Page 13 of Hers

Sammy had a good fifteen minutes to wait until the bus came. She got out her phone and started playing one of her games, but as the minutes ticked by and Slater never came, and the fifteen minutes felt like a lot longer she wondered if she’d been too rash.

Slater hadn’t been yelling at her at the restaurant, and the other day he’d been stressed with her driving and his safety. Sammy felt annoyed that after months and months of Slater and Brock begging her to go out with them Slater gave up on her so easily. The old Sammy, the Sammy before Greg, screamed at her to go back and fight with him and find out why he didn’t come after her and what he had to say about everything. But another part of her told her that she didn’t need this drama in her life, and to stay safe and not take such a major chance.

Looking down at her phone Sammy saw she had five minutes until the bus arrived. She groaned because she knew if she didn’t get this thing with Slater resolved she wouldn’t sleep. Getting up, she slowly walked back to Glaser only this time she went the back way.

When she turned down the alley way, she noticed something massive hovering in the shadows whining. Moving closer at first thinking it was a hurt dog, she gasped when the closer she got the bigger the shadow became. Halfway down the alley the huge form whining stopped and came charging at her. Sammy screamed as the animal dropped to all fours and came at her.

A bear. A big brown bear blocked her exit and rubbed itself against her. Sammy stood frozen as the soft, rough fur brushed against her hands. The bear’s head nudged her hand, and his big wet tongue came out to lick it. Sammy shivered and came out of her shocked state.

“Oh gross. Well at least I know why you didn’t come after me. A massive hulking brown bear running after a woman might raise some eyebrows.” Sammy stroked Slater’s fur. “Do you understand me in this form?” The massive bear head went up and down. “Can you sit?”

Slater sat on his big bear hide, and Sammy got her first good look at his bear face in the backdoor light of the restaurant. “The only thing that gives you away from a real wild bear is that your eyes aren’t brown. They are a dark green with brown flecks.”

Sammy was surprised she wasn’t terrified, but oddly enough she felt safe. She glanced around the ally and saw the remains of Slater’s clothes. Reaching for a piece she placed it down and sat on it. Slater came down on all fours and rested his massive head on her lap.

“Is safe for us to just sit out here? Won’t someone come out and see?”

The bear huffed a couple of times and nudged her hand that had stopped patting him. “I’ll take that as a no.” Sammy ran her fingers through the soft fur. “I like you this way better.”

Slater growled. His lips pulled back slightly, and she saw sharp white teeth. Sammy knew he was playing with her as she didn’t see the full length of his teeth, and he didn’t bother to lift his head.

“I think you’re really cute, too. I mean how many women say they want a cuddly bear and actually get it. How lucky am I?” She squeezed him harder in her excitement.

Sammy chuckled as Slater blew out a big puff of breath, showing that even with her holding him so tight it wasn’t restraining at all. His eyes stared up at her, and she fell under his spell.

“Wow. You’re deadly. That look is adorable.” Sammy squealed as massive bear paws pushed her back against the kitchen door and a bear face came up to hers and a tongue came out and licked her from chin to hairline.

Pushing at the heavy mass she got up and laughed. “That was just wrong.” She couldn’t help giggling though, his tongue was different in this form, rougher, thicker and a lot wetter. “Change back now. Your bear has softened me up enough.”

Sammy watched in amazement as lights swirled around the bear and the form morphed and changed to a gorgeous naked muscled man. Sammy might be scared of Slater and his temper, but he was magnificent, with his broad shoulders, tanned skin and tall frame.

“Do you have clothes I can get from somewhere?”

Slater stood straight and didn’t bother to cover his cock, which Sammy tried really hard not to look at.

“In my car I have some clothes. It’s parked down the end of the alley.” He jerked his head to the right where the alley was pitchback.

Nodding, Sammy started walking down towards where he said his car was. She wasn’t scared, not when she knew if anything happened to her, a massive brown bear would come and save her.

“Why’d you come back?”

Sammy stopped to see Slater standing behind her waiting for his answer. She shrugged. “I need to stop running scared. I didn’t give you a chance to explain yourself, and I was angry that after how much you pursued me you just let me go.” Sammy put her hand up as she saw his mouth open to interrupt. “I know I said I didn’t want you, but I sat at the bus-stop and I didn’t feel good. Something didn’t feel right, and I got angry wondering why you hadn’t said anything, so I came back to argue or at least figure out what was going on.” She blinked when she realized how selfish and confusing what she just said sounded.

“You sounded pretty final earlier, and after the week I’ve had I didn’t want to risk going after you and somehow making this all worse.” He ran his fingers through his short hair. “I’ve never been this grumpy in my life. I’m usually the calm and collected one. The easy-going guy in the Bear clan.” Slater leaned forward and took a deep breath in. “I know it’s no excuse for my behavior, but you make me crazy. I want you so bad, and not being with you, touching you, is killing me.”

Sammy took a step away from him as her heart felt like it was about to beat right out of her chest. She clenched her thighs as his honey and chocolate scent surrounded her reminding her of the connection they had and that he was naked.

Turning back around she walked toward where he had said his car was and took a deep breath of air that didn’t smell of Slater. “I overreacted the other day. I’m sorry for my behavior with the driving lessons. Now that I’ve had a couple of lessons with Brock, I understand how bad I was the day I was with you. I still feel you shouldn’t have yelled though, but I understand more now. Reading about driving and doing the test is a lot different than being behind the wheel. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to handle yelling and someone grabbing and yanking me about ever again. I know I keep saying this, but I’m trying. I’ll keep trying. I want to be normal or some kind of in-between, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be.”

Slater stopped and she turned to him. “It hasn’t even been a year since what that bastard did to you, and I think you’re doing better than most people. You’ve got a job. You see your friends, and you have not one but two men. I think you’re doing really well. We just need to learn to communicate better.”

She smiled up at him. “I’m sorry for being hot one moment and cold the next. Thanks for understanding I’m a mess.” On tiptoes she rose and gave a quick kiss to his cheek. “Let’s get some clothes on you.” Sammy turned and walked again. She could see the car now. It was a nice blue sports car. She spun to the very naked Slater and looked him up and down. “How are you going to get your clothes if you don’t have keys?”

“What makes you think I don’t have keys?” He raised one blond brow.

Sammy stood by the car and bit her lip as she blatantly studied Slater’s muscled body. Unless he had a key stuck in his hair there was nowhere for him to have put it. “You, being completely naked might have something to do with it.”

Slater grinned, then bent down and reached under the back car wheel. Sammy’s couldn’t stop her gaze zoning in on the tight, round, squeezable butt in front of her.

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