Chapter 1
It is cold today for the first time in almost a month, rain breaking the hot dry streak we''ve had. The
smell of the cold damp earth is overpowering but, it has always been my favorite scent.
While walking to the grocery store, I listen to the patter of rain drops on the hood of my rain jacket and
suddenly I''m so focused on that, it''s all that I can hear. I am so lost in the beautiful sound and the way it
feels against my face as I look up; loving the cold jolt the drops send through my body. I don''t even
notice hime up behind me until he grabs me by my shoulders and spins me around.
"Jesus Christ Ty you scared me half to death." A deepughter breaks through the sound of the rain.
He smiles down at me, because he''s at least a foot taller than me.
"Sorry baby I saw you from my kitchen windowpletely lost in your own thoughts and I couldn''t
resist taking my chance." I roll my eyes. I do it often, daydream about nothing and everything.
"Hello, earth to Ashley." I punch Ty in the arm, and he acts like I stabbed him, of course, typical Tyler.
How I put up with this dweeb I do not know. He grins and pulls me into him. His soft lips nting
themselves gently on mine. I feel the warmth only for a second before he pulls back smiling. I take a
minute to scan his features as he smiles down at me. The light stubble I can see on his skin makes him
look even older. His beautiful blue eyes dressed in thickshes hold my attention.
" Where are you off to my love?" He takes my hand in his and squeezes gently.
"Grocery store, care to tag along?" He nods and kisses me gently on the cheek. I enjoy the feeling of
his calloused hands against my innocent unscathed skin. The warmth of his body brings mefort.
He falls in step beside me as we walk in afortable silence through the rain towards the store.
We really shouldn’t be going to the store together, the looks that we get from the people around here.
My parents are well known in our smallmunity, they own a small flower shop on main street and
donate to themunity centre often. When news about our rtionship surfaced and we started to be
seen together around town, people were not happy, my parents included. There is a bit of an age gap
between us, Tyler is 21 and I’m just 16. Tyler has always said I am mature for my age so we try our
best to ignore what other people say but, it can get hard to see each other when my parents try to keep
us apart.
I brought him over once for dinner at our house, it ended in an argument and my dad throwing him out.
Since then, we''ve had to sneak around and act like we aren''t together.
We near the grocery store, the closer we get the more anxious I feel. Ty stops us before we get to the
front door. He turns to face me and holds both my hands gently in his scanning my face. His eyes stop
on mine and he rubs his thumb across the top of my hand.
"You''re nervous about us being seen together." I nod sheepishly and look down at me soaked
sneakers. Ty ces his hand under my chin and lifts my face up to hers. He ces a kiss on my lips
and smiles at me. His hand lingers under my chin before dropping to his sides.
"I won''t go in with you, okay." I crack a small smile and stand on my tip of my toes to ce a small kiss
on his cheek.
"Thank you, baby, I am sorry we always have to sneak around. I wish things could be different." He
pulls me into a hug, and I melt into him enjoying the feeling of his strong arms around me. I breath in
his scent and let it calm me down. He squeezes me tighter before letting me go.
"Me too." He says and we part ways so I can go into the store.
I walk slowly towards the store; I really hate leaving him. If things were different, I would want to be
seen with him everywhere we went. As I near the store I see that it doesn’t seem to busy, which is
good, I really don’t like going to the store that much. My parents sent me off to grab a couple things.
I make my way through the parking lot and just as I am walking into the entrance, I see one of my
mother’s friends, she stops me and gently ces a hand on my arm.
“You deserve so much better you know.” I look up at her, her brown eyes hold so much pity. I pull my
arm from her grasp and take a step away from her.
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“I appreciate that you care but, with all do respect you have no idea what you’re talking about.” She
nods with a sad smile and with onest look towards me she walks to her car. I shake my head and
walk into the store. I never liked her anyway, she always brings her kid to our house when shees
to visit my mom and I am forced to entertain her.
I’m d Ty wasn’t with me when she said that it would have hurt him.
…
When I got back from the store my moms friend Cheryl, the one from the store, had already called to
inform them she had seen me with Ty. Of course, I had to sit through a lecture before dinner about
whatpany I keep and how he is bad news. After their lecture I endured the most awkward dinner,
we sat the entire time in silence. The only thing that could be heard was the horrible sound of metal
screeching across our tes.
I finished dinner fast and excused myself so that I could go and hide in my room. I couldn’t bear the
awkward silence for a minute longer.
I lounge in my room in my favorite one of Tyler’s t-shirts he gave me and a pair of underwear, my hair
tied up in a messy bun that sits atop my head. Quiet music ys from my record yer that sits on a
shelf to the left of my bed and I hold my favorite book in my hands. Just the feeling of the pages
beneath my fingers can make even the worst day better. I have probably read it over 100 times but, I
just can''t stop. Tyler doesn''t understand why I would want to read the same book over and over. He just
doesn''t understand the power of a good book.
"How could it possibly be exciting anymore when you know what happens?" He always says but, I''ve
fallen for the beautiful characters and I can''t bear to part from them for longer than a month. I have
read it so many times that the cover has begun to crack, there are certain pages with highlighted
quotes and small notes. You can tell that I have read and lived in each page.
I try to exin to him how a good book can help you escape reality, it transports you into its world. He
doesn''t read so he just thinks I''m rambling when I go on about literature. It is one thing we do not have
inmon. He does like when I read to him though, he says he likes the sound of my voice when I
read.
The sound of something hitting my window knocks me out of my reverie and back into reality. I stand
up from my bed and walk towards the window and look down below. There standing with that grin he
knows I love is my boyfriend. I roll my eyes and smile back at this mischievous boy I love.
I open the window and the cool breeze whips into the room sending chills through my body. As I lifted
my arms to open the window, Ty gets a good view of the underwear I am currently wearing under this
baggy t-shirt and grins. As he climbs up the side of the house towards the window, he winks at me.
Using the tree that’s nted directly outside my window he pushes himself inside my room. As he
make sure I can’t hear footsteps running towards my room to throw him back out the window he just fell
through. Once I realize no one ising I let a small giggle escape my lips. I help him stand up , he
gets to his feet and looks down at me with a grin.
"Hey there baby doll." He looks me up and down as he says this, the lust evident in his blue eyes. I grin
and step towards him as if to give him a kiss and then I lick his cheek and let out a giggle. He wipes the
spit off and gives me an evil grin. He picks me up and throws me over his shoulder. I let out a gasp as I
am lifted easily off the ground. He walks towards my bed and climbs on top of me, pinning my hands
above my head. He leans down and licks my cheek; he lets out augh as I struggle to free myself.
“Nice try baby, I will always win this game.” I smile sweetly before lifting my hips and grind them in all
the right ces. He lets out a growl and his eyes darken. He leans down towards my ear to whisper
quietly.
“Oh, baby doll, you have started something you know you’ll never win.” My breathing deepens and
goosebumps develop on my skin down my body. I bite my lip as I look up and am met with lustful blues.
He begins to kiss and nibble the sensitive skin of my neck, his grip on my wrists tighten as I let out a
soft moan. The stubble on his face scratching against my skin and giving me chills. He pulls away from
my neck and sits up, he looks down at me and my eyes meet his. He smiles down at me before
crashing his lips against mine. I pull his bottom lip into mine and bite down. I low growl escapes his
throat. I wrap my legs around his waist as he pushes himself against me causing another moan to
escape. He pulls away from my kiss breathless.
“If you keep doing that, they are going to know I am here. Try and be quiet baby.” I nod and his lips
shirt off throwing it somewhere in the room. His lips meet my neck once more, he trails them down my
neck towards my cor bone. He slides my t-shirt up as his mouth continues to explore my skin. His
lips find my chest and soon they’re on my nipple. I bite my lip to stop the moan from escaping as his
teeth graze the nipple causing a shudder to ripple through my body. I feel him grin against my skin as
he trails kisses towards my other breast. He kisses and sucks, I can’t help but allow a moan to escape.
His lips meet mine once more muffling my noises. I notice just how much he is enjoying this as he
presses his hard on against me. He reaches down between my legs and moves my underwear to the
side to grant his fingers ess. He slips them into me causing my head to roll back as I feel the
pleasure, he gives me.
“God baby, you’re so wet...” He grins and continues to pleasure me with his fingers. He removes them
and I whimper, he chuckles and puts his fingers that were just inside me, into his mouth. “and so
sweet.” He rips my underwear off me and slides his jeans off before discarding both sets of clothing
across the room. Without skipping a beat, he slides himself into me. He ces his hand over my mouth
muffling my moans as he begins to roughly pleasure us both. I arch my back allowing him deeper
ess and he bites hard down on his own lip. His hand leaves my mouth and wraps around my neck
choking me as he continues to pump himself inside of me. I feel him squeeze the sides and bite down
on my lip as I close my eyes, taking in the pleasure and the feeling of his hand on my neck. Suddenly,
he pulls out and flips me over onto my stomach. He lifts my hips up and grabs a hand full of my hair
causing my head to tilt back. He plunges himself into me once more and continues to grind his hips
against me behind.
I feel the pressure begin to build up, his hand lets go of my hair and grabs hold of my hips at both
sides. As we both finish his grip tightens and we ride out both of our highs. Once we’re finished, he
pulls out andys down pulling me down with him so that my head is resting on his chest. Our
breathing heavy and in sync.
“You owe me a new pair of panties.” I say breathlessly. He lets out a chuckle and kisses me gently on
the cheek.
“I’ll buy you as many pairs as you want.” I nuzzle into the crook of his neck and ce a small kiss.
“Good.” He squeezes me closer to him and rests his head on mine.
We slip into silence as wey in bed, enjoying each other’spany. Tylerys on his stomach at the
end of the bed flipping through the delicate pages of my favorite book full of highlighted quotes and
small notes in the margins. My head rests on his back reading over his shoulder, watching him gently
turn the pages , licking his thumb when a page gets stuck. I trace the jagged scars that are scattered all
over his back, the small movements of my fingers along them causing him the shiver slightly.
"I''ve always wanted to ask you...what are these from?" I feel his body tense under me, I instantly regret
the question. He ces the book at his side and turns over so that my head is resting on his chest, his
heart beating in my ear.
"Nothing you need to worry about."
"Okay..."
Tyler kisses the top of my head softly and wraps me tighter in his arms.
" I love you baby. Forever and always."
"I love you too Ty."