Chapter 2

The restof the party was enjoyable, although she had a small knot of tension in her stomach. Eventually, the party would end, and she would have to talk to Todd about what Roger said to him. In the meantime, it was fun to listen to him expound on his plans for the backyard to their friends, showing them where he wanted to put the pool and how he wanted to extend the patio.The guys seemed suitably impressed, and the women were excited by the idea of a backyard pool.They migrated inside and started playing pool on the table in the basement Todd had set up.The competition between Roger and Todd seemed a little more tense than usual, but playing on teams helped with that, and Allison didn't think anyone else had noticed.

Finally, everyone slowly trickled out the door.Diana and Roger left in the middle of the pack, which was a relief.She hadn't really talked to Roger all day, but decided she was okay with that. They were friendly, but considering her parents apparently wanted her to get back together with him, she definitely hadn't wanted to do anything that would make Todd or Diana feel insecure because there was no way that was going to happen. Before her conversation with Diana this afternoon, she wouldn't have worried, but since she knew it was likely to be a sore spot, thanks to her father, she'd decided not to rub at it.

Once they picked up everything outside, they moved inside. Todd stood at the sink doing the dishes as Allison cleared away the trash and started to put away the alcohol they'd set out, beers in the fridge, liquor in the pantry.

Examining the bottle of Jim Beam, she commented, "The Beams were not an attractive family."

"Probably why they started making alcohol," Todd said, flashing her his sexy smile. Allison giggled.

"Bourbon goggles. They explain so much!"

Todd looked mournfully at the picture on the bottle. "She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still…"

If it hadn't been for that little of emphasis, Allison might not have caught it. She gasped with horror. "You didn't."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"We're going to have to set some ground rule for living together, Todd," she said warningly, glaring at him. "Rule number one?—"

"Seems kind of late to set ground rules. You're already moved in, and we even had a party to prove it.

"No punning."

"I don't know what you're talking about," he said in his best innocent voice. "Pun? I never pun. Puns are the lowest form of humor."

"And your favorite." She didn't really mind, but she knew he enjoyed it when she gave him a hard time. Laughing was rarely an option unless it was accompanied by groans, so she just chastised him instead, and he adored it. She grinned back at him as she finished putting the alcohol away. They'd stocked up for the party, giving them a pretty good spread of whiskey, bourbon, vodka, rum, and liqueurs. Looking at all the bottles, most of which hadn't even been opened during the party, she shook her head, frowning. "This pantry makes us look like hardcore partiers."

Todd laughed. "Well, we won't drink it all at once."

"Oh, darn, and here I thought we were going to have one hell of a night."

Wiping his hands on a dishtowel, Todd walked over and slid his arms around her waist, pulling her hard against him.Allison grinned as she ran her hands over his chest, letting her head tip back, so her lips and face were turned up to him, eyes glittering with excitement.

"We don't need alcohol to have a hell of a night, Princess," Todd murmured as he feathered kisses over her forehead and down her cheek, moving toward her lips.She could feel her body tighten in anticipation."In fact, the things I want to do to you, it's better if I haven't been drinking at all."

"Oh?" she asked archly. His lips pressed lightly against hers before moving away and kissing down the side of her neck. She tightened her grip on him, her body arching to press against him as the tingling sensation his lipscreated spread down her spine."And what is it you want to do to me?"

"Let's go upstairs, and I'll tell you about it."

To her surprise, Todd didn't take her to their bedroom, but to one of the free rooms upstairsthey hadn't decorated yet.They'd talked about making a few of the rooms into guest rooms or an office, but they hadn't agreed on this particular room yet. There was nothing in itat the moment, and the floors were hardwood with no padding. She really hoped he didn't want to christen this room today because it didn't seem like it would be very comfortable for either of them. Unless, of course, they used the wall...

Todd stood behind her, one hand splayed across her stomach, the other caressing her hip. Hot breath on the side of her neck, through her hair, made her shiver as she leaned back against him, her hands resting onthe one he had on her stomach.

"So,I think I know what I want to do with this room," Todd whispered in her ear, his tongue flicking over her earlobe.Allison felt like she wanted to melt, as if she was putty in his hands.That had always seemed like a cliché, but as his hands moved over her body, inflaming her senses, she felt like she was something to be molded by him. Like she would sink down to the floor if it wasn't for his hands and arms holding her up, his long, hard body available for her to lean on.The bulge in his jeans pressed against her ass and lower back, and she rocked against him, enjoying the way his breath hitched.

"What do you want to do with it?" she asked in a husky voice.The emptiness of the room made their voices echo, even though they were speaking softly.

"I want to fill it with toys."

"For all the good girls and boys?"

"Well, for one girl who is not always good." Todd bit down on her sensitive earlobe, and she gasped, her muscles quivering as she went up on her toes. Her breasts thrust forward, and he squeezed one hard, his fingers searching for her nipple through the fabric of her shirt and bra.Allison shuddered as liquid heat traveled from her ear and breast straight to her pussy. She could feel her slick folds rubbing against the inside of her underwear as her restless movements caused the seam of her tight jeans to shift and slide against her. "And sometimes, is very bad."

She moaned. "I like that idea."

"Good. I'll start tomorrow, but after today, you're not allowed back in here until I bring you in. I want everything to be a surprise."

Todd turned Allison around and flipped her over his shoulder. If she hadn't been so turned on, she'd probably be laughing at his caveman-like behavior. Instead, as he carried her back to their bedroom, she worked her hands into the back of his pants and did her best to grab at his butt, enjoying the way his muscles flexed beneath her hands as he walked.There was something extremely appealing about being carried to the bedroom, even if this wasn't the most comfortable position to be in. At least the trip wasn't long.

With a low growl, he tossed her onto their bed and climbed on top of her, practically ripping her clothes off as he kissed and caressed her.A few buttons popped off his shirt as she yanked it, eager to get her hands on his skin.She'd learned to touch him as much as possible while she could because Todd definitely had a preference for restraining her, and her allotted time for getting her hands all over him was usually limited.

Grasping a breast in each hand, Todd allowed her to touch him as much as she wanted while he sucked and nibbled at her sensitive nipples, making her writhe beneath him and rub her crotch against his hard stomach.Digging her nails into his shoulders, she tried to pull him, indicating she wanted him to move upward, but Todd ignored her signals and continued to lavish attention on her breasts, biting down on her nipples hard enough, Allison cried out as the exquisite pain lanced through her, making her pussy cream even harder.

Latching onto the side of her breast, and he sucked hard, his teeth digging in. It was a completely different sensation from the hard suckling of her nipples, but just as pleasurable.Allison moaned and ran her fingers through his hair, teasing his ears with her fingernails. She wanted to lean forward, to kiss him or tease his ears with her tongue, but the way Todd had them situated, it was impossible.

His mouth left behind a dark bruise on the side of her breast, then moved to the other, latching on almost viciously, his teeth digging into her soft flesh.As she keened wordlessly in reaction to the erotic pain, one hand pressed between her legs, his fingers sliding between her wet folds as the heel of his palm rocked against her swollen clit.Allison grabbed his hair, gasping as three fingers thrust hard into her, roughly stretching her as Todd left his mark on her tender skin.

Dimly, she remembered the last time he had left hickeys all over her was when he'd come home to find out she was dating Roger.He was marking her as his own. They hadn't talked about what her father had said to Roger yet, but Todd was making his feelings about the subject quite clear with the dark red bruises blooming like flowers on her breasts.His fingers curled, finding that sweet spot of sensation, and she moaned as all thoughts were swept away by the tide of hot need that bloomed from her center.

"Todd... oh, fuck...."

Todd's mouth left her breasts and covered her lips, a demanding kiss that ate her breath and made her jaw ache with its force. His fingers pumped inside her, his thigh pressing against the back of his hand as he rocked the heel of his palm harder against her.Gripping the hair at the base of his skull, her fingers digging into his neck, Allison kissed him back with all her passion and love, doing what she could with her body to show him she wanted him and only him. Everything he was doing was about more than love. It was an animalistic need to mark his territory, to confirm she was his woman.

Knowing he would never act upon his jealousy outside of the bedroom or do anything to stifle her friendship with Roger, Allison gloried in this private claiming. Feeling the kind of emotion, even the thought of living without her could rouse in him, was a heady experience. She loved the possessive way his hands moved over her, his mouth sucking her skin, the way he purposefully moved to drive her absolutely wild. There was an urgency to his movements, spurred on by his need to claim her all over again.

The thick rod of his erection pressed against her thigh, his fingers thrusting hard inside her until she felt as if she might explode.She sucked his tongue into her mouth almost frantically, her body arching as her nails skidded down his shoulders and back.As the pleasure culminated, her cunt tightening down on the wriggling fingers inside her, Allison cried out in ecstasy, the sound muffled by Todd's mouth.The heel of his palm rocked against her clit, grinding into the small bud, and she writhed with the intense sensations pulsing through her.

He drank in her moans and cries as she rode his hand until her movements slowed, and the death grip she had on his shoulders relaxed.The pressure of his hand against her clit lessened, although he continued to move his hand and fingers in slow, circular movements, coaxing the last shudders of her orgasm.Allison moaned softly as their kiss became less demanding, more gentle. Lassitude seemed to spread through her body in the wake of her climax, making her feel as though she might sink into the bed.

Leaving her lips swollen and well kissed, Todd began to work his way down her body, not sucking as hard on her flesh this time around.Looking down as he kissed his way down her stomach, Allison could see the vivid bruises on her breasts, the slight imprint of teeth around a few of them, which turned her on even more. There was something erotic about seeing his imprint and knowing he'd been out of control enough to leave teeth impressions, not just love bruises. As his mouthreached her hips, his fingers began to slide out of her pussy.

"Spread your legs more, Princess, and put your feet flat on the bed."The husky gravel in Todd's voice made her shiver.When his fingers slid from her pussy, she felt empty, and she wanted him back inside her.

The new position spread her completely open for him, exposing all of her most vulnerable parts to his eyes, hands, and mouth.Todd kissed her bare mound as one finger, soaked in her pussy juices, pressed against her asshole.She whimpered as he worked his finger into her tight back door, stretching the crinkled hole as each small thrust pushed his digit deeper.The wonderful full feeling was accompanied by his tongue sliding up her pussy folds, lapping the orgasmic juices from her climax.Gasping, Allison reached down and grabbed his hair, feeling torn between pulling him away and trying to pull him farther into her. Her pussy was very sensitive, the soft licks of Todd's tongue almost rasping over the swollen flesh.

"Todd... oh, fuck... it's too much!" Her thighs tried to close around his head to stop the delicious sensations coursing through her oversensitive nerves. Ignoring her, Todd used one hand to spread open her right leg, the other one curling uselessly over his shoulder as he began to force a second finger into her clenching anus, his tongue circling her clit. The myriad of sensations had her gasping and undulating, her hips bucking into his mouth despite her protests. "Oh God... Todd... you can't.... oh, fuuuuuck..."

The fingers in her ass pushed deep, buried all the way to his knuckles as they probed her tight hole, lubed only with the cream from her pussy.More juices ran into the crack, further lubricating his fingers as he pumped them in and out, the wicked sensation making her pussy spasm emptily.Todd worked his tongue into her needy hole as Allison clutched his hair, moaning and thrashing as she tried to gain some control over the situation, but he easily ignored her efforts and did what he wanted to her body, which only served to inflame her further.

Her free leg, the one he wasn't holding, kicked out, connecting with nothing but air as he sucked her clit into his mouth. The slow, gentle suction coiled tension deep in her pussy, the fingers in her ass adding to the heat.Todd's thumb slid easily into her sopping cunt, and Allison keened as her breasts thrust upward, her lower body speared on his fingers, and her most sensitive scrap of flesh securely lodged between his lips.His tongue flicked over that tiny bundle of nerves as he increased the suction, and Allison writhed, her legs spreading open of their own accord as the instincts of her body took over, and her need to cum again spiraled higher.

The fingers in her ass spread, and Allison's head fell back as the tight hole was stretched farther, her inner muscles clamping down hard as the first tingling tremors of her orgasm rippled through her.As if Todd could read her mind, the suction on her clit increased almost unbearably as his tongue flicked and rubbed the engorged nub. Allison screamed and writhed as a second orgasm wracked her body, even more intense than the previous one.Dimly, she knew her legs were curling over Todd's shoulders as if she was trying to drag him further into her pussy, her hands were gripping his head, and her hips were working up and down, but all of these actions felt separate and distant from the overwhelming ecstasy ripping through her.

Her clit throbbed in his mouth, juices spilling from her cunt down the crack and lubricating the fingers pillaging her ass, slickening that hole even more as it quivered around the invading digits.Todd gently released her clit, licking it with long broad strokes as Allison shuddered out the last of her orgasm.Her entire lower body felt overheated, swollen, and tingly. She whimpered with each stroke of Todd's tongue, each thrust of his fingers, every one of her muscles watery and overworked.

Relaxing her grip on his hair, Allison let her hands rest on his head. Almost despairingly, she wondered how she was going to be able to handle any more sexual activity.Her body felt overused, as if she might burst if she wasn't allowed to rest. To her surprise, Todd got off of the bed and reached over into a drawer full of goodies.She whimpered as he pulled out a long, bumpy vibrator.

"Noooo..."

Allison tried to make her muscles cooperate to escape, but Todd was on top of her again before she could move. His cock nudged the entrance of her swollen, sopping vagina, but she knew it wasn't anything more than a tease. He wasn't going to fuck her now, he was going to play with her some more. There was no other reason to bring out the toy. She didn't need more foreplay, she was ready, wanting, needing… right now!

"Yes, Princess," he murmured as he thrust his hips forward. Allison gasped and quivered as he speared her in one smooth stroke, her eyelids fluttering as his cock pushed aside the walls of her cunt with its thick girth, stretching her so wonderfully and yet so brutally, considering her sensitive nerves, it hurt and she found herself trying to push him away.

Grabbing her hands, Todd secured her wrists in his and held them above her head. The power in his body compared to her weak and watery muscles was so arousing, her cunt shuddered around his cock even as she thought she couldn't possibly take anymore.

"Please, Todd," she pleaded, her body wriggling under his, her pussy contracting around the thick length of his dick as he held it inside her.He was hard as steel, and her pleas were only turning him on more.They both liked it when she struggled, but on occasion, he liked to push her to the point, she was truly struggling against him and completely overwhelm her with too much pleasure until she fought him. "It's too much... just fuck me, please. Just fuck me and cum."

"Oh, Princess," he murmured, lowering his lips to her neck, loving the way she trembled beneath him as he brushed his lips along too-sensitive skin."Since when have I ever ‘just fucked' you?"

He pulled his wet cock out of her pussy and angled his body to the side, allowing him to slide the vibrator deep into her body.Allison jerked as he flicked the switch, and it began to pulse inside of her.

"Noooo," she moaned, her pussy clamping around the toy in instinctive reaction.Todd let go of her wrists and hooked her legs with each of his arms, pushing them over his shoulder as he lined his cock up with her winking asshole. The tiny, crinkled entrance slowly spread as the mushroom head of his cock pressed against it.When she brought her hands up to push him, Todd grabbed her wrists, one in each hand, and held them down to the bed as he leaned forward, pressing his body further into hers and bending her in half.

As his cock sank into the hot, velvet grip of her asshole, Allison seriously thought she might die from the overload of pleasure.The sensation of his rubbing against the long vibrator in her pussy, separated only by a thin membrane, and the overly stuffed feeling of being plugged in both holes was almost more than she could bear in her sensitized state.Weakened by the long day and two previous orgasms, Allison struggled against him, more of a token protest than anything else. It was obvious she wasn't going to be able to stop him from having his way with her, and part of her didn't want to, anyway.

She loved every way Todd dominated her—whether she obeyed him immediately, was punished for disobeying, or was forced into submission, her body craved it.As his cock buried itself into her protesting asshole, burrowing deeper, despite the clenching ring of muscle that seemed desperate to push him out, Allison realized she was going to cum again—soon.She fought against the orgasm as Todd began to ravage her asshole, thrusting hard and fast, taking her breath away as he opened her straining anus.Every hard thrust pushed the vibrator deeper into her pussy, so he was fucking her with twin poles.

"Oh, fuck... oh, Fuck... OH, FUCK...." Allison barely recognized her own voice as she screamed, tears forced from her eyes as the avalanche of her orgasm overtook her, her overstimulated body snapping with intense explosions.As she came, she writhed and struggled, bucking beneath Todd as he pounded her into the mattress, his cock spearing her ass through its clenching grip.

Having her so wild beneath him, so out of control and under his domination, combined with the long wait he'd given himself, was too much for Todd, and he cried out as he thrust deep into her asshole. Her tight hole clenched around the base of his cock so hard, it was almost like a cock ring as his cum forced its way up the length of his dick into her spasming ass, filling it with hot liquid.

The throbbing rod in her ass provided no final relief for Allison as the vibrator hummed in her pussy, fully inserted, and she continued to wail and gyrate. Tears trickled down the sides of her face, and she thought she saw sparking black and white lights as her body tightened and released, over and over again.Even after he released one of her wrists and slid the vibrator from her shuddering cunt, Allison's body twitched and shivered.

Todd helped slide one of her legs over to the side, so he could maneuver them into a spooning position.Allison whimpered and shuddered as he curled behind her, the soft cushion of her ass cheeks pressing against his groin.Kissing the back of her neck, Todd wrapped one arm under her head and the other over her stomach, holding her tightly against him.

They laid like that for long, silent minutes.Allison was in a hazy, dreamlike state, although she wasn't asleep quite yet.She liked to stay awake for as long as possible when she and Todd cuddled, enjoying the warm, hard length of his body against hers.Especially on nights like tonight when he took her in her more private opening. They had anal sex on a regular basis, but not nearly as often as they had regular sex, and there was still something so incredibly intimate about having him take her there.

"Roger said your dad wants you to get back together with him," Todd said finally, breathing the words so softly into her ear, if she had been asleep, he wouldn't have woken her.

"Fortunately, my dad doesn't get what he wants when it comes to me anymore," she murmured. Not quite as quietly as Todd since, after all, he was behind her, and she wanted to make sure he heard her.His arm over her stomach tightened, acknowledging her words. "I don't want Roger back. I chose you."

"You haven't talked to your family since you argued with them about me."

Allison shrugged with the shoulder that wasn't on the bed. "And I don't plan to. Not unless they reach out to me."

"Don't you think that this might have been their way of reaching out?"

She gave an exasperated sigh. "If they're going to ‘reach out' through my ex and say they want me to get back together with him, rather than contacting me and apologizing for caring more about their social status than they care about me, I don't count that as ‘reaching out.'"

In fact, she found it hurtful, selfish, snobbish, childish, and not something she would respond to.It was insulting to Todd as well, and she took that even more poorly than she did the insult to herself. All they had done was stoke her anger all over again and made her even less inclined to yield.

There was a long quiet moment as Todd stroked her stomach, his face buried in her hair. She could feel his breath on the back of her neck, and she snuggled back closer, putting her arm over his, curving it over her stomach.

"I don't want you to never talk to your family again. Not because of me."

"It's not because of you," she protested, squeezing his hand. "It's because of me and them. Because I'm not doing what they want."

"But you're not doing what they want because of me."

The silence between them lengthened.This was not the way Allison thought tonight was going to go, and it frightened her to think Todd might draw away from her under some noble idea of sacrificing himself, so her parents would talk to her again.

"Even if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have stayed with Roger. I wasn't happy with him. I'm happy with you. I'm living with you, and I want to live with you.My parents were already upset about a lot of things in my life—like the fact I was working and had moved out.Trying to regulate my dating life was just the last straw. It's not you, it's them. And the fact I've grown up and didn't want them running my life anymore."

Todd didn't say anything, and Allison felt new tears spark in her eyes, responding to the aching feeling in her heart.

"I'm not leaving," she said in a low, fierce voice. "I'm not leaving, and even if you kicked me out, I wouldn't go back to my parents or to Roger. I want you."

That startled a laugh out of Todd, and the bands around Allison's chest relaxed.

"I'm not going to kick you out," he said, holding her tighter, if that was even possible. She wriggled back against him, encouraging the attempt to get even closer. "I was just thinking, maybe you should try talking to them again, that's all."

"I'm not going to them, they can come to me," she replied a little hotly."They're the ones acting ridiculous."

"You could give them a demonstration on how to act, be the bigger person and make the first step," he said, although there was now a tone of amusement in his voice.

She shook her head. "That will just make them feel as though they're right."

"Not if you stick to what you want. Then it will just show them you still want to talk and try to work things out."

Stroking the back of his arm, Allison played with the dark hairs, trying to make them stand straight up as she thought.While she did miss her parents because they were her parents, she wasn't sure she was ready to make the first move.After all, her father was the one who had pretty much kicked her out of their house, telling her she wasn't welcome back until she was ready to let him dictate her love life.Her mother never went against what her father said.Both of them cared too much about appearances and their own social climbing and not enough about her.

Part of her felt if they really loved her, they would realize she should be allowed to live her own life—work if she wanted to work and date who she wanted to date—whether or not they approved. Told she had to live by her father's dictates or be unwelcome in their house, made her feel as though she wasn't loved by them at all.And the idea she should have to approach them first, risking confirmation of their lack of love, risking a second round of rejection... Well, she wasn't sure she could handle that.If they came to her first, she would know they were putting her before their pride and social status.

But she didn't want Todd to feel like he was the cause of the rift because he truly wasn't. Possibly, he was a symbol of how she was going to decide things for herself, but he definitely wasn't the entire reason.

"I'll think about it," she said finally.

He gave her a hard, little squeeze, as if he wanted her to know he appreciated the compromise, but he wasn't entirely pleased she wasn't immediately taking her suggestion.

Unlike her parents, however, he didn't reject her, just held her tight as they fell silent and finally drifted to sleep.

* * *

Three daysafter the housewarming party, Allison was in the school library when her mom called.Of course, since her phone was on silent, she didn't know until she left the library after finishing her research and took out her phone to turn the volume back on.Chewing her lip, she stared at the missed call and voicemail notifications.

Part of her dared to hope, maybe her mom was calling to make a peace offering. The sinking sensation in her stomach was her more pessimistic side disagreeing.She should have expected this, really. After all, her parents had told her straight out, they wanted her to get back together with Roger. Then they'd gone to work on him. Now, it was time for the follow-up.

Almost a standard business model. A straight-on hit, followed by one from the side, then the follow-up. Best to send in the more sympathetic party—i.e., her mother. Wouldn't do for her father to show himself backing down. A kind of familial good cop/bad cop, with a side of heavy manipulation.

Getting into her car, she decided to let the engine warm up while she listened to the message. Spring was coming, so was graduation, and she was looking forward to both.While she liked cold weather at first, she was always ready for it to start warming up by the time it finally did. She would also be happy to be finished with school, so she could just work full time instead of splitting her time between work and classes. Especially since then, her evenings would be completely free to spend with Todd rather than doing homework.

Tightening her lips, she tried not to get her hopes up too much as she dialed her voicemail and put in her password.

"Hello, Allison." Her mother's elegant tones resounded in her ear, managing to sound concerned and cool—the sound of home. "I was hoping to hear from you before this, but since you haven't called... Your father and I know you saw Roger this past weekend and hoped you might have some... news for us.We miss you, sweetheart. We hope you make the appropriate decision, and we'll see you soon."The words cut through Allison like knives, but the biggest cut of all came as pleading entered her mother's voice. "Come home soon, dearest... We love you. I want my daughter back... please..."

Guilt and fury fought for space in Allison's emotions as her mother hung up, and the voicemail asked if she wanted to delete or save the message.She saved it, wiping away the treacherous tears at the corners of her eyes.The last bit of her mother's message was so emotional, not at all cool or elegant, as if she truly did miss Allison and wanted her back.Yet... the love her mother spoke of, that welcome back, was obviously conditional on her acquiesce to her parent's expectations. Her mother wouldn't even say Todd's name or reference she was in a relationship already, much less that Roger was. Did they not know about Roger and Diana? Or did they simply not care? Allison found it all too easy to believe both scenarios.