Chapter 12
The sudden shake of his head
startled Kitt awake. A smile came to his
lips as he closed his eyes against the
early morning sun and his mind fought
the urge to fully wake. He ran his nose
along the top of Austin's head breathing
in his scent. This morning the smell of
Austin's hair was mixed with a little bit
of smoke from their fire and a little bit a
sweat from their all night sexual quest.
Kitt's ass was sore, deliciously sore
he'd heard said somewhere along the
way, and now he understood completely
what those words meant.
Austin had stayed rough and eager,
giving and taking before turning gentler,
sweet and tender. The one thing he
hadn't exaggerated about, they went at it
all night long. Kitt's ass got a couple of
solid poundings, the kind that would
cause this ache to stick around for a few
days. Austin told him he intended it to
remind Kitt who his ass belonged to
while he went away to Los Angeles.
Funny how the thought of commitment
and exclusivity with Sean had freaked
Kitt out, but now with Austin, his heart
felt light and breezy, ready to be
Austin's for however long he wanted it
and him. The romantic thought caused
Kitt to smile again and he kissed the top
of Austin's head.
They were zipped up tight in the
sleeping bag. Austin lay sprawled
across Kitt and they held each other
tight. It didn't look like they changed
position much over the last couple of
hours. In these early morning hours Kitt
still couldn't fully wrap his mind around
the fact that Austin wanted a long term,
exclusive relationship with him. Well,
now, relationship was never actually
mentioned, but exclusive was made very
clear and a long term fuck buddy with
someone who was hiding from the world
had to mean a relationship of some sort,
right? Kitt felt shockingly great about it
all. Maybe shocked better described it,
but to know the person you wanted most
in the world actually wanted you back…
Yeah, the word great fit right up there
on the sun, it had to be early.
Kitt guessed it close to seven. A noise
caused him to look to the side of their
sleeping bag. He figured the cows were
making their way down the pasture. It
was where they came first thing in the
morning. That was probably what woke
him. Kitt looked to the left of them but
saw nothing. He looked to the right and
saw the fire was just embers now. He
stroked his hand up Austin's back
thinking if it were early enough, maybe
they'd have time for one more round
before Austin had to get going. After a
minute more of lightly stroking his
fingertips across Austin's back, Kitt ran
his hand down to Austin's ass, sliding a
finger into the crease. It was still a little
oily from last night and his finger slid
easily in. It made Austin finally lift his
head. Sleepy tired eyes met his with a
big grin.
"Good Morning, sexy…. Funny how
my ass hurts, yet that feels so good…
Can we go back to the licking thing you
started with last night?" Austin leaned in
for a kiss, but something caught his eye
and he lifted them. His eyes grew wider
as Kitt watched. "Kitt, we aren't alone."
Kitt threw his head back, looking
upside down at what Austin was staring
at. His sister, Kylie, sat on top of her
horse between them and the truck. Panic
struck his heart. He immediately tried to
separate from Austin, but they were
zipped up tight, all he could do was jerk
his hand from Austin's ass. "What are
you doing here?"
"You know what, Kitt? I was gonna
quietly leave when I saw you, but then I
got so mad! And for the record, I knew!
B ut you should have told me!" Kylie
yelled. She was a short fiery little red
head, and she dismounted with only the
flair and fight of a true Kelly. She didn't
just let go of the reins, but tossed them
and just like Kitt's horse, hers was well
trained. He ignored her outburst as he
sauntered off. He wouldn't travel far.
"Kylie! What're you doing here?" Kitt
asked again, unzipping the zipper and
dislodging from Austin. He pushed
away, but there was little room in the
sleeping bag. Kitt flipped the top open
dumping Austin to the side. Austin tried
in vain to cover himself, but he lay
partially exposed when Kitt jumped up.
Kitt dropped his hands down, covering
his package. Kylie was purposefully
trying to embarrass him now, standing
with her arms crossed over her chest and
feet spread apart, tapping her foot, her
angry blue-eyed stare trained on him.
Kitt went straight for his underwear
and jeans, shaking them out and turning
from both Austin and Kylie as he pulled
on his underwear first. From out of
nowhere, Kylie snuck up behind him and
jerked the jeans away from him. She ran
away several feet, hiding them behind
her back until the fire was between them.
"Give me my jeans!" Kitt growled,
using one hand to cover himself. Austin
tossed him their pillow and he used it to
hide behind. He darted around the fire,
but she ran away from him. No matter
which way he went, he couldn't trick her
or get to his clothes.
"No! I tell you everything, Kitt.
Everything! You're like my mom and my
dad and my brother and my best friend
all in one, and you like boys and you
never tell me? What's that about? This is
so not fair! And for the record, I knew it!
Or I suspected it, but you still should
have told me!" Kylie finally came to a
stop after her rant and Kitt stalked to her.
He was barefoot, toeing around rocks
and grass spurs as he went toward her
making a dramatic flair of pulling his
jeans away from her. He turned around
to see Austin sitting on the sleeping bag.
Kitt pulled each leg of the jeans up,
bouncing as he covered his ass with the
denim and buttoned up his wranglers.
"Kylie, go home. We'll talk about this
later. And for God's sake, don't say one
word to anyone about him. Or me!" Kitt
said turning back toward her. He
grabbed the rest of his clothes she now
held her hands. Kitt walked through their
camp, picked up Austin's clothes, and
tossed them in his general direction.
"No! I'm not leaving until you explain
why you never told me. Kitt, you were
my best friend growing up! I can't
believe you didn't trust me enough to tell
me!"
"Why aren't you in school?" Kitt
asked ignoring everything she said and
scrubbed his hands over his face. His
wonderfully blissful morning had turned
to crap in a matter a seconds.
"Because I've been calling you and
you were avoiding me, so I drove home.
They said you were in Dallas, so I came
out here. Where you and I used to come.
Because I miss my brother and needed to
be in the one place we both love. Kitt,
why didn't you tell me?" Kylie asked the
last sentence in more of a whine, and for
the first time since they started talking,
Kylie looked over at the guy sitting on
the sleeping bag.
"And you're Austin Grainger! Oh my
gawd! Kitt, that's Austin Grainger!"
He stopped his hand in mid-scrub
down his face and looked over at Austin
who still sat there in nothing, covered
from the waist down in his sleeping bag.
The only words that came to mind were
simply, "I'm sorry."
"Why're you sorry?" Austin asked at
the same time Kylie did.
"Is he your boyfriend? Oh my God, is
this why you left acting, to come here
and be with my brother? Kitt, that's so
romantic!" Kylie said it all looking
between them both. She had the most
love struck look in her eyes and all Kitt
could do was groan and roll his eyes to
the heavens, begging for the world to
just swallow him up whole.
"Kylie, I need you to go back to my
house and wait for me. And don't speak
to anyone." Kitt stood between her and
Austin now, but Austin rose, keeping
himself wrapped in the sleeping bag and
walked toward them. He slid in behind
Kitt, wrapping one arm around Kitt's
stomach, the sleeping bag anchored
between them and he stuck out his other
hand toward Kylie.
"I'm guessing you're Kylie, the sister
he's so proud of," Austin said, giving
her his charming grin. It didn't matter his
hair stood on end or that he was draped
in a sleeping bag, Austin was sexy and
hot as hell, just sucking Kylie further in
when Kitt tried to push her out.
"Yes… Oh my God, I can't believe
you're here. Are you the one who bought
our land?" Kitt watched it happen in
front of him and his heart began to
slowly sink to his knees. Kylie was the
only one who knew about this special
place he brought Austin to. It had never
occurred to him she might come home
from school this weekend. Hell, Austin
had him so tied up in knots he didn't
even realize he missed her calls. He
would have never dodged her on
purpose and he could feel his precious
secret slipping out of his grasp as more
people found out.
"I am. It's my pleasure to meet you.
I'm going on the other side of the truck
and dress. I brought gourmet coffee.
Please ignore your brother." With that
Austin kept the sleeping bag around him
and carried his jeans and t-shirt the few
steps to behind the truck like it was the
most natural situation on earth. Kitt
started shaking his head to tell Kylie to
go home, but she was too excited,
jumping right in on him.
"Kitt, you should have told me! And
you're datin' Austin freakin' Grainger!"
She beamed. "I'm really happy and
really mad at you all at the same time!"
"No, I'm not datin' him. You need to
go—" Kitt was cut off by Austin.
"Yes, he is dating me!" Austin yelled
back. The outburst had both Kitt and
Kylie looking back at him as he pulled
the t-shirt over his head. He tossed the
sleeping bag into the bed of the truck and
finger combed his hair, taking careful
steps back to them.
"You're like all over the news.
Everyone's lookin' for you. They think
you're hidin' out in a villa in Italy.
How're you down here? Is it cause of
Kitt? Did you come back here for him?
Kitt, is this why you never go out?"
Kylie fired off the questions staring at
Austin with a big smile on her pretty
upturned face.
"Kylie…" The last question horrified
Kitt. Austin didn't seem to notice as he
stood beside him, wrapping an arm
around his waist. It was hard not to
move out of the casual touch.
"So far, no one's thought to look here
and I need you to keep all this to
yourself. Only a handful of people know
I'm here, but honestly, your brother's the
most important person to me in this deal.
I know he's not comfortable with you or
anyone for that matter knowing about this
or him." Austin's words were so
perfect. Kitt watched Kylie, trying to
gauge her reaction, but the star struck
wonder just stayed the most obvious part
of her expression.
"Does mom know you're here? She's
safe. She hates all the gossip in town.
She won't tell anyone, I promise."
"She knows, but your little sister
doesn't," Austin said, and Kitt just let
him do the talking. That numb feeling
began to wear off with dread closing in
fast.
"Okay, so I can keep it quiet. Have
y'all been like in love since high
school?"
"No! No, no, no! Kylie, enough with
all the questions! Shit!" Kitt threw his
hands up in the air. "Please, go home."
"I wish I'd been with your brother
since high school," Austin said, looking
over at Kitt who now paced until a
sticker got him good in the foot and he
was forced to stop and dig it out.
"Okay, let me ask this. Why aren't you
tellin' people? You two are like, hot,
together," she said.
"We're done. This is done. You're
leavin'," Kitt said, tossing the sticker
aside. He whistled for her horse and at
the same time Austin's phone rang,
startling him.
"I have to get going. My security
team's on their way out here to drive me
to the airport," Austin said. "I need my
tennis shoes."
"Here! Are these yours?" Kylie said,
all smiles and helpfulness bundled in an
incredibly annoying little sister.
Austin's pickup truck came out of
nowhere, slowly making its way through
the pasture. Kitt could only watch it
drive up. He'd thought they were all
alone out here. Austin told him they
were, but clearly his security knew
where Austin was at all times. Had they
watched them last night? The thought
caused a deep heat of a blush to rise in
his cheeks as his eyes riveted to Austin.
They only stared at one another for a
second or two, but he could see Austin
knew what his thoughts when he shook
his head mouthing a very clear 'no' in
his direction.
For the first time this morning
Austin's brow lowered, frustration clear
in his eyes. After a second of everyone
looking at each other, Austin took the
matters in his own hands and pulled Kitt
to the back of his pickup truck, ignoring
the rest of them.
"I need to go. I'm sorry I can't stay
and clean this up with you. I promise you
they weren't around last night. They
tracked me through my phone," Austin
said. He took Kitt in his arms, coming to
stand chest to chest at the tailgate of the
truck. Kitt reluctantly followed the
move. He cut his eyes up to see if the
other were looking their way.
"This so wasn't how I wanted our
morning to start. I'm sorry," Kitt said
quietly.
"It was still good. Your sister's
lovely. I think she'll keep it quiet,"
Austin said, pulling Kitt tighter against
him. Kitt again cut his gaze over to see if
anyone looked their way. "I'm right
here, Kitt. We seriously have to work on
you being so jumpy. These people
already know. Now kiss me like you
meant everything we discussed last night
and make me think you'll only think of
me while I'm gone."
What if Kitt was right and Austin
didn't come back? What if this was the
last time he spent with Austin? Kitt lifted
his hands, holding Austin's face in place
and slanted his mouth over Austin's,
kissing him thoroughly in a swirl of
tongue and teeth. Kitt had meant
everything he said last night, and he
threaded his fingers through Austin's
hair, positioning him better to extend the
kiss. If this was their kiss goodbye, Kitt
wanted to remember it for the rest of his
life. When they finally came up for air,
Austin grinned with his eyes closed.
"Yep, that was exactly what I needed.
I'll be back as soon as I can. I'm hoping
about a day, no longer than two." Slowly
Austin opened his eyes and Kitt stepped
away, but kept his gaze intently focused
on Austin, trying to memorize everything
he could about the man.
"I hope your ass is as sore as mine.
And don't call Fisker. Jack off until I get
back!" Austin said as he walked over
toward his truck. Kitt couldn't keep the
smile from forming on his face. Austin
was jealous of Sean, and as wrong as it
was, it did great things to his heart.
Kitt watched Austin drive off only
then remembering Kylie. He turned
quickly, wondering if she'd heard the
jack off remark, but both she and her
horse were gone. She'd finally got a clue
and gave them privacy. She'd also
picked up their camp, leaving the site
mostly clean. Kitt lifted the cooler into
the back of his pickup and checked the
fire pit one last time. He sat there alone
a minute, tugging on his boots. He
already missed Austin even before he
got inside his truck and headed for his
cabin.