Текст книги "Wanted"
Автор книги: Kelly Elliott
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CHAPTER TEN
GUNNER ……
I shut the door to my bedroom and leaned against it. Holy shit….down boy! I cannot believe I just fucking ran into Ellie and she was wearing nothing but a fucking towel.
Good lord I cannot catch my breath...breathe……in….out…..shit!
Mother fucker! I cannot believe how much I wanted to just pull that damn thing off of her and take her right there against the wall. Yeah, Jefferson would sure as shit beat the fuck out of me for even thinking that. SHIT! I hope I can look at her today and not picture her naked.
I wish I had time for a cold shower but that was out of the question. I needed to get dressed and make a few more phone calls for tomorrow night. First thing was to call back Jake, the guy who was DJ’ing for Ellie’s graduation party. Then I needed to order some food. Jeff had his last day at work today and then after that he was going to get some stuff for the party.
I quickly threw on a pair of shorts and a shirt. My dick was still somewhat hard from seeing Ellie in that towel. Christ the things that girls does to me. I couldn’t believe how excited I was to just spend the day with her. Spending time with Ellie was now on my list of favorite things to do. Before the only two things I cared about were football and the ranch. Now there were three; Ellie, the ranch and football and they were in that order.
I heard the shower turn off and knew I only had a few minutes to get this shit taken care of. I picked up my phone and called Jake back. He was not too pleased I just hung up on his ass but what was I going to say. Sorry dude…the girl who makes me hard just by walking into a room was standing in front of me with nothing but a towel on. The next call was to order some food. The third call was to Grams. What the hell was I going to get Ellie? I had never in my life bought a girl a gift, let alone a girl who is this special to me.
Wait…where the fuck did that come from?
I knew I could honestly say I would do anything for Ellie. Anything to make her smile, hear her laugh or feel her touch. She was special to me.
Fuck…..I’m so fucked……
“Gunner?” I heard Ellie call from outside my door. I had just hung with Grams and had the perfect gift in mind. Just the sound of her voice made my stomach do flips. Man….can I make it through this day without wanting to kiss her? I took a deep breath and opened the door.
FUCK ME….
Nope…I was never going to be able to make it through this day without kissing those sweet soft lips. She stood there staring up at me with such a sweet innocent smile that my heart just melted. I was ready to drop to my knees and tell her I would do whatever she wanted. My god ….was it possible she was getting more and more beautiful every time I looked at her?
She had on a short, but not too short, mini denim skirt along with a blue shirt that made her blue eyes just jump out at you. Her hair was pulled up in a pony tail and she had on just a hint of makeup on. Her lips were tinted a light pink and I could not stop staring at them. I wanted to know how soft they felt against my lips so fucking bad.
“Hey um, I’m ready if you are? I mean I’m not in any kind of hurry or anything I just……” She trailed off as she looked me up and down. She started chewing on her bottom lip. I reached over and tilted her head up towards me and pulled her lip out from her teeth.
“That lip is too soft and beautiful to be abused like that sweetheart.” I said as I smiled down at her. I was pretty sure I saw her whole body shake. A blush started to creep into her cheeks. Damn, it was one of the sexiest things I had ever seen.
“Right….um…so are you ready to go? I just need a bag or something to clean out my locker.” Ellie said as she looked around at everything but me.
“WOW…your room is so…….clean.”
“Why thank you sweetheart. I’m sure my mom would appreciate knowing that all those years of bitching at me to keep my room neat paid off.” I said with a laugh.
Ellie let out a giggle and looked up me.
Jesus….the moment her eyes met mine I swear I forgot how to breathe. I leaned down towards her only to have her look away and take a step back.
Shit.
“Um, okay well let’s find you a bag or something shall we?” I said as I moved passed her and headed down the hall to the kitchen. FUCK. I need to remember what Jeff said…..She needed time and here I was trying to fucking kiss her every chance I could. What the fuck was wrong with me? Christ….I need to think about something else…..football….nope that won’t work…. fucking football gives me a hard on…..puppies……dogs….I think I would like to get a dog…..what kind of dog? I wonder what kind of dogs Ellie likes.
Okay…I will think of dogs every time I have the urge to kiss her.
Oh what the hell Gunner you are losing your goddamn mind.
“You sure seem lost in thought.”
I was now standing in the middle of the kitchen…just standing there thinking about fucking dogs. I shrugged my shoulders and started digging through the drawer where Jeff keeps all the extra bags.
“How big of a bag do you need?” Silence…….
”Ellie?” I stood up and she was standing there just staring at me.
“Ellie what’s wrong? Hey….can you tell me what is wrong sweetheart?” I squatted down so I could look in her face. She seemed so lost…what I would not do to crawl in that brain and figure shit out for her.
“I….I don’t know what is wrong Gunner!!I just had this panic come over me! What if I can’t do this? What if I fail at this too? I mean….I’m soooo not sure that I’m ready to go to college, my mother keeps telling me….” Ellie turned and looked away the moment she mentioned her mother.
I placed my hands on her shoulders and turned her around to look at me. Oh Jesus H. Christ she was crying. My heart just took a nose dive right into my stomach. I reached up and wiped away the tears that were streaming down her beautiful face. She gave me a weak smile.
“Oh god I’m so sorry. You must thing I’m a nut case….I’m so sorry Gunner.” Then she just lost it. The sobs where taking over her whole body. I pulled her close to me and ran my hand through her soft hair.
She smelt like Daisies again. I felt my dick getting hard just from having her up against my body.
Holy fuck…….what am I suppose to be thinking about again?
DOGS!…..Golden retrievers, Labs….yellow, black or brown? Big dog or little dog, German Shorthair Pointer??
“Ellie it’s going to be okay sweetheart I promise you it will be okay. I know this is a scary time but you are smart and you can do anything you put your mind to. Please don’t let something your mother tells you to ever let you doubt yourself. I know what it feels like to have someone tell you that all you will ever do is fail.” I said as I took a deep breath and buried my nose in her hair. My god….daisies….all I could smell where daisies.
Ellie looked up at me confused. “What do you mean you know what it feels like to have someone tell you all you will do is fail? Gunner you are amazing! The most amazing person I’ve ever met. I can’t….I can’t even believe anyone would think that about you.”
I just laughed and gave her shoulders a squeeze. “Come on Ells, let’s get this show on the road….we have a locker to clean out and a coffee shop to hit up!”
I reached down and grabbed a couple plastic grocery bags. Ellie walked back into Jeff’s room and came out carrying her overnight bag and her backpack.
“Here, let’s switch.” I said as I took her bags from her and gave her the plastic bags.
“I got off pretty easy on this exchange!” Ellie said with a light laugh. Thank god…she was no longer upset. Gesh, how I would like to just knock some sense into that mother of hers, but from experience I knew it would do no good.
We headed out the door and made our way to my truck. I’m not sure why I was so excited to see her sitting next to me in my truck. I’ve had plenty of girls in my truck in the last three years but no girl was or would ever be like Ellie.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
ELLIE ……….
The moment his fingers touched my face as he wiped away my tears I felt the electricity zip through my whole body. His eyes showed so much worry in them that they made my stomach twist in knots. I know he is just concerned because I’m his best friend’s sister but…..
No…I couldn’t let myself think that way. Then he dropped the bomb shell on me! Who was it he was talking about? Who said Gunner would fail? I just could not believe it…I mean. He was super smart from what Jefferson told me, smarter than Jefferson he said. He was an awesome football player. I had seen him play plenty of times when Ari and I went to see Jefferson play. He was super fucking handsome. Yeah…no way this guy would ever want to be with someone like me.
We headed out the door and started towards Gunner’s truck. He had a huge smile on his face which caused me to smile. What was he so happy about? OHHH that’s right…his truck is his “girl”. Jesus…why did I just feel jealous of a damn truck?
He walked to the passenger side of the truck and opened the back door and put my bags in. Then he opened the front door and held my arm as he helped me in.
“Did you remember to get your pain pills Ells?” Gunner asked as he looked at my hand. It really felt a lot better today that was for sure. “Yep…took one this morning after breakfast and packed them in my bag mom.” I said as he looked me up and down. He threw his head back and laughed. God his laugh moved right through my body and made me ache between my legs. I ever so slightly squeezed my legs together to ease the throbbing. Just then he looked at me with that damn crooked smile. He took his finger and tapped my nose.
“You are so goddamn cute you know that?!” He looked like he wanted to lean down and kiss me….YES!.....Come on!!!….A little more….more….just a little closer…..
“What’s your favorite dog?” Gunner asked as he pulled back and stood away from the door.
“Um?” What the fuck? That just came out of nowhere. Holy shit! Here I thought he was thinking of kissing me and he was thinking of…….dogs?
“Think about it!” He said as he smiled and shut the door.
I watched him walk around the front of the truck and there went those hands threw that beautiful hair. I’m pretty sure he does that when he is nervous or upset. God it is one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen. What is he nervous about?
Dogs? I’m so confused by this guy.
Gunner jumped in and looked over at me. Oh holy shit….there was that beautiful smile and he was just staring at me.
“What is it? What’s so funny?” I asked as I smiled back at him.
“Nothin’, you just look damn good sitting in my truck sweetheart that’s all!” Gunner said with a laugh.
“Oh okay!”
Gunner started the truck and I was silently praying Truck Yeah would not start up….please god….pleasssseeeee…….Just then Daughtry’s “Every time You Turn Around” came screaming over the speakers. OH thank god!!
“You like Daughtry I’m guessing from the smile on your face when it started!” Gunner said before he started to back out of the driveway.
“Yes! I love them! Love this song too. But honestly…I was praying that Truck Yeah would not start up. I’m not sure what I would have done to you had you started that song.” I said as I looked over at him. He jammed on his brakes and just stared at me.
“Oh thank FUCK I’m not the only one! Holy shit I want to delete that song from Jeff’s iPod. I’m SO sick of it.” Gunner said as he looked at me with the most serious look on his face. I had to start laughing.
“I have thought the same thing! I swear every time he starts it I just want to haul off and hit him.” I looked down at my hand that was a bit still swollen.
“Great minds think alike Ells!” Gunner said with a laugh as he backed out and headed towards the school.
That was like the third time Gunner has called me Ells. Tons of people call me Ell or Ells. So why when he said it did I get butterflies in my stomach? The same way I did when he called me sweetheart.
“Chocolate lab.” I said when the silence in the truck was starting to get to me.
Gunner looked over at me with a confused look on his face. “What?”
“You asked me what my favorite dog was. I think it’s a chocolate lab. I have never had a dog but if I ever got one…..I would want a chocolate lab I think.” I said as I looked out the window, not sure why tears where starting to build in my eyes.
“Oh yeah, right the dog. You’ve never had a dog? WOW…boy or girl?” Gunner asked as he turned into the high school parking lot.
“I think I would want a boy. Yep….someone to watch over me and protect me and love me like there was no tomorrow.” I said as I turned and looked at Gunner. He was just staring at me….again. He did that a lot. There went the hand through the hair.
SHIT…why did that turn me on so damn much. I moved around in my seat to help with the ache.
“You know you don’t need a dog for that sweetheart. I’m pretty sure you could find someone who is more than willing to take on that job.” He said with the sweetest smile. I so badly wanted to ask if he wanted to apply for the open position. HA! Yeah right. He couldn’t even kiss me……
“What would you name him?” Gunner asked as he jumped out of his truck and ran around the front to open my door. Good ‘ole Texas charm….I bet he has girls falling all over him. Well, I was not going to be one of them….or so I kept telling myself that.
“Um, let’s see…..I think I would name him….Gus.” I said with a smile on my face. Yes…I liked that. It was a good strong name for a dog. Gunner let out a laugh that caused me to stop and look at him.
“What the hell is wrong with Gus? That is a good strong country boy name for my country boy dog. I can’t believe you are laughing at my name choice. Some friend you are Gunner Mathews!” I said as I hit him with my good hand.
After what seemed like FOREVER he stopped laughing.
“Gus? You want to name him Gus? How the hell did you come up with that name Ellie?” Gunner said as we started to walk towards the school. He reached down and took my left hand into his right hand. Did he realize he was holding my hand? My god…the butterflies where going crazy in my stomach.
“Well if you must know….one time Jefferson took me on a drive out to Fredericksburg. Said we needed some country air. I saw the name on a mailbox and I don’t know I just liked it.” I said with a shrug of my shoulders.
“Do you like the country? I mean would you ever want to live out in the country or are you a city girl?” he asked as he bumped his arm into my shoulder. Good god all this contact was driving my libido insane.
“No…I’m NOT a city girl. Well, I mean I am ‘cause I grew up in Austin and all. I want nothing more than to get away from Austin and live in a small town with lots of land and have a beautiful ranch style home and go outside every morning and feed the chickens. I want to hear nothing but nature. No cars, no horns, no freaking people blowing their damn cigarette smoke in my face. I want to be able to look up into the sky and see the millions of stars every night. I’ve never seen what a true night time sky looks like with all the stars. I would love that.”
I stopped at the side door to the school and looked back at Gunner. He was standing there with a huge shit eating grin on his face. I tilted my head to look at him. What the hell was he thinking? He sure did seem happy. Huh….I noticed as soon as I started talking about wanting to live in the country he dropped my hand.
Gunner cleared his throat and just shook his head. “Shall we get this over with sweetheart?” He asked as he held the door open for me. I would NEVER get tired of this. Ryan never once held the door open for me or opened the car door for me…..nothing. Gunner was a complete 180 from Ryan.
“YES! One step closer to my new life as a college student!” I said as we headed down the hall way.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Gunner …….
DOGS! Labs….Chocolate labs……Chocolate labs name Gus….OH holy shit this was not working anymore because all I could think about was the damn dog Ellie wanted…...my Ellie…….
I walked down the hall following her to her locker and tried to keep my dick from getting any harder but it was a fucking chore. I couldn’t believe my ears when she started saying she wanted to live in the country. I felt all the air leave my lungs. I dropped her hand that I had not even realized I was holding and just stood there. Listening to her describe the life I wanted. The life I wanted with…...her. That was it. I know Jeff said I needed to give her time and be patient. Fuck that. It was on. I was going to do everything in my power to win Ellie’s heart. Starting right now.
I had to keep my eyes everywhere but on her. She kept leaning over and that fucking skirt kept creeping up farther. Holy shit she had a nice body.
Okay…ceiling…look at the ceiling, look at the other lockers…..dogs……Chocolate lab dogs name Gus running around the ranch with Ellie and a little brown haired girl chasing after it.
Wait!!! What??! Where the fuck did that come from? Oh my god….what was happening to me? I’m standing in a damn high school day dreaming about the ranch and Ellie having my child and a fucking lab named Gus!
It is getting hot in here…….
“Gunner? Are you okay? You look like you feel sick. Are you feeling okay??” Ellie said as she took the lock off of the locker door and bent down to pick up the bag she packed.
“Um, yeah yeah…I feel fine Ells. Here let me take that. Is this it? Where are all your books?”
Ellie handed me the bag filled with just a few notebooks, stuffed animals and a few odds and ends in it.
“Oh…Ari turned them all in for me earlier today when she turned in all of her books. She wanted to get here early so she could get it done and then work on her Valedictorian speech. I think she is pretty nervous about it. Are you sure you’re okay?” Ellie asked as she looked me up and down.
I really wanted to tell her no, I was soooo not okay. I was day dreaming about uprooting her life, moving her out to the middle of nowhere and oh yeah….getting her pregnant with my kid.
Deep breaths Gunner….deep breaths.
“Sure yeah…..I’m okay! I think it is just really hot in here. Isn’t it really hot in here to you? Alright if you’re done let’s blow this Popsicle stand what do ya say?” I said as I tried to get some feeling in my legs again.
“YES! Let’s get out of here!” Ellie said with a huge smile on her face.
Shit, there went my heart. We headed back out to my truck and I tossed her bag in the back seat with her other stuff. I opened the door for her and helped her get in. I would never get tired of seeing that blush creep up her cheeks every time I did this. She deserved nothing less than to be treated with the upmost respect.
I walked around my truck and saw Ellie answer her phone. Her smiled dropped and her eyes shot up and looked right at mine. I almost stopped dead in my tracks. My guess it was that douche bag Ryan. Should I stand outside the truck and give her privacy? Fuck that….I opened my door, climbed in and started the truck.
“No, it’s none of your damn business…..I don’t need to explain anything to you so please do not call me again.” Ellie said as she ended the call. She immediately looked at me and there it was…that smile that freaking made my whole insides melt.
Damn……this girl was beautiful.
“Ryan?” I asked as I started to pull out. I can’t even believe he had the nerve to be calling her; that douche bag.
“Um, yeah, I guess he stopped by my house and my mom told him I never came home last night so he was just trying to find out where I’ve been.”
“Sweetheart you don’t owe that damn fool an explanation of anything you do. Do you understand that? He lost that privilege when he slept with some other girl. Please don’t let him ruin our day okay Ells? Tomorrow you graduate and then it is a whole new beginning for you.” I said as I reached over and took her left hand. I was surprised when she pulled her hand out of mine.
“I know I don’t owe him anything believe me. I guess I’m more upset he went to my house and talked to my mother. Now she will no doubt be telling me how I fucked this up like I fuck up everything I touch. But anyway…..Thanks Gunner I appreciate you being such a good friend.” Ellie said as she kept her eyes to the front of the road.
Well….that was a loud and clear message. So she was thanking me for being a good friend huh? Why does this girl think everything she touches she fucks up? Her mother no doubt.
“Well I don’t believe that for a minute Ellie. You’re beautiful, smart…third in your class….and you have a very bright future. Whatever your mother says to you is just bullshit.”
Ellie let out a laugh. “So everyone keeps telling me but….anyway….I don’t want to talk about my mother or Ryan. I can’t wait to go to Halcyons! I’ve never been there but have always wanted to go!”
I looked over at her. She really was an innocent lost little girl. So many things she had never gotten to experience. I want to be the one to share all of them with her for the first time.
We drove around for a few minutes looking for curbside parking. No such luck. I ended up just valet parking. It was easiest and damn near cost the same at the parking lot a block down.
As I handed my keys over I gave my normal warning ……
”Dude, she is my girl. Anyone handles my girl wrong or treats her in a disrespectful way, I beat their ass. You got it?” Poor kid just looked me up and down.
“Ummm, yes…yes sir I got it. Um…. We’re talking about the truck right?” He asked as he looked over towards Ellie who was now trying to hide her laughter. I looked over at Ellie then back at my truck.
“It goes for both of them.”I said as I gave him a wink and then turned towards Ellie, grabbed her hand and walked towards Halcyon. As soon as we were far enough away she let out the laughter she was trying so hard to hold in.
“Ohhhh holy shit! That was funnier than hell! I mean you had that poor boy scared to death Gunner. Do you always say that when you valet park?” She asked as she was still giggling.
“YES! She is my girl. That truck means a lot to me. She served my Gramps well on the ranch and she has been nothing but faithful to me since the day I got her. I love that damn truck.” I said with a wink as I opened the door to the coffee shop.
You would have thought Ellie had never set foot in a place like this. She worked in a coffee shop for Christ sake. I saw her looking all around. We walked up to the counter to order and that’s when I saw Crysti. Fuck me…why the hell did she have to be working today. SHIT! As soon as she saw me walk up she walked over and told the girl who was taking orders to switch with her…or so that is what it looked like. I handed Ellie a menu as we stood in line to order.
“Oh my gosh I love it here! Thank you Gunner for bringing me here!” She said with such excitement. She grabbed my arm with her good hand and quickly let it go. Boy this was going to be easy winning this girl over if just something this simple made her happy.
We moved to the counter and I took a deep breath….I could see the daggers Crysti was shooting at Ellie. Good lord, I went out with this girl once as a favor for Jeff who was going on a date with her damn friend, Jemma I think her name was . She was nothing but a pain in the ass the whole time. She called me for like two months before she got the hint and moved on.
“Hey there Gunner baby, how are you doing? Long time no see!” Crysti said as she leaned over the counter trying to expose her chest more than it already was. Fuck me…nope she has not moved on.
“Hey Crysti, how’s it going?” I asked in the most uninterested voice I could muster.
“It’s going good…even better now that I see your handsome face!”
I took a peak at Ellie who was trying very hard to keep looking down at the menu. This fucking sucked. Last thing I need was for this bleach blonde bitch to cause problems.
“Ellie sweetheart you know what you want?” I asked as I turned to look at that beautiful face and those drop dead gorgeous blue eyes.
“Um, yep…I think I’ll have a Turkey Pepper Jack Panini with the chips and a Salted Carmel Mocha Frapp please.” Ellie said with a smile to Crysti who was still looking at Ellie like she wanted to jump over the counter and attack her.
“Ookaaaaay. What about you handsome?” Crysti said with such seduction I wanted to hurl right there in her face.
“I’ll have the same Panini as Ellie and a Chocolate Espresso Martini. Can we also get the tableside S’mores…..for two?”
Crysti just looked at me like I was some kind of a freak. “Sure….yep…I’ll get that in for you. Please make sure you stay inside since you are getting the S’mores.”
Ellie was looking around after I paid for a place to sit. I took it upon myself to guide her to the back corner booth. Thank goodness it was open as most of the tables where taken except a few high tables right by the bar.
We slid into the booth and Ellie looked at me and smiled. Then she looked over to where Crysti was standing behind the bar. I took a quick glance up and noticed she was staring at us. I looked at Ellie who turned to look at me. She gave me a weak smile and then looked away.
God I hope Ellie didn’t think I had something going on with Crysti. That is all I would need….
