Disclaimer: Again not mine.
Author's Note: I hope I didn't confuse any one with chapter 10. It will make sense later.
Agreeing To A Date & Talking...
I let myself in to Ashley's place and reset the alarm. I just got back from seeing Morelli. I hope he understands I'll stop at nothing to protect Ashley and Sophie. I don't want anything to happen to them. Speaking of which, where are they. The house is very quiet. I can hear the tick tock of the clock in the living room. I walk into the living room and kitchen and look around. Everything is completely clean and put away. Getting ready to head upstairs, I hear her beautiful voice.
"Ranger, we're upstairs." How she knew I was here, I'll never know. I never make any noise when coming into the house. I walk up the stairs and head towards Sophie's room, but it's empty so I turn around go to Ashley's room. I stop at the door and take in the sight before me. Ashley is lying on her back with her head at the foot of the bed and Sophie is sitting on her chest. Ashley is wearing a black t-shirt that looks oddly familiar and a pair of black yoga shorts. Sophie is wearing a pink sleeper with I love my daddy on the front. I walk over to the bed and sit down next to Ashley. I grab the edge of her black t-shirt. It's mine, it has Rangeman on the corner of it.
"You're wearing my shirt, Vixen." I smile when she blushes.
"I grabbed out of the clean clothes hamper. I thought it was mine and slipped it on. I was so wrong when it came way past my knees." I bet it did. She is way too little. Sometimes I wonder how the sex is going to work between us. I'm a pretty good size man and I know it's going to be a tight fit and I don't want to hurt her.
"Yet, you're still wearing it?" She bites her lower lip.
"You don't mind, do you. It was comfy, Ranger." I grin at her.
"No, I don't mind. You look cute." She blushes again. "Thanks." I turn to Sophie and give her a kiss on her cheek and she laughs at me. I take Sophie from her and sit her in my lap. Ashley closes her eyes and rests her hands on her stomach. Her face looks so peaceful and content. I can't stop myself. I lean down slowly as not to spook her and brush my lips against hers. I pull away and Ashley is looking at me with wide eyes. I smile at her. She gives me a small smile before rolling off the bed, away from me. Damn, I didn't mean to scare her. She speaks up before I can say anything.
"Can I ask you a question?" I look over at her and grin. She is standing up next to the bed and my shirt hangs way past her little knees. She looks like a child. But she's not. She's a sexy little vixen. Damn.
"You can ask me anything, you know that." She bites her lower lip. She looks nervous, I hope this has something to do with me asking her out.
"Is Lester seeing anyone?" Okay, first Ram, now Lester. Before I stop myself I growl and she jumps. My voice is hard when I answer.
"Why?"
"Well he was here yesterday and.." I interrupt her.
"Why was he here?"
"Checking on the system, like you told him to." Damn, I forgot about that.
"Okay, go on."
"Well, he was here and so was Lex. And they seem to hit off and after he left, she asked me a million questions that I didn't know."
"And you want to know if Santos would go out with Alexa." She nods. "I'm sure he'll have no problem with that, Alexa is a beautiful woman." Something flashes in her eyes but gone quickly before I can name it. I'm just glad she doesn't want anything to do with Santos on a personal level.
"Thanks." She walks around the bed and stands in front of me. Then she reaches for Sophie and I hand her over. She goes to walk out of the room but calls over her shoulder. "I'll be right back." It makes me happy to see how comfortable she is around me, but at the same time I want her to be nervous around me when a bed is in the room, just so I can see the effect I have on her because I don't think she even sees me as more than a friend and I needed to change that. I take a minute and look around the room and I see it. A brown bear wearing a Batman outfit. I get up and walk over to it. This is new and I know because I was just in here last week. I pick up the brown little bear and bring it to my nose. It smells like Ashley, like apples and cinnamon.
"That's Sophie's." I smile. I know she is lying by the tone of her voice. I turn to look at her.
"Liar. It smells like you. It's in your room. Why Batman, Little Vixen." I put the bear down where I found it and walk over to her. She backs up until she hits the wall behind her. I stop right in front of her. She shrugs her shoulders. I nod. Okay, I can play this.
I drop my voice an octave. "You know I have ways of making people talk?" She swallows hard and her beautiful brown eyes widen. Her voice is barely above a whisper. "You do?" I keep my blank face on and step closer to her. My body brushes against hers. She sucks in a breathe. Maybe I do have some effect on her. I place my hands on either side of her head, trapping her in.
"I do, my sweet little vixen. Would you like to answer my question or should I convince you to answer." Her breathing is getting harder. "What question?" I can tell by look on her face that she has really forgotten so I let it go. "Why Batman?" Something flashes in her eyes before she answers. I didn't hear it, so I ask her to say it again. This time I heard and my heart sings. "Convince me." I know the only reason why she's going to let me kiss her is because she really doesn't want to answer me about the bear, but I don't give her a chance to change her mind.
I lean down and brush her lips with mine. She opens her mouth in response and I slant my mouth across hers. I slip my tongue inside and almost immediately her tongue is in my mouth. I can't hide my surprise. I growl deep in my throat and gather her against me. She wraps her arms around my neck and kisses me back. I slip one of my hands thru her hair at the back of her neck and my other hand is on her lower back. I can't seem to get enough of her. Her scent is wrapping around me and she seems lost. I start to gather her shirt in my hand so I can expose the small of her back. I need to feel her soft skin. I realize my mistake when she yanks herself out of my arms. I try to grab her back but its too late. She's already out the door and down the stairs.
I get myself under control and walk down stairs. I find her in the kitchen standing at the sink. Before I can say anything, she speaks up. "I'm sorry. I'm...really really sorry. I never should have teased you. It was wrong of me. I hope you can forgive me." I'm stunned at her words. "Vixen, there is nothing to forgive, you didn't do anything wrong. Hell, I was going to kiss you anyway." She takes a couple of sips from her water before turning around.
"We shouldn't. We can't."
"What?"
"I'm not going to have sex with you and teasing you is wrong."
"Ashley, why are you so dead set against having sex with me?" She swallows hard.
"Because." I raise an eyebrow.
"Because why?"
"I could never make you happy." I almost laugh at that but keep myself in check.,
"Why do you think that?"
"Because of Shannon." Okay, now I'm really confused.
"What?"
"Shannon said some things about you and there is no way I can do that."
"I would never want you to do the things Shannon did. You're different than her, Ashley."
"I know I am thats why we can never sex." Yea I'm still confused.
"What did she say about me?" I figured it has something to do with my size. Not bragging but I am pretty big. Especially for her small frame.
"She said you like tying her up, role playing, dirty talk, and butt stuff." She had it all right except for the last one. That was Shannon's idea and I do whatever makes my partners happy. I'll do whatever it takes to make the beautiful little minx in front of me scream my name. I walked over to her and take her face in my hands. I brush my lips against hers. I pulled back to look into her eyes.
"I will never do anything you don't want me to. All you have to do is say stop and I will. All I want to do is pleasure you. Do you understand?"
"So you're saying you're not into that and Shannon was."
"Let's start with role playing. Sure, I'm all for it. Whether you've been a bad girl and I have to punish you or you're a dirty maid that needs cleaning. I'm all for it." Her eyes are wide and full of curiousity. I have my little vixen's attention. "Now, for tying you up..." She interrupts me.
"I don't want to be tied up." Before I answer I brush my lips across hers.
"Why?"
"Because I..I.. won't be able to.." I smile. She can't get the words. I wonder how innocent she really is.
"Because you won't be able to get away." She nods her head.
"You know I would never hurt you, right?" She bits her lower lip. She nods her head.
"Good. I would love to tie you up and pleasure your sweet little body for hours. And I will, but only when your comfortable enough, okay?" She nods again. I can't believe she's agreeing with this. Has this been the problem the whole time? "Now what was the last thing... oh yes dirty talk." She nods her head in agreement. "You don't have to say anything you don't want to say, hell I'll say enough for the both of us. But I promise you before it's over I'll get you to scream 'fuck me, Ranger' in fact I'm dying to hear those words from your mouth." Her tongue peeks out and licks her bottom lip and I suck in a breath. I want to do this right.
"So, will you go on date with me?" She looks shocked at my question.
"You still want to go on a date with me?" I raise my eyebrow.
"Ashley, just because we're talking about having sex doesn't mean we have to jump right into bed." Did I just say that? I take a deep breath because the next question, I'm not sure I want to know the answer.
"Vixen, how many men have you been with?" She bites her lower lip and stares at me. Do I want her to say none or at least one?
"Only one." I blow out a breath. Wait, what, one?
"Why only one, Ashley? You are an incredibly beautiful woman. You're 25 right." She pulls away from me to sit down at the island in the kitchen.
"My dad's a judge, Ranger and every one knew that fact. The boys were scared to death of my father. So when I did get asked out, they were too scared to touch me, never the less do anything else. And if it wasn't my father they were scared of, it was Jeremy or Jeremy's dad or my godfather or my Uncle Rusty. I was protected at all times, Ranger. It was a way of life for me. I didn't care at the time. I just focused on school and my writing. I loved writing." I nodded my head in agreement. She published her first children's book at the age of 16. She has talent.
"What about when you went to college?"
"That's where I lost my virginity. The first guy I dated and it took all of 2 minutes I think." What?
"You think?"
"Yea I was drinking that night because I knew what was going to happen so I didn't want to be sober." I really don't know what to say to this. I'm beginning to think he drugged her.
"How many drinks did you have, Ashley?"
"He brought me a beer and that's pretty much all I remember. I can't hold alcohol at all. That's why I don't drink at all, ever." I controled my breathing and tried to keep my anger in check. It wasn't the beer, that asshole drugged her. Should I kill him for making her first and only time a fucking disaster or leave it be. I pulled her out of the chair and into the living room. I sit down on the couch and pull her into my lap. She was facing me, a leg on either side of me. Her sweet center pressed against my cock. She swallows hard.
"What are you doing, Ranger?" I smile at her.
"How you ever just made out? Just kissing?" I knew this was going to kill me but I wanted to do it for her.
"No." She licks her lips.
"Well, here is what is going to happen. I am going to pick you up Friday night at 7:00 and we are going on a date. Anywhere you want to go. Dinner, dancing, a movie, rob a bank, rodeo. I'm all for it." She laughs and snuggles into me. Control Ranger, keep it in control. "After our date, I'll make love to you... all night long. That's a promise. But for now, we have a hour before Sophie wakes up and we are going to make out like teenagers."
"Really? Just make out?"
"Just make out, Little Vixen." She smiles at me and brushes her lips with mine. I cup her face in my hands and deepen the kiss. Make out is exactly what we did. Then it occurs to me, she never answered the question about the Batman bear.
Author's Note: The character Ashley is portrayed after was actually like that. Her dad was a powerful man and she had 5 brothers all older than her. The guy she lost her virginity to, got his ass kicked by her brothers. But he didn't drug her, that was just this story. I hope you enjoyed it.
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