Stolen Hearts
Amber sat down on the court and threw her arm over her head. She choked on her gum when she saw AJ sitting in the stands. She told him that she had a game but she didn't think that he would actually show up. She smiled and then looked at her teammate.
"What if your mother named you Boris?"
"I would've got beat up as a child," Jen said. "Why?"
"Just curious," Amber said as she grabbed her foot.
She tried as hard as she could to not glance ay AJ but it just wasn't working. Her eyes kept lingering back no matter how hard she tried to distract herself.
Once the game had started she found herself scanning the crowd. Every time she looked at him he quickly winked at her and then she returned to the game. There was another guy with him but she didn't recognize him.
When the game was over her team won 25-21 and 25-18. She quickly washed up and then looked around the stands.
"I didn't think you'd come," Amber said hugging him.
"It was difficult but I made it," AJ said hugging her back. "Good game."
"I thought so," she said. "What do you wanna do?"
"Eat, I'm starving," AJ said kissing her forehead.
"Oh you're just withering away," Amber said laughing.
"On the inside I am," AJ said pretending to cry.
Amber shook her head laughing. "Who was that guy that you were with?"
"How dare you suggest that I was with a man," AJ said. "I don't accuse you of that."
She rolled her eyes.
"That was Sonjay," AJ said. "I work with him."
"He's kinda cute," Amber said smiling at him.
"I don't think so," AJ replied. "I don't like darker men."
"You like 'em creamy?"
"White chocolate," AJ said opening the car door for her.
"Any place special that you want to go?" He asked as he started the car.
"Doesn't matter," Amber said closing her eyes. "Whatever you want."
"Definitely pizza," AJ said making a sharp left turn.
The car stopped and Amber opened her eyes.
"What are we doing at a store?" She asked.
"Getting pizza," AJ said getting out of the car. "C'mon, let's go, the faster we do this the faster we get to your place and eat."
Amber got out of the car and walked with him inside the store.
"What kind of pizza do you want?" He asked her.
"Why don't we just get take out instead of just reheating shitty cardboard pizza?" Amber groaned.
"Because it's not going to be reheated shitty cardboard pizza," AJ said. "We're gonna go to your place and make it."
"Seriously?" Amber asked smiling.
"Why of course darling," AJ said slouching onto the cart. "I'll push the cart, you throw whatever you want into it and I'll pay."
"We should go shopping together more often," Amber said.
They got home close to an hour later.
"So what are we all putting on this thing?" AJ asked standing behind her.
"Everything," Amber said laughing.
"Should taste interesting," AJ said.
"Just give me a couple minutes to make the crust," Amber said.
As she started working AJ started kissing her neck and pushing her waist, with his, into the counter. She smiled and let her head fall back against his shoulder a few times. His hands started to massage her abdomen and, she could barely keep her concentration and he loved it.
She leaned back against his chest and abdomen when she felt something land on her head. When she opened her eyes all she could see was white flakes in the air.
"AJ!" Amber screamed as she shook the flour out of her hair.
"Wasn't me," he said jumping behind the couch.
Amber grabbed a handful of flour and ran after him. She cornered him in the living. He was going to make a comment about the flour in her hair but when he opened his mouth Amber threw the flour in his face and most of it went into his mouth.
"That wasn't funny," he said not closing his mouth.
"I dunno, I thought that it was pretty amusing," Amber said running back into the kitchen.
"Well you thought wrong," AJ said wrapping his arms over hers.
He watched her struggle for a while until they heard the door open.
"What the hell is going on in here!" Kyrstal yelled.
Amber and AJ burst out laughing at the look of shock on her face.
"We had an orgy and it got out of hand," AJ said.
"Shut up," Amber said laughing. "We'll clean it up, don't worry."
"You'd better," Krystal said. "I have people coming over."
"More mutants," AJ said to her. "How will we defend against them?"
Amber burst out laughing again.
"This is no time for laughter," he said trying to remain serious. "I think that our only hope is to lock ourselves in the bedroom."
"After dinner," Amber said. "Go clean up and I'll finish cooking."
"So now I'm just your maid?" AJ asked. "I better get a cute little outfit and a seductive duster like in Beauty and the Beast."
"You found a duster seductive?" Amber asked as she continued to work.
"Well you are obviously not a man so you would not understand these things," AJ said.
"If I was a man I think you should be a bit more worried than me," Amber replied.
AJ laughed.
"Exactly how many nights in a row have you stayed there?" Sonjay asked.
"Stayed where?" Chris Sabin asked as he entered the locker room.
"Nowhere," AJ said to him. Then he turned to Sonjay. "Four nights."
"Going there tonight?" Sonjay asked.
"Nope, she's gone to tonight," AJ said. "She's supposed to be back tomorrow."
"Did Styles finally find love?" Sabin asked.
"Get lost," Sonjay said. "You tell your sis yet?"
"Are you crazy?" AJ asked. "I'm not telling my sister that I'm going out with her arch enemy."
"I think you should," Sabin said.
AJ and Sonjay looked at each other and then back at Sabin.
"Who asked you?" AJ asked him.
"Just thought you should," Sabin said.
AJ rolled his eyes. "I'm going to my sis' game tonight but it's still too soon to tell her."
"Wasn't she the one that desperately wanted to find someone for you?" Sonjay asked.
"But you weren't there when we were just talking about Amber," AJ said. "She even scared me a little."
Sonjay laughed. "You're gonna have to tell her eventually."
"You made it!" Janessa screamed as she hugged her brother.
"I wouldn't miss a game in Orlando unless it was on a Saturday night," AJ said. "Hard game."
"We would've won if more people showed up," Janessa said looking at her teammates.
"I know," AJ said.
"Haven't seen you around lately," Janessa said. "Been busy?"
"I don't think that's any of your business missy," AJ said.
"So you just banging her or do you actually like her?" Janessa asked.
"Why is it that with you the hardest thing for you to do is to mind your own business?" AJ asked her.
"Because poking fun at myself isn't fun anymore," Janessa said. "Can we go get slurpies?"
"Yes we can go get slurpies," AJ said as he unlocked his car. "When are your exams?"
"Still a month away," she said looking around. "Are you on this weekend?"
"Yeah," AJ said. "Why? You wanna come?"
"When don't I wanna come?" Janessa asked.
"True enough," AJ answered. "Don't worry, I'll get you in. Just come by Friday night."
"Thanks," Janessa said. "Looks like its gonna storm."
"Are you still scared of storms?" AJ asked.
"I wasn't scared," Janessa said.
"Oh so I interpreted the hugging and rocking yourself in the corner wrong?" AJ asked.
"I was six," Janessa said. "You should be lucky that I wasn't running around with metal in my hands."
"Because this world would be so sad without you," AJ said rolling his eyes. Janessa didn't say anything. "I didn't mean it like that."
"You talk so openly about death, almost as if it's never affected you," Janessa said.
"I'm not going to let that one event ruin my life," AJ said. "He did that to himself, you and I both know that."
"You're an asshole," Amber said to Kevin.
"Okay you two calm down," Jen said from the backseat.
"If I'm an asshole why did I volunteer to drive you two back?" Kevin asked.
"Because you thought that you were gonna get something out of it," Amber said.
"Well we both know that it wasn't gonna be from you," Kevin shot.
"Because I never gave you any?" Amber asked. "Good reason to dump someone."
"We never went out," Kevin said.
"That's because you didn't want a relationship," Amber said. "The first time you took me out you took me to an abandoned parking lot and told me to get to the backseat."
"If you acted the way a woman was supposed to you would've done what you were told," Kevin said. Amber looked at the man that was driving the car. "What?"
"I feel sorry for the woman that winds up with you," Amber said.
Kevin slammed the brakes and looked at Amber.
"Did that hurt your feelings?" Amber asked.
"Get out right now," Kevin said.
"We're in the middle of nowhere," Amber said.
Kevin grabbed her arm and let his fingers dig into her skin. Amber let out a scream.
"Get out before I break your arm," he said tightening his grip.
"Fine," Amber said roughly jerking her arm away from him.
She opened her door and got out of the car. Jen followed quickly and then Kevin sped off.
"What are we gonna do?" Jen asked looking around. "My cell was in my bag and my bag is in Rachel's car and they're a good half hour ahead of us."
Amber reached into her pockets and found her cell phone. Unfortunately it was flashing low-battery. She quickly dialed AJ's number and waited for him to answer.
"Pick up, pick up, pick up," Amber pleaded with the phone.
When the answering machine started she felt a little relieved.
"AJ, it's Amber, I need a ride, I'm somewhere along highway . It looks like it's gonna rain so please hurry."
Amber looked down at the cell phone. He had died some time during her message.
"Go study now," AJ said as his sister got out of the car.
"I will," Janessa said waving. "See you on Saturday."
"You know it," AJ said.
Before he pulled out of the parking lot he pulled his cell phone out, it was on, Amber should've phoned to say that she was back already.
Without giving it a second thought he quickly drove home.
When he got in he saw the answering machine blinking. He pressed the button and walked to the fridge.
"(Static) It's Amber, (Static) need (Static) ride, (Static) highway . It looks like it's gonna (Static) hurry-" Then the phone cut off. "Time of message 9:41 p.m."
AJ looked at the clock. It was already past ten thirty.
"Shit," AJ said grabbing his keys off of the counter.
He quickly locked the door and then took off speeding through the city.
"I'm starting to get really scared," Jen said. "And we're freezing."
"Well we could be walking for hours," Amber said. "We have no idea where we are an I'm not hitching."
"So how much longer are we going to have to wait?" Jen asked.
"I don't know!" Amber screamed at her as she looked up to the sky.
The sky was so lit up it looked like a strobe light.
A car drove past them and then made a quick U-turn.
"Not again," Amber said wiping her wet eyes.
There had been numerous men throughout the night that had pulled over and asked them if they needed a ride. Some of the men had wanted other things.
But this time the person got out of the car. Amber turned around and was surprised to see AJ. It had been over two hours since she left the message on his machine.
He tightly wrapped his arms around her.
"C'mon let get you warm," he said.
"Jen's with me too," Amber said pointing to the other girl.
"No problem," AJ said.
He opened the back door for Jen and the passenger door for Amber.
"I'm so sorry that I didn't get here sooner," he said to both girls. "I got in late and that message was hard to understand."
AJ took Amber's hands in his and kissed her cheeks. He took his sweater off and handed it to Amber.
"Jen, there should be a blanket or something back there," he said turning the heater up.
"What time is it?" Jen asked.
"Twelve thirty," AJ said. "Has it been raining the whole time?"
"Most of it," Amber said hugging herself.
AJ hugged her close to his body. She was so cold.
"Why didn't you call my cell?" AJ asked.
"My cell would only allow me to make a quick call and your home phone was the one that popped into my head first," she answered.
"Do you have your cell on you?" Jen asked.
"Yeah," AJ said taking handing it to her.
"I have to call Paul, he was expected me to be back already," Jen said.
AJ finally put the car back into drive. He stopped at the first town that they got to, found a fast food place, got them something hot to eat and drink.
Two hours later AJ dropped Jen off at her boyfriend's place and then drove home. Amber was so exhausted that she fell asleep soon after she ate and hadn't woken up.
Instead of waking her up to get her keys from her he simply took her to his place. He quietly closed his door, opened hers, undid her seatbelt and picked her up.
He carried her to the door, unlocked and opened it, kicked it shut and the took her upstairs. He laid her down in his bed and looked at her.
First he took his sweater off of her, then her wet shirt, and then her pants that were completely soaked. Amber opened her eyes while AJ was removing her pants.
"Shh…" he said kissing her forehead. "I'm just getting you out of your wet clothes."
She was too worn out to argue with him. She sat up for him while he slipped another sweater over her head. He gently laid her down and covered her with three comforters. He kissed her forehead, shut the light off and started to leave the room.
"AJ…" Amber moaned from the bed.
"Yeah?" He asked turning around.
"Come and lie down," she said half asleep.
"I'm just gonna go change," he said.
"You were gonna sleep somewhere else," Amber said. "Please come."
"I'm all wet Amber," AJ said.
"So take your clothes off," Amber said sitting up. "Please, I don't want to be alone."
AJ looked around and finally took his shirt and pants off. Amber moved closer to the wall and pulled the blankets back. AJ got into the bed with her and she rested her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around her and held her hand in his other.
He kissed her head a couple of times and then fell asleep.
AJ's sleep was disturbed and he opened his eyes. Amber was sitting up tying her hair back behind her head. He was closing his eyes when he noticed that she was only in her underwear.
"It got hot," she said laying down beside him again.
Well she was right about one thing. The temperature did rise, but in a different way.
"Thanks for coming tonight," she said kissing him.
"Don't worry about it," he said trying to control himself.
"I'm not tired anymore," she said kissing him again.
He looked at the alarm clock, it was only five o'clock.
"Can you kiss me for a while?" Amber asked.
He gently pulled her towards him and let his mouth cover hers. She had one leg between his and the other off to the side. But when she leaned in to kiss him her leg started to rub him. He had to reach down and move her leg to his other side. His hand stayed on her leg while he kissed her and it slowly traveled higher with every kiss until he was massaging her upper thigh. With his other hand he kept her waist pressed against his abdomen.
Amber kept her hand on AJ's arm and her other one supported her while she was on him. The room was so hot. Amber left his lips and started kissing his neck. She laughed when he instinctively thrusted up. She kept going further down until she was half way down his midsection. He stopped her from going farther by raising her back up and putting her quickly on her back.
He covered her mouth quickly and roughly and let his body just rest of hers. He made her feel so small when he was so dominant with her.
AJ kissed her cheek, then moved to her ear for a while. Then he moved down to her neck. He started to suck and bite at her neck. He could hear her enjoyment so he continued for a while longer, kissed her lips once and then moved down to her chest.
This time she didn't seem to squirm too much. He kept his hands on her waist and kissed the tops of her breasts. He heard her shudder. He raised one hand and let it caress the side of her breast. Amber raised one hand to stop him but he caught it and kissed her finger tips.
He went lower to her midsection and kissed her repeatedly. He stopped at her underwear, looked up at her and smiled. Her breathing was already fast so he moved back up to her lips and began kissing her.
He rolled off of her and placed his hand on his midsection.
"That was good," he said smiling at her.
"Then why'd you stop?" She asked taking his hand in hers.
"Because you need your sleep," he said kissing her forehead.
"Shit, I have classes in four hours," Amber said.
"No you don't," AJ said kissing her. "Tomorrow you're all mine."
"Right," Amber said smiling. "You still not telling me where we're going?"
"Nope, but we have to be up and out of the house by three," AJ said.
"Shouldn't be a problem," Amber said.