings again, and Cole goes to see who it is.
“Ellie, Sarah and Renee are here,” he says, walking back into the room.
Bri and I hop up and go meet them. “I’m so glad you guys could make it!” I say excitedly.
“This place is beautiful!” Renee says.
“Thank you,” I say hesitantly. It’s not my place, at least not yet.
“Too bad Ellie doesn’t want to live here, we could have such fun girls’ nights here,” Bri says.
“Bri, I didn’t say no. I just said I need to think about it,” I say, slightly annoyed.
“What’s going on?” Renee asks.
“It’s nothing, let’s go get some snacks,” I say as we head into the kitchen.
We are in the kitchen talking and munching on some snacks when Cole and Tanner come walking in. Cole looks me up and down, and I feel my cheeks heat. How does this man always manage to give me butterflies like this?
“We’re just coming in to get another round of beer,” Cole says.
“Yeah, beer,” Tanner says as he is staring at Sarah.
They grab one for each of the guys. Cole kisses me on the cheek, and they go back to the living room.
“Who was that?” Sarah asks, her cheeks slightly flushed.
“That was Tanner, one of Cole and Jordan’s friends,” Bri says. “Come on and I’ll introduce you all.” We follow Bri into the living room. I notice Jordan’s eyes go immediately to Bri, and Tanner’s eyes go straight to Sarah. This is interesting.
“This is Brad and Tanner,” Bri says, pointing at each of them. “This is Sarah.” Bri gestures to Sarah.
“It’s nice to meet you, Sarah,” Tanner says.
“And this is Renee,” Bri says, pointing to Renee.
“Nice to meet you all!” Renee says.
Everyone finds a seat, but there isn’t any more room for me. I remember seeing fold-up chairs in one of the closets, so I go to get one. Cole reaches out and grabs my arm as I walk by him and pulls me onto his lap. “Where do you think you’re going?” he whispers in my ear.
“I was going to go get one of those chairs out of the closet,” I say back.
“No need, you have the perfect seat right here,” he says with his cocky smirk plastered on his face.
“I don’t want you to get uncomfortable with me sitting on you.”
“Not possible,” he says and pulls me even closer.
We all hang around and talk for a while, waiting on the pizza to arrive. Finally, it comes, and everyone digs in. By the time we finish eating, the game is over.
“What movie do we want to watch?” Cole asks.
“I’m having fun just hanging out, if everyone else is,” I say.
“Yeah, let’s just hang out. I don’t want to fall asleep again,” Jordan says.
“What, don’t you want to have another sleepover with the fuck bunnies over there?” Bri asks, laughing.
“Bri! We weren’t having sex,” I say, laughing too.
“Yet. You weren’t having sex, yet,” Bri says, still laughing.
“I guess I haven’t heard this story yet,” Brad says, chuckling.
Jordan proceeds to tell them about our last movie night and waking up to Cole and me “fucking” on the couch.
“You guys are totally overexaggerating. We were cuddling, and that was it,” I say.
“His dick might not have been inside you, but it was really close to being there until I put a stop to it,” Jordan says, and everyone busts out laughing.
“Are you not going to help me out here?” I say to Cole while still laughing. He has been just listening this whole time. He looks up at me and shrugs with a smile on his face. “Seriously?” I say and playfully smack him on the shoulder, and everyone starts laughing again.
We all hang around talking for a little while longer. Once it gets late, everyone slowly starts heading home. Bri and Jordan are the only two still here.
“What are you doing tomorrow, Ellie?” Bri asks.
“My mom and dad are coming, so I’ll be picking them up from the airport and—”
“What?! Greg and Dianne are coming?” Bri says enthusiastically.
“Yes, they will be here tomorrow around lunchtime. Want to go with me to pick them up?”
“Hell yeah, I want to go!”
“I’ll pick you up on the way. They are staying at my apartment, so we can get lunch and hang out around there with them.”
“You aren’t coming home?” Cole pipes in.
“I figured I would let them relax tomorrow night after traveling, and then they could come over another night for introductions.”
“Oh,” Cole says. I can hear the disappointment in his tone, and I instantly feel bad.
I glance at Bri, silently asking for some help here.
“Well, I think it’s time I head home. I’m getting tired,” Bri says. Well, thanks for the help, Bri, I think to myself.
“I’ll drop you off,” Jordan says, jumping up. I glance at Bri again with an eyebrow raised. When are they going to admit there is something going on between them?
Bri hugs me. “Good night. I’ll see you in the morning.”
Jordan and Bri leave, and Cole and I put away all the leftover food. There’s an awkward silence.
“Cole, I’m sorry about earlier. I’m obviously going to be staying here. I just didn’t want to bombard my parents with everything as soon as they get here.”
“It’s fine. I just thought you would be excited for them to meet me and to tell them about our baby. I didn’t think you would want to wait.” I can still hear the hurt in his voice.
“Cole, I love you. I am excited for them to meet you and to find out about our baby. I just think it would be better for them if we pace ourselves with how we share the information with them.”
“I understand. I shouldn’t have made a huge deal of it. I love you too.” He kisses me on the cheek. “Let’s get ready for bed.”