This is the revision of the original story I posted under the SN cookies_and_sex. Don't laugh at me, it was a different time, okay?
Feel free to leave any critiques or suggestions in the comment sections.
Enjoy.
*****
Gabriel chased after Jayden onto her porch. This wasn't the way their night was supposed to end.
"Jayden, please." Gabriel pleaded. He reached his right hand out to grab her left arm, spinning her to face him. He was greeted with a pair onyx eyes, squinted in anger. That look was enough to stop any man in his tracks. At least it usually is, but Gabriel was used to being on the receiving end of that look.
"Gabriel Manning...If your hands aren't off me in a matter of two seconds, my foot will be lodged so far up your ass, you'll still be spitting up my toe nails next week." she said, in a slow menacing voice.
'Where the hell did that come from' Jayden thought to herself. 'I'm becoming my mother...' Jayden could feel her cheeks twitching with the effort to contain the smile that was slowly starting to spread. 'Not only am I talking to myself, but I'm answering my questions.' Her eyes remained steely, she really was angry, but the giggle she was trying to contain was steadily rising up. 'Oh yeah, I've lost it.' Jayden threw her head back, her right hand gripping her chest and her left feebly attempting to find something to anchor to. She stumbled forward in giddy disorientation, bumping into Gabriel's burly chest. Jayden looked up into the shades of brown and green that made his hazel eyes, her anger momentarily forgotten.
"Whew, man, I'm funny." she said, still lightly giggling at herself.
'Jayden. What am I going to do with you, baby bird?' Gabriel looked down at Jayden, assessing the features he knew better than his own. At 21yrs old she was only 5'2 but her personality more than made up for her height. Her unruly natural hair, which was fuller than it was long, fell about shoulder length and framed her face in a mass of tight winglets. She usually kept it in a sloppy bun atop her head, like when you're about to begin something you have to be totally focused for. Which was ridiculous because Jade was the laziest person he knew. Gabriel could always guess what she was doing. Eating or sleeping.
Resting under thick shapely eyebrows were dark, doe like eyes. Her nose was small and cute, round and upturned but straight. If Gabriel were being honest with himself, he'd say that her lips were definitely his favorite feature. They were pleasantly thick but not over-bearing. Her upper lip stuck out slightly further than the bottom, giving her a permanent pout. They were also different colors, something he'd tease her about when they were younger. Her top lip was the same even chestnut brown as the rest of her body and the bottom was pink. And he didn't actually know, but they looked soft.
Gabriel followed the line of her smooth throat, past her collarbone, to the v-neck of her form fitting white t-shirt. Her breast were on the lighter side of a C-cup. Round and pert but still full and heavy. They were definitely enough to fit his large hands. Or so Gabe imagined. Not that he had ever thought about cupping her breasts in the throes of passion but they bounced slightly and jiggled when she walked and that would catch any man's attention, right? His eyes continued down to the soft curve of her belly and across to the sharp curve of her hips. She was small but still round and womanly, which Gabriel would say he appreciated if looked at Jayden that way, but he didn't. Though even Gabriel had to admit that she had a great ass. Heavy and round but still firm. Not that he had been looking of course.
Ok, so, sometimes when he was bored of his usual masturbatory material, he'd think of a woman who looked suspiciously like Jayden. But Gabriel chalked it up to constantly being around her. They were best friends after all.
Gabriel broke out his daze at the sound of Jayden softly clearing her throat. She reached up and deliberately uncurled a strand of her hair from his index finger. His eyes automatically followed each slow unwinding motion, as if she were slowly unwrapping a present. He did that sometimes. If she was close and his hands were idle, they'd find their way into her hair. He loved her curls. They were springy and fun.
The strand bounced back to her fingers as she finished untwisting.
"You should go home tonight." she said with a sigh as she pushed away from him.
"Fine. Call me when you're getting ready to go to bed." Gabe replied.
Jay's eyes never left Gabe's. Her eyebrow rose and shifted together, her lips pursed together, twisting her face into a mask in confusion. She had to suppress the urge to roll her neck. 'He's joking right', she thought to herself, 'because he couldn't be serious' It was always like this. As if she would get over her anger if he just pretended he didn't notice it.
"No Gabe. I'm not going to call you when I'm going to bed. I'm probably not going to be calling you tomorrow or the day after, either. I'm fucking furious Gabriel! Can you really not understand?" Jayden finished, her palms outstretched towards him, expecting an answer.
Gabriel stood there, hands in pockets, his emotionless mask ever present. His hazel eyes gave nothing away.
"I'm sorry Jayden. You know I would never intentionally hurt you. That isn't what I wanted."
It was true. He hadn't meant to embarrass her or to hurt her feelings. When they went to the karaoke bar tonight he was hoping that the drinks he ordered for her and a little peer pressure would give her the push needed to get on stage. He didn't think things would get so far off track. He would try and make amends the way he always did. By making her smile.
Gabriel bent down to pepper kisses along her face and neck, everywhere but her mouth, because that would just be weird, right? It was a normal thing for them. Well for him anyway, Jayden hated it. Anytime they had an argument that he wanted to be over he would do this.
'Who does this?!' Jayden thought to herself for the millionth time, 'It's so weird!' Not only did it add fuel to rumor that they were dating, but when he kissed her neck, it tickled and she hated being tickled.
"This is what I'm talking about Gabe. Get off me, weirdo." Jayden shrank away from his lips but Gabe followed.
"STOP!" she snorted as he kissed her neck in one of her most ticklish spots.
*SMACK*
One minute she was shoving against his chest, the next her hand was across his face. She slapped him. Hard. Gabriel recoiled. She instantly felt guilty.
"I'm sorry." she said rubbing the red side of his face.
"You just slapped me." His voice was as steely and hard but his eyes were playful.
'Aw fuck' Jayden thought, 'I know that look'. Jayden backed away, her hands slowly raising in submission.
"One." Gabriel started.
"You started it Gabe. You
know
I don't like when you do that!"
"Two."
"Come on man, you were such a dick! You really embarrassed me."
"Three."
"You can't just get out of this Gabe! You made me look so stupid! We can't just pretend it didn't happen."
"Four."
