3 GUYS, A GIRL, AND A ROSE
Chapter Thirty-Eight

Rated NC-17 for Content
Sunday, June 1, 2003

Unfortunately, Christina had to work. She had pleaded with Mr. Smith to give her the week off when she had found out that Rose was going to be gone and was not coming back until tonight. That meant that she would be able to have Jack all to herself. Of course, it wasn't the way she truly wanted it to happen, but it was good enough.

"Can I get you guys anything else?" Christina asked two men sitting at the bar.

"No, thank you," one of them answered.

In the crowd, she spotted Tommy coming in. Immediately, she got out from behind the bar and ran to him. Her arms wrapped around his neck and she kissed his cheek.

"Whoa! Hello there, sunshine! Caught me by surprise there!" Tommy smiled.

"Hey! I'm so happy you're here! Where's Fabri?" she asked.

"He had to work late tonight."

"Oh, well. As long as I have you around, I'll be all right!" She walked back to the bar with him, his arm around her waist. She went behind the bar and poured herself a glass of water.

"You want anything?" she asked.

"Just one Heineken for me! You know what would happen if I drank too much!"

"Yeah, I know. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you!"

"You want me to wait for you to get off work so I can drive you home?"

"Would you do that?"

"Of course!"

"I love you!" She reached over the bar and hugged him.

"Feelings mutual!" Tommy said. He wished that the feeling was actually mutual. "What time do you get off work, anyway?"

"In an hour."

"Not bad."

Tommy watched as she worked. He was completely enthralled by her beauty and her personality. He loved everything about her. Never had he felt this way about anybody. There wasn't any other girl who could make him feel like Christina did. Not even in Ireland, where he had lived nearly all his life, had he met anyone who could electrify him like she did. Sure, there were girls that he was with, but it wasn't the same. Christina was the only one who could have Tommy's heart.

*****

The airplane would be landing in a few minutes. Rose's fingers tapped on the arms of the seat, anticipating the landing. She had longed to come back to New York. Sure, she had spoken to Jack every night that she had been gone, but it hadn’t been the same. She wanted to be with him, hold him, kiss him. Rose craved to be with him.

Not even Cal, who she had spent a year with, made her feel so strongly as she did for Jack. There was no comparison between the two. Jack was the only one she could ever love.

As the plane landed at JFK Airport, her anticipation to see him was uncontrollable. For five days, she hadn't seen him, and now the wait was over. She got off the plane as quickly as possible, taking her carry-on bag with her. Immediately, she went to go get her luggage and proceeded to leave the airport.

Rose stopped when she saw the familiar figure. A smile spread across her face and her heart pounded. Jack looked at her and smiled.

*****

"Jack!" he heard her yell.

Rose ran to him and dropped her bags on the floor. He picked her up and spun her around, completely thrilled to hold her. They kissed as if they had been separated for a lifetime.

"Hey, Rose!"

"I didn't know you were picking me up!"

"Surprise!"

"Thomas is supposed to pick me up."

"Right over here, miss!" She looked over at Thomas, who was drinking a cup of coffee.

Jack helped Rose pick up her bags and went over to Thomas. Thomas took one of Rose's bags from Jack and went to the parking lot and put the bags in the trunk. He was about to open the door for Jack and Rose, but Jack insisted that he would open it himself, and Thomas went to the driver's seat.

"Thomas, could you take me to Jack's house?" Rose asked.

"Of course. Where does he live?" he asked. Jack gave him the address and Thomas drove them there.

About forty-five minutes later, they arrived at Jack's building. Rose hurried to the trunk and took her luggage out with Jack's help.

"Thomas, can you please tell my mom that I won't be home for another week because a friend of mine needs me now?"

"I don't know about that, Rose!" Thomas answered.

"Please!"

"I can get in trouble."

"Tell her she is with her friend Christina!" Jack said. Rose gave him a funny and rolled her eyes. "What?"

"Christina? That's funny! Out of all people!"

"Would you rather have him tell her you're with me?"

"Got your point! So, Thomas, will you please tell her that I'm with a friend named Christina?" Rose pouted, and Thomas gave in.

"All right!"

"Thank you! I will make sure you don't get in trouble!" Rose said, and hugged him.

"Whenever you need for me to pick you up, just give me a ring!" Thomas said.

"I will! Bye, Thomas!" He waved and drove away in the car.

"Looks like you're all mine for a week!" Jack said.

"I guess so!"

*****

When they got upstairs to his apartment, they dropped all her bags in the living room.

"Shouldn't we put those in the bedroom?" Rose asked.

"It doesn't matter! As long as you're here with me!" Rose smiled and kissed him.

"I'm happy you came to pick me up."

"So am I! So, do you want anything?" he asked.

"Just you!" Rose said, a devilish grin on her face.

Rose took his hand and led him to the bedroom. Slowly, she kissed him and started to peel his clothes off.

"Looks like you wanna get straight to business!" Jack teased.

"We have a lot of unfinished business. Now, shut up and kiss me!" He did as she said. Rose pulled away and pushed him onto the bed.

"Aren't you the feisty one!" Jack said. Rose laughed and went on top of him. Jack suddenly rolled over. "I get the top!" He removed her clothing until she was completely nude and kissed her all over.

First things first, he made sure he was protected and got straight to business. Rose hadn't fell this good in a while. Her nails clawed into his back. Her toes curled and her legs were wrapped tightly around his body. It felt so good that she was about to rip her hair out. She had to bite her lip to stop from screaming. Her hands held a tight grip onto the sheets to hold on. When he climaxed, she couldn't hold her screams anymore. It was the loudest she had ever screamed in her life.

Jack dropped his head onto her chest and then looked at her.

"You're trembling," Rose said.

"Don't worry. I'll be all right." He laughed a little and Rose kissed him. He rested his head back on her chest, where he could feel it heaving up and down. They lay like that for the rest of the night.

*****

Christina stumbled into her apartment with Tommy behind her. Her laughing was outrageously loud. The guy who lived across the hall from her stepped out of his apartment.

"Hey! People are trying to sleep here!" he yelled at her.

"Oh, shut your fucking mouth!" Her words were slurred. Tommy stepped out and pulled her into the apartment.

"I'm sorry, mister. My friend here is kind of sick," Tommy said.

"Just please keep it down! People need to get up and work in the morning," the guy said.

"Yes, I know! Sorry!" Tommy closed the door behind him. "Christina, keep it down."

She fell onto the floor and Tommy helped pick her up. After waiting for her to finish work, they had gone to a bar on Flatbush where they didn't bother to check ID. Christina had drunk a bunch of drinks. Most of the night she had rambled about Jack and Rose.

"I'm trying to have fun here!"

"I know. Just keep it down."

"You don't think I'm boring like Rose now, do you?"

"Not boring at all!" Tommy said, holding her up.

"I am not a floozy like she is! Who the fuck does she think she is? Does she think she's better than me?" Christina asked. "I get it! She thinks just because she has Jack she is some big tough bitch and I should feel intimidated by her! Well, look here, mister! Christina C-C-Cas--"

"Castillo," Tommy said.

"Right! Christina Castillo steps down to no one! Besides, what does Jack see in an airhead like her? Answer me, Tommy!"

"I...I…I don't know!"

"You think she is prettier than me?"

"No! Of course not!" That was the truth for Tommy. He thought no one was more beautiful then her.

"Tommy! You are so good to me!" Christina said, slapping his face every time she said a word.

"I think you better go lay down."

"No! You sit down!" Christina pushed him onto the couch. "I'll be right back!" As she ran off to her room, she slipped on the floor.

Tommy immediately stood up. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine! Sit down!" Christina got up and went to her room.

Tommy was worried about her. He didn't know how many drinks she had had. Instead, he had watched her drink up.

He heard her stumble back into the living room. When he turned to look at her, she was just in a tank top and her blue boyshort underwear. He thought she looked hot, but tried to block his fantasy out of his head.

"I know you like to look at me, Tommy!" He gulped. He watched as she pushed her big breasts up. "Would ya look at those?"

"Christina, I...um…I think you…should get rest...now!" Tommy wiped his forehead from sweating.

"No! I'm just starting to have fun!" Christina crawled over to him and spread his legs wide. She tried to unbuckle his pants, but Tommy immediately stopped her. "What?"

"I don't think you should do that!"

"Why not? Is your penis too small?" she asked, and began to laugh. Tommy's face got red and he was embarrassed.

"No! Not that! Just--we're friends!"

"Fine!" Christina stood up with her hands on her hips and looked annoyed. "What are we suppose to do, then?"

"I think you should go to bed."

"Uh-uh!" Christina began to have a devilish grin on her face. She let her hair out loose and threw her hair tie on the floor. Then she began to lift up her shirt. Tommy was in shock. It was like it was in slow motion. Her perfect stomach showed, and he just wanted to see more. Right when he saw the bottoms of her breasts, he stopped her.

"Don't do that!" he said, surprised by what he was saying. As much as he wanted to see her naked, he wasn't going to take advantage when she was drunk.

"God! Do you not like girls?"

"Yeah, of course I do!" Christina sat on the couch with her arms folded. Tommy sat down next to her.

"This is all Jack's fault! Asshole!" she blurted out. Tommy listened as she rambled on about Jack. Ten minutes later, there was complete silence. She had fallen asleep on his shoulder.

He looked over and felt relief. Slowly, he picked her up and brought her to her room. Gently, he laid her out on the bed and covered her. He kissed her forehead and sat in the chair in the corner of the room. He contemplated whether to go home or not. He decided to stay. He couldn't believe she was trying to seduce him. As much as he wanted it, he couldn't let it happen. It'd be horrible to take advantage of her while she was drunk. It bothered him even more that she spoke about Jack, knowing that she was only trying to seduce him out of jealousy.

Tommy really wanted to kiss her and make love to her, but it couldn't happen like this. He was sure that this was his only opportunity and that he'd never get this close again.

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