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A Tale Of Two Men

By: indigoharvey



Chapter One: Adrianna

You know those days when nothing goes right no matter how hard you try? I was having one of those days, I had woken up and found out that my shower was only running cold water, then I had found that I was out of coffee and when I had run out to my car it refused to start. Groaning and slamming my fist against the steering wheel, I checked my watch. I had fifteen minutes to get to work and I had no money for a cab, I scrambled out of the car and ran back into my apartment building and up to the floor just below mine. It was a quarter to six on a Saturday morning and I hoped that Jack was awake or I was screwed, I banged on his door until I heard someone unlocking it on the other side. It was pulled open not by Jack but by a woman wearing nothing but a flannel shirt, she looked at me curiously as I just stared at her blankly.

"Hi, can I help you?" She asked when I remained silent.

"Oh." I shook my head to get my brain working again "Is Jack up yet?"

"How do you know Jack?" She asked instead of answering.

"I'm his friend and I really need his help right now, is he awake?"

"Not yet." She grinned "Of course you're just a friend, why would he be into a girl as plain as you? If you even are a girl." 

"Fuck this." I sighed and push past her, Jack's apartment was a typical guys place. He had a sofa and a wide screen TV by the door as you went in and a pool table over by the windows, I walked past his open plan living room and kitchen and through the door that led to his bedroom. I found him sprawled on his front with the sheet drawn up around his waist and his tanned muscular back on display, I sighed and slammed the door in the face of the blond about to walk in.

"Jack!" I yelled, he jolted awake and rolled over. I was briefly distracted by the sight of his wide chest and washboard abs before my eyes made their way up to his face, his dark brown hair was rumpled and sticking up all over the place and his chocolate eyes were tired and confused.

"What? Ade?" He frowned up at me.

"Yes, it's me. Your apparently asexual friend, I need your help."

"Asexual?" 

"Never mind, your flavour of the week pissed me off. My car won't start and I'm late for work." 

"What time is it?" He asked as he sat up, careful to keep the sheet in place.

"Five to six, my shift starts at six." 

"It's Saturday, why are you waking me up?" 

"Ugh! You're so annoying, where are your keys?" I looked around "I'm stealing you car and leaving you in bed with Miss America." 

"God... wait I'll drive you, I need my car today."

"Well hurry up I cant be too late or I'll be in deep shit." I growled and left the room, the blond was waiting for me with her arms crossed over her chest. "Don't look so pissed, he wouldn't have called you anyway."

"You cant know that." 

"Actually I can, he never calls them back."

"It only takes one."

"And I highly doubt that you're it. He probably picked you up in a bar, brought you back here and screwed you senseless. This morning he will tell you that while last night was fun he just isn't looking for a serious relationship and it would be unfair to you to continue this, sorry." He had said the same to many other girls.

"Well, we'll just wait and see." She scowled at me, I sighed and stepped past her into the living room. Jack stepped out of his room a moment later and grimaced upon seeing the blond, he handed her some clothes and sighed.

"Crystal... I really had fun last night and you're a great girl-" He began but she cut him off.

"Don't. Fuck you." She shoved her feet into her shoes and stomped out of the apartment.

"What was that all about?" Jack frowned over at me.

"Who knows?" I shrugged and started for the door "Come one, we need to get going."

"Damn you and your early starts." He grumbled as he followed me, I jogged down the stairs and out the door until I reached his blue pick up truck. "What's wrong with your car again?" He asked as he started his own car.

"I don't know, do I look like a mechanic to you?" I looked up and saw his gaze running over the pair of dark blue scrubs I was wearing.

"Nope, you look like an nurse." He teased.

"Doctor, thank you very much." I scowled, in no mood for his teasing.

"Somebody got out on the wrong side of bed this morning." He sang. 

"I'm just having a bad day ok? I have no hot water, no coffee and I'm going to be late for rounds." 

"How about this, I will check out your car and your hot water? I'll even stop by the store and get you some coffee." 

"Thanks." I mumbled "Sorry about ruining your morning."

"Nah, it's not that bad. I need to go over to the site later anyway" 

"Sure." We stayed silent for a while before I couldn't hold it back any longer "Crystal? Seriously, where do you find these women?" 

"Do not start, I met her at a bar. She was crawling all over me, what was I supposed to do? Say no?"

"Yes, yes you should have said no." I laughed. "She was such a cliché, was she a stripper as well?" 

"No, actress."

"Wow." 

"What has you so judgemental today?" 

"Nothing. Just tired and grouchy, I'll see you later." I told him as we pulled to a stop in the emergency bay at the hospital, I threw open the door and stepped out.

"Hey Ade!" He called after me "You ok though? Her calling you names and shit cant have been nice."

"I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself." I smiled and slammed his door shut, my friend Cassidy caught up with me by the automatic doors and slipped her arm through mine. 

"And who is the hottie? Please tell me he's the reason you're late." She winked at me as we walked in.

"Nope, my car is the reason I'm late. That's Jack."

"Say no more, is he single?" 

"Yes, and he has a new girl every night. Trust me when I say he isn't going to settle down any time soon." 

"Damn, I need me a husband." 

"You're twenty seven, you have plenty of time. We both do." Me and Cassidy were the same age and had met in medical school, we roomed together as well and then had done our internships and residencies at the same hospital. 

"I suppose so, hey come out with me tonight. Me and a couple of my friends are going out for drinks."

"Hmm, I don't know..."

"Come on, we can get you all made up. You'll be a knockout." She turned to face me and grabbed my hands.

"Sorry, another time though. Yeah?" 

"You're going to have to say yes one of these times you know." She grinned "We'll get you laid yet." 

"Shut up, we have sick people to tend to." I laughed at her as we walked through into the ER. 



Chapter Two: Jack

I arrived at the construction site at about seven am, the guys already working were surprised to see me that early but shrugged it off. I had taken over my fathers construction firm when he had retired two years before but I had been an employee for years, we were currently working on an apartment building on the outskirts of the city and we were close to finishing. I walked over to where Evan was looking over some plans, Evan had been working with the company almost as long as I had and we had become friends over the years. 

"Hey man, you're here early." He commented as I joined him.

"Yeah, I took Ade to work 'cause her car wouldn't start." 

"Oh, right then. You two live together?" 

"No, she has the loft above me. She woke me up to ask if she could borrow my truck but I offered to take her." 

"Didn't you take that chick home last night?" He frowned at me, Evan had been at the bar with me when I met Crystal.

"Yeah, she left this morning though. What's going on here?" I asked to get off the subject.

"Just checking over the plans for the penthouse apartment, I'm working up there today." 

"Alright then, I'll be in the apartment below you so yell if you need anything." I told him before grabbing my stuff and heading up into the building. We worked for hours on putting down the flooring and stopped for lunch when it was time, when I went back up I joined Evan in the penthouse and helped him with the doors. He was cutting the wood with an electric saw while I fitted the hinges, I had just finished when I heard a curse from behind me and turned to see Evan pressing a hand over his bleeding arm. 

"What the fuck?" I asked as I went over to him.

"Saw slipped, shit that hurts." He winced, I moved his hand away and saw the long gash that stretched across his arm and was dripping with blood.

"You need stitches, come on I'll drive you." I lead him downstairs and snagged a semi clean towel that he could wrap around his arm, I left one of the other men in charge so I could drive over to the hospital. Once there we had a nurse lead us both over to a bed in a very busy ER and were told to wait for a doctor, she handed Evan a chart to fill out and pulled the curtain around us. 

"You don't need to be here man, I can manage." He told me.

"You cant write" I reminded him, he had cut his right arm- which was the one he used to write. 

"Damn, you're right. Help me out would you?" He held up the chart and with his help I managed to fill out his information, I had just finished when the curtain was pulled open and I looked up to see Ade standing there with a professional expression. 

"Hey Ade." I smiled, she looked up and blinked before her face settled into a smile.

"What are you doing here?" She asked as she stepped in and pulled the curtain behind her, she rolled a stool over to the end of the bed Evan was perched on and sunk down onto it.

"I drove." 

"Ahh, chart?" she held her hand up for it after pulling on a pair of latex gloves, I handed it to her and watched as she looked over the information before she looked up and smiled. "Evan Stewart, cut his arm with a power saw?" 

"That would be me, yes." Evan looked sheepish.

"No problem, I'll stitch you up and give you a shot. You'll be fine." She smiled at him. 

"Did I hear Jack call you Ade? Are you Adrianna?" Evan asked as she went to work on his arm.

"Yep, Adrianna Clarke. Nice to meet you, I take it you two work together?" 

"Evan is my right hand man, that is before he tried to slice off his own right hand." I grinned.

"Thanks for that." He scowled at me before looking back down at Ade. "I have heard a lot about you, it's a pleasure to finally meet you." 

"Thanks, I hope all you've heard is good?" 

"Oh it is, he never mentioned how beautiful you are though." He smiled down at her and I frowned. Was he flirting with her? "You must be the hottest doctor I've ever had." He fucking was flirting. The bastard. 

"Thank you." Ade smiled up at him under her lashes.

"You're welcome, you're very good at this as well." He pointed at where she was stitching up his arm.

"It took a long time to get this good." She assured him.

"Everything takes practise." He winked at her. Winked! I watched in stunned silence as they flirted with each other, after a while Ade finished with the stitches and went to find a bandage. 

"Can I ask you something?" Evan turned to me. 

"Sure." 

"Would you mind if I asked Adrianna on a date?" 

"Err, what?" 

"I just thought I'd ask in case you and her... never mind." He cleared his throat and looked away.

"Wait, you thought me and Ade were together? Why would you think that?" 

"Well... why wouldn't you be? She's smart, funny, kind... gorgeous. And you spend like all your time with her, I figured you were into her."

"We're just friends man, I've known her for ten years. There isn't anything romantic or anything between us." I told him with a frown.

"So I can ask her out?" 

"Free country." I muttered as I looked over at where Adrianna was chatting to a nurse, her long caramel coloured hair was pulled back into a ponytail but it was still long enough to reach halfway down her back and I knew it fell to the small of her back when it was loose. She was wearing a pair of dark blue scrubs that were loose enough to hide her figure, she normally wore loose clothes so I was surprised that Evan thought she was hot. "Hey, I'm gonna head out to the car, meet you there ok?"

"Sure." He nodded before calling my name to stop me "You got any tips? You know anything I should know before asking her?"

"Erm..." I frowned "She loves the Chinatown, and her favourite restaurant is the Emerald Dragon. Take her to dinner there and then walk through Chinatown for a while, she's from there so she loves it." 

"Thanks man, I thought she looked a little Asian." He nodded.

"Sure, see you." I walked out and thought about walking past Ade but I decided to stop and say goodbye, when I tapped on her shoulder she looked up at me with a smile and I found myself just looking at her. She had smooth golden skin that I knew stayed the same all year round and full lush lips, her big blue eyes were slightly tilted from her Asian background and her bone structure spoke of her ancestors. 

"You ok? You're staring at me." She arched an eyebrow at me when I remained silent.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine. I'm heading out now though, you want to come over and hang tonight?" 

"You not going out to pick up another Crystal?" 

"No, god no. And I'm kind of tired after someone woke me up at six am." I reminded her to get off the topic of Crystal, why I had taken her home with me was beyond me. She wasn't even that hot. 

"Sorry, but yeah I'll come over about seven? You want to get take out?" 

"Yeah, pizza ok?" If Evan was going to take her for Chinese it made sense to order something different.

"Sounds good, I've got to go and bandage your friend. Watch yourself around the power tools." She grinned and moved to walk past me, I stopped her so I could give her a quick hug and found myself focusing on the feel of her soft, warm body against mine. I even inhaled the sweet vanilla scent of her before pulling away, she looked at me curiously before striding back to Evan. As I walked out to my truck I found my thoughts focusing on her and why it suddenly bothered me that she was going to go out with Evan, I knew that she had dated before because I had even met some of them but it had never bothered me before. All of a sudden the idea of her walking hand in hand with Evan, kissing him and even going to bed with him had me clenching my fists and glaring at the dashboard. I couldn't be interested in Adrianna. Could I?

By five past seven that night I was cranky and pissed off, after taking Evan home I had driven back to the site to finish work. I had left at about half six and sped home to shower and change into jeans and a plain t-shirt ready for when Adrianna came home, but she was late and I was getting annoyed. I had heard her come home about fifteen minutes ago so I knew she was in and I was debating going up to find her when my front door opened and she walked in. She had also showered as her hair was wet and hanging freely down to her hips and she had changed into a pair of loose jeans and an overlarge sweatshirt, when she saw me pacing in front of my breakfast bar she stopped with a surprised expression. 

"Oh shit." She sighed "He told you didn't he? I can cancel if you want." 

"Huh?" I frowned at her in confusion.

"Evan asked me out and I said yes, I was worrying that you would find it weird if I went out with your friend. If you really want me to cancel I will." She looked at me with those big blue eyes and suddenly I did want her to cancel but not for the reasons she thought. 

"No it's fine, I don't mind if you date Evan." I lied.

"Oh good, we're going out tomorrow cause it's my night off." She grinned and moved to sit on my couch. 

"Where are you going?" I asked as I joined her. 

"Emerald Dragon." She grinned "Did you tell him to take me there?" 

"Nope." I lied, she looked so pleased by the fact that he was taking her to her favourite restaurant that I couldn't ruin it for her "He's a smart guy, probably figured out that you're from China."

"I'm not from China, my grandmother is from China." She reminded me.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm off to order pizza, pick a movie" I climbed over the back of the sofa and walked over to the phone so I could order the pizza. We hung out and watched an action movie until Ade announced that she was exhausted from work and was going to bed, I told her I would see her later and let her shuffle up to her apartment. Once she was gone I miserably padded into my room and collapsed onto sheets that still smelt of sex, I hated the thought of sleeping in the bed when it still smelt like Crystal so I grabbed a pillow and a blanked and headed out to sleep on my couch. I had never had such an aversion before and had even taken other women to bed while it still smelt like my last bed buddy, but for some reason I couldn't stomach it anymore. 

The next morning I woke up after an uncomfortable night on the couch and decided to go for a run, when I came back I noticed that Adrianna's car was gone and I frowned. Shrugging it off I ran upstairs to take a shower, I was still in a bad mood so when there was a knock on my door I scowled and finished ramming my legs into my jeans before jogging out to answer it. 

"I need your help, I know I'm getting annoying with this but I really do." Adrianna looked up at me with a pleading expression. 

"What's up?" 

"My shower still won't work and I need to have running water for tonight." 

"Planning on inviting Evan up for a shower?" I couldn't stop myself.

"No." She glared at me "But I like to be clean, could you come and take a look?" 

"Sure, let me grab my stuff and I'll be up." I told her, she nodded and turned to run up the stairs to her apartment and after grabbing my tool box I followed. Adrianna lived in one of two loft apartments in the building and the elevator didn't reach that floor so there was a flight of narrow stairs leading up there, I stopped on the hallway and looked over at Adrianna's red painted front door before walking through into her apartment. I loved Adrianna's apartment, it was a loft and it had bare brick walls except for the bright blue wall on the right. She had a flat screen up on the blue wall and a soft and comfy dark leather sofa in front of it and a coffee table covered with several books and medical journals, Ade was stood in her black and white kitchen pouring two cups of coffee and I strode across her dark hardwood floors and into her kitchen.

"So what's wrong with your shower?" I asked as I picked up my cup.

"Well I thought it was just my hot water but..." She trailed off as she walked out of the kitchen and down the short hallway, we went through her vibrant green bedroom and I paused to look around. Her walls were painted a vibrant bright green and her huge double bed was covered in white sheets with green vines sewn into it, there was a wall of glass on the outside wall and more hardwood floors.

"Are you going to come and check out my shower or stand here looking around my bedroom?" she arched an eyebrow at me. 

"I'm coming, I was just looking at the changes. You redecorated" I commented.

"I got sick of the red, thought I'd go more summery" she grinned, I followed her into the huge en suite bathroom I had helped put together. There was water spewing out of the taps and into the bathtub, Adrianna stopped next to the huge claw foot tub and pointed at the fountain of water.

"I can fix that really easily, and free." I grinned and dropped my tool box to the floor as I crouched next to the tub. 

"Thank you so much-" She broke off as someone knocked on her door "You go and get that, I'll get started in here." I told her, she smiled and ran out of the door. I listened out as she answered the door and gathered that it was someone she knew, their footsteps echoed on the wood flooring as they walked about and I listened for their conversation. 

"Thanks for coming." Adrianna was saying.

"Oh I happy to help, and I brought some helpers too." Another woman told her, some music started playing and I tuned it out as I worked on her shower. By the time I was finished a half an hour later I was soaking wet and my hair was dripping trails of water down my face, I snagged a towel from the heated rail and used it to towel dry my hair as I walked out into the living room. Adrianna was sitting on the sofa with two women sat on either side of them, I remembered seeing the blond one at the hospital but the dark haired one on her other side was a complete stranger.


A Tale Of Two Men



"Well hello there." The blond looked up at me as I walked in.

"Oh, hey you finished?" Adrianna asked.

"Yeah, you should be fine now." I smiled down at her and dropped the towel onto her table "Who're your friends?"

"Oh, this is Cassidy Garrett- she works with me at the hospital." She pointed to the blond who waved "And this is her roommate, Hunter." 

"Hey, I'm Jack." I waved briefly at them.

"Wow, why aren't you two sleeping together?" Cassidy asked Adrianna.

"We're just friends." Adrianna looked at her pointedly. 

"Ok then... I'm going back down to my place, shout if you need anything." I told her before making my escape. For the rest of the afternoon and the start of the evening I listened to the sounds of the women walking about above me and the occasional burst of laughter, eventually at around quarter to seven I decided to go and see what was happening. When I knocked on her door it was pulled open by Cassidy, she let me in once I told her I had come back to get my wrench. 

"You have got to see Ade, she looks incredible." She lead me through into the bedroom where Ade was waiting, when I saw her I stopped dead and felt my eyes widen. She had cut her hair and straightened it so it hung in a glossy curtain to a few inches higher than it used to, she was wearing a knee length dark blue dress that hugged her figure and revealed more than I had seen in ten years of knowing her. She had a shockingly tiny waist and full breasts that were pushing up out of the strapless dress she wore, her legs were long and shapely and her arms were tanned and smooth. Her eyes had been lined with dark liner and her lips were a glossy pink colour, she looked so beautiful that I didn't even know how put it into words. 

"I look stupid don't I?" She grimaced.

"No, no. You look... whoa." I finished lamely.

"Thank you." She beamed up at me. 

"So what brought about all of this, I don't think I've ever seen you in a dress." I smiled at her. 

"Well... to be honest it was Crystal's comments yesterday that did it. I realised that I had been working the baggy asexual look for too long, good change?" 

"Very good, Evan is lucky to get to walk around with you on his arm. I'm a little jealous." A lot jealous actually, seeing her all dressed up had reinforced what Evan had said yesterday. I loved her as a friend but it seemed that my feelings were quickly evolving into something else, Jesus- I was even getting semi hard just looking at her in the tight dress and high heels. 

"Stop messing around, why are you here? Except to observe me in all my glory." 

"Oh, I forgot my wrench. I should be going now, have fun tonight." I told her before turning and stepping out of the door.

"Wait! Your wrench." She called after me.

"Oh yes, woops." I ran into her bathroom and picked up the wrench I had intentionally left by the bath. 



Chapter Three: Adrianna

"So, did I do good?" Evan asked as we walked hand in hand through the busy streets of Chinatown, we had gone to dinner at the restaurant and had been walking through the streets for the past twenty minutes. We had talked about a lot of things including my work, his work, our families, our childhoods and our lives at the moment. 

"You did very good, I love Chinatown but I haven't had chance to get out here recently." I smiled as I looked around at the stalls lining the streets and the people running about around us. 

"I like Chinatown, my mom used to bring me here to get herbs." 

"I grew up here." 

"You miss it?" 

"Sometimes, but sometimes it's nice to have the quiet available out there you know?" 

"Yeah I do, I have four brothers and a sister so I know all about noisy, crowded homes." He laughed.

"Sounds hectic." I smiled, we continued talking as we walked down the street. We stopped off at a nearby stall and Evan bought me a sticky rice treat to nibble on as we walked, it was sweet and sticky on my lips and it had been a favourite treat of mine when I was growing up. "How's your arm?"

"Oh, not too bad. It's starting to itch though." 

"Well don't scratch it, I'd hate to have you back in my ER because you scratched your sutures out." 

"That reluctant to see me again, are you?" He smiled down at me. 

"Not at all, I'd just rather see you somewhere other than the hospital." 

"So if you do want to see me again, how about this Friday? Dinner?" He lead me off the main street until I felt my back press against the wall, his body brushed against my front as he stepped up in front of me. 

"Sounds good." I tilted my head back to smile up at him.

"Brilliant." He breathed, he was going to kiss me and I wanted him to. My eyes fluttered shut as his mouth brushed over mine in a tentative touch, he pulled back and smiled down at me before coming back for another kiss. This one was deeper and when his tongue slid along the seam of my lips I opened for him without hesitation, his hands slid along my waist and pressed me up against my body as his mouth melded with mine. "Mmm, you sure you're not available sooner?" He murmured as he pulled back.

"Sorry, I'm on call most of the week." I sighed.

"Oh well, I'll have to wait until Friday then won't I?" 

"Yes, now come on. I want some tea." I stepped away from the window I had been resting on and grimaced as I saw exactly which store it was.

"You ok?" Evan asked when I groaned.

"Sure, can you give me a minute? I need to go in here." 

"You want to buy flowers at eight thirty while on a date?"

"Yep." 

"I'll wait here." He assured me, I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before letting me walk into the shop. The bell above the door chimed as I walked in but it was the loud click of my heels as I walked past the giant displays of flowers that caught the attention of the man behind the counter. My brother Nico looked up and smirked when he saw me, he had the same eyes as me but he had the light blond hair of out father instead of the caramel colour of our half Chinese mother. 

"Don't say a word." I growled.

"I was only going to comment on how nice you look." 

"Mmm-hmm." I arched an eyebrow and walked over to lean on the counter opposite him. 

"So, who is he? And will he be coming to dinner tomorrow?" 

"His name is Evan and he works with Jack, and no he will not be coming tomorrow. This is our first date." 

"Isn't that a little weird, him working with Jack and all?" 

"Why would it be? Me and Jack are just friends, I can date whoever I want." 

"Sure, you've just been pining over Jack since the day you met him and now you're seeing his mate. That's not weird at all." 

"Can it dork, can you do me a favour?" 

"I won't tell them, you're secret is safe here." He grinned up at me.

"Thanks Nico, I owe you." 

"I'll collect, now get lost. I have a date in ten minutes."

"Have fun, see you tomorrow." I waved over my shoulder as I strode out into the street, Evan was waiting where I had left him and he raised his eyebrows when he saw me.

"What happened to the flowers?" He asked as we set off walking down the street.

"Oh..." I frowned and chewed on my lip.

"You wouldn't have made up an excuse to get away from me now would you?" He grinned down at me.

"No, really I didn't. That is my mothers shop and I saw my brother through the window, I went in to ask him to keep this to himself." 

"You ashamed of me?" He asked as he hailed a cab.

"No, far from it. But my family is... intense" I slid into the back seat and Evan gave the cab driver my address before joining me. 

"So if they knew you were on a date with someone they would constantly hound you about it?" He asked me, I nodded and he grinned widely "My family are the same, trust me I get it." 

"Oh good, I'm just not ready to deal with all the questions yet." 

"No problem." He smiled and handed some notes over to the driver as we stopped by my apartment building, we climbed out and he walked me up to the front door before stopping, his smile slipped and his gaze dropped to my mouth "Is it bad that I really want to kiss you again?" 

"No, considering that I was thinking the same thing." 

"Good." He breathed as he leant forward and closed his mouth over mine, his lips were soft against mine and his arms snaked around my waist to hold me tight against him. His tongue thrust into my mouth and I slipped my hands up to grip his short blond hair, I felt his hand slip down to close over my behind so he could urge my body to rub against his. He was hard with arousal and all I could hear was the sound of our heavy breathing and the blood pounding in my veins, his hand gripped the curve of my behind and I moaned into his mouth. A loud throat clearing had us pulling apart to look to our side where Jack stood with a fast food bag clutched in his hand, embarrassment flooded through me and I felt my face heat up. Apparently Evan didn't feel the same.

"Hey Jack, quiet night in?" He smiled.

"Would be if I could get past the guys making out on the stoop." He smirked at me "See someone's going to get lucky tonight." 

"Jack!" I yelled, he was being very crude and acting a little off.

"Just stating the truth, you get your friends to bring you some fancy lingerie as well? Maybe give you some tips?" He smirked at me.

"Hey Jack, man, that's a little uncalled for." Evan defended me and I felt a little spark of joy. 

"Yeah, yeah... can I get past now? I have a date with a bucket of chicken." 

"Fine." I glared at him but stepped aside so he could enter the building. 

"Well that was weird, and he said he was fine with it." Evan muttered as he ran an hand over his hair.

"Fine with what?" I frowned.

"Before I asked you out I checked with Jack to see if he would mind, I wondered if there was anything going on between you two. He said he was fine with it and even gave me tips on where to take you, now he's acting odd." He narrowed his eyes at me "You sure you and him have never..."

"Positive, I'd remember. He's drunk." I sighed.

"Drunk? How could you know? I never smelt anything."

"I know him, he only ever acts like that when he's drunk. And he only ever eats fried chicken when he's completely off his head." I shook my head and sighed again "I'm sorry about this, I'm gonna go and make sure he's ok. See you Friday?" 

"Friday, I cant wait." He kissed me softly before running back down to the cab, I stomped upstairs but instead of going to Jack's apartment I ran up to mine. When I fell asleep that night I had a smile on my face for the first time in months.

Three months later me and Evan were officially a couple, he had informed me of it one night while we laid in bed and then proceeded to explain what it meant. Apparently I could now call myself his girlfriend and he could call himself his boyfriend, we went on dates and we had met each others friends. One morning in September I woke up to find Evan gone from bed and pulled on my robe to walk through to the kitchen, I found him dressed only in his boxers sat reading the paper at my breakfast bar. 

"Morning gorgeous." He pressed a kiss to my bare shoulder where my robe had slipped. 

"Good morning, what plans do you have today?" I asked him as I poured myself a coffee.

"Nothing, in fact I was rather hoping to spend the day with you." I stood and came to wrap his arms around my waist and pull me up against him.

"How would you feel about coming with me to a family thing?" I asked nervously, I wasn't sure if it was moving too quickly or what but I suddenly wanted Evan to meet my family. 

"Really?" I nodded and his face split in a wide grin "Thank God, I've been wanting to meet them for a while but I didn't want to rush you. What's the thing?" 

"Oh, my brother just had a baby. He invited us over to see the baby at home." 

"How old is the baby?" He asked.

"Erm... a month. So you'll come?" 

"Yep, I'm looking forward to it." He grinned and kissed me softly "What time do we need to be there?" 

"Two, at my brothers house on Prescott Street."

"Great, that means we have plenty of time."

"For what?" 

"This." He grinned and picked me up so he could set me down on the counter and then pulled my robe open, his hands rested on my waist and pulled me forward until I was pressed up against his muscular body. His baby blue eyes darkened as they ran over me before he bent his head to my breast, he carried me back into the bedroom and proceeded to put me in a very good mood. Once we had climbed out of bed we made some lunch before I set about getting ready to go to my brothers house, I had recently bought a whole new wardrobe to go with my new attitude so I had trouble picking out what to wear. 

"Hey Evan! Come and help me." I called, he appeared a moment later with a towel wrapped around his waist. 

"What's up? I hope you're not planning on going like that, as much as I like it I think other people might object." He smiled and I looked down at the white lace bra and panties I wore.

"I know that, but I don't know what to wear. I'm new to the whole girl thing, you get me?" 

"You seem to do well to me, just wear whatever you want. You look beautiful in anything." 

"Thanks, go have your shower." I grinned as he padded back into the bathroom. I eventually picked out a pair of jeans and a fitted white and navy striped top before pulling on a navy blazer and slipping my feet into a pair of matching coloured platform heels, I pulled my hair up into a high ponytail and slicked on some make up. "Evan, I'm going to see what Jack wants. He called earlier and left a message asking me to come down and see him."

"Alright, I'll finish getting ready and then join you. We can head out after that." He smiled at me.

"Sure."

"Oh wait, don't we need to take a gift or something?" 

"Nope, I took one when the thing was born. This is just a family dinner, but if you want you can grab a bottle of wine from the counter. See you in a bit." I smiled and walked out into the hall, when I knocked on Jack's door he pulled it open with a smile.

"Hey, come on in." He stepped back to let me in, my heels clicked loudly on the floor as I walked through to his living room. 

"So I got your message, what's up?" I grinned at him as I jumped up to sit on his pool table. 

"Can you give this to your brother? And his wife." He handed me a light blue gift bag.

"What is it?" 

"A gift, genius." He teased "It's a little stuffed animal, a Rabbit."

"Jack, that is so sweet. You can come with us if you want?" 

"Us?"

"Oh yeah... Evan is coming, I'm introducing him to the family." 

"Wow, things must be getting pretty serious if you're doing that. I knew you for a year before I met them, and we weren't even sleeping together." 

"That was different, it was a delicate time. Now it's all good so I decided to take the plunge. So do you want to come or not?"

"Nah, I'm heading over to the site anyway." 

"You didn't need Evan for that did you?"

"Nope, I'm just checking things out. Tell them congrats for me though, and have fun."

"Thanks I will" we both looked up as Evan appeared in the doorway "I'm going now, see you later." 

"See you." Hugged me as I kissed his cheek but then let me go over to Evan. We walked down and climbed into his dark blue SUV and I settled back in the seat as he set off down the road, I felt him watching me and I turned to look at him questioningly.

"Tell me about your family, who's going to be there?" He asked me before I could say anything.

"Oh, my oldest brother Maddox and his wife Beth. They're the baby's parents. My other brother Nico, my parents Morgan and Ivy. I think that's it but my cousin Esme might be there, she moved in with us when she was ten so she's like immediate family now."  

"Right, what's the baby's name?" 

"His name is Jayden."

"Cute name." He muttered as we stopped at a red light, I noticed that he was agitated and fidgety.

"Are you ok? You seem... restless." 

"I'm fine." He suddenly sighed and pulled the car over to the curb "No I'm not, I'm nervous as hell." 

"Why?"

"Because I like you Adrianna, I really like you and it matters what your family thinks of me. I'm terrified they'll hate me and I'll loose you because of it." He confessed. 

"Evan... yes it would be easier if my family agreed with every decision I made but that's just unrealistic. They wanted me to get married and become a mother instead of going to medical school but I didn't listen, and they didn't like the fact that I moved out before I was married but I did it... I've done a lot of things my family don't like and I still do them." I smiled at him "And I'm sure that they'll like you, almost as much as I do" 

"Alright then, you're very good at soothing people." He kissed me quickly before starting the car again.

"It's the doctor thing, we have to develop a good bedside manner." I grinned at him as we sped of down the road, we pulled up outside my brothers house a few minutes later. My brother lived in a red two storey manor house with big windows and white painted frames, we parked by the sidewalk behind my parents car and hopped out to stand on the sidewalk. Evan looked up at the house as I lead him up the stone walkway to the wooden double doors, I stepped in without knocking and called out a greeting. My sister Beth came out from the living room with a big smile on her face, her shoulder length blond hair had been pulled up into a ponytail and she was wearing a simple blouse and a pair of dark jeans. 

"Ade! Hey, how are you?" She asked with a wide smile as she hugged me.

"I'm great, how are you doing since bringing Jayden home?" 

"Tired but it's worth it, who's your friend?" She looked curiously at Evan as he shrugged off his jacket.

"This is Evan Stewart, my boyfriend." I announced, Beth widened her eyes at me as she shook Evan's hand. 

"Nice to meet you Evan, why don't you two come in? You're the last to arrive." She told us as she lead us through an arch into the family room, my father was sat in a cushioned armchair by the window with my mother perched on his lap. My younger brother Nico was on the sofa chatting to my cousin Esme while Maddox was curiously absent, my mothers dark eyes lit up when we walked in and she slid off my fathers lap to walk over to us. Her caramel hair was hanging over her shoulder in a thick braid and she was wearing a floor length skirt and a plain red t-shirt and yet she still looked elegant, she was a few inches shorter than me and I could she Evan's shock at how little she was. 

"Adrianna." She murmured as she embraced me, she turned to Evan with an expectant smile "And just who might you be?" 

"Evan Stewart, ma'am." He shook her hand.

"Now I know your name but I'm lost as to why you're here." She told him and I sighed, my mother had very odd social skills. 

"He is here because he is my boyfriend, and don't even think about starting an inquisition. Be nice." I warned her.

"You act like I'm going to chain him to the wall and torture him, why don't you come and sit down Evan. Nico go and get some drinks." She ordered as she ushered Evan over to the sofa "Adrianna, your brother is upstairs with the baby. Go and say hello." 

"Yes mother." I smiled at Evan and turned to run upstairs, I found Maddox just buttoning up Jayden's clothes in the nursery. "Hey Madd, how's it going?" 

"Great, you're late you know." 

"I know, I know. Here let me hold my nephew." I held my arms out and Maddox handed me Jayden with an indulgent smile, the baby was a soft warm weight in my arms and I cuddled him closer as we walked out. 

"So, have you brought that guy you've been seeing?" 

"Yes, Evan is downstairs. Mom has already got him in her clutches." 

"God help him." He grinned as we started out into the hall "Seriously though, if he's important to you he's important to us. All we want is to see you happy." 




A Tale Of Two Men



"As happy as you?" I smiled up at him "With your wife and baby? Truth is that I want that, I really do."

"Is Evan the one you want it with?"

"I don't know yet, when did you know that Beth was the one for you?" 

"You won't like the answer." He warned me, but I already knew the answer so I scowled at him until he told me. "I knew by the end of our first date, and I was in love by the second. It was instinctive for me but it doesn't happen like that for everyone."  

"I know." I sighed, in truth I had already had one of those moments, the moment when you felt everything shift and you knew that one person was it for you. Unfortunately my moment amounted to nothing and I was left wondering if I would ever feel like that again, I wasn't holding my breath. 

"It'll happen for you, I swear it will." 

"I'm afraid it already has." I sighed, before Maddox could answer me we heard a loud throat clearing from behind us and I turned to see Evan standing there. Shit.

"Hi, you must be Evan. I'm Maddox, Ade's big brother." He held his and out and Evan gripped it in his own.

"Nice to meet you, and I take it that this is your son?" Evan crouched to look at the baby in my arms "He looks like you." 

"I know, Beth says she is going to be covered in grey hairs when she's older because of all the girls chasing him." Maddox grinned "I'm off to help my beautiful wife with the drinks, look after him Ade." 

"Sure thing." I told him as he strode off down the hall, I turned back to Evan and found him watching me with a thoughtful expression "What?" 

"You look good like that, with a baby in your arms." He smiled down at me as he let Jayden grab one of his fingers "You're going to be an amazing mother someday."

"Thanks." I smiled down at Jayden "Do you want kids?"

"Yep, and a wife and a house with a picket fence. Hell even a dog if I can get away with it. You?"

"Yeah, I want all of that too." I smiled up at him. 

"Good, glad we're on the same page." He pressed a firm kiss to my forehead and walked off, I frowned after him with and emotional turmoil going on inside me. Our conversation should have had me bursting with joy but it left me feeling slightly empty, when I pictured my kids it wasn't with Evan's blond hair and blue eyes but with dark brown hair and chocolate eyes. What was I going to do? Could I just carry on with Evan and hope I'd fall for him or would it be better to break up with Evan and announce my feelings to Jack and hope for the best? At least by announcing my feeling it would take away the element of the unknown and help me get some closure. 

"Come on Ade, we're waiting for you." Maddox told me as he sauntered past with a tray full of drinks, I sighed and decided to leave my big decision making task until later. For now I would enjoy the party. 

Hours later at about nine pm me and Evan made our way out to the car, we had spent the day laughing and joking with my family while answering my parents insistent questions. My family apparently like Evan and were much nicer to him than they were to Jack and even looked interested when he talked about his job, the baby had been passed from person to person until he fell asleep in my mothers arms and she refused to let him go. We had eaten the dinner that my mother cooked and I had spent the time looking at how Evan interacted with everyone, my family were very loud and opinionated but still very close and open with their feelings. Evan handled it well and even managed to stop an argument braking out between Nico and Esme, my mother liked him and my father invited him out for a game of golf, Beth and Maddox said that he was welcome anytime and Esme had even hugged him as we left. But despite it all Evan had been slightly distant and withdrawn all day, on the surface he was the loving attentive boyfriend but underneath there was something different. As we had stood by the door and said our goodbyes my dad had taken me aside and told me that if I chose to marry Evan I had their blessing, on top of all my worrying from earlier my fathers words put a real damper on my mood. I sat silently in the passenger seat while Evan talked about how good it was that he had finally met my family, we pulled up outside his apartment and I followed him inside. He stopped once he had closed the door behind me and used a hold on my shoulders to make me look at him, he frowned down at me and rubbed his hands up and down my arms. 

"Ade... I heard you talking to your brother. I heard everything." 

"Evan-"

"Don't, I didn't say anything because I wanted to hear you explain things to me and I didn't want to upset you family. So explain things to me, if I'm not the one you fell for after two dates then who is?"

"Evan it doesn't matter, it doesn't change a thing."

"It changes a lot of things and you know it." He let me go and stormed off to pace across his kitchen floor "It's Jack isn't it? You're in love with him"

"Evan... it doesn't matter."

"Are you in love with Jack!" He yelled at me, I flinched back from the anger throbbing in his voice. 

"Yes! I am and I cant help it, but it doesn't change a thing. Me and Jack are best friends and we have been for years, despite my feelings for him." 

"Of course it changes things, you expect me to try and have a life with you knowing that you will never love me as much as him? Knowing that he will always be there next to you and you will never fully be mine? Do you even know how much it would hurt me to do that?" He roared at me.

"I know it isn't fair but... maybe if I didn't see him anymore-"

"Forget it, you won't be able to leave him. If you could you would have years ago, you must be a real masochist to want to stick around with a man who does not love you."

"Jack is my friend." I insisted but he carried on like I had never opened my mouth. 

"He goes out every night and picks up a different girl to warm his bed, each of them more artificial and bitchy than the last. Trust me when I say that you're not his type." 

"Thanks for that." I picked up my bag from where I had dropped it on the sofa and started for the door "I'm leaving."

"Go on, run to Jack and hop into his bed like one of his little whores." He screamed after me, I ran downstairs and climbed into my car. I made it all the way back to mine before I broke down into tears in my car. 



Chapter Four: Jack

I looked out of my window at the rain pouring down on the city and sighed, the storm had come on quickly in the past half an hour and showed no signs of letting up. Yet that wasn't the reason for my bad mood. Over the past three months I had watched Evan and Adrianna grow closer and closer, I had watched them walking about hand in hand, I had watched them cuddling and kissing affectionately whenever we hung out and I had even heard the sounds of their lovemaking. Every time that happened I felt my blood heat with anger and jealousy, after three months of it I was ready to act. I had decided to come clean to Ade about my feelings, considering that they didn't seem to be going anywhere, and had even asked her to come down to mine to talk but then she told me that she was introducing Evan to her family and I had backed out. Now I was looking out for her car coming back and anxiously waiting for her to return so I could speak to her, I looked down and saw that her car was parked on the sidewalk with all it's lights on. I waited for ten minutes for it to go off and when they didn't I decided to go and investigate, I ran down and out into the rain and over to the drivers side. Ade was hunched over the steering wheel and shaking slightly, I tapped on the window and she jerked upright to look at me.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" I yelled over the noise of the rain, she had tear tracks streaking her face and her makeup was smudged giving her away. 

"Nothing, leave me alone." She muttered as she pushed open the door and hopped out, I followed as she ran through the rain and into the lobby. 

"No, talk to me." I grabbed her arm and pulled her around to face me, more tears spilled over and slid down her cheeks "Come on, I'll make you some coffee and get you comfy." 

"Yeah... coffee." She nodded distractedly but allowed me to usher her upstairs to my apartment and onto my sofa, I wrapped a towel around her shoulder before going and making two steaming cups of her favourite coffee. 

"You want to talk or do you want to veg?" I asked.

"Me and Evan had a fight." She hiccupped, I tried to quell the joy bubbling in me and did manage to prevent a smile spreading on my face. "We yelled and said things... mean things." 

"What were you fighting about?" As awful as it might sound I hoped it was a big fight. 

"It doesn't matter, what's important is that I don't think that this will blow over easily." 

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really but... if I asked you something would you tell me the truth?"

"Always." I promised. 

"Could you date a woman knowing that she would always be partially in love with someone else? Even if nothing could ever happen between her and that other guy, even if she promised to never see him again could you love her?" She set her mug on the table and turned to face me, before answering her I thought about what it would be like to try and share Adrianna with another man. If only emotionally and not physically. I didn't like it.

"No I couldn't, if I was going to be with a woman I would need to know that I was her everything because she would be mine. I don't share and I don't fall in love easily and whenever I find the woman I want to spend my life with I need to know that she loves me as much as I love her." 

"I cant imagine any woman not loving you completely and with all her heart, it's so easy to love you." She smiled sadly and I frowned. 

"Ade I need to talk to you about something, something really important but tonight isn't the night. You've had a fight and you need to relax." 

"Yeah, will you help me forget?" 

"Huh?" I frowned, before I could say anything else she swayed forward and planted her mouth on mine. Her lips were soft and full beneath mine and the second I felt them all my good intentions were shot to hell, it didn't matter that she was hurt and crying, that she was with Evan or that she was my best friend. All that mattered was that she was here and she was kissing me. I tunnelled my hands into her long hair so I could tilt her head for better access as I thrust my tongue into her mouth, she moaned into my mouth and I decided to move things elsewhere. I slid my arms around her waist and picked her up with me as I stood, she wound her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist as I walked through to my room. Once there I set her on her feet and slipped her jacket off her shoulders and slid my hands over her silky smooth skin, she wrestled my shirt up over my head before running her hands over my naked chest. I groaned as she flicked her fingers over my nipples but was distracted when she went to her tiptoes so she could press kisses to my skin, her tongue slid over my nipples and I lost it. I pushed her back until she was standing by the foot of my bed before I pulled her shirt over her head, we both scrambled to get out of our jeans and then she was stood there wearing nothing by a pair of white panties. Her breasts were full and lush and topped with taut excited nipples, I laid her out on the bed before coming over her and cupping the lush weight of her breasts in my palms. When I closed my mouth over one rosy nipple she cried out and arched into my touch, she tasted like sweet vanilla and spice, a heady combination that drove me wild. I worshiped her breasts with my mouth before nibbling a trail down to the waistband of her panties, her skin was flushed with heat and so soft I couldn't help rubbing my jaw over her. Anticipation thrummed in my veins as I hooked my fingers in her panties and pulled them down her legs, once they had been thrown over my shoulder I gripped her smooth thighs in my hands and urged them apart so I could look at her fully. She was squirming and writhing on the bed and her hands were gripping the sheets, I had never seen anything more precious and incredible. 

"You're so beautiful." I breathed. She looked up at me with wide eyes and opened her mouth to say something but I stopped her by spreading her folds with my thumbs and using my mouth on her, I kissed, liked, nibbled and sucked until I felt her body tightening and stilling in anticipation of her climax. When I thrust my tongue into her she exploded around me in a powerful orgasm that had her arching and screaming my name, when I rose up from between her thighs she was limply spread out on my bed, the bed that hadn't seen another woman in almost two months. I shucked my boxers and dug around in my drawer to find a condom before rolling it on, before I could enter her she flipped me over onto my back and moved to straddle me. "What are you doing?" 

"You don't like it this way?" She suddenly frowned and looked slightly vulnerable, I wanted to kick myself.

"Hell yes, I cant wait to see you taking what you want. The view of you riding me would make me more than happy to relinquish control." I smiled at her even though my gaze refused to go further than her breasts and I reached out to feather my fingers over one straining nipple. 

"Oh god..." Ade moaned before reaching down and guiding me into her, I locked my muscles and fought against my release as her muscles closed down around me. She was so wet and aroused that my passage was eased and after a few moments of deep breathing she began to move on me, I slid my hand up to her breasts and tweaked her nipples as she rode me. "Oh god, oh yes... Jack." She dropped her head back and moaned as her movements became more frantic. 

"That's it, come for me sweetheart." I urged through gritted teeth as I felt my climax approaching, she suddenly froze and I swear she even stopped breathing as she came. Her nails bit into my chest before she slumped forward against me, I rolled her onto her back and thrust into her two more times before throwing my head back and letting out a triumphant yell as I came. When I rolled off her to slump on my back she started to pull away I caught her with an arm around her waist and pulled her up against me, we were both covered with a sheen of sweat and surrounded by signs of our lovemaking. I waited until I heard her breathing deepen before sliding out of bed to dispose of the condom, when I came back I leant against the doorway and stared down at her as she slept. She was curled up on her side with the sheet tucked close around her, tenderness gripped me as I looked at her but I was also over come with a sense of rightness. I knew then that she belonged in my bed, my life, I loved her and I wasn't about to let her go now I had only just got her. 

The next morning I woke early but instead of climbing out of bed and going to make coffee I stayed in bed and watched Ade, she was without a doubt the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. The sun filtered in through my drapes and made her skin glow, her face looked so peaceful as she slept that I was loathe to wake her but I knew that she had work in two hours and that she would want to shower and change first. Before I had chance to wake her eyes slowly opened and she blinked dazedly before focusing on me, her eyes widened and she clutched the sheet to her chest. 

"Good morning." I smiled and gave in to my urge to touch by running a finger over the smooth skin of her shoulder. 

"Morning." She whispered "Did we... you know?" 

"Yes, and let me tell you it was incredible." I murmured softly "Did you know that you stop breathing when you come?" 

"Oh god..." She groaned and buried her face in the pillow.

"You say that too." I grinned and urged her face up so I could kiss her, she kissed me back for a moment before pulling away. 

"Stop doing that, don't touch me." She gasped.

"Why not? Ade come on it's me, you don't need to me shy or embarrassed." 

"I'm not being shy or embarrassed, I'm being furious and ashamed and... a whole bunch of other stuff." 

"Why are you furious at me?" I frowned as she stood and took the sheet with her, she threw my discarded jeans at me and I pulled them on quickly.

"I'm not mad at you I'm mad at myself, and a little at you. How could you let me sleep with you? You know I'm with Evan."

"You said you had a fight, a big one and then you kissed me and I couldn't help myself. I know that it was wrong to take advantage while you were vulnerable but I have been going crazy with want for the past three months, I cant get you out of my head." 

"How nice, couldn't you have mentioned this before I got so involved with Evan? I mean god, I have been half in love with you since the day we met and it has taken you almost nine years to catch up." 

"You're in love with me?" I blinked in shock at her.

"God you're such an idiot, of course I am! All that talk last night of being with someone yet loving someone else, how did you not get that it was me and you I was talking about? What kind of imbecile are you?" She yelled at me. 

"Isn't that a little uncalled for, Ade... I want you. Without Evan in the picture, I want to date you and make love to you. Come on babes, give me a chance."

"Why should I? You only think you want me because suddenly your friend found me attractive, would have even looked twice at me if I hadn't had a make over and become serious with Evan? Of course not, because then I wouldn't have been your type and you would never have spared me a thought." 

"That's not fair, Evan didn't want you before the make over either." I pointed out, this was going downhill fast but I couldn't see a way to fix it. 

"Yes he did, he asked me out at the hospital while I was wearing scrubs and no make up! You always treated me like a buddy when all I wanted was for you to notice me as a woman, well it's too late Jack. Last night was a huge mistake and you can guarantee that it will never happen again, in fact from now on don't talk to me. We are no longer friends." 

"Ade come on, lets talk about this. You cant just walk out and never see me again." Panic set in at the prospect of loosing her and I was seriously considering begging.

"We cant talk Jack! I am with Evan, get that into your head."

"So you're going to carry on with him even though we made love last night? That's real classy Ade." 

"Don't you dare get all sanctimonious with me!" She screamed at me "I am so tired of this Jack, I cant do this anymore." She turned for the door but turned back at the last moment "If you ever cared for me at all you will never tell Evan what happened, or should I point out that he is one of your best friends and you just screwed his girlfriend. I get the feeling that he won't be too happy about that. Goodbye Jack." She slammed the door behind her and I slumped to the floor as I heard her stomping up to her apartment, I had just lost my best friend and the only woman I had ever had strong feelings for. I was officially an idiot. 

Later on that day I was laid out on my sofa watching bad TV when there was a loud knock on my door, I grabbed my beer bottle from the table and shuffled to answer it. I hadn't showered or changed so I had rough stubble growing on my jaw, my hair was sticking up in random places and I was still wearing the jeans and nothing else. When I pulled open the door Ade's brother Maddox was stood there looking like he was ready to kill someone, he was a cop too so he could do it. 

"What the fuck did you do to my little sister?" He growled as he stormed past me into my living room.

"Sure, come on. I'm not busy." I muttered as I closed the door.

"Stuff the sarcasm Jack, I've just been to the hospital to see Ade and she looks like hell. What happened?" 




A Tale Of Two Men



"She came over here last night in tears and shaking... her and Evan had a huge fight apparently so I tried to comfort her. As any best friend would do."

"See I'm already not liking this, I've heard about you methods of comfort from my cousin." He growled at me and I winced, I may have slept with Ade's cousin Esme once when she had just broken up with her boyfriend. Apparently Maddox knew about it. 

"She came onto me man, I wasn't going to do anything but then she kissed me. What was I supposed to do?" I shrugged and suddenly his fist rammed into my jaw knocking my head back, he pushed me back against the wall so he could growl in my face.

"You could have said no! you could have told her to go to bed and get some sleep and then call her boyfriend, you could have not had sex with her." He punched me again, this time on my cheekbone. Pain radiated along my cheek and I felt blood trickle down my face. "Evan is good for her, after all these years of her waiting for you to get your act together she is finally happy. Leave her alone, I'm warning you Jack, I will do anything to protect my sister. Remember that." With a parting shot to my ribs he stormed out and left me to wince against the wall, my ribs were throbbing with pain and I suspected that one or more were fractured if not broken. Shit Maddox was strong. Wincing the whole way I drove myself to the ER and followed the nurses instructions to wait behind the curtain for a doctor, I had been sitting there silently for about ten minutes before the curtain was pulled back. 

"You have got to be kidding me." Adrianna growled before stepping in and pulling the curtain for privacy "You better not have made up a- oh my god what happened?" She exclaimed as she saw my face. 

"Your brother stopped by for a visit." I gritted out "He's a pleasant man." 

"I am going to kill Maddox, I told him that I could handle it." 

"You told your massively overprotective cop brother that we slept together? Did you want him to kill me?"

"I didn't say that, he asked me what was wrong and I said man trouble. Anyway that is none of your business, we are no longer friends and right now I am your doctor. What's wrong?"

"I think I broke a rib." 

"Ok, we'll get you down to X-ray once I've fixed your face." She started cleaning the cut on my cheek and we sat in an awkward silence "I'm sorry, by the way, for Maddox hitting you."

"No problem, I'd go through that and a lot more if it meant that you would forgive me." 

"Stop that." 

"No. I cant come up with a stronger word than I'm sorry but I truly am." 

"It doesn't matter, it's over. Me and you are nothing anymore." She suddenly stood and turned to the blond walking past "Hey Cassidy, could you take Mr. Macintyre down to get his X-rays done? I'm on a break." 

"Sure, no problem." Cassidy smiled down at me.

"Ade please, give me a chance!" I called after as she walked away, I swear that when she walked out the door I could actually feel my heart breaking. 




Chapter Five: Adrianna

That night once I made it home from work I still hadn't decided what I was going to do, did I tell Evan what had happened and hope for the best or did I forget it and make up an excuse for why me and Jack were no longer speaking? I had no idea. I still didn't have a clue when I climbed out of my bubble bath and pulled on my pyjamas, or when I poured myself a glass of wine and debated ordering Chinese for dinner. When there was a knock on my door I debated ignoring it but when Evan called out that he wanted to talk I went to open it, he looked awful, unshaven and wearing scruffy jeans and a ratty old t-shirt with bloodshot eyes. 

"Hi. I know it's bad to just turn up like this but when I called you no one answered and I had to speak to you, can I come in?" He asked.

"Sure." I stepped back for him to step and closed the door after him, I folded my arms over my chest and turned to face him. 

"Ade I am so sorry for what I said yesterday, if you think that not seeing Jack will help then I am willing to try it."

"Evan I-"

"Don't, Adrianna I have fallen in love with you. I have and I know it's crazy but I want you to move in with me, that way you won't have to see Jack again and you and I can carry on. Please Ade, I love you." 

"Oh god..." I bit my lip as tears pooled in my eyes, Evan saw and came over to gather me in his arms. Guilt flooded me and my tears flowed in earnest, last night while he had been coming up with this and having his realisation I had been screwing another man. I was awful. "Evan I cant... I cant do this to you."

"Do what to me?" 

"Last night after I left your place... I slept with someone else." I admitted, I didn't see the point in ruining his and Jack's friendship so I would be vague.

"You had sex with another man? Who?" 

"That's not important, I thought you and I were over, I thought that you would never be able to accept my feelings for Jack-"

"It was him wasn't it? You fucked Jack." He started past me for the door. 

"It doesn't matter who I slept with, the point is that I am sorry and I know I made a huge mistake." I took a deep breath and steeled myself "I'm breaking up with you." 

"What?" He glared at me.

"This isn't about what I didn't last night this is about me, you're right when you say that I love Jack and that I will never be fully available for another relationship while I am. So because of that I'm ending this, it isn't fair to you for us to carry on. I am so sorry for hurting you, you have to believe me." I was still crying and couldn't seem to stop, Evan was staring at me with cold distant eyes but I still felt I was doing the right thing. 

"Fine, I wasn't going to stay with you anyway. Not when I know you have a penchant for fucking other men." He spat at me before storming out, once the door had slammed behind him I went and curled up on my sofa as I continued to cry. A couple hours later I had a plan formed in my head, first I rang the hospital and asked for an indefinite leave of absence under the guise of family issues, then I rang my grandmother in China and asked if I could visit her for a while and then I called the airline and booked myself on the first available flight out. I had decided that I needed a break from everything going on and where better to do it than halfway across the world, that way I would have time to think ahead and figure out what I was going to do. I packed bags of clothes and called a cab before notifying my family and a few friends of where I was going, I had a couple of hours to kill before my cab arrived so I spread out on the sofa with a coffee. About an hour before I was due to leave there was a loud knock on my door, I curiously looked through the peep hole in case it was Jack but then pulled it open with a sigh of relief when I saw Cassidy standing there. 

"Hi, I need a huge favour." She said by way of greeting, I looked down at the bags by her feet and frowned. 

"What's up?" I asked as I helped her in with her load.

"Hunter has moved her boyfriend in with out asking and now there is barely any room to breathe in there, could I possibly crash on your sofa?" 

"You didn't get my message did you?" I grimaced.

"What message?" She suddenly saw my bags waiting by the door and frowned "Why do you have bags packed?" 

"I'm going out of town for a while, I'm going to visit my Gran in China."

"For how long?" 

"I'm not sure, I just need to get away for a while you know? I've told the hospital and everything is fine, if they ask my Gran is sick ok? I leave in an hour so you can stay here for as long as you want, in the bed even but please no men." 

"Of course." She muttered distractedly "But why are you going to China? what's happened?" 

"Me and Evan had a fight last night and I slept with Jack, then this morning I had a fight with Jack and he had a fist fight with my brother, then I broke up with Evan." 

"Shit, no wonder you're running to China. I'd be doing the same." 

"I know, I just need to think for a while and work out what I'm going to do about Jack and everything." 

"I get it really I do, so it's ok if I stay here? I'll get your mail and keep it clean, and I won't have any parties or dates over ok?"

"That's fine, stay as long as you want." 

"Shouldn't I change the sheets in your room? I mean you did sleep with Jack last night."

"Yeah, in his apartment. The bed is fine, and I changed the sheets when I got home anyway." 

"Oh good." 

"Could you do me a favour while I'm gone? If Jack comes over or anything do not tell him where I am." 

"I won't I swear, I hope you figure things out. I really do." 

"Me too." 

Two months later

"Get up, now." That order was accompanied by a quick smack on my behind, I jerked upwards out of bed and rolled over to stare at my grandmother. She was a tiny woman with wrinkling skin and long white hair hanging over her shoulder in a braid, her dark eyes twinkled at me with annoyance. I had been staying at my grandmothers house in Shanghai for two months now and it had been going really well, my grandmother used to live in San Francisco with us until her husband had died five years ago and she had moved back home to China. Now she lived in an apartment by the river and owned her own herbal shop beneath, we had always got along so when I turned up here she didn't ask any questions. I suspected my grace period was over. 

"Popo, why are you waking me up so early?" I groaned as I rubbed a hand over my eyes.

"You're taking me for a walk, get dressed." She prodded me in the leg with her cane before shuffling out, ten minutes later I was dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with my hair hanging loose down to the small of my back. "Good, come on." My grandmother ushered me down the narrow flight of steps and into her shop, we went out through the main door and stepped onto the busy street outside. My grandmothers shop was situated right next to the river so she lead us down to walk on the walkway, for a while we walked in silence while I observed all the tall buildings with their red wooden balconies and shutters, the ornate gold carvings on the roofs and around the doors, people were bustling about going about their business without a care in the world. I breathed deeply to inhale the scents floating around us, I could smell the river running next to us as well as the spices being sold on the stalls and the flowers being grown in the beds along the bank. My grandmother lived in a more rural area outside of the main city so it was more peaceful than being in old town Shanghai, I loved it. 

"Sakura! Sakura, hold on!" Someone called after us in Chinese, my grandmother turned at the sound of her name and smiled upon seeing the handsome Chinese man jogging towards us. 

"Sage, what are you doing here so early?" My grandmother replied in English as he came to a stop, the man automatically switched to English. No doubt for my benefit even though I was fluent in Chinese and Cantonese.

"Could I switch shifts so that I work tomorrow instead of tonight? My brother wants to introduce us to his girlfriend." 

"Of course." My Gran smiled widely "Have you met my granddaughter Adrianna?" 

"Not yet, hello it's nice to meet you. I'm Sage Liu."

"Adrianna Clarke." I shook his hand and ignored my grandmothers triumphant grin. "You work for my grandmother?"

"Yes, I help out in the store. She has talked endlessly about you, it's nice to finally put a face to all the stories." 

"Thank you, I'm afraid that I've hardly heard anything about you. Our phone conversations are a little limited." I grinned at my grandmother.

"Sage dear, me and my granddaughter are going for a little walk to clear our heads could you open up and watch the store for me?" 

"Of course, nice meeting you Adrianna and I hope to see more of you." He grinned and ran off, my Gran took my arm and guided me along the path.

"Sage is a good boy, about the same age as you and he would make a nice husband." She commented after a while.

"Stop meddling Gran, I'm not going to marry your shop boy." 

"Ok then, you want to tell me why you came running out here with a few hours notice?" 

"I told you, I came to clear my head. Get some time to relax." 

"Yes and now I want the real reason, what's his name?" 

"You always did know me too well." I smiled "Remember my best friend Jack? I cheated on my boyfriend Evan with him."

"Oh dear, what happened?" She knew me too well to just assume that I would cheat for the hell of it. 

"I took Evan to meet the family and he overheard me talking to Maddox about my feelings for Jack, when me and Evan went back to his we got into a huge fight about it. I left and Jack found me out in my car so he took me into his apartment and made me some coffee, I was so upset and confused that I wasn't thinking straight and I kissed him. We ended up sleeping together but when I woke up... we ended up having a fight and I told him that our friendship was over."

"And you and Evan?" 

"Are over." I sniffed "He came over and started saying all these things about being in love with me and me moving in with him so I wouldn't have to see Jack anymore, I couldn't lie to him anymore. He is such a nice guy and he deserves a woman that loves him completely, and that doesn't cheat with his best friend. But now things are more messed up than ever, I love Jack and now I'm free to try and date him but... I cant help remembering all his past flames. I'd be putting everything in me towards that relationship and he could get bored after a few weeks, I don't know if I'm willing to risk everything just for a quick thing." 

"You and Jack have been best friends for almost a decade now and he hasn't bored of you yet, what makes you think he will if you two make a real go of it? If anything sex will make him want to stick around longer." 

"Thanks for that Popo, and I know that and the sex between us is... mind blowing. But is it enough?"

"No. But the friendship you have is, ten years is a long time Adrianna, what's to say he hasn't fallen for you just like you have for him?"

"I'm scared, Popo, what if I take the risk and I end up loosing him?"

"From what you've told me you've already lost him, without the added bonus of having a few weeks of good sex." 

"Popo!" I exclaimed in shock, my Gran had always spoke her mind and it was good to know that hadn't changed. She did have a point though, I frowned when she suddenly stopped and looked up at me seriously. 

"You remember how I met your grandfather don't you?" 

"Of course." I smiled, it used to be one of my favourite bedtime stories when I was younger. My grandfather had been a doctor with the army and he was stationed in China, he met my grandmother and apparently fell head over heels in love with her, when he asked her to go back to America with him my grandmother had panicked at the thought of leaving behind her family and the culture she had grown up in to move to a strange new world where my grandfather would be the only person she knew but had eventually decided that my grandfather was worth the risk and had married him. We all knew the story but now I was looking at it with a knew perspective.

"We all have to take risks sometimes, if we don't we would never have anything worth fighting for. I loved your grandfather more than anything so I took the plunge, all you have to decide is whether your Jack is worth the risk?" 

"I don't know Gran, I cant decide from here. I think I need to go back." I sighed, being in China made me feel separate from everything going on back home and to make a proper decision I needed to be there to asses all my options. 

"I thought you might say that." She announced with a grin as she pulled an envelope from her pocket, when I looked at it I say that it was a boarding pass for a flight to San Francisco for this afternoon. "Your bags are already packed and I have called a cab to take you to the airport."

"How did you know?" I frowned.

"Because it's what I would do, and you have always been my favourite granddaughter." She cupped by cheek in her palm "Now go and tell that boy you love him." 



Chapter Six: Jack

"My god you're pathetic." My sister muttered as she looked at me, I was laid in bed staring at the ceiling contemplating what to do next. It had been two months since my fight with Ade and I hadn't seen her since, I had called her and gone up to her apartment to bang on her door but she was nowhere to be seen. It looked like she was sticking to her promise that we were done, I had however seen Evan. Two days after my night with Ade I went to the site we were working on and ran into Evan, by way of greeting he had punched me repeatedly in the face and ribs and yelled that I was a girlfriend stealing son of a bitch. He then quit his job and I hadn't heard from him since, after finishing the job I shuffled home and redoubled my efforts to find Adrianna. 

"Fuck off Ronnie." I muttered, she of course ignored me and pulled the covers off me.

"Look at the state of you, no wonder she doesn't want to see you. You look like a hobo." She muttered with disgust and I ran a hand over the beard growing on my jaw, I hadn't shaved in about a month so I knew I looked rough. I glanced up at my sister and examined the changes in her, her dark hair was pulled up in a ponytail and my nephew Christian clung to her leg with wide eyes. 

"Go away sis, I'm not in the mood for a heart to heart."

"When was the last time you showered? Never mind, tell me what the fuck is up with you." 

"Fuck!" Christian shouted.

"That's a bad word, don't say it again." She admonished absently "Jack, is this about Adrianna?"

"What makes you think that?" 

"Oh I don't know, she's the only woman who had lasted more than a week around you and yet we haven't seen or heard about her for months. What happened?"

"I love her, I realised that I am in love with her. And then what happened? My friend beat me too it and I had to sit by and watch while he got to do all the things with her that I should be doing." I laughed harshly "Then when they had a fight I took advantage and slept with her, only that didn't help and in fact that's the reason she told me that she never wants to see me again. I finally realised that she is the woman I am meant to spend the rest of my life with and I lost her, so excuse me for not considering showering a priority." 

"Well aren't you just the worlds most annoyingly slow person?" She scowled at me "Of course you're in love with Adrianna, you two were like a married couple without the sex! You did everything together. You wonder why you never had a remotely serious relationship? It's because you have been in love with Ade and yet because she didn't fit your image of what you thought was the woman you wanted you decided to be friends instead, we could all see that she wanted you and yet you ignored that and went around screwing any big breasted bimbo that you came across. So know that you've realised it do you hunt her down and make her see that you're serious this time? Do you not stop until you have her? No. You lounge in bed and decide to rock the homeless look. You are pathetic!" She suddenly pulled open my door and revealed my older brother Jordan and my brother Marcus. "It's time for the pity party to end, guys get him." She ordered and I suddenly found myself being picked up by the two men and carried into my bathroom, they dumped me in the bathtub and turned the shower on me. I yelped and the shock of the cold water hitting my skin but they apparently didn't care, my brother squeezed shower gel onto me while Marcus sprayed me with the now warm water. 

"Stop! Ahh! I can wash myself." I yelled over the noise.

"Apparently not, boys, finish him and I'll meet you in the living room." Ronnie strode out with her two year old son perched on her hip, the guys finished attacking me with the shower and allowed me to dry and dress myself before bullying me out to the living room where my sister forced me to eat some toast and drink about a gallon of coffee. "Right, now I am going to wait here while you go to mom and get grans ring. Then you're going to find Adrianna, I suggest you go upstairs first to see if she's there and then try every place she could possibly be until you find her." 




A Tale Of Two Men



"Thanks sis, wish me luck. Next time you see me I might be engaged." I kissed her cheek and ran off upstairs, suddenly everything made sense. I loved Adrianna and the thought of having a life with her as my wife made more sense than anything I had ever heard, the thought of waking up with her everyday, of her mothering my children and just being there with me as a wife and partner filled me with more joy than I ever thought possible. I just had to convince her of it. I banged on her door and called out her name as loud as I could, after about five minutes of knocking the door behind me opened and a guy stuck his head out.

"You again." He scowled "Stop knocking on that door, Adrianna is not in. some blond girl is apartment sitting for her."

"Where is Adrianna?" I demanded.

"Dunno." He shrugged "Couple of months ago she walked out with a load of bags, haven't seen her since." 

"Thank you!" I yelled as I ran downstairs, I launched myself into my truck and drove over to my parents house. It took about an hour to explain to my parents why I wanted my grandmothers engagement ring but once I said that I was proposing to Adrianna they got so excited they wanted to open champagne, eventually I got the ring and spent several minutes in my car looking at it. It was a simple gold band with three diamonds, two were small round ones but the large one in the centre was a sparkling clear oval. It would look spectacular resting on Adrianna's finger. Grinning I drove over to her brothers house and parked behind her parents car, apparently they were all there which made me either very lucky or very unlucky. The door was answered by Adrianna's sister Beth, she seemed surprised to see me but invited me in anyway. Ade's parents and brothers were all gathered in the living room when I walked in and Maddox stiffened when he saw me, they all scowled but I expected nothing less.

"I need to know where Adrianna is." I told them.

"Why?" Her father Morgan demanded.

"Because it's hard to ask a woman to marry you when you cant find her." 

"Marry you?" Ivy gasped "You want to propose to Adrianna?" 

"Yes. I know that it has taken me a long time to realise this but I love Adrianna, I have for years but I never realised it before now. I know that Ade loves all of you and that it is important that I get your blessing, so I'm asking you now. Can I marry your daughter?" I braced myself for their arguments and wasn't disappointed, Maddox surged to his feet and started for me.

"Maddox stop!" Morgan yelled and held his son back before turning to me with a serious expression "If it was anyone else I would tell them to get out and never show their face again, but because it's you I won't. I see the way Adrianna looks at you and the way you look at her, it's the same way Maddox and Beth look at each other and the same way me and Ivy do. You love her and she loves you, I want my daughter to be happy even if it means giving you my blessing but know that if you ever hurt her like this again I will find you and make you wish you had never met any of us. Am I understood?"

"Yes sir." I gulped.

"Adrianna is in Shanghai visiting her grandmother but she returns tonight, I don't know what she has decided but I do know that she left to get some perspective. Good luck." 

"Thank you, all of you." I smiled and ran back out to my car. China, Adrianna was in China. She hadn't been avoiding me, she just didn't know I was looking for her. I raced back to my place and groaned when I found my sister, brother and brother all still hanging out there.

"Well, did you find her?" Ronnie asked me as I walked in.

"She's in China, Shanghai to be exact."

"What is she doing there?" 

"Visiting her grandmother, they have always been really close so I'm not surprised she went to her for help. Her father says she gets back tonight." 

"You spoke to her father?" Ronnie bit her lip with a worried frown.

"It's ok, I have his blessing." I grinned.

"Good. Now please for the love of god go and shave, Ade will never say yes with you looking like that." 

Hours later I was clean shaven, my hair was clean and dry and I had changed into clean jeans and a smart shirt. I was pacing by the window waiting to see Ade arriving while my brother and sister argued on the couch, Marcus had taken his son home so he could put him to bed but the others had stayed for 'moral support'. I wasn't buying it, I thought they just wanted to rub in the fact that I had fallen for someone. My brother seemed to be really enjoying it. I was in the middle of trying to ignore their argument on whether Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan was the best James Bond when I saw a cab pull up outside, my heart started thudding when I saw Ade climb out of the back.

"Back later, wish me luck." I called as I ran past them and outside, I caught up to Adrianna in the lobby and smiled at her when she looked up in shock.

"Jack, what are you doing here?" She gasped.

"I live here, remember." I smiled at her "And I saw you pull up so I thought I'd come and help with your bags." 

"Oh, thanks. Do you know if Cassidy is still in?" She asked as I picked up two of her three bags.

"She went out about an hour ago but she did stop by to tell me that she would be out all night, hot date or something." I grinned over my shoulder as we made our way up in the elevator, we shuffled out on my floor and I carried her stuff upstairs after her so she could unlock the door. Once inside I dropped them by the door and turned to her, she was fiddling with her keys and looked very nervous. 

"Ade... we need to talk." I began but she held her hand up.

"Can I go first? There's something I need to tell you." I nodded and she took a deep breath "I'm in love with you and I think I have been since we first met but you never seemed interested so I hid it and tried to get on with my life but now that we had spent the night together I don't think I can. Jack I have two choices right now, one is to move to New York where I have been offered a Cardiology Fellowship at a very good hospital. But the other is to stay here and try to make whatever is going on between us work." 

"New York? When did that happen?" I glared at her, no way in hell was she leaving. At least not without me. 

"I applied for the Fellowship before I left and I got the call while I was in Shanghai- that's where I've been by the way."

"I know" I muttered "Are you gonna take the Fellowship?" 

"I don't know yet." 

"Well maybe what I have to say will help you decide." I smiled down at her before pushing ahead "Ade when I first met you I thought you were beautiful and I think I fell a little in love with you, but you were so different to what I normally liked that I forced myself to be content with being your friend. But once I got to know you better I think I fell completely in love with you but again I forced myself to ignore it and eventually convinced myself that we were completely platonic. Then Evan asked you out and I started picturing you and him together and it drove me mad, but when I saw you all dressed up and excited to be going out with Evan I realised that I had been an idiot." She smiled and I walked over to stand in front of her and cup her shoulders in my palms, she looked up at me with those gorgeous blue eyes and I knew that I was completely lost "Adrianna Clarke, I love you. And I have spent the last two months trying to come up with a better way to say that but all I can come up with is this: will you marry me?" 

"Oh..." She breathed when I presented the ring, her hand went to her throat and she looked almost comically surprised. "You really want to marry me?" 

"More than anything, all these years I've been focusing only on bimbos and girls with commitment issues because you already had my heart. There was never anyone else." 

"Oh Jack, I love you too. Of course I'll marry you." She suddenly grinned up at me "On one condition."

"Name it."

"We name out first born daughter Sakura." 

"You've got it, why though?" 

"Because it was my grandmother who convinced me to come back and give you a chance. And I am really glad she did." 

"So am I, can I kiss you now?" 

"If you don't I'll kick your ass." 

"I better get a move on then." I grinned and swept her up in my arms so I could cover my mouth with hers, it felt like coming home.





Epilogue: Adrianna 

"How the mighty hath fallen." Cassidy sighed next to me, I looked up to see her staring at where Jack was dancing my mother around the dance floor at our wedding. He was looking very handsome in a tux and had the biggest grin on his face, Cassidy was my maid of honour and had been scouting out the groomsmen for the entire wedding. 

"What do you mean?" I asked as I fussed with the strapless neckline on my dress, it kept slipping and revealing a little too much cleavage for my taste. But Jack seemed to be enjoying it. 

"Well, he used to be Mr. bachelor and now look at him. Married and everything, no doubt you'll be popping kids out soon. How did you do it? Catch that one, I mean." 

"I'm still not sure but I am damn glad I did." I grinned at her. 

"Ok then, which of these groomsmen are single?" She changed the subject before I started gushing. 

"Lets see, Marcus is married to Jack's sister but his brother Jordan is single. As is his friend Rob." 

"Hmm, I think I'll check out the brother. See you later." She stood and drifted over to where Jordan was standing at the bar, I smiled until I felt Jack come up and take his seat next to me. 

"How's it feel being Mrs Macintyre?" He asked with a smile as he took my left hand and played with my fingers. 

"Brilliant, and how does it feel to be married?" 

"Well based on these past few hours it's going pretty well, I get to dance with several beautiful women and then come up here and make out with the most beautiful. What's not to love." He grinned.

"I know, I got to be whirled around by loads of hunky men. I'm loving it." I grinned when he scowled around the room "Relax, I don't do this with the others." I told him before kissing him deeply, he slid his tongue in to tangle with mine and that quickly I wanted him. In the past few months leading up to the wedding we had been busy moving all his things into my apartment and selling his as well spending every second we could in bed together. I had discovered that Jack was an insatiable lover yet very generous and giving, my eyes had been opened- or rather rolled back in my head- and I loved it. It took little more than a fleeting touch or even a heated look to get me wet and ready for him, if I didn't love it so much I'd be embarrassed. 

"Do you think we could get away with sneaking out to the bathroom?" He murmured against my mouth.

"I'm very tempted, but this dress is a bitch to get in and out of."

"I'm sure I can figure it out, come with me." He took my hand and tugged me to my feet before pulling me down the corridor of the hotel our wedding reception was in, he whirled me into the bathroom and locked the door behind us before pressing me against the sink as he kissed me thoroughly. His tongue thrust into my mouth as his hands tugged down the top of my dress so my breasts spilled out, he immediately filled his palms with me and tweaked my erect nipples with his fingers. I moaned against his mouth until he moved his mouth to my neck so he could nibble a path down to my breast, he teased me by liking and biting his was around my nipple while avoiding the taught peak that was begging for his attention. 

"Please Jack." I breathed.

"Please what? What do you want me to do?" Jack murmured against my flesh and I smiled, he always pushed me in bed so that I did things I never would have normally done.

"Suck me, suck me hard." 

"With pleasure." He breathed a second before he pulled me deep into his mouth, while he alternately suckled each nipple I was aware of his hands making their way up the inside of my dress to dance along my thigh. When his hand slipped inside my panties to find me wet, ready and waiting he groaned before pushing a finger deep inside me, he rolled his thumb over my engorged clit and I bucked against him as pleasure shot through me. He continued to tease me until I felt my thighs tremble and my body tighten and then he pulled out completely, I whimpered against him as he stepped back but the he moved his hands to the waist of his slacks and I grinned. "Pull your panties down and then turn to face the mirror." He ordered hoarsely, I followed his order and turned so I could brace by palms on the mirror in front of me "Now spread your legs and arch your back for me." I did and then I felt him pushing the skirt of my dress up to my waist "I'll be able to see everything like this, even me going into you. And I want you to watch your reflection as I do it, I want you to watch yourself come." 

"Oh god..." I moaned as my brain supplied me with images and sensations, Jack gripped my hips but instead of entering me he ran his fingers over my entrance.

"You're so wet, so ready to come. I doubt I'll even have to move to push you over the edge." 

"Why don't you get in me and find out?" I gasped, he suddenly groaned and entered me with one hard thrust. I cried out as my orgasm exploded but then he was sliding in and out of me with slow even strokes that had me tightening again, Jack slid his hands up to my breasts to rub his thumbs over my nipples and I scraped my nails down the wall next to me. 

"Look at yourself, watch as you come." Jack breathed by my ear, I looked up in the mirror and saw myself. My eyes were dark and wide and my mouth was plump and red, my hair had come loose from the elegant knot it had been in and my skin was flushed with pleasure. I had never been one for exhibitionism but there was something wildly erotic about watching myself be pleasured by Jack, that sent me over the edge and I exploded in a breathtaking orgasm. Jack followed me with a deep groan and them we were collapsing forward over the sink, we managed to catch our breath and them Jack rearranged his suit trousers while I pulled my panties back on. 

"Everyone will know what we've been doing." I sighed as I tucked my breasts back in my dress "They'd have to be idiots to miss it." 

"Who cares? There is nothing wrong with a man making love to his wife on their wedding day." He smiled and removed the rest of the pins from my hair so it fell in soft curls down my back "There, beautiful."

"Thank you." I smiled and turned to check my reflection "Well there's no hope for it, come on." He took my hand and we stepped out of the bathroom only to find my grandmother waiting with a knowing smile. She had flown over for the wedding and had even agreed to stay for a while to visit the family, my parents were hoping to get her to move here permanently now that she was older. 

"Popo, what are you doing here?" I asked with a slightly strained smile.

"Your mother was wondering where you two got to and was about to send your father to look, I said that I would go. I thought you might have been... celebrating on your own. And I was right." She grinned and turned to Jack "You must be doing something right boy, she was screaming so much I thought you might be killing her." She grinned cheekily and wondered off while I groaned and dropped my head against Jack's shoulder.

"She reminds me of someone." He murmured.

"Who?"

"You." He smiled at me "Which is why I already love her." 

"I wonder if our kids will be like her?" I murmured as we walked down the corridor.

"Why don't we find out?" He grinned and pressed a kiss to my forehead, I smiled before stepping into the room filled with all my favourite people. As I looked up at Jack I knew that whatever happened next I'd be happy as long as he was there.



A Tale of Two Men and a Woman



By any measure, Scott Wilson was a very wealthy man. He lived in what can only be described as a mansion high up on a hill in the western Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica. The Spanish-style home was enormous and looked even more imposing sitting on the crest of the ridge. The home was surrounded by lush Royal Palms, cypress trees and a variety of shrubs that were meticulously manicured by a professional lawn service. At night the landscape lighting gave the house and grounds a "Disneyesque" feel. Tiny white lights also twinkled in the branches of the numerous trees on the grounds. 

The mansion was protected by a large wall around the entire property and portions of the wall had shards of metal or glass on top of the wall for anyone stupid enough to try to go over the wall. Video cameras were spaced around the large, ornate and wrought iron gates where a key pad protected entry from any unwanted guests. Inside the house was a security room where the video cameras sent the images from around the spacious property. 

Inside the house the ceilings were anywhere from 13 to 18 feet high depending on the room. The entryway featured a large, round wooden table decorated with an elaborate, live floral arrangement and lit from above by an expensive Italian glass chandelier. Oriental rugs graced the polished marble and wooden floors throughout the house. Expensive furnishings and a wood paneled library complete with a floor to ceiling movable ladder added to the ostentatious nature of the mansion. In spite of its grandeur, the mansion was devoid of warmth and homey touches. It was obvious the house had been decorated by a professional decorator and not an inhabitant of the home. 

On this night Scott Wilson paced the floor in his very manly library. He sat in a straight back chair covered in fine Italian leather. The dark green leather chairs added to the cozy nature of the room. It was his favorite room in the house. He sipped his expensive single malt scotch and waited for his guests to arrive. 

Around 9:30 PM the gate alarm sounded and the guest announced his presence. Wilson went to his antique desk and pushed the button that would open the gates to allow the car to enter. The video monitor confirmed that the guest was his old friend from high school and college, David Moore and his lovely wife, Laura. 

Mr. and Mrs. Moore drove their Mercedes-Benz up the hill to the courtyard in front of the mansion. They parked on the pristine concrete driveway which looked as if very few cars had ever been parked on it. David and Laura walked to the 15 foot tall, wooden front door and as David reached for the doorbell, Scott Wilson opened the door. Wilson was attired in a navy blazer with a white, button down collar shirt, tan trousers and Gucci loafers with no socks. He greeted his guests with a big smile and a handshake for David and a perfunctory hug for Laura. 

Laura Moore was a gorgeous woman. At 5 feet, 8 inches tall her perfectly coiffed, shoulder length blonde hair framed her lovely face. With beautiful blue eyes and perfect albeit surgically enhanced breasts, the rest of her body was toned and tanned representing years of hard work in the gym and thousands of miles competing in triathlons. 

Laura actually dated both men in high school but in her senior year she made a commitment to David and had been with him ever since. This issue was always a part of the dynamic between the two men as Scott Wilson still coveted the lovely Mrs. Moore. 

Wilson welcomed the attractive couple into the foyer and urged them in to the expansive library. He asked if they wanted a drink and David took a glass of the single malt (neat) and Laura asked for a glass of red wine. After exchanging pleasantries and the obligatory social chatter, David began to move to a more serious discussion. 

David was acutely aware that Scott Wilson had made millions of dollars from prostitution, drugs, illegal weapons, check cashing stores, ghetto housing and perhaps even more serious transgressions that he did not want to know about. While Scott Wilson was fabulously wealthy from his illicit activities, David Moore had done well himself as a high profile criminal attorney. He was nationally known and had been featured on several magazine covers and television shows as a result of some high profile criminal cases in Los Angeles. The two men had played football together at Palisades High School in west Los Angeles and both had attended UCLA where they remained friends. Once David went to Law School at Loyola their paths began to diverge. Wilson went towards drugs and women and had no sense of morality when it came to making money. Moore had an enhanced sense of justice and morality and used his social sense to represent criminals; particularly those who he felt had not received a fair shake from the justice system. 

Scott Wilson had been trying to schedule a personal meeting with David for weeks. They had accidentally met at a recent fund raiser and Wilson insisted that David and Laura drop by his house after another event nearby. Moore reluctantly agreed as he had an inkling of what Wilson wanted. He really did not want to meet with Wilson but it had simply become too awkward to put him off any longer. After all, their relationship spanned over 25 years. 

Wilson knew that the time had come to talk to Moore. He asked David if he would be willing to ask his wife to excuse them for a few moments. David politely asked his wife if she would excuse them and the moved into the foyer so that could talk privately. 

"David, thank you for coming by tonight; I have wanted to talk to you for quite some time." 

Moore looked at his old friend squarely in the eyes. "Scott, I have an idea what you want to talk about and I am somewhat uncomfortable with this conversation." 

The always charming Wilson smiled broadly. He had always gotten by with his good looks, charming personality and his ill-gotten money.

"David, you don't even know what I want to discuss. Would you please just listen to me and give me a chance?" 

Moore reluctantly agreed. "Okay, five minutes, Scott." 

"David, we go back a long time and we are both very, how shall I say it, successful in our selected endeavors." At that moment, the doorbell rang. Wilson looked puzzled as he had not cleared anyone through the massive gates.

As Wilson approached the huge wooden doors they flew open violently. In through the doors rushed two very rough looking men and a much younger male who trailed almost apologetically behind the two thugs. 

"Hello, Scotty Boy.......do you remember me?" 

Scott remembered all too well. It was Luther Morris. He was malevolent looking with prison tattoos on his neck and face. His hair was slicked back and greasy. He was formidable at about 6 feet, 2 inches tall with thick with muscles honed in a prison gymnasium. His sidekick was Hispanic and also a large and muscular thug. He too had prison tats and a pock marked face. His eyes were soulless and dark brown, almost black. He looked mean and emanated evil from every pore. 

Scott Wilson also remembered all too well that he had orchestrated a shootout between Luther's brother, who was killed in the gun fight, and a rival drug dealer. Luther was part of the ensuing bust that sent him to prison for 15 years. 

Scott tried to overcome his shock and stuttered..........."Uh, he...hello, Luther.......... Ho.....how long have you been out?" 

Luther moved up to Wilson about two inches from his face. He snarled at Wilson and said, "Been out of the joint about 3 months planning this little surprise party for you, Scotty boy." As he spat the words out of his mouth he suddenly and viciously punched Wilson in the stomach, doubling him over in pain. 

David Moore, always the diplomatic attorney, tried to intervene. "Look fellows what is it you want here. I'm sure we can work something out." 

Luther leered at Moore and then punched him in the gut as well. 

Hearing the commotion in the foyer Laura Moore walked into the entryway. "What's happening here?" 

Luther looked up at her and smiled. "Well, well, well..............what have we here? Is this Mrs. Wilson?" 

Moore quickly recovered and said, "No, this is my wife, Laura." 

Luther leered at the gorgeous woman. "You're just in time for the party Laura. Let's all move into this big room and get comfortable." 

The Hispanic man who answered only to the name "Ortega" grabbed the small duffel bag from the younger man and quickly extracted three pairs of handcuffs. He quickly and expertly slapped the cuffs on to the three very surprised individuals and ushered them into the library. 

Luther pushed them roughly into the chairs in the room and walked nonchalantly to the bar. "What are you drinking, Ortega?" 

"Vodka" was the reply. Luther pulled the tall bottle of Grey Goose from the back of the bar and quickly opened the bottle. He handed it to Ortega who drank large gulps straight from the bottle. 

Luther finally acknowledged the younger man. 

"This here's my half-brother. He ain't quite right in the head but he is my brother." The younger man grinned weirdly at Luther as Luther put his arm around the younger man.

"His name is Marcus and we have the same Mother. We don't know who our fathers are but he hangs with me. Hope ya'll will extend him the same hospitality that you do me." 

Scott Wilson was greatly concerned. He knew Luther had a reputation for extreme violence and he certainly had a score to settle. "What do you want, Luther? I have money if that's what you want." 

Luther sneered at Wilson. "I don't want your fuckin' money. I want your ass Mister." 

Wilson tried to puff out his chest as he responded. "You'll never get away with this Luther." 

The thug took a swig from the Grey Goose bottle. "Bull shit, Scotty boy. There ain't goin' to be any witnesses to talk after I leave here." 

There it was. Luther was threatening all three people with death and they all knew it. 

Laura spoke up. "Isn't there something we can do..........I can do........to convince you boys to move on down the road?" 

Luther walked over the gorgeous woman and grabbed one of her breasts. "Oh, you're going to help us all right. My brother has never had a real woman, only crack whores and some street women. Today he gets to sample some high class pussy and you're it." 

David Moore intervened. "Look Luther, this is between you and Wilson. Why don't you let us go and we'll disappear into the night?" 

Luther walked over to David Moore and slapped him hard. "Shut the fuck up, Mister. We're going to do exactly what we want to do and you don't get to have any say so in this little party. So, I suggest you keep your mouth shut and enjoy the party." 

Blood trickled from Moore's mouth as he lowered his head submitting to the vicious man. 

Ortega reached into the duffel bag and extracted a nasty looking switchblade knife. He snapped it open and the chrome steel flashed in the light. The blade was about 12 inches long, sharpened to a razor sharp edge. Ortega swirled it around the three prisoners trying to look as menacing as possible. 

He reached looked at Marcus and said, "Boy, reach into that bag and hand me the rope." 

Marcus pulled out several lengths of rope from the bag and handed them to Ortega who moved to Laura. "Let's see what you're hiding inside that shirt." He quickly slipped the knife inside the silk blouse and in one motion cut the blouse in half revealing Laura's lovely and large breasts encased in an expensive, black Victoria's Secret bra. Moore and Wilson looked on afraid of what might happen next. 

Ortega pulled Laura to her feet. She stole a glance at her husband and winked at him, trying to look unafraid. He moved Laura towards a table in the middle of the room. Laura looked Ortega straight in the eye as he pushed her into the arms of Luther who quickly grabbed both breasts. Ortega slipped the knife between her breasts and cut the fabric of the bra causing it to fall open revealing her lovely and now very naked breasts. 

Ortega cut the rest of the blouse off her shoulders leaving her naked from the waist up. While Luther held her tightly Ortega sliced the fabric of her knee length skirt. The skirt fell to the floor exposing her long and athletic legs. She was wearing a black thong which matched the now destroyed black bra. Her legs were bare but she was still wearing her high heeled shoes which made her legs look very sexy.

Luther pulled her roughly to the table and laid her on her back. Ortega took the rope and tied her ankles to the legs of the table. Luther removed the handcuffs and pulled her arms over her head tying her wrists with the rope and then tightening the rope to the legs at the other end of the table. This left her in a very open and exposed position and it was clear what was about to happen. 

After Laura was secured to the table, Luther went over to the two men who were still sitting quietly with their hands cuffed behind them. He took the knife from Ortega and sliced the men's shirts in half exposing their torsos. 

He then stood them up and unbuckled their belts dropping their trousers to the floor. Both men had on boxers which were left in place. Luther pushed the men back in their chairs leaving the trousers around their ankles as a way to limit their mobility. 

Luther moved back to the woman. "Nice tits lady. Let's see what else you are hiding here." With that he slipped the knife into the side of the thong and deftly cut the fabric. He ripped them off of Laura leaving her totally nude, tied and vulnerable. 

She tried to sound brave and said, "Come on Luther, let's get this over with." 

He moved to her head and slapped her hard. "Shut up, bitch. You don't have any input here. Keep your mouth shut and I won't have to gag you. I want your mouth to be available if we need it." 

Luther moved over to Marcus and put his arm around his shoulder. "Okay, Boy............now you get to have some high class pussy. Are you ready?" 

The boy, who had the body of a 30 year old man and the mind of a 13 year old boy grinned lewdly as he dropped his pants. When he pulled his boxers off he was already half hard but it was the size of his cock that brought every eye in the room to it. His cock was at least 10 inches long and as thick as a soda can. It looked like it should be on a horse or bull and it was not even fully erect. 

Marcus stroked his cock and it continued to grow in length and girth. The kid was a freak and with his diminished mental capacity Moore and Wilson were extremely concerned at what might transpire. 

David Moore was deeply concerned about what was about to happen and said, "Please don't hurt her." His plea was ignored as Luther escorted his half-brother to a position which allowed him to lean over and push his enormous cock into the mouth of Laura Moore. He leaned down and stuck the head of the giant prick into her mouth. She accepted her fate and tried to make it a bit easier by licking the head. Marcus pushed his cock deeper into her throat as he leaned down to come face to face with her hairy but neatly trimmed pubis.

Laura kept her pubic hair trimmed in an inverted triangle pointing down to her labia, which were completely hairless. 

Marcus looked up at Luther and said, "I don't like hair Luther." Marcus was completely shaved and appeared to have no body hair at all. 

Luther looked at Ortega and asked for the knife. It was so sharp he used it to remove all trace of pubic hair from Laura's mound. Meanwhile, Marcus was essentially doing pushups on the table while moving his cock in and out of Laura's obscenely wide open mouth. She gagged as he shoved it deeper but tried her best to bring the young man off quickly so it would be over.

Once the hair had been removed from Laura's mound Marcus dropped his head to her pussy. He sniffed the hot and sexy aroma emanating from her pussy. David looked on in disbelief as the enormous prick continued to invade his wife's mouth. 

He was even more concerned when Marcus dipped his head to Laura's pussy and began lapping at her like a newborn baby suckles her Mother's breast for milk. He was an expert at eating pussy and as hard as Laura tried, she could not deny the fact that there was an orgasm building deep inside her stomach. The man/boy continued to lick, bite, nibble and tongue fuck the lovely pussy in front of him. 

David Moore watched intently as his wife began to buck against the head of the boy. He also noticed that her toes were curled and she arched up to push her mound harder on to the face of the young man. Moore also noticed that his own cock was rock hard and pushing against the fabric of the boxers. Wilson also had an erection which was pushing against his boxers as well. 

Soon Laura screamed out loudly. "You son of a bitch...............you are making me cum. You are raping me and I don't want to cum. God, don't stop......................I'm cumming.................oh, fuck................I'm cumming." 

Marcus looked up at his half-brother with a sick grin on his wet lips. "Did I do good Luther? Did I do good?" 

Luther smiled at the halfwit and said simply, "You did good little brother. You did good. Now let's try something different." He helped his brother to his feet.

As Marcus pulled his cock from the luscious lips of Laura Moore everyone was in awe of the huge prick on Marcus. The skin of the shaft was dark, almost like it belonged on the Hispanic man. The mushroom shaped head was bulbous and fat but it was pink and looked like it belonged on a different cock. It had grown to almost 13 inches and as Marcus moved around to the other end of the table his cock stuck straight out absolutely obscenely. The cock was thicker than a soda can or beer bottle and more like a man's forearm. No one in the room said a word as the young man moved into position over Laura. 

Her pussy was dripping wet from the tongue fucking. In spite of his developmental issues, Marcus knew just what to do. He lined up his enormous cock and pushed the head against the slimy slit. Laura raised her head to watch the huge cock penetrate her labia. He pushed it in and the head quickly disappeared. It was so thick he had extreme difficulty in pushing past the first two inches. Laura tried to spread her legs as far as possible but it proved difficult due to the ropes which restrained her at the ankles. 

Laura was determined to take the cock and try to end the rape quickly. She closed her eyes and pushed her vulva upwards trying to cause the invading cock to fully penetrate her. She could feel another orgasm building and she hated it but tried to relax and let it happen. 

Marcus continued pushing into Laura while roughly manhandling her breasts. He pinched the nipples and pulled them hard. He fondled the lovely breasts while grinning weirdly while still trying to push his huge pole into the tight space. When he was about halfway in he pulled back almost to the end of his cock. He then pushed roughly forward plunging almost the entire length of his man meat into Laura's dripping wet pussy.

She screamed out loudly. "Oh fuck....................fuck..................God it is so big............I have never felt anything like that.............don't stop..................fuck me hard with that big dick...............come on, Marcus....................fuck me with that big cock......................" 

Her body shuddered and spasmed like she was being stunned with a Taser gun. She arched her back and gushed wetly on the huge prick. Marcus took advantage of this and pushed all the way to the bottom. This only extended Laura's orgasm as she continued to gush fluids on to the enormous cock which was now deeply and fully inside her. Her husband looked on in disbelief as his own cock strained against his boxers. Luther and Ortega simply smiled and continued to watch the sex show in front of them. Neither man spoke as they passed the Grey Goose back and forth.




A Tale of Two Men and a Woman



Marcus began a slow motion in, then out, in then out. Laura was being stretched lewdly but she was adjusting to the enormous girth. She pushed back against the thick cock and soon they were actually fucking making their actions not an act of rape but one of lust. 

Laura pushed fiercely against the big prick. Marcus was grinning as he continued to fuck the gorgeous woman enjoying the feeling surrounding his cock. He pumped harder and faster and the onlookers were enthralled by the rape scene which was not more like a private porno movie. Laura worked furiously to achieve another climax. 

"Don't cum yet you son of a bitch...................don't stop fucking me...............I need to cum again." And the young man did not disappoint. He kept a furious pace and slammed into the beautiful woman over and over. Soon he was groaning and moaning and it was clear he was about to cum. 

Laura arched her back and came violently on the huge cock. She screamed loudly almost as if she was in pain but this was not pain. It was pure passion, pleasure and lust. She screamed louder and pushed against the love pole. Soon the young man grunted and stiffened as he unloaded his enormous climax into the waiting vagina. His butt cheeks clinched over and over as he continued to unload deep inside Laura. Soon the creamy liquid began to squirt out the sides of her vagina. And still Marcus continued to cum.

Finally be stopped moving leaving his cock firmly buried inside the sweet vagina. He grinned at this brother and slowly pulled out of the dripping wet pussy. Once he stood up David Moore looked down at Laura's gaping vagina. It was stretched obscenely and gaping wide open. It looked as if someone had spilled a glass of milk into the cavity. The two handcuffed men looked on incredulously as their own cocks betrayed them by staying erect in the face of the rape of Laura Moore. 

Ortega looked at Luther. "Is it your turn or mine?" 

Luther looked at Ortega and said, "It's all yours man. I have something else in mind." 

Laura was still coming down from her incredible experience but was aware that Ortega was moving over her. He dropped his trousers and pulled out an impressive looking cock. It was dark brown, darker than his Dominican skin, and it was thick..........even thicker than the young man's cock. It was a good bit shorter at about 8 inches but the girth would certainly stretch the limits of any vagina. 

Ortega leaned over Laura just as Marcus had done. He moved his cock to her lips and she opened her mouth accepting her fate again. Soon Ortega was also eating Laura's gorgeous pussy. As Ortega continued to fuck her face, Luther stood up and moved towards Scott Wilson. He pulled the man roughly from his chair and pushed him towards the large antique desk. The thug pushed him over at the waist and grabbed his boxers pulling them to the floor.

Luther growled at Wilson. "I've been waiting for this for a long time, Scotty boy. After 15 years in prison I got no interest in women. It's your ass I've been wanting for a long time." As Luther pulled his cock from his pants he moved towards the upturned ass of Scott Wilson. 

At that moment, the doorbell rang. All the people in the room stopped moving and looked at each other. It was almost 11:00 PM. Who could possibly be at the door? The bell rang again and again. Still no one moved hoping that whoever was there would simply go away. 

A voice from the foyer spoke tentatively. "Is anyone here? LA Police Department. Is there anyone here?" 

Luther jerked Scott to a standing position and pulled up his boxers. "Tell them everything is okay. Tell them to leave." 

Scott yelled out. "It's okay. We're in here...................kind of having a little party." 

The two uniformed police officers moved in to the room and said, "What's going on here?" They could readily see what has happening but wanted an explanation before deciding what to do. After all, these could all be consenting adults. 

David Moore was the first to react. "Officer, these men just raped my wife and they are holding us prisoner. We did not handcuff ourselves here." 

With that the first officer drew his weapon, a 40 caliber Glock semiautomatic. "Don't move. Everyone remain calm and do not move." 

Luther pushed Scott Wilson to the ground and dove for the duffel bag. He reached in and pulled out a hand gun. He pointed it at Scott Wilson. "I'll kill him right now, right here. I am not going back to prison so move away and drop your weapons." 

The two officers looked at each other. They had trained for this and neither man dropped his weapon. "We can't do that sir. You need to drop your weapon and slowly raise your hands over your head. Do it now!! Do you understand?" The officers were spaced about 10 feet apart, each with his weapon drawn and focused on the convict. 

Luther moved the barrel of the weapon quickly towards the first officer. When he did the officer shot him twice in the middle of his chest. Luther dropped to the floor, mortally wounded. Ortega quickly raised his hands and clasped them behind his head. He had obviously been in this position before. Marcus did not know what to do as he was still standing there with his big cock hanging in front of him wearing only his shirt. He raised his hands and locked them behind his head just as Ortega had done. 

The second officer withdrew his handcuff key and quickly removed the handcuffs from the two men. David quickly moved to his wife and grabbed the switchblade knife from the desk. He cut the ropes holding her arms and then moved to her ankles and severed those bonds as well. He took his jacket from the chair and covered his naked wife. She was shaking and speechless. She was sobbing and ashamed. In spite of her rape and humiliation in front of her husband her body had betrayed her. She had climaxed at least four times, two of them were huge and she had begged the boy to continue fucking her. 

The first officer quickly radioed for backup and an ambulance. David moved his wife to the bathroom where he tried to get her clothes back on her in spite of the fact that they had been cut off of her body. 

David moved back in to the library. "Officer, my wife has been violated and is extremely upset. Can I take her home now?" 

The officer looked at David sympathetically. "Sir, I am sorry. I cannot allow anyone to leave until we get some statements and additional information from everyone." 

David understood. He was a criminal attorney and knew what was required by law enforcement in order to support their charges of criminal activity. "I am an attorney and I understand. Please take our statement first so I can get her home." 

David looked at Scott and asked if there were any women's clothes in the house. Scott told him that when his third wife left him three months ago she may have left some clothes. He asked the officers for permission to go upstairs to retrieve some clothing. Meanwhile, one of the officers was tending to the fallen convict and quickly determined that he was dead on the scene. Wilson did find a blouse and a skirt which would fit Laura. He handed them to David who returned to the bathroom where his wife was still sobbing and trying to recover. 

Ortega and Marcus were cuffed and led to waiting police cars which now numbered at least seven in the front of the house. Blue lights flashed through the streets making the scene somewhat surreal. The officers were attracted to the house because of the unmarked van that was parked illegally (next to a fire hydrant) on the street. 

More importantly they noticed that the front gate to the mansion was open and they knew this was not normal, having passed by the estate a number of times. Finally the front door was not locked so they decided to move in and investigate based on the circumstances and probably cause. 

The badly shaken David and Laura Moore gave the officers their contact information, made a statement and were allowed to leave. They both glanced at the lifeless body of Luther, which had now been covered with a blanket. Laura was a strong woman and would recover from her ordeal. As always, she would lose herself in her training and triathlon competitions. She could not get the young man out of her mind and she would always remember the mind blowing orgasms she had with the giant cock inside her.

Marcus was guilty of rape and would have to stand trial for his crime. Ortega was headed back to jail for breaking his parole. 

Scott Wilson was also badly shaken knowing how close he had come to death in his own house. Maybe it was time for him to take stock of his life and make some changes. He vowed to follow-up with David Moore and somehow make it up to him and his wife. After all, none of the events of the evening would have happened to the Moore's if they had not stopped at Wilson's house. 

Wilson also stopped to consider how different he was from his old friend who remained happily married while he had three failed marriages. Yes, it was time for a change but how do you start?