Part Twelve
Mary Ann muffled against his lips as she closed her eyes and her brows lifted in shock. JC pulled back quickly and looked down at her stunned face. "This wasn't what I had in mind for our first kiss," he said
as he breathed in and out. "But I guess it'll have to do," he added with a lopsided grin.
"Um....yeah, I guess, I mean....."
"MA?"
"Yeah?" she asked still in a daze.
"Shut up?" he asked as he pulled his head down.
She nodded. "Oka..."
She didn't get to finish her word, because JC's demanding lips cut her off once more. He let go of her wrists, only to cup the sides of her face and bury his fingers in her hair. He pressed his hard body against her as he pried her lips open and deepened the kiss. He pulled back for second, just long enough to take off her purse that hung across her chest and rested on her right hip. Annoyed that it was getting away from being closer to her, he aimlessly threw it on the folding table, and pressed her against the door
once more and devoured her.
Mary Ann wrapped her arms around his neck and pushed him down, desperate for his closeness. No matter how hard she tried to get close, it was never enough. His hands were everywhere, and his mouth was intoxicating
her. He tore his lips away, only to run them down the side of her face, down her jawline and nuzzled her neck. She groaned when his clever mouth captured her ear and she dove her fingers in his brown hair.
She had never in her life felt this way. She has never thrown caution to the wind like this and it felt great. She had always been careful when it came to relationships. She was shy and nervous all the time around men. But with JC, she felt comfortable, she felt whole almost. She felt...reckless.
She heard ringing in her ears, as he took her mouth once more. But then she realized the certain ringing in her ears, was her cell phone shrilling in her purse. "J....C," she said between his feverent kisses. "Phone...ringing."
"Mm-hmm," he mumbled aginst her lips and then tasted her once more.
"Gotta...answer...it," she murmured.
"Okay, okay," he said breathlessly as wrapped his arms around her waist and they both shuffled their way to the table, with their lips still locked.
He pressed her against the table so hard, that the legs scrapped against the floor. She moaned against his lips when he lifted her up on the table and continued to kiss her. She searched blindly for her purse while his demanding lips were still seeking hers. She finally tore her lips away, only to answer the phone. "Hello?" she asked breathlessly.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!!"
"Mom!" she exclaimed.
JC looked at her and then bent over and muffled his laugh against her neck. Mary Ann slapped his back, to tell him to be quiet. "What are you doing?"
"Well, it's not 2001 here yet, but I knew it was for you, so I had to call you."
"Oh, that's...." She gasped when she felt JC's mouth capture her ear.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"Uh...nothing, I'm...." She paused and closed her eyes at the feel of his mouth running down her neck. "I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"You have no idea Mom," she mumbled.
"So your having a good time?" she asked.
"Yeah, a great time," she managed to say when JC started kissing her collar bone.
"Have you met all the guys yet?"
"No, uh...Just JC, Joey and Justin," she said as she bit her lip when JC moved up the other side of her neck.
"Is JC as handsome as he looks?" she asked with a giggle.
"Is JC handsome?" she repeated with a grin. JC stopped what he was doing and looked down at her with a grin. She shrugged. "Eh, he's okay." JC's jaw dropped and she just laughed. "Yes, Mom...I'm being sarcastic." JC chuckled softly and then leaned back down and nibbled on her earlobe and gave it a hard tug. Mary Ann gasped. "Well, Mom...I really gotta go."
"Okay, dear....I'll talk to you later then."
She nodded. "Okay, tell Dad hi."
"I will, bye, hun."
"Bye," she said and then quickly turned off the phone and groaned. "Joshua Scott!" she exclaimed as she pushed him away.
He gave her a sheepish look. "It wasn't me, it was the hormones, what can I say?"
"Oh, it was you, JC," she said as she shook a finger at him. "It was ALL you."
"True," he said as he moved in closer, grabbed her legs and yanked her across the table, and he was nestled between her legs. "And I'm ALL yours," he said as she wrapped her legs around his waist.
"Don't remind me," she groaned and then cupped the back of his neck and pulled his lips down on hers.
"Thanks for taking me, Adam," Natalie said on the way to Joey's house.
"No problem," he said and smiled softly.
"I'm sorry to tear you away from Cheri."
"Nat, it's okay," he said as he looked at her. "Are you okay?"
The picture of Joey kissing Kim went through her mind for the hundredth time. She knew she shouldn't have run off, she should of stood there and fought for what she wanted. But instead, she ran....like a coward.
She sighed. "I'm okay, just tired."
Adam knew there was more to it, but he also knew that he shouldn't pry. "Okay," he said and then drove the car up Joey's driveway. "Happy New Year, Nat."
"Thanks, Adam," she said as she got out. "Same to you."
She walked up to the backdoor and pulled out the key that Joey's mother gave her the first day. She opened the door and walked through the kitchen, into the den and then up the stairs to her room. She closed the
door behind her and threw her purse on the bed as she began to take off her clothes.
She rummaged through her drawers and pulled out some gray cotton pants and a white shirt and pulled her hair back and tied it at the base of her neck. She went in the bathroom and washed off all her make up and sweat and her face glowed when she was all clean. She brushed her teeth and turned out the bathroom light and walked into the room.
She was just about to crawl in bed, when someone knocked on her door. She jumped at the loud banging and ran to the door. It was probably Adam, she thought. She could tell he was worried about her, so he probably came back to talk.
She opened the door and froze when she saw Joey standing there. "Joey? What are you...."
He muffled her words as he stepped toward her, cupped her face with his hands and pressed her lips against her's. She closed her eyes as her brows lifted as she slowly placed her hands on his chest. She heard him
groan against her lips, and she sighed with pleasure as she ran her hand up his chest and dove her fingers in his hair.
He ran his hands down her neck, over the sides of her breasts, down her ribcage and gripped her waist as he yanked her against him. He deepened the kiss, tasting her deeply over and over again as his tongue dove in
and out of her mouth.
He finally pulled back and rested his forehead against hers as they both breathed heavily. Natalie closed her eyes as she licked her lips, the taste of him still lingered on her lips. "Why did you leave?" he asked huskily.
She shook her head hopelessly. "I don't know."
"You know that Kim means nothing to me, right?"
She nodded and opened her eyes to look at him. "I know."
"Then why did you run?" he asked again as he carressed her cheek with the back of his knuckles.
"I...I was scared," she whispered as she looked down.
He cupped her chin and tilted it up so she could look at him. "You don't have to be scared, Nat. I can't promise I won't hurt you, but I can promise that I'll never mean to."
She leaned up and hugged him. "That's more than enough for me."
He let out a shaky breath and then cupped her face with his hands. "Don't ever do that to me again."
She nodded. "Okay."
She barely got the word out, because Joey's lips captured her's seconds later. "Be with me tonight?" he mumbled against her lips.
She shivered. "Joey, I'm not rea...."
"Not that way," he said with a grin as he traced her lips with his finger. "Just...be with me."
She smiled. "Okay," she said and then leaned up on her toes and brushed her lips with his.
He wrapped his arms aroun her waist and slowly pulled her closer as she continued to nibble at his lips. He smiled against her lips as they gave each other quick kisses while they shuffled their way to the connecting bathroom. He deepened the kiss as he pressed her against the door and reached blindly for the door knob. He finally opened the door and they stumbled into Joey's room, laughing when they almost lost their balance.
They tumbled on to the bed and Joey groaned with pleasure as his body pressed her against the mattress. He deepened the kiss one more time, before he sucked on her bottom lip and ran kisses down her jawline. Natalie closed her eyes and sighed as she dove her fingers in his hair. Her eye's then flew open when the phone rang next to her. "Uh...Joey?" she mumbled when he didn't answer the phone. "Phone's ringing."
"Mm-hmm," he murmured and then took her earlobe in his
mouth, smilng to himself when he felt her shiver.
"It could be my mom or something," she managed to say while his mouth and tongue were loving her neck and ear.
"Then answer it," he whispered in her ear, before capturing it once more.
"Okay," she said dreamily as she streached her body beneath his and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Nat!" Mary Ann said from the other end. "What are you....." She paused and closed her eyes as JC's lips and tongue began to suck on her neck. She coughed a groan. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, MA," she said and then looked at Joey who was giving her a lopsided grin. "Oh, nothing much. Just hanging with Joey here."
"Doing what?" she asked and then bit her lip to keep from moaning.
"Oh..um..." She let out a gasp when she felt his teeth and tongue barring at her neck. "Just....oh god....watching a movie."
"Uh-huh, yeah...sure you are," she said with a chuckle "And me and JC are playing pin the tail on the donkey."
JC chuckled against her neck. "No, MA...a little to the left...almost there....more to the left....THERE....mm-mm, you pinned that ass good." Mary Ann laughed and pushed him away. "Pervert. Listen, I'm gonna...stay here."
"Okay, that's fine," she said, anxious to get off.
"We'll talk to ya'll tommorrow and then threw the portable on the floor.
"What are they doing?" Joey asked and then kissed her softly.
"Um...pin the tail on JC's ass I think."
Joey just laughed and then kissed her deeply as he pulled the covers over them.
MA dropped the phone on the table and wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for another kiss. She started to lean back and pull her down with him on the table. Happy to oblige, he lifted on knee up and pushed himself up on the table and kissed her over and over as he pressed her against the hard table.
"Wait, wait," JC murmured against her lips and then crawled off the table.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she sat up.
He cupped her face and kissed her softly. "I'm not gonna stay down here and man handle you on a hard table.
"I like your manhandling," she teased as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
He grinned. "And I like manhandling you," he said. "But let's go on upstairs and....."
All of the sudden the door swung open and Adam and Cheri tumbled in together as their lips attacked. They were chuckling about something as they continued to kiss each other. "Uh, buddy?"
Adam tore his lips away and when he saw JC he frowned. "Dammit, C, you always get the laundry room."
He shrugged. "Well, it's the best makeout room in the house," he said with a grin. "Sue me."
"Damn, hun...settle for the game room."
"Well, that DOES have the pool table," she said.
"No bother, guys, we were about to leave anyway," JC said as he grabbed Mary Ann's hand and she leaped off the table.
"Really?" he asked with excitement.
Mary Ann looked at him wierd. "Why would you pick the laundry room over the game room."
He grinned. "Ever see Varsity blues?"
"Yeah, sure."
"You know that scene??? In the laundry room?"
"Ohhh," she said with a laugh. "Woah, ya'll are nasty...have fun."
"Oh, we will," he said and then pulled her in his arms when they left.
"Have YOU ever used the laundry room for that reason?" she asked as they walked towards the stairs.
JC paused in his tracks. "Er, no of course not," he said and then kept on walking.
Mary ann studied his guilty face as they walked up the stairs. "Uh-huh, yeah," she laughed.
He looked at her guilty and shrugged. "Yeah, yeah," he said and then pressed her against the door. "You're next my dear," he teased and then kissed her as they entered his room and closed the door behind them.
Joey's eyes fluttered open the next morning and he stretched his long body as he reached blindly for Natalie. He grabbed her waist and lazily pulled her against him and buried his face in her curly hair as he breathed in deeply. She felt wonderful in his arms, and he loved waking up and finding her sound asleep next to him. Something he could definitely get use to.
He had so much fun with her last night. They talked about anything and everything as they shared kisses in between. He told her about his days before he was Joey Fatone from NSYNC, and she listened to every word he said. She laughed when he told her about the time him and Steve put a frog in Janine's sleeping bag during a family camping trip.
She was sincere when he talked about the hard times too, about growing up with limited recources. She had reached over and grabbed his hands and just held it while he talked and casually played with his fingers. The gesture was simple, yet thoughtful. He cared about her so much, it almost scared him. He has cared for girls before, but he has never felt like this. This protectiveness towards her was new and he wanted to wrap his arms around her and protect her from the world. She was beautiful, inside and out and he didn't want to ever let her go.
She let out a tired moan as she turned her body around toward his and nestled against him. He grinned as he leaned down and kissed her ear, and then ran tiny kisses down her neck. Natalie let out a tired giggle as she wrapped her arm around his waist and pulled him closer. "Well, good morning," she said with a laugh.
"Morning," he mumbled while he still ran kisses all over her throat and neck. "You look beautiful in the morning."
She let out a laugh. "Yeah, sure I do."
"You do," he said as he leaned back and looked at her. "Those droopy eyes look incredibly sexy." She turned red and hid her face in his chest with a laugh and Joey just chuckled as he kissed the top of her head. "You are too cute Nat."
She giggled as she buried her face in his chest. "I am not."
He laughed. "Yes you are," he said and then patted her curly head. "My cute little Nattie."
She felt herself turn red and then just laughed as she looked up at him. "You're cute too, ya know."
"Ohhh, stop it," he said in his best gay voice. "I look completely awful in the morning."
She laughed. "No, sweetie, you look beautiful."
"Ya think so?" he asked. "Well, I do use this wonderful night cream, makes my skin feel like buttah."
"Ohh, lemme feel," she said and then ran her hand down his rough cheek. "A little stubbly, but I like....what's the name of it?"
"It's called Joey's wonder cream," he teased and then pretended to flip his hair.
She laughed and cupped his face. "Kiss me, you fool."
"Gladly," he said and then gave her a long, hard kiss that left them both breathless.
JC laid on his side, and propped his head with the support of his elbow as he stared down at Mary Ann's sleeping form. She had a slight smile as she slept, and he smiled himself as she ran his finger over her soft lips. MA moaned slightly and the smiled against his finger, before she bit the pad of it lightly between her teeth.
JC chuckled softly when she finally opened her eye's and grinned up at him. "Morning, sexy mamma."
"Morning," she rasped and then kissed his finger again. "Sleep well?"
"Exceptionally," he said and then bent down and replaced his finger with his own lips.
"Hmm," she sighed against his lips and then enjoyed the soft kisses he was giving her. "Me, too."
He lingered on her mouth, he pulled his lips only inches away. "I have to get in the shower," he said but then kissed her again.
"Okay," she mumbled and then ran her hands up his bare arms and dove her fingers in his hair as he deepened the kiss.
"Okay, I really...gotta...go," he mumbled between kisses as he tried to pull himself away.
"I'll be here...." He kissed her again. "Waiting."
JC pulled back only to kiss her again, one last time, long and deep and then finally shot back. "Okay, I'm going to take a cold shower," he said and disappeared in the bathroom.
Mary Ann laughed when the door swung open seconds later and he crawled toward her. "You have no will power," she teased.
"One more I swear," he said and then took her mouth once more.
She muffled a laugh against his lips. "Well, I guess I'll allow one more."
JC replied by deepening the kiss and then playfully rolled with her until he was hovering over her. JC ran his lips down her jaw line and then lingered them on her neck, lips and tongue danced on her skin. "C? Thought...you were going to..take a shower?" she asked witha sigh as she cocked her head to allow him easier access.
"I will," he breathed and then captured her ear. "Eventually."
Just then the phone rang and they both froze in the middle of their action and groaned in frustration. "If that's Ty, I'm gonna kill him," he sighed as he collapsed his head her pillow.
"Not if I beat you to it," she said and then picked up the phone. "Allow me...Hello?"
"Hey, girl, I didn't interrupt anything did I?"
"No, not at all," she said through her teeth. "JC, it's Nat."
"Tell her to go away," he mumbled in his pillow.
"I heard that," she said.
MA laughed and then pushed JC away. "Go take that cold shower, stud muffin, I'm gonna talk to Nat."
He groaned in protest and then grabbed the phone. "You're evil," he said and then handed the phone back, gave her a kiss, and slammed the bathroom door.
Mary Ann laughed. "Dont' worry he's just not a morning person."
"Apparently," she laughed. "So how was last night?"
"Amazing," she said with a sigh.
"You didn't....ya know."
"No I didn't..YA know," she laughed. "We just talked and laughed and......"
"Got some nookie," she added to the list.
"Yes, and got some nookie," she sighed and then both girls laughed. "So, what about you."
"Same," she said with a smile. "He left the room and said he'd be right back, but I don't know where he went."
"So our plan worked?"
She laughed. "Like a charm. It didn't at first actually, cuz Kim butted in and started kissing him."
"What? That biach?"
"Yeah, I know," she said with a sigh. "I of course ran off and asked Adam to take me home, but Joey followed me and showed up at my bedroom door and just started....kissing me."
"Aww, how sweet," she said. "Well, I had some biaches of my own. Three of them to be exact."
"What happened?" she asked.
"I don't want to talk about it," she said as she shuddered. "Never been so mad in my life, JC had to drag my ass away so I wouldn't tear their hair out."
Natalie started to laugh. "What a site that would have been?!"
"I was not amused," she said with the roll of her eyes. "He dragged me to the laundry room to cool me down, but when he realized I wasn't going to shut up he kissed me."
She giggled. "You can be stubborn, MA, and he cooling you off the best way he knew how."
"And boy did it work," she said with a laugh. "Damn."
She laughed. "Well, the reason why I'm calling was to see what you two were doing."
She shrugged. "I don't know, why?"
"Well, me and Joey just want to be lazy today," she said. "Maybe finish the Superman series and stuff."
"Dear lord, well we'll stay here then."
"That's what I figured," she laughed. "But call us tonight and maybe the four of us can do something."
"Okay, sounds like a plan."
"Oh, I hear him coming....later."
"Bye, have fun Miss Lois Lane."
She laughed. "You too, sexy mama," she said and then hung up the phone right as the door opened.
"Good morning, my sweet," he said with a smile as he came in with a breakfast tray that was decorated with a small vase and a single white daisy.
She smiled. "You made me breakfast," she said in amazement. "Joey, how sweet!"
He smiled as he sat at the edge of the bed and placed the tray on the bed. "Hope you like scrambled."
"I love scrambled," she said and then leaned up and kissed him softly. "Thank you."
He replied by pulling the daisy out of the vase and handing it to her. "You're welcome."
She took it from him and blushed slightly and twirled it between her finger's. "Since, when are you a romantic."
The corner of his mouth lifted and then he leaned over and kissed her softly. "You bring it out of me I guess." She smiled up at him and he kissed her again, nibbled on her lips until he finally pulled away. He grabbed a peice of bacon and held it out to her. "Tell me if I burnt it."
She smiled and opened her mouth and took a bite of the crunchy bacon. "Mmm, tastes good to me."
"Good," he said and then took a bite. "Did you call the C and MA?"
"Yeah," she said as she reached over and picked off the other peice of bacon. "They were cool with it."
"I'm sure they were," he said. "You go and finish your breakfast, while I hop in the shower."
"Okay," she said and then cupped the back of his neck and kissed him.
Joey lingered on her lips and tasted her deeply, enjoying the feel of her tongue against his. He plunged one last time, before he finally pulled away and nibbled at her lips. "I'll be out in a sec," he said and kissed her one more time before he stood and walked towards the bathroom.
"Okay," she said as she watched him. "What are we going to do today?"
"Whatever you want," he said as he leaned against the bathroom door. "Do you want to leave the house?"
"Not really," she said. "I don't want to look pretty for anyone today...but you of course."
He grinned. "Okay, we'll just hang here," he said with a wink and then shut the door behind him.
Natalie buried her head in her pillow and screamed into it. She still couldn't believe this was happening to her. Never in her wildest mind would she imagine that this would happen, but here she was...laying in Joey's bed, eating breakfast that he made for her, while he took a shower in the next room. "Damn, I'm a lucky bitch," she said with a laugh.