I'm Yours (Bold As Love) (6 page)

“
Hey Daddy,” I breathe in a rush.

“
Hey honey. Where are you? Are you going to be home for dinner?”

“
I’m at Jake’s and yes. He’s about to take me home, right now,” I reply with a glance to Jake who frowns.

“
Alright. I’ll see you soon. Bye honey.” He hangs up.

“
Time to go home,” I tell Jake.

He kisses my neck and says, “Noooo.”

“
Yes,” I giggle. I gently push him away and stand up. He groans and gets up. Jake grabs his clothes and I look away so I won’t be tempted. He comes up behind me and pulls me close.

“
What’s the matter Sweetness?” He chuckles.

The feel of his naked body makes a sigh slip from my lips. “Get dressed,” I say stepping away from him. I walk over to the door to escape from further temptations. I walk across the hall to tell Drake to put his shoes on so they can take me home. I stand in his room while he puts them on.

Jake parks in my driveway and takes my hand. He leans over and places a kiss on my cheek. “I’ll see you tomorrow. I love you.”

“
I love you too.” With that I go inside.

After supper with my father, I tell him that I will wash the dishes tonight. He goes into the living room and turns on the TV. Surprisingly, washing dishes relaxes me. I did some thinking while I was scrubbing the dishes and I knew what I needed to do. What I needed to do for me, for Jake, and for us.

“
Dad, I need to go out for a bit, okay?”

“
Don’t be out too late.”

With my keys in hand, I went out to the garage and headed to Jake’s.

When I arrived, I saw Jake’s dad sitting on the porch steps. When I walk up, he gives a small smile. “Hi Emily.”

“
Hey Mr. Benson. How are you?”

“
I’m fine. I’m glad to see you doing well. Can I talk to you for just a minute, before you go inside?”

“
Um, sure.” I take a seat beside him. “Mr. Benson, you are doing better right? You’re sober, going to AA, and working on your grief, right?”

He nods. “I was wondering if maybe you can talk to Jake and get him to forgive me. I’m glad he could fall in love with a sweet girl like you.”

I give him a smile. “I’m lucky to have him. I’ll try to talk to him.” I stand and go inside, up the stairs to Jake’s room. I knock and hear that voice that I love so much call me in. I peek inside, seeing him lay on his bed doing homework. When he sees me, he sits up. “What are you doing here,” he asks as I come to sit on the bed beside him.

“
I need to talk to you.”

The smile fades as concern takes over.

I bump shoulders with him. “Hey, it’s nothing bad.”

“
Well, what is it,” he asks.

“
I was thinking and I have come to a decision.” I pause. “I love you more than I thought possible and I just felt that I needed to tell you.”

He smiles. “Sweetness, I’m so happy to hear that. I promise I’m going to do everything it takes to make you happy.”

I lean over and give him a kiss. “Well, there is one other thing I would like to talk to you about,” I say taking his hand. His eyes search mine and I forge ahead before I back out of my plan. “I think you should forgive your dad.” He sighs and lays back down.

“
Jake, just listen to me. I talked to him outside.”

“
You talked to him?”

“
Yes. He’s doing better Jake. Why can’t you forgive him? Look at him now. He’s sober and he’s getting his life back. That counts for something and you need to forgive him. I really think that would further help him.” He didn’t say anything and after a minute, I sighed. “Will you just consider it? Please? For me?”

“
I’ll think about it,” he says, pulling me to him. “You’re not going to leave now are you,” he asks after kissing me.

I give him what I hope is a sexy smile. “I was going to…do you have something else in mind?”

He chuckles, placing a kiss on my neck. “Oh, you know I do.”

I pull away from him and tell him, “Well, I’m sorry that I can’t stay.” I laugh at his fake hurt expression. “I’m not going to with people in the house. Maybe this weekend, though. I think my dad is working out of town.”

“
I will be there.”

I give him a peck. “Good. I’ll see you tomorrow. I love you.”

“
I love you too Emily.” I stand up and go to leave.

Jake

After finishing my homework, I thought about what Emily said about my dad. He
was
doing better. I couldn’t deny that. He was starting to eat dinner with us, but it was awkward. I sighed. Maybe I should forgive him. But would it be a real forgiveness? I fell asleep thinking about it.

At lunch, I fill in Emily on what happened this morning. “My dad said that he wanted to take Drake out this weekend and spend time with him.”

“
Really? That’s great Jake!,” she says.

I’m not so enthused. “I don’t know Sweetness. I don’t want him to start doing stuff with Drake and then just drop him again.”

“
Have more faith in your dad, Jake. I have a good feeling about it.”

All I do is nod. We finish our lunch with small talk about school. “Sweetness?”

She glances up at me. “Don’t plan anything at all this weekend.”

“
Why?”

I give her a mischievous grin. “Just don’t.”

“
Okay,” she says with a shrug of her shoulders. I don’t know what we’ll do yet, but I want to show her how much I love her and how much I appreciate her. I have some thinking to do. Meanwhile, I had class to attend. I throw away our plates and we walk together to our next class. I don’t pay much attention. I need to figure out how I want to spend this entire weekend with Emily. Suddenly the idea came to me.

It was perfect. I would need to call my uncle and set some arrangements in place. Then I would need to skip school Friday to go and set things in place. This was going to be great and I couldn’t wait!

At home, I decided to talk to my dad. We were sitting in the living room on the couch watching TV. This is something we haven’t done since my mom died. “Dad? I want to take Emily to Uncle Roy’s place for the weekend. I just want to take her away. Do you mind being with Drake all weekend?”

“
Of course not. This will give us some father-son time. Does her father know you two will be spending the weekend there?”

“
She doesn’t even know it yet. Emily just knows that we will be doing something. He’s going to be out of town this weekend, so…” I trail off.

“
That’s sketchy territory son. She needs to tell her father,” he tells me with a serious face.

“
I’ll tell her,” I reassure him. “Thanks Dad,” I add. I hop up and run upstairs to text Emily.

We’re going away 4 the weekend. U might want 2 tell your dad.

Seconds later, she replies.

He might stay home, if I do that. It can be our secret.

Dad knows
. I tell her.

Does that mean y’all are better?

Not yet.

Are you going to give me a hint? What should I pack?

Bathing suit and whatever else you want to wear.
I tell her.

I’m excited…I love you Jake <3

I love you too Sweetness. See you soon.

Finally, it is Friday! I wake up, take Drake to school, and come back home to pack my clothes. I stuffed my duffle bag with clothes, personal toiletries, and condoms. Everything else was in the car. With my bag in hand, I went to my car to start the drive to my Uncle’s home away from home, which was a few hours away.

Excitement ran threw me as I thought of the upcoming weekend that I would spend completely alone with my beautiful Emily. I stopped by the grocery store to stock up on food, before heading to Uncle Roy’s place. I unloaded the contents of my car and started my work. Groceries had to be put away. Sheets had to be put on the bed. A table needed to be set and candles needed to be placed.

Hours later, everything is the way I like and I head back to my sweet Emily.

Emily

I decided not to tell Dad. He would certainly try to keep me from going and I didn’t want to pass this up. I did leave a note saying that I would be out with Jake should he come home before me. My bag was packed and I was waiting for Jake to come get me. I kept getting up and looking out the window. Speaking of, it’s been a few minutes since I last looked.

I walk over to the window and peek out to see my favorite person pulling into my driveway. I grab my bag and head out the door locking it behind me. “Excited to see me,” Jake asks standing by his car.

I run to him and jump in his arms, wrapping my arms and legs around him. I plant an excited kiss on his lips and say, “You bet I am. Where are we going?”

He puts me back on the ground and walks me to the other side. “You’ll have to wait and see.” On the way to wherever it is we are going, I hold Jake’s hand. Every few minutes, he gives me this excited look and kisses my hand. Soon, it is apparent that we are going to the mountains. After hours of driving and stopping for a quick bite to eat, darkness is upon us and we finally arrive. We drive down a gravel road up and up until we arrive at a two story log cabin. I give Jake a quizzical look and he says, “It’s my Uncle’s vacation house. Stay here for just a minute, okay?”

I sit in the car while Jake goes inside. I reach in the backseat for my bag and get out to enjoy the mountain air. I rest on the hood of his car until he walks back outside. He takes my hand and leads me up to the house. There are rocking chairs and a porch swing on the porch. Jake gives me a quick kiss before he opens the door. I gasp at the sight before me.

Stairs on the right lead to the second floor. Rose petals are scattered around everywhere. Candles were flickering all around the house. I slowly walk and take it all in. The kitchen is to the immediate left and then the living room. A huge fireplace sits in the corner with a big screen TV hanging on it. Two couches, a recliner-all beige, along with a coffee table take up the room. Through the tall rectangle windows I can see an in-ground pool with lights.

It appears to be screened in. To the right of the living room is a pool table and two doors, leading to rooms. I turn around and look at Jake who has been admiring my expression by the door. “It’s beautiful.” He walks over to me and cradles my face. He leans down and gives me a kiss that melts my insides. “I love you Emily. This weekend is for me to show you how much I love you and how happy I am to have you. This weekend is just for us.”

“
Aw, Jake. Thank you. I love you.” I give him another kiss. When I pull away, excitement fills my eyes. “Let’s go swimming,” I say, already heading outside. I set my bag on the couch and go to the pool. Forget a bathing suit. We are going skinny dipping. I peel off my clothes and hear Jake laugh behind me. Once naked, I walk down to the deep end, glance at a half naked Jake, and jump in.

The cool water chills my bones at first. I come up for air, just as Jake jumps in next to me. He comes up with a smile. This was thrilling. “Come here,” he says pulling me to him. I wrap my legs around him and my arms around his neck.

“
God, I love you,” I tell him. I give him a kiss. Minutes later, we come up for air. I give him an evil grin and dunk him. I swim off as fast as I can, but Jake grabbed my leg. I scream, swallowing water as my head goes under. Jake’s big hands pull me up and holds me tightly against him. “That was not a smart move, Sweetness.”

“
What are you going to do about it,” I challenge as he walks up backwards to the steps on the shallow end.

He smirks. “Oh, I’m going to make you pay. And after I do, Sweetness, you’ll think twice next time.” He sits on the second to last steps, keeping us in the water. My legs are wrapped around him and my hands rest on the back of his neck.

Jake takes my neck and brings my lips to his. I’m caught up in the kiss that it catches me completely off guard when I feel his fingers inside of me. My moan is muffled by his tongue. His fingers move faster and I squirm against him. “Let’s go inside,” I plead as Jake’s hot tongue moves down my neck. He stands and I hold on to him. His fingers and his tongue don’t stop as he carries me upstairs where we make love.

We finally fell asleep around three so when my dad calls me at nine, it is way too early. “Hello,” I yawn into the phone.

“
Hey, honey. I didn’t mean to wake you. I just wanted to check in.”

“
Everything’s fine Dad.”

“
That’s great. Sleep well?”

I look over at a sleeping Jake. “Sure did.”

“
Good. Well, I’ll talk to you later honey. I love you.”

“
I love you too, Dad.”

I hang up and place my phone back on the nightstand. I look over at Jake and smile. I gently rest my head on his shoulder and my hand on his chest. One of his hands move to rest on my hips. The rise and fall of his chest combined with the sound of his heartbeat lull me back to sleep.

When I next awake, the warmth of Jake’s body is gone. My eyes pop open and I call out his name, but get no answer. I throw the covers back and wish I had brought my bag up here. The aroma of bacon meets me at the top of the stairs. I tiptoe down, hoping to pass him on my way to the living room. That didn’t happen due to a creak the last step. He turns around and smiles when he sees me.