“When I got those text messages, I was so afraid,” I say, my voice cracking as I choke out the words. “I really thought you were just using me, and you were going to hurt me. I should have known better than to believe it, but I let the past dictate how I felt.”
“Rowan, I promise I'm never going to hurt you,” Sawyer says, lifting my hand to his lips and kissing my fingers. “I'm ready to put the past behind me, and I think you should do the same. Rowan, I love you. I'm ready to commit myself to only you.”
I smile and stare at him, biting my lower lip as excitement rushes through my body. I never thought someone like him would say those words to me, and it's invigorating in a way I never would have expected.
“I think I love you too, Sawyer,” I say before Sawyer leans across the table and holds my face close to his for a kiss.
EPILOGUE
With mere seconds left on the clock, Talon runs into the end zone and scores a game-winning touchdown, and everyone in the stands cheers. The entire team runs and collides with each other, ecstatic that the game we have been prepping for weeks is over, and we've come out on top.
As the team celebrates, my eyes search the sidelines for Rowan, watching her in the band as they play our victory song. After a few moments of the song playing, she stops performing and runs toward me with her flute still in hand, wrapping her arms tight around my neck and kissing me.
This is the reward I was playing for. I don't care if it puts our school in the top ranks this year and inevitably earns us more funding next year. All I wanted to do was impress my girlfriend. I set her down on the ground, and she stares at me, beaming excitedly.
The cheerleaders surround us, and Jessica and some of her friends walk by, scowling at the two of us. Rowan has done a lot of work over the past few months to learn how to ignore people like her because no matter what we do, people will have their opinions. Most of my friends have taken to Rowan and her friends very well, but Jessica is different.
I pick Rowan up again and swing her around before kissing her while she's in my arms, being as cheesily romantic as possible just to rub it in Jessica's face.
“Didn't you tell me that I'd have a present waiting for me if we won?” I ask, wrinkling my eyebrows at her.
“Well, that's at home, and you're going to have to wait until after the big party.” Rowan laughs, teasing me with anticipation.
“I would much rather skip out on any party and just go home to be with you.” I lean forward and kiss her again, holding her close before wrapping an arm around her and walking off the field.
A few months after the two of us had been dating, Rowan ended up moving into my house with Talon and Merrit still living there as well. The four of us get along exceptionally well, and I think Rowan is happier than she's been in a long time. It definitely comes with the added perks of having a live-in girlfriend. Let's just say that Rowan is much more experienced now in the bedroom.
“You remember what we've been talking about over the past few months?” Rowan asks as she leads me to the bedroom, closing the door behind us. I wrinkle my eyebrows and shake my head, knowing that the two of us have been talking about a lot of things. I watch as she goes to her dresser and digs out a box and opens it in front of me. She pulls out a pair of fuzzy pink handcuffs and a black blindfold, biting her lip while she waits for my response.
“Well, this is an incredible gift,” I say, walking over to her and taking the blindfold in my hands before carefully placing it over her eyes. “I can't think of a better way to celebrate.”
Rowan lifts the blindfold and stares at me with a coy smile, biting her lip as she moves over to the bed. “I've had them for a while, I just haven't had the confidence to initiate this yet. It's a little out of my comfort zone, but I want to try. I want you to do whatever you want to me.”
I move close to her and scoop her up in my arms, kissing her long and hard, letting my tongue slip into her mouth and tangle with hers. I place her gently on the bed, lifting one of her arms and cuffing it to the bedpost.
“If you ever want me to uncuff you, just let me know,” I say as I cuff her in again and put the blindfold over her eyes.
She bites her lip nervously, but I can see the excitement in her smile. I unbutton her shirt first, licking her stomach and listening as she gasps and giggles. My cock is already hard just seeing her in the handcuffs alone, so I slip out of my pants and kneel over her.
“Open your mouth,” I say, and she eagerly obliges. With her lips parted, I slowly work the tip of my cock in her mouth, feeling how she moans against it and swirls her tongue around the tip. It's warm and wet, and she moves her head just right along it. I pull it out and stay where I am for a moment as she leans forward and licks my shaft hungrily. “You're so sexy.”
I move away from her mouth, knowing I could have just stayed there for the time being and let her lick me until I come down her throat. I'm just not ready for that quite yet.
I climb down her body, pulling her pants over her hips and tossing them on the floor beside the bed before doing the same with her panties. She squeals with excitement as she feels the heat of my breath between her legs and immediately moans when my mouth crashes into her.
My tongue caresses her folds, tasting her juices as I tease her more. She moans and spreads her legs wider, giving me complete access to her pussy as I slide a finger inside. Her breath quickens, and I know she's about to come. I pull away from her, backing away as her breath hitches in her throat, and she slumps against the mattress in defeat.
“Please,” Rowan begs, straining against the handcuffs for the first time. “Please don't stop.”
I laugh to myself and look down at her glistening pussy before bringing my tongue to it once again. I moan from satisfaction as I go down on her, knowing this sets her over the edge more often than not. As she feels the vibrations of the noise against her, she cries out from the pleasure, but I pull my mouth away.
“You’re cruel,” she says, panting heavily as she tries to close her legs and create friction for herself to get off. I hold them apart and shake my head at her.
“I don't think so,” I say, tracing my tongue along her folds to tease her as she comes down. “You gave me control, remember?”
I know she can't take much more of this, so I tease her a little more before sucking her clit between my lips. I lap at it with two fingers stuffed in her pussy until I feel her clenching around me, and her entire body writhes against the sheets. She cries out and moans, whimpering from the ecstasy flooding her veins.
My cock is throbbing, begging to be shoved inside her by the time she's done, and I don't waste a moment. I spread her legs wide and position myself between them, plunging myself in one long thrust deep inside her. Her body twitches, and she cries out, her fingers gripping the bedpost tightly.