Chapter Forty-Five
Jayson
Walking back to my truck, I ask Chloe if she wants to stay at the hotel room Connor rented or just go home. She decides that the hotel room is fine because she is so tired. I’m tired too and ready to fall into bed. This whole day seems like it has been a week.
We make a stop by a 24-hour Walgreens for Chloe to pick up some girly stuff. I tell her she can use some of my things but I get a rundown on all the “products” she needs to make herself look “halfway decent” as she calls it. I’m too tired to argue with her about how good she always looks so I do the manly thing and say, “yeah, ok.” I don’t know what I just agreed to, but if I can just get us to the hotel and in bed; I don’t really care.
Chloe is sound asleep when we arrive at the hotel. I try waking her up, but she is dead to the world. So, I gather up her bags and pick her up, carrying her into the lobby. We get some strange looks, but I overlook them. The concierge takes the bags so I can concentrate on carrying Chloe to our room. Though it’s late, I have a feeling all of the drama, intensity, great sex, and feelings from tonight have worn her out physically and emotionally.
Arriving at our room, the concierge opens the door for me and carries the bags in while I place Chloe on the bed. I thank him and give him a tip, knowing that I couldn’t had made it up here without him. I get undressed for bed and brush my teeth, then go into the bedroom to help Chloe get into bed. I pull her Chucks and socks off, her yoga pants and panties, and finally her t-shirt and bra. She looks beautiful lying there naked. I hate to wake her up, but she needs to brush her teeth and go to the restroom.
I start kissing her neck while she grumbles and swats at me.
I tell her, “Come on babe, you’ve got to get up.” Though she’s glaring at me, I tell her, “The sooner you get in there and get done, the sooner we can get in bed.”
After finishing her nightly routine, I turn off the light and she curls into me. Her legs go in between mine, my arms go around her waist, and her head rests over my heart. She whispers that she loves me more than life and I try to answer back, but we’re both asleep before I do.
The next morning I wake up to find an empty bed, but see the light on in the bathroom. For a minute, my heart skips a beat because we have woken up this very same way before…and it wasn’t a good thing.
Suddenly, the bathroom door opens and Chloe leaps on to the bed and says, “Good morning, sunshine!”
“Sunshine,” I say, “Really?”
She pokes me in the side and says, “Just go with it.”
Crawling on top of me, she says, “I seem to remember when we first met that you were going to take me to a karaoke bar. Let’s do it tonight! We can get Connor and Maddie to go. What do you think ? ”
I pretend to think about it and say, “If you take off that t-shirt and move up a little ways, I think I can be convinced.”
She winks at me and asks, “Are you bribing me with sex?”
I pull her shirt off, suck her nipple into my mouth, and after letting it go with a pop, I say,” I do believe I am, Miss Schaeffer.”
Reaching beneath her, she pulls my cock up to her entrance and says, “Thank goodness…I thought you would never ask!”
For the next little while, we are caught up in each other and I make it my mission for everyone on our hotel floor to know my name. It just keeps getting better and better with her.
When it’s over, we lay there catching our breath, and she asks, “Will it always be like this?”
Hugging her to me, I say, “No, It will only get better.”
She makes me laugh when she pumps a fist in the air and says, “Score!”
I tell her we need to get cleaned up and call Connor and Madison to make sure they are free for tonight.
She agrees, but says, “There will be no hanky panky in the shower! We need to hurry.”
Grinning at her, I ask, “Did you really just say hanky panky?”
She blushes and says, “Yes, why?”
I shake my head gravely and say, “I don’t think we can be with each other anymore.” Expecting her to laugh, she puts her head down and says, “I’m sorry, I’ll try to do better.”
I’m so shocked; what the hell? I grab her and say, “I was just kidding…you don’t have to try to do better.”
I’m about to kick my own ass when she grins up at me and says, “Burn!”
My mouth drops open because I still can’t believe this is same girl who couldn’t even make it through a lunch without crying.
Seeing my face, she takes off into the bathroom, and I yell, “You better hope your ass is healed up baby because I’m coming for it!”
Her laughter echoes off the bathroom walls and as we shower and get ready, I think about how resilient she is. It seems like that sad guilty girl is gone…I hope it’s for forever.
After loading up our stuff and checking out at noon, we call Connor and Madison on the way to my house. It turns out they are with my mom for the day. Chloe asks if we can go over there and I tell Connor we will see him after I take Chloe to get a change of clothes. I also mention the karaoke bar and he says it depends on how Madison is feeling tonight. I ask if she is sick and I get a sharp look from Chloe.
Evasively he says, “No, she is just tired, but most likely we will go.”
Madison gets on the phone and tells Chloe what to bring her to wear for going out to the bar. I hear Chloe ask Madison what is wrong with her and obviously Maddie says something about her period because Chloe asks if she needs tampons. After getting off the phone with them, she stares out the window and is licking her lip again.
I reach for her hand and ask, “What are you worried about, princess?”
Chloe just looks out the window, but finally she says, “Something is not right with her…she has been off for a while. You don’t think…? No, it can’t be that, she just asked for tampons.”
She is muttering all of this to herself so I just decide to leave it alone. I know I’m going to be a doctor, but I don’t want to hear about a period from a girl who is like my sister.
Since both Chloe and Madison have everything they need, but clothes and shoes for tonight, our stop is a relatively short one. I don’t get to see what Chloe has packed because it’s all in bags, but I’m sure it will be hot. I haul all of it down to my truck and we settle in for the ride to my parents. While we are driving, I try to come up with a way to bring up my mom to her. They haven’t seen each other since the scene with Alyssa and Chloe taking off.
Picking up her hand, I kiss it, and pray what I’m about to say isn’t going to backfire on me. I decide to just get it out in the open.
“You know that Connor and Madison are with my mom?”
She says, “Yes, why?”
I tell her that I don’t want her to be upset or embarrassed about what happened last night.
She kisses my hand back and says, “Jayson, I know what I did was immature and selfish; I have to face your parents sometime. I think it’s better to just get it out of the way quickly.”
I’m glad she feels that way and actually, I’m stunned. But, she is right, it needs to be done soon and now is the perfect time. My dad won’t be there since he is at his practice, but I know my mom will most likely grab her up and hug her. I know she likes Chloe; I have never seen my mother stand up to someone like she did Alyssa and say what she said. The thought of that bitch makes my blood boil and I only hope she took our “friendly”” advice and is gone.
Traffic is brutal and it takes a while to make it to my parents’ house. Chloe and I get out of the truck and walk in, carrying all of our bags. Connor is sitting on the couch watching a movie and Madison and my mom are in the kitchen making Macaroni and Cheese with sliced up smoked sausage in it. It doesn’t look too bad, but this isn’t one of my mom’s usual dishes.
I look over at them both and ask, “What is this supposed to be?”
Madison looks at it hungrily and says, “Heaven in a bowl!”
Ok, that’s a little strange. I say, “Well, that’s just…”
My mom sees Chloe walking in and gives out a girly scream. She and Madison run over to her and start hugging her. My mom whispers in her ear and Chloe shakes her head smiling.
With whatever was said, my mom says, “Ok, well, that’s over. We’re moving on and nothing more needs to be said about it.”
My mom gives each of us a look like “you better do as I say or I will put a serious hurt on you” which usually means something like we have to mow her yard, weed her flower beds, etc. Nothing too terrible…just miserable backbreaking work so we all do as she says.
Connor comes into the kitchen and wraps his arms around Madison and asks if she is up for going to the karaoke bar.
Smiling a little too brightly, she says, “Of course I am, and I’m going to kick all of your asses!”
I’m starting to agree with Chloe that something with Madison is off, but maybe it is her period…I knows some girl get crazy during that time of the month.
We decide that we are going to leave at 9:00 PM and Connor asks Madison if they are going to have another spa day.
She looks insulted and says, “No, we aren’t sasquatches! Our hair doesn’t grow that fast!”
The girls and my mom decide to go shopping for the day. Connor tells Madison to get some hot panties and secretly I hope Chloe does, too. Since it’s a long way to 9:00, Connor and I go for a swim. Finally, it seems that we are going to have a nice normal night; no drama, fighting, or crying. Little did I know; I just jinxed myself with those thoughts.
.