Temptation & Fate

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The whole ride home I felt like I couldn't control myself. I was shaking and nervous. I wanted to make Ace pull his car over so I could jump his bones already. I know, weird thing to say, but I can't help it. Ever since his hands left my body, I've felt cold and on edge.

The ride home isn't more than ten minutes and we are pulling up on our street. I feel like I've been sitting here in his passenger seat, bouncing my knee up and down nervously, for an hour now. I keep catching glances of Ace from the corner of my eye. He's looked over at me a few times and he's always had that smirk on his face that I find so attractive.

Finally we pull up to our drive way and I'm quick to grab my bags and jump out of the car. I can feel Ace staring at me but I don't care. The faster I can get inside, the faster I can have his hands on me again. Wow, that sounds pretty desperate. I can't help it if I am that desperate though. Ace looks like he could be any girls dream guy. The fact I even have a chance in hell to have a night with him is like a dream come true for me.

I come to a stop at the front door and turn to wait for Ace. He is at the bottom of the walk way still and is purposely taking his time getting to the front door. It feels like my nervous are bouncing around everywhere. I feel all jittery and nervous all of the sudden.

He makes it up to me and just stops and stares down at to me. The smile that was on his face is now gone and he's staring at me with dark eyes. I pull at my bottom lips with my teeth, one of my many nervous habits, and stare back up at him. He sucks in a sharp breath and steps closer to me, hands grabbing me by the hips and pushing me back against the door. My bags drop to the ground with a soft thud as my arms wrap around his neck.

His forehead rests on mine and he closes his eyes, "you have no idea, Georgia..."

Silence engulfs us, except for a few crickets chirping in the background. He doesn't say anything and keeps his eyes closed. He just keeps me pressed against him. All too quickly though, he pulls away and backs up. He straightens himself out and picks up my backs.

The door behind me opens and Adam is standing there smiling. He looks at me then back at ace, "what's going on?"

I can't tell Adam what really happened tonight or right before he opened the door so I have to lie to my best friend. "Ace saw me walking home from work so he offered to give me a ride home."

Adam looks skeptical as he looks back and fourth from Ace to me. I hold my breath as I wait to see if he buys my lie. He knows me so well and always seems to know when I'm lying. We don't keep anything from each other and always know when somethings off with one another.

He finally shrugs and turns to walk away, "okay well I'm going to bed. My benadryl is kicking in, I'll talk to you guys tomorrow."

"Night, Adam." I say quietly.

I step inside with Ace following behind me. He's still carrying my bags so I turn around and reach out for them but he holds them up out of my reach. I look up at him to see him smiling down at me. I faintly smile back at him and huff in defeat.

"I don't have the energy to fight you right now, Ace. I can't do whatever you were trying to do. I care about you and Adam too much to ruin our friendship."

He seemed to wince at the word 'friendship'. "Ever think that maybe I don't wanna be friends?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

He rolls his eyes hands me my bags. "Are you really that blind?"

"I'm not sure what you're getting at but you don't have to be so rude. If you don't wanna be friends, fine..."

I don't wait for his reply and rush up to my room. I don't know what I did to Ace to make him not wanna be my friend. I'm always so careful around him, it's like I'm trying to walk on eggshells around him. I close my door quietly behind me even thought I feel like slamming it. That would result in waking up Adam though and I don't wanna have to lie to him again in less than 15 minutes.

I shouldn't have done anything back at my work. I should have just walked away, he wouldn't have done anything to risk me loosing my job. He may not wanna be my friend apparently but he's known me since we were children and he wouldn't do that. I'm such an idiot, god- why couldn't I have kept my damn hands to myself?

Standing around feeling sorry for myself will only make things worse so I start to put my things from work away and then start counting my money. After about 45 minutes of counting, sorting, and arranging my money to all be facing the same way; I put tonight's earnings, almost $800, in my safe. I need to shower because I feel gross and it will make me feel better.

I dig through my drawers to find some pajamas and underwear. Of course I don't have any clean clothes to wear to bed. I've gotta do laundry tomorrow but a white cami and some boy shorts will work for tonight. I've worn that plenty of times to bed and around the house.

Thankfully Adam and Ace were kind enough to give me the master bedroom that has a bathroom in it. I don't feel like taking a long shower tonight, I just wanna get in and out so I can go to bed. I let the water warm up as I strip from my current clothes. The water is still a bit cold when I step in but it doesn't bother me. I get my hair wet and wash it off then scrub my body with my loofah before brushing my teeth. The shower was quick but refreshing. I don't feel sticky and gross anymore so that's a plus. I turn off the water and open the curtain, grabbing my towel and wrapping it around me.

"Damn..."

I scream and almost fall in the tub. I look up and see Ace, he must have got into my room and snuck into my bathroom while I was showering. He's smiling and biting his bottom lip just staring at me. I gulp as he stalks towards me. I'm practically naked in front of him, for the second time tonight, except this time I'm not at work doing my job.

"A-Ace, you can't be in here-"

"Just shut up, Georgia," He growls closing the space between us. His lips crash into mine and he grabs the nape of my neck and pulls my body flush with his with his other hand.

I'm frozen in shock for a few moments as my brains catches up with what is happening right now. Finally I react and against everything in me screaming no, my body says yes. My arms snake around his neck to pull him down closer to my level and I moan into the kiss.

The kiss heats up quickly and we both do nothing to slow it down. Ace picks me up by my butt and my legs wrap around his waist. He carries me out to my bed and lays me down, not breaking the kiss at all. My hands find their way to his hair and I grab at it trying to get a reaction from him. In response to me tugging at his hair, he growls into the kiss and presses his erection into my core and I gasp, breaking the kiss.