Gerard had tired the previous night to go over in his mind what was happening in his life but he’d been so tired it had proved impossible. When he’d finally left the front porch and gone inside he’d passed Lucy as she was just coming out of the bathroom.

“Showers all yours” She’d said not making eye contact then quickly retreating to her bedroom.

He’d watched her walking away and had wondered what she was thinking. Had she been regretting what they’d done?

He had taken a quick shower then all but fallen into bed. By the time his head heat the pillow he was out.

Now as his eyes opened to the new day his thoughts immediately went to last night. He stumbled out of bed towards the bathroom. Once there he looked at his reflection in the mirror. “What are you doing?” He asked himself. He had no answer.

After quickly dressing he headed down to the kitchen wondering all the while if Lucy would act differently towards him this morning.

“Hey” She smiled as he walked in. “Breakfast is almost ready. I was about to send Rex up to get you.”

“That smells wonderful” He said eyeing the skillet on the cook store. He saw she’d cut up the pieces of their remaining steak from last night’s dinner and was cooking them up with eggs along side.

“Grab some plates.”

Once they were seated with their plates and cups of coffee at the table Lucy immediately started eating. Gerard did also but was racking his brain trying to come up with some sort of conversation.

Lucy was the one who spoke first. “Guess we’ll finish up cutting wood this morning. Oh and the power company is out at the road working on the lines.”

“That’s great.” Gerard nodded. “It will be nice to get the power back on

An awkward silence fell over the table.

When they were both done eating Lucy jumped from her chair. “Just throw your plate in the sink, I’ll deal with the dishes later.”

He walked over to her. “Here.” He said handing over his plate.

Lucy ran water over them then started to turn towards the door. She was unable to move because Gerard was standing directly behind her.

“Gotta get busy.” She said forcing a smile.

“So I guess this means we’re not going to talk about last night?”

She frowned, “What is there to talk about? I thought we had this all cleared up. We’re just two adults enjoying ourselves. No big deal.”

While her words shouldn’t hurt they did. “No big deal” He repeated softly.

She nodded, “Right.”

“And you have no regrets?”

“Why should I?”

Why should she indeed, he wondered. Suddenly he looked into her eyes and what he saw confused him. Lucy broke eye contact quickly turning back to the sink. “Gotta wash my hands.” She muttered the lame excuse hoping he’s move away.

“Well we do need to discuss something.” He said softly. “Uh, I’m gonna need to go get supplies.”

At first she was confused but then the realization of what he was saying hit her. “Oh” She spoke without turning. “No need on my part. I had a hysterectomy when I was in my twenties. It was a medical problem.”

He was surprised, “Oh, sorry.”

“No big deal.” She said quickly not wanting to discuss it.

Still he didn’t move. “You know that’s not the only reason to use a condemn.”

Her hands stilled under the water. “But I told you I’ve not been with anyone in a very long time.”

“Lucy” He said softly moving even closer. “I’m not worried about that. I’m just wondering why you’re not worried about me.”

It has never even dawned on her to be concerned about that and now she felt stupid. “Oh” She said slowly, “Uh, should I worry?”

The lie he told hurt. “No” Immediately he thought about Karli. Angrily he pushed that memory from his mind.

“Well, that’s good.” Lucy said wishing he’d move. His nearness was starting to affect her in ways she didn’t want to deal with at the moment.

“So you’re just gonna trust me?” There was a hint of anger in his voice she didn’t understand.

“Sure, why not?”

He sighed, “Yeah, why not.” Suddenly he just wanted to put everything out of his mind and his body was only too happy to oblige.

Lucy’s breath caught when he reached around her to stick his hands under the running water. “You could wait until I moved.” She laughed but the sound was hollow.

“Didn’t want to.” He murmured pressing his body against hers. Then he lifted his hands out of the water, slid them under her tee and in the process under her bra.

“Oh” Lucy was startled by the cold water at first but her body soon heated up.

Gerard ran his thumbs over her taunt nipples but remained silent. When he felt her lean back against him he pressed his lips to her neck.

A chill ran down Lucy’s spine. “Put Rex out and close the door.” She whispered.

Her request surprised him. “What?”

“I uh…I don’t want him watching.” She didn’t bother to explain her feels any better than that.

He slipped his hands out then walked towards the back door. Pushing it open he said. “Out, Boy.” As soon as Rex was through the door Gerard closed it. “So you didn’t want Rex to watch what, Lucy?”

Her heart was racing as she pulled the tee over her head letting it slip to the floor. “Us” She whispered.

Gerard smiled as she reached back to unhook her bra. However his smile faded when she spoke. “We need to do this fast. There’s a lot of work to be done today.”

There was no hiding his anger. “Oh, you want a quick fuck?”

She stared at him. “Well I thought that’s what you wanted.”

“Didn’t say it wasn’t.” He said moving towards her. “But I just want to be sure that’s what you want.”

Nervously she looked down. “Should we go upstairs?”

“Why not just do it here?” He said reaching out to cup her breast. “Saves time.”

Now Lucy was regretting her actions. “Look, let’s just forget it.” Her mouth snapped shut when his head dipped to capture her nipple. As he sucked his fingers worked on the zipper of her jeans.

“No, I don’t think we should forget it.” He said lifting his head to look into her eyes. “I think this is the prefect way to start our day.”

Lucy felt lost looking into his eyes. “Yeah” She whispered.

He tugged her jeans down and she stepped out of them. Her bright pink panties brought a smile to his lips. “Nice.”

Lucy looked away.

“But they are in the way.” He said slipping his fingers under the elastic to push them down. Lucy kicked them away.

She stood naked staring at Gerard. “You seem a bit overdressed.”

He was still trying to fight the anger and hurt he’d felt earlier. “Hey, this is supposed to be fast, right?”

She sighed, “I already explained, there’s a lot to be done and I just thought we should start before the heat gets brutal.”

Gerard pulled her to him to place his lips against her neck. “Seems pretty hot in here already.” His teeth nipped at the delicate skin.

Lucy put her arms around him to steady herself. “Yeah, hot.”

He pulled back slightly then moved closer wanting to kiss her. For a moment her eyes grew wide then before he could she turned her head.

Gerard was now filled with hurt and anger. “Oh I see. I can fuck you but I can’t kiss you.”

Angrily her head snapped back around and she lifted her hands to push against his chest. “Just forget it.”

He grabbed her arm roughly. “No, I don’t want to forget it and neither do you. I was just making sure I knew the ground rules.” Before she could try to yank her arm away he swung her around then backed her towards the kitchen table.

“Oh” She cried out when she hit the hard wood.

He smiled, “Sorry”

Lucy didn’t believe he was sorry for one minute. Especially when he grabbed her shoulders roughly, swung her around then pushed her down on to the table.

Gerard ran his hands over her rump. “Nice.”

Lucy cursed her body was humming with anticipation.

He ran his finger slowly, “Nice ass.” Using his foot he pushed her legs apart. He smiled when he heard Lucy’s uneven breathing, but that smile grew even more with his fingers found her hot, wet core. “Already wet.” He whispered. “Ready for me.”

She closed her eyes trying not to imagine the scene that was being played out. Never in her life had she had sex like this. The act had been one she’d only had with her husband, it had been sweet, tender and slow. Part of her hated that what was happening was exciting her so much. Her breath caught when she heard his zipper being lowered.

Gerard was fighting his own thoughts and emotions. She’d hurt his feeling when she had turned away from his kiss and because of that the power he now felt over her was pushing him on. “No sense in even taking off my jeans.” He ground out. “Just gotta lower then enough to pull my dick out.”

Tears sprang to her eyes. She understood her actions had hurt him and he was getting even.

He grabbed his dick with one hand while the other spread her open. “Yep, let’s get this show on the road.” He spat as he positioned himself at her entrance. “Ready?”

She moved one hand to quickly wipe her eyes.

Gerard caught the motion and for a moment the world seemed to stop. Guilt tore through him. “Shit” He took a step back.

Lucy’s voice was rough. “Do it.”

He shook his head.

“Damn it Gerard” She was breathing heavily. “Fuck me now”

Still he made no move.

Lucy wanted to scream. “Please, now. It’s what I want.” Then she added in a whisper, “It’s what I need.”

The emotion in her voice spurred him into action. However this time when he positioned himself there was a gentleness to his actions. Slowly he began to ease inside her hot core.

Lucy body was on fire. The rough table edge was rubbing against her clitoris and she purposely ground against it feeling the passion building. “Oh” She grabbed on to the opposite edge of the table trying to push her body even harder. When she felt Gerard easing in even further she cried out unable to stop herself, “Harder, please.”

He’d been afraid since it had been so long he’d hurt her but hearing her words his desire took over. He thrust hard completely filling her.

“Yes” Lucy screamed.

Again and again he thrust hard feeling her muscles tightening around his penis. When he saw her lift her body slightly off the table he kept himself buried in her so he could lean over and grab her breasts.

Lucy’s head was thrown back as she moaned.

Gerard pinched her nipples hard.

The pain only fueled the fire. Lucy wanted the pain, she wanted to feel alive. “Don’t stop fucking me.” She was so close, so close.

He wanted nothing more than to push her over the edge. Pulling out of her he stepped out of his jeans. Lucy had already pushed herself up and turned.

“Why?” She panted because he had stopped.

Gerard gently touched her cheek. “Change of position.” He lifted her up onto the table then pushed her back. His eyes glazed over with passion when he saw her lift her hands to her breast and began to caress her nipples.

“That’s beautiful.” He whispered moving into position again. He watched her face closely as he eased his dick into her.

“Oh, yes.” She wrapped her legs around his back, locking her ankles.

When she closed her eyes he barked, “Open your eyes. I want to see the passion.”

Her dark eyes opened then widened when he slowly reached for one of her hands. He took two of her fingers into his mouth gently sucking making sure they were wet before he placed them back on her nipple.

“That’s right” He urged when she began tweaking her nipple again.

She was so close but was frustrated when the feeling almost crested but faded away.

Gerard realized what was happening. He grabbed one of her legs placing her foot on the edge of the table. Then he repeated the action with the other foot. Then he gently pushed her legs apart as wide as he could.

“Oh yes.” Lucy said as his thrusting was suddenly much deeper.

He stroked her inner thighs then began to massage her swollen nub.

“Oh, yessssss” She screamed as the orgasm hit. Her back arched and her eyes glazed over.

Seeing her reaction pushed Gerard over the edge. The final thrust gave him release. When he felt he could move he slowly pulled out of her.

Lucy lowered her legs letting them swing off the table. “Wow” She whispered still trying to catch her breath.

He pulled on his underwear and jeans but still she hadn’t moved. He held out his hand to her. “Come on woman, we have work to do.”

For a minute she looked hurt but when she saw his face she understood he was trying to put her at ease. Taking his hand she let him pull her up into a sitting position. She watched as he pulled on his tee then leaned down to snag her bra and panties off the ground. Before she could object he helped her put the bra on then leaned down to slide her legs into the panties.

“Love this color.” He whispered helping her slip off the table so he could pull them into place.

“Thanks” Lucy said not meeting his gaze.

“Hey I underdressed you the least I could do is redress you.” He teased.

She pulled on her jeans then her tee. “That’s not what I was thanking you for.” She whispered.

He frowned, “Hey I thought I told you not to thank me. I wanted this just as much as you did.”

When her eyes locked with his they were watery. Then she did something that completely caught Gerard off guard. She placed a quick kiss on his cheek then rushed out the back door.

He found himself smiling as he followed her out.

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They worked on the remaining fallen trees until early afternoon. It wasn’t until Gerard’s chainsaw ran out of gas that he noticed Lucy was no where to be seen. Pulling off his sunglass he turned surveying the yard but had to wipe the sweat from his eyes. “Shit, it’s hot.” He whispered.

“Gerard”

He put the glass back on then turned to see Lucy peering out the large upper window of the barn.

“What’s wrong?” She yelled wondering why he’s chain saw had fallen silent.

He picked up the saw then started towards the barn. “Out of gas. What are you doing up there?”

“Looking for something.” She yelled back. “I’ll be down in a minute.”

She resumed her search but soon heard his footsteps coming up the ladder.

Gerard got to the top. “Holy shit, I thought it was hot outside.” Besides being extremely hot it was very dusty.

Lucy who had sweat pouring down her face nodded, “Yeah, and it turns out this was a waste of time. I thought I had some chainsaw blades up here.” She placed her hands on her hips frowning.

Gerard couldn’t help it, he laughed.

“What?”

“It’s just you look so damn cute.”

Lucy rolled her eyes, “Yeah, right. I’m sweating like a pig and covered in dust. Real cute.”

“It is the way you’re standing.” He explained. “Like any minute you’re gonna stop your foot in disgust.”

“I just might.” She said with a small smile. “Come on lets get the hell out of here. I’m melting.”

Gerard went down the ladder first but kept his eyes on the shapely butt moving down from above.

When they reached the floor he sighed “Wish it hasn’t been so hot up there.”

“Why?”

“Well I noticed the great view from up there. Think it would be nice to sit and watch the clouds rolling in.”

Lucy’s gaze automatically went to the large open doors. “Yeah, the clouds are rolling in. Hopefully will get some rain tonight. Enough that it will cool down some.”

He took a step closer to her to wipe some of the dust off her cheek. Unfortunately when he did the dust mixed in with the sweat on his fingers then turned to mud. “Oops.”

“Now I really look like a piggy in the mud.” Lucy laughed knowing what had happened.

Gerard grinned, “Sorry, I was only trying to help.”

“Come on, let’s take a break.” Lucy said. The heat was really starting to get to her and she knew if she was bothered by it he definitely was. “I’ll grab the towels.”

Immediately his interest was peaked. “We’re going to the creek?”

“Can’t think of a better place to cool off.” She sprinted towards the house and by the time he reached the porch she was already coming back out.

She told Rex to stay before they headed towards the woods.

“So is this gonna be a sexy break?” Gerard asked as walked along.

Lucy glanced over at him then laughed, “A sexy break?”

Her good mood pleased him. “Well I was just wondering.”

“Honestly I think both of us are too hot and tired for a sexy break. I just want to cool off in the water.”

While it was true, he was tired and hot, he still wasn’t sure a sexy break was out of the question. However he kept that opinion to himself.

When they reached the bank of the creek Lucy immediately started stripping. Only this time she didn’t leave any clothing on.

Gerard smiled, “Hey no matter what you say I’m thinking this is a sexy break.”

She rolled her eyes at him then ran into the water. As he undressed he saw her go under then come back up with a smile. “This is heavenly.” She called out. “Hurry up.”

He stripped off his clothes then joined her. She was right the cool water did feel heavenly. “Man, this is nice.” He said moving through the water to where she was standing.

“Yep, I checked the thermometer on the way out. It’s 102.”

“Holy fuck.” Gerard shook his head. “I knew it was hot but not that hot.”

“The bad thing is if the storms do reach us the temperature will more than likely make them violent.” She thought a minute then said, “But on the other hand if it just rains and cools down enough we can sit up in the barn and watch the storm.”

“Do you do that often?”

She nodded, “Yeah, I like watching storms from there.”

“And your roof, right?”

She grinned, “You really have a problem with me and the roof, don’t you?”

He shrugged, “A little.”

“Well then we’ll both just have to go out there so you can see it’s okay.” She wondered how he’d take that suggestion.

Gerard grinned, “Yeah, okay. How about later?”

“Not if it rains.” Lucy explained. “Rain makes the roof slick. We’ll have to stick to the hay loft.”

A rumble of thunder off in the distance caught their attention.

“Well crap.” Lucy muttered slowly moving towards the bank. “Time to get out.”

“But that wasn’t even close.” Gerard said trying not to whine. The water felt so good he hated the thought of getting out.

“Yeah, but it’s getting closer. And I need to get the chainsaws put away before it gets here.” By now she was on the bank laying out the towels. “And we have to have time to dry off.”

Gerard was trying hard to fight the growing desire he felt just looking at her nude body. When he reached the shore he noticed a part of his anatomy had a mind of it’s own. He walked over to the towel Lucy had laid out for him then took a seat. Again he tried but couldn’t stop himself from looking over at her. She had her eyes closed but there was a smile on her face.

He sighed then laid back to close his eyes.

When she spoke there was laughter in her voice. “Uh, still thinking about a sexy break I see.”

Gerard opened his eyes to see her smiling over at him.

He couldn’t believe how comfortable he felt with her. “He’s got a mind of his own.” He sighed dramatically.

“Does he now?” Lucy rolled on her side then gently took his erect member into her hand.

Gerard closed his eyes again, “Yeah, he does.” Her cool hand was working magic.

Lucy continued to slowly stroke from the base to the tip.

“You have no idea how good that feels.” Gerard whispered.

His words brought a smile to her face. “I think I might.”

Soon the pace of her stroking increased. She could feel him throbbing in her hand. Knowing how much pleasure she was giving him urged her on.

When he felt her tongue his eyes snapped open and he tired to sit up.

“Lay back.” She whispered. “Just enjoy.” Again she ran her tongue over the velvety tip.

He leaned back and closed his eyes. “Fuck, that feels so good.”

She sat up then using both hands stroked while her tongue teased him. Soon he tried to move again.

“If you don’t stop…”

Without lifting her head she used one of her hands to push against his chest. He fell back with a moan. “Oh Lucy” He whispered, “So good but I want…”

Her lips vibrated against his dick when she spoke. “This time it’s just for you.”

Then her whole mouth took him in. He exploded into the wet heat.

When he opened his eyes Lucy was looking at him. A huge smile was on her face.

“Now it’s your turn.”

She shook her head, “No time.” Her comment was timed perfect because a loud clap of thunder sounded, rolling across the land.

Gerard frowned, “But…”

She got up and started pulling on her clothing. “Later.”

He too got up, went back down to the creek to wash up then got dressed. She was waiting for him. “Yeah, definitely later.” He said to her as they started back towards the house.

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“Ray’s on his way over.”

Alicia muted the TV. “Now?”

Mikey sat down next to her. “Yeah, he’s been trying to get a hold of Gerard so he called me wanting to know what’s going on.”

“And you told him to come over.” Alicia guessed.

He sighed, “Yeah, I didn’t want to discuss it on the phone and beside he said there was something he needed to discuss with me that was important.”

“Any idea what?”

“It has something to do with Gerard.” Mikey leaned back and closed his eyes. “Just what I need, more bad shit to deal with.”

“Maybe it’s not bad.” Alicia said gently. “Maybe he’s just worried about Gee like you are.”

Unfortunately she was wrong. As soon as Ray walked in both Mikey and Alicia knew by the look on his face something was very wrong.

“So you don’t have any idea where Gee is?” Ray asked taking a seat on the sofa.

Mikey shook his head “Joe was the last one to see him and that was a week ago.” He paused the explained sadly, “Lindsey took Bandit and left Gee that same day.” He was shocked when Ray nodded.

“Yeah, I figured as much.”

“You knew?” Alicia asked, “So you talked to Gerard?”

Ray glanced over at her. “No, I haven’t talked to him at all for weeks.”

“Then how did you know about Lindsey leaving?” Mikey asked

Ray sighed, “Actually Christa is the one who sorta figured that out but in a round about way.” He sat back then slowly started to explain, “One of her friends asked her about Gerard and Lindsey. Seems she saw something on Facebook.”

Alicia sighed, “Shit, let me guess…it was on Karli’s?”

Ray nodded, “Yeah, she’s been posting shit that sounds like there is something going on between her and Gerard.” He looked directly at Mikey, “Is there something going on?”

Mikey was visibly upset. “Not really.”

Alicia couldn’t contain her anger any longer. “He slept with her.”

Ray’s eyes widened, “What?”

“Stop.” Mikey said turning to his wife.

“Mikey, you know it’s true.”

“What the fuck?” Ray was flabbergasted, “So Gee and Lindsey are divorcing?”

“We don’t know what’s really going on.” Alicia explained, “All we do know is that Lindsey took Bandit and Karli with her to New York. Lindsey knows that Gerard slept with Karli and said she doesn’t care.”

“Doesn’t care?”

Mikey sighed, “That’s what she said. When Joe talked to Gerard that’s what he said, that Lindsey told him she doesn’t care. We think he took off sometime after Joe talked to him on Monday but without his cell.”

“Gee left the house without his cell?”

“Yeah, so no one can get a hold of him.” Alicia said shaking her head. “We’ve talked to Lindsey, she don’t know where he went but he did withdraw money from the bank before disappearing.”

“Shit, don’t say it that way.” Mikey muttered.

Immediately her tone softened, “Mikey’s worried but I keep trying to get him to see that Gerard obviously planned to go off the radar.”

Ray thought a few minutes before speaking again, “You don’t think he’s with Karli, do you?”

The question surprised both of the Way’s. It was Alicia who spoke first.

“What? No of course not. We just told you Karli went with Lindsey to New York.”

“She’s not there now.” Ray said slowly, “According to her Facebook page Lindsey fired her. She’s really talking shit about Lindsey now.”

“What?” Mikey sat up. “Lindsey fired her? When?”

“Not sure but she posted something about being fired yesterday.”

“Fuck.” Mikey got up. “I’m gonna call Lindsey.”

Once he left the room Ray looked over at Alicia. “What do you think is really going on?”

Alicia lowered her voice, “You know Gee’s been drinking pretty heavily again. Hate to even say it but I’m guessing he’s holed up somewhere trying to drink away his problems.”

Ray sighed, “Shit.”

While she was trying to control her emotions Alicia was finding it difficult. Her voice shook when she spoke again. “This is making Mikey a nervous wreck. Can’t deny I’m pissed at Gerard for doing this. I mean if he wanted to get away that’s fine but to go and not tell Mikey…”

“I’m sorry.” Ray said seeing how upset she was. “I know this is hard for him.”

“Fuckin’ hard.” Alicia said sadly. “I just wish Gerard would at least call so Mikey knows he’s okay.”

Notes

I have no idea why this won't space right...it always has before. Don't have time to try to fix it at the moment so I'm sorry. Maybe I can try again later.