“Nah, I got it. I’ll bring in your TV.”

“Okay.” I turned to leave the dining room, but Dion stopped me.

“Pepper… don’t try to leave.” The tone of his voice and the look on his face made me not want to try my luck.

“I won’t.” I left the dining room and headed back to my room.

The day’s events played in my head as I showered and changed my clothes. Since I had free reign of the house, I could have gone downstairs and explored the house, but I didn’t. Instead, I stayed in my room and colored for a while.

I thought coloring would have taken my mind off Dion, but it hadn’t. I still couldn’t believe he had done what he did for me. It may seem like something simple, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to show him my appreciation, so when I got tired of coloring, I went to see if I could find him.

It felt weird walking down the hallway or walking around the house period. I heard a TV in one of the rooms I passed when I was on my way downstairs, so I stopped there first. I wasn’t sureif I should knock or not, so I listened for voices for a minute. When I didn’t hear anything, I opened the door, and Dion was in the middle of the bed. It looked like he was sleeping because he didn’t budge when I entered.

I crept slowly over to the bed. He had a sheet covering him. As soon as I grabbed the sheet to remove it, Dion grabbed my wrist.

“What are you doing, Pepper?” he groggily asked.

Instead of answering, I slid the sheet off him and took his dick in my hand. Immediately, his eyes popped open.

His eyes were low as he watched me stroke his dick to life. When it was hard enough, I leaned over and wrapped my lips around it.

“Mm.” He groaned.

I suctioned my jaws and went as far as I could without choking. The moisture in my mouth increased as I continued to suck.

Dion’s hand went to my hair, and he grabbed one of my braids.

I didn’t want him to cum in my mouth, so I removed my mouth and climbed on top of him. I used my hand to guide him inside of me.

I bit down on my bottom lip and closed my eyes as I moved my hips. He put his hands around my waist and guided me the way he wanted me to move. I opened my eyes, and his were already looking at me. His eyes were low as he bit his bottom lip.

I closed my eyes again because the look in his eyes made me uneasy. There was something there that I couldn’t put my finger on. Something was shifting between us, and I wasn’t sure how to feel about it. We weren’t together, and probably wouldn’t be, but I enjoyed being around him, and I enjoyed fucking him, so that was what I did.

Iwas headed to my mother’s house because she called and told me she needed my help. I wasn’t worried about Pepper leaving because there was no way for her to leave the house. I didn’t plan on being gone long, but she could move around the house freely. I had given her the television back after she’d come into my room, fucked me, then left. Since then, she’d kept her distance from me for whatever reason, and I gave her space. I was dealing with my own shit and in my head about my feelings for her. I was unsure of what I should do about them. I also didn’t know what her father was up to since he had still been quiet. Something about that made me feel uneasy. I made sure to pay attention to my surroundings because I didn’t need him blindsiding me. He wouldn’t make it out alive if he did; I would just have to deal with the repercussions from Pepper when it was over.

I made it to my mother’s house without incident. I parked my bike in the driveway and went inside.

“Hey, Ma.” I greeted her when I entered and kissed her cheek.

“Hey. I need you to change the light bulb on the porch, as well as get that container of supplies from the basement. I madesome blankets for you to take, but I need to make some more. I also need you to take out this trash and a couple of other things.”

Shaking my head, I took off my jacket and hung it on the rack in the foyer. She said all of that without taking a break.

“I’m doing okay,” I joked as we walked into the living room.

She turned around and kissed my cheek. “I’m sorry, baby. I just said all of that and ain’t give you a minute to get in the door good.”

I chuckled. “It’s all good. How are things with you?”

“I’m good, but I’ll be even better when you tell me what the hell is going on with you.”

“Huh?”

Somehow, she must have heard about Pepper being at my house, and I was sure someone probably lied about the situation. I knew it wasn’t my brother, at least I hoped it wasn’t. He hadn’t mentioned Pepper whenever we talked, but I knew he had questions. It didn’t matter who it was; she knew or thought she knew something, and I would have to explain myself before I left her house.

“Don’t ‘huh’ me.” She put her hands on her hips. “It doesn’t matter because when you are done doing everything I asked you to do, we are going to sit down, eat, and you are going to tell me everything. For now, take care of that stuff while I fix some food. You can put the container in the living room for me.”

“Yes, ma’am.” I left the living room to get started on the things she asked me to do. The light bulb for the porch light was on the table, so I grabbed that first and went outside.