Free In A Heartbeat by Hilary Storm Page B

say as I meet her mouth with mine. We kiss deeply until I pull back and kiss her forehead. She turns away and we lay there quietly in each other’s arms.

Chapter Nine
    Eaven

    Life is great right now. If I am not hanging out with Ivy, then I am with Talon. He has been bending over backwards to make every day we are together special in some way. Our relationship has grown over the past three weeks. We are managing to keep up with all of our school work and enjoy college life at the same time. We have Finance class together on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so other than that we hang out after classes. Ivy and Dylan have seen each other at least once a week, but she just found out that he has to transfer to a new location with his job. She doesn’t seem too upset over it. She had always said that she didn’t want it to turn into anything exclusive.

    Ivy and I have a photo shoot scheduled for a wedding this weekend back in Springfield. We make good money doing it and try to schedule at least one a month. Sometimes we will book some family sessions as well, but this weekend we are focusing only on the wedding. This wedding is expected to be very large. We have already taken pictures of the bride and groom separate to help shorten the time after the ceremony. I have invited Talon to come with me to meet my family.
    “Are you nervous about meeting my parents?” I ask him on the way. He looks so handsome dressed up for the wedding.
    “You should be since you have been banging their daughter. You know they will be able to tell.” Ivy is enjoying a little torture before we arrive.
    “There is not any ‘banging’ going on.” I remind Ivy.
    “I remember that one time you came home from a date and your dad was hiding in the tree in full army fatigues. He was watching through a scope and aiming his rifle at poor Johnny. That shit was crazy!”
    “Stop teasing him. That did not happen…… in the past five years.” I say the last part quietly hoping he doesn’t catch that part. “He is very laid back and will not be aiming a rifle at you.” I notice Talon swallow hard and look at me out of the corner of his eye.
    “He only did that because he knew about Jake, so he felt he might need to rescue me from being ravished in the car.”
    “Did you just say ravished? And I thought his name was Johnny.” Talon questions me.
    “Um, that is what Jake named his penis.” Ivy smiles and we both watch Talon get really nervous.
    “Your dad has aimed a rifle with a scope at a guy ’s dick before and you think he is laid back? What is wrong with you? I can’t meet your parents. One look at me and he will probably call in his friends to help.” He begins to slow down the vehicle.
    “What are you doing? They will love you! I want you to meet them and my little sister. Please?” I grab his leg and squeeze to reassure him.
    “If I get my Johnson shot off, I am going to hold you responsible.” He says that like I am going to let that happen. Does he not realize I hope to love his Johnson just as much as he does?
    We arrive at the wedding in enough time to prepare for the ceremony. I introduce Talon to my family and the introductions seem to be going smoothly. Ivy helps me keep the conversation goi ng between my dad and Talon. My dad seems to be grilling him a little more than I expected him to about the band. We don’t bring up the fact that Talon should be a father.
    “So you and your buddies make noise in the garage on weekends?”
    “No sir. It’s not my buddies. It’s just my twin brother, my cousin, and your nephew Luke in the band.
    “Dad, I told you that Luke’s band is really good. You should come out and listen to them sometime. You will be impressed.” I say , trying to get my dad to quit staring at Talon with a critical look in his eyes.
    Avery comes running in and jumps straight into my arms. “Hey pretty girl! I want you to meet someone. This is a really good friend of mine. His name is Talon.” She acts shy and