First Date,
I had officially been Ace's girlfriend for two weeks, it was now February and I had gotten hell from everyone. The only people who really didn't give me hell were Mary Ann, Billy and my dad, but my dad still didn't know and momma had agreed to keep it a secret.
"Baby, you cant date him you just cant!" Vern protested when he found out.
"Look Vern, it is what it is, now you tell me if he messes with you and your friends alright," I said smiling at him.
"But, Baby!" he started to say.
"Vern, I gotta get back to work we can talk about this later." I said and started up the ladder with some books.
That night when Ace picked me up I was exhausted, working all the time at the library and tutoring people was starting to wear me out, and as I waited for 9 to approach I felt my eyes get heaver and heaver.
Finally it was time to go, and if I wasn't so tired I would have been dancing. Ace was waiting for me outside, leaning against his car, a Yellow rose in hand.
"That for me?" I asked walking up to him
"who else would it be for?" he asked with a smirk
"Don't know, I saw Cassie Smith checking you out the other day," I played innocent
"Jealous," he said wrapping his arms around me.
"Hardly," I said stepping back from the embrace, I hated to admit it but sometimes I forgot that the only reason I was dating him was because of Vern.
The one thing I will give him credit for is that he was being patient, not forcing me to do anything, and I guess at this point I could safely consider him my friend. But he still had his temper, only two times had it gotten the best of him while I was around, but both those times I had been terrified. I knew he would never hurt me but sometimes he scared me so much.
He opened the door for me like always, and I got in. The ride home was quiet and that was because I had fallen asleep.
"Hey, Baby… wake up your home," I heard his voice and felt a soft touch on my cheek.
"mmm, what?" I said as I started to stir.
"hey there snoring beauty," he laughed tucking my hair behind my ear.
"I don't snore," I said groggily.
"yes you do, look Baby don't make any plans tomorrow, after school I'm going to bring you home and you are going to get some rest, then I'm going to pick you up and we are going to go out." He said and I sat up straight.
"What," I said not sure if I had heard him right.
"I'm going to take you out on a date, you know the whole Boyfriend girlfriend thing." He said caressing my face.
I nodded and got out of the car, as I walked to my house I tried to process the information I had just been given. I was going on a date with him. We had been a couple for two weeks and all he had done was take me to and from school and work, and maybe to the diner, but this was going to be a legitimate date. Butterflies grew in my stomach this was going to be my first date, and it was with Ace.
School passed to quickly the next day, I told Mary about the date in chemistry class. The result was her almost blowing up the lab, not one of our finer moments.
"What are you guys going to do?" she asked as we stood at our lockers at the end of the day.
"I have no clue, he didn't tell me," I said shutting my locker.
"Well good luck, be careful if he takes you to the drive in." she warned before giving me a hug then walking away.
Ace drove me home, still not telling me what we were going to do that night. Nervously I got dressed, in my favorite mint green dress with the little pink bows, I put a light dusting of make up on and walked down stairs, to where Ace sat staring calmly staring at my furious father.
"Her curfew is 10," my father said glairing daggers.
"I'll have her home safe and sound." He said as he looked me over,eyeing me like a hunk of meat, totally ignoring my father who was still in the room.
"see that you do." Dad said kissing the top of my head.
The first part of the date was nothing special, we met up with the rest of the Cobra gang including my brother, at the diner and then we drove around for a little while. My brother sat beside me in the front seat of Ace's car which meant that I was crunched up next to Ace, who had one hand on the wheel and the other arm slung around my shoulders. After about and hour of driving around he pulled up in front of the diner again.
"Alright everybody out," he said and I could smell the beer on his breath. Alcohol had been shared among the group, I hadn't had any but he had partaken generously enough for both of us. What scared me was that he didn't even seem to have a buzz, and I knew that he must drink like this often.
I went to scoot over but he kept his hold on me.
"stay there Baby," he said tightening, the embrace.
I didn't say anything, as he drove, I didn't know where he was going but I was getting more frightened by the second.
"Ace, Please slow down," I said panicing.
"Its alright Baby, I know these roads like the back of my hand."
"Well I don't, so please for my sake," I begged and he dropped his speed.
As we passed the city limits sign I realized where he was taking me., it was some place I had heard about but never thought I would go. Ace was taking me to the Point.
Like I said in the beginning I'm a smart girl I knew what happened at the point. I almost couldn't believe that he was taking me here, I had just started to trust him and now he was and proving he was just the kind of guy I thought he was.
"Relax Baby, you look like you have a stick up your ass," he said, the arm that was wrapped around me moved and he caressed the back of my neck.
I hated the way he acted around his friends, its like he was in Asshole mode the whole time. He acted like the guy he was when it was just the two of us, didn't exist but I didn't say anything and his arm wrapped back around my shoulders squeezing me reassuringly. He pulled up into a spot that overlook the edge of a cliff, the stars sparkled brightly in the sky and Castel Rock laid spread out below. It really was a beautiful sight, but the reason why we came up here took the beauty out of the scenery.
He turned off the car and I took that opportunity to but some distance between us. I was trembling from head to toe, when he leaned in close to me, his arm now slung over the seat.
"what's wrong Baby, your shaking?" he whispered.
"N…Nothing, I'm just cold. Can we turn the heat back on please?" I asked looking into his eyes. He really was handsome, and I knew that he could be kind, but I was too frightened of what he wanted to move.
"Come here Baby, I'll keep you warm" he said and started to kiss my neck.
He moved closer, his arms wrapping around me as he kissed up my neck to my ear, sucking my earlobe into his mouth and nibbling on it gently. He then kissed along my jaw line to my mouth, he kissed me. It was hard, and forceful and he started biting my bottom lip trying to get me to open my mouth. But my lips were pressed in a thin line and my eyes wide open, not looking at Ace but staring beyond him to the driver's side of the car.
"Christ, Baby!" he said pulling away from me, "I feel like I'm making out with my fucking grandma," a frustrated look on his face.
"Sorry," was the only thing I could think to say as I wrapped my arms around myself.
"God Baby, you act like you've never been kissed before," he said while lighting his cigarette.
He looked at me with hard eyes that demanded I answer him.
"I haven't," I said softly unable to meet his gaze.
"What" surprise was in his voice a she tilted my chin so that I looked at him.
"I've never been kissed," his eyes softened when I made that confession.
"Let me show you then," he said leaning in and kissing me again this time it was gentle and soft, and I timidly started to respond. I felt him smile against me mouth and then his hand cupped my breast.
"Stop!" I said pulling away.
"Baby," he said moving in to kiss me again.
"No, Ace I don't want to do this," I begged looking at our hands that were intertwined.
"What's wrong," he asked tilting my chin, forcing me to look at him.
"I'm not ready for this, I just cant, I'm sorry" I said scooting away from him.
"Just close your eyes and let me handle the rest." He said moving quickly and laying me down on the seat.
"NO! Ace stop it, stop it" I said pounding on his shoulders.
"Come on Baby, I need this, and I know you need it too," he said looking down at me.
"I don't think you know me that well," I answered looking up at him wide eyed.
"Really now" he said cocking and eyebrow. "your favorite color is green, You like to argue, you were born on Valentines day," he emphasized each fact by placing a kiss on my face then he continued. "you want to go to college, so you can teach, you dance when you think no one is watching, and your favorite flowers are pansies, and your real name is Madeline," he finished and searched my face.
"how did you… I mean," I couldn't think of anything to say, everything he had just said was true.
"I Forgot something though," he said touching his nose to mine.
"oh,"
"your beautiful," he said kissing my forehead.
"but that doesn't change the fact that I still cant do this." My voice was small and I barely recognized it but I felt his weight leave me.
"I'll take you home," he said clearly frustrated.
He didn't look at me, he didn't talk to me, he didn't even hold my hand. He just drove, a scowled firmly fixed on his face, and his hands had a death grip on the wheel.
We got to my house and he walked me to the door, he still looked frustrated, and I noticed that he was walking different. We stood on the front porch, and I was hoping that he would say something. But he just stood there looking down at me.
"can you say something," I asked looking at him, hoping, no wishing he would say or do something. God I would have even taking that stupid smirk of his as long as it meant things between us were alright.
"What do you want me to say," he said looking down at me, with accusing eyes.
"I don't know, something anything," I begged.
"I'll see you Monday," he said and kissed my forehead before walking down the steps and to his car.
I ran inside and, up the stairs, so my mother couldn't see how upset I was. I watched from my window as he drove away. I laid on my bed and tears fell from my eyes. God he had me so confused, on minute he was Ace, this kind guy, who really seemed to care about me. Then the next he was back to being Ace, the badass, who only had one thing on his mind.
"Baby, are you alright honey?" my mom asked as she walked into my room.
"yeah, I'm just really tired that's all," I answered as started getting ready for bed.
"are you sure, you seem upset."
"I'm fine momma." I smiled and this seemed to reassure her, and she left m room.
Ace's POV
God I had wanted her so fucking bad! Things had been going so well the last two weeks, I had just figured, she was ready, maybe this was jus the alcohol talking. I wasn't drunk by any means, but I did have a nice buzz going, and god she smelled so good and it felt so right, her in my arms. I know I should have told her that it wasn't her that I was mad at, it was myself.
She looked so afraid, when I had her pinned under me. Those big green eyes glazed over with a lust she didn't understand and the fear of what I wanted to do. What did trying to seduce her get me? A case of Fucking BLUE BALLS!!! I know her better then anyone, and all I get is a case of fucking blue balls. I drove to the next town over my hard on still raging, so I picked up the first hooker I found.
Yes I crossed the line, now not only was I blackmailing Baby I was going to cheat on her. That was the only thought that was going through my mind as the hooker started pawing at my clothes. I couldn't do it, I had a girl in my car ready to do what ever the fuck I wanted and all I kept seeing were Baby's scared eyes.
"Stop," I said pulling her hands off my dick.
"What's wrong baby?" The hooker asked.
"Nothing, get out," I said and she looked at me a smile on he face.
"Girlfriend," she said shaking her head.
"None of your fucking business," I said angrily.
"Look hun, you love her I can tell by the look on your face, don't push her and she'll come around," were the hookers parting words to me as she got out of the car.
I drove back to Castle rock, I hated myself for what I had almost done, I was holding her brother's safety for ransom so that she would be with me, but I couldn't let her go, I would never let her go.