“Ellie wait a minute! How did this turn to me doing something wrong to you?” I asked her as I walked into the bedroom. Ellie turned and looked at me. She threw one of my tee shirts at me and shouted, “Because you are all fucking alike! Every goddamn one of you…. . even my own brother. All you do is use your dicks to think with. ”
Ellie grabbed her bag and pushed past me and walked back out into the living room. Ari was standing there waiting at the front door. What? Where were they going?
“Ellie let me drive you both home sweetheart. ” I said as Jeff walked up to try and ask Ari if he could take her home.
“We do not need a ride thank you Gunner and no Jeff, you cannot take me home so we can talk. We have nothing to talk about.
“How are you getting home Ari?” I asked while I was looking at Ellie who would not even look at me now.
“I sent a friend a text message asking him if he could take Ellie and me back to my house.
“What friend?” Jeff asked clearly annoyed.
“Josh, he gave me his number last night and asked me out on a date. I told him no last night but I seemed to have woken up with a much clearer head this morning. ” Ari said as she smiled at Jeff.
“The FUCK you will. There is no fucking way my sister or you are getting in a car with that asshole!” Jeff said as he took out his cell phone. I already knew what he was doing.
“Josh, this is Jeff……. . yeah I know and I want you to listen to me, you come anywhere near my sister or Ari and I promise you I will break you in fucking two pieces you got it? Good……. loose her number…. ” Jeff threw his cell phone onto the sofa and walked down the hall into his bedroom and slammed the door shut.
“Great…. just great…. I guess I will call a cab Ells. ” Ari said as she took out her cell phone again.
“WAIT!. . . . . Ari please just give me five minutes. ” I turned to look back at Ellie. I practically begged her to let me have five minutes with her in private.
I took Ellie back into my bedroom and sat down on the bed while she stood up near the door.
“Ellie sweeeee……um, look I don’t know what the fuck just happened out there or what I said or did that pissed you off but you have to believe me. I have no…. . absolutely no interest in any other girl but you. I already told you…. I won’t give up on us Ellie. I will wait forever if that is what it takes to prove to you how I feel about you. I know we just met and you think I’m moving too fast and I promise you I won’t push you but please sweetheart…. . God please just don’t push me away. ” I said as I watched her whole body relax.
I looked over and saw the James Avery box. I got up and walked over to it. I picked it up and walked over to her.
“I wanted to give this to you last night but I never could find the right time to do it. ” I said as I handed her the box. Her eyes lit up when she saw that it was the James Avery gift I picked up yesterday. I guess she was putting two and two together now.
“Wha…. . what is this for Gunner?”
“It’s your graduation present sweetheart. I wanted to make sure you got it this morning before you left. ” I said as I pushed a piece of her hair behind her ear.
“Gunner…. . you really didn’t have to get me anything!” Ellie said as her blue eyes captured mine.
“Open it…please before you get mad at me again!” I said with a laugh.
Ellie let out a giggle that just traveled through my whole body. I could listen to her laugh all day.
She started to open the box and when she saw the daisy necklace her head snapped up and looked at me. She looked so confused. Why?
“How…. . I mean……how did you know…. the flowers at Ari’s house and now this?” She took the necklace out and handed it to me to put on her.
“How did I know what sweetheart?” I clasped the necklace and turned her around to face me.
“Did Jefferson tell you daisies where my favorite flowers?” Ellie asked me with such a confused look in her eyes.
Well I’ll be damned. I can’t believe it, they’re her favorite flower! If only I could pump my fist in the air right now!
I smiled down at her causing her to smile at me.
“Ellie, when you were in Jeff’s truck right after the whole Ryan thing…I leaned in to whisper in your ear and I thought you smelled like daisies. Every time I see a daisy I think of my grams who has a whole garden of them and now I will also think of you sweetheart. ” I said as I traced the side of her jaw line with the back of my hand.
Ellie looked down at the necklace and then back up at me. She threw herself into my arms…. . fuck I have died and gone to heaven again!
“Oh. My. God! Thank you so much Gunner! Thank you for being so sweet to me and just knowing how to make me feel so much better. I love this! I will NEVER take it off…. ever!” Ellie said as she held onto me so tight. I didn’t want to let her go. I wanted to take a few steps back and lay her down on my bed and just make love to her slowly and sweetly. I felt my dick jumping……… DOGS! I needed to think of dogs!