A Million Faces in a Crowd
Chapter 16.
Carly rolled over, coming out of the hazy phases of sleep but discovered that a large hand was trapped over her bare stomach. Her mind stopped for a second, trying to remember where she was and then last night came flooding back to her causing a smile to form on her lips. JC’s chest was draped warmly over her back, as his arms held her against him. Each time she woke up in his bed, it was harder then the last to even think about leaving him.
Turning over slowly, Carly was met with a groan from her bedmate, his solid grip insisting that she stay in place. Finally breaking free, she faced his sleeping form as he slept on, taking in his long eye lashes fanned above his sculpted cheek bones. His lips were parted slightly and she had the sudden urge to kiss him. She brought a hand up, cupping his face, just happy to feel him. It wasn’t moments before blue eyes blinked, then looked back at her. Smiling, his head dipped down before his lips brushed against hers.
“Morning.”
She closed her eyes, enjoying the feel of his lips against hers. “Good morning, Joshua.”
“Mmm, it always is when I wake up with you in my bed.”
Carly laughed, allowing herself to be pulled closer to him, where his hands traced over her shoulders, down her sides before settling on her hips.
“I like waking up with you.”
He came over her, carefully pinning her beneath him, a smile plastered across his face.
“Good, because I’m not letting you leave.”
Carly moaned as he began kissing just behind her ear and felt herself melting against him. Her hands came up to rest against his neck before delving into his hair. He trailed upward, slashing across her jaw before finally settling against her lips. He sipped slowly, taking his time, his tongue bathed her top lip before taking the bottom in between his own.
Carly arched into him, leaning up to get closer. Tentatively his hands slipped between them, fingers splaying out across her stomach. He traced the contours of her abs before coming up and palming her breasts. Gasping, she pulled his lips back down to hers, tongue melting against his in a slow glide. JC pulled back, looking down at her as she held on to him. “God baby, I want you so bad.”
Looking up at him, her eyes hazy, she smiled. “I want you too, Jace.”
He took his time, scanning over every inch of her body, taking her all in. His hands traced her from top to bottom, curving over her shoulders, moving down her arms, running slowly up her sides before he leaned down and kissed the swell of her breasts. At her timid moan, he grazed his lips over the begging peaks, sucking softly. From there, his lips traveled down the trail of her stomach placing moist kisses as he went, stopping before he dipped a his tongue into her belly button.
At her nervous laugh, Carly pulled his head back asking him to come back to her. Instead of an answer, she was rewarded with a compliment. “Your skin is so soft Carly. I don’t think theirs any part of you that’s not perfect.”
“I’m positive there is.” she whispered as he leaned down to kiss her heated flesh again.
Shaking his head, he continued back to his task. One hand moved to lift one of her thighs before her turned his head to place a soft kiss against her knee cap. He lifted the other, repeating the process. His hand traveled down, finally reaching her center before slipping a cautious finger in where she wanted it most. Feeling her body tense, he leaned down to taste her whimper on his tongue. “Jace!”
Moving in an out easily, he slipped in a second finger, watching as she writhed beneath him. “Feel it Carly. I want to take you there.”
Shaking her head, she pulled him back against her body, her hips coming forward. “I want us both to go together.”
JC groaned, pulling away long enough to reach over and grab a condom. When he returned to her, he was taken off guard as Carly pushed him onto his back, coming over him and straddling his waist. He looked up at her, surprised, but welcoming the sweet weight of her against him. “This isn’t fair to you. You deserve to be seduced too.”
“Seduced? Baby, all you have to do is look at me and I want you.”
Smiling, she leaned down to nip at his neck before tenderly tracing the shell of his ear with her tongue. JC shivered beneath her, enjoying the feel of her silky, naked body against his searing flesh. “I think I can do a little better than that.”
Her hands traced his shoulders, coming up to his heck, holding the slant of his jaw in her palms. Carly took her time, kissing him slowly before it quickly turned into a passionate tirade of lips and tongue. She moved her hands to trace up his chest, feeling the light sprinkle of hair beneath her fingertips. From their she raked her nails over his nipples, watching as his skin shivered beneath. She traced his ridged stomach, trying to learn every dip and curve. Once she was satisfied and JC was moaning softly against her ear, she pulled him up so he was sitting, his back leaning against the head board.
He looked back at her, his gaze burning her skin as the seconds passed. He reached for her, trying to get her closer. His lips immediately went to her neck where he sucked the skin softly. Carly reached behind her, seeking the one thing she knew he needed the most as he bit down a moan, against the smooth surface of her shoulder. He hissed as she slid her fingers from the base to the tip of him, prolonging the burn he felt in the pit of his stomach. “Sweetheart, please. I need you, Carly.”
Carly leaned forward, rubbing her lips against his just enough to feel the heat of her breath. “Yes.” she hissed.
JC quickly sheathed himself, his hands diving into her hair, caressing her silky tresses. He watched as Carly shifted her legs, before moving up slightly and coming down on him in a painfully slow guide. Their moans echoed through out his bedroom walls as their eyes squeezed shut, becoming accustomed to the still new sensation of being joined with one another.
JC felt the sweet air of Carly’s breath fan across his face before he opened his eyes, seeing her face tensed up in pleasure, thinking she’d never looked more beautiful. He pulled her close, her breasts meshed against his chest, the hard peeks nudging him delicately. She then wrapped her arms again his neck, pulling their foreheads together as she began to move her hips slowly.
Their breath mingled together, coming in short, hot whispery pants. “Carly…”
She pulled back slightly, her green eyes melting with his. “Yeah, Jace?”
“You--” he panted. “You feel so good, so right. It’s been so long…”
Her lips grazed his slightly. “Me too Jace. I’m feeling it, too.”
He leaned down, his tongue tracing her collar bone, as she continued moving against him. “I don’t want you to go.”
A sharp pain ripped through her heart at his words. It was then that she had realized they had made things wonderfully complicated. She had a life outside of California and if things kept going the way she had hoped with her career, she had no idea where she’d end up. Still, her heart cried out to him, feeling the same thing he was feeling--the closeness. Deciding against the deep thoughts he provoked, Carly decided to just feel, to love, to move against him.
“I don’t’ want to leave. I want to stay here, with you, like this.”
He moaned, and began to thrust up into her downward movements. His hands moved to down to her breasts, molding them with his hands, then coming down to hold onto her hips, his fingers hanging onto her as she moved. Carly shifted her hips, her legs coming up to wrap around his waist, as she sank down deeper. JC let out a raw grunt, his bottom lip between his teeth, pulling her even tighter as their actions became faster, more frantic. They could both feel that tingle as they worked faster to chase it.
“Oh god, Carly, please honey.” His eyes squeezed shut as his lips smudged across her chest, feeling for any skin he could.
Carly pulled his head up, her hands cupping his jaw as her fingers moving to spear through his thick waves of hair. She tipped his chin up, willing him to open his eyes and meet with hers. When he looked back, Carly saw the burning colors of blues and specks of green flickering back at her, hungry and in need of something bigger. She leaned forward, taking his lips almost painfully slow in hers. She traced the outside of them, flicking the tip of her tongue across the seem a few times, teasing and driving him crazy. Skillfully, she moved up to his ear, sucking on the lobe once before biting down easily. She smiled against his skin as he sped up, trying to match her thrusts.
His moans and pants got louder, sounding almost as if he was in pain. Carly took that second to whisper, hotly in his ear as she felt herself tightening around him. “Let it go Jace. Let me feel you let go.”
He let out a grunt, cool against her burning skin. “I want you to come with me, Carly.”
Her lips quickly went to his neck where she bit down, her body tightening swiftly as she shook and contracted around him, his lips sailing past hers. “Jace, ohh!” JC’s stomach went ridged as he pulled her even more tightly against him, his hips moving upward, savoring the last of his orgasm. The moan he let out sounded as though it came all the way from the depths of his toes and caused Carly to tremble against him, still shaking slightly. “Baby, Oh god!”
It took several minutes before their breathing slowed down, their soft pants and gentle humming of the after math before JC finally pulled Carly’s damp head from his shoulder. She looked relaxed and slumberous. He smiled gently, before kissing her. “That--, was hot.”
Carly laughed, as he lifted her off him before deposing the protection and drawing her against his chest, laying down against the cotton sheets of his bed. “I have to second that.”
His hands traced her arms slightly, watching as she shivered at his touch. He reached down to cover their cooling bodies. He pulled her head to rest in her favorite spot, directly against his neck. “I love you, Carly. It never gets old when I tell you that.”
She smiled up, placing a quick kiss on his chin. She couldn’t get enough of him. “I love you too, Joshua. And it never gets old hearing it.”
“I’m really glad you’re here. First you show up on my birthday, give me birthday sex, and then I get to wake up and have day-after-birthday-good-morning-sex.”
Carly laughed. “I’d say that’s a pretty good birthday, Chasez.”
He laughed, nodding his head. “I have to agree with you. Thank you for being here with me. I think this is just what I needed. Having you here with me levels me out. It makes me stop and look around at what I’ve got and see how lucky I am.”
“I’m glad. I’m lucky I found you.”
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Carly padded down the steps leading to JC’s home studio, hearing his smooth voice trail up through the house. He’d let her sleep in, knowing she had needed it and sympathizing with the fact that her body clock was still messed up but still amazed that she was there with him.
Tapping lightly on the door, she waited a second or two before his voice responded. “It’s open.”
Carly walked in the small space to see him scribbling on a notebook laid out in front of him, glasses perched on his nose and messing with the keys on the computer in front of him. He looked relaxed and comfortable, dressed a white v-neck t-shirt that hugged his chest and black athletic pants. He wasn’t dressed up by any means but it was almost hard to breath. He knew how to make simple, sexy. He immediately turned to face her, a grin across his face and his arms out, awaiting her but she just stood their, staring at him.
“Carly? Are you okay?”
Shaking out of her daydream, she shook her head. “You’re glasses.”
His hand went to his glasses, touching them curiously. “Is something on them?”
She walked the distance and slid sideways into his lap as he closed his strong arms around her. His scent met her instantly as she settled against him. “No. they just- you look good in them. Like really good. Sexy.”
He laughed, loving the sweet weight of her against him. “Sexy huh? I guess I’ll have to wear them more often.” He winked before tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. “So how was your extra sleep?”
Stretching her arms over her head, she sighed as her bones cracked with relief. “So good. I needed it but I feel bad. I came here to be with you. Sleeping seems wasteful.”
JC shook his head, brushing his fingers under her chin. “You need to sleep. You’ve gotta take care of yourself honey. I don‘t want beat up for sending you back to London like a walking zombie.”
She laughed. “We can’t have that happen, now can we?” When he shook his head, she slid an arm around his shoulders, turning towards the sound board and looking on with interest. “What are you working on?”
“Nothing in particular. I just got inspired. I felt like writing.”
“Can I ask you something without you freaking out on me?”
He turned curious eyes on her. “I suppose.”
“Why aren’t you making your own music and putting it out there? I just don’t get it. You’ve got to be one of the most talented people I’ve ever met and don’t even get me started on what your voice does to me. I just think you’ve got something incredible and it’s almost not fair that you don’t use it like I know you could.”
“I appreciate your praises but it’s so much more then that. Do you have any idea what it’s like to be built up as the great musician record labels tell you that you are and then when it comes down to the real deal, all they want to do is yank you in this direction and that direction? I’m not pushover, Carly and I won’t let them put out some random shit with this cookie cutter image that they want me to be. If I’m going to make music, it’s going to be done my way because it’s my heart, soul, blood, sweat and tears that’s went into it. It’s a dirty business and I’ve been beat up and spit out and I just don’t feel like that path is the right way to go. It takes some of the drive out of you and it’s not as glamorous as it seems. After what happened with my ex, I decided I didn’t want to be a target for every ones juicy gossip. She butchered my name pretty good and it’d take a lot more than I’m willing to give to start from square one. Hollywood is a dirty place.”
Carly suddenly felt guilty, knowing what she had asked was a touchy subject to begin with but felt even worse now that she’d noticed his cold tone as he spoke. He was still hurting and it hurt her to know that he’d been through so much in his life. The man didn’t deserve it. She decided not to press the issue any further. “I’m sorry, Jace. I shouldn’t have asked.”
“You had the right to know. I’m just-- It’s still touchy.”
“You don’t deserve that. I bet the right people would back you though. You’ve just got to find them. You’re too talented to be producing and writing for other people. I have faith it will happen and I’m glad you didn’t take any shit from people. You’re probably too good for the likes of them anyways.”
“I see I’ve got my number one fan sitting on my lap too, eh?”
The mood did a complete three-sixty at that moment and all the tension seemed to disappear. She held his cheeks in her hands, feeling the bumpy texture of his morning stubble as she stood up and returned straddling his lap in the computer chair. “True story, Chasez. The line forms behind me.”
He leaned down so their noses were touching. “I’m glad my girlfriend has my back.” He moved to kiss the spot right below her ear, smiling to himself as he watched her shiver. “Did you move to this particular position for a reason?”
Carly shrugged. “It was just more comfortable.”
“It has possibilities.” His voice breathed against her skin, as she shifted.
“Seriously, Chasez? Didn’t we just do it like three hours ago?”
JC laughed, his big hands going to rest against the side of her ribs. “I can’t help it that you’re gorgeous, sweet, sexy, hot, sassy, tempting.” With each declaration, he placed a kiss on a different part of her neck before finally meeting her lips softly.
Carly melted against him, any objections suddenly lost on her. “You know every time we do this, it’s going to make it that much harder for me to leave.”
His hands snuck up her t-shirt, caressing her ribs and stomach. He leaned down to trace the outline of her ear with his tongue. “Good. I don’t want you to leave.”
She whimpered helplessly, becoming a full participant to his seduction. “Jayce…”
“I know. I can’t help it, babe. I like having you here with me. It’s more than just the sex. You know that.”
She looked up at him, green eyes piercing with blue, forming their own color. She ran her hands through his wavy hair, memorizing the feel of it for the nights she’d be sleeping alone. “I do know. It’s got to be more than just sex because to me, that word cheapens what I feel for you. It’s more.”
Her words touched him deep down and with each moment that ticked by, he dreaded watching Carly get on the plane and fly back to London, thousands of miles from him. The ach had already began to settle in his chest. “Good, then we’re on the same page. We can just be lovers making love.”
Carly held back the small chuckle that she was about to let free but the serious look on his face spoke louder than any comment she was about to give. He was serious and she could tell he meant it, just as she had. “That sounds good.” She began covering his face in soft kisses, moving down to nip gently at his Adams apple. “So do you make love in your studio a lot?”
Taking her smaller hands in his own, he laced their fingers together kissing the tops of their knuckles. He lips didn’t pull away as he spoke tenderly against them. “Believe it or not but I’ve never done anything like that in here. This area is my own.”
“Then maybe we should go up to your bedroom.”
Shaking his head, he brought her against him, his hands slowly pulling her t-shirt over her head. “Na, I think my number one fan is entitled to some hot studio lovin’.”
Despite the fact that his hands were caressing her skin, driving her crazy with his skillful touches, Carly couldn’t help but laugh. She followed suit, dropping his shirt to ground and running her hands up his chest. “Is the recording booth sound proof?”
Standing, JC kept her in his grasp, as her legs came around his waist. “I have a feeling we’re about to find out.”
Author's Chapter Notes:
First of all, sorry it's been a while since the last update. I hit a blank brick wall but am happy to say that I was finally struck with a smidge of inspiration to finish this chapter. I hope you're all still out there, reading. Be sure to keep reading and reviewing and I promise I'll try to keep a better schedual with updating. We all know though that you can't force a chapter! Anyways, Enjoy!
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