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Everything You Want

Chapter 10:

Stay With Me

 

 

 

`Well, that went a lot better than I expected,' Cole mused to himself with a satisfied grin as he slammed the front door. Shouting to let his mom and dad he was home, Cole jogged up the steps to his room after hearing his mom yell back that Bella was upstairs waiting for him.

 

Bella's father had agreed to speak to the doctor about checking into a detoxification clinic as soon as he was discharged from the hospital. Cole had assured him that Bella would be fine staying with him and his parents until he'd completed the program.

 

Swinging the door to his bedroom open, Cole spotted Bella standing in his bathroom dressed in one of his wife beaters and a pair of boxers emblazoned with the words LAZY ASS across her bottom, staring intently at her reflection in the mirror.

 

“What are you doing, schmuck?” He asked with an amused chuckle at her choice of sleep wear, as he threw his car keys on to his messy bureau and closed the distance between them.

 

Casting him a concerned look over her shoulder, Bella continued her inspection and muttered seriously, “I think I have the black plague, Cole.”

 

`Oh dear God, not again…' Cole thought as he rolled his eyes and moved past her into the small bathroom. Ever since they were kids, Bella had come up with exotic illnesses she was sure she was suffering from on a weekly basis.

 

“You do not have the black plague, Bella,” Cole assured her calmly.

 

Shaking her head firmly at his flippant dismissal of her obviously life threatening illness, Bella frowned and shot an irritated glance at Cole. “I'm serious! I looked it up on your computer and I have some of the symptoms! I could be dying, and you don't even care!”

 

Cole chuckled at her solemn expression and shook his head. “I thought I locked you out of the internet. How'd you figure out my password?”

 

Bella snorted and momentarily forgot about the fact that she might be `dying'.

 

“Oh c'mon, Cole. Like I wouldn't be able to crack `I am Awesome'. Do you use that password for everything?”

 

`Damn, I gotta change that…' Shrugging, Cole smiled tolerantly and leaned back against the glass shower door. “So, what so called symptoms do you have?” Bella glared at him.

 

“It's not funny Cole,” she growled as she threw a yellow plastic duck at his head, “Not only do I have an awful headache, but I'm really achy all over and I think my glands might be swollen,” she finished distractedly as she again turned to the mirror and ran her fingers over the skin on her neck.

 

Desperately struggling not to laugh out loud at Bella's ludicrous assessment of her `condition', Cole pushed himself from the shower door and wrapped his arms around her waist.

 

“Bella, you do not have the black plague,” he repeated softly as he nibbled on her earlobe, causing her to shiver and her eyes to flutter closed.

 

“Yes I do and when I die, you'll be sorry because you didn't believe me… stop that…” Bella murmured as he licked and nipped at the sensitive skin of her neck. Completely forgetting what it was she was so concerned about just moments ago, Bella allowed herself to be carried away on the wave of lust Cole was inducing with his tongue and teeth.

 

Reaching her arms behind her, Bella grasped the back of Cole's head in her hands to rid him of the tie that was holding his hair back causing his silky black tresses to flow freely around his face and tangle in her fingers.

 

Cole felt his eyes drift shut as he relished the feel of Bella's soft, hot body pressing back against his own. Sliding his hands from her waist, he turned her around to face him, crushing his mouth to hers in a fervent lip lock full of unspent passion and a desperate yearning for more than just simple touches and not so innocent kisses.

 

Craving the feel of her long, slender legs wrapped around his waist, Cole cupped her bottom and lifted her to sit on the counter behind them.

 

Instinctively, Bella complied and pulled herself closer to drape her limbs around his hips, neither breaking the passionate kiss they were engaged so completely in.

 

A sharp knock on the bedroom door and his mother's voice broke the spell the two were drowning in with a startled yelp emanating from Bella and a feral groan from Cole.

 

“Yeah, mom?” Cole called out in a strained voice.

 

“It's really late and Bella's had a long day, so you two should probably get some sleep. Where were you planning on sleeping Cole? I assume Bella will be taking your bed, right?”

 

Gazing up into Bella's passion glazed eyes, Cole responded, “Yeah she will. I'll probably make the couch up for myself-“ Cole found his statement cut off when Bella pressed a slightly trembling finger to his lips.

 

“Mrs. Hastings, would you mind if Cole slept in here with me tonight? I don't really want to be alone and would really appreciate his company,” Bella inquired as she carefully avoided Cole's curious emerald stare.

 

There was a slight pause and the Cole's mom replied, “No, I guess that would be all right, but I need to speak to my son for a moment. Cole, could you come out here, please?”

 

Stepping back from Bella, Cole strode out of the bathroom and to the closed door of his bedroom. Slipping into the hall, he gently closed the door behind him and faced his mom.

 

Looking at him sternly she said, “Cole, I trust you and I trust Bella. That is the only reason I am allowing you two to sleep together tonight. I also know that you would never do anything to jeopardize that trust, right?”

 

Cole flushed a little and shook his head. “No, mom.”

 

“Good, good. I know I can rely on you to be responsible and level headed…” she murmured as she turned to walk away.

 

Cole shut his eyes and took a deep breath, `Good lord…'

 

Halfway to the stairs, Mrs. Hastings spun around and pinned Cole with a scathing glare. “Don't you get that girl pregnant Cole Michael Hastings or I swear to God I will castrate you!”

 

“Mom! Holy hell! I'm not gonna get… why are we even talking about this?! Go to bed!” Cole yelled as he glowered at his mom and slammed the door on her no doubt embarrassing response to his words.

 

Resting his forehead on the smooth wood, Cole sighed and thumped his head lightly against the door.

 

“That woman is crazy,” he muttered as he turned around, “Did you hear…” Cole trailed off as his mind went blank at the sight of Bella sprawled out on his bed.

 

Cole's hungry eyes took in the sight of the long legs revealed by her ridiculous boxers as his loins tightened in response to the vastness of creamy skin exposed to his heated gaze.

 

Striding over quickly to grab a pillow from the bed, Cole snatched a blanket from the floor and headed to the door.

 

“Cole! Where are you going?” Bella grabbed his hand and tugged him back to the edge of the bed to face her.

 

“I don't think that me sleeping with you is a good idea, Bella,” Cole commented in a strained voice as he struggled to remove his hand from her vice like grip.

 

“What? Why?” Catching the lustful look Cole threw at her, Bella's mouth formed an O and she dropped her gaze to his comforter with a sigh. “Please stay with me, Cole,” she whispered.

 

Raising her pleading eyes back to his, she murmured, “I really need you to just hold me, ok? I just feel so… alone when you're not with me. I want you to be here when I wake up and…” Bella trailed off when Cole smiled and nudged her gently so he could climb into the bed beside her.

 

“As long as you promise not to ravage me while I'm sleeping, ok you insatiable sex fiend?” Cole teased as he stretched out and pulled her into his arms.

 

“Well, shit, that's no fun…”

 

Bella laughed as Cole tugged on a lock of her hair. “No hanky panky, I promise.”

 

Cole shifted and drew the blanket over them as Bella snuggled into his side. Remembering the events of the evening he glanced down at Bella.

 

“I talked to your dad tonight, Bella, and-“

 

“Don't. I just wanna go to sleep, ok Cole? I'm so tired and I don't feel like dealing with anything more tonight.”

 

Cole frowned but nodded. “Alright, we'll talk about it in the morning.” His only answer was a soft sigh as Bella's breathing evened out and she drifted into sleep.

 

`You're going to have to deal with this eventually, Bella,' Cole thought, concern contorting his features as he contemplated Bella's curious reaction at his attempt to discuss her father.

 

`I can't always be there to fight your battles for you.'

 

`As much as I'd like to…'

 

 

 

 

 

*~~~~A/N~~~~*

 

 

 

You thought they were gonna have sex didn't you? HAHA! Guess I fooled you, huh? Pervs! lol Just kidding. :o) On another note, I am so thrilled with the response this story is getting. It makes me so happy to check my personal account and see how many people are avidly reading even if they're not reviewing. Thank you all so much!!!

 

 

 

 

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