One Thousand Miles

Chapter  |  Lauren

Part  |  Two

"John stop it!" Lauren yelled as John chased her around the kitchen. She giggled and quickly ran to the other side of the small kitchen island. "I'm sorry I'll never mess with your cologne again!"

John laughed and shook his head. "That's what you said last time muffin. I think I'm going to have to punish you!" he laughed as he quickly ran around the island.

Lauren yelped and quickly tried to escape, but she wasn't very fast. John's arms wrapped around her skinny waist and pulled her back into his chest. She laughed and thrashed in his arms as he tried to lift her up onto the counter. She giggled when he spread her legs and stood in between them. He grinned up at her as she slowly tangled her fingers in his short dark hair. He cupped her faces in his hands before bringing their lips together for a wet passionate kiss. The kiss was mixed with tongues, teeth, and wet lips.

Once they pulled away John placed his forehead against hers and stared into her eyes with a smirk on his face. "Hmm, how should I punish you? There are so many things I could do to you," he whispered.

She moaned before removing her forehead from his. She flipped her long hair over to her left shoulder before licking her lips seductively. "I don't know, maybe you should pull me over your lap and spank me, or you could always pull your belt off and..."

Lauren tugged at his belt buckle causing him to let out a quiet groan. He slowly placed his hands on top of her and moved them away. "Or I could take you right here and go until you're begging me to stop. Even then I wouldn't stop."

She giggles before placing her small hands on his cheeks. "I think that sounds a lot better than a spanking don't you think?" She giggled before pressing her lips against his and moving her fingers into his hair. They moan in pleasure before John places one of his hands on the back of her head and pushing her head closer to deepen the kiss.

"God you are so sexy," John mumbled against her lips. She giggled before she pressed her lips against his once again. She reached for the hem of his shirt and slowly pulled it over his head. After tossing the shirt was thrown on the tiled floor they smashed their lips back together in a heated kiss.

John pulled out of the kiss and slowly moved his head down to her neck. He nipped at her skin before placing a kiss on the same spot. She moaned and tilted her head to the side to give him more access. "Mm you have no idea how bad a want you right now. I'm so horny right now," she whispered.

He laughed. "Be patient muffin. Plus this is just part one of your punishment for that little stunt you pulled earlier."

She groaned in frustration, but it quickly changed into a moan of pleasure when he sucked on her earlobe. As he did that one of his hands slowly went down her body towards the waistband of her shorts. Before his hand reached its destination the there was a loud knock on the front door.

John groaned against her ear and continued move his hand down to its destination. "Who is it and what do you want?"

"It's me you jackass now open the door!" Lauren's friend Christine called from the other side of the door.

Lauren quickly tried to pull away from John, but he wouldn't budge. She giggled and used her small to try to push him away. "John stop, Christine's at the door."

"Christine's nobody, just let her continue to knock," he said as he tried to plant a kiss on her lips. She shook her head and with one last push on John's chest she was free. She quickly ran to the door while giggling while john just stood there with an amused look on his face. "Fine, choose her over me, but don't think for one second you're getting out of your punishment. It'll be just you and me, no distractions."

Lauren laughed before throwing the door open. Christine frantically waved her hand before stepping inside. She grabbed onto Lauren's arm and started to pull her towards the bedroom. "Okay so I went through my closet this morning and saw that I had---" Before she could finish her sentence, John stepped out of the kitchen with his shirt in his hand. Christine grimaced before turning to give her friend a disgusted look before facing John once again. "Don't tell me you two had sex on the counter again? You know what, I don't even want to know, and could you please put a shirt on?"

John chuckled and shook his head in amusement. "Well could you please shut the door when you enter our home?"

Christine rolled her eyes before pulling Lauren towards the bedroom. One they were in the room Christine plopped down on the bed before looking up at Lauren's amused smile. "What?"

Lauren slowly placed her hand over her mouth to hold back her laughter, but her giggles broke through the barrier not even two seconds after. Christine stared puzzled as Lauren stood hunched over laughing and grabbing her knees for support. Lauren continued to laugh for another minute or two before finally sobering up. A giggle would leave her mouth every time she tried to speak. "Well John and I, we---" 

Laugh.

Take in two deep breaths.

Stand there thinking you're finished.

Laugh again.

Christine was growing impatient with her friend and was having thoughts about just getting up from the bed and walking out without so much as a goodbye. Christine sat up and moved towards the end of the bed and stared up at her friend. She shook her head and continued to watch as Lauren struggled to breathe.

It took a little over five minutes for Lauren to completely stop laughing, and when she did Christine let out a sigh of relief. "Finally! What the hell was so funny anyway? Please do spill."

The corners of Lauren's lips twitched as laughter bubbled up in the back of her throat, but she managed to keep it back. "Well...John and I, we had forgot to wash the sheet this morning after---"

"Ew! Can you two ever go a day without having sex I mean come on!" she exclaimed as she hopped up from the bed. She waved her arms frantically in the air as she stared at her friend with wide eyes. "You could have at least warned me before I rolled around in his left over vanilla icing! I swear this is Vincent's camping trip all over again."

Lauren sucked in her bottom lip to keep from laughing at the memory which was not so great for Christine. About a month ago, their friend Vincent had invited her, John, Christine, and three more of their friends to come camping with him and his girlfriend over the weekend a few hours up north of New York. They all were having fun roasting marshmallows and hot dogs until John and Lauren decided to go on a quick 'walk'. Instead they hopped in the backseat of Christine's Honda and had a little make out session and...more. John ended up making a mess all over the backseat, but didn't bother cleaning it. So when it was time to head home Sunday morning, Lauren offered to drive while Christine sat in the back. She was more than happy to let her drive, but that was up until the first stop that she noticed she had been sitting in John's...stuff. Christine was livid, but mainly disgusted.

Lauren's excuse: "You should've locked your doors."

She stared back at Christine with a smirk on her face before sitting on the end of the bed where Christine had been sitting moments ago. "First of all, we didn't have sex we---"

Christine quickly covered her ear and took a seat in a chair tucked under a wooden desk that held John's laptop. "Okay, okay I don't care what you did; I just want to discuss what we're going to wear to the party!"

Lauren grinned widely before hopping up from the bed and skipping towards the closet. She threw the doors open and moved the hung up clothes out the way as if she were looking for a specific outfit. "Ah-ha!" she said as she grabbed a sequined sky blue and hot pink off its hanger. It had one strap went right over her butt. "Isn't she a beauty?"

Christine frowned. "Yeah, but you promised you wouldn't pick out an outfit before I arrived."

Lauren rolled her eyes slowly. "Promises were made to be broken sweetie, plus an outfit is not complete without shoes and accessories. I was thinking about wearing that could necklace that John had bought me. Remember, the one with my name in big letters?"

"Ooh, that would go nice!" Christine said not sounding the slightly bit upset anymore.

"Laurie," A voice called from the doorway. Lauren quickly faced John as he stood in the doorway with a blank face and his hands stuffed down in his pockets. Lauren was suddenly turned on when he reached up and ran his fingers through his hair, causing his muscles to flex. "What is all of this?"

Lauren quickly through the dress down on the bed and skipped over to where her boyfriend stood. "Christine and I are looking for outfits to wear to a party."

John shook his head. "No, I don't want you going. You'll be alone and Lauren I know how you are when you're around alcohol."

She narrowed her eyes and pointed back at Christine with her thumb. "If you're worried about me going home with another guy then you don't have to worry because you're the only guy who can..." she trailed off as she looked back at Christine. She turned towards John again before stepping on her tip toes and leaning in to John's ear. "Give me the pleasure I need and...want. Plus Chrissy will be there with me."

John tried not get...excited and continued to stare down at her Lauren with a blank expression. He cleared his throat and closed his eyes tight before placing his hands on her shoulder and moving her away from him. "But Christine can't protect you like I can. Plus she's as bad as you when it comes to alcohol, so my answer is still no. End of discussion."

Lauren stared at the now empty doorway with her mouth agape and eyes wide. She slowly faced Christine who was now lying on the bed flat on her stomach with her chin in the palm of her hands and her feet up kicking the air. "Now what are we still going even if your daddy just told you no?"

Lauren glared at her and crossed her arms over her chest. "Um, ew sex with my dad? That is just downright disgusting."

Christine rolled her eyes and ignored her. "So we're not going because the only way I'll go is if you're going."

Lauren sighed and looked over at the window in the corner of the room with a smile on her face. "No we're not just going. We're sneaking out."

Lauren and Christine seemed to be having a blast dancing and grinding against stranger, each other, and the host of the party. Apparently his mother had been killed when the twin towers came crashing down about a month ago when it happened, so his friends had talked him into throwing a party to get his mind off of it. Lauren and Christine thought it was shallow of his friends to do that, but didn't say anything.

"This is so much fun!" Christine yelled as she spun around in circles.

Lauren laughed and followed her friend. They both spun around in circles while laughing their head off. Suddenly this nauseous feeling overcame Lauren and everything became blurry. She quickly stopped and held her arms out at her side to keep her balance until everything went back to normal. She giggled and turned to face Christine's spinning figure, but came fast to face with a chest.

She looked up and my eyes widen.

"John, oh my gosh I---"

He shook his head and grabbed her by the arm roughly. "Shut up, we're leaving."

He dragged Lauren away from the party and towards his car before pushing her inside. The car ride back to their apartment was short and silent which Lauren was glad for since she had a headache slowly coming on. When they made it to their apartment, John pulled her up the stairs towards their apartment on the second floor by the arm causing her to wince at how tight he was holding her.

After slamming the front door shut, John threw Lauren against a wall and pinned her against it. "Didn't I tell you not to go to that party?"

Lauren looked up at John and her face paled at the sight of her boyfriend angry. Just a few hours earlier he was chasing her around the apartment because she had switched his cologne out for her perfume. They were both laughing and having fun, but now it wasn't all fun and games. Lauren cleared her throat and blinked her eyes to keep tears from falling, but one fell anyway. "I---"

"And that's when I hit her for the first time," John said as he looked at the family exiting the Taco Bell.

I looked over at him with tears in my eyes before quickly wiping them away before they could fall. I unbuckled my seat belt and swung my legs over so I could straddle John's lap in the driver's seat. He looked up at me and just stared blankly as I put my arms up and wrapped them around John's neck. I open my mouth to speak, but at first no sound came out. I closed my mouth and opened it back up. "What happened after?"

He breathed out through his nose before slowly leaning his head slowly against the window. "I continued to beat on her every day and every single night. As the days and weeks passed things seemed to be getting worse. At first I didn't dare put my hands on her in public, but that soon changed when I pushed her down on the concrete one time when we out for dinner with a group of friends. I...I blamed her for making our friends see what I did so that I...I raped her and..."

His voice cracked and I quickly placed my hands on his cheeks and brought his face into my chest. I could feel his tear soaking up my dress, but I didn't mind. "Shh, its okay, you don't have to continue if you don't want to."

He continued to sob into my chest for a few more minutes before lifting his head up and looking into my eyes. I gasped when I noticed his red puffy tear filled eyes and the moist tears that fell down his cheeks. "Stephanie, baby I am so sorry for everything! I love you and the baby so much I can't lose you both. I know it may seem like I don't care about you, but honey I do. I really do. I love you so much."

He placed his hands on my cheek and I leaned my head in closer. I closed my eyes and let out a sigh. "I love you too and I'll never leave you."

We pressed our foreheads together and stared into each other's tear filled eyes. He breathed out through his nose and shut his eyes tight. I felt both of his hands slowly wrap around my waist and give me a light squeeze. "God Steph, I need you and I need you right now. Let me make love to you right here right now."

I removed my head from his forehead and stare back into his eyes. "What? Right here in public? John, somebody could look over and see us."

He only shook his head and leaned forward to press light kisses to my neck. "Let them see everything, baby. They need to understand that we're in love."

I moaned tilted my head to the side a little more. I knew what we were doing or what we were about to do was wrong, but I loved John and he was right. We were in love and we should be able to express our love anytime, anywhere, and any day. So all it took for John to know that I'd do anything for him was a simple nod.

"Okay."