I've been having a good time with this story, so I hope you have fun reading it.
In this chapter, Sarah's roommate Tracy expresses her disapproval of what's been going on, Brent finally manages to do something he's been putting off, Brent and Sarah go shopping, and Tracy comes to dinner...things go downhill from there.
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"Sarah." Tracy said, shaking her gently. "Sarah, wake up. I need to talk to you."
I rolled off of Sarah onto the bed, raising up on one elbow, looking up at her.
"Not you." Tracy said, glancing over at me, then shaking Sarah a little harder. "I need to talk to her. Can you give us a minute?"
"Sure." I said, sliding off the bed and gathering up my clothes.
I went out into the kitchen, leaving the door halfway open behind me. I could hear them talking, but couldn't make out what they were saying. I was pouring a cup of coffee when Tracy came stalking out of Sarah's room a few minutes later, picked up her gym bag, and went out the front door, slamming it behind her.
As I looked over at the bedroom door, Sarah stepped out. She came over and poured a cup of coffee, leaning back against the counter as she took a sip. I didn't say anything.
"I uh...I have to go to work." She said, not looking at me.
"Okay, I have a couple gigs I want to look at." I said, taking a sip of my coffee. "I know it will make you feel better if I'm actually gainfully employed."
"Yeah...no, you have money, so you're not going to freeload off me, I know that..."
She took another sip of her coffee.
"Tracy is pissed. She thinks I'm neglecting the gym, and she's right." She said, shaking her head. She glance over at me, a smile on her face. "I've spent a week not doing anything but laying in bed with you...you're a bad influence on me."
"Oh no girlfriend, this is on you, not me." I laughed, sitting my cup on the counter and picking up my jeans, I stepped into them, then pulled on my t-shirt. "You could have gone to work anytime you wanted, but you decided that laying in bed with me was more fun."
"I guess." She said, kicking her foot into the floor and turning her hips from side to side.
It was an unconscious movement, shy, almost coquettish, and it looked delightfully out of place when she did it. I wanted to grab her and throw her on the floor, pleasuring her until she begged me to stop.
"Will...will you make love to me before I go?" She asked, glancing over at me.
"What time do you have to be at the gym?" I asked, barely restraining myself from jumping on her.
She didn't even look at the clock before she answered.
"In twenty minutes."
"So you'll be late even if you walk out the door right now." I said, moving over to stand in front of her. I put my hands on her hips, turning her to face me. "You know that I live to pleasure my goddess, but even goddesses have responsibilities, beyond their own desires."
"You're saying no." She whispered, putting her hands on my hips and drawing me closer.
"You know that I want you every second of every day." I said, leaning close and taking a nipple into my mouth. She moaned, and her hand came up and pressed me harder against her. I shook free, and moved over to the other nipple.
"Nooooooo..." She whimpered as I drew away, then took a step back. The look in her eyes was pleading.
"Go get dressed, and go to work." I said firmly, turning her and pushing her toward her bedroom. "Pack a bag and come to my house tonight. Call me later and I'll give you the address."
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I drove over to my doctor's office to see if they could fit me in. The nurse apologized, saying that they were already overbooked, but as we were talking, Tim Elliott, my doctor stepped out of an exam room and saw me. He was smiling as he walked over, holding out his hand. We had been in a foster home together for a year, and had stayed in touch over the years.
"Brent, I was just thinking about you the other day." He laughed as we shook hands. "One of the servers is acting wonky, and I need..."
"I'll be glad to look at it Tim, but you have to look at me first." I said. "I had an accident last week, and got dinged up pretty good."
"Sure, come on back." He said turning toward the exam room he just came out of. Looking back over his shoulder at the nurse he said, "Nancy, tell Mrs. Porter that I'm going to be a few minutes."
I saw her pick up the phone as I followed him into the exam room.
"So what happened?" Tim asked as I slid up onto the table.
"I got hit by a six-foot four-inch, two hundred plus pound freight train." I laughed, pulling my t-shirt up.
"Yeah, you're gonna have to take that shirt off." He said, his eyes going wide when he saw the tape on my ribs.
I pulled my t-shirt off and he cut the tape off, peeling it off in a couple of quick tugs. What little hair I had on my chest went with it.
"Jesus Brent." He said when he saw the bruise covering the right side of my chest. I winced when he started poking and pressing his fingers into my side. "You're got at least three broken ribs, probably more, but whoever wrapped this for you did a good job. Did you go to the emergency room?"
"No, a friend of a friend did it." I said
"Okay, I want X-rays so I can see how bad it is. I'll get a nurse to take care of that. Wait here, someone will be with you in a minute."
He walked out, and a minute later a nurse came in and took me down to the X-ray room. She did half a dozen X-ray's quickly and efficiently, and I was back in the exam room five minutes later.
Tim came back fifteen minutes later, grinning as he came in the door.
"Sorry." He laughed. "I saw a patient while we were getting the pictures." He said. He walked over and typed on his keyboard, and a moment later, an image appeared on the monitor mounted on the wall.
"You've got two clean breaks on the fourth and fifth ribs, and hairline fractures on the third, sixth and seventh." He said, pointing them out as he spoke. "But you're healing nicely, we just need to keep those two that are broken bound for a couple of more weeks, and you should be fine."
He turned of the monitor and looked at me.
"So, this freight train that hit you got a name?" He asked.
"Sarah." I said dreamily, not looking at him. I was picturing her in my mind, and a smile spread across my face.
"What was that?"
"Sarah." I said again, looking over at him.
"No, I meant the voice, and the look." He said, looking at me intently.
"Ya lost me Tim, what loo..."
"Your eyes were glassy, and I've never heard you talk about a girl like that." He said, coming over to stand in front of me. "It almost sounded like you were in love."
I looked at him for a minute, and I could feel the grin on my face.
"You are!" He laughed before I could say anything. "Oh my god, Beth is gonna shit when I tell her about this. I wanna hear more about this girl, but I have a waiting room full of patients, and can't talk right now. Call me later in the week, and we'll do dinner one night. Beth is going to want to meet this girl."
I nodded as he walked over to the door.
"I'll have a nurse come in and bind those ribs. If you can take a look at the server before you leave, we'll call it even." He said, his hand on the doorknob. He glanced back at me and grinned. "Six-four?"
"She's a living, breathing amazon goddess." I said, nodding.
"Jesus." He said, shaking his head, then opened the door and walked out.
(-)
It only took ten minutes to get the server reset, then download and install a bios upgrade. Once that was done, it came back up with no problem. I told the nurse at the desk that the server should be okay, but to call me if there were any problems.
I called Sarah as I drove home, but got her voicemail.
"I love you, and I didn't realize that being away from you it would hurt like this." I said. "I want you to stay over at my house for a few days, so if you didn't pack a bag, go home and pack one before you come over."
When I got to the house, I went into the office and checked mail, then went through a list of available projects, picking out three. I looked over the specs, and decided that I could do two of them at the same time, and get them done in less than a week.
When I finished submitting the proposals, I called Sarah again. I got her voicemail again.
"I miss your touch, your scent, the soft, wet warmth of you around me." I said in a husky voice. "Call me. I need to hear your voice."
I called her again an hour later, and got her voicemail again. I left her another message.
When I called the next time, Tracy answered.
"You have to stop calling her." She said, but her voice told me that she thought it was cute. "She's not paying attention to what she's supposed to be doing. God, you should see the shit eating grin she's got on her face. She looks like she's walking on clouds."
"You sound jealous." I laughed. "And don't you work across town? What are you doing there?"