My Best Friend

Chapter 18 Back to Normal

Ellie POV
I wake up and the sun is setting and I look at Brantley, he's sleeping and looks like the boy I fell in love with. There is no doubt I love him. I cannot believe how amazing he made me feel when we made love. He was so patient and sweet and without a doubt that is a memory I won't ever forget. Not once did I feel like freezing up. He let me take the lead and then when he took over it was like he was worshiping my body with his. That is what it's supposed to feel like. Full of love and happiness. I place a kiss on Brantley's chest and I trace his tattoos with my finger and he says," Darlin you might want to stop that unless you are trying for round two"
I sat up so I can see his face, " you mean to tell me you can be ready this soon"
Brantley laughed and said," baby I could have kept going earlier. But I remembered that the doctor said to take things slow and for you to listen to your body, oh shit!"
I look at him and said," What?"
Brantley said," I didn't wrap and I didn't pull out El, so we didn't use any protection shit how could I have done that to you please baby forgive me."
I kiss him and tell him," it's not the right time for me but next time you wrap until I get on the pill for a month. And if by chance I do get pregnant we deal with it. Cause I will just tell you carrying your child is not the worst thing to ever happen to me in all honesty, it would almost be the best. So stop freaking out and let's get out clothes on and head to the house."
Brantley looks at me and tells me he loves me and he gets up and I just watch his body move. I thought he was good looking at 19 but at 29 he's like a Greek God and hung like I have never seen. Without turning around he said,"Darlin you gonna stop staring at my ass and get up and get dressed or you want that round 2?" I blushed and start to stand up an groan. In between my legs is sore and tender. Brantley turns and I tell him I'm fine just a little sore an tender down there but I expect that's a normal feeling when you have been made love to someone who is built like a Greek god. He laughs and helps me find my clothes.
We get in the truck and it's like old times windows down, music up and flying down the dirt roads only now Brantley is mine. We get back to his house and I help him unload all the stuff. Kolby calls him and asks if we want to meet him and Amy for supper at the diner. So I head up to shower. As I am getting out Brantley walks in and is just standing there looking at me. I turn and ask him if everything was okay. He smiles and tells me that he's just trying to make sure that I am real. That he's not dreaming. I walk over and touch him when he says that and kiss him and ask him if that felt real to him. He grinned and popped me on the butt and called me a smartass. He gets in the shower and he asks if I really wanted a tattoo and what did I mean by needing his help with it. I told him that I wanted a big piece that started under my right breast and went across my stomach and ended on my left hip. I wanted roses and a music score of his song. He stopped and asked me which song did I want tattooed on my body. I asked him which one would he tattoo on my body. He thought a minute and said, either My Kind of Crazy or You Don't Know Her like I Do. I looked at him and said l was thinking of those same ones and when I look at it I want to remember happy times of us together so I was thinking the first one. You know I remember that day I took your guitar and did that, we were 17. And you laughed at me so hard cause I had it upside down. Those memories got me through so much B, you don't even know. He looked at me and said that he had an idea because they kept him from drinking once he laid it down. He told me that he had to go to Nashville to the label and asked if I wanted to come with him. I asked him when and he said on Wednesday that we could go up tomorrow night after my PT appointment and he could show me some of the sights and then go with him to the label if I wanted to. I told him it sounded like a great idea.
  We finished getting ready and headed to the diner to meet Amy and Kolby.  When we got there they already had us a table and the waitress came and got our order. They asked how the doctors appointment went and I told them I start PT tomorrow and that everything else had healed and the bruising should be going away soon. Kolby said he didn't understand how no one back home knew about it that Amy was your only relative and why wasn't she contacted.  Amy dropped her head an BG said, "you knew and didn't tell anyone, why Amy?"
Amy said," Cause I knew that she would come home if I didn't but if I told them El would have took off running again and I couldn't have that. I saw what she looked like BG. And I knew that whatever had happened between y'all was what was keeping her away. I also knew this would be the thing to bring her home if I handled it right. If I had told you , you would have come barreling in and she couldn't handle that right then. She was broken BG, she technically died more than once. I'm sorry you feel like I should have told but one you were on tour and two I was so close to having her back home that I didn't want you to scare her off again. She was extremely fragile those first few days awake."
Kolby said," that's when you were gone so much said it was for work"
Amy told him"yeah"
I looked at them all and said," it's in the past guys, I'm here and we go from here. Quit looking back"
Our food came and we all dug, Amy asked what I was planning on doing now.
I told her that I was going to focus on my PT and getting my arm back to 100% and that I was gonna get some tattoos.
They spit their drink out when I said that. Amy asked what kind of tattoos? I told her that I wanted one to cover up my scars on my stomach and it would be really big and that  I wanted one to go on my arm that said Warrior the definition is one who fights in battles and is known for having courage and skill. Kolby grinned and told BG that he bet Carl would love this. BG said I may ask him to recommend a female artist that he trusts since its such a big piece and she wants it to start on one side under her breast and end on the other hip. Amy laughed and said jealous much big man.
That caused me to laugh and BG said," I am not jealous, I am territorial. The difference is jealous is you want something not yours territorial is you protect something that is yours and Ellie is mine. Make no bones about that fact." I kiss him and said," whatever you think is best I just want a kick ass tattoo."
We finish and say goodnight and head to my house.