“But WHAT?!” I asked clearly anticipating Jefferson to tell me to stay clear of his best friend.
“Ells I want you to know I would trust my life and yours with Gunner. I trust him but this is you we’re talking about. I just don’t want him to break your heart or hurt you Ellie. I really don’t want you to jump into something you’re not ready for honey. Just promise me you will be careful. ” Jefferson said as he took my good hand and brought it up to his mouth and kissed the back of my hand.
I busted out laughing and Jefferson just looked at me.
“What is so funny Ells?”
I just could not stop laughing…. . ”Oh my gosh! You’re what’s so funny! I mean come on Jefferson! I hardly think that Gunner is interested in me of all people! I’m sure he is only being nice to me because of you!” I said in-between laughs.
Jefferson dropped my hand and stood up. He looked down at me and sighed heavily. “Ellie, you are beautiful, inside and out. You’re very desirable princess and trust me when I say this, Gunner is interested. He’s a great guy, just be careful that’s all I ask. I have to get going or I am going to be late and the wrath of Rebecca will be upon me!”
My heart was pounding and I felt like I was going to be sick. No…I would not let this happen. Gunner was not interested in me! Was he?! If he was it was probably only for sex. No matter if Jefferson was his best friend or not, men were all the same. I was not going to have anything to do with it. I just had to make sure I kept it to the ‘friends’ level with this guy.
I looked over at his picture with Jefferson on the beach and sighed. Jesus, this was going to be hard. The guy was beyond good looking and his body…. . I had to squeeze my legs together to ease the throbbing again.
Yep, this was going to be hard. Very, very hard…. A second later the front door flew open and Gunner came in holding bags from my favorite sandwich place, Schlotzky’s.
“Hey you! Glad you’re still awake! I remembered Jeff said your favorite sandwich was the Turkey breast on Rye from Schlotsky’s! I hope you’re hungry sweetheart. I got you two!” Gunner said with that crooked smile on his face and those blue eyes sparkling down at me.
I let out a laugh as he sat down and set all the food on the coffee table. He started to take out 4 sandwiches, 5 bags of chips and two drinks. Good lord who was this all for?
“I wasn’t sure what kind of chips you liked so I just grabbed a few of them. You like sweet tea right?” He asked as he started to spread out the fest before us.
“Ummm……WOW Gunner! YES I love sweet tea! I would’ve been happy with just the sandwich thank you! The cracked pepper chips are my favorite though. ” I said as I let out another laugh.
How in the world did he think I would eat two sandwiches? “I don’t think I can eat both sandwiches though, I’m sorry. ” I said as I looked over at him. He was already taking a bite of his sandwich.
“No problem sweetheart! I’ll eat what you don’t want. We can just throw the chips in the pantry for later!” He said as he unwrapped the other sandwich he had bought for me. I smiled at how much he reminded me of Jefferson. Jefferson could eat a cow I swear.
My god Gunner was so damn cute when he ate. Shit he was just so damn cute period! No, he was beyond cute. He was handsome. I practically could feel the heat coming from his body. I needed to move away a bit before his leg touched mine. If it did I’m pretty sure I would fall apart.
I looked over at him just as he looked over at me.
“You okay sweetheart? Are you not feeling well? You need more medicine?”
I just smiled at him and shook my head no and took a bite of my sandwich. He smiled that big crooked smile and just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, I noticed the goddamn dimple on his cheek.
FUCK ME…. . this was going to be very hard.
Chapter Six
Gunner……
Okay, I have seen plenty of girls eat before and I never thought twice about it. But when Ellie ate, my whole world about stopped. Who am I kidding; everything she did made my whole world stop. She ate all of her sandwich and finished off her chips and the brownie I bought her. Thank god she was not one of those girls who would only eat lettuce and snack on carrots. Jeff came out dressed and ready for his date.
“Alright I’m out of here. You sure you are okay with this Ellie?” Jeff asked as he bent down to give her a kiss goodbye.
“Yes! I said I was fine! Have fun tonight!” Ellie called out as Jeff slapped me on the back and made his way out the door.
“Did you get enough to eat Ellie?” I asked her as I cleaned up the mess on the coffee table.
“Oh my gosh YES! I’m SO full and SO tired! Thank you so much Gunner for getting my favorite! I’m surprised you even knew that. ” She said as she looked up at me with those beautiful blue eyes that caught my breath every fucking time she looked at me.
“No problem sweetheart. It was my pleasure. I heard Jeff say enough times what he was bringing you for lunch so I put two and two together that this must be your favorite place.
“Do you mind if I watch a movie with you? I mean I’m tired but I don’t think I could fall asleep this early. ” Ellie called over her shoulder to me as I brought all the trash out to the kitchen. Holy hell, just her asking to watch a movie with me and BAM…. . hard dick! I needed to get it together or it was going to be a long fucking night.
“Of course I don’t mind! On the table next to the sofa are all of our movies if you want to pick one. ”