up and opened the moon roof on the bunk; the desert’s night air cooled the truck instantly.
“Where are we?”
“A little bit outside of Albuquerque. I need to stop here, get a few hours sleep, and then we’ll get back on the road.”
“Cool. I must have slept all day. This truck makes me so sleepy. When are we going to eat? I'm hungry.”
“You did sleep, Preciosa , I'm glad you got some rest. Now I need to get some. There are some snacks in that little fridge over there.” He gestured to a small refrigerator in the wall. “Grab whatever you want.” Crawling into the bunk, he took off his shirt and lay across the huge bed, exhausted. Within minutes, she heard his rhythmic breathing as he fell asleep.
Marti grabbed a snack from the fridge and sat up front, wide awake, eating and thinking about Annie. She pulled out her phone and texted her.
‘R U there?’
‘Marti?’
‘yes, its me. can you talk?’
‘ where R U?’
‘Somewhere outside of Albuquerque.’
‘U OK? ive been worried sick.’
‘Sorry bout that. im OK Met an amazing man. We are on our way to LA. R yall OK?married yet?’
‘ no not yet. I found the pictures. tommy told me all about you and him. it’s OK. you can come home now. i miss you. i need my friend here with me.’
‘ not that ez. theres nothing there. having fun here.’
‘ i miss you.’
‘ miss u too. ill call when i get to LA. maybe you can hook me up?’
‘ yes, please call i miss you. i love you.’
Tears fell down Marti’s face as she looked at her phone. She missed Annie and the ranch. She sniffled and looked out the window. What am I doing?
Staring out the window, she reminisced about her life. How her daddy was a drunk and left her and her mama when she was so little. Her mama worked hard to support her. She remembered playing outside with her best friend, Annie. They would go down to the creek and poke sticks at the crawdads. She thought about the hot summer nights when they slept outside on Grandpa Gibbon’s hammock and caught fireflies in a jar. And her Senior Prom…her date, Billy Crawford, was a flippin’ riot. Wonder whatever happened to him?
Life was so easy back then, no worries, no problems, just young and free, enjoying each day as it came. What the hell happened?
The city lights were miles in front of them, and all around the outside of the truck was dark. Really dark and really spooky. Where the hell did he park? She shivered. It was scary out there. She quietly stood up and crawled back into the bunk with Nick. She felt a lot safer there.
H is bare chest moved up and down, his breath slow and steady, in and out, in and out. Like a sleeping god laying there in his jeans, his mocha chest and his taut belly showing just a touch of fine hairs. Locks of his black wavy hair lie across his forehead. So how am I supposed to do this? Do I cuddle this guy? Lay here by myself? God knows the bed is big enough. Shit, I just wanna fuck him again.
She slid into the bed, trying not to wake him. She picked up the remote and started flipping through the channels of the big screen TV, settling on an old I Love Luc y rerun and turned the volume down a bit to let him sleep. Lucy and Ethel had her quietly giggling to herself in no time.
He rolled over and his arm flung across her face. She jumped up and yelped. “ Ow! Relax! Dang!”Grabbing her face.
He woke up , startled. “Sorry!” Sleepily, he reached over and grabbed her boob, teasing her nipple. He pulled on it and rolled it between his fingertips. She exhaled, getting wet at his touch.
“Hey, you're awake?”
“Mmm-hmmm,” he whispered, playing with her nipple. She rolled over to face him and their eyes met, he cupped her face gently between his hands and trailed his tongue across her plump lips. He crushed his mouth on hers and she could feel the warmth in his soft tongue lightly dancing with hers. Her heart raced and her body trembled as he held her face, kissing her, biting her, and licking
Sam Crescent, Jenika Snow