First Class to Portland (7 page)

Matt pulled her down so she was lying on top of him,
bringing her mouth to his. She lifted herself up on her elbows and straddled
his hips, his growing erection pressing into her. Instant desire rushed through
her and she pressed down onto his penis, glorying in the feel of him.

“Damn woman!” he breathed into her lips. “What you do to
me!”

She pushed her tongue into his mouth and swirled and tasted
him completely. Her hardened nipples grazed his chest and her hips ground into
his. Matt grabbed at the nightstand for another condom and Janie sat up and
took it from him. She slid down his thighs, exposing his rock hard manhood and
slipped the condom over its head and rolled it gently down his length. Then she
lifted herself onto him and slid slowly down and down engulfing him inside her.
She sat up straight and she could feel him go further and further in and Matt
groaned and arched his back as he thrust upwards. His hands cupped her breasts
and he gently squeezed as he bucked again. Janie leaned back, bracing her hands
behind her on his thighs and lifted up and down, creating a rhythm that drove
them both wild.

Matt was an expert lover and knew exactly how to bring her
to orgasm. He put his two fingers over her clitoris and rubbed as she kept her
rhythm of up and down. Janie’s eyes squeezed shut and she held her breath as he
pushed her over the edge and she cried out as she came. He could feel her
muscles clenching around him, spasms and squeezing him till he couldn’t control
it any longer and he came right along with her. Panting and spent, Janie
collapsed on his chest and they were content to stay like that forever.  

But the ringing of Janie’s cell phone disturbed their
blissful afterglow. Janie jumped from the bed and ran to the living room to
grab her purse where she had left it. She missed the call and was curious what
Amanda wanted. She jumped back on the bed, phone in hand.

“Who was that?” Matt asked, looking at Janie’s expression.

“My realtor.”

“Ah,” Matt grimaced.

“Oh, you would have met her yesterday,” Janie remembered.

“That I did,” he replied.

“You didn’t like her?” questioned Janie.

Matt frowned and the light bulb went off in Janie’s head.
“She hit on you!”

“Eh,” he closed his eyes and nodded.

Janie was visibly livid. She gritted her teeth and pursed
her lips and Matt couldn’t help but grin.

“You’re jealous!” he laughed.

“I…Well…I…,” she mumbled.

“You are! How adorable!” Matt sat up and gave her a kiss on
the tip of her nose. “But you don’t need to be jealous, my sweet Janie. There
isn’t a woman in the world that could hold a candle to you. I am yours
forever!”

Janie was about to say something when the voicemail sound
dinged on her phone. She pushed the button and listened to the message, her
eyes getting big and her jaw dropping. Matt watched her slowly pull the phone
from her ear and push the OFF button.

“Everything okay?” he asked.

“My house…it’s sold,” she whispered.

“Well congratulations,” he smiled. When Janie didn’t respond
he added, “Isn’t this good news?”

“Yes, I suppose it is. I just never imagined it would sell
this quickly. All I have to do is accept their offer, which is exactly what we
were asking. They are pre-approved and can close in less than thirty days.”
Janie was stunned.

Matt watched her, trying to gauge the reaction, not sure if
he should ask the question that was on the tip of his tongue.

“Where am I going to go? I haven’t looked at anything. I just
didn’t think it would sell this fast.”

He smiled; relieved she had brought up the subject first.
“Live with me,” he whispered.

“You live in New York,” she scoffed.
You live in New
York!
How was this going to work when he lived in New York?

“I can live anywhere,” he said. “I will live anywhere you
are.”

Janie couldn’t believe her good fortune in stumbling into
the back of him in the Portland airport just a few short weeks ago. He was her
future and she loved him.

“Let’s not think about that now,” she said as she snuggled
back down with him on the bed. “If you aren’t here for work and you are here
just for me, then let’s not waste our time on anything else right now.”

So Matt kissed her again.

*****

As dusk fell over Portland, Tyler and Adam unloaded the trunks
of their cars, carrying piles of laundry into their grandmother’s house. Tyler
was only home for a few weeks before camp started for football, it was his
final year at the University of Oregon, but Adam would be at his grandmother’s
house for most of the summer. He had an internship at the hospital where Katy
worked and where Janie used to work before Robert got ill. And the only reason
Adam was home at all was because the baseball season had ended suddenly after
four uncharacteristic losses in a row.

Patty held the door open as they hauled in bag after bag and
she wondered if her house would survive.

“Only fifteen more,” joked Tyler as he carried in a large
backpack.

“Good grief!” she replied. “Did you leave anything back in
Eugene?”

Adam kissed his grandmother on the cheek as he walked past
her. “All done, Grandma.”

Patty shut the door and ordered the boys to put all laundry
in the laundry room. “Novel idea, huh?” she laughed, as they picked up bags and
carried them down the hall.

Heading for the kitchen, Patty had made dinner and began
laying it all out for her grandsons. It was going to cost her a fortune in
groceries having them stay with her, for which Janie had offered to pay, but
Patty was thrilled for the chance to spend some time with the boys before they
would no longer be around. Janie had shared with her their desire for continued
education and she was extremely proud of them and their commitment to school.
An opportunity like this would not come again so she had jumped all over it.

“After dinner you should let your mother know you’re here,”
she told them as they scooped massive amounts of meat and potatoes onto their
plates.

“Will do,” they chimed together as they headed to the TV to
find any sport to watch.

Patty chuckled as she dished up her dinner and sat looking
around her house, already in total disarray after only ten minutes. And she
completely understood how having them at Janie’s would have been a total
disaster.

*****

Katy finished her shift at the hospital tired and ready to
go home and enjoy a bubble bath. She only lived a few minutes away and traffic
was light on a Sunday evening. She dead-bolted the door behind her as she threw
her purse on the hall table and headed for her bedroom. Stripping off her
clothes she ran the water in the tub and dumped some bath salts in and clipped
her long blonde hair up in a claw. She pulled a rolled towel off the shelf and
slid into the hot water catching the towel behind her neck.

Katy closed her eyes and relaxed as the steaming water
washed the cares of the day away. Her shift had been long and busy; it always
was on the weekends and she just had to keep reminding herself that the extra
money was worth it. Since her ex had stopped paying child support a couple of
years ago, it had been harder and harder to make ends meet. Helping Derek, her
son, with school was a priority. She didn’t want him ending up like his father,
a grocery store assistant manager with no education and not much of a future,
so she scrimped and cut where she could. He still had two more years of
college, so that meant she had two more years of working extra shifts on the
weekends.

Katy pushed all thought from her mind and tried to think
about nothing at all, just the hot water relaxing her aching muscles.

*****

Danny stood outside Katy’s bedroom window at the perfect
angle to watch her in the bath. He had broken in to her house earlier in the
day and had found her calendar on the kitchen wall. He now had her schedule for
the next two weeks. He could come and go as he pleased while she was at work
and this row of bushes in the backyard was the perfect place to watch her in
her bedroom and bathroom, just as long as she didn’t shut the door, which she
rarely did.

His tongue licked his bottom lip as he watched her sink into
the water and he unzipped his jeans and grabbed himself, jerking off to the
image in front of him.

“I’m gonna fuck you soon, Katy. Very soon.”

*****

Monday morning started off perfectly. Janie awoke in Matt’s
arms. He was already awake and watching her sleep.

“Did I drool?” she smirked.

“Not that I saw,” he smiled back.

Janie rolled over onto her pillow and stretched her arms
just as Matt was leaning in to kiss her.

“OW!” he yelped as her elbow connected with his cheek.

“I’m so sorry Matt.” She sat up and reached for him.

“Remind me never to piss you off,” he chuckled.

“Matt, seriously, are you ok? I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
Janie was worried.

He grabbed her wrist and kissed her elbow. “You think this
could do serious damage to a man like me?” he quizzed. “You think that I’m not
tough enough to take a little tap from you?” he laughed.

Janie grinned and watched him flex. His biceps doubled in
size and his pecks popped from his chest. Her eyes got big and she mouthed an
O. Matt grinned and in a split second had her pinned on the bed unable to move.

“Umm…okay, you’re stronger than me,” she conceded. “But I
still didn’t mean to do that.” She looked at his lips and unconsciously licked
her own. He could physically overpower her in a second. He’d just proved that.
But she knew he would never harm her and the weight of his body crushing her to
the bed only aroused her.

“So you elbow me in the face and now want me to pleasure
you?” he asked.

“Yes please,” she replied, chewing on her cheek.

“Sweet Janie,” he grinned. “Your wish is my command.”

Matt thrust his tongue into her mouth and tasted her. He had
her wrists pinned on either side and he released them so he could entwine his
fingers in hers. Her breasts were smashed against his chest and he could feel
her nipples harden and her back arch up to him. He kissed her chin and her neck
and her shoulders and Janie moaned with pleasure.

She pulled her hands from his so she could grab his ass and
pull him into her, his erection poised at her entrance. She didn’t even need
foreplay; she just needed him inside her. She bucked to him and tried to pull
him in but he jerked up and she could see the frown on his face.

“Did I do something?” she whispered, lowering her eyes.

“Janie, no, I desperately want to fuck you this second but I
have to grab a condom. I won’t risk you getting pregnant.” And he jumped off
the bed and went into the bathroom.

“Ah, the baby thing,” she said to herself, sitting up and
pulling the sheet over her. She hadn’t used birth control in a couple of years.
This condom thing was going to get old.

Matt appeared with a box and removed a foil wrapped condom
before throwing the box on the nightstand.

“My next investment should probably be in Trojan,” he
grinned.

“Matt?” Janie looked up at him. “I don’t have HIV or
anything. I was only ever with one man, well before you, obviously that’s what
I meant.” Janie chewed on her cheek again.

Matt sat on the edge of the bed. “I don’t have HIV either,”
he said. “Or anything else. I have always been extremely careful. There is no
fear of me giving you something, Janie.”

“Oh, no! That’s not what I meant,” she added quickly. “I
just thought maybe I could go get a patch, or a shot, or something and then
you…we wouldn’t have to worry about those,” she said nodding at the packet in
his hand.

“No,” he shook his head. “You can have a patch or a shot or
a pill or whatever you want, but I’ll still be wearing these.” He was dead
serious.

Janie pursed her lips and realized this was all about
Suzanne, the first ex-wife who had trapped him into marriage by becoming
pregnant, and then keeping her miscarriage a secret from him. Yes, this was all
about her.

“Matt,” she whispered, a sad smile on her face, “I am not
her.”

“Not up for discussion Janie. My little swimmers stay with
me.”

Janie smiled and scooted over next to him on the edge of the
bed. “Okay,” she whispered and kissed him on the shoulder. “Why don’t you get
some coffee and I’m gonna jump in the shower?” Janie walked into the bathroom
and shut the door, leaning back and exhaling. She knew she was going to have to
deal with this if she was going to be in a relationship with him. And not
having a baby wasn’t a deal breaker for her. She was forty-two! Actually, she
would be forty-three in six days. She wasn’t thinking about any more babies.
She hadn’t thought about that in the last twenty years. But Matt was making
decisions based on a selfish woman who had hurt him more than fifteen years
ago.

Janie started the shower and the hot water felt wonderful
flowing over her skin. She didn’t know exactly what her future looked like, but
if he would let her, she needed to help Matt work through this.

*****

Matt watched Janie close the bathroom door and grabbed a
pair of running shorts from his suitcase in the closet. That was not how he
intended the morning to start. Yesterday had ended perfectly. He had fallen
asleep with Janie in his arms, physically and emotionally satisfied. She had
accepted his apology and explanation and had expressed her feelings for him.
All was well in the world.

And then he had fucked it up this morning by his ingrained
distrust of women. It’s not that he didn’t trust Janie, because he did,
completely. But he hadn’t had sex without a condom since Suzanne. He would
never run the risk of getting someone pregnant. He would not bring a child into
this world. End of discussion.