Chapter 27

HAILEY FROZE AND TOOK a moment to replay what he just said in her head. He … no way. She was the girl he was crazy about? Was that even possible? Hailey turned away from the desk where she was gathering her pile of bobby pins, the ones she was already holding dropped to the floor, and looked Avery in the eye.

“I … what?”

He looked a bit bashful and red was climbing up his face but he took another deep breath, nerves showing.

Eventually, his face cleared and he looked at her like she was the answer to a question he’d been asking his whole life.

He stood up from the bed and closed the space between them. She was now just inches from his chest, a chest that was practically heaving with the deep breaths he was taking.

His eyes kept darting from Hailey’s lips back to her eyes.

“Avery?” She couldn’t manage to say anything else and just looked at him with a perplexed expression on her face.

He licked his lips and it was obvious he was trying to rally up some courage. “Hailey, you”re one of the best friends I”ve ever had, but I”ve always wanted more, and I think you do, too.”

Now Hailey was the one breathing heavily, blood rushing away from her head and leaving her a bit lightheaded. She licked her own lips and brought her hand up to scratch her head, having no idea what to do next.

“All I can think about is kissing you and being with you. I know you’ve been through a lot the last month or so, and I don’t want to, I guess, pressure you into anything, or especially try anything without you wanting it. But, I need you to know that I’m here and I’ll wait for you if you need me to, if you want that. If you want … me.”

Hailey took in everything he said. He didn’t want her to feel like he was forcing himself on her at all. He wasn’t about to do anything without her permission. Unlike him.

She continued taking deep breaths, looked down at her feet to get her bearings, and tried to remember this was real.

When she looked back up at Avery, all that was on her face was determination. He gave her a soft smile.

Hailey brought a hand behind his neck and pulled his mouth to hers, while her other hand slid up his chest to land on the side of his face. There was nothing soft about it. Avery’s eyes widened before he closed them and returned her kiss. His hands reached around her back and he pulled her as close to his body as he could.

His hands slid up and down her back, one made its way into her hair as he ran his fingers through her soft curls and held her mouth against his. Not that she was going anywhere.

Hailey’s hands made their way down Avery’s chest, skimming across his pecs and reaching his washboard stomach. She continued moving them until they were rubbing up and down his back, into his hair, across the waistband of his pants.

He pulled away from her for a moment, both of them panting. He pressed his forehead to hers and looked into her eyes with a need she had never seen before. She got lost in his eyes, swimming in the blue and feeling like she was floating.

His hand came to her cheek. “I’ve been wanting to do that for so long.”

Hailey blinked back some tears, feeling happier than she’d felt in forever. “Me, too.”

“Tell me what you want. I’ll give you anything, but I don’t want to take anything from you unless you’re okay with it.”

She smiled up at him, bringing her own hands to Avery’s cheeks and stroking them with her thumbs. “I want you. I’ve always wanted you. I’m all yours, Avery.”

A bright smile settled across Avery’s lips, but he was still reserved. “Are you sure?”

She looked up at him through her eyelashes with a mischievous grin.

“I’m sure. Take me.”

A switch seemed to flip and Avery’s eyes darkened before his mouth was back on hers. It was like the world was a desert and she was the only water left. He needed her.

His hands went to her back and rubbed up and down before settling on her ass, squeezing both cheeks and pulling her against him so she could feel his hard cock pressed against her stomach.

Avery had already removed his jacket and tie, and his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, showing off his forearm porn.

Hailey unbuttoned his vest and dropped it to the floor. When she started unbuttoning his shirt, revealing a little bit of his chest at a time, Avery’s left hand moved to the center of her back, while his right made its way up to her left breast, first skimming his thumb underneath it, seemingly to test the waters, before he grazed over her nipple with his thumb. Hailey gasped from the sensation and Avery took that as assurance to continue. He started kneading her breast with his hand, drawing a soft moan from Hailey.

She got distracted by Avery’s shirt, but she finally got all the buttons undone. He removed his hands from her reluctantly so he could rip it off. Hailey took that moment to look at his chest and gape at its perfection. It was even better than she thought since she had only stolen quick glances at him before. She eyed him with hunger.

“Oh my God, you could be on the cover of a romance novel.”

He chuckled, then said, “And you look like the star of all my fantasies come to life.”

Hailey lunged forward and started trailing kisses along his collar bone until she reached his neck. She brushed her tongue lightly up his Adam’s Apple and Avery groaned before taking her mouth back to his, their tongues teasing each other until she bit his bottom lip. With a growl, he let his mouth leave hers and make its way down her neck, roughly kissing and licking every spot he could while his hand made its way to the slit in her dress.

Avery reached his hand around the outside of her thigh as she lifted it up against his side. His hand kept going until he reached her ass under her dress. She let out a soft moan and started undoing his belt buckle and unbuttoning his pants while his hands explored her curves, still holding her against him.

Once his pants were unbuttoned and they began to fall, Avery reached down with both hands and began to lift the dress up over Hailey’s head. She whimpered when she had to stop kissing him in order to get it completely off her.

Both of them stood in their underwear and they reached back for each other, continuing to explore all the newly revealed skin on each other’s bodies. Avery reached both his hands down to her ass and gripped it, lifting her off the ground, her legs wrapping around his waist.

She rolled her hips against his hardness, eliciting another deep groan from him. He turned and made his way to the empty bed, falling onto it with Hailey underneath him. Their mouths were like magnets to each other, and they couldn’t stop their tongues meeting and dueling with each other.

Hailey sucked his tongue and he gasped before reaching behind Hailey to unclasp her bra. He pulled it down her arms and threw it to the side, not caring where it landed. He pulled away for a moment to enjoy his view and shook his head in disbelief. “Christ, you’re gorgeous. Been dreaming of this for years and every single one of my fantasies have failed me.”

Hailey let out a little laugh before she reached around Avery’s back to grip his ass. It was absolutely the greatest ass in the world. “Years? God, I had no idea. I didn’t think you saw me that way.” Avery’s face grew a big smile as he brought his gaze back to her eyes. She met it with a devilish grin. “What kind of fantasies?”

“I think we’d need years to get through all of them.”

“Challenge accepted,” Hailey winked at him.

Avery laughed and resumed kissing her, making his way down her neck and then to her chest. He kneaded one breast in his hand while licking circles around the hard bud on the other. Sucking it into his mouth, Hailey let out a soft whimper and she ran her fingers through his hair and rolled against him, desperately seeking friction. He switched to her other breast while Hailey ran her fingers through his hair.

He continued making his way down, stopping to lick a circle around her belly button, then trailing kisses across her hip to her inner thigh. He brought his gaze back up to Hailey’s face and she saw nothing but heat in his eyes. He rubbed his tongue along the outside of her lace thong underwear, softly hitting her clit, Hailey’s back arching in need.

He looped his thumbs around either side of her panties, looking up at Hailey. “May I?”

“Fuck yes! Take them off.”

He laughed and pulled her underwear down her legs, leaving kisses in their wake. Moving so slowly and enjoying every second of it. He licked his way back up her leg until he reached her warm center, trailing his tongue along her slit before bringing it to the bundle of nerves begging for his attention.

When he flattened his tongue against her clit, she yelped and her back came up off the bed. Then, he started flicking his tongue across her clit, finding a rhythm that had Hailey writhing.

“Shit, yes! Don’t stop!”

“Never.”

He continued the assault on her clit with his tongue while he brought a finger to her center and pressed it into her all the way to his knuckles. She continued to move against him, not able to stay still from the onslaught of pleasure.

Avery moved his finger in and out for several thrusts before adding a second, then a third, all while still licking her clit faster and harder.

Hailey was practically riding his face while lying down. Was that a thing? She felt like it was a thing. She was inching closer and closer toward orgasm and he could tell she was right on the edge. He sucked her clit into his mouth, continuing to thrust three fingers into her warmth over and over.

“Fuck yes, Hailey. Grind against my face. You taste so good.”

When she came, she was attacked with wave after wave of ecstasy. As she floated down from the high, Avery kissed and licked along the top of her inner thigh, and then he returned to her clit.

“Oh! Avery! I already came!”

He pulled his face away from her wetness, “One isn’t enough. Keep going.”

“Holy shiiiiiiiit!” she shouted, not caring if anyone else could hear.

Hailey continued moaning as she felt the pressure build again. When it hit her, it was even more intense and she screamed as she came, her body breaking into a million tiny pieces until the waves settled.

“Fuck, you are amazing,” she managed between deep breaths. “I think I’m dead. Brain offline.” She somehow managed to keep herself from declaring her love for him. But it was a close one.

Avery let out a breathy laugh before he wiped his mouth and then kissed his way back up Hailey’s chest to her mouth. She could taste herself on him and again felt lightheaded at the onslaught of pleasure that just barreled her over.

She then reached down and cupped his cock through his stretched underwear, making Avery groan.

“Take these off.” He obeyed immediately and removed his briefs before climbing back on top of Hailey, rubbing his length against her clit and crashing his mouth back down on hers. She reached down to grab his unsheathed cock and gasped. It was definitely bigger than she was used to, that was for sure. She could feel his dick twitch in her palm as she rubbed it up and down.

“Avery, I need you inside me.”

“I mean, if you insist.”

Hailey smiled as Avery stood up from the bed to retrieve a condom from his overnight bag. He returned to Hailey with the whole box in his hands in quick strides and ripped one out, throwing the rest of the box elsewhere on the bed.

“Prepared are we?” she asked with a smirk.

“A guy can dream, ya know.”

He climbed on top of her and crashed back down against her mouth.

She couldn’t get enough of it.

After a moment, Hailey could feel his tip rubbing up and down her slit.

“Fuck, Avery!”

“I love hearing you say my name, I might come just from that.”

“Is that a challenge?”

“No, because I’d rather come inside you.”

Without any other warning, he pushed into Hailey an inch at a time, allowing her to adjust to his hard length, bigger than anything else she’d ever had up there.

Once he bottomed out, he held still, bending back down to kiss and lick Hailey’s neck.

He started thrusting in and out, slowly at first.

“Hailey, you feel so amazing. I’m going to move in here.”

“I’ve always wanted a hot neighbor.”

Avery let out a laugh before he increased the intensity of his thrusts, Hailey yelping each time he hit that spot inside her.

Sweat started to bead on his forehead and Hailey brushed a hand over him to wipe them away.

“You need a break. My turn.”

Hailey pushed Avery off her and he rolled willingly to his back. She climbed on top of him and guided him back into her. She bent back down to bring her mouth to his, rubbing their tongues against each other. She pulled away and moved to his ear, whispering while running her tongue along his earlobe, “How do you like it?”

Avery groaned as he started thrusting his own body upward.

“Ride me so I can watch you.”

Hailey sat back up and moved her hips back and forth with him inside of her. Usually, she wouldn’t feel confident enough for this position so soon, but there was something about Avery that made her feel safe, more confident, prouder of her body. There was so much admiration and lust in his gaze. God, the way he was looking at her made her feel idolized.

He brought his hands up to her tits and brushed his thumbs against her nipples. She reached back to caress his balls and rub his taint, drawing a deep groan out of him.

“You are so perfect, Hailey. I could watch you all day, every day.”

“Promises, promises.”

Hailey smiled and increased her speed, moaning along with Avery.

She switched it up and lifted herself before slamming back down onto his cock, making Avery shout.

As she moved up and down, Avery met her thrust for thrust.

“Fuck, I can’t last much longer.”

“Come for me then.”

“You first,” Avery said before licking his thumb and moving it between them to her clit, making her gasp and shout.

She came while shouting Avery’s name and he followed right behind her.

Hailey fell on top of him, pressing her face against his neck, both of them panting and struggling for air.

“Holy shit … Avery.”

“That was … worth waiting … over a decade.”

Hailey was still working on catching her breath. “Fuck yes. Wait. You mean … you’ve been … waiting a decade … to do that?”

She felt him stiffen a bit underneath her so she put her weight on her elbows to look into his eyes, trying to give him a soft smile but probably failing from lack of energy. “That long?”

“Maybe? How much honesty do you want for one night?”

“Avery, you just made a bunch of my fantasies come true, too, including more orgasms in one night than I’ve ever had in a week in my last relationship. I’m not going anywhere, and I’m so wrecked that I’ll tell you anything you want.”

Hailey rested her forehead against his while Avery let out a deep breath.

“Okay, well first of all, three orgasms in one night is a record I already plan on breaking with you. Second of all, dammit I hate that guy. Third, when you put it that way … how long have you wanted to do this?”

Hailey was definitely smiling now. “I’ve only just been figuring it out these past few months. Seeing you play soccer is like the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I can’t believe it took me so long to see. You’ve had my attention for a long time though. I still remember, it was like the first week in class when I saw you pull out Jurassic Park to read after finishing assignments early in English.”

The tension drained from Avery’s body and he went back to being pliant under Hailey, bringing one arm around her to squeeze her tight against him while his other hand came up to push a sweaty lock of hair behind her ear.

“In that case,” Avery took a deep breath while getting lost in Hailey’s eyes, leaving his palm against her cheek. “I’ve crushed on you since the second day of English class when you defended Kira against that douchecanoe Matt when he was harassing her about her outfit. It was a game day so you had your soccer uniform on, your face was bright red with anger, and I thought I had never seen anything so beautiful and powerful. And I’ve probably loved you since you wore a gorilla costume to school that Halloween.”

Hailey didn’t realize she stopped breathing until she let out a harsh breath, searching Avery’s eyes for any sign of lies, but all she saw was sincerity.

“You … love me?” Her eyes started to glaze.

Avery blinked back his own tears, rubbing the pad of his thumb against her cheek, “I always have and I always will.”

Her mouth crashed against his, showing all the want she harbored for him. She then pressed her forehead against his and looked back into his eyes, choking back a sob. “I love you, too, Avery. So damn much.” And because she couldn’t help herself, “And not just because you gave me back-to-back orgasms, but that didn’t hurt.”

Avery laughed and pulled her mouth back to him. He rolled them over, his dick finally soft enough to slip out, and he was back on top, claiming her like he wanted to since that day in class. Though maybe not at quite this level. Neither of them really knew what they were doing freshman year to hit this many orgasms, let alone good ones.

Hailey tried to blink back some tears, but a few managed to escape. So this is what happiness feels like.

Avery reluctantly pulled away from Hailey and a look of concern took over his face. Bracketing her face with his hands, and brushing the tears away from her cheeks with his thumbs, he asked, “Hey, what’s wrong? Are we moving too fast? Did I hurt you?”

Hailey smiled at Avery and squeezed his body closer to hers.

“Everything is perfect and that was mind-blowing. I don’t think I’ve ever been happier.”

With a playful look on his face, he took a quick peek down toward where their bodies met before meeting Hailey’s eyes.

“I think I want to break that record now.”

She let out a giggle, “I’m definitely rooting for you. I have some records I’d like to break myself.”

It was early in the morning by the time they ran out of energy, a now-empty box left on the nightstand.

After cleaning up from their final round, Avery turned out the light and then fell back onto the bed with Hailey, settling both of them under the blanket, and he pulled her back to his chest.

After their breathing slowed down, Hailey squeezed the arm Avery had wrapped around her with her hand. “So, I think we should do this again sometime.”

Avery let out a deep laugh, too tired to rein it in.

“Yeah, I think I’m game for that.”

“Good, because that was amazing.”

“Hailey, I will do that with you every day if it keeps you around.”

“I’m not going anywhere. I waited long enough to be right here.”

Avery squeezed Hailey against his body and they let sleep take them.