The only thing Kelsey could hear were crickets chirping in the fields. The only thing she could see was darkness and the soft reflection of the moon on Nathan's windshield. She smiled and turned to him.
"This is perfect. Any chance I get to be alone with you, I'm going to take it. Promise to bring me back here before I leave?"
Nathan didn't smile. He just brushed the hair off Kelsey's neck.
"Come on. Get in the bed. I've got a blanket in here somewhere," Nathan mumbled.
Kelsey jumped out of the truck and into the tall grass. She climbed into the truck bed as Nathan threw a heavy blanket in with her. She spread it out as Nathan climbed in. She sat down as Nathan kneeled and crawled towards her.
Kelsey lifted her shirt above her head and set it aside. Nathan's hands reached behind her and unclasped her bra, freeing her heavy breasts to the night air. He pressed his lips against hers, only pausing to lift his own shirt over his head. She whimpered as he pushed back against her, lowering her onto the thick blanket beneath her.
She listened as he kicked off his shoes and worked his pants down his legs. She moaned as his dick came free and brushed against her thigh. She tried to reach down and grab his manhood, but he quickly moved her hand in order to remove her shorts and panties. He wasted no time pulling them down together and pushing throwing them to the side.
Nathan's naked body hovered over Kelsey's as they stared at each other. For the first time all night, Nathan smiled. His eyes softened and he smiled tenderly at her. His lips descended down to her collarbone. Kelsey groaned as his mouth showered her skin with warm, wet kisses. She briefly opened her eyes and stared up at the dark, starry sky. Everything was so quiet. Everything was so peaceful. Everything always felt perfect when she was with him, under him, just like this. She felt her entire body relax as Nathan's weight pressed into her. He rolled onto his side, spooning Kelsey from behind.
He brushed her hair off of her neck once again. His left arm worked around her neck and his hand gripped her throat, while his right hand traveled up and down the length of her body. His fingers trailed over her round hip, down her thigh and back up again. He ran his palm up her smooth stomach and underneath her right breast. His palm traced over her nipple so gently, it almost felt like a breeze tickling her flesh. Kelsey moaned loudly as her nipple stiffened against his hand.
"Oh my God, Nathan. Oh, I love you."
Nathan smiled against her shoulder and kissed it. His fingers gripped her nipple tightly, sending a shock of pleasure through her nerves. She groaned and pressed her naked ass back against his stiff erection. Nathan sighed with desire. She felt his cock jump and pulse against her as she pushed back on him.
Nathan used his hand that was around her throat and guided her mouth back to his and they kissed deeply, Nathan's tongue penetrated her mouth possessively. Kelsey's knees instinctively began to spread. Nathan pushed his cock between the warm, wet lips of her pussy and pushed her legs closed again. He hadn't entered her, but his cock was dragging against her slit with every push and pull of their bodies. He rubbed his cock along her wetness as his tongue invaded her mouth at the same speed.
Kelsey was starting to lose control of her senses. She wanted his tongue deeper. She wanted his cock buried inside of her. She wanted to grab him, to have him grab her. She felt an insane wave of lust building up inside of her until she just couldn't take it anymore. Kelsey reached down between her thighs and guided the thick head of his cock into her pussy. With one hard, controlled thrust, Nathan shoved his full length into her. They both cried out.
"Nathan...oh...my God. Yes!"
"Fuck," Nathan growled in her ear.
Their bodies rolled in unison as he pushed himself into her. Kelsey pinched her eyes shut and bit her lip. Nathan grabbed her throat in his left hand, her hip in his right as he pounded into her as deeply as he could. Kelsey clawed at the blanket beneath them.
"Ahhh, ahhh! Oh f-f-fuck!"
The quiet chirp of the crickets was quickly replaced with the soft slapping sounds of Nathan's hips against Kelsey's bare ass. Just as she felt her pussy start to tighten around him, he pulled out of her. After a gentle kiss on her neck, Nathan rolled Kelsey onto her back.
"Mmmm. Don't stop!" she pleaded.
Nathan grinned down at her. He pressed his soft lips against hers. Kelsey's hips lifted, searching for his cock. Nathan laughed softly, then guided the head back to her entrance. She groaned as he slid into her, then paused.
"Oh God, don't tease me, please. Just fuck me, Nathan. Please! Fuck me...fuck me...oh, fuck me," she chanted quietly against his mouth. Nathan growled and shoved himself into her. Kelsey's fingernails dug into the muscular flesh of his back and arched her body up against his.
Nathan blindly searched for her arms and pinned them above her head, pressing them into the unforgiving truck bed. He started pounding into her mercilessly. Kelsey could sense his aggression, his passion, his frustration...but for the first time, she didn't sense the love behind it. As he pounded into her, Kelsey realized that she'd been telling him all night and he hadn't once said it back. She knew why he was distancing himself, but in that moment, with him buried deep inside of her, she needed to hear it.
"I love you, Nate," she whispered between thrusts.
Nathan groaned and squeezed her wrists tighter. His speed increased.
Kelsey moaned as he sawed in and out of her faster. Her juice was spreading between them, causing him to rub against her clit in just the right way. She was so close to orgasm, but tried to fight it off until she heard the words that she needed to hear from Nathan's mouth.
"Nathan...I love you. Fuck! I love you!"
"Fuck...Kelsey, fuck!"
"Please, Nate, tell me that you love me. Please...oh fuck...please? I need to hear you say it!"
Nathan dug his fingers into her wrists to the point of pain. Kelsey cried out as he thrust into her uncontrollably. They were all moans and cries of passion and pain and pleasure. Kelsey's body couldn't hold back anymore.
"Ohhhhh...I do...I-I love you!" she screamed as a tortured orgasm tore through her body. Kelsey's back arched off the blanket, pushing her breasts up towards his face as her pussy squeezed down around his shaft.
Nathan's face pressed between her breasts. He groaned as his own climax hit him suddenly. His body tensed and shook against hers. Kelsey felt his cum pulsing through his cock and into her contracting pussy.
"Fuck. I love you, Kelsey."
They both groaned and growled with physical contentment.
Their emotions, however, were on a different level.
Nathan's painful grip started to slowly loosen around Kelsey's wrists as they both came down from their orgasms. Nathan panted between her heaving breasts and she exhaled heavily into his hair. Nathan pulled out of her gently and collapsed on top of her, resting his face against her stomach.
After several minutes of heavy breathing, they both became quiet. The chorus of chirping crickets once again filled the air.
Kelsey felt Nathan's hand reach down and lace into hers. He raised it to his lips and kissed it softly.
"We better get back."
Kelsey nodded, still sensing Nathan's emotional distance. They sat up and started to dress, quietly handing each other articles of clothing. Once she was clothed, Kelsey stood up and folded the blanket. She handed it to Nathan without looking at him, then jumped over the side of the truck bed. She got in the truck and rested her head against the seat. Nathan climbed in next to her, but didn't start the truck.
Kelsey lifted her head. "What's wrong?"
"You know I love you."
Kelsey sighed. "I know. I just needed to hear it."
Nathan nodded and rested his head against the steering wheel.
"You're really going?"
Kelsey sighed. "Yeah."
Nathan didn't reply. He started his truck and drove down the bumpy dirt path, back to the gravel road.
Kelsey scooted across the seat and sat next to Nathan. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and she rested her head against his chest. The dashboard glowed and illuminated their faces. The warm summer night air once again filled the truck. She inhaled deeply and let the scent of Nathan and the leather in his truck fill her senses. Kelsey closed her eyes and tried to freeze the moment in her mind. She knew that she would need this comforting memory in the weeks and months to come.
All too soon, Nathan pulled up in the Bradford's driveway. He left the truck running. Kelsey slid back to her seat and glanced over at him.
"I'll back off, Nathan. If that will make it easier for you...if that's what you need...I promise I'll back off."
Nathan closed his eyes and nodded once. "Yeah. I'm sorry, Kels."
Kelsey smiled gently and let her hand squeeze his.
"Don't apologize. I understand. I'm here if you want to talk or anything, ok? I'm still your friend, Nathan. Nothing is going to change that. Promise me that nothing will change that."
"Nothing will change that," he nodded in agreement and forced a small, weak smile.
"Ok. Night."
"Night."
Kelsey took a deep breath and got out of Nathan's truck. She walked back to her parents house and slipped inside, closing the front door behind her.
"Kelsey? That you? Where'd you go?" her Mom called.
Kelsey rolled her eyes. "Yeah, it's me. Nathan and I ran out for ice cream."
Kelsey hated lying, but she figured that a small lie about ice cream was more appropriate than telling them that she'd just fucked him in the bed of his truck. Kelsey wearily climbed the stairs and went directly to the bathroom.
As she showered away the sweat and the sex, she couldn't stop the tears from falling to the tiled shower floor.
If New York was the best decision, why was it making everyone so miserable?
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After a long night of photo editing, Kelsey finished the photos for her parents and the Lowe's. She grabbed the disc as she headed out the door for work the next morning and dropped it in the Lowe's mailbox along with a note:
"Dave and Nancy- Here are your photos. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them. Love you both. -Kelsey"
Kelsey got in her car and drove to work. Alison was fumbling with the lock on the back door when she pulled up. Kelsey couldn't help but giggle. Poor Alison just wasn't able to function this early in the morning. Kelsey jumped out and helped her.
"Here, Alison, I've got it."
"Fuck! I hate this fucking door," Alison grumbled.
Kelsey threw the bolt and jerked the heavy door open, motioning for Alison to enter.
"Thanks, Kelsey."
"No problem."
The girls clocked in and started tying on their aprons.
"You know, you're going to need to find someone else to help you out around here in the mornings," said Kelsey.
Alison's head jerked up from the computer screen.
"What do you mean?"
Kelsey took a deep breath. "I am going to accept an internship position in New York. I'll be leaving in less than a month."
Alison's mouth dropped open. "Wait-wh-wait. New York? When did this happen? What happened to your internship here?"
"This is a really good opportunity, Alison."
"Well...what about Nathan?" she blurted.
Kelsey glared at her. "What about Nathan?"
"I just always thought..."
"What? You always thought what? That we'd end up together?" Kelsey could feel her frustration boiling inside of her unexpectedly.
"Well...yeah."
Kelsey shook her head. "I can't base my decisions off of what everyone else expected my life to be, Alison. You sound like everyone else. I figured at least you would be happy for me."
Alison's face softened. "I'm sorry. Ok? I'm sorry, Kelsey. If this is what you want, then that's great. I'm just surprised. I'm sorry."
Kelsey's shoulders sagged. "I'm sorry for snapping at you. I'm snapping at everyone. I don't know why."
"Because you're stressed?"
"I guess so," Kelsey shrugged as she started the espresso machine.
"Because maybe you don't want to leave?"
Kelsey rolled her eyes. "So much for the encouragement, Alison."
"I'm just saying, Kelsey. Just because something sounds like a great opportunity, doesn't always mean that it's the right opportunity, you know?"
Kelsey nodded.
"It's ok to be stressed out, just make sure that the decision you're making is really worth the stress, ok?"
Kelsey walked to Alison and hugged her tightly. She felt Alison's arms wrap around her.
Kelsey giggled as she pulled away from her friend.
"You're actually pretty wise in the morning, Alison."
"Not by choice. Only when my friend springs some kind of shit like that on me."
As the morning went on, Kelsey found her focus shifting from the work at hand, to New York. She'd have to go ahead of time to set up some kind of living arrangements and to get a feel for her new surroundings. She needed to go to Studio16 and talk to them before calling David Fisher and formally accepting the job offer, she needed to pack, she needed to...
"Um...excuse me? I'm waiting here!"
The obnoxious voice brought Kelsey back to reality in an instant. Without even looking up, she knew exactly who that voice belonged to.
Amy Buckley.
Kelsey turned to see her standing there. It wasn't even 10am and Amy was in full makeup, dressed to the nines. The girl never worked a day in her life, so Kelsey only assumed that she was so dressed up out of complete insecurity.
Kelsey sighed and tried to put on her most professional performance.
"Good morning! What can I get started for you today?" Kelsey said, too kindly.
"Cut the bullshit, Kelsey. Just get me a non-fat, caramel frappe. Non-fat. You heard that, right?"
"Non-fat," Kelsey repeated slowly, typing into the computer screen. Alison kicked her from behind the counter as Kelsey typed the special instructions: 'Please make with whole milk.' Alison giggled and started making her order.
"Yeah, we'll get that started for you, Amy. Anything else?"
"Did I say that I wanted anything else?"
Kelsey cringed. "That will be $4.29."
Amy slid a credit card through the machine and tucked it back into her designer wallet. She looked at Kelsey and waved the wallet in front of her.
"You like this? You know who got it for me?" Amy said with a smug smile. "Nathan," she said in a sing-song voice.
Kelsey nodded. "That's nice. Here. Take your receipt."
Kelsey walked away and started cleaning up the counter as Alison made Amy's drink. Amy followed Kelsey from the other side of the bar.
"So, Bradford...rumor has it that you're leaving soon."
Kelsey's eyes shot up to Amy, not knowing how she could have possibly heard the news so quickly.
"Where did you hear that?"
"Oh...well, I was at Nathan's last night and..." she trailed off, tapping a manicured finger on the countertop.
Kelsey felt her face start to burn.
"You were at Nathan's? Last night?"
Amy smiled and nodded. She crossed her arms under her huge chest and cocked her head to the side, clearly proud of the fact that she was making her so upset. Kelsey took a deep breath and tried her best to hide her anger.
"Well, that's wonderful. You heard right. I will be leaving soon."
"It's about time, you know. Now I can have Nathan all to myself without you trying so hard to get his attention all the time. You're really needy, you know that, Kelsey? It's actually really sad."
Kelsey felt her temper gaining momentum. "Amy, you just need to leave. You don't even know what you're talking about. You've been jealous of me since day one. Nathan and I have been best friends our entire lives. If you feel threatened by that, that's no one's fault but your own."
Alison slid the whole-fat frappe across the counter at Amy. She stood beside Kelsey as they both glared at the blonde haired goddess in front of them.
"Non-fat caramel frappe," Alison said flatly.
Amy shrugged as she grabbed her drink.
"Doesn't matter now, does it? Nathan's mine. You and I both know that he'll come running back as soon as you aren't in his ear telling him to leave. And you? You'll be hundreds of miles away...unable to do a single thing about it."
Amy smiled her perfect, too-white smile and made a kissy face at Kelsey as she turned to walk away. She tossed her straw wrapper on the floor behind her as she walked out the front door.
As soon as the bell stopped chiming, Alison started to frantically untie her apron.
"Hold my fucking apron, I'm going to go kick her ass, Kelsey."
Kelsey chuckled as a tear slid down her cheek.
"Don't bother. Amy's not worth it."
"But look how she made you feel!"
"It's not Amy, Alison. It's that I'm afraid she's right. I'm scared that if I'm gone, Nathan will go back to her! Nathan has blinders on when it comes to her, and I know he can do better. It's not the idea of him being with someone that bothers me...it's the idea of him being with someone like that, that bothers me!"
"Tell Nathan what she did just now!"
Kelsey shook her head. "I've told him time and time again about her. He's a grown man. He can make his own decisions."
Alison grabbed Kelsey by the elbow and pulled her into the back room and sat her down on a stack of milk crates.
"Kelsey...I know I'm not the only one who has told you this, so just listen, ok? You and Nathan? You're perfect for each other. Absolutely perfect. He loves you. It's not the kind of artificial love that you feel the need to make a big show of, either. It's the real thing. It's the way you look at each other. The way he stares at you from across the room. The way he smiles at you while you're talking."
Kelsey felt the tears start streaming down her face again.
"Damn it, Kelsey! Stop being so stubborn!"
Kelsey couldn't hide it from anyone anymore.
"I love him, Alison. What the hell do I do? Do I stay? Do I go?"
"I can't answer that, but you have to remember one thing. Real love doesn't come along every single day. Yours has been in front of you for 23 years."
Kelsey sighed and wiped her eyes on the backs of her hands. She took a deep breath and stood up. Alison grabbed her shoulders.
"Get your ass out there and finish your shift, then go find Nathan and figure this out!"
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Kelsey left work and was sitting at a stoplight when her cell phone chimed in her purse. It was Nancy Lowe. Kelsey smiled and answered.
"Hello?"
"Kelsey! I'm going through these pictures! Honey, they're perfect. The best you've ever taken."
"Oh, I'm so glad you like them! It's not me. It's impossible to take a bad picture of your family, Nancy."
"I wish that were true!"
The women laughed.
"Kelsey, I'm sorry if we didn't seem more supportive about your decision to go to New York. You know it's just because Dave and I love you so much, right? We will just be sad to see you go, sweetie."
Kelsey smiled. "I know, Nancy. Please don't apologize. It was a surprise to everyone, even myself."
"Well, everyone is going to be at our house for dinner tonight. Are you working?"
"No, I just got off work."
"Ok, well, Nate will be there."
Kelsey inhaled. "I'm not sure if tonight will work for me, Nancy. I've got a lot of stuff going on."
"Well, if you change your mind, about anything," she added, "We'll all be there. Stop by if you can."
"Ok, thanks."
"Thanks again for the pictures, sweetie. Love you!"
"Love you."
Kelsey ended the call and dropped her phone into her purse. She thought about how hard it would be not just to leave her own parents, but to leave Dave and Nancy and the boys, as well.
She drove through town aimlessly. She drove past apartment buildings and small houses for rent, thinking about what it would be like to stay here, in the town she was born and raised in. New York had it's appeal, but so did small town life. She had a million memories of these streets, of these buildings. Every last part of Kelsey felt as though it was being pulled in a different direction.
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