One Chance (29 page)

“Bye, have fun,” I say to her b
efore turning to look at Liam, “What do you want to discuss?”

“Are you planning on staying in this house next year?” he asks with beautiful blue eyes.

“Yeah, probably, I haven’t really thought about it.”

“Then think about it, because I think we should have a place together.”

“I agree, but how soon do you have to leave to go to Minnesota?”

“Near the end of July.”

“Okay, so we get married in June and then you leave in July.  Where do you want to get a place together at?” I ask.

“I think we should still plan on May for the wedding and then either here or home.”

“Not Minnesota?”

“Shit, no, I’ll rent a place, but during t
he summer we can either be here, at home or when I’m off, I can come here to see you since you’ll still be in school.”

“That sounds smart.  I think a place here would be smart.”

“Okay, so how about we start looking this weekend then?”

“Are we rushing this?” I ask feeling suddenly nervous.

“I guess a little bit.  Do you want to wait?”

“No,” I say truthfully, “I love
you; I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

“Then it doesn’t matter how soon we do all of this,” he says as he leans down to kiss me.

“You’re right.  Let’s do this by the end of May, and then we can live together before you have to leave.”

“Good,” he says as he kisses me, “Now, that we have that out of the way, I think it’s time we practice for our honeymoon,” he says as he pulls my shirt over my head.

“I like the way you think,” I say as I grab his shirt and do the same.  I can’t help but admire the sexy view of his body.

“You drive me crazy woman,” he says as he pulls my jeans off my body, discarding them like they’re nothing, along with my thong.

“Do you have a condom with you?” I ask as I try to get his pants off.

“Yep, though anytime you want to go bare, let me know.”

“What?” I ask surprised.

“Baby
, you’re about to be my wife.”

“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean we want kids yet,” I say shocked by his comment.

“If it were to happen it happens, it will happen one day anyway baby,” he says as he leans down and takes a taut nipple into his mouth, sucking hard.

“Oh yeah,” I moan as I run my hands through his sexy blonde hair.
  He continues to lick and suck as he twists and pulls at my other nipple arousing all parts of me.  He continues his way south until he hits my core, “Shit, God Liam, oh yeah, please don’t stop,” I moan as he continues to lavish my sacred spot.

He continues to drive me crazy, drawing me closer and c
loser to the end, before I finally call out in pure ecstasy.  He reaches down to his jeans and pulls out a condom, sheathing himself quickly and lining himself at my entrance. “Hard or soft baby?”

“Hard, definitely hard,” I say as he thrusts hard into
me. “Ahhh shit, yes,” I moan as he moves in and out, I move meeting him thrust for thrust, building me up quickly again, when Liam suddenly stops and pulls out of me, “What are you doing?”

“Turn over baby,” he says as he waits for me to get on my hands and knees.  I do as I’m told and he thrusts into me again
, causing a new round of yearning in me.  I move allowing him to drive deeper into me, wanting to take every blessed inch of him.  He continues his assault on my body until he has us both screaming out in utter satisfaction.  “Holy shit,” he says as he collapses on my back.

I drop
on the bed taking Liam down with me, not caring that his body weight is on me.  He moves off me quickly and pulls out to discard the condom before coming up beside me.

“I love what you do to my body,” I mumble.

“Me too,” he says with a sexy smirk, “Do you want to watch a movie?”

“Sure, just give me a moment to move,” I say feeling slow. 

Liam starts laughing at me, “Did I wear you out that bad babe?”

“No, I say as I flip over, we will be doing that again,” I say as I grab ahold of his dick, stroking it up and down.

It doesn’t take him long to remove my hand, “Let’s take a short break,” he says still laughing and smiling at me.”

“Why?”

“My little nympho, I’m not going anywhere.  We have all night,” he says as he kisses my forehead.

“Good, you better not leave,” I say as I snuggle into his side, “I love you.”

“I love you too baby.”

“Do you think we can make it?”

“In marriage?” he asks sounding confused.

“Yeah.”

“I get it’s not going to be easy with me traveling for football and you in school, but I love you Hails, I think we can make it through anything, but we have to trust one another.”

“I do trust you.”

“I trust you too baby, but promise me, if you ever have a concern, come talk to me, don’t run from me.”

“I promise,” I say as I lean up to seal it with a kiss.

The rest of the evening is spent hanging out with Liam until we head to bed for the night.

Chapter Sixteen

Before I know it school is out, Liam’s now graduated and its two weeks until our wedding.  I still haven’t talked to Kenzie or Brody, even though they have both tried to contact me numerous times.  Brody and Kenzie are still together, though I’m not sure why. It makes no sense to me, but it’s no longer my problem.  I told Mom that Kenzie is a bridesmaid and I asked her through text in which she replied absolutely.  I believe it’s smarter to have her stand beside me, than possibly causing problems for me later.  This way I can see what she’s doing before she does anything.

Liam and I are home figuring out the last of the details
before the big day.  He bought a house in Michigan by the school; that way, we can still be there together when he has time off.  Quinn is going to live with me during the football season, which I’m so happy with.

“What do you need me to do?” M
om asks as she comes into the living room.

“I think I have everything done, we just need to wait to hang it all up.
”  Liam and I are getting married in my parents’ backyard.  There’s plenty of room and we have a gazebo that will work perfectly.  Rebecca and Quinn are coming to stay with us next week to help with the decorations and anything else that could come up.  It’s going to be a small ceremony, just family and a few friends.

“Don’t you think we should talk?” Ke
nzie asks when Mom leaves the room.

“Sure, have a seat. What do you want to talk about?” I ask nonchalantly.

“Are you seriously going to marry him?” she asks bluntly.

“Yes, why would I not marry him?”

“You two are never going to last.  You haven’t even been dating a year.”

“So, I know him, we’ve known him forever.  Why wouldn’t
we last?”  I ask angrily.

“He’s going to cheat on you.”

“He wouldn’t sleep with you,” I deadpan.

“It’s not like he didn’t want to,” she says with a serious face.

“I think if he wanted to, then he would have.”

“You’re wrong.”

“How are you and Brody still together if you want other people?”

“Because I love him.”

“Then why did you try to sleep with Liam for over a year Kenz?” I ask infuriated.

“Seriously Hails, we both wanted that man since we were kids.  Why would I not try to get him?”

“Because he was with me.”

“But he wasn’t with you.  He was sleeping with you, there’s a difference.”

“So you won’t try to sleep with him now, since we are together right?”

“I haven’t tried to sleep with him in a while.  Do I wish it was me with him instead of you, yes.  You don’t deserve him Haley.”

“Why don’t I?” I ask
angrily.

“Because you aren’t as outgoing as he needs.  He needs a girl who’s there, who can talk and stand up for herself and you aren’t that girl,
and you never have been.”

“I stood up to you.”

“Look how long that took you.  You’ll never be able to give him what he needs.”

“Yet you ask Brody and he’l
l say the opposite, that Liam’s can’t give me what I need.  Why is that?”

“Because he doesn’t think sometimes.”

“Seriously Kenzie, what the hell is your problem with me?”

“You have what I want.”

“You’re right I do and I’m going to marry him, whether you like it or not.”

“We’ll see about that,” she says before walking out of the room.

Deciding I need to see Liam, I need him to put me in a better mood.  I decide to head across the street to see him.  I walk across the street and enter his house.  I don’t hear anything, so I figure he’s probably in the game room, so I head for the stairs. As I start to descend, I can hear arguing coming from Brody and Liam. Great.

“You will never be good enough for her,” Brody shouts.

“Why not?”

“Because, I know you.  You’re going to cheat on her and she doesn’t deserve that.”

“I haven’t cheated on her at all.  What the fuck are you talking about?”

“Please, all those women throwing themselves at you, it’s only going to get worse when you travel, but don’t worry I’ll be there to pick up the pieces,” he says smugly.

“What the fuck does that mean?”

“I’m
gonna transfer to Michigan.  I’ll be there for her when you fuck up. I’ll take care of her, allow her to realize it should be me that she’s with, not you.”

“You little pi
ece of shit,” I hear Liam shout; I race down the stairs.

“What’s going on here?” I ask the two of them.

“We’re just talking,” Brody says quickly.

“Sounds more like arguing to me,” I say as I make my way towards Liam.

“I don’t think you should come to the wedding.  I don’t want you there,” Liam says infuriated.

“Do you want me there
, Hails?”

“Not if you’re going to cause problems.  I’m marrying Liam, you and Kenzie need to get over it, if you can’t
, then you two shouldn’t be there,” I say sternly.

“How are you seriously going to marry him?”

“Because I love him.  That’s what happens when people that truly love each other do, they get married Brody.”

“Then you should be marrying me.”

“No, you were to marry Kenzie, not me.  It was never to be you and me.  We were best friends; you started dating Kenzie.  Why now?”

“Because I didn’t realize how much I wanted to be with you until we reconnected,” he says softly.

“Brody, if you can’t support me and Liam, then I don’t want you there.  We are going to become family when Liam and I get married, you need to accept it.”

“No
, I don’t.”

“And what’s this about you transferring to Michigan?”
I ask.

“You heard that?”

“Yeah, I heard that.  Don’t transfer because I’m never going to be with you.”

“One day, you’ll see,” he says before he walks away.

“Never asshole,” Liam yells as Brody rushes up the stairs.  “Sorry babe, you shouldn’t have had to hear that.”

“I was getting the same bullshit from Kenzie.”

“Seriously?” he asks surprised.

“She’s going to try to stop the wedding.  I don’t know what to do,” I say panicking.

“Baby look at me,” he says as he lifts my chin for me to look into his gorgeous blue eyes, “You and me, that’s all we need to worry about.  They can say what they want, we are still going to get married, do you hear me?”

“Yes, I just don’t want them to ruin our day.”

“They won’t, no matter what they do, they won’t ruin it because we won’t let them,” he says before he gives me a chaste kiss.

“God
, I love you.”

“I love you too baby.
  I think we need to tell our parents though, so they know what’s going on.”

“I think you’re right.”

“Do you want to start with mine or yours?”

“Mine, let’s start there first.”

“Okay, let’s go,” he says as he leads us up towards the stairs.  We make our way across the street, I’m happy to see that Kenzie isn’t home, it will make talking to my parents that much easier.

We fill them in on what’s been happening and what both Kenzie and Brody are saying and trying to do.  My parents are shocked
, to say it lightly.  They can’t believe what she’s trying to do and they inform me that no matter what, she will not ruin my special day.  I couldn’t be more thankful for them right now.

Once we tell my parents we all walk over and fill the Masters in on what’s happening too.  Denise
informed us she could tell something’s been going on with Brody, but couldn’t figure out what, now it all makes sense.  Mr. Masters advises he will talk to Brody, to not worry about anything.

For the next week and a half Kenzie and Brody have left us alone, it makes me even more nervous because tomorrow’s the big day and I don’t know what’s going to happen.  I shouldn’t
have to worry about my own sister trying to stop my wedding, but that’s what I’m worried about.  Ridiculous.

“I can’t believe you’re getting marrie
d tomorrow,” Quinn says happily as we talk in the living room.

“I know
, me either,” I gush excitedly.

“It’s going to be great, he loves you
Hails,” Rebecca says kindly.

“I know he does,” I say feeling blessed.

Before long, Kenzie comes walking into the house with none other than Meg.

“What
is she doing here?” Quinn snaps as all three of us stand up quickly.

“She is here to talk to you
Hails,” Kenzie says looking smug.

“I don’t want to hear anything you have to say,” I say looking directly at Meg.

“Fine, don’t hear me out, but you can at least look at the pictures,” she says as she hands me a small baggie.

“What pictures?” Quinn asks as she grabs the bag.

“I told you he wouldn’t be faithful to you,” Kenzie says joyously.

“Yes he is,” I argue.  I watch as Quinn goes through the few
photos.

“Please
, these photos show and say nothing,” she says shoving them back towards Meg.

“Look again, they are time stamped,” Meg says looking pleased with herself.

“What are they?” I ask as I walk over to see the damn photos.  I grab them and go through the six photos.

“So what
, he hugged you, it’s not the first time,” I say as I move through them.

“Keep looking,” Kenzie says.  The second to last photo is a picture of Liam kissing Meg and the last one shows him carrying her up the stairs.

“You could have changed the date on the pictures, this proves nothing. You two dated before,” Quinn argues.

“It was a month ago sweetie,” Meg says looking proud.

“Liam wasn’t with you a month ago,” Rebecca snaps.

“Yes he was.  He came back to Michigan for a few days and met up with me.” Meg says merrily.

“Did he go back to Michigan a month ago?” Quinn turns to ask me.

“Yes he did,” I say feeling sick.

“We had sex, lots of it too,” Meg says, trying to rub it in my face.

“Get out now,” Quinn yells.

“Fine, but I told you that you would never marry him.  He’s not over me, never will be.  You’ll never be me Haley,” she says before walking out the door.

“I told you,” Kenzie says
arrogantly.

“Get out,” Quinn snaps.

“Sweetie, there has to be an explanation to this,” Rebecca says.

“I think they changed the date, it makes sense,” Quinn says sounding hopeful.

“I need to be alone.  I’ll be back later,” I say as I grab the photos and my purse and keys before heading out the door.  I know I should have confronted Liam right away, but right now I want to process what the hell I just heard and look at the photos.

I drive to the beach to my favorite spot
, knowing I can have some peace and quiet there.

Liam

“Do you want to pass the football with me?” Isaac asks.

“Sure,” I say as I snatch the football from him as we head outside.  I look across the street towards Haley’s house and see Kenzie talking to Meg. “What the hell?”

“Isn’t that Meg?” Isaac asks.

“Yeah, why the hell is she here?”

“You may want to go find out, considering you’re supposed to be getting married tomorrow,” Isaac states.

“Shit, I’ll be right back,” I tell him as I jog across the street. “What the hell are you doing here?” I ask Meg.

“Just came to shed some light on things,” she says smugly.

“What things?”

“I came to apologize.  What I did to Haley was wrong of me, so I apologized to her.”

“You came the whole way out here to apologize?  Why do I not believe you?”

“Believe what you want baby, but it’s the truth,” she says as she walks closer to me.

“I highly doubt that.”

“Baby, how can you marry her?  She’s not good enough for you,” she says as she gets closer.

I take a step back, “She’s better than you could ever be.  Stay the fuck away from her and away from me,” I say before walking into Haley’s house to see what happened.  “Where’s Haley?” I ask Quinn and Rebecca who are sitting in the living room.

“What the hell did you do?” Quinn asks looking pissed.

“I didn’t do anything.”

“Liam, Meg brought pictures, she gave them to Haley,” Rebecca says, sounding calmer than Quinn.

“Pictures…pictures of what?” I ask confused.

“Of you and her making out and you carrying her toward a bedroom,” Quinn yells.

“I haven’t made out with her, what the hell are you talking about?”