Wreckers or Checkers: In It to Win It Page 10

  “Jet do you realize how stupid that just sounded? You ignored me because I made you wear a condom…because I don’t want to get pregnant or even RISK getting pregnant!” she yelled then walked over and sat down on the couch.

  I sat down on the coffee table in front of her and stared at her as she sat there crying she looked up at me, “So…now we go our separate ways?” she asked then grabbed a Kleenex off the end table.

  “I think it’s the only thing to do…”

  “Okay, then…then you need…need to leave please…”

  “Or we can try to talk about it.” I said softly to her.

  She looked up at me, “Jet, we go in circles when we try to talk about it. Riley, you, Carley, Me, Me, Brody, I think the problem is me. You deserve somebody that you can trust, and I’ve ruined that. Chalk it up to me being a virgin I guess.”

  “Chass, this is killing me.” I said and swallowed the lump in my throat.

  She smiled a sad smile at me, “Just go, we can still be friends right?”

  “Ahh the “friend” line, that’s another blow to my man card.”

  “I just don’t want you to hate me, you’ll find a woman to fall head over heels in love with. I was just a speed bump.” She said as more tears flowed down her face. I stood up and pulled her up so I could hug her. This was far from over, she wasn’t’ going to get rid of me that easy she would soon find out that it is HER that I’m head over heels in love with.

  I cupped her face in my hands, lowered my lips to hers and kissed her softly. With her hands fisted in my shirt, her lips quivered as our tongues met. I had to walk away, I had to leave, we needed time apart to figure out that it was each other that we wanted. I kissed her softly one more time then hugged her tight.

  “I guess I’ll see you around.” I told her then let go of her.

  She nodded her head, “Okay, and Jet…I’m so sorry…about everything.”

  I nodded once then walked out of her dorm.

  ~~~~

  The weekend went by with no calls or text from Chass, I found some of her clothes in my room and put them in the top of my closet. I was dreading class on Monday because I knew that seeing the hurt in her eyes was going to kill me.

  Sunday afternoon I finally decided to go to the shop, I hadn’t talked to Cameron since Boone. Jason was swamped at work after he got back from the funeral for mom that he hadn’t been to the race shop. I met Jerod at the shop, the race rig was backed in and the key was back in the lock box like we had asked Cameron to do.

  I walked into the shop, over to the trailer and unlocked the back gate door. “I’m not looking forward to… What in the FUCK!”

  “WHAT?” Jerod yelled and came running over to the trailer. “Is that the…the back-up car?”

  “Well yeah, but…”I walked into the trailer taped to the top of the car was a letter from Cameron.

  Jet,

  You made me very proud with your success over the season, I’m sorry to hear about your mom. We heard the news the day after you boys left. Anyways, I’m giving you the back-up car because, well honestly, yours is junk LOL. Also enclosed is the check for the winnings from Boone, the trophy is in here also. I don’t need the money, you’re a college boy you’ll put it to good use I’m sure ;) I’ll have two more cars built, they will be ready for you when you race in Las Vegas (I’ll supply those tickets for your crew, girlfriends, and friends) and again in Boone. Take Care and Great Job !!

  Cameron

  I stood there in shock as Jerod read the note too, “Fuck’n’a! You lucky son of a bitch!” he said and pushed at my shoulder. The shop door shut and Jason walked in, Jerod handed him the note. “Holy shit!” He looked at the car then, the letter, then me. “You, can take us out for supper then. Call Chass she’ll want to go.”

  “Yeahhh, about that…”

  Jason narrowed his eyes at me then looked at Jerod, “What the fuck happened?” he asked clearly confused.

  I explained to him about her screwing around with Brody.

  “You ignored her for almost a month and you expect her to be just all “Oh I’m just going to chill and wait for him”…Really?”

  “What the fuck, yes that pissed me off, she cheated on me. Another thing that pissed me off was her making me wear a condom after I got back from Boone! She claims it was because she forgot to take her pills but I doubt that’s it at all.”

  Jason stood there shaking his head, “You..what? Did you get hit in the head on the flight back or what? You…are we seriously related?” he stammered out.

  “What?” I asked confused.

  “So let me get this right, it all comes down to trust and neither of you can trust each other…am I right?” he asked.

  “Man she let Carley screw around with her AND she screwed around with Brody, but, they didn’t cross THAT line. YET!”

  “Dumbest fucking fight I’ve ever heard of.” He said and shook his head. “I don’t want to hear you bitching when she moves on, because women like her don’t come along often.” He walked out of the shop and left.

  Jerod stood there in shock, “I thought they looked like they were getting pretty cozy. He’s a damn nice guy though, he’ll treat her right.”

  “You’re making this so much easier, I don’t think it’ll last between her and Brody.” I was hoping it wouldn’t even go any further than what it had already.

  “I’m confused as fuck, and this fight seems pretty childish for two college students. I’m sorry but if a woman told me to wear a condom so I don’t get her knocked up I’d be perfectly happy with that.”

  I pulled my hat off and ran my hand over my hair then roughly put my hat back on, “I guess the time apart will give her a chance to play the field, she was a virgin…”

  “You’re just going to WATCH her screw around, this I have to see.” Jerod said then turned and walked out of the race shop.

  Chassis

  ****

  He left, he actually left, my relationship was over because of the stupid things I had done. I couldn’t wait for Asher to get back, I didn’t bother calling her since she was home with Mitch seeing her family. I called Justin, him and Carl showed up at the dorm about thirty minutes later with ice cream and wine.

  They both sat there and listened to me babble on and on about how much I hated fighting, how I hated myself for screwing things up.

  Carl pulled me into a hug, “Woman, you two are going to fight, just take this time to figure things out in your head. If you want to be with Jet then tell him, if you want to be with Brody then tell him. I think you had a good thing with Jet, you two have been through a lot I can almost guarantee you he’s not going to just walk away from you. He loves you, no doubt so just give you two time think things over. Then shag the hell out of each other when you both stop being so bullheaded!”

  I laughed and wiped away the tears that were rolling down my cheeks, Carl was right. We had been through a lot, hopefully some time apart would only bring us closer together.

  ~~~~

  When Asher got back later that night, it was another round of me sobbing as I told her what had went on.

  She sat down on the couch and pulled me down beside her, “Welllll, what I do know is that YOU love Jet, the “thing” you had or have going on with Brody won’t actually go anywhere. You and Jet are both stubborn and hard headed, but you two belong together. It’s up to you Chass, not Jet not Brody…You! And I’m here for you no matter what you decide.”

  That Monday when we went back to class I was determined to not think about what had happened. Jet wasn’t in my first hour so that started my morning off fine. Second hour though…there he was. I sat down in a seat on the front row with Asher right beside me. I pulled my laptop out to take notes. The professor came in about five minutes late; “Okay kiddos, guess what we get to do? We are going to pair off into group’s two people per group. You need to make a list of questions to ask the lead athletic trainers in the top five colleges in the nation. We will provide you wit
h the phone numbers in one week so you all can do this. This assignment is to help you in the discussion of injuries using technical terms in emergency situations on and off the field and or floor. So, let’s start here with Asher… you and (he pointed to the guy sitting beside Jet) Travis. Chassis and lover boy Jet…”

  “Wait, can I..” I started to say when the teacher looked at me and shook his head ‘no’ at me. I turned in my seat, Jet was glaring at me, he had his legs stretched out with his ankles crossed and his arms crossed over his chest. I grabbed my back pack and laptop and walked up the steps to the seat beside him. He sat there tapping his pen against his notebook but wouldn’t look at me.

  “Okay, so let’s get started…” I said.

  “You can wait until he’s done, he’ll let you change as long as you tell him we aren’t together anymore. I’m sure Lacy over there would be much happier to have me as a partner anyways.” He said then finally looked at me.

  I swallowed hard, “If that’s what you want I’ll wait.” I said softly and turned to wait for the professor to finish pairing people together. He finished then turned to go sit at his desk, I stood from my seat, “Sit the fuck down Chass.” Jet said in a low gruff voice. The voice that sent chills over my skin. I slowly sat down, then turned to look at Jet.

  “Listen, I’m NOT giving up on us, this is up to YOU. I love you, and I want to be with you. I’m not walking away okay, I’m just stepping back letting you see if it’s ME that you want.” He said then drew in a breath. “I can’t fucking sleep, I can’t eat, I can’t think straight, the thought of another guy touching you, kissing you, holding you…it’s going to kill me. I’m sorry…” he finished and looked down at his notebook.

  I felt tears sting my eyes I didn’t know what to say to that, I was hurting just as bad as Jet but I didn’t want him to constantly be second guessing his trust in me. I nodded my head and sat there quietly as the other couples chatter filled the air. My cell phone went off with a new text message, I grabbed it quickly to silence it. It was a text from Brody:

  B: Just found out that Jet and you broke up?

  C: I think we are just taking a break :/

  B: Sooo, what happens with me and you?

  C:  IDK, I love him and I’ve hurt him.

  Jet’s chair slid against the floor as he stormed out of the classroom, slamming the door as he left.

  C: I have to go, I will talk to you after practice. Please don’t be mad!

  B: Ok, and I’m not mad. Confused but we will talk later.

  C: OK !

  About ten minutes later the instructor dismissed us from class early so because of an important phone call that had come through on his cell phone. We filed out of the class room, Asher caught up with me, “What the hell did he storm out for?” She asked as she shoved her notebook in her back pack then tugged the strap onto her shoulder.

  “HE, left because SHE was texting Brody. And SHE knows it’s pissing me off!” Jet said from beside me before I even had a chance to respond to Asher.

  I stopped and turned towards him and pushed at his chest, “If it makes you so MAD then prove to me that you want ME. Prove to me that you love me, prove to me that you still trust me!” I said and shoved harder against his chest with each word.

  Jet caught my wrists when I finished talking, he looked at Asher, “She’s not feeling well so I’m taking her to my place. Let the teachers know.” He said and pulled me across campus. When we walked in his house he practically pushed me through the front door and slammed it behind him. He grabbed me by the hand and started walking quickly up the stairs two at a time, “Will you stop!” I yelled and yanked my hand out of his as he threw his bedroom door open.

  Jet spun around, “No, fuck you, you’re going to listen to me. If I have to fuck you until neither of us know our names I will. It seems the only way I can get my point across to you is when my dick is shoved deep inside that sweet tight little pussy of yours!” He yelled and pulled me into his room, slammed that door and locked. “Now exactly what do I have to do Chass, fucking tell me!” he said softer but still almost a yell.

  I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him as walked towards me. He lifted my backpack strap off my shoulder and laid it next to his desk, then came and stood in front of me again. “Are you giving me the silent treatment? Or do I have to torture you?” he asked and grinned when he said it.

  I rolled my eyes and started to walk away from him to go sit on the bed, he grabbed me by the elbow and spun me around so I was facing him. “Now, you’re going to cut out this fucking attitude for starters.” He slid his hands down to my waist and pulled me closer to him.

  “Or…I can give you an attitude adjustment.” He said with a grin then licked his lips.

  Jet

  ****

  I knew seeing her in class was going to be hard, I wasn’t expecting the professor to split us up into groups and Chassis to act like he had given her a death sentence for pairing her up with me. So when she came and sat down in front of me, I told her she could opt out and ask for a new partner when the professor was done. She was going to until I pointed out that another girl in the class would be more than happy to be paired up with me. Lacy had been trying to get in my pants most of last year and all of this year, I turned her away because of the fact she said that tattoos are poisonous to the soul.

  When Chass’s cell phone went off with a new text and I seen it was Brody texting her, my blood started to boil. I grabbed my bag and stormed out of the classroom, I stood out in the hall way until the class came out. Asher asked Chassis why I left pissed off, before Chassis could answer I stepped up next to her and told her. That pissed Chassis off and she started pushing me away telling me to prove things to her. All I heard was “Prove that you love me!” and that’s exactly what I was going to do.

  I didn’t let her go back to class the rest of the day, instead I dragged her to the house like an out of control cave man and was going to prove a lot of things to her. Her attitude did nothing but turn me on, so I was going to use it to my advantage. Pissing her off always made things easier for me, because the one way that woman would listen to me is when I was fucking her. When I told her that the look on her face was priceless, her mouth opened then she snapped it shut.

  Once I had her body pressed against mine, she was looking up at me, her eyes searching mine as we stared at each other. I finally broke the silence, “So you and him never fucked?” I asked her.

  She shook her head no and tried look away from me so I grabbed her chin, “You trying to look away only makes me question you, so either you did fuck him or you wanted to.”

  “I never fucked him, we…I told him I wasn’t going to do that until you got back from taking care of things after your mom’s funeral.”

  I nodded my head and clenched my teeth together, “Well I’m back and I’m telling you right now, you’re not going to fuck him, EVER.” I told her.

  “You need to tell me why you turned so cold against me, why me making you wear a condom upset you so bad. I love you to death Jet but I don’t want a baby right now! If I would have let you go without one, you know as well as I do it would have happened. It’s not that I didn’t trust you, I didn’t trust us. Then after you got the phone call about your mom and da..Nate, you left and didn’t talk to me for a couple of days then when you did you acted like I was nothing. I just wanted to be there for you and you wouldn’t let me, you pushed me away.” She said and tears rolled down her cheeks. I cupped her face in my hands, using my thumbs I wiped away the tears. I walked us over to the bed and laid down then pulled her down beside me, “Chass, when you left Boone I wanted to come after you, the ONLY reason I stayed was because nobody would let me leave. I know I fucked up by kissing Riley you have to believe me when I say that’s as far as it would have gone no matter if I was dating you or not. I look at you and there’s nobody that can even come close to making me feel the way you do.” I said then leaned over and kissed her lips softly. When I pulle
d away she gave me a questioning look.

  “Why’d you stop?” she asked.

  “All I see is him kissing you on the field..”

  Her eyes got big, “You were WATCHING?”

  I nodded my head, “You knew I was there, you kept looking for me.” I said with a grin.

  “I did not, okay I felt like I was being watched. I guess I should have known my stalker was somewhere close by.” She said and tried not to laugh.

  “So, tell me, does his kiss do as much to you as mine? Does his kiss make your skin break out in goose bumps? Does his kiss make the blood in your veins feel like you’ve got electricity coursing through you?” I asked as I placed kisses along her jaw line, up to her ear then pulled the lobe between my teeth and flicked it. Her chest was heaving up and down as I moved my hand across the skin that was showing between her shirt and the top of her jeans. When she didn’t answer I looked back at her face, “Answer me.” I demanded in a deep voice that I knew brought chills to her skin.

  “No, only you can do that.” She whispered then tried to unbutton my jeans.

  “Oh no, you can’t touch that yet. You’ve got to answer some more questions little lady.” I said then climbed off the bed pulled her shoes off then tugged her jeans and panties off and threw them on the floor. “So he licked this? But did he lick it as good as I can?” I asked.

  “Jet why would you even ask that?” she asked and propped herself up on her elbows to look at me. “Your questions just went from okay to strange!”

  I raised an eyebrow, “Just answer it.”

  “No Jet, the only thing he did different…was got me worked up by saying he was going to tie me up!”

  I cocked my head to the side, “You WANT to be tied up?” I asked her.

  “Well, I thought you were this big bad ass dominate guy, so I’ve been patiently waiting to at least try something different!” she said and smiled.

  I climbed off the bed, “DO NOT MOVE woman!” I said then ran over to the closet and looked for something to tie her up with. I had a couple of neck ties in there but that was way to cliché for this, especially since they were both grey. I ended up finding some white nylon rope that I had in my racing gear box. I turned and walked back over to the bed, “Get naked!” I said and twirled the rope around.