Need You Now
Chapter 10: Gonna Stick With You
"All right, I'll stop you right now. It's all ready far too much information," Dan stated.
Eric nodded. "I'm going to have to go along with Dan on this one. You're reminding me of what I had to hear in my bedroom that one time, and I really don't care to relive that moment, thank you very much!"
Chuck smirked. "I don't know. I find it kind of hot."
Rufus grinned, and raised his eyebrows up and down suggestively. "Not bad, huh?"
"Yeah, well, Chuck's vote doesn't count because he is adopted. You're not really his mother, Mom, and Rufus, he has no relation to you." Serena turned to Chuck. "Not that you're not considered part of the family, but..."
Chuck nodded at her. "It's all right. I know what you mean."
"As much as this grosses me out to ask... Was that when you conceived me?" Scott asked. "I didn't hear anything about protection."
Jenny crinkled her nose. "Does it really matter?"
Scott glanced at her. "I'm curious!"
Lily smiled. "I was on birth control to keep my skin clear. I got to finally use it for two purposes instead of the one. I had discussed that with your father at dinner."
Jenny looked at her stepmother. "Lily, why don't you tell the story now. I don 't trust my dad to keep it clean and un-nauseating."
Lily smiled, and gently rubbed her husband's knee. "Good idea."
Rufus pouted. "You guys are no fun at all!"
"I would have been up for your version of the story," Chuck reminded him.
"Except for Chuck," Rufus then added.
Chuck slightly nodded, and grinned.
Lily sighed. "All right! Back to the story. Being intimate with Rufus was even better than I ever dreamed it would be. I was so in love with him before we made love, and I was even more in love with him after we did, if that were possible. My heart was so filed with love for him, I thought it would surely burst."
Jenny smiled, and rested her head on Scott's shoulder.
Scott smiled, and placed his arm around his half sister.
Lily smiled at this, then continued on with the story.
"Are you okay? You don't regret making love, do you?" Rufus asked with worry after he and Lily had made love. He gently stroked some hair out of Lily's eyes.
Lily smiled, and did the same to him. "Are you kidding me? That was incredible! You were incredible. I love you so much!" She kissed him.
Rufus moaned, and kissed her back for a moment. He broke the kiss. "I didn't hurt you, did I?"
Lily shook her head. "Not at all. In fact, it was just the opposite. You made me feel so good." She kissed him again. "Better than I've ever felt. How about you? Was I good?"
Lily suddenly felt nervous. Making love with Rufus had felt incredible to her. Sure it was slightly uncomfortable at first, nothing she'd call painful; just awkward. But it quickly changed to pleasure, and the pleasure far outweighed any discomfort. She had never felt such pleasure in her life! She didn't even know it was possible to feel that good. But what if he didn't feel the same? What if she was bad in bed? She had heard of guys breaking up with girls because they weren't good in bed. She couldn't stand to lose Rufus—especially not now. Not now that they had consummated their love in the most intimate way one could.
Rufus kissed her neck. "You." He kissed her lips. "Were so incredible. I don't think you can even fathom how much love I have in my heart for you right now."
Lily smiled, and took his face between her hands. "If it's half as much as I love you, I know it must be a whole lot." She grinned at him.
He grinned back at her. "It is—and then some!" His eyes lowered, and he kissed her lips again.
Lily closed her eyes and kissed him back, the passion of their kiss rapidly intensifying.
Rufus moaned, his hands roaming over her breasts. He gently sucked on her right earlobe. "Want more?"
She latched her legs around his waist, pulled him closer, and kissed him hard in response. "Does that answer your question?" she asked with a grin.
Rufus grinned. He wrapped his arms around her and slowly entered her again.
Lily moaned at the sudden pleasure. She threw her head back and closed her eyes, gently biting her bottom lip. "This time, there was no awkward feeling; it went straight to pleasure. If it felt better every time they made love, she never wanted to leave the bedroom. She couldn't help but grin at this. She didn't think Rufus would have a problem with that.
"Does that answer your question?" Rufus asked.
Lily opened her eyes, and focused her attention back on him. "Huh?" She suddenly couldn't remember what they had been talking about before he begun to make love to her again.
He grinned. "You asked if your actions answered my question about wanting more, and I'm answering you with my actions."
Lily smiled; remembering now. "Oh yeah. Mm... I don't know. I think I need more of this for me to really understand your answer." Her smile turned to a wide grin.
Rufus grinned too. "Mm, that's totally not going to be a problem."
Lily's eyes darkened with desire. "Good."
Rufus held her closer, then began to make love to her.
Lily moaned, clinging to Rufus; her fingers digging into his back. She kissed his bare shoulder. He felt so good. She couldn't get enough of him.
"I love you," Rufus whispered in her ear as he continued making love to her.
Lily moved her body to match with his thrusts. She wanted to make him feel as good as he was making her feel. "I love you too." She tangled her fingers in his hair and kissed him. "So much."
His eyes lowered, and they kissed some more, both moaning into the kiss as their pleasure intensified.
"Mom!" Serena and Eric both complained at the same time Dan, Jenny, and Scott all said, "Lily!"
Lily blushed. "Sorry. I guess I got carried away. I'll keep it clean. I promise."
Chuck smirked; looking very much like he was enjoying this, which he most likely was. "It's a little late for that."
Rufus grinned at his wife. "You're making me want to do an encore presentation!"
The kids, minus Chuck, all complained at this.
Lily smirked, and playfully pushed her husband. "Behave." She turned back to the kids. "Sorry. Keeping it clean!"
Lily smiled, her head resting on Rufus' chest once they had finished their lovemaking.
Rufus gently stroked her back, and kissed the top of her head. "Cece would probably have a heart attack if she knew what we just did."
Lily smirked. "In that case, maybe we should call her up and tell her."
Rufus laughed. "You're so bad!"
"If I had my camera with me, we could even take pictures to develop and show her," Lily continued to joke.
Rufus snorted. "Yeah, we could have the bellhop take the pictures. I'm sure he'd get a thrill out of that!"
Lily smiled, and rested her hand over Rufus' chest. "Yeah, but you're the only one who can see me naked."
Rufus kissed her. "I better be!"
She grinned. "Don't worry—you are."
They kissed again.
"Making love with you surpassed all my dreams," Rufus told her, his eyes lowered as he gently stroked her hair.
She grinned at him. "Mine too."
They kissed some more, then just rested in each other's arms, soon drifting off to sleep.
"Lil, wake up!"
Lily slowly opened her eyes when she heard Rufus' voice, and felt him gently shaking her. "Hm? What's wrong?"
Rufus smiled down at her. "Nothing, Beautiful. Quite the contrary!"
Lily sat up a bit, pulling the covers over her chest, though she didn't know why, for Rufus had already seen everything there was to see. She smiled at the thought. "What is it then?"
Rufus smiled at her. "I just got a call from that record producer I told you about. You know, the one who wants to sign Lincoln Hawk?"
Lily nodded.
Rufus continued. "Well, not only does he want to meet with the band and I tomorrow to sign us, but he wants to set up a twenty-city summer tour! It's in the works as we speak!"
Lily grinned, and put her hands together. "Oh my gosh, that's great news! Congratulations, My Darling." She smiled at him, then wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him passionately.
He moaned, and kissed her back. "Mm, thanks, Babe." He broke the kiss. "Do you mind if I call the rest of the band and tell them quick?"
Lily shook her head. "Not at all. I think I'm going to take a shower anyway."
He nodded, then quickly kissed her lips, his hand gently resting on her bare back. "I won't be long."
He then left the room, and went into the hallway to make his calls.
Lily stripped off her clothes and grabbed some clean undergarments before heading into the bathroom. She shut the door and turned the water on as warm as she could stand it. She stepped into the shower and pulled the curtain shut. Then, she closed her eyes and let the water rush over her face. It was so nice and relaxing. She just enjoyed the water for a moment before washing up.
She had just finished washing when she heard the curtain being pulled back.
She turned her head, and smiled when she saw Rufus standing there, wearing nothing but his birthday suit. And it wasn't even his birthday. She smirked.
"Need someone to wash your back?" he asked with a grin.
"Sure," she said, the smile still on her face.
Rufus climbed into the shower, and pulled the curtain closed behind them.
He took the bar of sop, and gently ran it all over her back. Then, he kissed down the side of her neck.
She closed her eyes, and moved her head to the side, giving him more access. "Mm..."
He set the soap down, then gently pushed her back to the wall.
She pulled him close, and they began kissing passionately.
Soon, she had her legs wrapped around his waist, and he was making love to her, half holding her up, half letting the wall support her.
No words were needed. The only sounds that filled the room were their moans.
Afterwards, they kissed for a few moments, still no words.
Rufus rested his forehead against Lily's and smiled at her. "Sorry I made you dirty again."
Lily grinned. "That's okay. I love getting dirty with you."
They both laughed, and Rufus gently set Lily back down.
"So, how did your band mates take the news?" Lily asked as she shut the shower water off.
"They were thrilled! This is the break we've been waiting for," Rufus said, helping her out of the shower.
"I'm so happy for you guys! You deserve it," Lily said as she put on her underwear and bra. "Can I borrow one of your shirts to wear to bed?" she then asked.
Rufus smiled. "Of course!"
They left the bathroom after shutting off the lights.
Rufus went into his drawer and got out a button down baseball shirt for her to wear.
Lily put it on, and he helped her button it.
Rufus licked his lips was he saw his girlfriend in his shirt. "You look so sexy in my clothes."
Lily smiled, and climbed into bed.
Rufus slipped on some fresh boxers, then climbed into bed next to her.
Lily rested her head on his chest.
"Sorry, but I don't think you'd look quite as good in my clothes," she teased.
He laughed. "I don't either."
"Besides, I much prefer you naked," she said, trailing her fingers down his naked chest.
He kissed her. "Likewise, Baby."
She stroked her hair, enjoying the moonlight on it from the window.
It wasn't long before they both drifted off to sleep. It had been a long day and night, and tomorrow was a whole other day and night.
Lily was just glad she was going to be able to spend it with the one she loved more than life itself. And she knew that Rufus felt the same way about her. That thought alone made her smile as she drifted off into the most peaceful sleep she had had in a very long time.
"I still don't get why you even need to tell us about all the times you have sex. Is it really relevant to the story?" Dan asked.
Serena nodded. "Especially the shower scene. We really didn't need to know that."
"I'm just trying to keep the mental images from invading my brain," Eric stated, his nose crinkled.
"I find it hot. Feel free to use more detail," Chuck said with a smirk; clearly enjoying his siblings' discomfort.
Lily smiled. "I'm just trying to show you the intensity of our love—how much we truly loved each other." She looked at Rufus and gently rubbed his knee with a smile. "And still do."
Rufus kissed her in response, then turned back to his kids with a grin. "I just like talking about it."
Lily gently swatted his shoulder.
"I honestly don't know whether to think it's sweet or gross, since I didn't grow up with you guys or anything," Scott stated.
"It would be sweet if they weren't our parents, but they are, so it's just gross!" Jenny complained.
Eric nodded. "Finally we agree on something."
"Well, you'll all be relieved to know that I'm done with that part for now. Now shut up and let me finish the story. It's getting late," Lily said.
Rufus laughed. "Look at you, my baby getting all tough. I haven't seen that side of you in a while. It kind of turns me on." He began kissing the side of her neck.
"Come on!" Eric complained.
The rest of the kids (minus Chuck) complained as well.
Lily smirked, and gently pushed Rufus away. "Behave." She gave him a meaningful look. "For now."
Rufus licked his lips and moaned, but did as told and sat back, waiting for Lily to continue with the story.
She did. "The net morning, I woke up in Rufus' arms. I felt so at peace. I wanted more loving, but it didn't work out that way."
"Thank God!" Eric said.
Lily rolled her eyes and smirked. "Anyway, Rufus had to get ready for that meeting he had with the record producer. I was more than willing to help him. Or try to distract him." She smirked at the memory.
"Good morning, My love," Lily said with a smile when she woke to find Rufus watching her sleep. She gently stroked some hair out of his eyes.
He lovingly kissed her, his hand gently resting on her cheek. "Good morning, beautiful."
Lily moaned into the kiss, and moved so that she was straddling him.
Rufus kissed her passionately, letting her hands roam down his chest. Soon after though, as much has he hated to do it, he stopped kissing her. "We can't do this. I have to meet the band in a half hour, and then we're going to head over to Capital Records. That's where our meeting with Stan, the head of the company is. Can you believe it? This is all so surreal!"
Lily smiled brightly. "I'm so happy for you, My love. You deserve this! Your band is amazing!"
Rufus smirked. "And here I thought you didn't like us as much as Nine Inch Nails. In fact, you never acted all that impressed with Lincoln Hawk."
Lily shrugged. "That was just because I didn't want to admit that I was falling for you. My messed up brain had been still set on me and Trent ending up together. Yuck! Thank God you stopped me from making a horrible mistake with him."
Rufus smiled; amused. "But you were so ticked off when I did that!"
Lily kissed his neck. "Well, I was an idiot." She trailed her kisses from his neck to his lips. "Make love to me again, please?"
His eyes lowered, and his hands went to her waist. "Lil, you have no idea how much I want to, but I can't. I really can't be late for this meeting. I like to be able to take my time with you, and us making love right now would be rushed at best."
Lily sighed. "Oh, all right! I understand."
Rufus kissed her. "After the meeting though." He kissed her again. "I promise!"
"Well, at least let me help you pick something out to wear," Lily requested.
Rufus kissed her. "I think that's a good idea."
They grinned at each other, then kissed again before Lily helped pick out a black dress shirt, khaki pants, a black belt, a blue silk tie, blue socks, and black dress shoes. She even did his hair for him, giving him a bed head look without his hair looking too unruly. "You're so incredibly sexy," she purred, gently kissing down his neck. "Are you sure you don't have time to play?"
His eyes darkened. "Mm, later. I promise you that!"
She pouted. "All right. I better get home to Mom anyway. By now, she probably knows I wasn't at Jenny's. She always has a way of finding out these things."
He kissed her. "I'll meet you at your house after the meeting, and try to smooth things over with her."
Lily smiled. "All right, but good luck with that!"
Rufus grinned, then stroked her hair as he kissed her. "Thanks for helping me get ready."
Lily smiled up at him, her hand on his cheek. "Anything for you, My darling."
They both lowered their eyes this time as they kissed.
"Mm..." Rufus broke the kiss. "If we keep this up, I'm going to miss the meeting all together. I'll see you later at the house!"
Lily pouted, at the kiss being broken. "All right. Good luck!" Not that you'll need it. I'm sure you'll do amazing!"
He grinned at her and blew her a kiss. "Thanks! See you later!" He waved, then was out the door.
Lily sighed, then headed to go to the bathroom and get ready before going home to her favorite warden.
"Where were you? I know you weren't at Jenny's. You didn't have your cell phone on, so I called her house to see when you'd be home, and her mother answered. She said not only were you not at Jenny's, but Jenny isn't even in town!"
Lily rolled her eyes. Her mother could have at least said hello first. She supposed she shouldn't have turned her cell phone off. She just hadn't wanted to be bothered by her mother when she was trying to have a romantic night with her boyfriend. She sighed. "Fine, Mother, you caught me." Of course. "I was with Rufus. I lied to you because I knew you wouldn't approve, and would try to stop me if I told you where I was really going."
Cece stiffened. "You spent the night with him?"
Lily looked at her. "Yes, Mother. And, before you ask, yes, we had sex—three times to be exact. I'm not a virgin anymore, so you can save all the questions. Now you know."
Cece put her hand over her heart. "Well, I hope you at least used protection!"
"You know I'm on birth control, Mother." Lily began heading to her room; not really in the mood for this conversation.
"Birth control doesn't prevent sexually transmitted diseases!" Cece called out, following behind her daughter.
Lily threw herself down onto her bed. "Gosh, Mother, really? Do we really have to have this conversation?"
Cece crossed her arms and stood in the doorway as she stared down at her daughter. "When it comes to my daughter's health, then yes, we do."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Mother, we were both virgins. Neither one of us contacted anything from anybody, so don't worry."
Cece snorted. "You expect me to believe that boy, a rockstar, was still a virgin?"
"That's what he told me, and I know he is telling the truth!" Lily insisted.
Cece narrowed her eyes at her daughter. "How do you know? Did you look into your crystal ball? Are you psychic?"
Lily narrowed her eyes right back at her. "Don't be a smart ass, Mother. I trust Rufus. He would never lie to me."
Cece glared at her, and, much to Lily's annoyance, shook her finger at Lily. "For one, don't ever talk to me like that, and for two, all men lie."
Lily crossed her arms over her chest as well. "Well, Rufus doesn't—at least not to me."
Cece sighed. "Well, obviously there's nothing I can do to change your mind. I'm sure you'll get over him once you go to Brown and find a nice, charming young man who is worthy of you."
Lily sat up straight in bed. "For one, Mother, Rufus is worthy of me. If anything, I don't feel worthy of him. He is a very nice guy, who is a gentleman. If you'd take the time to get to know him, you'd see that!"
Cece held her nose high in the air. "If he were such a gentleman, he wouldn't have taken your virginity from you."
"Well, I took his from him. Does that make me not a lady?" Lily quipped.
Cece looked away; not responding to that.
"Anyway, second of all, I'm not going to Brown. Rufus is touring in the fall with his band. They just got signed, and are doing a twenty-city tour. I'm going to go on tour with him," Lily announced.
Cece quickly looked at her daughter again. "Like hell you are!"
Lily got off the bed. "Just try to stop me! I'll be an adult at the end of the year."
Cece gave Lily a look to kill. "But you won't be an adult until November. I take it the tour starts before that?"
Lily shook her head. "Trust me, mother; I'd just keep sneaking out. I won't let you stop me."
"I'll cut you off. If you go on tour with him instead of going to Brown, then you're out of the house, and I'll no longer give you any money," Cece threatened.
Lily hesitated for just a moment. Then she held her head high like her mother's. "Fine. I'll just get a job and live with Rufus."
Cece laughed. "Good luck with that! What happens if he doesn't want you to? What happens if you two get in a big fight and break up? Living together changes things, you know. You'll get on each other's nerves."
Lily smirked. "He couldn't possibly get on my nerves as much as you do. If I survived living with you, I can survive living with anybody—especially the man of my dreams."
Cece threw her hands in the air. "So now he's suddenly the man of your dreams. Fine. You know what? You want to ruin your life, then go right ahead. I give you a month—if even that—before you come crawling back to me. I expect you out of the house for good the day you're supposed to leave for Brown. Wether you leave for Brown or to be with your lover boy is entirely up to you."
Lily nodded, her arms crossed firmly across her chest. "Yes, it is. And, don't worry. I'll be out."
"I'm going out for lunch with Edna. Fend for yourself. You're going to have to get used to doing so." With that, Cece turned on her heels and left the room, moments later leaving the house as well.
Lily let out a long sigh, then threw herself face down on her bed, and screamed into her pillow.
"Thank God you're here!" Lily kissed Rufus when he arrived at the house. She was just glad Cece wasn't home yet. "How did things go?"
Rufus grinned. "Lincoln Hawk is officially signed to Capital Records!"
Lily squealed, and jumped up onto Rufus.
Rufus laughed, and grabbed hold of her, holding her up on him.
They kissed.
Rufus grinned even bigger. "Stan even surprised up with confirmation of the tour. It's all set up to start at the end of August through the end of September! We get our own tour bus and everything! Of course the band has to share one tour bus, but we're used to that of course."
"That's perfect! I already told my mother I'm going with you," Lily said, smiling just as brightly.
"Wait, what?" Rufus asked, gently setting Lily back down. "What about Brown?"
Lily shook her head. "I never wanted to go there anyway. It was my mother's dream—not mine." She wrapped her arms around Rufus, and gently rested her forehead against his. "Besides, I couldn't be happy if I wasn't with you—even for only a month."
Rufus kissed her. "Are you sure?"
She kissed him back. "As sure as I was when I asked you to make love to me for the first time."
His eyes lowered, and he gently moaned. "Well, I can't say I won't be happy to have you there with me. But, are you really, really sure? I mean, Brown is a great opportunity. There will be other tours to join me on."
Lily took his face between her hands. "Rufus, look at me. I'm sure. I don't want to go to Brown. I don't care if there will be other tours. I mean, of course I care because it's good for you, but I don't care if... I mean..." Lily struggled for the words. "It's not about me not wanting to miss out on touring with you. It's about me not wanting to be apart from you for that long—ever!"
Rufus kissed her yet again, his hands tightening around her waist. "Well, if you're really sure."
Lily nodded, and kissed him again. "I am."
Rufus grinned. "Well, then this tour just got even better!"
They grinned at each other, their foreheads resting against the other's.
"So, how did Cece take the news? Not good I presume?" Rufus asked.
Lily snickered. "Not at all. Especially not after I told her we had sex."
Rufus' mouth dropped open. "You told her that?"
Lily nodded. "Only because she called Jenny's house and found out through her mother that I wasn't there. I knew she would pry until she got it out of me anyway, so I saved us both the time and energy and just told her."
"I bet she loved that!" Rufus said sarcastically.
Lily rolled her eyes. "She lectured me on safe sex. She doesn't believe you were a virgin."
Rufus blushed. "You told her that too?"
"Only to prove to her I had nothing to worry about when it came to sexually transmitted diseases. I'm sorry. Are you mad?" She wrapped her arms tighter around his waist.
Rufus kissed her forehead. "I could never be mad at you."
Lily nuzzled her face against his cheek. "It's nothing to be ashamed of anyway. However, I now have to find a job, and I have to find a place to live. She said I'm out of the house for good come time to leave for Brown. She's also cutting me off."
"Well, you can stay with me, obviously." Rufus stated.
Lily grinned up at him. "I was hoping you'd say that!"
Rufus grinned down at her, and gently stroked her hair. "As for a job, well, how do you feel about being the band's official photographer for our tour? You can take pictures for our Website and our tour books. Hey, maybe even four our album booklet!"
Lily grinned. "Really?"
Rufus nodded. "I'd have to run it by Jake, our tour manager, first, but he's a really great guy. I'm sure he'd be up for it once he saw your work! It would be perfect because then you could tour with me and work all at the same time!"
Lily pulled Rufus in for a deep and passionate kiss. "Did I ever tell you how much I love you?"
Rufus smiled. "Yes, but I love hearing it."
Lily gently ran her hands up his chest. She brushed her lips against his right ear. "My mom is out for a while, so how about I show you how much?"
Rufus' eyes lowered, and he picked Lily up. "I say let's take this to the bedroom."
They grinned at each other, then kissed the whole way to the bedroom.
Lily sighed with contentment as Rufus laid her down onto her bed, and began kissing down her neck. She may not have known what her future held for sure, but, as long as Rufus was in it, she had no doubt that she would be okay. With Rufus, she knew she could get through anything.