City Lights

Chapter One

The alarm pierced my dream with its incessant flashing and buzzing. I shook Roman over and over again, to no avail, as he was still sleeping like a stone. I shivered as I threw back the silky black comforter off of my bare legs and stood up. I slipped his black Pantera shirt on and hit the snooze button; I wasn't feeling school today.

I shut the bathroom door behind me and rubbed my bloodshot eyes. The late nights weren't treating me well. I turned on the sink and ice cold water ran out of the rusty faucet. I splashed it on my face and dried myself off with a hand towel off of the floor. I ran the brush through my waist-length navy blue hair and went back into the bedroom. I climbed back into bed and Roman wrapped his arm around my waist.

"Not leaving?" he asked. He was used to my highschool schedule since I had been living with him since my freshman year.

"Not today. Not feeling it," I replied. I turned toward him and laid my head in the crook of his neck.

"Alright princess, I'm not gonna lecture you about it today since you were pretty hammered last night," he said. It was true.

I fell back asleep shortly and slept for the duration of the day.

Around six in the evening I woke up to Roman shaking me. I rubbed my eyes and focused on him. He was shirtless and his dark red hair was formed neatly into a faux hawk. I loved looking at his tattoos when he was shirtless. He had his whole chest covered in a human heart with intricate bat wings, and a full sleeve that consisted of grayscale car parts arranged in a gorgeous industrial mural on his right arm.

"Cali. Cali! Hey, we have to go to the store. My dad left a note saying he'd be back next week and he left us no food," he said. I sat up.

"Let me take a shower first," I replied. I stood up and started rummaging through the dresser for clothes. I found dark ripped jeans and a tight black KoRn hoodie.

"I need one too. Wanna make it quicker and go together?" he asked.

"Yeah, to 'save time' ok," I replied.

We showered and got dressed to leave. Roman's father had a habit of up and leaving with no notice to us at all, leaving us without the necessities. I followed him to his old, rusty car and waited for him to unlock it.

We got in and started for town.

"Excited for tomorrow?" he asked.

"How could I not be?!" I exclaimed. My band, Shattered, was playing our first sold out show in Pittsburgh. I couldn't wait, I was ecstatic.

"I know you are, I can tell," he replied.

We arrived at the store and I paid for groceries. I pondered asking him if we could just grab some stuff from my house, but I decided against it.

That night I was too excited to sleep. Roman came to bed with a wine cooler and I snatched it and drank the entire thing.

"If you're thirsty then perhaps you can go get your OWN drink,"

"I COULD, but I wont," I raised my eyebrow.

He pinned me down by the wrists and got on top of me.

"Hey, miss attitude? Wanna keep it up?"

I stuck my tongue out in response. Waisting no time, he grabbed both of my hands with one hand and started trailing his finger down my chest.

"I love it when you challenge me," he said with lust filled green eyes.

I smirked and winked at him. I'd been with him since 6th grade and not a day went by that I wasn't completely in love with him.

"That's it, girl," he kissed me and grabbed my waist. He threw off his shirt and slipped mine up and over my face, blindfolding me. I felt him trail kisses from my neck to my stomach and gently move his tongue back and forth just above the waistband of my shorts. I moaned, begging for more.

He took my shirt the rest of the way off and my bra right after it. He let go of my hands and I sat up to kiss him. I pushed him down and straddled him.

He massaged my chest with growing force. He threw me down and ripped my shorts and underwear off at once. He pinned my hands down by my hips and started kissing my thighs.

"Please! Now, I can't take it, I can't wait!" I begged. He smiled at me deviously, and began moving his tongue up and down on my throbbing clit and I moaned with satisfaction. He moved up and down and in slow circles. I moaned and begged for more. He sat up and started undoing his pants. The lines of his perfect muscles pointed down to his skull & crossbones belt buckle.

There was nothing about this man that didn't leave me in awe.

He positioned himself in front me and started teasing me with the tip. He leaned down to kiss me and without warning was pounding me with no restraint. I was screaming with pleasure the entire time.

He pulled out and came on my stomach as I arched my back, climaxing like never before.

He collapsed on the bed beside me and I laid my head on his chest.

"I love you," we said in unison before falling asleep.