Her thick thighs resting against mine as they tense and flex with each movement. I can feel my whole body pumping and swelling in tune with her delicate, soft frame melting into mine.
Completing me as we complement each other perfectly, eventually becoming a tangled knot of each other, melting into one.
What feels like turbulence after about a half an hour could be the plane, or it could be the rising climax we’re both about to share that we feel.
Either way, it’s high time and with a few subtle nods of her head and that sound she makes that lets me know how damn close she is, I give myself permission to fill her with everything I’ve been holding back for so long.
Just when I feel like I can’t hold it any longer, her eyes roll back and her body stiffens in my hands. Her back arches and she says my name… calls my name between her gritted teeth and I smile.
Sharing her climax, I feel every jolt and pleasing spasm of her body coursing over and through my own.
I’ve never come so hard in my life, and at one point it feels like it won’t stop, this magic between us. But eventually, the waves soften and the intensity recedes to a satisfying sensation.
Relief mixed with a happiness I’ve never known. The feeling that for once in my life, I can relax.
I’m home. We’ve made it and Penny is mine now.
I’m hers and she’s mine.
The captain’s voice overhead lets us know we’re about half way, but still have plenty of time.
I find a blanket and nestling Penny in my arms, we curl up together and I’m relieved to hear Penny wanting to talk about what’s on my mind already.
“Do you think a girl can get pregnant the first time?” she asks, looking up at me dreamily.
I’m no doctor, but I know where she’s heading and I couldn’t be happier. “Sure,” I suggest, as I muse quietly to myself.
She sighs contentedly, and tracing her hand across my chest, we both doze in each other’s arms for a while.
I forgot how much I hate flying.
How much I used to hate flying.
I think I’m cured and already think it might be my preferred method of travel from now on. Providing Penny comes too, of course.
I don’t think either of us want this flight to end, and when it’s clear we’re about to land soon, it becomes all too clear that we’re both gonna have more than each other to deal with.
“When’s the next race?” Penny asks, and I tell her it’s tomorrow.
“Let’s just enjoy today, okay?” I ask her, not wanting to even think about cars, the team or her dad.
She readily agrees, but I can’t but help notice that the closer to the ground we get after freshening up and getting dressed, the heavier the world seems.
Except the part of the world that has both of us in it, this thing between us. It’s real and I know that even though there’s some challenges ahead, she’s worth it.
I’d do anything to keep her.
We land and taxi to a halt, with the pilot wishing us a pleasant stay. Malibu Barbie is noticeably absent when we go to get off the plane, with the door already open and another car waiting at the bottom of the steps.
I think I could get used to this. Pity I have to deal with anyone from now on.
The gravity of the team, the pressure to perform as well as Mike, Penny’s dad all loom up in my mind as we head down the steps from the plane.
There’s no driver to hold the door open, so I hold it for Penny, and it all becomes clear why once the handset in the car chimes.
It’s Buford.
“Heard you had a problem with the driver before you left, then the hostess on the plane,” he says gruffly.
I don’t know what to say, only making a grunting sound.
If I knew where I was, had my own wheels, I’d happily walk away from all this right now.
I’ve got what I came for, but a job’s a job.
“Is Penny there?” he asks suddenly, an edge of concern in his tone which I figure is odd, but it’s been an odd day after all.
“Sure,” I murmur, passing her the phone with a shrug.
She tells him everything’s fine and just when I feel my green eyed monster rearing up inside me again, she’s finished.
“What was all that about?” I ask her, drawing her closer after putting my arm around her.
“I have no idea,” she says thoughtfully, nuzzling into me and making me almost forget the whole thing instantly. The car pulls away from the tarmac and out onto a quiet stretch of highway.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Penny
I wouldn’t say we crashed back to earth, but there’s a certain element of that feeling once we start to descend and then finally land.
Steve doesn’t say it, he doesn’t have to. We’re both thinking the same things, but I’m more worried about him racing again. Something I’ve never given a second thought to in my whole life. It’s still the safest sport there is.
But now? With the future father of my children behind the wheel?
Having the team’s owner, Buford wanting a word as soon as we’re in the car doesn’t do much to settle my mind either.
I thought he’d want to talk to Steve, maybe even tear into him for being so rude to his staff, but he wanted to know if I made it safely and if I didn’t mind heading straight to the hotel with Steve.
Weird.
I do feel like a hot bath and a change of…
Ah, shit!
“What is it?” Steve says, suddenly concerned, tense.
“I just realized, all my stuff… everything, it’s all back at the track with my dad,” I add absently, feeling a crushing weight on my chest before I groan out
