AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Why in the hell am I starting ANOTHER story!? I already have THREE! Well now FOUR! But, the sequel to no good deed goes unpunished hasn't been updated since June or July, so I guess that one doesn't count lol. But I actually wrote this like three months ago and never uploaded it, just want see where it goes :-)

"Come on, you gotta get out of this sulk you're in" I said trying to pull the covers away from Paul.

"Go away" he mumbled into the pillow. "I just want to lie in this bed until I rot"

"Well I'm not gonna let that happen." I said with one last tug that pulled the covers completely off him.

"Heyyyyy!" He pouted as he tried to reach for them.

I threw the covers on the floor and placed my hands on my hips. "You can't let her get you down like this Paul. I mean look at you, you're 23 years old with your whole life ahead of you. You're intelligent, handsome, and funny. You have more than enough attributes to attract another woman. Darcy is not the end of the world ya know."

He just looked up at me with the saddest eyes.

I sighed. "Paul" I said placing my hand to my head. "I'm not gonna let her ruin you. Then I have to deal with your slugger mood."

"I'm not that bad" he said softly

"Yes you are. In fact you're the worst! Look, you're sitting here going 'woe is me' when she is out there with some other guy having the time of her life. Seeing you like this would only empower her more. You can't let her have control."

"But she's the only woman I've ever loved."

But what about me? I thought.

"Well, besides my mom, sister and you of course" he said with a smile when he mentioned me.

Much better, my heart can relax now. I thought

"Promise me this" I said sitting down on the bed next to him.

"What?"

"You're not going to let this be the end of you, she's not going to take every ounce of dignity you have left. You're going to prove that you're a fighter and that you don't need her and she's the one that needs you"

He shrugged. "I guess I can promise that...but"

"No buts, and no guesses" I said placing my finger to his lips.

Wow, they're really soft. Is it weird to say that i'm jealous that my finger is touching his lips and not my own?

"Ok" he said nodding. "I'll do it, just for you"

I smiled. "Thank you. See, that's the side I love about you, this big softie hiding under all this hard muscle and ego" I said touching his chest.

God, he feels wonderful.

"You're a complete marshmallow" I continued.

He smiled softly. "I guess that's right"

"No. It is right" I said rubbing his shoulder.

If I was being honest, I was touching every single part of him that I could get my hands on. Yes, I'm taking advantage of him during a bad situation but I can't help it. This is the only chance I'll get seeing as any other time he would have questioned me or joked that I wanted him...which I do. But I'll never let him know that. Deep down, I'm more than excited about his break up with that bitch Darcy.

I'm his best friend, I've loved him for years, since we were little kids. There was a time where I thought he was going to ask me out when we were in college, but of course she had to come along and screw it up. She started to get in his head and tell him things that just weren't true, especially things about me. She didn't like the fact that our relationship was so strong, stronger than theirs actually. She got in his head for a while but he came to his senses and decided that I was going to be apart of his life whether she liked it or not. Needless to say she didn't like it, but she dealt with it.

"Hey you" he said stroking my cheek with his thumb, which instantly turned red "what cha thinking about?"

"What do you mean?" I asked as I held my head down so he couldn't see me blush.

"You kinda spaced out on me" he said placing his hand to the small of my back. God what I would do to have this man.

"Sorry" I said looking up after the heat from my cheeks finally died down.

"Stephanie"

"Yes?"

"I love you"

"What?"

"I love you, and I want you. I need you" He said leaning in for a kiss

"I love you too, but.." I said before he cut me off and placed his fingers to my lips

"Shhh, I've been dying to do this for too long for it to be interrupted" he leaned in and I moaned immediately at the contact of our lips touching one another. He pushed me down gently and continued to kiss me as he got on top of me. I held onto his massive back and I pulled him closer.

"I love you so much" he said again

"Show me" I said in a husky tone

He stared me in the eyes as he started making kisses down my stomach and started to unbutton my pants, once those were off he slid off my panties and my eyes immediately rolled in the back of my head as he took his tongue and...

"Steph...Steph...Steph...AYE STEPH!" Paul said as he snapped his fingers and waved his hand in front of me.

"Ah!" I gasped as I shook my head and snapped out of my daze

"You alright?" He said in a joking tone as he gently nudged me with his shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm fine" I said with a smile

"Heyyyy, this is all about me" he whined "I can't have you zoned out too" he pouted

"Oh shut up" I teased

"I'm glad I have you, I need you"

"I know" I teased with a smile

"No really Steph, I mean it, I don't know what I'd do without you, you mean the world to me." He said as he leaned in and laid his head on my shoulder. "You mean more than you'll ever know" he said as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

I smiled as I laid my head on top of his and entwined my fingers with the ones around my waist.

I need you too Paul, so much. If you only knew...if you only knew how much.

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