Erotomania

Chapter 2

When Hope woke up the following morning, she groaned. It was too early for her phone to be ringing incessantly. She had every intention of ignoring it, thinking that it was possibly Lizzie, but when she rolled over and grabbed it off the charger, she saw that it was an incoming video chat from Ryan. Glancing down at her nearly naked state, Hope scrambled off her bed to grab her robe before answering the call.

"I called to see you, Hope. Not your bedroom ceiling." Ryan commented.

"Give me a sec, Ry. Your call woke me up." Hope commented as she pulled the robe on.

"What? You don't want me to see what you wear to bed?" Ryan asked, and Hope could hear the smirk in his voice.

"More like lack of." Hope muttered.

"I didn't catch that, Hope, will you please repeat yourself?" Ryan teased.

"Absolutely not." Hope snapped as she picked up her phone from the bed and gave him a smile. "Better?" She asked.

"I really did wake you up, didn't I?" Ryan questioned.

"Damn you, Ryan Clarke." Hope said as she leaned over to her nightstand to grab her brush. "Is there a reason you're calling me at 6 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday?" She asked.

"Do I need a reason?" Ryan asked. "Maybe I just wanted to talk to the pretty girl that I drove home last night."

"You call me that a lot, Ry." Hope commented.

"Because it's true. You are absolutely beautiful, Hope. Any guy would be lucky to have you." Ryan said.

"Hm... well, there's only one guy that I'm interested in, and I don't think he actually likes me the way that I like him." Hope said with a frown as she put her brush down and leaned forward a little bit towards where her phone was resting.

"His loss."

Ryan's eyes darted down from Hope's face when he realized that she was leaning forward. He couldn't see much, but from where her robe had fallen open slightly, he could see the swell of her breasts, and he had to fight back a groan which turned into a small coughing fit. Hope frowned and tilted her head.

"You okay, Ry?"

"Yeah, sorry. I swallowed and some saliva went down the wrong pipe. But anyway... back to why I called. Is today studying and your family dinner, or possibly being dragged to the mall by Lizzie?" Ryan asked.

"Studying and family dinner. What time do you have to work?"

"Not until tonight. Maybe if you me wanted to, I could come over and help you study?" Ryan offered, and Hope noticed a wishful look in his eyes.

"I'd like that. Come by around 8?" Hope agreed while biting her lip.

"It's a date." Ryan said with a smirk. "See you in a couple hours."

Hope nodded as the video chat ended. She quickly dropped her phone onto the bed as she thought about what she had just agreed to. She was having a study date with Ryan. She had a system to how she usually studied, and there was a huge chance that Ryan would just end up distracting her instead of helping her study, but it was worth it. She hoped. It's not like her own father would kick her out of school for having less than perfect grades. Klaus was constantly telling her that all he wanted for her was to enjoy her classes, do well, and have fun. So this would be new, but she liked trying new things. Getting off of her bed, Hope grabbed a change of clothes from her dresser and made her way to her bathroom. However, her path was blocked when she opened her bedroom door by her father who had a hand raised to knock. He gave her a smirk and Hope pushed her way around him.

"I didn't get a chance to talk to you about it last night. You're not getting out of this conversation now, young lady." Klaus commented.

"Actually, Dad, I need to take a shower. Ryan will be here in a couple of hours to help me study." Hope said.

"I heard." Klaus said. "And while you know how much I love teasing you about this little crush of yours, that's not what I was referring to. You were out late last night, and you didn't call or text me to let me know where you were." He elaborated. "Then when you do get home, I open the door to see you with Ryan. Did something happen between the two of you?" He asked.

"No, Dad. Nothing has happened between me and Ryan. I'm not even sure that he likes me the way I like him. After class last night, Ryan drove the whole group out for pizza, and then drove us all home. The route that he took had him dropping me off last." Hope said. "Now if you excuse me..." She said while pushing the bathroom door closed.

"Hope, remember that we have dinner with the rest of the family tonight." Klaus said through the door.

"I know Dad. It was taken into account." Hope called back as she turned on the water.

With a nod to himself, Klaus walked away from the bathroom to straighten up the downstairs before all of the guests that he and Hope were having that day. Meanwhile, Hope was busy fantasizing about Ryan again. How much she wanted him to be there with her. She quickly shook the thoughts from her head. If she allowed herself to get lost in the fantasies, then when he got there to help her study, that's all she would be thinking about. And that would not end well. She already knew that Ryan could distract her just by looking at her... he did it every class. So she could not let thoughts of him making love to her in the shower be on her mind while they were studying.

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After ending the video call with Hope, Ryan smiled to himself. He had a date with Hope. Sure, it was only a study date, but it was time alone with her. That alone was better than nothing. Grabbing some clothes, he headed to the bathroom to take a quick shower. His thoughts, which were rarely anywhere but on Hope, had him imagining her with him. Her legs wrapped tightly around his waist; her lips moving against his; her pussy clenching around him as he made love to her against the shower wall. With a groan, Ryan braced himself with on hand before grasping his dick with the other and jacking off with Hope's name falling from his lips as he came.

"Fuck." Ryan muttered as he took a deep breath and cleaned up the mess before finishing his shower.

After he was done in the bathroom, Ryan headed into the kitchen to grab something quick to eat before he headed over to Hope's. But the sight that greeted him had him laughing. Landon was standing in the middle of the kitchen, looking like a scarecrow with his arms out, and their mother, or rather Landon's mother, Seylah was walking around him, trying to figure out how to make the suit that Landon was wearing fit her son better.

"Shut the hell up, Ryan." Landon snapped.

"Why are you wearing one of Dad's old suits?" Ryan asked as he tried to school his features but couldn't get the smirk off of his face.

"Sorry not all of us can be tall and look perfect in a fucking suit." Landon spat and Seylah slapped him.

"Watch your language, Landon." Seylah chided.

"Seriously... why are you wearing one of his suits? Don't you have a suit that... fits... you?" Ryan asked.

"Not that it's any of your business, but I'm going to go over to Hope's house and ask her out. I want to impress her and her dad. He is the Dean of the University, you know." Landon said and Ryan rolled his eyes.

"First of all, if she didn't think of you as a friend, she wouldn't have allowed you to be in her inner circle. Second of all, I don't think she, or Klaus, will be impressed if you show up in a suit that's way too big for you. Third of all, what if she has plans today?" Ryan said.

"What do you know that I don't?" Landon asked quickly.

"That Hope's entire family is going to be in town for dinner tonight. Maybe you should hold off on going over to ask her out until tomorrow." Ryan suggested. "It'll give Mom a chance to alter... that." He added, motioning towards his brother in the suit. "On second thought, that's too much to alter in such a short amount of time." He said with a smirk before grabbing an apple and heading towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Seylah asked.

"I have a study date this morning and work tonight." Ryan called over his shoulder.

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Hope was pacing by the front door, waiting for Ryan to arrive. It was nearly 8, and he didn't live that far away, so she was starting to worry that he had changed his mind. Biting her lower lip, Hope glanced at the clock again. 7:59 am. 1 more minute and then Ryan was supposed to be there. Right as the clock chimed 8, there was a knock on the front door, causing Hope to jump. Taking a deep breath, she opened the front door to see Ryan standing there with a bouquet of flowers, and a bottle of wine.

"Ryan, it is 8am, why did you bring wine?" Hope asked.

"This isn't for us, Hope. Well... the flowers are for you. The wine is for your family tonight." Ryan said.

"That's really sweet of you, thank you." Hope said with a smile as she ducked her head to hide her blush. "DAD! RYAN'S HERE." Hope called out, and Klaus came out from the kitchen, through the dining room.

"Welcome back, Ryan." Klaus said, his eyes falling to the bottle of wine. "Please tell me you are not planning on getting my daughter drunk on this study date of yours. She's not old enough to drink." He added.

"This is actually for you and your family, Sir. For your family dinner tonight. Hope mentioned that they would be coming into town today." Ryan commented as he held the bottle out.

"That was very thoughtful of you, Ryan. Now, I am trusting the two of you to study for school and school only." Klaus said.

"Of course, Sir." Ryan said with a nod and Hope had to turn away from them both as her blush grew.

"Dad, can you uh, put these in a vase for me please?" Hope asked, handing the flowers to her father as well before grabbing Ryan's wrist.

"Of course Sweetheart. Now behave." Klaus said with a nod.

Hope nodded and led Ryan upstairs. When she glanced over her shoulder and saw that her father was no longer in the foyer, she slipped her hand down to lace her fingers with Ryan's. Once they got the second floor landing, Ryan lifted Hope up and tossed her over his shoulder.

"RYAN!" Hope exclaimed with a giggle.

"What? 9 hours was much too long since having you in my arms." Ryan replied.

"I'm not in your arms right now. You tossed me over your shoulder. Now. Put. Me. Down." Hope demanded before bursting out laughing as Ryan dropped her onto her bed and started tickling her sides. "Ryan... I can't... damn it, Ryan... I can't breathe." She managed to get out between laughing.

"Can I say something?" Ryan asked as he moved away from her to pull her desk chair towards the bed.

"Does it pertain to studying?" Hope questioned with a raised eyebrow as she sat up.

"No... but it very much pertains to you in this very moment." Ryan said as he moved right up against the bed and lightly placed his hands on her thighs.

"O-okay." Hope stammered as her eyes fell to Ryan's hands.

"Seeing you laughing just now... it was the most beautiful I've ever seen your eyes. So vibrant, so full of life." Ryan admitted as he moved his hands to Hope's hips and pulled her less than an inch closer.

"We should probably get to studying." Hope whispered, suddenly very nervous about being so close to Ryan.

"Is that what you really want?" Ryan asked.

"Yes." Hope replied with a small nod.

Ryan nodded and scooted the chair away from the bed. Grabbing Hope's book bag from the floor by the door, Ryan handed it to her and let her get her books out. Once all of the books were laid out on the bed, Hope grabbed one and settled back against her pillows. Ryan shifted her forward slightly so that he could lay behind her and kept a hand on her hip, absent-mindedly rubbing her side just above the waistband of her shorts, where her shirt had ridden up slightly. While Ryan was supposed to have been there helping her study, Hope found that just having him there with her, lightly caressing her skin, felt nice. And it wasn't until she got to her final class, the one in which Ryan was the TA, that his presence became helpful. But when Hope turned to look at Ryan, she found that he had sat up, and their faces were dangerously close to each other. Glancing between Hope's eyes, and down to her lips, Ryan started leaning in kiss her... only for a knock to sound on the bedroom door, that had them pulling apart.

"Hope, Sweetheart, your aunts and uncle are here." Klaus called through the door.

"Thanks, Dad. I'll be down in a few minutes. Just need to get changed." Hope called back.

"'Changed'?" Klaus asked.

"I've been studying all day, Dad. I'm wearing regular clothes. Not something suitable for a Mikaelson Family dinner." Hope replied with a roll of her eyes as Ryan brushed his lips against her shoulder and got up to grab his phone from his jacket.

"Crap. I'm late for work." Ryan muttered.

"Don't let me keep me any later. I'll let you know if I need saving from Lizzie tomorrow." Hope commented as she put her books back into her bag and headed towards her closet.

"Need any helping picking out an outfit?" Ryan asked wishfully.

"I'll be okay but thank you for today. It was nice." Hope said as she grabbed a dress.

"I'm surprised at how fast the day went by."

"Me too. But go. I don't want to be the reason you get in trouble at work."

"Oh wouldn't be the reason I get in trouble. You would be the reason I get out of trouble at work."

With a wink, Ryan made his way out of the room. Before Hope could close the door behind him so that she could change, her aunt Rebekah slipped inside and smirked.

"No, Auntie Bex. He is not my boyfriend. He's a friend that was helping me study today. We just lost track of time." Hope said as she pulled her top off and pushed her pants down before stepping into the dress.

"I wasn't going to say anything, Darling." Rebekah replied.

"Nice try. I know you Auntie Bex. You were definitely going to say something." Hope said as she turned around so that her aunt could zip the dress up. "So let's just go down to dinner and get this over with." She added as she slipped her heels on.

Hope didn't expect to see Ryan still there, but it seemed that he had been stopped by her uncles, and when she and Rebekah arrived at the top of the stairs, Ryan's eyes went wide at the sight of her. Making her way down the stairs and to Ryan's side, Hope took Ryan's arm and steered him away from her uncles with a brief smile at them.

"Sorry about that. My family is... protective. Rightfully so, I guess. Being as how my dad was the only one to have a family, they want to make sure that any guys that they think might be my boyfriend is with me for me, not for my family." Hope explained once they were outside.

"They think I'm your boyfriend?" Ryan asked with a raised eyebrow.

"My aunt did see you walk out of my room. Chances are they asked my dad who's car was out front." Hope replied. "If that is what happened, he would have said that I had a friend over, and then pair that with you walking out of my room..." She added with a shrug.

"Then maybe I should head back inside. Give your family a chance to get to know me." Ryan said with a smirk.

"Very funny, Ry. But you're becoming more and more late for work... and it's best not to encourage my family's imaginations." Hope said.

"Don't tell me you want to break up already? I thought we had a good thing going."

"You need to stop joking around and get to work."

"Okay, okay, I'm going. But I do need to say that you look beautiful in that dress."

Hope flashed him a smile, taking his hand when he offered it and did a twirl for him. Once she was steady again, Ryan pulled her hand up to his lips and kissed her knuckles.

"Have a good night, Hope."

"Have fun at work, Ryan."