The
Morning After
Bianca
opened her eyes and looked around the unfamiliar room. Waking up in strange
places was becoming increasingly more common to her just like the guys told her
it would. She had realized where she was: Kevin's guest bedroom. Now she had to
figure out what had woken her in the first place.
The
doorbell. She rose from her comfortable bed and walked downstairs when she
heard the chime again. She knew it was Nick; he had promised to bring her
breakfast when he brought her home the night before. Bianca opened the door
wide to let him in, expecting a hello kiss.
Nick
brushed past her laughing loudly. "Are you crazy? You haven't even brushed
your teeth yet, and you want me to kiss you?"
Bianca
pushed him playfully and leaned in for a kiss anyway. Nick obeyed. She looked
down at the box in his hand and rolled her eyes. "Donuts? This is your
idea of breakfast?"
"What?"
Nick asked dumbly. "They're a great breakfast food! Good with milk."
Bianca
just snorted. "Don't be so loud, baby. Brianna and Kev are still
asleep."
"Still?
They were asleep when I brought you home last night."
"Nick,
you brought me home at 2 a.m."
"Oh
yeah." Holding the box of donuts, he wrapped his arms around her
shoulders. "Can we please go eat breakfast now?"
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Kevin
awoke the next morning when he felt Brianna snuggle farther into his arms. He
lifted her face to his and kissed her gently, but she didn't rouse. He lay
there stroking her hair and thinking about the first time he saw her, sitting
alone at Jive studios. He had never believed in love at first sight until then.
He had known immediately that she was special.
She
was such a peaceful sleeper; innocent looking, although Kevin knew she was
anything but. Brianna was tough. A fighter unafraid of anyone, anything, or
what anybody else thought of her. Kevin knew her soft side though. He knew all
about her wild streak and her ability to take care of herself, but, at the same
time, he knew her desire to realize she was taken care of; loved by someone
other than herself. His thoughts were interrupted by her voice.
"Hey
green eyes," she said in a half-whisper. "What are you thinking about
so hard?"
"You,
darlin'," Kevin said just as softly, "and how much I enjoyed my
birthday present." Kevin kissed her neck and pulled away smiling slyly.
"Did you sleep well last night?"
"Like
a baby," Brianna answered with a sigh. "I was exhausted."
Kevin
laughed an rubbed her cheek. "And you were beautiful...and sexy...and
wonderful."
He
kissed her between each phrase to add emphasis to his words. "I was just
watching you this morning when I realized that I've loved you since the first
time I saw you."
Brianna
put her lips to Kevin's forcefully and pulled herself on top of him, bunching
the sheets around them. Kevin's arms circled her waist and Brianna broke their
kiss. She looked down at Kevin with a devilish grin and breathed "show
me."
"What?"
Kevin stammered. She had shocked him last night with her actions and now with
her words. "But last night was only your...are you sure you..." Kevin
thought that Brianna would want to wait a while before being together again.
"Darlin', I don't want to wear you out," he said with a laugh.
"Why
don't you try?" she asked in a seductive tone. "You know I can't get
enough of you."
Kevin
looked into her dark brown eyes and knew she was serious. A smile played
sweetly on her full lips, just as it had when she was sleeping. Kevin rolled
her onto her back and laced his fingers into hers by his side before he kissed
Brianna again.
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Bianca
laughed loudly at Nick, who was finishing off his fourth donut. "You've
got glaze all over your face!" she exclaimed in a fit of laughter.
"And what isn't covered in glaze has milk on it!"
"I
bet you really wanna kiss me right now, huh!" Their peaceful moment was
interrupted by footsteps in the kitchen stairwell. Kevin walked into the
kitchen in his wind-pants and tank top with Brianna on his back clad in his
boxers and gray Kentucky basketball t-shirt. The pair was oblivious to the fact
that they were not alone.
Stopping
long enough to grab some strawberries from the refrigerator's top shelf, he sat
Brianna down on the countertop and turned to face her. Her legs went around his
waist as he kissed her deeply before he let her bite the strawberry in his
hand.
"Don't
look now, but I think I know 2 people that got some last night," Nick
cracked in a loud whisper. It didn't phase the lovers on the other side of the
kitchen.
Bianca
just sat semi-dumb-struck at the scene in front of her. She didn't think that
Brianna would do Kevin this soon, no matter how strong her feelings for him
were. Trying to hide her shock, she stood and took Nick's hand. "C'mon,
Nicky. Let's go in the other room."
She
quickly pulled Nick into Kevin's living room and sat on the couch.
"What's
the matter, Bean?" Nick asked sitting down beside her.
Looking
at him, she had to giggle. "I'm just a little surprised. I know Brianna
loves Kevin and he loves her, but I don't think she realizes what she
did," she said while wiping the glaze off of Nick's lips.
"Brianna's
a big girl. You should let her take care of herself."
"Yeah,
but she'd be saying the same thing I am if it were the other way around. I know
she would. And I'd probably get a lecture of some kind," she sighed
impatiently. "I just thought she would've waited a little longer."
"Well,
are you gonna lecture her or just keep quiet?"
"No,
Nick, I'm not gonna lecture her," she responded a little more harshly than
intended. "I'm still entitled to my own opinion, but that doesn't mean
I'll voice it!"
"Why
can't you just be happy for both of 'em and move on? I'm glad that Kev's got
somebody now." Nick was met with silence and a stony glare from Bianca.
"Look, I don't feel like fighting with you now. I'll come pick you up for
Train's party."
"I
can drive Brianna's car."
"Fine;
whatever," Nick said in exasperation. "Bye." He turned and was gone
without telling Bianca he loved her.
Hey,
sweetie. What's wrong?" Bianca turned to find Brianna standing alone in
the kitchen doorway.
"Nothing.
Where's Kevin?"
"He
went upstairs to take a shower," Brianna said flopping down in a chair and
wincing slightly at the impact.
Bianca
noticing her discomfort, and knowing the reason for it, asked, "Wee, why
aren't you in there with him?"
Brianna
blushed slightly and looked at her best friend. "So I guess you know,
huh?"
Bianca
nodded, "Yeah."
"You
couldn't hear us, could you?"
"No,
not really." Although she was a little disappointed in Brianna, Bianca was
still curious. "Brianna...will you tell me about it?" she asked
innocently.
Brianna
blushed again, but not from embarrassment this time. "Oh, gosh, Bianca, I
don't even know where to start."
"Well,"
she began quietly, "just the important stuff. Ya know, the major parts
that would be of interest for when me and Nick are ready," she winced as
she remembered their fight.
Brianna
closed her eyes tight and thought for a moment. "We came home from dinner
last night and were just sitting on the couch and we stared making out. Next
thing I know, I'm pressed against Kevin's bedroom door and our clothes are
coming off." She stopped and waited for Bianca to question further.
"Well,"
she thought for a minute. Blushing a little, she continued, "Did it
hurt?"
"He
picked me up and took me to the bed and, when he crawled on top of me I got
shivers. It hurt at first, but it was because, well, he's definitely a grown man,
if you know what I mean," Brianna sighed to herself and crossed her arms
across her stomach.
Bianca
continued to question Brianna. "What was he like?" she asked with a
broad grin.
"Honestly,
Bean, he was absolutely amazing," Brianna gushed. Her face beamed as she
recounted the other details. "At first he kind of took it easy, but then
we got more and more excited and, before we knew it, we were both covered in
sweat and he was rubbing me in places that I didn't think were humanly possible
to touch," Brianna was talking so fast that her words were jumbled
together.
"So
I guess he was good."
"Bean,
there isn't a word to describe how he was. The whole experience was
so...so...intense and when it was all over it was almost like a storm had
passed."
All
Bianca could manage was "Wow!" Thinking for a moment, she added,
"That had to be an incredible first time."
"Actually,"
Brianna laughed her trade-mark cackle, "it was a beyond incredible first,
second, and, this morning, third time."
Bianca's
eyes widened in shock. "You mean...you...I mean, you weren't too tired of
sore to do it again?" she stuttered.
"No,
not then," Brianna answered, still laughing. "But I'm gonna pay for
it today." She closed her eyes. "It hurts like hell to walk, but,
shit, it was well worth it!"
Bianca
laughed. "I wouldn't know."
"There
you are, baby," Kevin interrupted in his deep voice. "I was wondering
what you could be up to," Kevin said quietly before leaning down to kiss
Brianna gently. "Hey, Bianca. Sorry to interrupt. What wouldn't you
know?"
"Umm,"
she blushed profusely, "why me and Nick aren't getting along as well as
y'all this morning. I mean, you're being really sweet and he's being such an
ass."
'Wow,
great Bean. Lame excuses always work wonders,' she said to herself as that was
the only explanation she could quickly think of.
"Everything
will work out all right. Nick just has some growing up to do," Kevin
paused and put his hands on Brianna's shoulders from his spot behind her chair.
"He still has to realize that when you really love someone, nothing else
is as important to you as that person." Kevin gave Brianna's shoulders a
tight squeeze and kissed the curve of her neck. "Once you two cool off
everything's gonna be all right."
"Yeah,
I guess you're right," she replied feeling bad about her outburst earlier.
"He upset me when he left; he didn't even tell me he loved me. Oh, and I
have to use your car tonight Brianna. Nick would've picked me up, but I kinda
said I'd drive your car instead."
"Okay,
sweetie," Brianna said in her motherly tone while glaring at Bianca. If
she gave away Kevin's surprise party, Brianna would kill her.
A
hurt look flashed across Kevin's face. "Oh, tonight. I was kinda hoping that
all of us could go out, but the other guys haven't...mentioned anything."
The guys had never forgotten Kevin's birthday before, but nobody had even
called. Nick had driven over but hadn't bothered to tell him happy birthday.
Bianca had obviously forgotten, too. "Well, baby, looks like it's just
gonna be me and you," he said to Brianna with a forced smile.
"Yeah,"
Brianna said waiting for Bianca to jump in.
"Yeah,
well, I had better go call Nick or I won't be going anywhere. I'll be stuck
here with you two fuck-buddies," Kevin's face turned a bright crimson as
Bianca left the room.
Kevin
sat down in the chair with Brianna, pulled her legs across his lap, and kissed
her hungrily. "Well, I'm looking forward to spending the whole day with
you, doll."
Brianna
kissed him back and smiled as he whispered into her ear how he couldn't believe
how lucky he was to have found her. Brianna felt exactly the same.
**A
Few Minutes Later**
Bianca
held the phone almost beckoning it to ring. She did not want to make this phone
call.
"Well,
here we go," she finally gave in and began dialing.
1
ring
2
rings
"God,
I knew he was mad, But I didn't think he was this upset," she sighed to
herself.
5
rings
"Hello?"
answered a breathless Aaron.
"Hey,
umm, Aaron, is Nick there?"
"Oh,
hey Bianca. Yeah, hand on and I'll go get him."
She
heard Aaron set the phone down and couldn't help but giggle when she heard him
yell, "Nick, telephone. It's your GIRLFRIEND!"
"Hey,"
he spoke softly. "Are you okay?"
"Um
hmm," Bianca answered quietly. "I'm sorry about earlier. It was a
stupid argument."
"Me
too," he said relief filling his voice. "I'm really sorry I just left
like that. I love you, baby."
"Aww,
I love you, too. The whole thing was so stupid. We're supposed to be mature adults
and look how we acted," she laughed.
"I
know."
They
talked for a few more minutes before deciding they had to go get ready for the
party.
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Brianna
and Kevin hadn't moved from their spot in his chair all morning, but when
Brianna looked at the clock on the wall she jumped from Kevin's lap in
surprise. "Oh, shit!"
"Baby,
what's wrong?" Kevin asked sitting up.
"It's
almost noon. I still have to get dressed, go pick up your present, and run some
errands before our lunch today."
"What
lunch?"
"I
made reservations for us to have a nice, quiet little birthday lunch at the
country club down the street. After I leave, you need to start getting ready.
The reservations are for 2:00." Brianna kissed him lightly on the cheek
before running upstairs to shower and change.
After
a while she bounded down the stairs in what had to be the sexiest outfit Kevin
had ever seen her wear. Brianna spun around playfully and stood before him
expectantly. "Well, do I meet your approval, Mr. Richardson?"
"Oh,
yeah, baby," he said taking in the black leather mini-skirt and blue
leather tube top. "How do you not fall over in those shoes? Those
platforms have to be like six inches."
"They're
fine," she said with a grin. "Bianca took my car when she left so I
have to drive your truck. Okay? I'll be back at about 1:30. Be ready and
waiting for me."
"I'm
ready and waiting for you now," Kevin said jokingly before pulling her in
for a kiss.
Brianna
pulled away reluctantly and headed for the door. "Be careful, baby. I love
you," Kevin called out. Brianna threw a wink in his direction grabbed his
keys and her shades and was gone.
Climbing
under the steering wheel of his 4-Runner, she couldn't help but smile at the
thought of how he would react to the surprises she had in store for him.
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