| "They're here," Rachel squealed as she ran down the stairs and Lance stood from the couch. "I hope you get this excited when I visit." "It's a different kind of excitement or has that already faded from your memory?" "I'll be gettin' a refresher course tonight, right?" Lance whispered as he rubbed her ass with his left hand and waved to their friends with his right. "Hell yes!" "Stop molesting my friend," Kelci teased as they approached the car. "It's daytime. Keep that on a leash at least until it's dark." "God, I've missed that sarcasm," Lance teased as the two girls shared a tight hug. "I'm so glad JC suggested you two come down," Rachel beamed and moved to hug JC. "Thank you for brining my best friend to see me." "Thank you for makin' her glow like that," Kelci whispered as she hugged and kissed Lance quickly. "My pleasure. Mmm...strawberry lip gloss. YUMMY!" "Put your lips back on your face," JC stated after Lance snuck another lip kiss. "Just keep that tongue in your own mouth." All laughed and they headed inside. Rachel took Kelci on a quick tour of the quaint home and both smiled at their friend's happiness. The guys lugged the suitcases up to the guestroom then joined the women in the kitchen where they were already cleaning the remaining shrimp. "Think you got enough?" JC laughed as he plucked the head off of one. "Well...Mom, Dad, Ford and Stace are comin' along with Brit and J," Lance stated as he shelled the body of his shrimp. "J's in Louisiana visiting with Brit?" "Yeah. He called to check in and I invited them so they should be here soon. He's on our flight tomorrow and Brit is heading back to Kentwood after that." They chatted as they worked and the other Bass family members arrived an hour later. Kelci felt incredibly at ease with the four and even talked with Stacy about the possible management deal. The task of cleaning went faster with all eight of people pitching in and Kelci found herself glancing at JC quite often until Diane excused her and Rachel. They headed outside for a little catch up. "What do you think of the house?" Rachel asked as they sat on the edge of the pool and dangled their legs in the warm water. "I'm going to have it checked out...you know...plumbing and stuff, but I want it even more since I've seen the inside." "I KNOW!! The front bedroom with the flower border is just SO cool!" ‘I love the master bedroom more though. Big, airy, that huge window with the seat and bare wood floors. So...would you live with me there?" Kelci asked with hopeful eyes. "Of course!" "Good! I'm glad." "Just as long as you're OK with Lance visiting." "That's fine. Hell, JC offered to buy it with me." "He did?" Rachel gawked. "Yeah...but it led to my sayin' ‘what happens WHEN this ends'." "When? Ah, C." "Exactly. Pissed him off and we didn't speak last night then I slept alone. Seeing him like that...I don't want to EVER do that again," Kelci stated. "But he apologized and explained himself this morning." "That's good that you talked it out." "So....you and the Bass man doing OK?" "OK doesn't come close to describing it. I'm seriously thinkin' of quittin' my work-study job since he's practically begged me to officially join Free Lance. He even offered to buy office equipment for the apartment," Rachel beamed as she kicked her feet below the water. "I told him I'd think about it." "I think it's great and when the house is ours, the downstairs back room could easily be made into an office." "And I could drive down here if and when I needed to." "I think it'll work," Kelci grinned as JC and Lance joined them. "Hiya!" "You want to swim? We are," JC stated as he squatted behind Kelci then nibbled her neck a little. "Yeah. I think my suit is in my bag." "If not, Rachel has like six here," Lance admitted as he pulled his girlfriend up. "You should know since you bought them all. He didn't like my purple one piece," Rachel stated with a smirk then lead them upstairs to change. "It's here if you need." Kelci had in fact packed her swimsuit that was basically a turquoise sports bra and spanky pants. She did what she needed in the bathroom, thankful her red visitor had finished, and stepped back into the guestroom she and JC were sharing. He had on long blue trunks and looked incredible. "Hey, handsome," she smirked, a hint of evilness in her eyes. "Lemme see your mark." He laughed and pulled the waistband down until she saw the almost black mark. She bit her lip as she looked up into his eyes. "I hope it doesn't hurt." "Nope, not since you stopped biting." They laughed and headed down to join Rachel and Lance in the pool. She wasn't paying a lot of attention to the men's expressions as she swam. She DID see the change in JC's demeanor when Ford snuck up to scare her. She laughed at Ford then swam over to JC along the side of the deep end. She pressed him back to the wall where she hung on and looked him straight in the eye. "What's up, gorgeous?" "Nothing." "Wanna lie to me again?" she asked as she sunk a little further in the water and he immediately pulled her back to him. "What's wrong?" "I just don't like how they are looking at you." "What? How are they ‘looking' at me?" "They are checking you out," he stated with a possessive demeanor. "Ha! No, really. What's up?" "Ford and Jim haven't stopped gawking at your body and Lance's mouth practically waters." "And you didn't check Stacy and Rachel out?" she challenged with a smirk. "Baby, so what if they look? I won't be leaving any marks on them." He chuckled and pulled her tighter to his chest as he whispered, "You better not....you do look great though. Too bad my mark on you isn't visible." "Josh! You caveman!" "What?" "I'm am NOT showin' everyone that! Not even to sedate your jealousy," she stated as he turned them around and wrapped her legs around his waist, pressing into her. "Better be careful. You don't want a tent in your pants." "Baby, can I ask you something?" he asked as his lips worked her neck. "What do you want?" "Did your visitor....go home?" "My visitor?" "Yeah, your visitor," he whispered and rubbed his index finger across the crotch of her suit, his mouth still on her skin. "Oh...yeah...why?" "Just checkin' my dessert options." He pulled away from her and climbed out of the pool. He turned back and laughed at her perplexed expression. Finally she caught on and blushed before sticking her tongue out at him as Justin and Brit puled into the drive with a loud honk. She shook her head and climbed out of the water, too. "Damn, Kelci! Lookin' fly," Justin bellered as the youngest couple joined them. "Well, lookin' is as far as you'll get," JC and Brit declared together as Kelci wrapped a towel around herself. "Possessive much," Lance laughed as he hugged Kelci from behind. "Whatever," Kelci rolled her eyes as they all shared hugs then headed inside. |