Pure Will (8 page)

Want to know what you just saying that-- did to my body? Grrr   Speaking of bodies. Why don’t you send me a pic of yours. :)

My phone buzzed again before I could respond

Did I just text grrrr? Shoot me now

With my phone camera I took a pic of my painted toe nails and hit send. A minute later he responded.

Excellent. That should get me through the night.

God…he so got me.

How is it that I know nothing about you but yet I feel I know you better than I know myself? This is crazy, Will. Scary.
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Four of the longest minutes of my life went by before my phone buzzed again.

Don’t be scared baby. I won’t hurt you. This feeling inside of me is one of happiness and excitement and maybe I’ve pushed you tonight. This is foreign to me too. I’m sorry.

No! You haven’t pushed! What was I saying?  I suck at this! He responded again before I could.

I tell you what. I’m going to go to bed but I want you to think about three things. 1. Telling Kate. I don’t want to hide you or us. 2. Promise you’ll kiss me tomorrow at some point. I’ve decided it’s like a daily vitamin. 3. Text me 10 things you believe in. I’ll do the same.

I took in a long slow deep breath. Will Denton was perfect in almost every way I could imagine. I responded…

1. OK. Let’s do it. 2. I promise (I’d prefer tonight but if you’re going to make me wait) 3. Starting now? If so, I believe dreams can come true. Goodnight Will.

I lay in bed for 22 minutes waiting for something…anything…nothing.  He must have fallen asleep. Trying to let the adrenaline leave my body, I nestled into my bed with the ceiling fan blowing down and closed my eyes. Then it buzzed. I sprung upright and read the text.

If Kate’s asleep, I left you something on your front porch. 

I leapt out of bed, quietly opened my door, saw that Kate’s door was closed and opened the apartment door. There he was in a pair of sweat shorts and a bro tank with the biggest smile I’d seen him wear.

“Hey,” he said.

“Hey!” I whispered and my smile matched his.

“You mentioned that you’d prefer another kiss tonight so…here I am.”

He opened his arms, and I was truly embarrassed by the elation firing off in my body. With his thumb, he lifted my chin and his lips came down meeting mine. It was even better than earlier. His tongue so soft and tender as it roamed my mouth. A soft whimper escaped my throat as his hands rummaged through my hair, massaging my scalp and holding my head firmly in place. His other hand rested at the small of my back, and I leaned in to him.  He broke the kiss slowly.

“Get your ass inside before I go against what I said earlier about nothing more happening,” he said smiling and pushing my hair behind my ears.

I raised my brows. “And what if I lured you in to my bedroom?”

“I wouldn’t resist even for a second.”

He pecked me on my forehead and started walking down the stairs.

“I can see your window from the parking lot. Lock the door, go to your window then wave at me,” he directed going down a few more steps. “Oh and Camden. I’m starting to believe in love at first sight. Your turn,” he said and walked to his truck.

Doing exactly as he said, I waved from the window, climbed back in bed and decided as much as I wanted to use my toy…I wasn’t going to. I was waiting to be touched by him…and a part of me hoped it would be soon.

Chapter—Will

When I woke the following morning, the covers were tented due to my thinking about Cam before going to bed and instantly upon awakening. Immediately, I reached for my phone.

I believe in supporting soldiers even if you don’t support what they may be doing.

Damn…I was going to marry this girl. There was no way she could have understood what this meant to me. If only Matty could have seen her. Met her. I hated the war he fought in but supported him with every part of me.  Wrote him.  Skyped him. In December it would be a full year. My phone buzzed again.

I smiled when her full name flashed across the screen: Camden

I believe in getting up early to see the sun rise even if I go back to sleep. WAKE UP!

I texted her back.

I’m awake. Watched the sunrise then went back to bed.
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Really?? :)

No…
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:(

Ah hell no! My girl wasn’t going to frown.

Starting tomorrow I will be getting up for every sunrise. Hell, I just won’t go to bed.
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:))

Since it’s Saturday I was thinking we could do breakfast
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OK!

I smiled and texted again.

And lunch
   Send

OK!!

Another smile.

And dinner 
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OK!!!

God I loved exclamations points! The covers were tented again. Damn…at this point, the way I was acting was pathetic. I’m glad the covers were tented; at least it proved I still had my dick. I’d only kissed this girl. I couldn’t imagine how whipped I’d be once she had that part of me too. I chuckled and then decided to call. She answered almost immediately.

“Hi,” she whispered.

“Have you told her?”

She giggled. “Well, good morning to you too.”

“Cam. A good morning would be me waking you up and I can’t do that until you tell her, sweet pea.”

A quiet sigh echoed over the phone.

“I’m not trying to push you. I promise. You do what you think is best,” I said.

“Will, I want to tell her. But last night she brought it up and she’s struggling a little bit.”

Shit. I didn’t realize Cam was struggling too but I heard it in her voice.

“Struggling with what?”

“Just how. Since you. I think that. Not understanding. God, I don’t know…”

Wow. This girl of mine was always quick on her feet and witty. Whatever was happening there made her speechless.

“Understanding what, Cam? Talk to me.”

She sat silent for a little bit so I let her. Finally she spoke. “She doesn’t understand how you can like someone when things were good?”

“Things were good? We never had a date and we never talked! We hadn’t talked in a week!” I’d raised my voice without intending to.

“She was talking about the…being together,” she spoke softly and I wanted to hold her so badly.

“Being together? As in…”

“Yes,” she said before I could finish.  “Apparently
that
was pretty incredible,” she whispered.

Hearing the slightest inflection of pain in her voice crushed me. I had no right to be angry but I would fix this. Her hurting would never be right in my world.

“Cam. I’m taking a shower. I’m coming over. I’ll be there in one hour.  We are telling her together.”

“But…”

“No buts. I’ll see you soon baby.”
 

Camden hadn’t called or texted so even though I was pretty direct with her about what was going down, she hopefully understood and was ready.  I parked the truck and headed up the stairs. She met me at the door.

“She isn’t here right now,” she said not meeting my eyes.

“Don’t look down. Look at me. This is right. This is what we should do,” I explained as we walked into her apartment.

She nodded. Once the door was closed, I took her in my arms and she melded her body into mine. My heart overflowed with…love?

“I’m nervous,” she said softly.

I pushed the hair from her face and brushed a peck over her lips.

“I know and I understand. I’m going to be right here with you. As long as that’s what you want.  You want me to stay, don’t you?”

Her unsure green eyes slowly found mine. “Please stay.”

Hugging her again, I said, “You got it.”

Forty-five minutes later, Cam stiffened and said, “I hear her coming up the stairs.”

With my hands, I gently rubbed her back. She suddenly stood and said, “Let’s go in the kitchen. Let’s make…”

“Sit,” I said holding her in place. “It’s going to be OK.”

That’s when the front door opened and Kate walked in carrying a couple of Dillons sacks.

“Hey, Will. Cam.  What’s up?”

Cam barely smiled. This was going to be up to me.

“Need help?” I asked and took a couple of bags.

We carried the bags into the kitchen and at least Cam followed. She helped empty the bags and put the groceries away. Once everything was in its place, Kate turned to me and asked, “Did you want to come into my room?” she asked. “I know what you said last night but...”

“I’m not here for you Kate.” I just said it. Flat out. No screwing around. Cam looked down, and I reached for her hand and with that gesture she smiled and glanced up at me. I winked at her.

“What do you mean?” Kate asked and her eyes darted from mine to Cam’s and back.

“I mean I’m here to see Camden.”

Cam cleared her throat. “We…”

“Wait!” Kate raised her voice. “Camden? You and Cam? Cam! You and Will?”

I watched as Cam swallowed and took in a deep breath then nodded.

Kate walked toward me and that was fine, I’d rather her be angry with me than Cam. “
This
is the someone you like?” she asked.

“Yes,” I stated matter of fact.

We were near face to face. “Have you fucked her?”

Respecting Kate was important because she was my girl’s best friend. She was like Bubba Gump to Forrest. They were like Lucy and Ethel. Like Betty and Wilma.  Oprah and Gale. What happened in the next few minutes was critical. 

“No. We have not been together,” I said.

“So last night, when you two were together, you weren’t talking about me?”

I shook my head. “Nope.”

“And you are serious that you didn’t fuck her?”

“There has been no…fucking!” I said flinching with the way that came out.

Kate rocked her hip to the side placing her hand on one hip and shooting the other arm out with a finger pointing. I think she was going to tell me to get out.

“Let me tell you something Will. This is MY girl! She is the best girl you could ever find in the entire world. She is sweet and kind and her heart is made of gold. She is nothing like me. If you ever hurt her, I swear to God, I will cut your nuts off! Do you understand?”

A slow smile crossed my face and I pulled Cam closer to me. “I understand. I won’t hurt her.”

Kate grabbed a handful of my shirt and yanked me close to her and I let her.

“And one more thing…you take her in that bedroom right now and strip her naked and get down and dirty with that girl!”

“Kate!” Cam finally spoke up with a smile full of relief.

No wonder Cam was so quiet. She couldn’t get a word in with this best friend of hers. Regardless of Cam’s objections, Kate shoved me and Cam both toward the bedroom and banished us there telling us not to come out for 2 full hours, which was fine by me.

And as Kate winked at me when she pulled the door closed, I swore to myself that this girl who was so good to Cam, I would viciously protect as well.

Cam giggled and buried her nose in my chest.

“That girl loves you,” I whispered pulling her hair up to my nose.

“I know. But I wasn’t sure how much she liked you,” she said.

Gently palming her face with my hands, I looked into her eyes.  “It wouldn’t matter to me if Megan Fox wanted my schlong at this point,” I said.

She shoved me backward. “If Megan Fox wanted you to nail her…I’d watch for good measure.”

We both laughed and I sat on her bed. 

“Come here,” I said pulling her to my leg. Her feet dangled between mine when she sat, then I laid back.  Her head rested on my chest and I wasn’t sure there was a better feeling in the entire world.

“Will?”

“Yes?”

“If you get to knock it out with Megan Fox, who do I get?”

I smiled as I stared up at the ceiling fan dragging my fingers through her hair.

“You get me,” I whispered.

“No really,” she teased.  “I deserve a treat too.”

“I’ll buy you some ice cream,” I said and lifted her up to where she rested on top of me. “Now shut up and kiss me.”

Chapter—Kate

Quietly, I closed my door and curled up on my bed in a ball. The tears silently fell as I listened to them giggle on the other side of the wall. Camden deserved happiness after what Max had done to her, but I was sort of psyched about Will Denton. 

Typically, I never wanted to see a guy more than a few times, but Will was growing on me. Plus he was freakishly hot.  Watching the way he looked at her, the way he held her hand, the way he spoke in her honor, made my heart ache. I wanted that so badly. Someday, right?

I had to support this. Staying away from Will was a must. I could never hurt Cam. I’d had the perfect parents, the perfect family…she’d been robbed of her mother and for the most part a loyal father.

Being by her side while she called what Max did to her love.  She was so young, and he violated her horribly. And only because some of what he did felt good, she claimed to enjoy it. But now I knew. I knew how much she had grown to hate him. Finding him on our doorstep about once a year was hard on her. Devastating to her. One time he was here and she never knew because I ran him off.

It still annoyed me that he felt he owned her in some way. And she had never moved past it.  If Will could help her with this…more power to him.  As much as my heart hurt right now, she deserved it.  She deserved love and happiness.