Part Four - Nathan's POV - "Wake Up Call"
I struggled to open my eyes and managed to slightly crack them open. At first, all I saw was bright white light, but slowly it faded to the soft glow of twilight. My ears buzzed with a piercing sound as I fought to shake off the last of this sluggishness I was feeling. Blinking away the last bits of blurriness, I saw, what appeared to be, a curtain of beautiful, light gold threads swaying back and forth. I reached up and touched them, momentarily distracted by how soft they were. All of a sudden the world came back to me in a rush, my eyes focused, the buzzing sound disappeared and I was back. I looked up to where my hand was running through soft blonde hair and attached to that hair was the most beautiful face I've ever seen.
"Audrey" I said continuing to stroke the lock of hair between my fingers. Tears started to flow down her cheeks and I lifted my other hand to cup her face, brushing away a tear with my thumb. "What's wrong?"
"I thought I'd lost you" she said, lifting a hand and placing it over the one I held against her face. "How are you feeling?" she asked.
"Better now that you're here." I said, pushing the lock of hair I'd been playing with behind her ear. I noticed a bruise forming on the side her face. "What happened here?" I asked, searching her face, her neck, and her arms, with my hands for other injuries and finding small cuts and bruises everywhere. She flinched and pulled back when I touched an angry red welt on her neck. I pulled my hand back, thinking that she didn't want me touching her but she quickly grabbed my hand and put it back on her neck. I gently traced the red mark before letting my hands wander over the curve of her collar bone. She closed her eyes and sucked in a breath and when she opened them again there was unconcealed heat there.
"Someone tried to stop me from saving you." She said, shifting so that her chest lay against mine, her hand going to my hair.
"Why Parker, I had no idea you cared so much." I said
"I do." She murmured leaning closer.
"Must've been quite a scare."
"It was." She said closing the distance between us and brushing her lips against mine.
My lips moved against hers and when I tried to part her lips with my tongue she didn't resist. I let my tongue explore her mouth, tasting her. It made me wonder what the rest of her tasted like. My hands drifted over the small of her back and then down to squeeze her perfect ass. She moaned against my lips and I took that as a request for more. In one move I pulled her body so that she was straddling me and sat up, wrapping her legs around my waist. She let out a surprised giggle.
Honest to God, Audrey Parker giggled.
"I like that sound" I said pulling away to kiss her behind her ear and on her neck pulling her shirt free from her pants and letting my hands explore the bare skin on her back. "You should giggle more often."
Someone shuffled their feet in the dirt near us and I heard them clear their throat. "Um guys….we're still standing here you know?" Duke said. I shot him an angry glare but didn't let go of Audrey. It wasn't until that moment that I noticed Noelle standing there looking past us. I softened my face and asked her "Are you ok Noelle?"
"Yeah, I'm ok." She said, but clearly she wasn't. Her leg was bleeding, and, when I followed the direction she was looking in, I saw her sister's still form on the ground. That must've been who tried to stop Audrey from saving me. I met Audrey's eyes and saw the fear that hadn't quite left them yet. "I'm ok." I whispered to her and she nodded. I turned my attention back to Duke.
"Noelle needs to get to the hospital, think you can handle that?" I asked him.
"Yeah, Nathan, no problem man." Duke said, "What about Audrey, she could use a doctor too."
"I'm fine," Audrey said, not looking at Duke. I frowned.
"I'll take care of her Duke, just get Noelle to the hospital." I said giving him a hard stare. The fact that Duke thought I didn't know how to take care of Audrey irritated me.
"Yeah I bet you'll take care of her" Duke muttered under his breath, but I heard him.
"What was that Duke?" I asked, "Nothing" he said and turning helped Noelle limp down the hill to his truck.
I turned back to Audrey, "Do you have your cell phone, I should call Dwight so he can drive up here and help with the clean up." I said, referring to Moira's body still laying just a few feet away. Audrey handed me her phone and I punched in the number. Dwight answered after two rings "What's up chief?"
"I've got a clean up for you, I'll text you the coordinates."
"No problem chief, I'm on my way". Dwight said and hung up.
I texted Dwight and handed the phone back to Audrey. We were still sitting on the ground, her legs wrapped around my waist, and even though I knew there were about fifty other things we should be doing, there was only one thing I wanted to do at that moment. But I at least had to clear up one thing.
"What happened to Tommy?" I asked.
"He said he was going to look for Moira but I think he ran away, Noelle told us he was the one who shot you. What happened?" she asked.
"I had a feeling that Tommy was up to something so I decided to search his trunk…..I found a bolt gun Audrey"
She sucked in a breath. "Tommy is the bolt gun killer?" she asked shocked.
"Yeah, he caught me looking in his trunk and that's when he shot me."
"I can't believe Tommy is the psycho going around killing women for their parts and he was under our noses the whole time". Audrey started to shake with rage.
"Hey," I said raising my hands up to cup her face again, "there's no way you could have known. The guy is a cop, he knows how to cover his tracks. We'll catch him, Audrey, I promise" I said bringing my hands back to rest on her hips.
"I'm just glad you're ok" she said and then glanced down as if just realizing we were still sitting on the ground and she was sitting in my lap. She looked up at me with a mischievous look in her eyes. "How long do you think it'll take Dwight to get here?" she asked.
I raised my eyebrows, "Twenty, thirty minutes maybe, why what did you have in mind Parker?" I teased her.
"Well, there's no one trying to kill us at the moment" she said rotating her hips against me, "I think we should take advantage of that, don't you?" Audrey leaned forward and pressed a light kiss to my lips before leaning back and looking up at me with desire in her eyes.
I licked my lips because they had all of a sudden gone very dry, in fact my whole mouth was dry. It took me a few seconds to process what she was asking but once I did, I nodded slowly.
"Um…yeah, I mean sure if that's what you, yeah….oh fuck it" I gave up trying to come up with something smooth to say, or even coherent for that matter, and scooped Audrey up and practically ran towards the house. Audrey giggled again and I almost stopped right there, the ground was looking like a good enough spot. But I kept it together long enough to walk up the few steps to the porch, kick open the door and then we were falling on the couch with her underneath me.
At first we were nothing but a tangle of lips, hands, and skin, tearing at each other to get our clothes off. I stopped when she was finally naked underneath me so I could take in the sight. And it was a beautiful sight. I slowed things down because it had been so long since I'd been able to do this with anyone. And this was Audrey, the woman I loved. I dipped my head to her breast and circled one nipple with my tongue lightly, nipping at the tip before moving over to the other breast to pay it the same attention. Audrey cried out and her breathing became more erratic. I began to slowly move down her body placing feather light kissed down her stomach and against the inside of her thighs. I brushed a finger through the curls between her legs and down to slowly circle her clit. Audrey moaned and her head fell back against the cushions. I lowered my head and replaced my finger with my tongue, licking circles around her clit. I groaned, God she tasted like honey. Audrey's cries were becoming more frequent and her breath was coming in short bursts. "Nathan, please" she begged, fisting her hands in my hair. I smiled and pushed a finger inside her, moving it in the same circular motion as my tongue. It wasn't long before I felt her thighs start to shake and then she was coming, her muscles pulsing around my finger. I climbed up her body and rested my weight on my elbows. "Are you ok, you want to keep going?" I asked her. "Yeah" she nodded stroking her hands up and down my back. I pressed a kiss to her neck, and then her collar bone. Then I pushed inside her and stilled almost instantly. She felt so good. So tight, and warm and wet, and it had been so long since I'd done this, I knew I wouldn't last long. Finally I was able to move again and I began thrusting in and out of her. Audrey wrapped her legs around me and clung to my back as I picked up the rhythm. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a couple minutes I felt Audrey start to shake and I knew she was going to come again. "Come for me Audrey" I gritted out, and then she was coming around me and I let go and came with her.
When my vision finally cleared and I floated back down to Earth, I lifted my head up and looked into Audrey's half open eyes.
"I love you Audrey"
"I love you too Nathan"
The End
