Just One of the Guys
Thirty Nine

Knox

I sat there on the bed, for I couldn't even guess how long, holding a crying Corbin in my arms.

The only sounds in the room are Corbin's now muffled, hiccupping sobs. I am so beyond confused right now. I need to get some answers but for now, I'll just sit here with him in my arms as I stroke my hand up and down his arm. It could have only been minutes, or it could be hours, I've lost track of time. At some point, we ended up lying down, but Corbin stayed tucked up against me. Eventually, his tears dried, and the sobs stopped, and I guess I dozed off because the feel of someone shifting against me is what woke me up.

I look down to where Corbin's head is resting on my chest, one of his hands splayed out across my stomach. Picking it up, I play with his slender fingers, surprised at how small and dainty his hands are compared to mine. They're soft and feminine if that's possible and that causes my mind to whirl with even more questions.

I shift to where I'm lying on my side with Corbin still wrapped up in my arms, snuggling against my chest. From this angle, I'm able to take in his facial features. He has long eyelashes, a small and slender nose. Lips that look soft, so soft that I find myself reaching out to run my fingers across them.

A contented sigh leaves him as I continue my perusal.

Along with dainty, feminine hands, his facial structure is more like that of a woman than a man's. I trail my fingers down the column of his throat as I continue exploring his features.

Adjusting my arm that's wrapped around him, I trail those fingers down his arm and back up, goosebumps breakout across his skin and a low moan leaves his throat that causes my dick to harden.

I should stop right now, this is so wrong, and he is a *he*: a non-consenting *he* at that.

I know this but my hands wander, having a mind of their own as they slowly move over his chest just as he inhales, pushing what feels an awful like a breast, like a woman's breast, into the palm of my hand.

"Knox..."

My name falls from Corbin's lips in a whisper, and I am so hard right now that I can't stand it.

I move my hand back to his neck and cup the back of his head as I lower my lips to his.

Just a taste.

I just need to try to make sense of my reaction towards him. I ignore my rock-hard cock and place my lips against Corbin's. He responds instantly, kissing me back and pulling me closer to his body: closer to a body that has curves that no man could have.

"Knox..." Corbin murmurs again as I pull away to look down at his face.

He opens his eyes, and my breath gets caught in my throat because although I know I'm looking down at Corbin, I swear it's Averi looking up at me.

"Corbin?" I ask as I run my thumb against his lower lip, so similar to Averi's.

*Dear Lord, I've got to be losing my mind*.

I watch as his eyes begin to water and then his name falls from my lips again as a tear breaks free from blue eyes looking up at me. But Corbin has brown eyes...

"Knox..." My name is whispered as a plea as more tears begin falling, uttering three little words before completely losing it. "Please forgive me."

Pulling Corbin back into my arms, I tuck his chin against my chest, resting my chin against the top of his head. Once he finally settles, he pulls back, looking at me and I'm struck by the uncanny similarities. Similarities that I tried to ignore or write off once I noticed them, thinking I was losing it.

*But could it possibly be her?*

"Knox? What are you doing here?" Corbin asks, wiping away the remaining tears.

"Averi?" I ask instead of answering, needing to know if I really am losing my damn mind or not.

"I'm sorry," she whispers, not denying that it's her.

"Oh, thank Christ," I growl, leaning back into her and capturing her mouth in a kiss that feels like I've been waiting forever for. "I thought I was losing my damn mind," I mutter as I look down at her, adjusting us so that I'm not hurting her ribs, or wrist, it's been a few weeks, but they would still be achy.

Climbing over her, careful not to put any of my weight on her, I begin worshiping her, trailing my lips from her jaw, over the column of her slender neck, nipping at her collarbone.

"We should talk..." she says, placing her hand against my chest and I know she's right but right now, I need her.

I need to feel the soft, smoothness of her skin against my own. I need to hear the sounds she makes, as she comes undone around me. I need to feel her wrapped around me as I worship her body.

"We will, I promise. But, not yet..." I say as I begin tracing every fading bruise and nearly healed cut with my tongue, my lips, reworking my way from her neck down to her cunt. She doesn't protest or try to stop me again, and that alone spurs

me on.

Once she's laying bare before me, and I finally get to the magical wonderland between her thighs, a deep moan leaves me when I lick her, her juices coating my tongue. The taste of her is unlike anything I've ever tasted before.

"Damn, baby. I love the way you taste," I growl, getting to work sucking on her clit, while plunging my index and middle fingers inside of her soaking wet cunt.

She's so damn responsive it drives me insane.

"Knox..." she gasps as my tongue brings her closer and closer to orgasm.

"Shit...Knox," she cries out my name and I fucking love it, my cock becoming impossibly hard as she comes on my fingers, her juices dripping onto my chin. Using the index finger that I buried inside of her, I swipe at my chin, gathering her juices on it and plunging it in my mouth, not wanting to waste a single drop. Crawling back up her body, my mouth kissing, licking, retracing every inch of her marred skin, once again, until I'm staring into her deep brown eyes.

"Goddamn, you had my head so messed up, baby," I whisper before latching onto her earlobe, nibbling the tender flesh.

"Do you think that you can handle my cock, baby?" I ask, hoping like hell that she can, that it won't hurt too bad. "I know you're still healing but I need to feel your cunt wrapped around my cock." "Yes," she cries as she tries reaching down to the waistband of my shorts. "Please."

"I've got it, baby. You just lay there, looking sexy as all fuck, and tell me how much you want my cock," I growl as I drop my athletic shorts to the floor and crawl back onto the bed and over her gorgeous body. Spreading her legs, she wraps them around my hips, pulling me closer to where she wants me, my cock right at her entrance.

"Tell me," I urge, wanting more than anything to hear her say it.

"I want you so bad that if you don't put your cock in me right now, I'm going to combust. Knox, please."

"My cock is yours, baby. Always," I tell her as I lean forward, gently easing my way into her tight as hell cunt. She's so damn tight it's going to be hard not to blow my load after just a few thrusts.

"Fuck, you feel good, baby," I growl once my cock is fully seated inside of her cunt, the urge to pound the hell out of her is almost overwhelming, but she can't handle that right now.

"Knox..." she pants as I gently rock into her.

"Your cunt was made for me, baby," I mutter against her lips, as I capture them once more, this time using my tongue as she opens for me.

Moving from her mouth, across her cheek to her jaw, then across her jaw to her neck, I kiss, suck and nip at her soft flesh.

Seeing my marks marring her skin, fuck it turns me on even more. *Mine*, I think, feeling like a caveman, needing to claim my woman, as my baser instincts drive me.

She's so tight that I'm not going to make it too much longer and I'm excited for her to try my new toys now that they're fully healed. I don't think she's even noticed them yet, but I'm gonna fix that right now.

"I want you to ride my cock, baby," I growl, pulling out, and gently rolling us so that she is sitting on my pelvis, my shaft settling right at the base of her cunt. Reaching down, she wraps her hand around me and quickly pulls it away. "What the..."she breathes.

Biting my bottom lip, I take in her curious expression. "This is what I was doing when I left the party," I mutter, needing her to know that I wasn't doing anything shady or going to meet another girl.

"Why?" she asks, staring at my piercings with a bewildered look on her face.

"Honestly, I don't even fucking know. The thought alone freaked me the hell out, but the more I thought about it, having heard about how incredible it's supposed to make things for you, well I figured it couldn't hurt." *I was fucking wrong, it hurt like a bloody bastard!*

Leaning forward, I capture her lips in a heated kiss, murmuring, "Now, I wanna see you bouncing on my cock, baby."

Grasping hold of my shaft once again, she hovers over it, lining my cock up with her cunt. Then, almost painfully slow, she sinks down onto my shaft, gasping out a moan that doesn't stop until our pelvises are touching, her clit lining up perfectly with my pelvic piercing. She shoots me a look and I just wink at her.

Raising my arms above me and crossing them so my head is resting against my palms. "Are you ready?" I ask, afraid that if she doesn't start moving soon I may go crazy.

She rocks gently at first, trying to find a rhythm that she likes as her clit rubs against the barbell at my pelvis, causing her to moan, immediately picking up her pace.

Following her lead, I thrust my hips up into her, matching her rocking, until she slows her pace. Then placing my hands on her hips, I help guide her movements, so they work in sync with each of my thrusts. "Does that feel good, baby?" I ask, wanting to make sure I didn't make a mistake.

*I'll take the bastards out if she doesn't like them*.

"Shit, Knox!" she cries out, moaning, as her hips gyrate and rock faster, her pace picking up as her breathing accelerates, her walls tightening around my cock, no doubt in my mind that she's fixing to cum. "It feels so good. I didn't realize sex was..." she gasps.

"It's fucking amazing, because it's between you an me, baby," I tell her.

At her confused look, I elaborate, "Not all sex is good, baby. But this, us, it's because you're mine and I'm yours."

Moaning, she reaches up, grasping her breasts and tugging on her nipples as she begins riding me harder, faster. "That's it, baby. Ride my cock. Take all that you want, my cock is yours."

"Knox, it feels so good, it's almost too much but...I'm going...oh, oh shit..." she yells out as her orgasm hits her, her hips working me over as her cunt clenches around my cock as she rides the waves of pleasure. Once she's come down from her orgasm, I roll us back over so that she's beneath me, thrusting into her cunt at an almost punishing pace.

"Fuck, I love your cunt, baby," I growl, slamming into her repeatedly. Remembering that she's likely still overly-sensitive and afraid that I may be hurting her, I change our positions, having her get on all fours.

Coming up behind her, my cock aligns with her perfectly. I rock into her gently, holding her hips for leverage and wrapping my left arm around her front at her lower abdomen to hold her in place. I dip my finger down between us, coating it in her juices, and swirl it around her clit, wanting her to fall apart on my cock again.

As I'm rubbing her clit and pounding into her cunt, I move my hand from her hip, coating it in her juices, and begin toying with her rear entrance. When she doesn't object, I dip my finger between us again, get more lubrication and ease it inside of her.

I start thrusting it in and out and Averi meets me at every thrust as I continue pounding into her tight little cunt. My orgasm isn't far off and her gasps, mewls, moans, and groans of pleasure are spurring me on, drawing my own release closer and closer.

"Is this okay, baby?" I ask, continuing to thrust both my cock and my finger into her holes. "Does this feel good?"

"Oh God, Knox... I'm going to cum again. Don't stop," she pants, pushing back against my cock and finger, making them both sink deeper inside of her, all while I'm still rubbing her clit too.

When she cums, she's going to cum so fucking hard, and I can't wait to watch her fall apart again.

"Oh, shit that feels good," she moans when I begin pounding into her faster, her walls clenching around my cock, my orgasm right there.

"Fuck yeah, baby. You like me messing with your ass?" I ask, stretching it more, slipping a second finger inside.

"Damn, Knox. I'm so full. I don't think I can take anymore."

I thrust my fingers in and out of her in time with my thrusts, so close to cuming my balls are already drawing up.

"I'm gonna cum, Knox! Oh, shit. I'm cuming, baby."

"Thank fuck!" I growl as my own orgasm takes hold, sending us both into oblivion together. I continue rocking into her until her walls relax and I don't have anything left in me.

"Bloody hell, that was fucking amazing," I growl, my chest heaving as I try to catch my breath and remove all but my cock from her. Leaning down to capture her lips, I murmur, "You are so beautiful."

Slipping out of her, I ask myself how I didn't see it before. It was right in front of me the whole time. *She* was right in front of me the fucking whole time.

I fully take her in, actually seeing her. From her short hair, deep brown eyes, and pouty lips, down the curve of her neck, over her shoulders and down her arms. Her amazing, full tits that I can't get enough of, to the bandages covering her ribs. "That mother fucker!" I curse, as realization dawns on me that that sorry son of a bitch beat the shit out of a goddamn woman-out of *Averi*.

It was bad enough when I thought he'd done it to Corbin, but now...

"I'm going to fucking kill him!" I roar, seeing nothing but red.

"Knox, no... Please, it's not worth it."

She grasps hold of my arms, afraid that I'm going to leave her. "Please, calm down."

I'm shaking from the intensity of my rage.

Clenching my jaw, I stare past her as I try to figure out how to track the fucker down and deliver some payback.

"Knox," she says, turning my face back towards hers, her eyes pleading with me. "Please, Knox. It's not worth it. He thought I was hitting on his girl because I was talking to her. Please, just...stay here with me."

Heaving out a huge sigh, I run my fingers through my hair, grasping at the strands as I try to calm myself down. The only thing that matters is that she's okay and she's here with me, in my arms.

Sidling up next to her, I pull her against me so that her head is resting against my chest. "Why didn't you tell me?" I ask, changing the subject as disappointment sets in that she didn't think she could trust me with her secret.

"No one was supposed to know. It's too dangerous."

She looks up at me, her eyes pleading with me to understand. She keeps saying that it's too dangerous but won't elaborate on what's too dangerous or why.

"You can trust me, baby. Just let me in," I tell her, pleading with my eyes, praying that she sees the truth in my words and in my face.

"I'm in witness protection. That's why I'm here, posing as a boy at an all-boys school. I'm in hiding," she rushes out with a jerky nod, terror taking over her features.

I figured it was bad considering she kept trying to push me away, but I never thought it was that bad.

"You knowing puts you at risk. I didn't want to take that chance."

"You were trying to protect me," I murmured against her ear, running my nose along the outer ridge and my fingers up and down her back.

"I shouldn't ask what happened, should I?" I mutter, needing more details so that I can try to keep her safe.

As tears begin filling her dark eyes again, guilt creeps in along with anger at whomever or whatever happened that has her so scared out of her fucking mind. "I'm sorry I pushed."

Tightening my arms around her, I kiss her chastely, then pull her back against my chest, loving how it feels for her body snuggled up against mine.

"Thank you, for telling me," I mutter and begin playing with her hair as I say my thoughts aloud to her. "I'm glad that I know now, but I am sorry. I should have listened when you told me you couldn't discuss it but to trust you. I just couldn't

for the life of me understand why you were pushing me away when you so obviously didn't want to."

"I never wanted to hurt you..." she mutters, snuggling even closer to me.

"I just need to know that you're okay."

We continued to lay like that until I feel her breathing even out.

I thought she had fallen asleep, so it surprises me when after a bit, she starts speaking. "You won't tell anyone, right?"

I would have assumed that she would have known the answer to that, but I can also understand her need to actually hear me say it.

She needs to make sure, for both my sake as well as hers, that I understand the gravity of the situation.

I understand. I don't like it one bit, but I understand.

Anyone who threatens my girl, fuck, it makes my blood boil. It makes me want to find the fucker too, but instead of beating the shit out of them, I want to eliminate the threat.

"No, baby... If it's going to put you or anyone else that I care about in danger, then no, I'm not going to say a word to anyone."

"Thank you," she murmurs sleepily. I roll her over so that I can pull her back against my front, wrap my arms around her and hold her to me so I can protect her.