Chapter 12: 10

The weeks passed quickly, and Aurora and Stanton were living a charmed life. Everything was perfect, and for the first time in his life, Stanton was happy. He had everything he could ever want. So why did he feel on edge all the time? Stanton walked into the pub. He was running late. It was boys’ night out, and Aurora had ambushed him as he was leaving. She’d been feeling frisky the last couple of days, and every moment he wasn’t working, she was trying to jump his bones. Frankly… he loved it.

He started toward the table the guys were at, and he could hear them talking, but they hadn’t spotted him yet. “He’s late again,” Lewis complained as he drank his beer.

“Aurora must have ambushed him again,” Darrell chuckled.

“Is it crazy to be jealous of him?” Kenneth asked. “I mean, I love Stanton like a brother, but God damn, look at him, and he has got himself a crazy hot babe that wants to fuck him senseless every chance she gets and to top it off, she’s a fucking pro. I bet she has serious oral game.”

Darrell laughed. “Please, you wouldn’t know what to do with a girl like that.”

“I bet you would, though, wouldn’t you?” Kenneth snicker.

“Damn right, he would,” Lewis snickered. “What woman has ever said no to him?”

“Not one,” Darrell said with pride.

“I bet you could have her,” Kenneth said. “I bet she wouldn’t say no to you.”

Darrell shook his head. “I wouldn’t even try.”

“Why not?” Kenneth asked. “You don’t think she’s sexy?”

“I didn’t say that. I’m sure that girl would blow my mind. But my friendship with Stanton means way too much to me. I would never betray him like that. Besides, he’d skin me alive if I tried,” they all laughed, and Stanton backed away and exited the bar before anyone could see him.

He stood outside, thinking about the conversation he was not meant to hear. They were right. Things were good right now, but how could he know that in time when the new excitement faded, Aurora wouldn’t be tempted to stray, especially when every man that looked at her wanted to take his place.

What if she got tired of looking at his ugly mug, and some stud hit on her? Would she leave him? The thought was eating at him.

Stanton spent the night sitting in his SUV outside the pub. When the pub was closing, he watched his friends leave with the other. Darrell stood outside the pub, lighting himself a cigarette. While he smoked, he took out his cellphone and then Stanton’s cellphone began to ring on the seat next to him.

The caller ID said it was Darrell. He had been calling all night, but Stanton hadn’t answered. He didn’t feel like talking, especially with the guys at the table.

Stanton picked up his phone and answered. “Hello.”

“Dude, where the hell are you? Man, she better have fucked you six ways from Sunday if you stood us up.”

“I’m in the parking lot,” he confessed.

He watched as Darrell looked up and looked around. The moment Darrell spotted Stanton’s SUV, he hung up and tucked his phone in his jacket pocket and made his way over to the SUV. Darrell opened the passenger door and got in. Then he rolled down the window so he could finish his cigarette.

“What the hell are you doing out here?” Darrell asked. “Have you been out here all night?”

Stanton looked at him. “You’re my friend, right?”

“Best friend.”

“Would you do anything for me?”

“Man, I would die for you,” Darrell promised.

“I want you to do a favour for me.”

“Name it.”

“I want you to hit on Aurora.”

Darrell looks surprised. “Say what?”

“I want you to hit on Aurora. I want you to turn on that charm of yours.”

“Hold up a minute. Stanton, you are my best friend, and Aurora is super sexy, but I am not feeling the guy-on-guy-on-girl thing.”

Stanton shook his head. “No, that’s not what I’m asking for.”

Darrell breathed a sigh of relief. “Good, because I think it would make things weird.”

“I just want you to hit on aggressively. I want her to think you want to sleep with her.”

“I got to ask why? I mean, you have to admit this is kind of a strange request.”

“No woman ever says no to you.”

“True.”

“I need to know if I can trust her.”

“And if she doesn’t say no to me?” Darrell asked with all seriousness.

“Then I’ll have my answer.”

“And you will hate me for breaking up the best thing that ever happened to you.”

“I need to know.”

“If she finds out you are setting her up, she is going to be pissed.”

“I’ll deal with that when the time comes.”

Darrell thoughts about it as he finished his smoke and tossed the butt out the window. “Ok, I’ll do it.

When will she be home alone?”

“Tomorrow. I have to work.”

“Ok, all come by tomorrow,” he said, getting out.

“You’ll call me when it’s done?”

“Good or bad,” he said and shut the door. Stanton watched as Darrell walked over to his truck and got in.

Stanton turned on his engine and pulled out. Tomorrow he would have his answer.

***

Aurora threw her head back, and her eyes lit up bright as she reached orgasm. She felt Stanton shake beneath her as he came. As the sensation subsided, she looked down at him, smiling up at her. “Girl, you are going to make me late for work again.”

She giggled as she rolled off him and watched as Stanton got up. He went into the washroom to wash up quickly, then came back out and got dressed. “Play hooky,” she suggested.

“I can’t. I got work,” he told her. He leaned over to kiss her, and she grabbed him between the legs. He jumped. “Stop that,” he said, forcing her hand away.

Aurora got up on her knees and rubbed herself against him. “Stay and fuck me one more time.”

He pried her off him. “It’s always one more time with you.”

“What can I say? I find you irresistible.”

He pushed her back against the bed. “I have to go to work,” he told her. “I’ll be back at 6:00 pm,” he promised, and she watched him walk out the door. She supposed she was on her own today. Aurora got up and headed for the washroom. She showered and then got dressed and made herself something to eat. She was just finishing her cereal when there was a knock at the door.

She put her empty bowl down and walked over to the door to find Darrell on the other side. She smiled when he smiled at her. “Hello, beautiful.”

“Hello, Cowboy.”

“Stanton home?”

“Naw, he’s at work, won’t be back until 6:00 pm.”

“Is that a fact?”

“Is there something I can help you with?”

“I have the day off. I got bored.”

“If you want, you can come in and watch TV with me.”

“I think I’ll do that,” he said, coming inside. She shut the door and started toward the couch. “If you want something to drink, help yourself,” she said, sitting down. Darrell walked over to the fridge and got himself a soda, then sat down next to her on the couch. He was sitting awfully close, given all the many spots he could have. He draped his arm over the back of the couch behind her. “What are we watching?” He asked, never looking at the Tv. His attention was solely on her. “I haven’t decided yet,”

she said as he started to play with her hair.

“I like the way you have your hair today.”

“Thank you. I washed it.”

He looked into her eyes. “That’s what I like about you’re funny.”

She was picking up a bad vibe. Aurora smiled and leaned into him. “Is that all you like about me?”

“I like the way you smell,” he purred, leaning in and smelling her deeply. Suddenly he sat back abruptly and stared at her with shock. His sudden alarm worried her.

“What?”

“Nothing,” he was lying; she could tell. Darrel smiled again, shaking off whatever had spooked him. He cleared his throat and grabbed his drink, drinking it all down in one shot. He was suddenly acting very weird. He sat back and put his arm around her again. “Sorry, I had something in my throat,” he was spooked, and she wondered why?

“You are acting strange,” Aurora called him out on his behaviour.

“What can I say? Beautiful women make me nervous,” Aurora laughed so hard. “What?” He asked.

“I don’t think there is anything that makes you nervous.”

Suddenly his hand was on her knee, and Aurora’s gaze was drawn to where he was touching her. “I’ve been thinking about you a lot.”

“Have you?” She asked, watching his hand move higher up her leg. “I can’t get you out of my head.”

Aurora looked up and smiled at him. She melted into his arms and gazed into his eyes. “What do you think about?”

“So many wicked things.”

She moved his hand and pushed him back against the couch. She crawled into his lap and leaned in really close, her lips hovering over his. “Do you think about touching me?”

“Yeah,” he breathed.

She brushed her lips over his ear. “Do you think about all the naughty things I’d do to you?”

“Oh yeah,” he purred.

She planted her hands on his shoulders and held him down. “I bet you want to screw me to the floor.”

“Oh shit, yeah.”

“Do you know what would happen?”

“What?” He asked, excited.

“Nothing,” she snarled and stood up, leaving him confused. “Not a God damn thing because I wouldn’t touch you.”

“Why the hell not?”

“Because I like nice guys with integrity. I thought you were a nice guy, but you are just another scumbag coming in here trying to score with his best friend’s girl.”

“Come on,” Darrell laughed. “Are you really telling me you would rather go to bed with Stanton than me? I mean, I like the guy, but,” he cringed, “gargoyle.”

“I don’t love people for their looks, I love them for their soul, and he has a beautiful soul.”

Darrel stood up and looked at her. “I walk out that door, and you’re not going to get a second chance.”

“Get out.”

Darrel sighed and walked out the door. Aurora sat down on the couch. She felt horrible. Now she had to decide if she should tell Stanton his friend was an asshole. She recalled all his past jealousy; she didn’t know if he could handle knowing.

***

Darrell climbed into his truck and took out his phone. He dialled Stanton. He put it on speaker and left the cellphone on the passenger seat as he backed out of the driveway.

“Hello,” Stanton’s voice came over the speaker.

“Hey Buddy, I’m leaving your house right now.”

“That was fast.”

“Well, I’m happy to report she threw my ass out.”

“Really?” He could hear the happiness in his friend’s voice.

“Oh yeah. She toyed with me for a minute, making me think I’d get some, then she got all pissy, called me a scumbag, and told me to get the fuck out. Said I was a bad friend.”

“That’s great.”

“For you, but now Aurora hates me.”

“I’ll talk to her,” Stanton promised.

“Dude, there is one more thing I think you need to know.”

“What?”

“I think I know the reason Aurora has been so worked up lately.”

“Oh?”

Darrell didn’t know how to say this, so he was just going to come right out and say it. “Aurora is in heat.”

Stanton laughed, and when Darrell didn’t laugh with him, he went quiet. “Are you serious?”

“Yes. I couldn’t be more serious. I can smell it on her. I damn near shit my pants.”

“I can’t smell it.”

“It’s got to be the pheromones she’s giving off. She’s got you all loopy and in a sexual daze. She’s been steadily releasing a chemical substance into the environment affecting the behaviour or physiology of males in the same species.”

“it’s scary that you know the science behind that.”

Darrell shook his head. “Brother, she is giving off a strong smell. Ten minutes with the girl, and I was starting to feel crazed. You got to keep her isolated. The males in the pack get a whiff of her, and wolves are going to be circling,” Darrell took a deep breath and shook his head. “That girl is prime breeding stock.”

“That’s perfect.”

Darrell looked at his phone. “I’m sorry, am I speaking Chinese because I was pretty sure I was speaking plain English. Did you not hear me? Aurora is in heat.”

“I heard you. I’m going to get her pregnant.”

Darrell yanked on his steering wheel and pulled over to the side of the road. “Ok, I’m pulling over,”

Darrell picked up the phone. “What the hell are you thinking. “

“I think she won’t leave me if we have a child together.”

Darrell nodded his head. “Ok, it’s official. You’ve lost your fucking mind.”

“It’s perfect.”

“It’s ridiculous. It’s a baby. It’s a living, breathing thing that cries and poops and pukes. It’s not like you can take the batteries out when it gets on your nerves.”

“It’s perfect.”

“I am your friend, and I am telling you this is a very bad idea. Take my advice. Wrap it… twenty times if you have to… put a God damn electric fence between you two if that’s what it takes.”

“I’m going to knock her up,” Stanton said with finality. “And you are not going to tell anyone.”

“Who would believe me?”

***

Aurora smiled when Stanton came home with a big bouquet of flowers. She accepted them and fetched some water. “What are these for?” She asked, placing them on the table.

“I felt bad about the way I left you this morning.”

She turned and smile. “I understand you have to work.”

“I took two weeks off,” he told her, pulling her into his arms.

“You did what?”

“Well, every year, I have paid vacation time, but I never take them. I never had anywhere I wanted to be. But I can think of nothing I want more than to spend the next two weeks in bed with you.”

“Oh, I like the way that sounds.”

“Me too,” he growled and bit her lower lip playfully. “I am going to fuck so hard,” he said, lifting her up and sitting her on the table. Aurora placed her hand on his chest and held him at bay. “What’s wrong, Hummingbird?”

“I have to tell you something,” she said. “I don’t think you’re going to like it.”

“What?”

“Darrell was here this morning.”

He looked away. “Yeah?”

“He came on to me,” he looked up, and their eyes met. “He was not subtle about it.”

“Maybe you misunderstood him.”

“I don’t think so. I know he’s your friend, but….”

He caressed her face. “You don’t have to worry about him. He won’t do it again.”

“How do you know?”

“He wouldn’t dare,” he smiled and then slid his hands up her bare legs and under her skirt. “Now, let’s get you naked.”