Lauren tossed and turned that night as she seriously contemplated Keith's proposition. She couldn't imagine Zach in prison even for a day. She knew how Keith would portray Zach. He would say because of Zach's physical and grueling training and his size as a football player he could've easily seriously injured Keith. She nearly broke into tears at the thought of visiting Zach behind bars, not being able to kiss his perfect lips or feel his throbbing member bring her to almost unbearable heights of pleasure. She had to admit that she was becoming sprung off of Zach Lomax. She prayed that everything would work out the next morning. She finally fell asleep still whispering her prayers.
Zach was in a worse state than Lauren. He had to sleep on a cold steel cot that was offensive to be called a bed. He had no sheets and the AC had the cell freezing. But at just the thought of woman who had turned his world upside down had him hotter than Hades. Lauren was truly something special to him. He was always amazed at how her honey hued skin was flawless and even though she was drop dead gorgeous she remained humble.
Zach pictured Lauren's soft brown tinted face and imagined she was in the cell with him giving his twitching cock the attention it deserved. Opening his drowsy eyes he saw her and knew he was dreaming but didn't care as that smile that had been embedded in his brain crossed her face and she unbuttoned his jeans and pulled them down along with his boxers. His thick ten incher sprang to life and Lauren wrapped her delicate hand around the shaft and began a swift jerking motion. Zach threw his head back and marveled in the moment. "Zach, I love you." he heard her whisper and place a kiss on the head of his dick.
"Lauren." he moaned and felt himself explode heavily. When he woke up the next morning he saw his jeans were soaked and dried up cum was inside his boxers. He hated scrubbing himself clean in the communal shower but had no choice. His father had brought him a suit to wear to his court date and expressed his disappointment in his son but Zach shook off his comments since the older version of himself had been to jail more times than he could count on both his hands and toes.
Zach was taken to City Hall in a government vehicle and had to be escorted inside with two deputies and was led inside in handcuffs like he was a hardened criminal. He took his place at the defendants table and looked around at the faces of the spectators. A smile crept across his face when he saw her but it quickly faded when he saw how sad she looked. Her head was down and focused on her hands in her lap. Keith walked through the door and a look of pure anger and shock appeared on his face when he saw Keith sit next to Lauren. He grabbed her face and placed a kiss on her lips, the lips that belonged to him. She didn't, he thought as Keith looked up and met his stare. He had on a Cheshire grin and wrapped his arm around Lauren.
The judge came to his seat and everyone stood. "Be seated." the judge said and everyone sat in their seats.
"Your honor before we begin, the victim, Mr. Keith Platt, has decided to drop the charges against Zachary Lomax." the district attorney stated and Zach held his head down. Lauren had thrown their relationship down the drain. How could she? Before he could look back at her Keith had drug Lauren out of the court room.
"Get your hands off me!" Lauren said through clenched teeth as she yanked her arm out of Keith's grasp. "I only agreed to this for Zach."
Keith huffed and pulled Lauren to him as they walked to his car. "Trust me baby, in a week you won't be thinking about Zach." He opened the door of his Cadillac Escalade and lifted Lauren into the passenger seat. He slammed the door and walked around to the driver's side. He got inside and drove to Lauren's apartment. When he pulled up to her building he parked his car and stared at her. "Go and pack an overnight bag OK sweetie. And make it fast, I'm throwing a party tonight and I need you to help me set up." Lauren was silent as she got out of the SUV and headed inside the building and gets on the elevator to her floor. She goes inside her apartment and packs.
Zach literally bolted towards Lauren's apartment from the precinct downtown. He was not about to lose her especially to a spineless coward like Keith. When he approached the building he saw Keith sitting his brand new Escalade bobbing his head to the new Lil Wayne CD. It took all of Zach's strength not to drag Keith out of his ride and beat the shit out of him. The thought of Lauren calmed him down and he easily slid into Lauren's building unnoticed and took the stairs up to her floor. He approached her door and was thankful she left it unlocked. He knocked softly as he entered. Lauren walked into the living room with two bags.
"Keith, I'm coming." she said and looked up and saw Zach.
"Baby, what the hell is going on?" he said after they spent the last five minutes just staring at each other.
"Zach, I'm sorry but I couldn't see you go to prison. I didn't want that for you." she cried.
"Baby, I made the mistake in attacking Keith but you can't throw away us. Please don't do this." He approached her and got on his knees and pulled her stomach against his head. "If going to prison means keeping you away from this asshole then so be it."
Lauren pulled Zach up from the floor and stared into his gorgeous bluish green eyes. "No, let's just let this mess run its course. I love you, remember that OK." she said and pulled him to her for a soft kiss. She pulled away to leave but Zach wrapped his arms around her slender waist and pulled her to him and tightly enclosed her in his arms.
"I can't let you go. I won't." he whispered in her ear. Lauren was now fully crying as she clung to the man of her dreams. Keith was a undeniable prick for putting her through this. All because he wanted something he couldn't have. He didn't love her the way Zach did; hell all he wanted was his trophy wife, a beautiful woman on his arm that he could show off and flaunt for his own sick pleasure. She knew that Keith was only interested his own happiness and was willing to have her sacrifice her own to please him.
"Don't worry. Everything will work out." she said through sobs and rested her forehead on Zach's lips. "I have to go. Please don't make a scene." She pulled away from Zach and carried her bags to the door. She stopped and stared at Zach. He reluctantly walked to the door and stopped in front of Lauren. He stole one last glance in her amber eyes and gave her a deep kiss on her lips.
"I love you too." he said softly and walked out the door. When he was out of sight Lauren pulled walked out and pulled the door close behind her. She walked outside and got into Keith's car.
"What took you so fucking long?" he sneered and Lauren shot him a look that could kill.
"You wanted me to pack so I packed." she said under a tight breath and looked ahead. Keith started the car and headed to his newly acquired condo. Once they stepped inside Keith grabbed Lauren's bags and took them to his bedroom. "So, what time is the party?" she asked pretending to care.
"Nine."
Lauren looked at her watch. It was barely noon. "It's gonna take us nine hours to decorate?"
"It may take you that long." he said from his room. "I've got practice in about two hours so I'll be leaving soon." He emerged from his room a few minutes later and pulled out his wallet. He handed her his credit card. "Buy whatever you need to snazz this place up. I'll be home around six so it should look amazing by then." He kissed her cheek and she turned it in disgust. "I'm gonna hop in the shower. Care to join me?" he smiled incredulously and Lauren sucked her teeth as she fixed her heart shaped face in a scowl. Keith laughed as he walked into the back and started a shower.
Lauren sat on Keith's couch and watched CNN while she waited for Keith to leave. He came out of the back wearing his team jersey and carrying a large sports bag. He tossed her keys to his Mercedes and grabbed the keys to his Escalade. "Listen, Lauren I don't want things to be sour between us. I really do care about you. I kept my end of the deal so please keep yours. Be ready when I get home all right." he smiled when he walked out the door. Lauren felt her body tense as she took in his words. He was expecting sex from her but Zach's name was tattooed on her kitty and Keith was getting nowhere near it or his eyes would be scratched out. How was she going to get herself out of this mess?
Zach breathed a sigh of relief as he left the dean's office. Keith had called his coach the day of his arrest and Zach was dangerously close to being kicked off the team which would've caused him to lose his scholarship but the dean had gotten word of the charges being dropped against him and warned Zach to stay out of trouble, especially since Mecca University was in the state finals and needed Zach in order to secure a win for the school for the third year in a row. Zach assured the dean he would be a model citizen from that day on and left the office and headed to a class he was already late for.
He couldn't concentrate on the test that was in front of him. Every word was 'Lauren'. The numbers were her measurements: 36-26-40. The diagrams and pictures all formed her face and Zach felt he was going crazy. He gave up on the exam and turned it in to his professor even though it wasn't nearly half way done and majority of the answers he gave were all half-assed. He didn't sweat it too much though, he was acing the calculus class and a low C or even an F wouldn't hurt his average too much.
Zach had to get Lauren off his mind so he decided to grab a bite to eat before he practice at 2:45. As he ate the quesadillas Zach couldn't help but think what his life would be like without Lauren; it wasn't a happy thought and he refused to see it become a reality. He consumed his food quickly and headed to the locker room to change.
A few of Zach's teammates had heard about his arrest since Keith ran his mouth like a female. Many of them were happy he didn't get kicked off the team since without him they didn't stand a chance against this Saturday's game against Breckview College. "Ready for the big game?" Jason Peters said as Zach opened his locker which was next to his.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Zach mumbled and threw his clothes inside the locker and slammed it with a forceful flick of his wrist.
