Lessons To Learn (chapter 49)
Chapter 49
"In your fucking dreams" Rick said, finally letting his anger slip
"I thought so, maybe we could create some adjustments in my marks for the final exams then…"
"That's not in my hands"
"But her boobs were, and I'm sure you can convince her to make the necessary adjustments if you'd like me to keep my mouth shut about this"
Rick wanted nothing more than to hit the guy, enough to disable him so that he'd never be able to speak again.
"Think about it Rick, have a chat with her and let me know soon, before I decide I can't keep this secret too long". Ethan drove off and Rick stood there, not knowing what he was supposed to do now.
That evening, there was a knock on her door. Kate had been trying to keep her mind off the afternoon's events by distracting herself with some baking. She had just taken the cookies out of the oven when she heard the knock. She opened the door to find Rick there and as much as all she wanted to say was 'rick, you can't be here, not until we sort this out' she pulled him in and hugged him tight, just needing to feel his warmth, and his strong hold
"I was wondering whether you'd send me away" he said.
"I should, but I won't"
He kissed her forehead, "did you have dinner?"
"Not yet"
"Chinese take-out?" he asked.
"Will do" she said as she turned and walked back towards the kitchen
He sat himself across from her, watching her clean up the island and then she asked
"Did you talk to him?"
"Yea"
"And..."
"And… let's have dinner first, and then we can talk…"
Kate looked at him for a moment and then just nodded.
"Want to watch something until dinner gets here?" she asked
He nodded, and they sat themselves at her couch, with some movie playing on her DVD set, she snuggled closer into his side, and he held her. Dinner was there soon enough and they both ate out of the boxes, not wanting to take the effort to get plates. After dinner, they watched on until the movie was over and when it was done, she turned the set off and faced him
"Now tell me, what did you tell him? What did he say?"
"I have a better idea, how about we talk about this later…" he said as he lazily leaned in to kiss her lips
She let him at first, but her curiosity got the better of her
"No Rick, please, just tell me"
"You don't need to know Kate…"
She pulled away from him
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I'll handle it, don't worry"
"Rick you can't possibly be planning on keeping me out of the loop!"
"I just think you don't need to stress yourself out on something I can handle myself"
"Is that how it's going to work then?"
"What do you mean?"
"Rick, we're planning on being with each other for the long run, and if this is how you're going to handle issues, by keeping me out of the loop, I'm sorry, that's not going to work for me"
"That's not how it's going to be" he said
"Then why won't you tell me!" she stood up with her arms folded in front of her, needing to bring some space between them
"Okay okay… just please sit down"
"Tell me Rick" she insisted
"He wants you to adjust his marks in our final papers when the time comes"
She stood quiet for a moment. Taking that information in. Exasperated, she began pacing before him again
"Kate, please sit down"
"He's blackmailing?!"
"I told you, I'll talk to him, I'll figure out a way"
"How?! He knows a secret we tried hard to keep, and now he's using that information for his own good! I think I'm going to be sick" she sat down beside him again
He pulled her into a hug, and kept kissing over her hair. "Hey, hey… relax… I'll find a way?"
"And if worse comes to worse?" she asked
He didn't answer, and so she answered it herself
"then we shouldn't see each other until your graduation is over" she looked up to him"
"What?! No!"
"There's no other way we can keep his mouth shut about this Rick"
"I'm not keeping myself away from you just because some douche is trying to manipulate us"
"Then what are we going to do?"
"I'm going to keep loving you" he said as his lips kissed over a tear that rolled down from her eye, then he kissed over both her eyes and said "I'm not going to let anything get between us…" and his lips found her lips, kissing her gently at first, but then growing in intensity..
she tried fighting it, her hands pushed at his shoulders, trying to stop him, to make him see sense of this, but here he was, assuring her he'd never leave for whatever reason, and for a moment, she just wanted to forget everything, wanted to let go and feel, and forget that someone was trying to blackmail them, to separate them, or at least trying to make good use of the fact that he had information…
And so Kate let herself go, and she all but felt his hands move wildly over her body, and in a matter of seconds, she found herself naked before him. His lips only left hers then and he stood up to get his own clothes off
"Touch yourself Kate" he said as he started getting his shirt off
Kate brought her legs up, her knees bent, and feet on the couch, her wet heat opened gloriously and exposed for him … she had her eyes closed and her head thrown back as she began touching her oversensitive skin
"Rick… I need…"
"fuck, you look so hot Kate…" it wasn't until she heard him speak that she realized, eh was down on his knees before her, his lips so close to here she'd like him to be, she let her hand wander into his hair, and he leaned in to kiss her, her body came alive at the touch of his lips to her opening..
Chaptre 50- Link here- http://caskettastic.livejournal.com/14955.html