Saving Us

Chapter 1

Amy



My first Christmas with Conner hadn't exactly been planned, but I don't think I would have changed a single second of it. His family was amazing and I'd known that from being around Miranda for a few years. I guess I never expected them to accept me the way they did. I think I was in shock when he announced that we were together and with child. In fact, I wanted to pass out in front of everyone. Much to my surprise, they welcomed me with open arms, and by that night, I found myself wrapped in Conner's arms, feeling the safest that I'd ever felt.

I remember waking up the next morning to Conner clearing his throat. Apparently, he'd gotten up and grabbed a shower, while leaving me to sleep. "Mornin'." He leaned over and kissed me.

"I could really get used to this." I felt so comfortable, wrapped up in his bed. His bed!

"Me bein' naked?" The towel dropped as he stood in front of me with an eyebrow cocked and his hands on either hip.

I just shook my head and giggled. "Well, I was going to say waking up in your bed, but now that I'm getting an eyeful, I may just have to agree with you."

My God, looking at that man was never going to get old. He was so handsome.

Conner smiled and showed off his dimples. "You can touch it, you know. I mean, I'm thinkin' that since I'm goin' to be sharin' my bed, I may just have to ask you to pay me in sexual favors."

I sat up and leaned my head on my hand, while grabbing his hand and slowly pulling him to me. His smile never left his face. "I think that's a great idea. In fact, how about we start right now?"

Conner climbed slowly on top of me, never taking his eyes off of me. I bit down on my lip when I felt the warmth of his body against mine. I anticipated his kiss just as he leaned down to do it. His soft lips brushed over my mouth and sent chills through my whole body. I could picture his long tongue making contact with mine and stuck it out to meet his. He sucked it hard and finally let go to be able to kiss me full on the lips again. As his tongue entered my mouth, I could hear his low groaning and feel a fast growing erection pressing into my thigh.

Just as our kissing became intense, he pulled back and moved the hair away from my face. “How are you doin’ with all of this, Blaze?”

I shrugged my shoulders, but reached up for a peck on the lips. “I don’t know. I’m a little overwhelmed with everything going on. I mean, I know this is where I want to be and there isn’t anything that will make me change my mind about that, but I am just so concerned over everything I don’t know. I want to know why Heather called and what she knows about Rick. Don’t even get me started on that bastard. What do you think he is up to? Why is he asking me for money that I don’t have? It doesn’t make any sense.”

“You’re goin’ to have to call Heather. If she knows somethin’ then it’s best you find out what it is.”

I nodded my head to agree with Conner, when every part of my body was telling me to scream ‘no’. “I just don’t want to deal with the repercussions of being around her. I hate what you did with her, Conner. I just hate it so much.”

He slid over to the side of me and ran his hands through his damp hair. “I told you before that I didn’t ever want to talk about it again. Please just let it go. You know it meant nothin’ to me, Amy. Nothin’!”

That didn’t make it hurt me any less. “I’m sorry, you’re right. It’s just difficult to think about and us calling her makes me think about it more. She is evil, Conner. She’s like the plague.”

He let out an air filled laugh and ignored my comment as he started kissing up the sides of my neck. As much as I hated Heather, he was doing a great job distracting me from our conversation. I thought about his fresh minty lips touching my skin and worried about my stale morning breath. Without warning, I sat up and jumped off the bed. “I’ll be right back.” I held up my finger and backed myself out of the room. I got halfway down the hallway and ran back to peek my head in the door. “Do not get dressed.”

Conner wasn’t always good about waiting for things and since I had forced him to wait while I fought to get away from Rick, I didn’t want him to wait any longer for anything. I rushed into the bathroom and brushed my teeth. My hair was in a disarray and I tried to wet it and comb it down enough to look presentable. I swear, ever since I had found out I was pregnant a little over a week ago, I couldn’t help but notice that my cheeks looked fuller. I knew Conner was waiting, but I couldn’t help but look at my body in the mirror.

With everything going on in my life, I hadn’t really had a single second to sit back and think of a big picture, of a possible future with my own family. My abdomen was still small, except something very big was growing inside of it and it gave me true hope that after all of the years of pain and suffering, I was going to have a happy ending. I didn’t care whether it was a girl or boy, I just wanted to be a mother to a child. Conner loving me and being a part of it all, just made it even better.