Romance: JADEN: An MMA Fighter Romance (Bad Boy Tattoo Romance) (New Adult Pregnancy Short Stories) by Kristen Chase Page B

bench.  Oh my god!  The kitchen bench!  I pushed him off me, jumped down and frantically tried to fix myself up.
    “What?  Sorry I shouldn’t have...” he started.
    “No, it’s not that…your parents are home”
    “Oh, so? They see this all the…..oh…yep…right, our parents.”
     
    Victoria
    Wow!  My legs felt like jello.  No guy had ever had this effect on me, and especially not someone like him.  Could I really trust him though?  I felt like I did with my entire heart but I didn’t want to be naïve.  I had watched Mom fall into that trap with manipulative men, one too many times.  
    I hadn’t thought much about Mom since she went away, mostly because I tried desperately not to, but now I felt so vulnerable and all I wanted was my mom.  Not the one that was passed out on the couch with pills and alcohol lying next to her, but the caring and loving one that held me and stroked my hair when I cried.  Now they were all just memories.  I wanted to cry.  I needed to cry.  I walked to the bathroom, started the shower and sat down letting the water join my tears in a race to the drain beneath me.  I let myself break and my whole body shook from the pain.  It was so intense and I felt like I no longer could live without her.  
    There was a soft knock at the door and I ignored it.  Jake’s voice travelled through as he knocked louder.
    “Victoria, are you okay in there?”
    I guess the water hadn’t drowned out my cries.  I tried to stifle my sobs and stay quiet so he would go away.  The door slowly opened and Jake came in with his eyes squeezed shut and one hand out trying to feel his way around.
    “I’m not looking, I promise.  I just need to know you’re okay.”
    “I’m fine.” I managed through sobs.
    “Oh Victoria you’re not, you’re crying.”  Out of worry Jake had opened his eyes and opened the shower door leaning down towards me.  Then realising what he’d done, quickly closed his eyes again apologising profusely.
    I stretched out my hand and pulled him down next to me.  I touched his face and waited for him to realise I wanted him to open his eyes.  He looked at me like he was going to cry.
    “What happened? Are you hurt? Was it me?”
    “Can you just hold me for a minute, Jake?”
    He looked at me hesitantly, waiting to make sure it was okay, and then immersed himself under the water, closing the screen door behind him.  He put one of his muscular arms under my legs and the other around my back, and with such ease, swiftly lifted me up, slid underneath me and placed me on his lap.  
    “It’s okay Victoria, it’s okay.”  He whispered to me, held me, and didn’t ask me to explain.  
    I felt safe once again and like everything really would be okay.  We sat there like that for a while just letting the water run over us.  I had finally stopped crying.  I looked around at him and realised he still had his clothes on.  I grabbed the bottom of his t-shirt and slowly started lifting it up.  He looked at me in awe and raised his arms allowing me to pull his top off completely.  I pulled him up and we stood in front of each other.  I pressed him against the shower wall and kept my eyes on his as I moved my hands inside the rim of his pants.  I could see him noticeably getting excited but he placed his hands on mine to stop me.
    “You don’t need to do this Victoria.  You’re upset and I just want to be here for you. We don’t have to…”
    I placed my finger over his lips ushering him to stop.
    “I want to.”  I said confidently and he slowly relieved his hand from mine. I continued unwrapping his perfect body.
    We were naked staring at each other, our bodies pressed against each other, our lips brushing over each other’s, teasingly.  I wanted him, I wanted to feel him kiss me and touch my body and want me.  I closed my eyes and pushed my lips hard against his.  He pushed his tongue into my mouth finding mine again and we kissed intensely.  It