Rescue Me

Rescue Me | Chapter Seventeen

Jared blindly swept his hands over the bed in search of Andrea, coming up empty. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes, raising up onto an elbow, "Andie?" When no response came, he plopped back onto the bed and sighed, "She heard me and freaked out." he groaned, frustrated at himself for saying it aloud so soon, for even feeling it at all.

He dropped his left hand to the mattress and felt something on the bed; sitting back up he realized it was a note. "J - I couldn't sleep so I went home to change. I hope to be back before you wake up, xx - Andie."

A sigh of relief escaped him as he sat up, lowered his legs to the ground and grabbed his phone to check the time, 8:00AM and wondered how long she had been gone. He composed a text, "You stole another moment from us, young lady. Hurry back, xx." hitting send before he stood, heading into the bathroom to shower and start his day.

Jared rounded the corner into the kitchen to find Andrea talking to Shannon and their mother at the table while they ate breakfast.
Hearing his slippers scuffing on the tile, Andrea looked up and smiled at him. Jared's eyes drifted over her body, her long legs now covered by loose fitting jeans, and another tour shirt; this time Led Zeppelin.

She met him halfway and they wrapped their arms around each other.

"Good morning, baby girl. How are you feeling?" Jared whispered. He slid his hands down her sides and over her butt, giving it a firm squeeze.

"Hi, handsome, a little sore, but I feel great." Andrea squealed, "Stop it, they'll see!"

"I don't care, let them see. I didn't get to do this when I woke up because you were gone." Jared said, glaring playfully. Andrea swatted his hands away from her bottom and bit her lip.

"Trust me, leaving you was the last thing I wanted to do. But I didn't think it was a good idea to show up for work in the same clothes I had on yesterday." Andie whispered, running her fingers up Jared's sides. She looked up at him through her eyelashes and winked before planting a chaste kiss on the corner of his mouth and slipped from his grasp. Jared watched her walk back to the refrigerator, unable to keep his eyes off her ass the entire time.

Constance caught him staring at Andrea and grinned as he made his way toward her. "Good morning, Sweetheart." She said as Jared wrapped her in a tight hug.

"Good morning, mama." Jared smiled down at her, "It's good to see you." He said, squeezing her tightly and pushed a kiss on top of her head.

"Good to see you too, son. What has put that big smile on your face?" Constance questioned.

Jared glanced at Andrea, who was in assistant mode, prepping his breakfast and tea as usual and back to his mother. Constance watched those big blue eyes of his light up and felt her heart swell. Jared sat down across from Constance and Shannon, leaving an empty seat for Andrea next to him.

"I had a nice night and slept really well. Think I'm finally feeling rested and ready to hit the road again." He replied.

"Slept well, huh. That's great." Shannon smirked at his little brother over his coffee mug, taking a sip and setting it back down. He looked up and across the room to see Andrea glaring at him and chuckled.

"Does that mean you two finally quit resisting each other and f..."

"Shannon, are you still hungry? I can make you something if you'd like." Andrea blurted out in an attempt to shut him up.

"No thanks, Dee, I'm stuffed. Are you trying to avoid my question?" Shannon teased.

"You know the answer to that you ornery little.." Andrea paused mid-threat remembering Constance was there making Shannon laugh. She picked up her coffee and took a sip.