Cherry

Chapter 13

Ethan

As Cherry and I leave her room to eat dinner with her family, I sneakily slap her ass. Even though we have to act normal now around her parents, I still want more of her. She drives me crazy and I just want to dive in deeper with her on all levels.

After I touch her butt, she looks at me and laughs, "Stop. I don't want my family to see you groping me."

"They won't," I smirk as I grab her ass. She playfully pushes my arm, but once we reach the bottom of the steps, I respectfully release myself from her. When we walk through the living room and into the kitchen, my nose is filled with a savory scent. Cherry's moms cooked tacos for us, which is one of my favorite foods. I notice that Cherry's sister, Cora, is already sitting at the table in between their moms with a plate full of food. Cherry and I sit down at the neatly set table next to each other, facing Cora, April, and Elena. We all begin to pile the savory food onto our plates as our stomachs rumble.

"Thank you for joining us tonight, Ethan. Cherry does not shut up about you. We just had to meet you," Elena smiles.

"Momma," Cherry wines as she creates her taco.

"What?" Elena laughs. "I'm not trying to embarrass you."

"I'm flattered," I say as I carefully move my left hand onto Cherry's thigh, making sure her family doesn't notice so she doesn't get uncomfortable. Cherry looks at me whenever she feels my touch from under the table, but quickly looks away to try to contain her smile.

"Yeah," Cora explains. "Whenever she talks about you, she has this sparkle in her eye. It's gross."

"Yeah?" I grin at Cherry and squeeze her thigh under the table to tease her. She clears her throat, obvious that she's growing nervous.

"Okay, can I stop being the topic of discussion, please," she nervously laughs as her face grows red.

"Oh, you know us teasing you is all in good fun, love," April smiles and bites into her taco. She then moves her focus onto me and says, "So, Ethan. Are you in college?"

After I nod my head horizontally and swallow a bite of food, I say, "I just graduated a few weeks ago."

"Oh, that's exciting!" she responds.

"What major is on your degree?" Elena chimes into the conversation.

"Business. I hope I can run my own place one day, or something like that," I explain.

"Ooh," Cora looks at Cherry and teases. "You're with a businessman. You have a sugar daddy."

Laughter begins to fill the room from everyone but Cherry. She looks more embarrassed, considering she's been the butt of the jokes tonight. She looks at Cora with a sarcastic smile and says, "I'm going to kill you."

"Mhmm," Cora bites into her taco with a grin. I know Cherry and Cora are not blood sisters, but I still find it funny how unalike they are. Though Cherry has voluminous, red-orange hair, Cora has bright, white hair. She dresses differently than her sister, too. Cora dresses in almost all black, contrasting her vibrant hair color. Cherry dresses more like a hippie-surfer girl, with matches her personality greatly.

"Anyways, I'm going out," Cora takes one last bite of her taco and leaves the table.

"You just went out last night," April says loudly for Cora to hear, as she is already making her way out of the house.

"Yeah, it's summer!"

"Be home by eleven!" Elena yells just as the door slams, indicating Cora probably didn't hear her. Elena smiles and shakes her head. "Teenagers."