Wanted (Wanted 1)

“Oh my gosh I love it here! Thank you Gunner for bringing me here!” She said with such excitement. She grabbed my arm with her good hand and quickly let it go. Boy this was going to be easy winning this girl over if just something this simple made her happy.

We moved to the counter and I took a deep breath…. I could see the daggers Crysti was shooting at Ellie. Good lord, I went out with this girl once as a favor for Jeff who was going on a date with her damn friend, Jemma I think her name was . She was nothing but a pain in the ass the whole time. She called me for like two months before she got the hint and moved on.

“Hey there Gunner baby, how are you doing? Long time no see!” Crysti said as she leaned over the counter trying to expose her chest more than it already was. Fuck me…nope she has not moved on.

“Hey Crysti, how’s it going?” I asked in the most uninterested voice I could muster.

“It’s going good…even better now that I see your handsome face!”

I took a peak at Ellie who was trying very hard to keep looking down at the menu. This fucking sucked. Last thing I need was for this bleach blonde bitch to cause problems.

“Ellie sweetheart you know what you want?” I asked as I turned to look at that beautiful face and those drop dead gorgeous blue eyes.

“Um, yep…I think I’ll have a Turkey Pepper Jack Panini with the chips and a Salted Carmel Mocha Frapp please. ” Ellie said with a smile to Crysti who was still looking at Ellie like she wanted to jump over the counter and attack her.

“Ookaaaaay. What about you handsome?” Crysti said with such seduction I wanted to hurl right there in her face.

“I’ll have the same Panini as Ellie and a Chocolate Espresso Martini. Can we also get the tableside S’mores…. . for two?”

Crysti just looked at me like I was some kind of a freak. “Sure…. yep…I’ll get that in for you. Please make sure you stay inside since you are getting the S’mores. ”

Ellie was looking around after I paid for a place to sit. I took it upon myself to guide her to the back corner booth. Thank goodness it was open as most of the tables where taken except a few high tables right by the bar.

We slid into the booth and Ellie looked at me and smiled. Then she looked over to where Crysti was standing behind the bar. I took a quick glance up and noticed she was staring at us. I looked at Ellie who turned to look at me. She gave me a weak smile and then looked away.

God I hope Ellie didn’t think I had something going on with Crysti. That is all I would need….

Chapter Thirteen

Ellie……

What the hell? As soon as we walked into Halcyon I could not miss the dirty looks the girl behind the bar was throwing my way. I was so happy before we walked in here. Even if Gunner’s reference to me being ‘his girl’ was just to make a joke it still felt good. Then we walk in and this Crysti bitch is all but taking her breasts out of her shirt and flirting with Gunner. I mean come on skank. I know we are not on a date but she doesn’t know that…. . good grief. Wait till I tell Ari about this fucking bitch.

I wonder if Gunner went out with her. What the hell did he see in someone like her? I looked up at her and sure enough she was staring. I looked over at Gunner and he was looking at me with that melt my panties crooked smile of his. If he went out with someone so beautiful as the blonde behind the bar…. he would never want someone like me.

You will never be wanted by anyone…………….

“Hey…. I’m sorry about Crysti being so rude like that. She’s just a bitch and that’s her problem. Don’t let her spoil our fun day okay?” Gunner said as he took his hand and lifted my chin up to look at him.

God his eyes…. . I tore my eyes away from his and moved to look at this lips. I would give anything to kiss him. Just then I saw him leaning down towards me…oh shit….

“Is she an old girlfriend?” I just blurted out in my shear panic. SHIT! Shit shit shit! Gunner instantly stopped and sat back. He moved his hand threw his hair…. god why did that turn me on so much. I looked away because I thought I already knew his answer.

“No, Ellie she is not an old girlfriend. She is just some girl I took on a date once. ” Gunner said as he looked back over at the bar. Why did he seem mad a

ll of a sudden? I guess I had no right to even ask. I mean…maybe I’m just imagining all of this. Was he really leaning down to kiss me? No…. he wasn’t you fool. He is just being nice to me because of Jefferson. Or maybe he looks at me like a little sister. I don’t know. I am getting mixed signals here. Fuck…who am I kidding. I don’t even know what signals to look for!

For some reason my mouth was talking before my brain thought it through. “So how come you went out only once. She seemed to act like she knew you pretty well. ”

OH. MY. GOD……did I just really say that?

Gunner let out a small laugh. “I only went out with her as a favor for Jeff. ” OH??? This has me intrigued now. “Jeff asked Crysti’s roommate Jemma out and she said the only way she would go out with him is if I went out with Crysti. So we all went out on a double date. Longest four hours of my entire life. She is a self absorbed bitch. Same went for Jemma. Jeff was not the least bit interested after about two hours into the date. It was more like five minutes into the date when I lost interest. I remember I kept checking the Rangers game on my phone pretty much the whole time. ”

I let out a laugh at the way Gunner described their double date. Come to think of it…. . Jefferson has never really had a long term girlfriend. I wonder if Gunner has. According to Jefferson he has not.

“Have you ever been in a long term relationship with anyone?” I asked just as they called out Gunner’s name for our drinks. Gunner jumped up and walked over to the bar. He said something to the guy at the bar who I could tell said ‘sure thing’.

Gunner set our drinks down at the table and then slid back in. This time I noticed he sat a little closer to me. I could practically feel his body heat. Hells bells…. there went that ache between my legs again. I squeezed my legs together to try and relieve it. Jesus…. . why did I never feel this with Ryan? What was going on with me?