Just You & Me
The next morning Janessa knocked on her brother's door.
"I thought I told you to come over last night," he said opening the door for her.
"You did but I was studying so hard and I fell asleep on my books," Janessa said following him in. "Hope you weren't waiting up for me."
"No, I was pretty busy last night," he answered.
"Looks like it," Janessa said looking at his back. "What were you playing Catwoman and the naughty bad guy?"
"That's your game," he said giving her the ticket.
"Actually I've never tried it but I just might," she said winking at him.
"Don't tell me about your sex life," AJ said looking disgusted. "Hungry?"
"A little bit," she said sitting down at the table.
"Good, there's a store at the end of the street, buy something and go home," he said smiling at her.
"She's not still over here, is she?" Janessa asked feeling sickened inside.
"None of your business," AJ said. "Now get going."
"I'm leaving," she said. "See you tonight!"
"Wish I didn't have to," he said before she closed the door.
After the door closed AJ froze. He just gave Janessa a ticket and he told Amber to come to the exact same show.
"How the hell did you do that?" Sonjay asked.
"I have no idea but by the time that I had realized it was too late to tell the other one that they couldn't come," AJ said. "Of all the shows that we do-"
"We do sixty-four in Orlando a year," Chris Sabin said.
"And I invite them to the same one," AJ said.
"Well maybe they'll be sitting on completely opposite sides of the building," Sonjay said.
"Yeah…about that…"
"You got the seats together?" Sonjay asked.
"I didn't know," AJ said.
"I'm definitely sticking around after the show to see how this turns out," Sonjay said laughing. "I'll see you after the show, for sure."
During the show AJ looked into the audience and noticed that only Janessa was in the crowd.
AJ called Amber's apartment after the show but as it turns out she wasn't there either and Kristal wasn't exactly willing to give AJ her whereabouts.
So we thought about it for a while and then dragged Sonjay with him to the bar. When they walked in they saw Amber standing behind the bar, looking like she would never see daylight again.
She looked up and saw AJ walking towards her.
"I am so terribly sorry," she said. "I was getting ready and then my boss phoned and said that he needed someone to work and that if I didn't come in he would fire me, and then I wouldn't be able to pay my rent and I-"
"And we're going to breathe," AJ said kissing her. "It's fine, I was just wondering where you were."
"Thank you for understanding," she said wiping the side of her eye. "Do you two want anything to drink?"
"Two? Oh, Amber, this is Sonjay Dutt, I work with him. Sonjay, this is Amber McTavish, my girlfriend."
"Nice to meet ya," Amber said smiling.
"The pleasure's mine," Sonjay said.
"So what'll it be?"
"Can I challenge you?" Sonjay asked.
"Sure thing," she replied.
"I'll have a '57 Chevy," Sonjay challenged.
"That's a pussy drink," Amber said.
"What?" Sonjay asked insulted.
"Southern Comfort is a whisky for people that can't handle the real deal," she said mixing the drink. "'57 Chevy, Southern Comfort, Grand Marnier, Vodka and pineapple juice. And for my gentleman?"
"I'll just have a beer."
"I've got Bud, Bud Light, Corona, Corona Light, Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Canadian Light, Canadian Ice, Canadian Cold Shots, Labatt Blue, Blue Light, Carling Lager, Lucky Lager, Alexander Keith's, and Club which nobody drinks."
"Budweiser's fine," he said after she rattled everything off.
"Are you ready now?" AJ asked as he laid on Amber's bed.
It was six o'clock on Friday evening and it was going to be about a three hour drive.
"I'll tell you when I'm ready," Amber said.
"Just wake me up then," he said pulling his cap down over his eyes.
"I'm ready now," Amber said.
"Well I'm not," he said playfully.
"If you're not ready then I'm not going," Amber said. "And then you can pay my next two months rent."
"I'm ready," he said jumping up.
He loaded her bags into the car and then they started on their way. After close to four hours later he turned down a back road and stopped at a small cottage.
"Trying to kill me already?" Amber asked as they got out of the car.
"Yep, you have exactly five minutes to run and then I get forty-eight hours to hunt you. After forty-eight hours you come out and I'll give you your prize," he said. "What do you think of it?"
"It's amazing," Amber said as AJ threw her the keys. "How'd you find this place?"
"I brought my last girlfriend here when I wanted her dead," AJ said.
"I'm going to ignore that you mentioned an ex-girlfriend," Amber said.
"Sorry," AJ said hugging her as they walked inside. "Good to know that you like it."
"I love it," she said kissing him.
"I love you," he said kissing her.
"Can you give me a minute?" Amber asked.
"Sure thing babe," he said walking into the kitchen.
Amber grabbed her bag and walked into the master bedroom. She put candles all around the room and changed.
"Oh AJ…" Amber said opening the bedroom door.
AJ turned around and looked at Amber. He raised his eyebrows as he looked at his girlfriend in only sexy underwear.
He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her. She kissed him sweetly and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You're gorgeous," AJ said kissing her.
He picked her up and carried her back into the bedroom. He gently sat her on the bed and continued to kiss her. He only stopped for a second to take his shirt off. He kissed her cheek and ear once each before he moved lower down. He kissed her chest a few times, looked up to see how she was doing and then started to take her bra off.
AJ tried to be as gentle with her as he could. He didn't want to scare her. He kissed her breasts a few times and then went back up to her lips. He could tell that she was still a little bit tense but that was probably normal.
She held him tightly against her as she kissed him.
"I love you babe," AJ said kissing her neck.
"I love you too," Amber said.
While he was kissing her he let his hand fall so he could undo his jeans and kick them off. Then he started caressing her back. Slowly he let his hand slip lower and lower until it was underneath her underwear. He caressed her bottom for a while and then brought both of his hands to her hips and gradually removed her underwear.
"You're beautiful," AJ said looking at her.
He continued to kiss and touch in places that she had never experienced until he was ready to introduce her to final part of the act.
"Are you still okay?" He asked kissing her.
She nodded quickly. He kissed her and tried to keep her calm while he separated her legs and get ready.
"Quick rundown," he said kissing her. "This might hurt your first of all but it's okay. Any quick questions?"
She shook her head as he kissed her again.
"You're gonna have to calm down," he said kissing her cheek. "You're too tense."
"Okay," she said breathing deeply.
"You're doing great," he said watching her.
When Amber had calmed down enough AJ pressed his lips against hers and inserted himself. He kissed her for as long as he could but after a while he had to pull away. Once he was done he laid down next to her.
He took a minute to regain his composure and then he kissed her cheek.
"How're you doing?" He asked.
"I'm fine," she said quietly.
"Come here," he said wrapping his arms around her. "You were amazing."
She stayed quiet so he reached down and pulled the blanket up around them. He rolled onto his back and gently pulled her closer so that she was laying on his chest.
"A little sore?" He asked kissing her forehead.
"Yeah," she said nodding.
"You'll feel better in the morning," he said caressing her back.
"Is it always like that?" She asked.
"No," he said smiling at her. "It only gets better."
"That's good," she said draping her arm across his abdomen.
"Tired?" He asked.
"Yeah," she said as her eyes started to close.
"Sweet dreams," he said kissing the top of her head.
Amber woke up the next morning still in AJ's arms.
"Morning beautiful," he said as they kissed.
"Morning," she said stretching.
"Feeling better?" He asked hugging her.
"A little," she answered. "I just wanna lay here all day with you."
"And we can do that," he said kissing her. "Or until we have to eat or go to the bathroom."
"I love this place," Amber said walking out of the bathroom in only her towel. "This is definitely going to be our special place."
"It was the moment we got here," AJ said wrapping his arms around her.
"AJ…" Amber said looking up at him. "I wanna do it again."
AJ raised his eyebrows and smiled at her.
"C'mon," Amber said taking his hand.
"Definitely the best weekend of my life," Amber said as she sat on AJ's lap.
"Even better than two weeks ago?" AJ asked.
"They're about even," she said resting her head on his shoulder.
"That's good babe," he said kissing the top of her head.
"What's wrong?" She asked going on alert.
"It's nothing," he answered.
"It's something," she said. "Now spit it out."
"Believe me, you don't want to hear it this weekend," he said kissing her cheek. "We'll talk about it later."
"No, it's obviously bothering you now," Amber said. "What is it?"
"You're not gonna like it," he said.
"Well it's either now or later and now that I know that something's bothering you it's going to bother me," Amber said. "Now tell me."
"Okay," AJ said taking a deep breath and putting her on the couch. "I'm not telling you this to turn you away or make you leave. I'm telling you this because I don't want you to hear it from somebody else first and I want you to hear the truth even though it's not pretty."
Amber took his hand.
"Amber, I've cheated on every girl that I've ever been with," he said.
She dropped his hand and the look she gave him broke his heart.