CHAPTER 65

"I must have landed in some when I fell off my bike," I say, getting an annoyed look," I was doing a favor for a friend of a friend, something that I hoped I could use for Jackie's sake."

"Guy I never wanted you to get hurt just to help me," Jackie says, sounding a little broken up.

"Okay, everyone wants to get on my son's case about what happened or do we get to work fixing Jackie's problem," Loretta says, taking control of the room.

My girls and my mom go over their days with me, I learn that they did some major shopping and overhaul on Jackie's wardrobe. They even got her hair done and styled a little which has her looking quite a bit better. Everyone talks about heading home but when they get up and I don't move which attracts all attention.

"Honey, you should come home," Loretta says, grabbing my coat.

"This isn't done, I don't leave her till this is all finished," I say, feeling the effects of my knock down earlier," Get things moving if you can, girls get the crew together and make sure we're having some fun while I recover and above all else track Ben. You know why."

I get nods of acceptance and get to my feet long enough to get a hug from each girl and I quickly look at Kori's acceptance of the situation. I get them out the door and move back to collapse on the bed and stare at the ceiling. Soon after I'm down I hear the TV kick on and groan a little as I try to rest with it on. I feel tugging on my boots as they get pulled off and I look down to see Jackie helping me into bed. I sleep well enough and wake up a few times being held by my friend.

Next morning I'm up just shy of noon and Jackie is up and about with the TV on. I'm given some food for brunch, mostly fast food but I'm hungry as hell and Jackie for once doesn't eat me. We watch bad day time TV and when she pulls out her own phone I stare hard at her.

"Your mom got it for me," She says with a little shyness.

I found out that Imelda's mom could take her in but it wouldn't be permanent and I put that on hold. The girls tapped Jun to see if there was a job market for her or some sort of assistance but it was all paperwork and waiting lists. My day is not turning out for the better and with my body in a dull ache and my head throbbing as Jackie ushers me into the shower. I stretch and take care to keep my bandages dry as possible but that fails and I'm bleeding a little as I exit the shower. Jackie is right there once she sees me and I hand her some cash and watch her head out of the motel room. She's back after a little bit with some medical supplies and I get bandaged up again, Jackie's touch is a bit gentler than Vicki's.

I settle in on the bed in my shorts as Jackie heads into the shower and I'm lying on my side facing away from the bathroom and towards the door to the outside. I'm half awake and mostly just aching from my knock down. The thing I'm learning is that when you get hit like that you ache for at least a day or two afterwards and it sucks. I hear the shower stop and the door to the bathroom open and close before the lights go off and I'm joined in the bed with Jackie's form shifting the weight on the other side. I'm worried about what comes next for her and still running through options for what to do to help her as I feel her fidgeting on her half of the bed.

"I'm cold," Jackie says, hoping I'm awake.

"I'm warm," I replied a little groggy.

I feel her shifting and her cool body is pressed against my bare back and an arm wraps around my side and my hand gently touches my chest. She's not sleeping; I've learned that women can be heard thinking when things get really quiet and this is one of those moments.

"Steven was really good for a long time. We went on dates; I stayed at his place a bit but never too long. We talked about what to do when I was out of high school, he wanted to get some more college and we'd even thought about marriage," Jackie tells me quietly," I got pregnant and things changed, it's like reality just kicked us both hard. Now here I am in bed, with you, who should have left me to my problems."

"It's not who I am, I'm just figuring myself out most of the time but there are some things that don't change me. Friends need help and they come to me, if they can't come to me then I go to them," I explain as I pull her in tighter by her arm.

I lay there on my side as I feel her warm a little and we continue in silence. I start to feel something odd on my back and it takes me a minute to figure out Jackie is kissing my back. I feel her hand trail down my stomach and slowly work past the waistband on my shorts before I feel her cautiously take my member in her hand and start to rub life into it. I've been so gung ho about getting her safe that I haven't had the slightest bit of physical attraction with her around but that is changing rapidly and my 'better' sense is coming around for some reason.

"Jackie you don't have to do this," I groan as I harden and her gentle touch continues.

"I need to," She whispers in between kissing my back.

I still ache, I'm still sore but instead of trying to talk her out of it to save us from a more emotional moment that either of us can deal with I roll over to face Jackie and kiss her deep. Our bodies intertwined together and she's warm to my body pressing against hers and I feel some smoother clothing than what I've seen her in and pull it and her tighter to my body. Our hips are grinding together a little harder and I feel my cock rubbing against her skin and the same smooth fabric as she pulls me over on top of her slowly. I follow and I feel her legs come up around my hips on either side as she takes me in her hand and breaks our kiss. I feel her lower her head like she's anticipating the worst and I pause as I feel her guiding past some loose silk panties and right to her entrance.

"Jackie we can do this slowly," I groan as the head of me enters her folds.