Meant To Be Ch. 02

Author's Note:

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I hope you enjoy Chapter 2!

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Nathan and Kelsey leapt to their feet, scrambling to get dressed before Amy let herself in.

"What the hell is she doing here?" Kelsey whispered frantically as they jerked their clothes back on.

"I have no idea. She always knocks with her damn key though," Nathan groaned.

They fell back onto the couch and tried to look as natural as possible as a key turned in the lock. Kelsey grabbed the remote and restarted the movie just as Amy opened the door. She made quick eye contact with Nathan, then her eyes drifted across the couch to Kelsey. Amy glared.

"We aren't even broken up for one day and you've already got her over here?" Amy gestured towards Kelsey as she slammed the door behind her.

"We're friends, Amy," Nathan said without looking at either of them. "Besides. You're right. We did break up last night. So, what do you want?"

Amy pouted and walked over to where Nathan was sitting. Her hips swayed as she walked. She knelt down by the couch and grabbed his hand, running a long, manicured finger up and down his palm.

"I just thought that maybe we could talk about things, you know? I don't like how we ended it last night, baby," she batted her long eyelashes at Nathan, then looked at Kelsey. "Um...you're free to go now, sweetheart. He doesn't need a 'friend' right now, ok?"

Kelsey cringed. Amy would never change. She had no doubt that Nathan would fall back under her spell, just as he had countless times before. She stood up abruptly. Nathan jerked his hand away from Amy.

"Don't ever talk to her like that, Amy. Kelsey, don't leave. Please," Nathan pleaded.

She held up her hand and shook her head. She could feel an angry heat rushing to her chest and face. She simply couldn't stand the sight of Amy. She grabbed her purse and keys and quickly walked to the door. She opened it and stepped outside, never once looking back. She waited a moment to see if Nathan would come after her, but when he didn't, she jogged to her car and pulled out of the parking lot as fast as she could without squealing her tires. As she merged back out onto the main road, she glanced in her rearview mirror and could still see Amy's little convertible parked next to Nathan's truck. Kelsey felt hot tears fill her eyes.

Amy Buckley would always win. She would always be able to come in and convince Nathan to take her back. Kelsey had watched it happen so many times over the years.

Kelsey choked back tears as she realized that there was a good possibility that things between them had really been ruined. She mentally berated herself for confessing her true feelings for him. She couldn't believe that she'd ever let things go that far in the Lowe's pool, not to mention what just happened at his apartment. Kelsey brushed her fingers across her inflamed lips. The taste of Nathan was still there. She rolled up to a stoplight and laid her head back against the headrest. She had no idea what to say to Nathan now. Even if he didn't take Amy back right away, Kelsey knew that it was inevitable. Amy was that fantasy girl that all guys wanted. Nathan always took her back. She had no reason to believe that this time would be any different.

As Kelsey pulled back into her parents driveway, she saw that all the lights were off. Her parents were out. She threw the car in park and shut off the engine. Nothing but the sounds of an occasional car passing by or a lonesome cricket filled the air. Kelsey rested her head against the steering wheel and closed her eyes.

A single, hot tear fell from her cheek and landed on her leg as her frustration consumed her. She couldn't believe she had let things go that far.

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After using the bathroom and getting ready for bed, Kelsey pulled her lavender shirt over her head and it quickly joined her shorts in the laundry basket. She grabbed her phone and plugged it into the charger next to her bed. She opened the screen. She had 2 missed calls and 2 missed texts from Nathan.

Nathan: I made her leave. Please come back.

Nathan: I'm so sorry that everything was ruined tonight. Please call me.

Kelsey slipped under the sheets of her bed. Her panties still felt damp from all of the action with Nathan a little while earlier, so she slipped them off and threw them at the laundry basket. Then she realized that she could smell his cologne on her bra, so she sat up, unhooked it at threw it angrily at the growing pile of discarded clothing. She fell back to her pillow and covered her body. She glanced out the window at Nathan's old bedroom. Yesterday, she smiled at the memory. Tonight, it just made her sad.

Just as she started to drift off, her phone vibrated. She reached over and picked it up, squinting at the bright screen as she read a new text.

Nathan: I can't sleep. I'm coming over.

Kelsey: Don't worry about it, Nathan. We can talk about this some other time.

Nathan: No. Now. I feel like shit.

Kelsey: I'm trying to go to sleep. I have to work in the morning.

Nathan: The sooner we talk, the sooner you can sleep.

Kelsey sighed. Nathan was a lot of things and stubborn was definitely one of them. She rolled her eyes and got out of bed. She reached into her drawer and pulled out some shorts and a tank top. She put them on and climbed back into bed.

Kelsey: My parents are gone. Park at your house. You remember the code?

Nathan: 29590?

Kelsey: Yeah. Come on up when you get here.

She laid back in bed and waited until she heard Nathan's truck pull up to his parents house. She waited in silence until she heard him open the front door and close it behind him. Several seconds later, she heard his heavy footsteps climbing the stairs. Kelsey's heart started pounding. She didn't know how this conversation would go and her nerves were taking over again.

Her door creaked open and Nathan peeked around until he saw Kelsey, sitting up in bed. She kept the sheet securely tucked under her arms and around her chest.

"Hey," he whispered, closing the door behind him. She watched as his fingers twisted the small lock on the knob. He turned around and put his hands in his pockets, standing several feet away from the bed.

She shrugged. "Well? You took her back, right? That's why you're here...to tell me that you took Amy back again?"

Nathan shook his head. "No. I didn't. I told you, I made her leave."

"But you will take her back."

"No. I won't, Kelsey. You helped me realize that Amy just isn't right for me. I can't have a future with someone like her."

Kelsey sighed heavily, dropping her head down.

"Listen, Nathan...what happened tonight-"

"Was fucking incredible," he interrupted.

"Yes, it was amazing, and it could have been more amazing, if it hadn't been for her. I'm just saying, that what happened tonight just shouldn't have happened," she said.

Nathan exhaled and laced his fingers behind his head, which caused his t-shirt to ride up slightly. The small gap between the hem of his shirt and his shorts revealed his tanned, defined stomach. A small patch of hair started below his belly button and disappeared beneath the band of his shorts. It was something that Kelsey had noticed plenty of times before, and had even admired from time to time at the pool, but in that moment all she wanted to do was to press her lips against it. She shook her head and mentally reminded herself to focus.

"I realized on the way home, that Amy is always going to win. If it isn't Amy, then it will be someone just like her. Someone gorgeous and perfect. I'm not Amy, Nathan. I'm never going to be. And I can't start something, knowing that Amy can just breeze back in at any moment and take you from me. I love you too much for that. If I could go back to last night, I would. I would have kept my mouth shut and let you make up your own mind about her."

Nathan dropped his arms and sat down on the edge of Kelsey's bed.

"I don't know what else I can say to convince you that Amy and I are done," he said, staring at the floor.

"Then don't say anything. Don't you think it's best if we just try to act like this weekend never happened?"

"Fuck no!" he laughed. She couldn't help but giggle at his reaction. She stared down at her hands that were resting in her lap.

"Listen, maybe you can forget about it, but I won't be able to. I told you, you helped me realize that I could do better. All I've needed was for someone to grab me by the shoulders and shake some sense into me. You did that. My guy friends look at Amy and tell me how lucky I am. They don't see what you see, Kels. They don't see someone who won't hug me back or someone who actually knows how to smile and have a good time. They see eye candy and think I'm a lucky son of a bitch. I've spent a long time trying to convince myself that it was good enough. Then you and your big mouth come home from college and turn everything upside down." Nathan grinned.

He shifted his body and faced Kelsey on the bed. "I'll tell you what, if you can name one person that you know of that is better for me than you, then I'll shut the hell up and never mention this weekend ever again."

They stared at each other defiantly.

"C'mon. One name. One girl that you think is good enough for me, other than yourself." Nathan grinned at Kelsey, knowing she wouldn't be able to complete the challenge.

She thought for a moment, but couldn't come up with anyone. Her shoulders slumped in defeat and she shook her head. He nodded and moved up her bed. Her breathing was almost nonexistent as she watched his strong, masculine form crawl towards her. Her hands gripped the sheet around her tightly.

"Kelsey, I'll leave right now if you really want me to."

She took a deep breath and shook her head. "No. I don't. I've just got my guard up now. I just need to take this slow, Nate. I'm too scared of messing this all up."

Nathan gently pulled the sheet from around her chest and let it fall to her waist. He laid her back on her bed and leaned over her.

"I'm not going to try to have sex with you tonight, alright?" he said, looking into her deep brown eyes. "You're way too nervous for that, and I'd feel like I was just taking advantage of you."

Kelsey nodded.

"But," he added with a smile. "I am going to kiss you, because I learned last night that my best friend also happens to be an amazing kisser."

She smiled and leaned up on her elbows, lifting her face to his.

"Slow," she reminded him.

"Nice. And. Slow." He punctuated each word with a tiny kiss.

Their slow, lingering kisses helped calm Kelsey's nerves. Eventually, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his torso down on top of her. Feeling his weight pressing into her was comforting. She felt safe and protected underneath Nathan's muscular frame. He already knew everything about her and that gave her a sense of security that she'd never known before.

She felt the fingers of his right hand comb through her hair and cradle the side of her head. She sighed against his mouth and shifted her body so that he was laying directly on top of her, between her legs. The sheet was still between them, but she could feel Nathan's erection growing against her as their tongues and hips started to move in unison.

Nathan leaned back and stared down at her.

"You're making it really difficult not to rip this sheet off, Kels." His lips bypassed hers and connected with her delicate collarbone.

Kelsey raised her chin, exposing more of her skin and allowing his lips to explore. He didn't disappoint. His mouth sucked and kissed her expertly, leaving no flesh ignored. His mouth then found it's way behind her right ear.

"Can I tell you something?" he whispered.

"Mmmm. Yeah?" she moaned, closing her eyes as she ran her fingers up the backs of his strong arms.

"I can't wait to go down on you."

Kelsey shivered as a rush of excitement flooded over her.

"Oh yeah?" she breathed.

"Mmmhmm. After that blowjob you just gave me? I need to return the favor."

Kelsey smiled. "It was that good, huh?"

"Fuck," he growled into her cleavage. "Yes, Kelsey. That good." He lifted his head and leaned over her mouth. "I wasn't lying when I said that it was the best I've ever had."

She hooked her arms around his neck and kissed his bottom lip. "Then I guess I'm going to have to work really hard to top myself, aren't I?"

Nathan pressed his mouth into her again, this time making it clear that he wasn't wanting to stop until she said so. She felt his mouth open slightly, so she took the opportunity and slipped her tongue between his warm, parted lips. She slid it against his, gradually working it back and forth, before his tongue took over and penetrated her mouth with an equal amount of force. Their tongues dueled and danced and before they realized it, their hips were grinding against each other again, this time feverishly.

Kelsey blindly searched for one of his hands. She grabbed it and wrapped his fingers around her braless breast. Her aroused nipples had been rubbing against her tank top the entire time, and had stiffened against the fabric. Nathan could feel the hard bud press into his palm. He let his fingers explore, eventually letting them squeeze her nipple firmly. Kelsey's lips broke away from his and she let out a muffled groan of pleasure.

Suddenly, he pulled back. He was breathing heavily, leaning on his elbows above her.

"No. Please don't stop."

"God, Kelsey. I don't want to, but I just know that you'd regret having sex with me so soon. If we don't stop now, I'm scared that I won't be able to. You're just so beautiful and I can't believe that this is really happening. I don't want to fuck this up, either."

Kelsey closed her eyes and exhaled. "I know. You're right. Slow. We have to take this slow and figure it out as we go along."

Nathan pressed his forehead against hers.

"Soon," she said reluctantly.

He nodded and kissed her one last time before pulling himself off of her all together. As soon as he sat on the edge of the bed, she missed his weight on top of her. She sat up and knealt behind him, wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing her breasts into his back.

"Thank you for coming over here."

"I had to. I felt terrible. I still do. I can't believe she came over."

Kelsey cringed at the memory. "I know. Great timing."

"So, what now? I'm guessing that you want to keep this quiet for the time being?"

"Yeah. I think that's for the best. If anyone else knew, all we'd get would be opinions or pressure. I just want to take this slow. If something happens and this just doesn't work out, I have to be able to keep you as a friend, Nate." Kelsey shook her head. "I can't let this crash and burn, and lose my best friend at the same time."

He reached up and rubbed the arm that was wrapped around him.

"That's fine. Whatever you want. Nothing official, no pressure. We'll just take it a day at a time."

Kelsey kissed his cheek.

"Thank you."

Nathan sighed. "There's one problem."

"What's that?"

"My balls are going to fall off if we keep this up. I think this is the fourth time today that I've been hard because of you."

"Fourth?"

"I went to bed hard and woke up hard because of what happened last night. I couldn't stop thinking about you before you came over...got hard then, too."

Kelsey let go of him and moved to sit beside him on the edge of the bed. She linked her arm through his.

"Then you gave me head and I nearly drowned you with my load." They laughed. "And now, here I am with my fourth hard-on of the day. I haven't been this horny in a long time."

Just listening to Nathan talk about how excited she'd made him, made Kelsey's hormones explode.

"Well, in that case, I need to give you something to keep you horny all night and into tomorrow, don't I?"

"What do you mean?"

Kelsey unhooked her arm from his and stood up. She stepped in front of him and started to inch the hem of her tank top up.

"Kelsey-"

"Just enjoy this, ok? You're being patient with me and waiting to have sex until I know that I'm ready, so let me just give you a little preview." She smiled and lifted her top up to expose her flat stomach. She stepped closer to him and grabbed his hand. She rubbed it along the smooth skin of her belly. Nathan groaned and stared up at her.

"You like that?"

Nathan sighed and nodded.

"Good. What about this?" she asked as she lifted the tank top up higher, exposing just the bottoms of her round breasts. "Do you like this, Nathan?"

He smiled broadly, his small dimples framing his mouth as Kelsey pushed his hand higher. She dragged his thick fingers on the sensitive undersides of her breasts. She let out a quiet sigh of pleasure and stepped back, lifting the shirt over her head all together. She threw it to the floor and stood in front of Nathan, completely topless for the very first time. Her dark nipples stood out from her tits proudly. The excitement caused a rush of goosebumps to cover her skin, forcing her nipples to tighten even further. She watched as Nathan's hand fell to his lap and squeezed his hard dick through his shorts.

"God, Kels," he shook his head. "Do you know how long I've wanted this? How many times I've thought about this over the years? Hell, how many times I've beaten off to this exact image in my mind?"

"Oh yeah? Tell me what you thought about," she whispered.

Nathan gripped his cock tighter as she ran her hands along her smooth stomach and traced circles across her breasts.

"Growing up, as we got older and I started noticing your body more, I couldn't keep my eyes off of you. You've always looked so fucking hot in a bikini. More than once, I remember having to wait for my cock to settle down before getting out of the pool because of how good you looked."

Kelsey dropped her hands and glided them down her sides and over her hips. She hooked her fingers into her cotton shorts.

"Anything else?"

Nathan's eyes followed her hands. His breathing picked up as his eyes bounced between her exposed chest and her pelvis, which was a mere foot away from him.

"I've always loved seeing how tight your bathing suits and clothes are against your ass. Your ass is so perfect, Kelsey. I'd always stare at you in school as you walked down the halls, or during our family stuff. Amy always saw it and knew that I liked what I saw. It drove her crazy and she called me out on it all the time." Kelsey couldn't help but feel a surge of satisfaction swell up inside of her, knowing that the flawless Amy Buckley had felt even the tiniest bit of jealousy towards her.

He reached out to squeeze her hip, but she pushed his hand back down into his lap and turned around. She started to work her shorts down, exposing a little more of her ass at a time as she listened to him breathe heavily behind her. She worked them down to her thighs, then with a slight roll of her hips, they fell to the floor. Kelsey bent over directly in front of him and picked up her shorts. She tossed them towards her tank top then turned around.

Nathan was staring directly at Kelsey's smooth, bare pussy. He groaned and looked up at her eyes desperately.

"This is so mean, Kels."

She bit her lip and smiled at him.

"Why? I'm just giving you something to think about until we can do this again," she said innocently.

He laughed and shook his head. "Right, but now I'm pretty sure my dick isn't going to go soft for days."