Part 53
AJ woke when he felt Stormy moving against him. She was still in his arms, her head nestled on his shoulder, her hand on his chest holding the necklace he wore, and her leg was draped over his. He watched as she slept peacefully thinking how much he loved her and wondered why in the hell he had said ‘no’ to her. Sure, he said it was because he wasn’t supposed to make any life-altering changes in his first year of sobriety but they were living together and involved. Wasn’t THAT life-altering? God, how stupid he’d been and he had embarrassed her in front of all those people! He had to make it up to her but how? She’d never tell him exactly how hurt she had been but he had seen it in her eyes.
The phone interrupted his thoughts and he reached to answer it. "Yo!"
"Thank god you’re okay!" gushed Kevin, relief clear in his voice.
"Of course I’m okay. Why wouldn’t I be?" asked AJ curiously as Stormy started to wake.
"I came by there earlier to give Stormy a hand cleaning up. I rang the bell and banged on the door for close to fifteen minutes. No one answered and I’ve been trying to call your cell ever since."
“I heard the doorbell but we were kinda busy, if you know what I mean,” smirked AJ as Stormy began to place kisses along his chest.
“You aren’t up for that yet,” stated Kevin in a fatherly tone. As an afterthought, he asked, “Are you?”
AJ had to fight with every ounce of control he had not to moan in Kevin’s ear as Stormy cupped his balls in her hand and stroked them with her thumb. “Obviously I was up for it, Kev, and stop worrying. Stormy’s not gonna let me over do.”
“She being protective?” Kevin’s smile was plain.
“Oh god,” moaned AJ not able to stop himself as Stormy moved under the covers to take his semi-limp cock in her mouth. “You….could….say that.”
Kevin laughed, “I take it I’m interrupting now.”
As he put his hand in her hair, AJ managed to say, “Sorta….you woke Stormy.”
“I won’t keep you. Tell Stormy I’ll be by to help her later and Dee’s making some food for you guys.”
“Look, Kev…I appreciate the thought….” AJ had to pull Stormy off him so he could finish talking to Kevin…”But I really want the time alone with her. We’ve got some things to talk about and she’s already cleaned up.”
“That’s cool but you two need to eat. It’s…..almost noon now. I can run the food by in an hour and I promise not to stay.”
AJ knew there was no sense in arguing with Kevin and they did need to eat. If the food was already prepared, it would make things easier for Stormy. “Okay, bring it on. We’ll see you in an hour,” and he hung up not giving him time to respond. His mind was on what Stormy was doing to him. While he had stopped her from sucking him, she still had her hand on his cock making him harder with every stroke and blowing hot air on him. Tangling his fingers in her hair, he groaned, “You don’t play fair!”
Stormy licked a path up his stomach, across his chest, and stopped at his lips as her hair hung in his face. “All’s fair in love and war, Alex,” she teased sexily. “What did Kevin want?”
“To help you clean and bring us some food,” answered AJ pushing her hair behind her ears. “Stormy, as much as I’d like to finish this, we need to talk.”
The sexy smile vanished only to be replaced by a frown and she lay back down beside him. The one thing she had definitely learned was that if AJ wanted to talk rather than make love, it was serious. As she traced his ‘69’ with her finger, she asked in a frightened voice, “Do you want me to move out?”
He had known this conversation was going to be difficult and hearing the fear in her voice reaffirmed that. “Stormy, look at me.” She turned her tear-filled eyes up to him and he continued, “I do NOT want you to go ANYWHERE but you do deserve an explanation….more than what you got yesterday.”
“That was enough, Alex. It’s a part of your recovery and I understand,” she whispered.
“That’s just it! What I said yesterday completely contradicts US.”
Confused, Stormy asked, “How?”
“Think about it. I asked you to be my girl…to go steady….date each other exclusively….and we’re living together. THAT is a major commitment…just like being engaged and that contradicts WHY I said ‘no’. I want to marry you, have children with you, grow old with you but…..” AJ bit his lip before he continued. “I thought about us a lot while I was in the hospital and I even worked it out in my head how I was going to ask you to marry me.”
“Oh…it isn’t that I asked but it’s that ‘I’ asked.”
“No, because that was so incredible!! I asked you for a sign to take the relationship further and that was DEFINTELY a sign. Stormy, I’m scared of screwing US up.”
“That’s NOT gonna happen, Alex. You’re NOT the same man you were when you and Sarah were together. The guys have made that perfectly clear.”
“And you’re NOT like my exs.”
“So what does it all mean, Alex? Where do we go from here?”
Lacing his fingers with hers, he said, “I’d like to forget yesterday happened…that I said ‘no’. I don’t need a ring or a piece of paper to say that you’re mine. What’s in my heart is all I need.”
Stormy sighed, “How does a man whose public image is that of a ‘bad’ boy manage to melt my heart the way you do?”
“Because you know in your heart I’m not really that ‘bad’ boy.” Putting a finger under her chin, he tilted her lips up so that he could kiss her. It was a slow, tender kiss, his hand moving to her cheek caressing the skin as he rolled her onto her back and covered her with his body. Breaking away, he stared into her eyes and the intense blue rendered him powerless but he didn’t mind. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Stormy ran her fingers through his hair as he began to place moist kisses along her neck. “Alex, what about the steps for AA…no life-altering decisions?”
“What does your heart say?” he breathed against her skin.
Her temperature rose ten degrees. “That it doesn’t really matter.”
“Very good, baby,” he purred.
She could feel him pressing against her. “Alex, are you okay to make love again?”
“Uh huh,” he answered hearing the doorbell ringing. “But we need to go see who that is and Kevin is gonna be here soon.”
“Are you gonna be okay?”
“I’ll be fine. Go get the door and I’ll be down in a few,” he instructed as he gave her a kiss.
As she got up and grabbed her bathrobe, she asked, “What are you gonna do?”
“Get a shower.” Seeing the look of concern in her eyes, he said, “Okay, a bath so I can sit down. Now go!”
Stealing another kiss, Stormy pulled on her robe and rushed downstairs as whoever it was rung the bell again.
“So much for a day to ourselves,” mumbled AJ as he headed to the bathroom.
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