FALLING: The Negative Ion Series (9 page)

Macy sighs and throws up her hands in defeat then turns toward the house. “I will forever be known as Mickey just because I love cheese! So unfair!”

“Don’t mind her,” Samantha giggled then followed her sister. “She’s 16 and hormonal.”

Jaxen
and I watched them for a minute then he turned back to me.

“You want to disappear with me for a couple of days?”

“I’d love to but…”

“What?”

“Let me call Mom first.”

Jaxen
nods and I pull out my phone. My mother answers in a rush and completely aggravated.

“No, I am not coming to pick you up! Whatever you did to fuck it up this time you will either fix it or walk home,
Kimber Elizabeth Forrest!”

“Relax, Mom,” I giggle.
“Nothing’s wrong. I just wanted to know if you’ll be okay with me staying away for a couple of days.”

“W
ill you be with Jaxen?”

I
loop my arm around Jaxen’s waist. He holds me and kisses my head.

“Yes, Mom. With
Jaxen.”

“
Good,” she sighs. “It’s more than okay, honey. Just check in with me a few times while you’re gone. Your father will be here in the morning and he and I have to talk anyway.”

“I will, Mom. I’ll talk to you later.”

“Good night, honey.”

I smile at
Jaxen. “Ready?”

“More than,”
he says, grabbing my bag. He holds my hand as we walk to Macy’s red mustang. Jaxen peels out of the driveway, smirking as Macy shrieks she’s going to kill him.

“And you better gas her up before you bring her back, jackass!”

Chapter 9

Finally…

Jaxen
drove us into Los Angeles and checked us into a nice hotel. The room we were given was huge and had a kitchenette. Next, we went to the store to buy stuff to cook since we were both suddenly starving. Since Jaxen had no clothes, we stopped in a Target first and got him some jeans, a few tees, tanks and underwear. I grinned at his choice. Those tees and tanks will show off all his tats well. I grabbed another gown, which Jaxen picked out, and an outfit, that Jaxen also picked and insisted on paying for it all. I brooded over that as we went to the food aisles. It was sweet he wanted to buy me things but not necessary. I finally gave up when he kissed me sweetly in front of the soda area and told me it would be his pleasure to do this for me. I remained quiet as we walked to check out and I had to hide a chuckle as the cashier rang us up and never took her eyes off Jaxen. Yeah, he does that to people. I smirked as I put a Snickers and gum on the belt.

Finally, we left the store and went back to our room. I went in the bathroom first. I took off my clothes to shower, and as I folded my jeans, something fell out of my pocket. Condoms. Four of them. I cannot believe
Samantha stuffed those suckers in my pocket. But I’m so glad she did. I hope Jaxen and I finally do this.

After my hot shower,
Jaxen went in and had one too. I hid the condoms in the bedside table then seasoned the meat while I waited for him to come out. I had to fight off a gasp when he came out in boxer briefs and a tank. He looked sexy as hell and I temporarily forgot about my growling stomach.

“Ready to cook?”

“Huh?” I startle. “Oh, yeah. Let’s get on that.”

We fixed steak
s and baked potatoes then sat close to each other on the floor in front of the TV and ate as we watched
Signs
. Mel Gibson as a priest. I thought that was hilarious, even when I saw it the first time, but once again, the movie engrossed me. When it was over, Jaxen and I cleaned the kitchenette then I brushed my teeth and sat on the couch while Jaxen brushed his.

Jaxen
came back and I smiled. He laid on the far end of the couch and I frowned until he beckoned me over to him. I moved over to him and he pulled me down and I laid on top of him. I loved it. We silently watched Iron Man and I relaxed as Jaxen slowly rubbed my back.

The next thing I know, the sun was peeking through the blinds, coaxing me awake as I laid in bed. Bed? I don’t remember going to bed. I turned my head and smiled when I saw
Jaxen lying next to me. Or should I say lying under me? His head was nestled in the crook of my arm while his arm was draped possessively around my waist. He groaned when I moved him, and I hated to move but I nature was screaming at me. When I finished in the bathroom, I opened the door and Jaxen was waiting to go in.

“I’m sorry,
Jaxen, but I’m going back to bed.”

“
I’m so glad you said that. When I come out, so am I.”

I smiled as I got some water then got in the bed
and laid on my right side. Jaxen came out and climbed in, pulling me close to his body.

“Thank you.”

I giggled. “What are you thanking me for?”

“Last night was the first time I ever slept with a woman.”

“What?” I frowned. “We didn’t sleep together. I think my virginity is still intact. Unless you’re so small that I didn’t notice you inside me.”

He smacked my ass and chuckled in my ear. I had to fight hard to control a shudder.

“I meant literally sleep. I never fall asleep with a woman. You are the first and I enjoyed it. I slept like a baby once I got us in bed.”

“Sorry I fell asleep on you,
” I whisper. I wasn’t sorry but actually embarrassed.

“I’m not. I loved it. I really enjoyed carrying you to bed. You’re so light, I think I could have slept holding you
up all night.”

I giggled again then turned to
face him. I smiled and softly kissed his neck. “You said nothing about my hair. Don’t you like it?”

“I do
,” he said then ran his fingers through it. “I think it’s very you.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Good,” I sigh and put my head against his neck. He methodically rubs my back again.

“Jaxen?”

“Mmm?”

“Let’s do something today.”

“Okay. What?”

“Let’s make love.”

I felt his body stiffen and I immediately look up at him.

“You still want me, don’t you?”

“You’re my O2, b
aby.”

I smile.
“There’s nothing to stop us, no obstacles this time. It’s perfect.”

“You don’t have to convince me,
Kimber. I want you more than you know but I want to make sure you’re sure. I need you to be 100% positive I deserve this gift you’re offering me.”

I blush and smile. “If I wasn’t before,
Jaxen, after that sentence, I would be.”

“It is a gift,
Kimber,” Jaxen whispers as he brushes my hair away from my face. “One I’ve never had before and I am completely honored you want to give it to me.”

I lean my head on his arm and smile again.

“I want to give it to you because I love you. Very much.”

“I love you
too, Kimber.”

“Please don’t call me that. I like it better when you call me ‘baby’.”

“I like that, too. You are my baby,” Jaxen grins then kisses me. “And I love how you say ‘Jaxen’. I swear I only want you to call me that. I’ll be right back.”

I grip his arms. “Where are you going?”

“I don’t have any condoms. I’m going to go buy some.”

“I have four,” I whisper. “
Samantha stuffed them in my pocket last night.”

“Only four? I need at least twelve more.”

“We’re going to have sex sixteen times?”

“At le
ast. I’ve waited for you for months, baby. I need to make up for that.”

I blushed at that
and let him go. I watched as he dressed and left then nervously sat on the bed and waited for him to return. Then I paced. Then I cleaned. Then I opened the bar and had a shot of rum. It burned.

I was
finally feeling relaxed and got back in the bed. I took off my gown and waited. Then I thought maybe I’d appear too anxious and put it back on. Well, then I thought it was going to come off anyway, and took it off again. By this time I was sweaty and not feeling attractive at all, so I ran to the shower and let the spray relax me. I dried my hair and came out with a towel wrapped around me and didn’t know what to put on.

I finally went through
a Target bag and grabbed one of Jaxen’s new tees and threw that on, thinking that wouldn’t make me appear too eager. I had just sat on the bed again when our door opened and Jaxen strolled in holding a bag.

“Hey.”

“Hey,” I smiled.

“Change your mind?”

“No, I didn’t. I showered and put on one of your tees. I hope you don’t mind.”

“Looks better on you than it ever would on me,”
Jaxen said as he walked over to me. He kissed my temple and smiled. “I’m going to shower. You have a small reprieve because I’m going to be quick in there.”

“Okay,” I blushed.

Jaxen went in the bathroom and I heard the water fall immediately after he closed the door. I laid back on the bed and tried very hard not to count the seconds he was in there.

221, 222, 2
23…

At
737, the bathroom door opened and Jaxen came out in a towel and was rubbing his head with another. When he stopped rubbing, he tossed the towel on a chair and I got a good look at all of his bare chest. His tats shined and my eyes zoomed in on one in particular. I frowned as I jumped off the bed and ran over to him to get a closer look. I had to be imagining it.

I wasn’t.

“Jaxen! When did you get this?” I screeched as I fingered the tattoo.

“Two years ago.”

“Two? Don’t you know this is permanent?”

He chuckled. “Yes, I kinda figured that out when I tried to scrub it off in the shower just now.”

I smacked his chest and frowned. “That’s not funny! What if we never got together? Your next girl would have killed you. Your next girl will kill you!”

God, I hated saying that. I hated to think of him moving on after I left but I know he will. He has to. It wouldn’t be good for him at all if he sat around and pined for me, knowing I was never coming back, not even for visits, since it looked like Mom was moving to New York, too. If I did come back to visit, then what? We meet in a hotel room like this one, make love then shake hands and
say ‘thanks, see you next time’? No that’s not what I want with him.

Jaxen
sighed and looked at me, his face pained. “Let me worry about that.”

I shook my head and stared at the tattoo again. All the intricate detail he has on his left pec
toral, shoulder and arm is such a contrast to the big, barbed wire heart above his nipple. Inside the heart, it reads
Property of
Kimber Forever
, my name in the biggest letters.

“
Why
did you do this?”

“I told you, I’ve been in love with you for
years and I did this as a warning to other girls. I’m spoken for, even if she… you… would never know it.”

I nod and smile. “I love it. Would it be wrong for me to say thank you?”

He laughs then lifts me and I wrap my legs around him. “No, but you don’t have to. I wanted to do this and I will never be sorry that it’s there.”

Jaxen
holds me with one arm and removes the tee with the other hand then walks us to the bed and gently lays me down. He smiles at me as his head lowers and gives me the sweetest kiss I have ever gotten.

He moves down my neck, biting and kissing, all the way to my nipple and he sucks on it rhythmically. I have no idea when he removed that towel from his waist
but I felt his naked skin as he moved between my legs, his shaft moving against my clit, rubbing it, making it tighten.

“Oh, God… just like… don’t… stop…
JAXEN
! Don’t stop!” I shouted when I reached the edge.

He groaned and moved faster and I released long and hard. I could actually feel how wet I was as I panted and whined when he moved
away from me.

“I’m just putting a condom on, baby.”

“Okay,” I breathed, anxious for him to return.

He came back, put a towel under me then laid between my legs again.

“I’ll move slowly,” he whispered as he stared in my eyes. “It’s going to hurt.”

“I know,”
I whispered as I gripped his back. “Thank you for being patient with me.”

“Don’t thank me, baby.”

He kissed me again and after a minute, I felt him at my entrance, pushing in. He got the crown in and I yelped as I wrenched my mouth away. He put his forehead to my temple and held me.

“We can stop
. You don’t have to do this.”

“Please don’t. I want to. It’
s going to hurt no matter when we do it the first time. Please, keep going.”