Life at Best

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Thirteen

They were barely out of the back of the uber that took them back to Martin's house before Martin grabbed Brynne around the waist and put his lips on hers, walking her backwards up the driveway and sidewalk until he had her pinned to his front door, her arms held above her head by his hands.

His lips trailed down her neck to her collar bone; licking, kissing and nipping his way across her skin – doing whatever he had to do to keep her moaning his name the way she was.

"You. Don't. Even. Know. How. Much. I've. Missed. You." He moaned to her in between kisses.

Brynne grabbed the collar of his shirt and looked him dead in the eye with a smirk on her face. "Will you just shut up and open the damn door? As much as I've missed you too, I'd rather not 'rekindle the romance' while being pinned against your front door for the whole world to see."

Martin laughed loudly straight from his belly and placed a kiss right in the dip of her throat as he reached for his keys and fumbled to get the key in the door. "God, I love you."

"Let's go Romeo."

It felt weird being back someplace she knew so well when things were still kind of up in the air between them. She had thought for so long recently that she would never find herself here again and it still held a lot of really good memories... some bad ones too.

They kicked their shoes off haphazardly, one of Martin's heavy shoes knocking a picture frame to the floor, but even the shattering glass didn't pull them away from each other; his lips never left her tilted back neck and she was so far gone in her hunger for him that she didn't even hear the glass breaking.

Martin guided her to his bedroom and she guided him to his bed, pushing him to a sitting position and pulling his shirt up and over his head, making sure hers followed right behind. She immediately moved her hands down to the button on his pants and unhooked it and pulled the zipper down, ready to pull them down and off as soon as he stood up.

He grabbed her wrists with his hands and smirked at her, "Not wasting any time?" Yes, he dared to smirk at her, causing her panties to instantly soak through. This was the cocky Martin that didn't come out very often, but God did she find him hot when he did.

The alcohol buzz was still shooting through her veins like adrenaline, making her a lot more daring and ballsy than she normally was and would ever be. "You want to slow down?"

"Noooo, no, not at all. You've just never been this... forward before."

"It's the alcohol."

"Well I'm cool with the alcohol then," Martin joked, "I like this new side of you."

"Good, now take off your pants."

Martin laughed out loud at that, but slid his pants off and onto the floor, sitting back down in just his boxers. She looked at him as if he was dense and made a motion for him to lose the boxers too, causing him to bust out laughing at the completely uncharacteristic mood that she was in tonight.

Brynne soaked up the sight of him, she had missed him so much. She slid her pants down her legs and onto the floor and crawled into Martin's lap, straddling him. "Hi."

"Hi baby." She smiled and ducked her head, her cheeks turning a little pink. He picked her chin up and locked eyes with her, "What was that about? You gettin' shy on me now?"

"I just uh – just missed hearing you call me baby."

He cupped her face with his hands and brought their foreheads together. He just couldn't believe he was lucky enough to get a second chance with her. He wouldn't blow this one, that was for sure.

Brynne ran her hands down Martin's cheeks, bringing his attention back to the forefront. "Hey, where did you go right there?" He kissed the palm of her hand and rubbed his beard across her hands, "I was just thinking about how lucky I am to even have you here right now."

"I'm not planning on going anywhere else anytime soon Martin, I wasn't lying when I said I missed you and I wouldn't be here if I didn't forgive you. I know we still have stuff to figure out, but let's worry about that shit in the morning and just enjoy what we're here doing right now."

Martin kissed her forehead and her nose before connecting their lips and deepening the kiss, "And what exactly are we doing right now Ms. Matthews?"

She smirked above him and with a devilish smile said, "Why don't you take off your boxers, lay back on the bed and wait and see?"

"I guess I can do that," he told her with a straight face before he connected their lips and brought her down on top of him, "You'll always get what you want if I have my way, baby."

*

It had been months since they'd had sex and maybe it was just the build up from the time they had been apart, but the sex had been... different. A good different. A great different. Kind of almost like make up sex and break up sex all rolled into one. As they lay in bed together after the fact, limbs entangled, sweaty and trying to catch their breath, Brynne couldn't wipe the smile off her face.

"You sleeping on me, Bry?"

She giggled, running her hand up and down his side, "Nope."

"What's got you so quiet over there?" Martin asked.

"I'm just trying to catch my breath." He laughed. "And thinking about how much I missed this; how much I missed you, and us..."

Martin cuddled her into his side and placed a kiss on her neck, "I can't even describe to you how much I've missed you, how much I've missed us – together. How much I love you – I still love you – I've always loved you. I will always love you."

Brynne wasn't quite ready to say those words back to him again quite yet – so she just wrapped her arms around him and cuddled into his chest with a big yawn. "I have no plans of going anywhere if you don't. I'll be here with you if you'll have me."

"I would stay right here with you forever, baby."

Those words were all she'd wanted to hear for the longest time and were enough to let her eyelids flutter shut as the emotional exhaustion overtook her and she slept soundly for the first time in months.

*

A groan filtered through Brynne's lips when her eyes fluttered open and unleashed the jackhammer on her head. How much had she had to drink last night?

"You did have quite a bit to drink last night," he whispered.

She flinched and rolled to her back, breathing a sigh of relief to see Martin lying beside her before realizing she was laying in his bed with his arms wrapped comfortingly around her. Her cheeks heated up when she remembered exactly what happened the night before and the number of orgasms this man had given her. Her favorite had definitely been his head between her thighs, his tongue licking up and down her folds, round and round her clit driving her absolutely crazy. Martin Truex Jr. certainly knew how to use his tongue.

"You good?" he asked.

Brynne nodded, "When you whispered I didn't realize it was you, I thought I did something very stupid last night."

"I would have never let anyone leave that bar with you unless it was me," he all but growled, causing Brynne to laugh. "You think I'm kidding?"

"No, I just think it's funny how possessive and jealous you get, and you've only been back in my good graces for like 12 hours."

"And I took the right to become possessive and jealous minute 1 of that first hour, so you better get used to it babe, because this attitude ain't going nowhere. Someone looks sideways at you; they'll have to deal with me. And hell, if they decide to get the nerve to even attempt to talk to you, then it'll be on... I've been looking for some way to get some aggravation and aggression out."

Brynne rolled her eyes, "Okay fighter, keep your fists intact, I don't need you to defend my honor or anything, yet."

Martin wrapped Brynne up in his arms and placed loud, sloppy kisses all over her face and neck before connecting their lips. Brynne laid back with a smile on her face and Martin hovering over her, just happy. It was the first time she could say she was happy in a long, long time and honestly, it felt great to feel happy again. Then her stomach grumbled, interrupting their perfect silence. "You want breakfast?"

"Coffee?"

He laughed, "Yes, and coffee."

"You're going to cook for me?"

Martin nodded, causing a huge grin to break out on Brynne's face; dimples on display. She kissed him soundly, "Breakfast and coffee sound amazing, baby."

"Well then let's go feed you..." Her giggles and laughter followed them through the house as he chased her to the kitchen. Life seemed to be rebounding. Life was good.

Again.

*

An hour before dinner Brynne made the walk of shame into Junior and Julie's house, trying to sneak through the living room and upstairs into her room so she could change out of Martin's clothes before anyone realized she was here.

But then she got busted.

Julie stood in the entrance of the kitchen tapping her foot with a grin on her face, "And where do you think you're going young lady?"

Brynne dropped her head with a shy grin before looking at her best friend with a smile, "I was just trying to go and change my clothes is all."

"Uh huh, you mean Martin's clothes best friend. You were just going to change out of Martin's clothes. I don't mind what you're wearing, so get your ass in here and come tell me all about your night... yours looks like it might have been much more interesting than mine."

"What?!" Brynne exclaimed, genuinely surprised, "Junior won, ya'll got drunk and you didn't get any last night... that's got to be the first time that's ever happened."

"Oh no honey," Julie chuckled, "I most certainly got some last night, but so did you and it's been a while for you. Plus, the sexual tension between the two of you, Jesus it was making me uncomfortable watching the two of you dance around each other. So as great as my night of sex was last night, I'm almost betting yours was better... just don't tell my fiancé I said that, or he'll form a complex or something."

Brynne bust out laughing and shook her head, "He most certainly would and he would not let you forget it until he blew your mind and blew out your back."

"I don't know if I can handle that right now, let's save that for the honeymoon... and don't think you're smooth Brynne, I see what you're doing. I want details and I want them now. I've been waiting around all day for you, and I'm honestly surprised to see you come home today... I thought I was going to have to wait even longer..."

"He had to go into the shop for a little bit and debrief, otherwise I probably wouldn't have left... but are you okay if I tell him to come for dinner?"

"Of course! It'll be like old times... like the beginning. Just like I always thought it would be and knew it was supposed to be. But things are okay between you guys now?"

Brynne hesitated for a minute, "I mean, I broke down last night and told him everything, so we're all good with everything on my end. We have not had an in-depth conversation about Kaleen or Kinsey yet... I couldn't kill the vibe last night or this morning with that conversation, but we will have to talk about it soon and just kind of figure out where we stand and where we go from here. But I'm all in, Julie. Being without him for so long, I realized I can't be without him any longer, so whatever it takes for us to figure our shit out like grown adults, we'll have to figure it out because I have no intention of going anywhere and that boy has no intention of ever leaving my side without a fight, so we'll figure it out one way or another."

"I mean look at it this way Bry, it might lead to some really good fighting and make up sex..."

"Good lord Julie, last night was..."

"Amazing? Spectacular? Awesome? Great? Horrible?"

"Hot. The amount of orgasms I had... I think I lost count after six... and they didn't stop there. Like hell, I know it had been a long time for him and I but damn my body was super needy for him... he stuck two fingers in me and I practically came from just his touch. And don't even get me started with his tongue because dear God..."

"Are you turning into a nympho Brynne Matthews?" Brynne shrugged with a smirk, "Well by God, there may still be some hope for you all after all. Wait until I tell Junior about all of this!"

"Julie, don't!"

"You don't think the boys are having the same conversation that we're having and squealing like a bunch of little pigs to each other? You have too much faith in men Brynne!"

"And why are you lovely ladies bashing me and my fellow sex today?" Junior asked as he entered the kitchen and gave Julie a kiss on the cheek.

"Brynne was telling me about the amazing sex her and Martin had last night as if he didn't already tell you all about it..."

Junior looked at Brynne with a shrug, looking a bit ashamed, "Sorry Brynne, but Julie's right... you're all he could talk about today... but in his defense, I squealed like a pig about my night last night too... what a wonderful night it was..."

Brynne groaned and covered her ears, "My ears, they're bleeding from you two... I'm going to head upstairs and change into some of my own clothes before Martin comes over for dinner. I'll be back down in a couple minutes guys."

They both watched Brynne jog out of the room and head up the stairs with a smile on their faces, "Happy looks good on Brynne. It's good to see her happy again."

Julie laughed, "Martin's clothes look good on her too."

*

They sat around the table that night and ate dinner – the four of them – laughing and enjoying each other's company and it felt like old times. Like fate had stepped in and fixed a mistake and made the world right again. The fearsome four were back together and – happily – sitting in the same room as each other, telling stories, jokes and just enjoying each other's company. It felt like all those months ago when the boys had met the girls for the first time and their lives had been immediately changed – for the better – and all seemed right again.

***

So things are looking up... you know I couldn't keep Brynne and Martin away from each other for too long... I mean, there will be drama ahead... you'll just have to stay tuned and find out!!