Ch. 02: Gabriel
Author's Note: Sorry this took so long! Hopefully the next chapter won't be as long in coming. Thank you for all the wonderful feedback, I'm so glad you guys like my story. Check my profile page for updates. As always, all comments are welcome. All characters are 18+ at the time of any sexual acts. Huge thanks to coloryourworld, azraeyl, and alwaysup4u2004 for their essential editing help. This chapter was written from Gabriel's POV, and repeats some of the previous chapter, but the rest is new. Lyrics are 'Mr. Brightside' by The Killers. Enjoy.
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It started out with a kiss,
How did it end up like this?
(It was only a kiss)
(It was only a kiss)
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Gabriel had been dreading this talk, ever since he had closed the door on her last night. He didn't want her to get the wrong idea, but he didn't know exactly what it was that he
did
want.
He had worried that Kes would be angry with him, feel that he had taken advantage, and was worried that she might tell her brothers. But when she'd finally come down the stairs this morning she'd seemed more concerned that her brothers would find out than about him.
So now they were finally alone in the kitchen, and he had his first chance to straighten everything out. And he had absolutely no idea what to say.
"We need to talk, I know," Kesare said quietly.
"Yeah," he sighed. "Look, not that last night wasn't...nice, but, well," he paused, trying to find the words. He really didn't want to hurt her.
"I get it. Last night was nice, but you don't see me as anything more than a friend. It's okay. It's not like I'm madly in love with you or anything. It's nice though. Learning from someone I trust. I don't want anything more than that," Kes stated.
Huh
, he thought. He was dumbfounded. Yeah, it was what he was trying to say, but hearing her say it was a little...weird. He was surprised to find that he was a little pissed at her brushing off what happened so easily.
I guess I'm nothing more than a practise dummy to her. No strings. Well, that's not a problem for me. Just so long as she doesn't start getting expectations.
He blinked, clearing his thoughts and noticed her watching, waiting for him reply.
"Yeah. Right. I enjoyed being your teacher. But I don't want anything more." The words sounded hollow, even to him. He had to get out of there. "I've gotta go Princess," he said, barely remembering his jacket on the back of his chair.
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As he started to pull his truck out of the drive, he went over their history in his head. Until the day she had asked him to kiss her, she had always been little Kes Ramirez, the skinny kid that used to follow along after him and her brothers. It was only when she stood in front of him in her faded jeans and worn Green Day t-shirt that he realised she had become a 'young lady' as his Grams would have put it.
Even then, when he had agreed to kiss her, she had still been nothing more than Little Kes to him. But the way she responded to him, the way she felt in his arms, well, he couldn't deny that she was now a young woman.
He also couldn't deny that his body had responded to that discovery. From one kiss, he had begun to get hard. Part of him didn't want to stop the kiss, and he found it difficult to do so, reminding himself that this wasn't just some girl, it was Kes, his best friend's sister. His best friend's
underage
little sister.
Still, he had barely gotten control of himself when he asked, "How was that for a first kiss then?"
Only half expecting an answer, he had been more than a little surprised at her coldness when she responded, "Fine, thank you. The guys shouldn't be too long, but I've got homework to do, there's some leftover pizza in the fridge. Bye."
As she ran up the stairs to her room, he growled back, "Glad I could be of service
Princess
." He was angry and confused at her dismissal, and still a little riled up from the kiss, so instead of going back to his book, he switched on the TV, zooming through the channels, not really paying attention to what flickered across the screen.
He didn't notice the time passing until he heard Mateo's old pickup pull into the drive. He had started to panic that they'd know something had happened. But Kes acted normally enough, and the guys didn't seem to notice anything although Matt kept give him strange looks.
Months had passed, and things had gone back to normal. Kes dated for a while, but stopped to focus on school. Juan had started talking about handing the business over to Gabriel, which had been like a dream come true for him, and he had continued his playboy ways, dating different girls, never getting serious with any of them.
From time to time, his thoughts would drift to Kes. Ever since they had kissed, he started thinking of her as less than a sister and more as a, well, girl. He noticed what she would wear, and how she acted. More and more, he thought about the nature of their relationship, and about its boundaries. He knew that if he put the moves on Kes, her brothers would beat the crap out of him. But more than that, he knew that if he did, she'd end up hating him forever, and then he'd have to beat the crap out of
himself
for breaking her heart.
But Kes hadn't seemed that interested in him since things had settled down after the kiss. One day when they had been making dinner, she had cut herself. When she had first yelled out, the first thought that came to his head was that she had really hurt herself, but when he'd gotten a look at it, it has just been a nick, and there was only a little blood which he wiped away. Then he had suddenly had the desire to, so he kissed it better. When he did that, he could have sworn he saw a flicker of desire in her eyes, but he wasn't sure.
Ever since then he'd been wondering if he was wrong about her feelings towards him...thinking himself in circles about what was right and what was wrong...if she wanted it or if she didn't...if it was worth it or if it wasn't.
Then last night he found himself at the Ramirez house at the request of her brothers, waiting for Kes to come back from her date. He'd been watching some Arnie action movie that was nearly over, and was surprised when Kes came bursting through the front door earlier than he'd expected, slamming the door shut and leaning her forehead against it.
When she had slowly started opening up about her date, and about her previous experience on dates he realised two things. One: he wanted to kill every guy who had even laid a finger on Kes, and two: Kes was a virgin. A very inexperienced one.
He'd kind of guessed she was a virgin, more because of her brothers than anything else, but hearing it was something quite different. He wasn't the kind of guy who went around deflowering virgins, and in fact had never been with one. He read somewhere that girls either grow to love or hate the man who takes their virginity, and he wanted neither of those.
But hearing Kes talk about how inept her dates were made him want to show her how good it could be. Before he knew it, he had offered to show her what it was like, and to his surprise, she had agreed.
"Come here," he said holding out his hand to her. She slowly walked over to him. He took her hand, kissing the back of her hand, then pulled her into his lap. He could tell she was unsure and uncomfortable, and he tried to say something to make it better. It seemed to work, as he felt her relax in his arms.
He pulled her closer, drawing her into a slow kiss. Her lips were soft and full, and he felt himself starting to stir again. As he slipped his tongue into his mouth, his mind drifted to other hot moist places, and he fought for control, but felt himself failing.
He helplessly deepened the kiss, nibbling on her lips, and he began moving his hands up from her waist. He felt her soft curves under his hands, and then moved them to her back. He couldn't help the surge of self-satisfaction he felt when her groan of disappointment turn into a moan of pleasure as his lips moved to her throat.
He felt his passions rise (among other things) as she tunnelled her fingers through his hair. Feeling that, he realised he had to get control of himself, or he wasn't going to be able to stop. He pulled back from her, cupping her face and staring into her big brown eyes.
"Do you want me to stop?" he asked, hoping she'd say no. Her only answer was a shake of her head, but her eyes were full of want. "Good," he sighed, catching is breath, and clearing his head.
"Let your education continue. Most guys will try to touch you breasts over your clothes first, like this," he said as his gently cupped her breasts and slowly moved his thumbs over her hardening nipples. As he did so, Kes let out a small whimper that drew his lips to hers like a magnet.
As he moved his hands to her slim waist, he continued to kiss her. Her lips were like a drug; he was quickly becoming addicted and was unable to stop kissing her even as he continued talking. "Now,"
kiss
"other guys,"
kiss
"might try,"
kiss
"to slip their hands,"
kiss
"under you shirt,"
kiss
"like this." He moved his thumbs under her tank top, feeling the soft skin of her stomach. At his touch, she gasped. The combined force of her lips, her body and her responsiveness had his head spinning. He forgot everything, the lessons, the fact that Kes was practically his sister, and that she was a virgin. All he knew was that she was driving him crazy and he couldn't stop kissing her.
He moved his hands up under her tank, moving his hand to her bra-covered breasts. It was too much. He dragged her top over her head leaving her top half clad in only a black lace bra. As he gazed at her beautiful breasts, (a full 34B he was guessing) then into her eyes, he realised she was one of the most beautiful women he had ever met. Perhaps not the most glamorous, or model-perfect, but she had a sort of natural beauty and an inner glow that he had somehow missed all of these years.
"God Kesare, you're beautiful," he whispered, and needing to feel her against his skin, he removed his own t-shirt. His mouth seemed to have a mind of its own when it travelled across the top curve of her breasts, then lower to capture each in turn, feeling the already rock-hard nipples harden even further as he blew on the damp lace.
It wasn't enough. He needed more. First, he slipped the straps from her shoulders, following them with kisses, then he moved his hands to her back, expertly unsnapping and removing the bra altogether.
The sight over her full perky breasts and engorged dusky nipples, combined with the knowledge that