Parallel Lives Chapter 21
In hindsight Daryl could say that Thanksgiving had prepared him for Christmas at The Greenes. He had allowed her to invite Merle and his father to a New Year Day dinner and after that he had told her no more family get togethers or parties till the summer. Even the Christmas work party hadn't been as bad as Daryl pretended it had been. He even had allowed Beth to offer to host the next one at their new place. Beth was working on packing up a few things over her spring break, and if the building kept on schedule they'd be in by May. She had already started her gardens on the property; all she had to do was plant the sides once they moved in. Daryl had built her a few raised beds and filled them with soil. Beth had spent a Saturday lying on her stomach and painting designs on the boxes while Daryl had worked on the fence. The workers had poured the cement for the basement and had built the subfloor. Daryl was going to put in the floors and do all the painting himself. He just needed them to so the walls, siding roof and plumbing. He was physically exhausted and not looking forward to the nightly trek Beth liked to make out to see the progress that was being made. It made her so happy he knew he wouldn't refuse, but he especially hated it on the days he still worked late, and he had taken to working late every night but Wednesday to bank some extra hours to work on the house once they were inside. Sure enough as soon as he pulled into the driveway she ran from the house and hopped into the truck.
"I brought a picnic." Beth said leaning over and kissing him. "Spring break starts today!" Beth said cheerfully. "We can sleep in tomorrow, I'll finish all the packing while you're at work next week."
"You don't got pack everything on your own." Daryl grumbled as he backed out of the driveway.
"I don't mind." Beth said ignoring his grumpy mood. He had been working 60+ hours a week since the middle of January. "I have a surprise for you in the garage when we home too." Beth said. Daryl grunted again and pulled up to the half built house. "Look at how much the got done!" Beth said jumping from the car and running towards the house. "Daryl look they have the rooms all divided!" Daryl got out and tried to share her enthusiasm. Beth ran down the stairs to check out the basement. They were going to make a den there where they'd watch TV, the laundry room and a little office for Beth's computer so she could do her school work down there. They had decided the only electronics they wanted upstairs were alarm clocks, Beth's iPod dock and their chargers for their cell phones. Beth ran back up the stairs and shook her head. "Nothing down their yet." She said as she walked through the beams that separated the bedrooms and bathroom from the large open concept area that was going to be the Kitchen, Dinning and Sitting Room area. Beth pulled a blanket from the bag and spread it on the ground. Daryl settled across from her and let her hand him a plate that was still warm. "It's a chicken parm sub." Beth said opening a bag of chips and handing him a cold beer. "I made myself a half one." Beth said pulling out her own plate.
"Sounds good." Daryl said twisting off the top to his beer. "This look as big as we asked for the Master Bedroom and Bath? "He asked turning his head. He had specifically asked that they build a pretty big walk in closet that he knew would be ¾ full with all Beth's things."
"I think so. I think we're actually sitting in the bathroom part, not the bedroom part though." Beth said giggling. Daryl grunted and ate his sandwich. "It's getting nicer out, aren't you glad?" Beth asked stretching her bare legs out in front of her. "It's finally warm enough to go without jackets, and I can wear skirts and dresses with out nylons or stockings." Beth said. Daryl ran his hand over her shin warming them.
"You got goose bumps. Might be a bit chilly still." Daryl said pulling off his jacket and folding it over her legs.
"Maybe, I just really wanted to wear a sundress." Beth said nibbling on a few chips.
"Could have worn those tights you have." Daryl pointed out as he finished his sandwich. "Can't have you getting sick again." Beth smiled at him.
"Couldn't wear tights." Beth said pushing him down on the blanket and climbing on top of him. "Couldn't even wear panties for what I have planned." Beth said as she placed his beer away from where they were lying so it wouldn't spill. "I've wanted to do this since they put the floor in, I figured it was finally warm enough tonight." Beth said placing his hand on her thigh. "Want to fool around in our future bedroom?" Beth asked smiling against his mouth.
"On the ground?" Daryl asked rolling his shoulders. "I'm too sore to lay against an unfinished floor." Daryl said running his hands over her thigh and squeezing her ass cheek. Beth looked around the unfinished house. She tapped Daryl on the chest and pointed over to small table that must have been being used for measuring and cutting boards, it was covered sawdust.
"You could bend me over that and fuck me in the kitchen." Beth said as she pulled him up to his feet. "I'll throw the blanket over it." Beth said bending over to grab the blanket.
"Doesn't look very sturdy." Daryl said pulling her back to his chest and kissing her. "I got a better idea." Daryl said as he pulled her over the corner of the room and pressed her up against the corner. "Wrap those legs around me." Daryl said as he lifted her up. Beth bunched her skirt up and pressed against his jeans and grinded against him. Beth reached up and grabbed the beam over her head to help her move against him.
"Take your pants off!" Beth said lifting her legs higher so he could get to his belt. Daryl undid his pants and let them fall to his knees. Beth unwrapped her legs from around his waist and dropped to her knees on the blanket she had dropped. Beth leaned forward and took him in her mouth. Daryl placed his hand against the beam for balance and tried to concentrate on how good her tongue felt and how her nails digging into his thighs really shouldn't feel as good as they did. Beth popped him from her mouth and let him pull her back and back her against the beam.
"Ready?" Daryl asked as lined up with her entrance. Beth reached down and played with her lips and brought her fingers to his mouth.
"You tell me." Beth said as he pushed forward and sucked on her fingers. Bet moaned and reached up to grab the beam again as she started to move. "Baby I want to come now." She whined as she moved faster. Daryl moved his thumb down and pressed against her clit and circled. Beth reached down and pulled her breasts out and pressed her chest into his face. "Please!" Beth whined. She threw her head back when he sucked her nipple in his mouth.
"You go to be quiet. The lake makes you echo." Daryl said as he switched to her other breast.
"They need to get used to hearing me." Beth said against the top of his head as she dropped down a kiss. Daryl bit at her breasts softly cause her to let out a pretty high-pitched moan as she clinched around him.
"Thank Christ." Daryl moaned out as he thrust hard into a few more times to his finish. He let Beth slide her feet to the ground and leaned against her. Beth stood on her feet and kissed him.
"Thank Christ?" She asked as she reached down pulled his pants around his waist. "You've never said that before."
"I thought I was going to drop you before you came." Daryl said rolling his shoulders. "I'm just really tired." Beth smiled at him and did up his pants.
"You need to get into bed." Beth said gathering up the blanket and picnic bag. "When we get back I want you to take off all you clothes and lie on the bed on your stomach." Beth said walking towards the truck.
"Why?" Daryl asked taking the bag from her and shoving it into the back of the truck.
"You're getting a hot oil massage." Beth informed him as he lifted her up so she could slide across the seat. Beth finally reached down and adjusted her top as they pulled away and started back for home. "I'll show you the surprises tomorrow."
"No way. You showing me tonight." Daryl said as he took off towards town. "Give me a clue."
"It's something for our new place." Beth said. "Oh and I need you to take me back to Costco tomorrow for the other things I wanted to buy, but wouldn't fit in my Jeep." Beth said.
"What are you buying that won't fit in your Jeep?" Daryl asked.
"You've always wanted a porch that wrapped around your house, I've always wanted a king size bed. You can make the bedframe to fit right?" Beth asked.
"Yeah don't worry about it." Daryl said. "You sleep practically on top of me every night, why do you want a huge bed?" Beth shrugged her shoulders. "Come on, you can tell me."
"We used to all climb into my parents bed with them on Saturdays and Daddy would read us stories. I know we don't have kids, and we might not ever have kids, but I've always wanted a king size bed so my whole family would fit."
"Why wouldn't we have kids?" Daryl asked pulling into the driveway.
"What if we can't?" Beth pointed out.
"I'll steal you a kid." Daryl said. Beth smiled. "Seriously there's a cute one across the street. She's got to be close to sleeping through the night right?"
"I told you, I'm not planning on a baby yet. She'll be too old. You have to steal me a little one." Beth said as she walked to the garage. "Ta-da!" She said pointing to some outdoor furniture. "I want to set this up on the dock so we can have breakfast watching the sun rise in the summer."
"You don't get out of bed if you don't have to go to work." Daryl said laughing.
"Alright eat supper and watch the sun go down." Beth said swatting at time. "Do you like it? They had a lighter shade of wood, but I really liked the slate color." Daryl picked up the boxes and tested the weight of the wood. "The guy standing my the one they had set said they were easy to put together. Maybe when we go out tomorrow to work on the garden I can set them up." Beth said as she pushed Daryl towards the house. "Upstairs, clothes off." She ordered following him up the stairs. She lit a few candles around the bed and sat waiting for him to settle down.
"Where's the oil?" Daryl asked settling on his stomach. Beth reached for the candle and purred some of the melted liquid in her hands. "What are you doing?"
"These candles melt down into massage oil." Beth said straddling his body and settling on his ass. "Tell me if I'm rubbing too hard." Daryl grunted, did she really think that she could hurt him. Beth leaned in and started to work his shoulders and he had to suppress a moan.
"Damn didn't think you were that strong." Daryl said lifting arms under his head and relaxing.
"Feel better?" Beth asked pouring more oil on his back and working it into his skin. Daryl groaned. Beth smiled and rubbed harder. "You know, you could use some of your actual vacation time, stop killing yourself working 8am to 9pm." Beth said kissing the back of his neck. "I miss you at night when you're gone." Beth said as she leaned back.
"Want to be able to take time off when you're off this summer." Daryl said waiting for continue with the massage. He watched her reach for the candle again and felt some dribble across his back and felt her leaning forward again. She dropped her dress on the pillow beside his head and rubbed herself against his back. Beth moaned his ear as her nipples hardened. "Again?" Daryl asked rolling over and immediately being pressed back into the mattress as Beth undid his pants.
"Yes, again. You worked till 9pm 4 out of the last 5 days. I have needs." Beth said pulling his pants down his body. "If you want to just lie there it's ok." Beth said crawling up his body and lying against his chest. "The oil makes you slippery." Beth said reaching down and pumping him firmly a few times as she kissed him. Beth sat back and took him in moaning as she pressed up against his chest and grinded down and she pumped her hips. Daryl looked up and got harder at the sight of her biting her lip with a smile one her face and her eyes closed in bliss. Daryl reached up and ran his hands over her oily chest. Beth opened her eyes and smiled wider at him.
"You know we're going to have to wash this oil off before we get to bed." Beth said swiveling her hips. Daryl smiled and sat up with her in her in his lap. He moved her faster up and down and sucked on her neck.
"Is the oil edible?" Daryl asked licking across her chest.
"I think so, it's made out bees wax oil." Beth said as she licked her hand. "Tastes like honey." Daryl continued to kiss her chest as Beth grabbed his shoulders and started moving harder against him with a loud whine. "Keep kissing!" Beth said leaning back to give him better access to her chest. Beth threaded a hand through his hair and kneaded his head as he kissed and licked her nipples.
"I'm going to come Beth. You got to come girl." Daryl said against her chest. Beth swayed back forth and slipped a hand between them and lightly teased her clit. She started to moan louder and tremble around him and Daryl bit down on his lip. "Come on girl what do you need?" Beth pushed him back down and turned around and scooted up his chest.
"I need your mouth." Beth said settling over him and reaching down and taking him in her hand to guide him to her mouth. Daryl slid two fingers into her and latched on to her clit and sucked. Beth hummed around him and clenched around his fingers hard.
"Are you serious? That's all you need?" Daryl said putting his mouth back and lightly sucking her as she came back down. Beth moaned around him and moved her head up and down. Beth rolled his balls around in her hand as Daryl lightly traced over her with his tongue. Beth kept her lips around his tip and firmly stroked him with one hand while she lightly played with his balls with the other. Daryl lifted his hips as he came into her mouth. He moaned as she continued to light suck and lick him clean before rolling off of him and resting her head against his thigh.
"Thank you." Beth said catching her breath.
"I should be thanking you." Daryl said grabbing one of her feet and running his fingers across the sole. Beth pulled her foot away and sat up pulling him off the bed.
"Shower. You owe me showers. You slept in too late." Beth said. "My back is just filthy. I bet yours is too." Daryl let her pull him into the bathroom and into the shower stall. Beth turned the water and let out a little cry as the cold water from the pipes hit her first.
"Now you know the sacrifice I make every time we shower. " Daryl said laughing as she cranked the hot water up. Beth grabbed her loofah and body wash and handed them to him.
"Clean me up." Beth said turning her back to him and getting wet. Daryl ran his hands over her lily-white skin.
"You don't look very dirty." Daryl said lifting her out of the way so he could get wet. Beth grabbed her loofah from him and scrubbed his back and pressed her chest against him to reach around and scrub his chest. "You going to be ok gardening tomorrow while I train Ollie?" Daryl asked pulling her under the shower stream with him to rinse off.
"You think you can train him?" Beth asked. "I mean he does listen to you but I just don't think he's going to like hunting."
"That's cause you think of him like a lapdog. He did real good last Saturday."
"Daryl he rolled in dead animal and poop!" Beth said. "It took 2 baths and we had to hose off the back of your truck."
"He was quiet the whole time and listened to everything I said. I didn't think he'd roll around in the deer guts, but apparently they smelled good to him." Beth turned the water off and grabbed two towels tossing one to Daryl. "We should start naked Saturday now since we have things to do outside tomorrow." Beth said hanging her towel on the back of the door. "No pajama Fridays'?" she suggested hopping on the bed and curling up under the covers.
"I don't wear pajamas." Daryl said crawling into the bed. "I wear boxers."
"Those count as pajamas." Beth said cuddling up to him. Daryl reached down and straightened the white gold chain he had gotten her for her birthday. Beth smiled and pulled it from his hand and placed it against her chest. "I'm only wearing jewelry. You don't own jewelry. Friday's you'll be bare naked."
"I like you wearing stuff I gave you." Daryl said flicking the little flower studs earrings he had given her for Christmas.
"I like the stuff you bought me. You have good taste." Beth said. "Did I thank you enough in December?" Beth asked. "I'm too tired to thank again right now, but I'll thank you properly again in the morning."
"You know I never get tired of hearing you say thank you." Daryl said rubbing her back. Beth smiled with her eyes closed. "Beth?" Daryl asked as she breathed against him.
"What?" Beth said sleepily.
"Just wanted to see if you were asleep." Daryl said chickening out.
"I'm awake now." Beth said burrowing into his side.
"How do you feel about eloping on your spring break?"