| After almost a week at home, Kaylee had finally settled back into her routine...work during the day, phone calls with Kevin at night. Ali had hoped to let things return to normal before approaching Kaylee with her fears about Jeff. Unfortunately when she returned home from work on Friday, there was a message on the answering machine. "Kaylee....you can't keep ignoring me. I know 'pretty boy' ain't around...what happened...couldn't keep him satisfied? You know how to reach me.... cause you know you'll want to.....just don't wait too long....don't make me come lookin' for you......" "That does it," she threw her hands in the air, "she needs to hear about this now..." "She needs to hear about what, Al," Kaylee asked as she dropped her coat on the back of the chair. "You mean me, don't you ... what do I need to hear?" "Yes...I mean you Kay. You're my best friend in the world...and you need to know what's going on..." "Then spill it." Ali walked into the living room and sat on the couch, motioning for Kaylee to do the same. "You look serious...and that makes me a little nervous, sweetie...what's up," Kaylee asked, her voice starting to quiver slightly. "Did something happen to....oh my God Ali...did something happen to Kevin?" "Oh no honey....," Ali reached for her hand, while shaking her head, "nothing happened to Kevin....but, in a way it involves him....cause it involves you.....and it involves Jeff." "What?" Kaylee's voice barely a whisper. "what involves Jeff...me.....and Kevin?" While never letting go of Kaylee's hand, Ali proceeded to explain how often she saw what she thought was Jeff's car parked across the street while Kaylee was away with Kevin. She felt Kaylee's hands shaking and looked up to see that she had paled considerably. Realizing that she still had one more bridge to cross, Ali took a deep breath. "Kaylee....there's one more thing," she slowly stood and walked across the room, "but please...you have to promise me you'll tell Kevin all of this...he needs to know," as she placed her finger over the button on the answering machine. "Promise me Kaylee....promise you'll tell him." "Ali....I won't promise to tell Kevin anything without knowing what it is that's going on." "Fair enough....you've always been stubborn," Ali tried to make her voice light, as she pressed her finger on the play button of the answering machine and Jeff's voice carried through the room. "Oh my God.....," Kaylee's voice barely loud enough to be heard, "Ali....what is he doing....what does he want with me?" "He wants you Kaylee...I think that's pretty obvious." "But Al, why...why now? I mean...I wasn't enough for him before...but now....now that I'm happy...does he really think I'd still be interested in him?" "He just wants to get back at you for walking out on him, sweetie. He wants to hurt you...cause he surely has to know that he can't compete with Kevin." Kaylee couldn't hold back any longer and let the tears flow freely. "My God Ali....he only wants me now cause he can't have me. I am so in love with Kevin I can't even think straight....but now...to have to deal with this bullshit.....I can't....I just can't." "Please Kaylee....please don't ignore this....tell Kevin....you have to...he needs to know. And, I think...." "And what Al...what? You mean there's more...," her voice rising and catching on emotion, "cause if there is...just spit it out." "Well....I don't think we should be going to dinner with Lisa tonight either...." "Bullshit! I am not going to let this asshole run my life," her eyes blazing with anger. "Then tell Kevin....." "Ali...." "You tell him...or I tell him," she yelled while grabbing Kaylee's cell phone. "I'll just go through the call log...and find his number...I swear to God I will!" Kaylee sighed wearily and closed her eyes. "Put my phone down.......please. I'll think about telling him, okay? C'mon though Al...I've been wanting to spend some time with Lisa since I got back...Jeff wouldn't do anything with all of us together." "Kaylee....promise me......if...and I mean IF we go out with Lisa...you'll tell Kevin. He deserves to know honey. He loves you.....tell him." "In person....at least can I wait and tell him when he's here," Kaylee wiped the tears from under her eyes, "and puhleeeeze can we still go out with Lisa?" "Oh good Lord....stop making that face. Okay...we can go out with Lisa......and I'll think about when you should tell Mr. Richardson...but you have to promise me you will tell him...whether it's now .. on the phone...or next week..when he's here. Deal?" Kaylee jumped up and embraced her friend, "deal.... I love you.....thanks. C'mon...we spent too much time on Jeff...let's go get ready." ************************************************************ The three friends enjoyed dinner together. Kaylee finally having a chance to show Lisa all her pictures from Kentucky. "He really did cut his hair.....oh hell Kaylee....he did that for you....my God, that has to make you feel so unbelievably special," Lisa's voice raised in excitement as she continued going through the pictures. "Sweet Jesus...he's even better looking with short hair now than he was years ago........damn." "I couldn't tell you Lis...he only showed me a few pictures and some home videos from way back when. He doesn't have much that's Backstreet at his place in Kentucky. I mean...he's got a studio...out of the way...there's some awards...but it's all kinda tucked in behind his family stuff....and.......," she sighed and smiled gently. "What...and what," Ali piped in seeing the faraway look in her friend's eyes. "....pictures of us," her eyes closed and she wiped a tear from her cheek. "Aw ...," the two friends said in unison as Lisa leaned closer and Ali took her hand. "See this picture...right here....," she pulled one particular picture out of the envelope, "he had this made big......it's framed....already.....next to his bed." Ali and Lisa looked at the picture and smiled. It was a picture that Tim had taken the second night they all had dinner together. They were sitting on the couch with Kaylee's legs across Kevin's lap...their head's touching as their eyes met.......Kevin's one arm around her shoulders...his other arm around her, their fingers intertwined and resting on his chest. "He's got great taste Kay....it's a beautiful. And even in a picture....it shows.....man does it show," Lisa smiled brightly at her friend while finishing her glass of wine, "he is so damn in love with you...it's all over his face." "And you 'Ms. Goddess of Love' gets this from a picture," Kaylee started to laugh out loud. "Hell yeah I can tell......it shoooooooows...doesn't it Ali?" "In a picture....this picture....yeah...but you should see them alive and in person......," her head shaking, she dropped her voice, "they're pathetic....they ooze love." "Shut up you two....you've both had too much to drink," Kaylee laughed out loud as she stood to leave, "let's go." "Geez....she gets a hot boyfriend.....," Ali giggled, "gets laid......then thinks she's the shit." Kaylee's eyes widened as she corralled her friends, "hey...I don't think I'm the shit....do you really think... I think... I'm the shit....??" Ali and Lisa laughed as they reached Ali's car, Kaylee taking the keys for the drive home. "Yes," they both answered in unison as they fell into the car. The cold night air heightening the affect of the alcohol. The drive home was short and filled with laughter. When they walked to the front door, the only one who noticed the car driving away was Kaylee. She made a mental note of the car itself then shook herself and pushed her friends inside. "You..Ms. Goddess of Love...are staying the night...I want to have some fun now that I don't have to worry about getting you two drunks home," Kaylee shouted from the top of the steps. She paused for a moment, looking into the living room and remembering the night Kevin thought he was spending the night on her couch. "Damn...I miss him....," she spoke out loud from inside her room as she reached for the phone. "Crap....the time difference...he's still at that dinner meeting." Even though they spoke earlier, she had grown accustomed to talking to him at the end of the day....listening to his stories...planning for his visit...... "Kayleeeeeeeeeeee," Ali's voice broke through her thoughts, "get down here...we got a surprise for you..........." "For me," she bounded down the steps and found her friends...one waiting with a big glass of Merlot for her...and the other with a DVD in her hands. "Yep...for you," Ali giggled, "it's time you learned more about your studly...hot...boyfriend honey." She wiggled the disk in Kaylee's face, "their greatest hits...the videos.....time to get educated my friend." The wine made it hard for Ali to work the remote control, but she succeeded in by-passing the one video she and Lisa had decided to save for last. The three women huddled on the couch, watching the videos and finishing off two bottles of wine. She found herself almost as drunk as her two friends and then the giggles got louder. Kaylee was overwhelmed at how different Kevin looked in every video. One man....so many different looks...and all of them beautiful. "My Gawd he's soooooooo damn hot," Ali mumbled as she looked at Kaylee, "how d'you stand lookin' at him....." "Iz not easy....nope....not easy at all...and thas with clothes on.....you should see him naked.....oops....," Kaylee clamped her hand over her mouth....."you soooooooooo should not see him naked....." "We almost can see him naked," Lisa grabbed the remote from Ali, "nothing like white pants and a whole lotta rain........." "HOLY SHIT," Kaylee yelped when she looked back at the television and saw exactly what 'white pants and a whole lotta rain' meant. Ali and Lisa doubled over with laughter at the expression on Kaylee's face. "Honey....you act like you never saw him like that before....," Ali whispered in a conspiratorially tone, "c'mon....spill it......they didn't call him Mr. Body Beautiful for nothin' ya know. Those strong arms...those pecs....his abs.....damn...just ...all of him." "They called him that," Kaylee's eyes widened. "Well....no shit.....they should have...they still should.....cause he isssss.........his body is beauuuu...beautiiii....fuck me...it's gorgeous.....soft where it should be," her voice dropped, "and hard everywhere else." "I'm suuuure he is," Ali fell onto the floor holding her sides. Kaylee blushed and smacked her friend in the arm. "that's not what I meaned....meant.....I mean.....shit.....wha' time is it?" She looked at the VCR clock and answered her own question. She slowly stood up as her friends continued their relentless teasing. Her mind filled with images of Kevin...her heart filled with his love. "Whassa matter honey......we're just teasing....." Teetering slightly, she carefully made her way upstairs. "I know you're teasing......I'm not mad.....I just gots to talk to my ... whaddya call him.....my studly boyfriend....no...my studly HOT boyfriend.....I missssssss himmmmm.......and damn.... do I want him right now.......shit.....I so dint say that out loud did I?" The laughter that erupted confirmed that yes indeed she did. Kaylee made her way into her bedroom and grabbed the phone as she pulled down the covers on her bed...with shaking hands and slightly blurred vision, she dialed the now familiar number. "Hello," his voice raspy and deep. "Hey handsome..." "Kaylee...baby.....you okay," he struggled to sit up running a hand through his hair. "Yeah...I'm fine.....I just miss you......lots...and Ali and Lisa showed me old videos of you...and...you were so sexy back then....I mean....you're still sexy...really sexy....and...you wore earrings...Kevin...you wore earrings...did you know that? I mean...pffttt....of course you know that....but baby...you were wet and so damn sexy. Then they called you studly....and I...I said you're soft and hard.....cause you are...and you know you are don'tcha?? She didn't just say that.....I'm soft....and hard...HARD???? What the hell?!?!?! Kevin pulled the phone from his ear and stared at it with a puzzled look on his face. He swore he was talking to Kaylee...but now he wasn't so sure. She sounded so odd...so......so....oh shit....she was drunk. "Baby...," the realization hitting him, "you been drinking?" "Jus' a lil bit.....," she closed her eyes trying to collect herself. "Okay...soooo maybe a lots....but dunk or not....I love you Kevin.....and you are soft and hard in all the right places...you're my hot studly boyfriend." "'Scuse me," his face breaking into a smile, "I'm your hot studly boyfriend am I?" "Yeah," her voice soft, "you are, and I miss you so much. I wish you were here....or I was there." "So do I baby," his voice slow and deep, "I miss you, too. I'm makin' the guys crazy talkin' about you all the time." "Really? You have time to miss me," her voice soft as she snuggled into her pillows. "Hell yeah....it's not hard...I think about you all the time," the sound of his voice was making her shiver even though she was under the covers. "Kevin......you weren't in bed, were you?" "Nope....just watching a movie....plopped on the couch....why?" "Just wondered," she sighed softly, "I wish I was there....on the couch....holding you........touching you......loving you." The subtle change in her voice...her words....Kevin swallowed....hard and shifted on the couch, tried to fend off his growing arousal. "I can still feel you....making love to me.....," she closed her eyes remembering the night before they left Kentucky...the feel of him inside her...being held in his strong arms...his whispered words of love. She saw his face...his beautiful eyes...his hard body....she trembled at the memories of their love making. "With you Kaylee...remember....with you....," his voice a whisper in her ear, his mind recalling every curve of her body...the way she looked at him...everything about her. "I don't know where this call is headed, baby....but you're making me crazy talkin' like that." He reached down and touched the front of his shorts, he was fully aroused. "You got me all worked up....and you ain't here to help me take care of it." Oh shit....I just should've shut up.....now he's....he's.....oh shit.....although......the timbre of his voice...the soft moan.......... "Kevin.....," she hesitated briefly, gathering her courage, "maybe I don't need to be there... to....umm...to help you....." She can't mean....... "I've never done this before ....but just close your eyes....and pretend I'm there...." She does........ "Kaylee...baby....," he moaned into the phone while his hand slowly rubbed the front of his shorts. ".....when you touch yourself....imagine it's me...touching you," her voice becoming a breathless whisper wrapping his body in it's warmth. His head dropped back further on the arm of the couch as her voice carried him through an erotic fantasy. He felt her there...with him as he slipped his hand inside his shorts. Her soft mouth traveling along his body...her hands caressing him. As he reached his peak...his body covered in a thin layer of sweat....he gently called out her name. "Kevin.....baby.....are you okay over there," her voice shaky as she suddenly felt very self conscious by what she'd just done, "please...talk to me....." "Can't yet.....trying to....," his breathing ragged, but a smile forming on his lips. "You're amazing....I can't believe you did that...." "Neither can I ...I said I've never done anything like that before...but, I guess that's what happens when you're silly stupid in love with someone. God help me....shit is just flyin' out of my mouth tonight," she groaned and covered her face. "Silly...stupid in love," he laughed at the words, but was deeply touched by their meaning. "Is that what we are darlin'....silly stupid in love?" "I know I am Kevin....," her voice starting to fade as sleep was threatening to overtake her. "Yeah.....," he sighed, "me, too. But, we better hang up baby....I think I'm losing you." "Too much wine....too much hot studly boyfriend on TV...on the phone....really sleepy now," she yawned. "I love you Kevin.....more than you know.....and I miss you so much it hurts." "I love you too, Kaylee....and we'll be together next Saturday. Now though... we're going to hang up....and just remember... we'll be that much closer to when I'll be in that bed next to you." Kaylee was asleep as soon as she hung up ... still holding the phone in her hands. Kevin smiled...turned off the TV and headed up to his bed...knowing his dreams would be filled with thoughts of the woman he loved....and that he was one day closer to holding her in his arms once again |
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