Thirty Minutes Till
Published by Evangeline Love
Copyright 2011 Evangeline Love
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“That’s the last one.” Mr. Simmons said as he set the last of my boxes amongst the already heaping pile in my spare bedroom. “Thanks so much,” I grabbed my check book “how much do I owe you?” He smiled, causing the already there wrinkles and smile lines on his handsome face to become more pronounced. “Aww, little Reese I’m glad to have been able to help. We don’t get to see you often. Mary and I were so happy to hear you where moving back after your internship was over.”
I smiled at him; Stan had been my dad’s best friend before he passed away. He and his wife had been a constant fixture in my life since I was a child. I knew I might have offended him when I offered to pay for his assistance but he was pushing sixty and thanks to my mom I knew he was having issues with his hip. I felt terrible for even having to ask. Well, technically my mom had asked but I hadn’t objected. And thanks to my ‘don’t get close to anyone and focus on graduating’ attitude, I had no one else to ask for help.
I gave Stan a one arm hug, feeling bad that I’d been avoiding them for reasons beyond my schooling. Stan reminded me of better times, times of fishing and camping. All guys with the exception of daddy’s little girl. My eyes welled up and I found myself blinking furiously to hold the tears. Stan brought his arm around and squeezed me tight. I missed this type of affection, the felling of being loved, even if just in the daughterly way.
“I’ll make sure to come by and visit. I’m sure I can even talk mom into coming along, we’ll make a day of it.”
“Mary will be thrilled, just let us know.” He gave me a stern look “I will hold you to it.” I nodded solemnly; I knew I couldn’t continue to hide away. I no longer had anything to excuse my being a recluse.
Standing on my front porch, I smiled as Stan waved with a holler of “see you soon little Reese.” He’d called me that for as long as I can remember. I sighed, content to stand and survey my new neighborhood. My next door neighbor nodded at me as he took out the trash, a couple of kids threw a football at the end of the block. Yeah, it was good to be home, away from the hustle of city life.
I glanced at my watch and cursed before rushing back inside to shower and rifle through a couple of boxes for appropriate work attire. I had accepted a job at the local emergency vet clinic. The clinic closed at five o’clock and that’s when I took over as the on call vet for after hours. It was my first official day and I wanted to be early.
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As I walked in the back door of the clinic Dr. Bailey saw me and stopped. “Reese, I’m so glad you decided to come in early. I’ve got emergency surgery; a lady just came in with a stray dog she hit on Main Street. That pushed back both of the appointments that are here and one of them has a job to get to at six.” He stopped for a breath and I almost laughed. Dr. Bailey was a handsome man in his early forties with stress induced salt and pepper hair and no patience. He opened his mouth to continue and I quickly jumped to get a word in.
“Really it’s no problem, just let me put up my jacket and purse and I’ll gladly see the next patient.” He let out a relieved breath before motioning for the nurse to grab the chart. As Dr. Bailey disappeared into the supply room, Annie gave me a short run down of the patient while I changed and washed my hands.
Head down, I was looking at the chart when I heard Annie open the exam room door and call for Peanut Butter. I smiled, people were really imaginative when it came to naming there pets. The door closed and I sensed rather than saw Annie come to stand next to me. Lifting my head to address the patient I got out, “I see it’s time to remove Peanuts…” before I lost the words in a rush of breath from my body.
“Reese?” He sounded in awe and had I been able to get any words out I might have greeted him. Or at least smiled at the look of shock on his face. He was still just as handsome, his blond hair shorter than it had been, his unblemished skin a bit more tan. Two years did nothing to dilute the strength of attraction to him. My body immediately responded and my mind instantly sparked with images of hips thrusting and icing melting. I shivered, god he still had the most amazingly mesmerizing eyes.
I jerked my gaze from his, what the hell was I doing? I had a job to do and even though I had already made a mistake –not checking the owner’s name that was clearly at the top of the damned chart- I did not need to continue to make them. I drew in a long, deep breath and with it as much courage as I could find.
“Charlie, it’s good to see you again.” I plastered on a confident, professional smile, surprised my voice didn’t crack or waver.
“What’s going on with Peanut Butter today?” I stroked the cat’s soft fir while feeling for internal abnormalities. She was appropriately named, being almost the exact color of warm peanut butter with striking brown eyes to match.
“Charlie cleared his throat “ah, yeah, Peanut is ah…” He frustratingly ran his hand threw his hair before trying again.
“I adopted Peanut after I saw her get trampled by a cow. It should be time to take off her cast.”
Charlie watched from a chair in the corner of the room as I removed Peanut’s cast. What I wouldn’t give to be able to read minds. His strong arms were crossed in front of his chest, his shoulders stiff with stress. If it wasn’t for his eyes I wouldn’t have been able to tell that he was excited and not angry. I could feel Charlie’s eyes roam my body, lingering on my ass and chest longer than was necessary but effectively heating my blood. I was acutely aware of when his gaze leveled on my eyes as I tried unsuccessfully to hold my poker face.
It had taken months to adjust my everyday thoughts of him down to a more appropriate every other day. With the rate my heart was thumping in my chest it was obvious it never got over my choosing to not see him again.
“Ok, Peanut should be good to go, keep an eye on her movements for the next couple of days. If she seems to be favoring the left paw go ahead and bring her back in, but I don’t think she should have any problems.” I scratched her ears then her butt and smiled as she started to purr. It was rare for any animal to be that comfortable when away from their normal environment.
I handed Peanut to Charlie but she held onto the shoulder of my jacket, causing Charlie to have to come close and unhook her. His face inches from mine, his breath tickling my cheek. He detached her claw but didn’t move immediately away, keeping his eyes locked so intensely with mine it was as though he were hypnotized. Or maybe that was me.
For Charlie, his eyes were definitely windows to his soul. Matching green orbs of longing with a hint of loneliness he couldn’t hide. I wondered if mine gave me away as well, if he could tell that underneath the lab coat and professional persona was a woman that longed for this man to love her. A woman who had ran only because of the feelings he provoked in her from only one short encounter.
Finally he moved away and I almost groaned at the amount of disappointment that swamped me. Should I grab a hold of this rare second chance and tell him how I feel?
Charlie smiled at me knowingly. Arrogant ass! He’d just wanted to get a reaction out of me, see if I still wanted him. Ass! With a nod goodbye he left. I sighed, not sure if I was happy or sad about the end of our encounter.
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Thirty minutes till eight and I found myself nodding to sleep. Knowing there wouldn’t be any emergencies I couldn’t handle with Dr. Bailey arriving within the hour I had Annie go home. I had just caught myself nodding off again when I heard the door buzzer.
Standing up, I adjusted my shirt before putting on my jacket and walking into the lobby.
I shouldn’t have bothered with the adjustment because the second our eyes met he was on me. Crushing my mouth with his and clinging to me with a desperation two years in the making. I clung back, pawing at the sweater on his back, desperate to feel skin, feel Charlie.
When my finger nails raked the bare skin of his lower back he shuddered then growled, pulling his lips from mine. “Please tell me there is no one else here.” He said breathlessly and I smiled, I couldn’t help it.
“You have perfect timing, Annie just left.”
He kissed me again, sliding my work jacket off to land on the floor. I had a very understandable case of déjà vu and it caused me to laugh. Charlie pulled back, eyes hooded with desire, face scrunched up in confusion. I laughed again.
“Did I miss something?”
I looked behind me at the floored jacket then back at him and smiled, “have we done this before?”
Charlie laughed then. “God I missed you!”
His need seeped into my body by way of lips, teeth and tongue unrestrained and savage. Breathing was overrated. I felt his fingers on my black button up shirt just before it was discarded to the floor as well. I didn’t care that we opened in thirty minutes, didn’t care that anyone could walk in at any moment. I wanted Charlie, no I needed Charlie.
Needing to feel him, be as close to him as possible I yanked his sweater off before doing away with the shirt underneath. Once his chest was free of barriers I pressed my bare chest to his as hard as I could, rubbing my erect nipples over it as well as the ripples in his stomach. Wow, when did I lose my bra? Better yet, good thing I was actually wearing appropriate underwear.
Charlie pulled his mouth from mine, both of us breathless and panting. He looked around the room, searching, for what I had no idea. Then he lifted me by the hips, my slip on shoes falling to the linoleum with twin thuds. He planted me on the check-in desk then immediately started to work on the buttons of my pants.
I was so wound up, body practically rippling with the extent of my arousal.
“I have to taste you. It wasn’t just all in my head right, please tell me you really tasted that good.”
I groaned, “wouldn’t know, but I’m sure it was the icing, Charlie.”
He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, “well, let’s find out.”
Charlie’s hand slipped into my slacks then under the elastic band of my panties to glide easily through the soaked folds of my pussy. We groaned in unison. His fingers were like magic, tweaking the hard nub that was my clit until a scream tore from my throat. I shuddered so hard I nearly bit my tongue before slumping forward in his arms.
Charlie laughed, “I definitely didn’t imagine how amazing you look and sound when you come.” God he was arrogant. He pulled his hand from me then brought it to my lips, slicking his wet fingers across them before leaning in to taste me. I moaned at the sweet taste we made together. But I wanted more of him.
I pushed him back then slid to my knees before him, sliding down his zipper and shoving his pants to his ankles. Charlie groaned, the sound rumbling from deep inside his chest as he shook his head. But this time I will not be denied.
I was in a different place now but I had no idea if Charlie would want to take things further. After all I had denied him before, run away like some coward. Feigning an over stressed and complicated life. When in actuality I wanted someone to love, I was just afraid of what I might have to give up to get that.
Charlie tasted amazing and I devoured him like a woman starved, licking up the side of his cock before running my tongue back and forth across the sensitive spot under the crown. I loved the sounds of his masculine moans and groans. Charlie had stared in more of my masturbation fantasies than I could count, but the real thing was so much better.
“Reese, oh fuck!” Looking into Charlie’s eyes I took as much of his length into my mouth as possible. His head fell back and he gripped my head, not leading my movements but messaging and scratching my scalp.
“Ah shit. Baby, your mouth is amazing.” Pleasuring Charlie was turning me on so much I thought I could come just from making him moan. I worked his cock into my mouth repeatedly, alternately swirling my tongue around the crown and nipping lightly at it with my teeth.
Suddenly, Charlie’s hands gripped my shoulders and pulled me to my feet.
“I don’t want to come in your mouth. I’ve waited too long to be inside you again.” Charlie turned me around to face the desk before kneeling behind me to slide down my pants. Once he had them removed he stood, pressing kisses to my ass and back as he rose.
“Spread your legs for me, sweetheart.”
“God yes, fuck me Charlie! I need you so bad.” I was so wet and so turned on I burned with the need to feel Charlie inside me.
“It’s so fucking hot when you talk like that.” And with that he filled me with one deep thrust. I cried out as he fucked me, filled the antiseptic silence of the clinic with chants of his name. Begged him not to stop, never stop. Every thrust sent me further up the desk while sending papers and schedules cascading to the floor.
As Charlie continued to own my body he reached underneath me and lifted, bringing my back flush with his front. I couldn’t contain the moan that bubbled up my throat when the new position caused his cock to rub against my G-Spot.
“Oh shit, oh Charlie.” He cradled me in his arms, using both hands the pinch my nipples as I reached back to grab and handful of his ass.
“You’re so fucking tight and wet. Ah shit I’m gonna come.”
I moaned, “yes Charlie! Fill me; use that big, hard cock of yours to make me come.”
If I couldn’t see it I wanted to feel it. I slid my hand to where we were joined then used two fingers to circle his cock so that he slid not only through the tight opening of my pussy but through my fingers as well.
Charlie sucked in a sharp breath before shouting, “Reese!”
I felt his cock pulsate inside me, felt it jerk in my hand. One last thrust and I came, screaming his name, sealing him forever as a part of me.
I stood there tangled in Charlie’s strong arms, wondering how we managed to still be standing upright. My head lay on Charlie’s shoulder and he ran hot kisses down my sweaty neck and across my shoulder, making me shudder. My head lay at the perfect angle to see the wall clock and when the time registered I jolted out of his arms.
“Shit Charlie, its eight fucking thirty. The Clinic opened thirty minutes ago!”
We both scrambled into our clothes, tripping and bouncing and laughing. And then I heard the employee access door open and the shuffle of shoes as Dr. Bailey walked down the hallway. Please go to your office first; please go to your office first. I chanted in my head as I straightened my hair and grabbed my jacket from Charlie’s out stretched hand.
“Dr. Summers are you busy?” Dr. Bailey called and I scrambled behind the desk to scoop up the papers and try to look busy. It wasn’t until he came into view that the thought hit me, I had no idea where Charlie was.
“Ah, Dr. Summers how was your first night?”
I forced a smile, “just fine thank you. We only had one patient, a cat that ingested fishing line, I just checked on him a little over an hour ago.” Wow, was I turbo talking?
He cocked his head to the side, a curious look on his face. “Are you feeling well, you seem… flushed?”
I’m sure I flushed further because right then the door buzzer sounded and Charlie walked in. How the hell had he managed exit without me knowing or hearing the buzzer?
I turned to him with what I was sure was a face of embarrassed horror. Pleading without words for him to save me from this awkward situation. He just smiled that arrogant, sexy smile I have come to annoyingly love.
“Hello Dr. Summers, I wanted to check with you about peanut. She seems to be doing well but I wanted to double check on the activity she’s allowed. I think I left the post procedure papers here yesterday.” I almost laughed, he was turbo talking too.
“Of course Mr. North, let me get you those papers and you can be on your way back to Peanut.” I could tell he was holding back his smile as Dr. Bailey regarded us with confused and curious eyes.
“Here you go. If you have any problems just give me a call.” I handed him the papers with a professional smile and tried my best not to make eye contact with Dr. Bailey, I was barely holding back a laugh as it was.
But then Charlie leaned in. Close enough to kiss me but only to whisper words that made my stomach flutter and my heart swell.
“I’m not done with you, Reese. And this time I won’t take no for an answer.”
I stood, beaming a bright smile at the glass door Charlie had just retreated through before Dr. Bailey’s words registered.
“Is he a friend of yours Reese?”
I felt the smile split my face as I shook my head.
‘No, Dr. Bailey, he’s so much more.”
The end.
About the author:
After attempting but failing miserably at
college and snoozing through her ten hour work days Eve knew she
needed to do something more exciting with her life. What started out
as a hobby quickly turned into several stories, some short, some
long, some dead ends and some just no good at all. Evangeline is a
sucker for a happy ending, a chocoholic and the rare person who
loathes coffee. She loves being able to create worlds in which your
everyday person can find true love and happiness... And maybe a
little something to singe the sheets.
Evangeline resides in the
Midwest with her soul mate and their four crazy cats who think they
own the place. She spends her days as a technical support rep and
nights with her head in a book or in front of the computer furiously
typing away, sure she will have carpal tunnel by the age of thirty
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Other works by Evangeline Love:
Thirty Minutes of Less
Dark
Peeping Tam