Rule

“I’ll always take care of you Rule, in fact I like doing it because it makes me happy and it feels good but I’m not ever going to let you use me to work out your demons like you did with all those girls that came before me so you better learn the difference.”

I didn’t answer her because she was right so instead I picked her up by the waist and tossed her on the bed.  I didn’t need to give her time to get ready for me I was pretty sure that working me over better than anyone ever had, had done a good job of turning her on and making her wet and slippery.  Her folds were already slick and ready for whatever I had to give.  When I moved inside I made sure the top ball of my piercing rubbed against her most sensitive parts.  Now that we had sex with nothing between us I knew even if I wasn’t particularly stellar in the sack that having all that jewelry down there could and would create a sensation that got her off regardless, not that I didn’t always make it my goal to make her lose her mind.  She hooked her legs up around my hips as I moved in and out of her and let her eyes fall at half-mast.  I was braced up above her and her hands were wrapped around my biceps.  I was pretty sure I could die a happy man having her look up like that at me, with having her moan and writhe beneath me as pleasure shot through her body and made it clench around mine.  I had never really given much thought to monogamy and committing to having sex with only one person over and over again because I had never really seen that as a path I was going to take.  With her I knew it to the bottom of my soul that I would be happy just having her, making her fragment and break apart.  When she moaned my name low and needy it triggered my own release and I buried my face in the delicate curve of her neck and growled like a feral animal.  After we were both wrung out I collapsed on top of her in a boneless heap and felt her wrap her slender arms around me.  I kept my face pressed into her neck and gave her a series of butterfly kisses with my eyes closed.

“You make me think everything will be okay.”

She turned her head to give me better access to her neck and rubbed her hands lightly up and down my spine.  “All we can do is try, Rule.  I’m willing as long as you are and I’m not delusional, I’ve known you a long time and know it isn’t always going to be easy and fun that things like pizza and a quiet night at home have the ability to send you into a tailspin but I’m here as long as you recognize what is happening and agree to try.”

I snickered a little against her damp skin which made her shiver.  “If freaking out means I get you to go down on me to get me to stop acting like an idiot I can’t promise to knock it off any time soon.”

She swore and swatted me on my ass.  I fell asleep with her wrapped up in my arms and her soft laughter in my ear.  The tu

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We were both quiet the next morning when we got up to go back to her car.  We stopped at the corner coffee shop for breakfast and neither one of us seemed overly eager to rehash the events of the night before.  After a solid night’s sleep and waking up to her peaceful and i

It had warmed up just a tad from last night so the icy spots on the sidewalks were now mushy puddles of dirty slush.  We navigated around them while balancing hot coffee and trying to stay warm.  She had parked her car off the street a couple blocks over from the shop in one of the neighborhoods.  I was getting ready to ask her if she was alright, if everything was still cool between us but she came to a grinding halt and I almost ran into the back of her.  I swore softly as the hot coffee splashed over my hand.  “What the hell Shaw?”

She didn’t move and I had to jump back when her coffee slid out of a suddenly lifeless hand and clattered on the snowy ground.  She lifted a shaking hand to her mouth and before I could ask again what was wrong a pickup truck that was waiting to make a left hand turn moved and I caught sight of her car.

All the windows were smashed out, the headlights and been shattered; all four tires were on the metal rim on the ground the slashed rubber sitting lifelessly around them like tattered material.  The pristine black paint job was now marred with ugly red spray paint that had even uglier words blazed across the surface.  The hood had the word ‘whore’ in huge letters and along each side of the car from front to trunk were variations on the same thing.  It was bad and considering what kind of car she drove it was also going to be extremely costly to fix.

 I could see that she was shaking so I put an arm around her shoulder and tugged her to my chest.  At first she resisted, standing stone still, eyes locked on the senseless destruction but when I applied just a little more pressure she came willingly and I tucked her head up under my chin.

“We should probably call the cops.”

She shuddered against me and I felt her head move ‘no’ under against my throat.  “No.  What’s the point?  His dad will just cover for him again and make it all go away.  Besides it’s not like there is any proof he did it.”

I hated that she was probably right.  “Do you want me to take you to school?  I can get this taken care of for you while you’re there.”

“No.  I need to call the insurance company and have it towed somewhere.  Why can’t he just leave me alone?”

I ran a hand lightly from the crown of her head to the ends of her almost white hair.  “Because you’re kind of impossible to get over.”

She sighed against my neck and just let me hold her until she stopped shaking.  “I guess I need to go back to your place and get this taken care of.”

“Of course.”  I handed her what was left of my coffee and made sure I kept her tucked in close to my side on the way back to the Victorian.  We were both quiet, now for different reasons but I knew I needed to keep the rage that was practically choking me at bay until I got her somewhere safe and she felt secure.  Having something destroyed like that must have been a violation like I couldn’t imagine and even though Gabe had been quiet the last few weeks it was clear now he had no intention of letting go of his obsession with my girl.

When we got back inside she immediately started calling around getting things in place for an adjuster to check out the damage and have the car towed to a body shop.  She needed a rental in the meantime and wasted no time in setting that up as well.  After about an hour or two where I just watched her like a hawk all the adrenaline finally wore her out and she mentioned that she wanted to take a shower and lay down.  I sent her off to my room with gritted teeth and a kiss, hoping she couldn’t feel the fury that was burning in every cell of my body.

Nash came crawling in a few minutes after I heard the hot water turn on.  He looked a little worse for the wear but he had a shit eating grin on his face and his shirt was on inside out so I assumed the date had served its purpose.  He took one look at the way my jaw was clenched and the way I’m sure my eyes were flashing with platinum fire and asked,