"Yeah how awkward," Tristan agreed his tone dry as he nodded towards Kobe. Looking at Anne he could see her nervously biting her lip as she kept looking between the two men but the look in her eyes every time she looked at Kobe. There was something there and she may claim not to be in love but the way her eyes lit up said another story.
"I should go," he said his voice harsh again as he walked past Kobe soon heading to his truck. Getting in he slammed the door looking up at Anne's apartment in time to see Kobe going inside and the door shutting behind him. In a matter of minutes that man would be meeting his children and that thought made him sick. It made him sick but he couldn't change his mind now.
Shaking his head Tristan started his car and pulled out of the parking space. Soon heading back home alone. The silence in the car was almost unbearable so as he drove he turned the radio up to the loudest it would go in hopes that he could just drown out the silence and his thoughts. His thoughts just wanted to go to Anne and Kobe. He wanted to keep thinking of what they could be doing..what they'd do later once the boys were in bed.
"He brought her flowers," Tristan voiced out loud to himself. "He wants to get laid if he is bringing her damn flowers."
It was after he talked to himself that he turned onto the street he lived and eventually into his drive way. Turning the car off he got out and watched as Natalie walked over from her yard. He wasn't sure what she wanted but he was almost afraid to find out.
"So," Natalie smiled as she came to a stop in front of Tristan. "I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight. It's a Friday and your boys are gone and I just figured you might want to get out of the house. I don't want you moping about now that the boys are gone."
Tristan just shook his head, "Trust me Natalie if we went out I'd just want to go somewhere with some strong alcohol," he said knowing he wanted something that would make him forget that he had met Kobe. Something that could erase the image of the way Anne had looked at Kobe from his mind.
Natalie raised an eyebrow at his words, "That much of a bad day already after dropping off the boys?"
"It is when Kobe showed up at Anne's door bearing flowers," Tristan muttered sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. "And god you should have seen her face every time she looked at him. It's like she was looking at the man she was in love with," he said thinking that should have been him but her eyes didn't light up near as much when they always landed on him. "Kobe's her leading man and I'm just the co-star in whatever movie Anne is in right now."
"Oh..." Natalie muttered cringing inside when she heard him say that Kobe had shown up. "I'm sorry," she said honestly as she looked at him. "But we could just go to a bar. Get drunk or well you can get drunk and I can stay sober so I can drive us both home," she nodded as she gave him a smile. "Come on it will be like old times."
"Yeah and in old times you usually did drink even though you drove us home," Tristan reminded her as he crossed his arms. The idea of getting drunk sounded appealing though. It would for the time being maybe numb what he felt inside. "Let me go get dressed and we can go," he told her before smiling some letting her know that he had finally given into what she wanted. He'd go out with her tonight.
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Later that night after she had gotten the boys to bed and had changed into her own pajamas Anne walked into the bedroom that was hers and fake pouted as she saw Kobe still fully clothed, "You know it's usually easier to get you off if you are part way naked like in your boxers or something," she teased as she climbed into the bed beside him. For the past few days during her moving in process he had been spending the night with her and she kind of hoped he would tonight as well.
"Your boys are down the hall," Kobe defended as he looked at Anne after she joined him in her bed. "I really don't think we should do anything tonight with them here," he said as he blushed slightly.
Laughing at Kobe's words Anne just shook her head, "Are you afraid to mess around with me because my kids are here?"
"Maybe," Kobe admitted as he blushed. "What if they hear us or walk in to find my hand in their mommy's panties?" he asked knowing he was probably redder than a tomato right now. "I mean I just met them tonight and I swear I think I won them over by conning you into giving them ice cream before bed but they could hate me for life if they walk in on something like that."
Anne couldn't help but laugh more as she buried her head into the side of her pillow, "Kobe I've been married for five years. For almost all of them I've had children at home. I've had s*x with them at home and they haven't walked in yet and trust me when I say once their out they most usually stay out."
Making a face at her words Kobe sighed but stood from her bed, relenting to what she apparently wanted and stripped down to his boxers before getting back in bed with her. "Happy?" he asked as he smirked slightly before locking eyes with her.
"A bit yes," Anne nodded as she smirked as well and leaned in to peck Kobe's lips. "Though there is something else I wanted to say."
"What else do you want to say?" Kobe asked as he raised an eyebrow. She had a serious look on her face and it almost scared him.
Swallowing hard Anne bit her lip deciding to bite the bullet and just ask him, "How come you don't want to have s*x with me?"
Feeling his cheeks heat up again Kobe just gave Anne a confused look, "What makes you think I don't want to have s*x with you?" he asked not sure where she even got that idea from.
"Well I mean you didn't mention it yet. Hell you haven't really mentioned wanting to do more than we already do," Anne shrugged as she too felt her cheeks got hot and she was sure she was blushing just like him. "I just figured if you wanted to have s*x with me that you'd say something by now."
Kobe shook his head at her words, "I...I do want to have s*x with you Ave," he said honestly as he looked at her. "But I don't think we should have s*x until you know you are over your husband for good. I...I don't want to be just some guy whose a rebound for you."
As Kobe spoke Anne again swallowed hard. If he didn't want to be some rebound guy then that meant he wanted to be more and maybe just maybe that meant his mom had been right when she said Kobe loved her. But..no he couldn't love her. It was too soon for that and well even if he did she didn't want to know. She'd feel awful especially knowing that she didn't love him back.
"What makes you think I'm not over my husband yet?" she asked wanting to know his reasons for that. She knew she wasn't but she wanted his words. She wanted to hear his thoughts.
"For starters you still wear your wedding band," Kobe told Anne as he looked down at the wedding band and engagement ring still on her finger. "That's how I know you still aren't over him. If you were you'd feel comfortable enough to take that off," he said as he looked away from her finger. "I..I can't have s*x or make love to you knowing that, that ring is there. Knowing your promise to another man is on your finger while you're engaging in something like that with me," he spoke knowing even with his lifestyle he had never slept with a married woman or one who at least wore her rings. He had refused too.
Looking down at her rings Anne sighed, "Just because I have them on doesn't mean I'm not over him," she told him though she knew he was right. That was partly the reason she hadn't taken her rings off. She still wasn't over Tristan and she couldn't bear to take off the rings he had given her as a symbol of their life long commitment. Whenever she did take them off then she knew that would be the final nail in the coffin. It was something she wasn't ready for.
"Maybe not for some people but for you I think it means that," Kobe nodded as Anne looked down at her rings. "And then today when I showed up and he was here. The way you looked at him like you were hurting because he had to see me."
"I wasn't..." Anne started but stopped herself because she knew that was a lie too. She had been hurt for Tristan because he had seen Kobe and she knew that had to have killed him especially since moments before seeing Kobe they had been kissing or well making out rather intently.
When Anne stopped herself Kobe forced a smile, "It's okay if you were. You still love him," he told her feeling his heartbreak as he said his last words. He just wanted Anne to love him but he knew she had been with Tristan for years. You didn't just fall out of love with someone so quick. It had taken him all of five months to know he was over Brenda for good.
Anne smiled sadly at Kobe saying it was okay, "B..but you love me," she said going back to what his mother had told her. "You love me and it has to hurt you that I can't return how you feel yet."
Being taken aback at her words Kobe shook his head, "I don't..." he started but stopped much like she had. He couldn't lie to her. He couldn't do it even if he had wanted too. "How did you know?"
"When your mom came by she told me," Anne admitted as she shrugged. "She said you denied it to her but she knew and then she told me to let you go if I ever decided I wanted my husband back. She told me to let you go instead of just going to my husband while still being with you," she said knowing those weren't Jolene's true words at the end but they were the gist of what she had been saying.
Kobe laughed some figuring he should have known his mom would give him away, "Next time I will have to make her sign a confidentiality agreement," he joked before biting his lip. "A..are you going to let me go? I mean is this your way of saying you want Tristan back."
Anne shook her head no, "I can't let you go," she said honestly. "Regardless of loving my husband there is something that makes me scared to lose you. I can't just let you go."
Hearing her answer Kobe just smiled before leaning in to kiss her on the lips softly. He knew now there was more of a chance for him to get his heartbroken but yet he didn't and wasn't going to walk away. How could he walk away from someone he was falling in love with?
Kissing Kobe back Anne moved closer to him before laying on her back and somehow maneuvering him over her. She knew it was different but with him she liked for him to take the lead. She liked him being the one in control where as with Tristan she liked being in control.
As they kissed she moaned out slightly into his mouth as his hands found their way under the shirt she had on and she shivered as his hand made its way towards her breast which he soon began to rub softly as his tongue slipped inside of her mouth. The more he played with her breast the more she moaned especially as his hips began to move into hers and she could feel his erection through his boxers and she almost wished he'd just rip her pajama pants off along with his damn boxers and f**k her into next week, but she understood his reasons for not wanting to go there. She understood them and who knew maybe one day down the road she'd be able to take her ring off and then maybe they could finally go all the way.
When Kobe pulled away from the kiss he smiled as he looked down at her before taking her shirt off of her, "You really want to have s*x with me?" he asked her before leaning down to kiss her neck. He knew what he had said previously about her wearing her wedding bands and not being a rebound and all of that but if she wanted him then maybe he could give her what she wanted. Maybe he could bend his personal rules for her. Rules he had made way before even meeting her. He'd sleep with a still sort of married woman and he'd do it while she wore her wedding band.
Moaning louder as he kissed her neck Anne nodded her head feeling his kisses trail to the other side and she let her nails dig into the skin on his back, "I do really want to have s*x with you," she said honestly as she shivered again when he let his tongue run out across the skin on her neck licking it.
All it took was her saying that he moved his lips from her neck before looking down at her again, "Then we'll have s*x," he told her before kissing her on the lips again. This time as he did so his hands moved towards her pajama bottoms and in one swift move he slid them off of her along with her panties, letting them join her shirt in the floor.
The moment she was fully naked he had to pull away to look her over. Though they may have been getting each other off they had never fully seen each other naked. He had seen her topless but now here she was below him fully naked and she was beautiful.
When Kobe looked her over Anne blushed slightly knowing this was the first time he'd seen her naked, "I'm not much to look at," she said shaking her head. "Two kids can really change the body."
"You're beautiful," Kobe told her as he smiled down at her before kissing her again briefly, "I just wish you thought as much."
Blushing more as Kobe called her beautiful Anne shook her head, "If you say so," she said not wanting to argue with him. Instead she moved her hands up and slid his boxers off his hips soon throwing them to the floor with the rest of their clothes. After she did so she took in his body and felt her heartbeat skip a beat almost. He wasn't as big as her husband but he was thick..god was he thick.
"You're handsome," she finally spoke before letting her hands go up to cup his cheeks before pulling him into a kiss. "And I really f*****g need you," she whispered into his mouth.
At her saying she needed him Kobe kissed her harder before lining himself up just right and slowly moving inside of her. It was then that he moaned as he felt her around him. She was warm and so f*****g tight even after having two kids. She was tighter than some of the women he had, had s*x with who had no kids.
"Oh..." Anne whimpered out as she felt Kobe slide inside of her. The intrusion was one she had been expecting but yet it had still taken her by surprise some. It had taken her by surprise and it had felt good too. It had felt good to have someone inside her again after so many weeks of not actually having real s*x with someone.
Kissing him back just as hard as he kissed her she found her hands moving their way down his back as she felt him begin to move inside her. His movements were slow and deliberate and Anne was certain he was skilled with having s*x. Maybe this ex of his had taught him well or hell maybe he had been experienced way before her too.
Kobe grunted some as he picked up his pace slightly, his lips moving away from Anne's as they went back down her neck and to the skin there which he kisssed and sucked on. He knew he was breaking every rule of his but right now he was glad he was. He was glad that he had given her what she wanted.
When Kobe picked up his pace Anne moaned louder and again she dug her nails into his back as she began to move with him, finding it easy to match his movements eventually. "You...ugh.." she muttered out as she closed her eyes as he went farther inside of her an action that caused her to press him closer to her.
"I what?" Kobe asked on her skin his breath hitting her neck as he did so. He was breathing was getting labored now and he was starting to sweat just a bit.
"You feel really f*****g good," Anne muttered as her head fell back farther into the pillow as he continued his movements inside of her. She swore with each movement he made went deeper and god if he kept this up she was going to reach her end much quicker than she wanted too.
Smirking at Anne's words Kobe bit down on her skin a bit too rough as he picked up his pace. He liked knowing that even though she was still in love with her husband that she could enjoy s*x with him. That she thought he felt good inside of her.
After he bit her neck Anne closed her eyes tight as he began to move faster now, actions that caused her breathing to get hard but she still held him to her and when she felt her walls clenching around him after a bit she could barely whimper out his name.
It wasn't long after she had reached her peak that she felt him bite her again roughly as he came inside of her. She had never been bitten before during s*x but a part of her did kind of like it just like she had liked letting him lead. She had liked submitting to him which she had rarely done with Tristan.
Collapsing on top of Anne, Kobe buried his head in her neck as he caught his breath. "I..fuck that was good," he whispered once he could finally speak.
Laughing at Kobe's words Anne nodded, "It was good," she said knowing that she actually didn't regret what had happened. She didn't regret it and if she was being honest with herself she had been scared she would. "It was good and I...I liked it."
Kobe moved his head enough to look at her, "Enough to have another round before we go to sleep?" he asked as he winked at her.
Again Anne laughed before rolling her eyes, "Maybe," she replied as she winked back. "If you get me turned on just right."
"I think I can do that," Kobe said before smirking and leaning in to kiss her. It was when they kissed he heard her phone vibrate on her nightstand and he pulled away.
Looking up at Kobe and then over at her phone Anne shook her head, "Whoever it is can leave a voice-mail," she told him before giving him a smile. She didn't want to answer her phone. She just wanted to have s*x with Kobe again.
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Tristan groaned as he sat on the bathroom floor at his house as he got Anne's voice-mail. Throwing his phone across the room he cringed when it fell to the floor and he was sure the screen had shattered.
"Damn her," he growled to himself knowing the alcohol was part of his rage and also part of the reason he had called her at almost one in the morning. The other reason was because Tristan had wanted to tell her he loved her. He loved her and missed her and wanted her home...even if he had just got done having s*x with Natalie in the bed he normally shared with his wife.
The s*x with Natalie was again something he blamed on the alcohol. She had been helping him to bed when he had just kissed her and things had went from there. s*x along with the alcohol had numbed his feelings but it was after the s*x that he soon realized that he regretted what he had done and so he had snuck out of bed and called the only person he wanted to talk too. The only woman who mattered.
But obviously he didn't matter to her because she couldn't answer and his wife usually answered the phone no matter how late it was when someone called her cell or even if it woke her up. Feeling sick Tristan turned around towards the toilet which he had been leaning against and he lost the contents of his stomach. He wasn't sure if it was the alcohol that made him sick or just the events of everything that had happened in the last few hours.