"Oh the mental images that comment gives me!" Mel replied. "They are just so wrong on so many levels!"
Nick laughed, shooting a humored grin at Mel. "I win again!"
Mel didn't even hesitate before flipping Nick off with both hands, shaking her head at him.
"Making promises again?" Nick asked, still laughing.
"Yep, but not like you'll ever take me up on it." She retorted, raising an eyebrow flirtatiously.
Nick stared at Mel with a shocked expression on his face. Had she really just said that? Her eyes widened at the realization that maybe she had overstepped her bounds a bit, even for Nick.
They had been close friends for years, and there wasn't much that they wouldn't say around one another, no matter how inappropriate, off color, or perverted it was. They had a relationship that defied definition.
Mel knew that hidden somewhere underneath the endless tormenting that Nick wanted her, and that he had for some time. In all truth, she wanted him too. But the fear of complicating a good friendship with the strings attached to sex always seemed to stop them at the last possible second.
Nick laughed and smiled at her, poking her in the side. "You're terrible." He replied.
"No worse than you." Mel retorted, sticking out her tongue at him
"You better be careful with that tongue." He warned playfully, pulling her close to him. He stared down at her, his eyes burning with the urge to completely ravage her.
"Or what?" she whispered, testing the waters. He could tell in her eyes that she wasn't sure where the boundary was, and that she was afraid that she was tap dancing on a line that could potentially have some serious consequences.
"This..." He replied, deliberately making his voice dark as he narrowed his eyes at her. He watched her eyes widen anxiously at his tone. She pulled back from him cautiously as he looked at her. His green eyes bored into her as she fidgeted in front of him.
"This is really happening?" Mel asked, swallowing hard as she stared back at him.
"Yep." He replied, moving close to her. "I told you one of these days I'd make you start paying up."
For years, Mel had antagonized, flirted with and teased Nick. Their friendship had always remained close in spite of it, and their flirtation always managed to cover the endless tension between them. But now, it was clear to her that she wasn't able to get out of the situation. She couldn't deflect it and run away. Nick was getting what he wanted this time.
His hands were rough has he pushed her to her knees. She couldn't hide the panic in her eyes as she looked back up at him. The face that usually held a mischievous grin, a witty comeback or a clever remark was cold as he stared down at her. His green eyes were unforgiving as he watched her. He was in control now.
He had made up his mind that he was going to make her pay for the frustrations she had caused him over the years. As he reached for the zipper of his jeans, he watched as her eyes widened nervously, just the same way they always did when he had jokingly told her he was going to do it before. As he exposed his erect shaft to her, he smiled darkly at her response.