"Just like when we were kids," I said.
"Just like that," she nodded. "That's why it makes me so happy to give them what they might otherwise be lacking. It can be a lot of hard work and sometimes being around all that glitzy drama makes me dizzy, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I always want to work with kids. What about you? I remembe
r once you didn't want to work on the ranch."
I laughed. "Yeah, I was pretty stubborn about that, huh? I swore I was going to be a pro football player."
"Whatever happened to that dream?" She asked.
I shrugged. "My dad died and I realized there was just me and my mom in the world now. I had to look out for her and make sure she could go on living. It didn't help that we found out she was sick shortly after. We needed all the money we could for treatment. She died two years ago."
Jo Jo reached across the table and laid her hand on mine. She gave me a squeeze and I smiled at her. I could see the tears in her eyes and I quickly reached across and brushed them away.
"None of that. She had a great life and now she's with my dad. I'm okay," I pressed.
She shook her head. "I should have been here for you. Two years ago I was doing nothing. I should have been the one that you could call and tell everything to. I'm a shitty friend."
"Hey, no you're not," I said quickly as I moved from my chair and pulled her face against my chest. "Don't say that about yourself. You had your own pain to deal with. It's not your job to take on everyone else’s."
"Not everyone’s," she said as she sniffled and shook her head. "Just yours. You did so much for me and I turned my back on you."
I lifted her head up and shook my head. "You were just trying to survive. Now, stop blaming yourself, okay? I'm alright. The ranch is alright. Life is exactly the way it's supposed to be for me right now. What more could I want?"
Besides maybe you coming back home. Now that I would love to see. I did want her back home. I hadn't realized just how much I missed her until she came back. The easy way we talked, the way we fit together perfectly as if we hadn't missed a step. That's what I wanted. My friend back.
"Sorry," she whispered as she rubbed at her cheeks. "I'm so emotional right now it's ridiculous."
"You've been through a lot. You're allowed," I said as I leaned down and kissed her forehead.
"You always make me feel better."
Joanne stood up and wrapped her arms around my waist. I smiled down at her. I did love that I could make her feel better. To me, it was easy to make her smile and I loved the fact that I could.
"I like to think I help," I laughed.
"You could help me more," she whispered as her hand pushed underneath my shirt.
I raised a brow. "Oh, really now?"
Joanne grinned. That was all I needed.
I kissed her deeply, my hand on the back of her neck as we pushed our bodies together. She traced lines over my stomach and back as I groaned against her lips and coaxed them open with my tongue. My tongue ran over hers and she melted in my arms.
I pulled her shirt over her head after I leaned back and threw it to the floor. She reached back and undid her bra and let it join her shirt. As soon as I could see them, I lavished her nipples with attention. Her head tipped back, her mouth open as she moaned and gripped my hair lightly. Her eyes fluttered closed and she groaned as she held onto me. I nipped and licked her flesh until her nipples were hard and ready. My lips wrapped around them one by one as I sucked on them and pushed my hand into her pants.
Joanne moaned and jutted her hips out toward me. My fingers spread her open and explored just how wet she was. I dipped a finger into her slit and she gasped against me. I quickly crooked my finger and stroked her walls as she moaned and gripped me tightly.
"Mmm," she moaned. "You always find my spot in five seconds."
I grinned. "Would you like me to fumble around clueless for a while?"
"Hell no," she replied.
I chuckled. My finger pulled free and I went to undo her pants, but she pushed my hands away. Joanne reached down and undid the tie on my sweatpants. I watched as she pushed them down my hips along with my boxers completely exposing me to her green-eyed gaze. My cock was already hard.
I was always ready when I was around her, I was finding out.
She wrapped her palm around my shaft and stroked slowly until I shivered in delight. I watched as she lowered herself down to her knees and looked up at me. Slowly, she licked the head of my cock and I groaned deeply. Pleasure tingled up my spine as she bathed me with her tongue slowly and teasingly. Each new pass made my knees want to buckle.