"All right then, geez. I should go down and make some coffee. See you shortly."
I watched as Jim went downstairs, and then I went back into my room and shut the door behind me. "You're safe," I said, looking at an extremely panicked Lexi. I walked over to her and wrapped her tightly in my arms, kissing the top of her head as I felt her relax against me.
* * *
It was almostten when we arrived at the church for the Christmas day service. We filed into the familiar old church that we had all grown up in, Lexi and I trailing behind everyone else. As she walked in front of me, I snuck a quick kiss on the side of her neck, praying that no one turned around to see it. We had spent such a wonderful night together, and having her wake up in my arms on Christmas morning had been the best gift I could have asked for.
Lexi slid into the pew and made enough room for me to sneak in beside her. Like always, she already had the hymn book in her hand and was marking out the music that would be sung during the service. She had always been like that, and I was glad to see she hadn't changed. I slipped my hand behind her and turned my body toward her. She looked up at me as if I had lost my mind. Putting my arm around her in front of everyone was apparently not allowed.
"What are you doing?" she mouthed at me, elbowing me in the ribs.
"What?" I shrugged my shoulders and winked at her. "Can't I put my arms around you?"
She ignored me and went back to searching through the hymn book. I looked over at the rest of the family. Ann Marie was talking with Barbara and Jim, and Zach was firmly engrossed in their conversation. No one was even paying attention to us.
I leaned down so my mouth aligned with her ear. "No one is even paying attention, watch. Don't make a sound." I kissed her ear, sucking her earlobe into my mouth.
Her cheeks flamed red as she tried to hold her composure while squirming in her seat.
"I can't wait to slide into your tight pussy later on," I whispered. I was sure I was going to go to hell after saying this in church.
"Isn't that right, Drew?" I jumped up when I heard my name called and looked over to see Zach staring at us.
"What's that, man?" I asked, swallowing hard.
"Skiing tomorrow? Are we on?"
"Yeah, yeah, of course, we are on. Can't wait." Ann Marie looked at me and then to Zach and back to me again, a knowing smile on her lips as she looked to a very red-faced Lexi.
Fuck, I'd been caught.
I dropped my arm from behind Lexi and sat facing forward, putting on my good boy hat. Thankfully, the sermon began, and everyone’s attention was finally off me. Now I just needed to make it through the next couple of hours trying to calm the raging bulge that was in my pants.
We had just returned to the house and were sitting in the family room sharing stories with Ann Marie from Christmas past when my cell phone rang. Lexi looked up at me and frowned as I looked at the screen.
"Can you guys excuse me for a moment?" I asked, frowning at what I saw on the screen.
"Sure thing. Don’t be long. Gift exchange is coming up!" Zach said, getting up to refill everyone's apple cider.
I ran up the stairs, the vibration of my cell phone stopping as I picked it up. "Hello."
"Merry Christmas, Drew."
I felt my heart start beating hard in my chest at the sound of the voice on the end of the other line.
"It's Laura."
I had barely thought of her since I had been here, which had been a welcomed change from before. I swallowed hard as I wondered to myself about what the hell she wanted.
"Is this a bad time?"
"Do you think there could possibly be a good time?" I chuckled, my asshole side coming out.
"I suppose I deserve that."
"What do you want?" I couldn't help being abrupt but hearing her voice had brought everything back to me.
"Well, it’s just that I am in the area visiting my parents and was hoping to maybe see you. I was hoping we could talk."