Page 86 of Walk the Line

“You won’t be handling anything. Put my daughter on the phone.”

I sigh. “I feel like it’s quite possible you’re not listening to me.”

“I don’t know who you are to listen to you.”

“So how does this go? You ask her a few questions for your own self interest, and then the five minutes is up?”

“You can tell Kaylah that this doesn’t count. I will call back later and I expect her to answer the phone then.”

“No, this counts,” I say quickly and carefully. “If you have a question for her, ask me and I’ll answer. But that’s the only way you’ll get to fulfil this arrangement from now on. I know you like to have the last word, so you probably have a whole list of things you plan to get off your chest once I’m done talking, but let me just say this first. Kaylah’s well. Hockey’s great. Friendships are blossoming. Education is amazing. I think I’ve covered everything, which is perfect timing because our five minutes are up. It was nice meeting you, Bernadette. I’m Julius, by the way. Now you know how to address me when you call in two weeks time. But until then, bye for now.”

I don’t know when Kaylah woke up, but our eyes pierce into each other as I cut off the call and hand her phone over to her.

“Why did she call so early today?” she says, exasperation on her face.

“Who knows? But I’m glad that’s done with.”

She stares at the phone in her hand, then lifts her head up to look at me. “I know you said you were gonna do it, but I didn’t think you actually would.” My heart beats faster as I wonder whether I fucked up. But then she smiled and says, “ Or maybe I did, but…it was so impressive, fuck. Thank you, is what I’m trying to say.”

She leans into me, but I meet her halfway and proudly melt into her as soon as our lips meet.

When we break apart, I say, “I would do anything for you, you know that. And I’ll do the same thing all over again in two weeks.”

“I wish this didn’t even have to be a thing.”

“Me, too, and I’m gonna try to figure it out to get this shit to stop. But for now, I’m happy to give you take those five minutes of stress from you.”

The most heartwarming look rests on her face as she responds, “You are just so, so amazing. I’m not even gonna complain we woke up early because now I get to spend more time with you.” My laugh is instant, and I’m going on for a while until I feel her hand hold on to my arm. “What?” she laughs.

I let out one more chuckle before I say, “Every time I wake up and you’re still sleeping, I have to fight against my selfish desire to wake you up so I can spend every waking moment of my life with you.” I know I’ve come a long way because it feels good to speak my truth to this woman who deserves it.

“Wow, we are corny as fuck,” she says after a minute of her smiling at me.

“I wouldn’t change a thing about that, though.”

She deserves to know how I feel about her, so I love knowing that I’m probably going to become even more corny as time goes on. I guess that’s another thing in learned about myself, that it’s really not that hard to talk about my feelings when I desperately want them to be known. Because as I wrap Kaylah in my arms and her aroma that’s perfectly her comforts me, I know that without me opening my heart up to her, we wouldn’t be here right now.

I took a risk, it paid off and now I get to feel like a winner everyday doing life with the best team mate I’m ever going to have.

EPILOGUE

KAYLAH

ONE MONTH LATER

I can hardly breathe and I wouldn’t choose to be anywhere else with anyone else right now.

I take Julius’s lips into mine from the side, his groans escaping into my mouth as I continue thrusting into him with the strap on. I’m so glad I’m not trying to play it cool anymore, because then I wouldn’t be able to desperate and lick smell every part of that I can as he lays on top of me on his back.

He finally feels at ease after being worried that he would smother be in this position, but I love feeling the weight of him on me. I love knowing that this big strong man is putting all his trust in me as I fuck him with this strap on while fucking his mouth with mine at the same time.

I reach round and squeeze the tip of his dick, feeling a jolt in my pussy as he groans into my mouth. I continue my motion by stroking his dick, feeling my orgasm coming to the surface as his groans get louder and more intense. Areas of his skin are met with sweat and I take in how perfectly him it smells.

I’m picking up the pace now, pummelling into him with ease and I don’t stop even when he shouts out, “This is insane. I’m coming so fucking hard. Fuck!” It just keeps me going even more, if anything, because there’s nothing quite like watching this well put together man lose control over me. It’s enough to send a wave of cum through me as well, which is exactly why I’m shaking on the bed right now.

The slamming of a door forces me to pry my lips off of Julius’s. “Wait, did you hear that?”

He reaches for his phone with a nod. “That’s impossible though. It’s only…fuck, it’s been two hours already.”