Be My Companion

Alexis

Julian and I boarded the private jet back to Orange County without as much as a look at each other in complete silence. I took my seat ready for takeoff and Julian sat down across from me, keeping his head down and his eyes away from me.

Don't give up on me. His words had echoed throughout my head for the past 12 hours.

I didn't want to give up on Julian. In fact, I wasn't giving up on Julian. I loved this man so much that I was willing to forgo my happiness in place of his. As much as I knew that I made him happy, I knew his career gave him the fulfilment that I never could, so I was sure I had to take matters into my own hands.

After our heartbreaking conversation last night, I retired back to the second bedroom in the suite and cried myself to sleep. This man had my heart in his hands, and my body yearned to be next to his, but I couldn't bear to look at him when he viewed me with such hurt and anger, as if I had betrayed him by initiating that conversation.

And still, even after packing our things and commuting to the airport together, Julian had still not looked at me or spoken a word in my direction.

The plane began to take off, and as soon as we were allowed to take our seatbelts off and roam the plane, I was going to create as much distance between us as humanly possible. He needed time to process his feelings and emotions, and I don't think he could do that if I was in his proximity. 

I put my dark sunglasses on over my eyes and used this secretive opportunity to look at Julian. If I wasn't mistaken, he looked like he had gotten as much sleep as I did the previous night. His beautiful blue eyes had bags underneath them, and they almost looked bloodshot. He had put in no effort into his hair, and it looked like it did when he first woke up in the morning. 

My wonderful contradiction of a man looked exhausted. And I knew it was my fault. 

We were given the green light to take our seatbelts off and wander around the plane. I unhooked my belt and stood up, making a beeline for the lounging area. I switched the TV on and pretended to focus on it, even though my entire being was hyperaware of every slight movement Julian made.

Julian cleared his throat and stood up from his seat. "I'm going to have a nap. Do you want the bed?"

His voice seemed as stiff as awkward as he was right now. But hearing him speak for what felt like the first time in forever chipped away at the ice protecting my heart.

"It's fine, Julian. You can take the bed."

"I can sleep out here if you want it, Lex, I don't mind."

I looked up at him, taking in a sharp breath at the sight of his blue eyes gazing into me. "You take it. It's fine, I promise."

Julian nodded his head and walked past me to get to the bedroom. He paused momentarily at the door, and I held my breath as I awaited his next move. I didn't know if I was strong enough to deny him if he asked me for a snuggle in bed, not even now after the worst fight we've had in our relationship.

After what seemed like hours, Julian stepped completely into the bedroom and shut the door behind him.

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Julian

I'm surprised I was able to eventually fall asleep, considering the purpose for my deepest frustrations and also deepest love was just on the other side of the wall. I tossed and turned in the sheets, wishing I was holding his body in my arms, pressing my nose against the back of his head, inhaling that sweet scent of him.

The friendly flight attendant had woken me up upon descent, and I stumbled out of the bedroom to see Alexis sitting on his seat, buckled up and ready to go. He looked up at me and smiled, but it was that friendly smile you'd give to someone who you hadn't seen in years, or weren't particularly close with.

That cut me deeper than any of the words he spoke last night ever would. Was that how he looked at me now? A stranger? A mere acquaintance he saw on the street?

Granted, I had no idea where I stood with Alexis right now. Our discussion never came to a conclusion, and no resolution was reached. I begged him not to give up on me, and he ran to the other bedroom and closed the door behind him, which was an indication to me that he had given up on me.

I took a seat across from him and buckled my seatbelt. I tried, and failed, to keep my eyes off him. Every time I found the strength to look away, my eyes would always fall back on him, and the way the blonde strands of his hair would fall down his bronzed skin, curtaining his beautiful face, or the way his full lips would sit in an almost pout as he stared out the window.

We touched back down in Orange County, and after loading our luggage into the back of the car, began our journey back home. The possibility of 'home' being so different now that I knew Alexis was considering leaving me just to spare my career frightened me.

I was never one to show fear. I wasn't scared of heights. I thought snakes and spiders were cute creatures. And like in football, I charged at every situation head on with courage and conviction So I had never known a fear could be this crippling until my mind entertained the idea of losing Alexis.

We had left Orange County with a professional distance between us, but knowing everything I knew now, I didn't know how I could go back to that separation in the middle of us.

He loved me. And fuck I loved him. Surely that had to count for something, right?

I kept my eyes down on the floor, or out the window, feigning interest in the trees, houses and buildings we drove past. And finally, before my willpower ran out, we arrived back at the apartment.

I followed Alexis into the elevator with my own luggage, and we rode up in complete silence. Being in a confined space in such close proximity to him drove my sense of smell wild.

God fucking damn. He smelled so fucking good.

We walked into the apartment where Frank greeted us excitedly, waving around a black serving spoon.

"Just in time!" he called out. "I've cooked an amazing dinner for you both."

Alexis sniffed the air and smiled. "It smells delicious, Frank!"

Frank looked between Alexis and I and immediately sensed the tension between us. Alexis walked past him and went to his bedroom to dump his luggage.

"Is everything alright, Julian?" Frank asked me suspiciously.

"I don't know, Frank." I pressed my lips together in a hard line.

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Alexis

Frank's attention to detail and his daring splashes of flavour made his steak dinner one of the best things my taste buds had ever come into contact with. But I couldn't even enjoy this delicious meal to its full extent because I was too aware that my man, my beautiful contradiction of a man, was sitting unhappily on the other side of the dining table from me, pushing his food around with a fork.

Frank had definitely noticed the change in gears between Julian and I, and it was almost as if he was tiptoeing around us in case one sudden movement might set off the unresolved tension between us.

"I'll help you with the dishes," I offered Frank.

The friendly chef shook his head immediately. "That's okay, Alexis. I'll take care of it. You and Julian can sit back and chat if you want."

Frank looked at me knowingly and gathered the dishes between Julian and I. Julian had his hands clasped together on the table and it looked like he was contemplating something in his head.

"Lex," his voice suddenly came out sternly. "Let's go chat."

My legs stood my body up before I even realised what I was committing to. Julian shoved his hands in his pockets and walked into the gym. I followed him into the room and closed the door behind me, assuming he wanted a private conversation.

"I'm going to be completely upfront with you, Lex." Julian turned around and looked down into my eyes. "If the past 24 hours have taught me anything, it's that I absolutely cannot be without you."

Julian held his hand out for me and I tentatively grabbed it, letting out a deep sigh as soon as I felt his touch.

"I understand that you want to save me and my career, Lex, but whatever we decide, it should be a joint decision. This doesn't just affect you; it affects both of us."

I nodded my head. "You're right."

He was right after all. I wanted to protect him, just like he was always protecting me, and by taking matters into my own hands I thought I was doing just that. But I was making a very big decision that affected the both of us deeply.

"I have worked my entire life for my career, and I feel like I can finally see the results of my efforts in my football." Julian pulled me closer and pressed his lips against my forehead. "But I love you so much, it scares the shit out of me."

I wrapped my arms around his waist and squeezed. "Julian, what does that mean 'it scares you'?"

Julian put his hand on the small of my back. "This is such foreign territory to me, Lex. I've never loved anyone like this before. I don't know what I'm getting myself into here or what the fuck I'm doing, and I've never loved something so much that the thought of losing it paralyses me. It's pretty fucking terrifying for someone like me."

The raw emotion spilling out of Julian was intoxicating, and before I could even register what I was doing, I had pulled his head down to meet mine and I pressed my lips against his in a deep kiss. I let a moan escape my lips as our tongues collided in a heated moment of passion.

Julian almost growled when I pulled away from him. "I'm so fucking crazy about you, Lex, you have no idea," he whispered.

A single tear trickled down my face, but I wasn't ashamed of its warmth this time. This was a happy tear for someone who felt so protected, so admired, so loved that it was almost overwhelming.

Julian rubbed my tear away with his thumb and kissed my lips, my cheek, my neck, anywhere his mouth could find a soft landing.

"Whatever we do, can we just do it together please?" he asked.

I nodded my head. "I'm sorry, Julian."

Julian kissed me on the forehead again. "That's why I'm going to tell Vanessa I want to come out."

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Julian

Alexis let out an almost inaudible gasp, and he looked up at me with his mouth wide open.

"Julian, think this through," he said.

"Trust me, baby." I kissed his forehead. "I've had all the time in the world to think about this in the past 24 hours."

Alexis frowned. "But you love your football."

"I do. And I love you too. And if there is a chance that the two can coexist, then I will take that chance."

"And what if the two can't coexist? You can't take your word back when the world knows that we're together."

I nodded my head. "I know, baby, and if we have to cross that bridge, we can do it together. But to me, the risk is worth the reward."

"Everything you worked for, everything you've ever wanted might go up in flames, Julian. I can't have you hating me if I was even the slightest bit responsible for you losing that."

"Baby, I could never hate you. And if you think that I do, ask me, and I will remind you of all the reasons why I'm in love with you." I kissed him on his forehead. "Besides, think about everything you'll give up and sacrifice to be with me. Your career will be gone no questions asked, and that's after losing another career you cared so deeply about. If you're willing to make that sacrifice for me, let me do this for you. For us."

I pressed my palms against Alexis's cheeks and held them there steadily. Another tear fell from his eye and landed on the skin of my hand.

"I've got my whole world in my hands right now, Lex," I whispered. "I need you with me."

Alexis nodded and let out a soft moan when I leaned down to kiss him, holding his delicate head in my hands.

"I need you with me," I repeated softly.

"I'm here with you, Julian."

My hands slid down his face, down the sides of his torso and onto the dip of his waist.

"I missed you," Alexis whispered.

"I fucking missed you too, Lex."

Alexis wrapped himself in me and moved his lips against mine in a desperate embrace. I could never get enough of this; of the feel of him, the smell of him, the touch of him, the taste of him.

"I'm going to call Vanessa and tell her now," I said, pulling away from him.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket but Alexis slapped it away from me and it landed on the padded floor with a thud.

"Lex, I'm doing this," I said.

"I know, I know. I just..." He jumped up and wrapped his legs around my waist. "Vanessa can wait for now."

Catching onto his hint, I smirked and placed my hands on his ass, squeezing his thick mounds.

"What did you have in mind, Lex?"

"You know what I have in mind, darling." Alexis licked his lips which immediately sent a surge of emotion rushing down to my crotch.

"Tell me," I whispered.

Alexis leaned down to where his lips were almost touching my ear lobe.

"I want you to love me like it's the last day on earth."

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Alexis

Julian laid me down on one of the benches, his hungry eyes never leaving mine. I watched in awe as he slowly peeled off his shirt, revealing his muscular torso that my own dreams didn't do justice. I found myself biting my lip as he unzipped his jeans and pulled them down, kicking them away to the side. His erection was standing at full mast underneath the fabric of his navy trunks, pointing directly at its target.

"Baby, you're wearing too much," he said.

I kicked my legs into the air and scraped my teeth across my bottom lip. "I want you to do the honours."

Julian's eyes almost darkened as he reached down under my hips and pulled at the fabric of my sweatpants, pulling them up and off my legs in one easy movement. My legs fell back down to the ground and his hands rode up my shirt, his skin sending a wave of sparks coursing through my body. I raised my arms for him and he tore my shirt off and threw it onto the floor.

"You're so fucking beautiful, baby," he breathed.

He palmed one of my ankles and softly pressed his lips against my achilles. He leaned his knee down onto the bench and began trailing kisses up my leg, taking his time in pleasing me by licking and nipping at the smooth skin of my calf and my thigh. He repeated his tantalising trail up my other leg which had made me harder than I had ever been in my life.

I loved that he was taking his time and was appreciating every inch of my body. Watching him express his love for me by gently kissing and caressing me in places no one else had ever been before truly lit fireworks inside of me that I didn't know existed.

This was it. This was love, true love in its truest form.

And as Julian sucked at the skin of my thigh, so achingly close to my sex which was on fire for him, all I wanted was for Julian to hurry his love up.

"Julian..." I breathed.

"Yes baby?"

"Don't take this wrong way," I whispered, "but I need you to hurry up and fuck me."

Between my legs, I saw Julian smirk at me.

"I'm making love to you like it was the last day on earth, baby, just like you wanted."

"Yeah but the meteor decided it's going to be here in half an hour, so speed it up."

Julian started laughing and let go of my leg in his amused efforts, so to take things into my own hands, I rolled off the bench, pulled my underwear down, and pushed Julian onto the bench.

"Woah!" he said.

I pulled at the waistband of Julian's trunks and yanked them down.

"On your back," I ordered him.

"Okay, okay!" Julian chuckled at me and rotated onto his back, where his glorious manhood sat firm against his tight six-pack. "You're so bossy."

I straddled his hips and flicked my hair over onto one side of my face. "I love you Julian Ambrose," I said.

The cheeky grin from Julian's face disappeared and was replaced with a look of love. "I love you too, Alexis Mendes."

I licked my hand and began jerking Julian's thick cock, trying to slather it up as much as possible. I lowered myself over him and felt his thick head pierce my entrance and, after a few deep breaths, I sunk lower onto his cock.

"Oh fffuuuck," Julian hissed.

I slid further and further down until I felt all of him inside me. I braced myself by sprawling my hands across his pecs and began tweaking his nipples in between my thumb and index fingers.

If Frank wasn't going to hear my moans, or Julian calling out my name as he thrusted inside of me, he was definitely going to hear the echoing sounds of mine and Julian's flesh colliding as I rode him like it was our first time.

"Leeexxx!" Julian groaned.

I continued bucking my hips against his as my hole devoured his length in quick movements. The feel of Julian inside me always sent me into a sexual overdrive I had never experienced prior to him, like his cock was moulded specifically for me and to please me.

Soon, I felt that familiar sensation churning inside of me. I began panting as I felt my climax nearing, and even though I still had my hands on Julian's firm chest, I knew it was going to explode soon. Julian had made me cum hands-free once before, and I felt like I was never going to experience that again, but as I clapped my ass down onto him harder and faster, I knew that there was definitely going to be at least one more instance.

"Oh shit! Shit! Shit!" I moaned.

My cock shot a warm load all over Julian's abs and chest, with a streak of cum landing on my own outstretched hand.

Seeing me shoot all over him spurned an inner desire in Julian, and I felt his hands grip onto my hands even tighter as he began thrusting upwards inside of me at a jackhammer pace.

"Fuck I'm gonna cum!"

"Give it to me, Julian!"

I slid my ass down to accommodate his full length while Julian let out a deep, guttural groan as I felt him shoot his load inside of me and fill me up with his warm love. His fingers dug into my skin as he let out every last drop of his sweet cum inside of me.

With one last moan of satisfaction, I collapsed on top of him and pressed my head into the crook of his neck.

"Lex, baby, that was... amazing."

I was still trying to catch my breath from that erotic lovemaking session. "It definitely was."

Julian let go of my hips and softly cradled my head against him.

"I love you baby."

"And I love you too darling."

I felt him press his lips against my forehead.

"Now that the meteor has crushed us, let me call Vanessa so we can deal with this other meteor, okay?" he said.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: I just wanted to say a quick thank you to all of my readers. Your kind words and support mean a lot more to me than you probably recognise, so thank you! I hope you are enjoying Julian and Alexis's journey as much as I enjoyed writing it.