Chapter five
As I stepped in, I looked around and noticed the Kentucky Wildcat symbol on just about everything.
"Brian - you’ve got good taste, Wildcats are awesome, baby," I said smiling at him.
He flashed me another one of his gorgeous smiles. I started to plop down in a big cushy chair, when I remembered about Danielle.
"Bri - can I use your phone to call one of my friends?"
"Yeah - of course," he answered in his Kentucky drawl.
I walked into his kitchen and picked up the cordless. I dialed her number, and after about 3 rings she picked up.
"Danielle - it’s me."
"Hey girl - where are you ?"
"Brian’s."
"Who’s Brian?"
"You know - one of the guys I told you about."
"Oh yeah - which one?"
"The cute one with the gorgeous eyes and the accent."
"Oh - okay."
I felt a tap on my shoulder , and turned around. Brian was standing there, and I bit my lip, wondering if he had heard me. He was smiling at me, and I couldn’t help returning the smile.
"Why don’t you ask your friend to come over?," he asked.
I smiled at him and mouthed, ‘thank you’.
"Say, Danielle , you wanna come over?"
"Over there?"
"No, stupid , to North Dakota..(okay that was lame) ...of course here."
"Sure - I’d love to."
I gave her the directions and went back to join the guys in the living room. I sat down next to AJ , and felt his strong arm wrap around my waist.
I smiled at him and he held me tighter. We all made small talk until we heard the doorbell ring. Brian jumped up to get it, and he came back into the room with Danielle behind him. I stood up and gave her a hug.
All the guys stood up, and I introduced everyone.
"Danielle, this is Brian. This is Nick, this is Howie, this is Kevin, and this.." I said wrapping my arms around his waist , "Is AJ." She shook all of their hands. "Guys, this is Danielle."
We all sank back down in our seats, and Danielle took a place next to Kevin.
"So, what should we do?" , I asked everyone.
Nick piped up, "Let’s eat!"
"Anyone else hungry?" Brian asked. We all nodded in unison.
"Alright - we’ll make dinner then. Jen? Danielle? Do either of you know how to cook?"
"Sure, I do." I spoke up.
Danielle shook her head, "I don’t think you want me to cook - I’m terrible at it."
I looked at AJ. "You don’t mind, do you?"
"Just promise you won’t leave me here alone for too long!"
I laughed, "Okay - I promise." Just as I was about to get up, he pulled me back down.
"What do you want now?!" I asked, pretending to be impatient with him. He gave me the puppy face and pointed to his lips. I smiled, and slowly bent in and kissed him on the lips, leaving him with a smile on his face as I walked into the kitchen. Brian was already in there, with a ‘Kiss the Cook’ apron on and a white chef’s hat. I covered my mouth to prevent him from seeing the smile on my face. He put his hands on his hips and pointed a wooden spoon at me.
"And just what are you smiling at, little missy?"
"You." I told him directly, still smiling. He looked himself over.
"There is nothing wrong with me - OR with what I’m wearing!"
"Hey - I didn’t say anything."
He reached into a drawer, to my horror, he pulled out another chef’s hat matching his. I saw him coming toward me with an evil grin on his face, and I put my hands on my head. "BRIAN LITTRELL - DON’T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT PUTTING THAT UGLY HAT ON MY HEAD!!"
He pried my hands off, and to my dismay, plopped it right on top of my head.
"Hey - now we can be twins!"
"Oooh - goodie!" I said sarcastically. "So, Chef, what are we making?"
"I was thinking spaghetti or something ."
"Alright, I’ll go ask the guys, and make sure it’s okay."
I walked back into the living room, to find them all where we left them. I noticed Danielle and Kevin had moved closer to each other and were deep in conversation. AJ looked up at me, "What’s with the hat?"
I rolled my eyes, "Chef Brian’s orders - don’t ask. Is spaghetti all right with you guys?"
I received a chorus of yes and head nods. As I was leaving the room , I looked back at AJ, and he blew me kiss. I blew him one back, and returned to the kitchen.
"It’s fine with them, although I did get some grief about the hat."
"Quit complaining - I could have made you wear the apron too!"
"I guess you’re right - where do we start?"
"We have to get all the ingredients out."
We sorted through the cupboard and he told me what to get out.
"Is that everything, before we start?"
"Nope - I do believe you’re forgetting one thing," he told me with a sly smile.
"And what would that be?"
He pointed to the words on his apron and grinned at me. I walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek, making him give me an exaggerated Jim Carrey smile. After we started, we made the spaghetti in no time flat. I was bringing Brian the sauce ,one handed, when some of it spilled onto my white shirt.
"Oh shit - isn’t that just wonderful? I’ll be right back, I need to see if Danielle has an extra shirt."
I walked into the living room, and when AJ saw my shirt, he stood up and came over to me. "What happened to you?"
"I had a little accident with the spaghetti sauce!"
"Here - I think I have a shirt you can wear. Follow me."
We went down a long hallway into a room. Before I even realized what he was doing, he had taken the shirt he was wearing off and handed it to me. This was the first time I’d seen him shirtless and the boy was built. I looked at him, "Are you sure? - What are you gonna wear?"
"I’ll borrow one of B-Rok’s shirts."
I smiled, and took his shirt. I pulled off my shirt over my head, revealing my lavender silk bra. I slipped his shirt on and before I could button it, he pulled me close. I ran my hands across his chest and around his neck. He bent down on his knees and began buttoning my shirt, button by button until he reached my neck, where his lips slowly began to suck on my neck. A few moments later, he pulled away.
"Jen, I just want you to know - I really do care about you - and it’s not all physical, like it must seem. It’s just that , baby - you look so hot…."
"I feel the same...and I must say you look pretty fly," I said with a little smile.
We bent in close until we were forehead to forehead.
"I think I love you", he whispered to me.
"I think I love you more," I whispered back
My lips found his and as we kissed, we leant back down on Brian’s bed. I pulled away and began to kiss him in a trail from his neck to his belly button. I remembered Brian in the kitchen, and slowly stood up - pulling him up also.
"I’ve gotta go help Brian finish dinner," I said, not really wanting to leave.
He pulled my body close against his, and I could feel him getting hard. "Alright - if you have to."
He kissed my forehead and I started to walk out the door, when I turned back to him. I motioned for him to come to me. He did, and I pulled him by his belt loop and whispered in his ear.
"I can see why they call you Boner."
A huge grin passed over his face as I saw his eyes light up, "You got that right," he said.
I smiled and flirtatiously raised my eyebrows at him as I walked out the door. I made my way back into the kitchen, smiling from ear to ear. As Brian saw me, he raised his eyebrows.
"Now just what have we been doing?...And why are we wearing AJ’s shirt?" he asked knowingly, pointing his big wooden spoon at me.
An even wider smile spread across my face. "Um... Would you believe me if I told you nothing? - and well, um, Danielle didn’t have a shirt." It was obvious I was lying - I was doing it on purpose.
He moved in closer to me and inspected the hickie that had formed on my neck. "Yeah sure missy, and what is that ? Hmmm?"
I adjusted the collar on AJ’s shirt. "I don’t know what you’re talking about!", I pretended to lie.
We both burst out laughing, until I heard a loud voice from the living room , which I assumed to be Nick’s.
"Damn man, what’s UP?", he said to AJ, referring to his hard on.
Brian looked at me with an ‘ohmigod’ look on his face.
"You didn’t!"
I bit my lip. "Well...."
"I guess you two really hit it off!", he said. He shook his head in disbelief, "You gave him a boner already?"
I nodded and could feel a tint of red flaming my cheeks.
"Hey - sorry - I won’t tease you anymore! So, you ready to taste the special sauce?"
"Sure - is it the Littrell family ‘secret recipe’?
"You bet."
We both bent over the pot, and he raised the spoon to my lips and I tasted the sauce. Just as I was about to comment on how good it tasted, we both looked up at the same time - and I ended up staring right into his baby blues. It only lasted a moment, but the feeling seemed like it went on forever. There was an awkward silence as we both stared at the ground, unsure of what the look had meant. Finally I gathered up enough courage, and with a smile on my face turned to him.
"That sauce is incredibly good."
"Thanks - it’s been passed down through generations," he said, smiling - glad the tension was broken.
"Is everything ready to go?" I asked him, eager to get back to AJ.
"Yeah - tell everyone to come and get it."
I walked into the living room where everyone remained in the same place.
"It’s ready - Brian says come and get it."
Everyone got up and I waited for AJ to join me before we went in the kitchen to eat. Nick suggested we all eat out on the deck since the weather was so nice, so we did. We all took a spot on the deck and began to eat. AJ looked at me.
"You all did a hell of a job with this - it’s really good," he said. I smiled, "Thanks - but Brian did most of it, him and his special sauce."
I looked at him and we both smiled, but I could see it in his eyes - he was thinking of before. We all ate, and since it was getting dark - we headed inside to do something.
"Before I do anything, I’m gonna check my messages," I told everyone.
I dialed the number and pressed in the code. There were 2 messages, one from Josh - which I didn’t listen to, and the other from my doctor. He said they had looked at my X-rays again, and it turns out I didn’t break my arm after all, and should come in to cut the cast off tomorrow.
After I hung up, I went back in the room where everyone was sprawled out over the furniture.
"Hey guess what? The doctor called and said my arm isn’t broken after all!"
"Awesome, baby," AJ commented.
I took a spot next to him on the couch. "So, what are we gonna do?"
"I don’t know, y’all wanna watch a movie?," Brian asked in his southern accent.
We all agreed to watch ‘Scream’, and he went over and popped it in the VCR. Howie sat down in the cushy chair, Nick sprawled out on the floor, Danielle and Kevin sunk into the loveseat with his arm around her, and Brian, AJ, and I took the big couch. Nick flicked the lights off and pressed play. AJ reached and put his arm around me as we pulled the cover around our shoulders. I leant up against his chest and we settled down to watch the movie. I wasn’t really concentrating on the movie - just AJ. My head rose and fell with his every breath, and I could hear his heartbeat from within his chest. I placed my hand on his heart and looked up at him and smiled. He softly kissed me on the forehead as I closed my eyes and laid back against him. I felt his hand on my head as he ran his fingers through my long hair.
*This guy is the one..…..* I thought as I drifted off to sleep. *He’s definitely the one.*