Chapter 96: Stay With Me

"Since the moment I spotted you / Like walking round with little wings on my shoes
My stomach's filled with the butterflies...ooo and it's alright
Bouncing round from cloud to cloud / I got the feeling like I'm never going to come down
If I said I didn't like it then you know I'd lied / ooo
Pre-Chorus: Every time I try to talk to you / I get tongue-tied
Turns out that everything I say to you / Comes out wrong and never comes out right
Chorus: So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together and take on the world / and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again' / So I say 'why don't you and I hold each other and fly to the moon
and straight on to heaven / Cause without you they're never going to let me in'
When's this fever going to break/ I think I've handled more than any man can take
I'm like a love-sick puppy chasing you around / ooo and it's alright
Bouncing round from cloud to cloud / I got the feeling like I'm never going to come down
If said I didn't like it then you know I'd lied
Pre Chorus - repeat
Chorus - repeat
And slowly I begin to realize this is never gonna end / Right about the same you walk by
And I say 'Oh here we go again, oh'
Pre Chorus - repeat
Chorus - repeat x2 to fade" – "Why Don't You & I" – Santana & Chad Kroeger

"No matter what the price, you can't walk away from love." – Antonio Banderas, Original Sin


Sydney looked towards Francie's room, but it was dark, so she made her way to the living room, where her two friends were cuddling on the couch.

"Hey guys..."

"Hey!" Will said, "You need help moving Vaughn?" he asked, getting ready to get up.

"No...Vaughn and I are gonna stay up for a little while. Are you guys gonna be up for awhile?"

"Yeah, we'll be around..." Will answered, settling back into the couch.

"So, if I need help later, I'll just come and get you, ok?"

"Sure, just call."

"What if you're in bed already?"

"Just wake me up..."

"Are you sure, Will?"

"Yeah, I'm sure..."

"Ok...thanks guys, good night for now," Sydney said turning.

"Night," they both said.

Sydney walked back into the bedroom, closing the door and locking it behind her.

Vaughn was sitting in the same spot, rather inanimate in form, but his eyes were an entirely different story. His eyes were vibrantly alive, watching her like prey, full of lust for the kill. She smiled seductively at him, the hint of what was to come hanging humidly in the air.

She moved over to the bed and removed his half-buttoned shirt. He made no move to help her, but turned his head down to watch her. She spread the shirt over his chest and shoulders and eased him out of it painlessly. She then moved down to his boxers which were beginning to tent in the front.

She brought her gaze to meet his, raising an eyebrow at his arousal, but his gaze didn't change.
She reached out a hand and cupped his cheek, and she saw a flicker of vulnerability in his lustful stare.

She smiled knowingly, "You sure you're well enough for this?"

He smiled sweetly, "I need you..." he said quietly.

She returned the saccharine smile, "I know..." and followed it with a kiss that could melt ice.

She sat back and removed her shirt and her pants followed soon after. She came back to the bed wearing only her bra and panties.

She started to crawl towards him, straddling his form. She smiled naughtily, taking the waistband of his boxers in her hands and pulling them down slowly, releasing his rapidly enlarging erection.

She threw the boxers aside and moved her hands behind her to unclasp her bra. Her breasts swayed freely as she stood to remove her panties.

His head rested against the pillow; watching the whole performance through hooded eyes as his need was rapidly building.

Once she was fully naked, she straddled his legs again on the bed. She moved toward him with the intent of taking him in her mouth, but as he figured out her intention, he said, "Sydney..."

She brought her eyes up to meet his, "What honey?" she asked looking concerned.

"I need to be inside you..."

She smiled, "Ok," and moved up to straddle his lap. She framed his face with her hands and made him look in her eyes, "You sure you're ok?"

He nodded.

"I don't just mean ok to do this...I mean ok in general too..."

"Yeah...I just...I need you," he said averting her gaze.

She smiled and moved her hands to his chest momentarily before positioning herself over his straining penis. She looked up at him again as she grabbed his cock and led the tip just inside her.

His head dropped back to watch them. She came down painstakingly slow, brining her hands back to his shoulders as she lowered herself. She watched as he moaned lowly as he felt himself push into her warm, tight walls. She took the last few inches of him insider her quickly, letting herself fall into his lap.

They shared groans, with eyes closed, heads thrown back, as they both felt the affects of his full penetration, his cock nudging her cervix upward.

She stilled for a moment, just holding him tightly inside her. When she finally opened her eyes, his were still closed. She waited patiently for him to open them but he didn't. She touched his cheek an he slowly opened them.

She moved slightly, placing her hand on his lower abdomen for leverage and he grunted quietly. She had only meant to move so she could continue to hold him, but her eyes moved up to meet his, questioning the grunt.

"What's this?" she said as she moved the hand across his abs, feeling the tightness in the muscles.

He didn't meet her eyes, looking away sheepishly.

She grabbed his chin and moved his head back until he was looking at her. "Why are you tense?" she asked seriously.

He shrugged his shoulders.

"Vaughn..."

He looked up at her again.

"What's this from?"

He shrugged again.

"Are you upset about something?"

"No."

"Scared?"

"Not at the moment..."

"What then? Is this why you needed me?"

He shook his head slowly; "I guess it's been there for awhile...getting worse..." he stopped looking away.

"Why didn't you tell me before? It wouldn't have gotten this tense if we worked on it earlier."

He shrugged his shoulders yet again, "You had enough to worry about...I ...I guess a lot of it was Barnett..."

"What about her?"

"I was nervous about her coming over..."

"Yeah."

"Last night didn't help – that's when it got really bad."

"Cause it hurt so much?"

"Yeah...but I was scared too..."

She leaned down and rested her forehead on his, "I was scared too..."

He looked up, jade meeting chestnut, "I'm sorry...I don't mean to scare you..."

"It's not YOU – it's what happens to you – not your fault." She paused, "I was scared because you were in so much pain, that's all..."

She squeezed him powerfully for emphasis. He groaned, closing his eyes again. "Let's work this out, ok?" she asked.

He nodded, pushing his head back into the pillow. She started moving, keeping her hands pressed against his abdomen. As she would come down on him, she would press on the muscles, making them relax and flex. Soon she had a nice rhythm going, watching his face contort in ecstasy as the muscles rippled beneath her capable hands. She loved that she could take away some of his discomfort; that the simple act of making love to him, of showing him tenderness, could ease the strain that compounded him daily.

Sydney smiled watching Vaughn as he picked up his own rhythm in tune with her own. Every time she would ground herself on him and press on his abs, he would thrust his hips slightly forward, sending him that fraction deeper and making them both moan.

For the most part, that's all he did, the small thrust after Sydney's pattern, but he was comfortable and seemed pain-free, and that was all that mattered to Sydney. She was getting enough enjoyment out of the deal anyway – when he would thrust his hips forward, even that slight amount, it would send his cock right over her clit, the friction making her moan, and she was very close to coming herself.

She backed off slightly, slowing down to make it last for both of them, but also to make sure his muscles relaxed. She wanted him to be completely relaxed by the time they finally went to sleep.

She moved slowly, reducing her pattern to circles while he was fully inside her and squeezed him in another rhythmic pattern.

He looked up at her, watching the smile spread across her face as she told him, "I want you to be relaxed...completely," she said with a squeeze, "I want to make it last for you..."

He shared a smile with her as he let her take the tension away. The tightness that had resided in his abdomen was slowly ebbing, but he could still feel the muscles were taut.

"You know what honey?" she asked slightly breathless.

"What?"

"Push up more and we'll get your muscles to relax even quicker...push up when I come down on you..."

He turned away, eyes downcast, "I can't...I just...tonight...Syd..."

She saw his distress and put her finger over his mouth, "Shh..." she said bringing his gaze back to her, "all you have to say is no Vaughn...I don't need an explanation...if you can't...you can't..."

"Syd, I just don't think I can tonight. I want to, I'm just–"

"Stop," she said, stopping her movements, "It was just an idea sweetie...we can do it this way...I know you want to, but I understand that you can't – that's fine. I love you and I'll do anything you need me to. You had a horrible night last night and it's completely understandable. I have no problem working out the tension this way...it'll just take a little longer – not that I'm complaining...I'm enjoying myself quite a bit here, so don't get guilty on me or anything..."

He smiled, "Really?" he asked.

"Yes honey, really," she said, touching his face, "Every time you thrusted before – you rubbed my clit just right. Believe me...I'm having a good time."

Vaughn smiled relieved and happy, "That bothers me..."

"What?"

"That you might not be having a good time anymore when you do this for me..."

She cupped his face and said very seriously, "Don't EVER worry about that. It's always good, no matter who's on top, doing what...ok? You – inside me – always a good thing. I always enjoy it, ok?"

He nodded.

"Now let's get these muscles relaxed..."

He smiled, "Ok."

She smiled again starting her movements, taking him inside her and pressing on his abs. As she kept up her motions, she could feel his legs start to tense and part slightly as he used move leverage on his own small thrusts. She started humming when he started to hit a sweet spot deep inside her. He smiled as he watched her move above him, slowly losing her own composure.
She sped up her movements, making his head press back into the pillow as new sensations began to assail him.

He could feel the tension mounting in his balls, "Syd...I'm..."

"Me too," she said gripping him tightly inside her, "Listen," she said breathlessly, "When you come...you let all of this go," she instructed, pressing on his abs.

He nodded and she smiled, coming hard on his cock, her walls pulsating rhythmically; spasming wildly around him.

He followed, lunging his hips as he sent his hot splash of seed deep inside her. His head was thrown back, muscles taut.

Sydney pressed hard on his abs, "Let it go Vaughn...come hard," she said as clenched her muscles on him one more time.

He came harder, feeling himself spill violently in her. He came down slowly, his whole body limp and sated.

She smiled at him, "I love feeling you come inside me..."

He smiled back tiredly, "I do too..."

She pressed on his abs, feeling them normal again; the tension abated.

"Thank you..." he said, following it with a yawn.

She chuckled, "You're welcome...tired?"

He nodded.

"Let's go to bed...you wanna stay like this or you wanna turn over?"

"Can we just stay like this?"

"You gonna be comfortable?"

"I think so..."

"Ok," she said making a move to get off of him.

"Where are you going?" he asked, sounding like a child.

"Honey, if you want me to stay...we're going to have to move you...it might hurt you. I can still lay with you if you stay here."

"Can we just try to lay me down?"

She looked at him, smiling at the longing in his eyes, "We can try...I still have to get off of you for a minute."

"Ok."

She moved off of him, feeling some of their mixed juices leaking onto her thighs. She moved the pillows down slightly, so he was reclining more, but still not on his back.

"How's that?"

"Good."

"Are you just saying that because you want me to stay on you or because it's really ok?"

"Because it's really ok."

"Alright," she said moving back over to him and repositioning him inside her.

"I love you Sydney."

"I know Vaughn, I love you too."

She lay her head down on his chest; he was asleep in no time and Sydney went to bed with a satisfied smile on her face.