~Avery’s POV~

      “Don’t be nervous,” Zach said from beside me.

      I turned to look at him and smiled. He smiled too and then focused on the road ahead.

      We were almost at Zach’s parents’ house where the family would stay for the duration of Amy’s wedding and I was panicking more and more every second.

      “Sorry,” I said as I wiped my palms on the skirt of my dress. I had spent ages picking out the best dress to wear in front of Zach’s family and I had come to the conclusion of a simple white dress that stopped just above the knee. It had capped sleeves and a modest neckline. My hair was out in its natural curls around my face and I had applied only a light layer of makeup.

      “Here we are,” Zach said, pulling into a beautiful old house. He parked the car and then stepped outside.

      I followed and just looked at the house.

      “Wow, the house is gorgeous,” I told him.

      He wrapped an arm around my waist and smiled cheekily. “Not at gorgeous as you.”

      I laughed. “That was ridiculously cheesy Zach.”

      He nodded. “But true.”

      He bent his head down and kissed me softly before taking my hand and leading me to the house. He knocked on the door softly and waited.

      “Just be yourself,” he told me.

      I looked at him in disbelief.

      He smiled. “I know that seems like bullshit advice but believe me, my family will love you in an instant if you just be yourself.”

      I was about to speak but the door opened. It took me less than a second to figure out that this was Cane Andrews, Zach’s Dad. They had the same eyes and nose. His hair was greying and he had a warm smile on his face.

      “Dad,” Zach said, stepping forwards and embracing his father.

      “How have you been son?” Cane asked when the two men pulled apart.

      “Good,” Zach said, before glancing at me and smiling. “Really good, actually.”

      I smiled back.

      “And who, is this beautiful woman?” Cane asked with a smile.

      “This is Avery Larson,” Zach said, pulling me into him. “My girlfriend.”

      “It’s really nice to meet you Mr Andrews,” I said, shaking his hand.

      “Please, call me Cane.”

      I nodded. “Cane.”

      “Come on then,” he said ushering us inside and closing the door. “The others have been missing you Zach, especially your mother.”

      “She’s upset that I don’t call enough, isn’t she?” Zach asked.

      “Yep, she seems to think that once a week is too little.”

      “I’m 28, not 13!” he cried.

      I laughed at his outburst.

      “And plus, I’ve been a little preoccupied,” Zach said, winking at me.

      I slapped his arm as his dad laughed.

      We went through the house and ended up in the garden. On the decking, there was a large round table with the rest of Zach’s family sitting around it.

      “Look who’s here!” Cane called.

      “Zach!” two girls cried. They jumped off their seat and ran to him like a couple of three year olds.

      I smiled. These had to be the sisters that he had told me so much about. Zach has just enough time to let of my hand before the two girls launched themselves into his arms. Zach laughed and hugged them tightly. Two guys came up as well and it didn’t take a genius to realise that these were his brothers. They both embraced Zach before standing back and looking at me, like their sisters.

      Zach wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me to him. I loved it when he did that. It made me feel as though I was only his.

      “Avery, these are my brothers and sisters. Danny, Taylor, Amy and Kalie,” he pointed at each one as he named them. Then he turned to his siblings. “And this is my girlfriend Avery.”

      The four of them gave each other looks that I couldn’t read and then they all nodded. Danny and Taylor grabbed Zach while Amy and Kalie took my hands.

      “Hey, what the hell?” I heard Zach say as they pulled him away from me and onto the green of the garden.

      “Don’t worry about it,” Amy said as she saw my worried face. “They’re not gonna do anything to him.”

      “Yeah, we’re just all surprised,” Kalie said. “Zach has never brought a girl home before.”

      I raised my eyebrows at her. “Never?”

      They shook their heads.

      “You must be something special if he wanted us to meet you,” Amy said with a smile.

      “And, just as a warning, don’t take anything Mom says to heart. She’s just a hard person to get through to,” Kalie said.

      I nodded.

      “Congratulations on your wedding by the way,” I said to Amy. “Not long now.”

      She smiled. “I know! I don’t know whether to be excited or nervous. I just have a weird buzz at the moment.”

      “You’ll be fine,” I assured her. “I’ve heard that every bride feels that way before her wedding. I’ll be there to help if you need anything.”

      “Thanks Avery, I really appreciate that.”

      “Come on, you might as well meet Mom and get it over with,” Kalie said.

      My nerves started to settle again as I approached the table. Cane was deep in conversation with his wife Maryse when we stopped at the table.

      She looked up and her eyes roved over me in a disapproving manner.

      Oh great, I thought, and I haven’t even opened my mouth.

      “Mom, this is Zach’s girlfriend Avery,” Kalie said, giving me a reassuring smile.

      Maryse sipped her red wine and nodded. “Yes, your father was just telling me.”

      Cane smiled at me warmly and some of my nervousness vanished.

      “Well come then dear,” she said to me, gesturing to the seat across from her. “Why don’t we have chat.”

      Amy and Kalie exchanged a glance and then left without a second glance at me, understanding with the use of words that their mother wanted them to leave.

      I sat down and prepared myself for the onslaught of questions from Maryse.

~Zach’s POV~

      “Where the hell are you taking me?” I asked my brothers as they pulled me further and further away from Avery. She was already nervous enough and me being away from her would probably add to her nervousness. We finally stopped when we were at the other end of the garden.

      “Who are you and what have you done to our brother?” Danny asked with a smile.

      I looked at him, confused. “What?”

      “What happened to the brother that was the quarterback in high school and got every girl he wanted by just walking down the hallway? What happened to the guy that said he would never settle for one girl?” Taylor asked.

      I rolled me eyes. This is why they dragged me away? “He met Avery,” I said in answer to Taylor’s questions.

      They both just looked at me. “You’re actually serious aren’t you?”

      I nodded. “I love her.”

      Their mouths dropped open.

      “Holy shit!” Taylor said.

      “Did I just hear the ‘forbidden words’ come out of Zach’s mouth?” Danny asked.

      I laughed at the two idiots in front of me. “Okay guys enough. I am one hundred per cent serious. I love Avery more than anything else in the world.”

      “Does she feel that same way?” Danny asked.

      I sighed. “I don’t know.”

      They both looked at each other.

      “Well then brother, we are gonna help you figure that out,” Taylor said.

      “Yeah, you can count on us bro.”

      I smiled. “Thanks guys.”

      Danny glanced over at the other and his eye widened. “Zach, she’s with Mom, go now.”

      I turned my head and saw her move to sit on the seat opposite Mom and immediately took off. She needed me with her when dealing with my mother. She was a hard woman to impress. I sat down next to Avery and took her hand in mine. She smiled gratefully. I smiled back and then turned to face my mom.

      “Hey Mom,” I said.

      “Zach!” she reached over the table to give me a hug. “How have you been?”

      “I’ve been great Mom, how about you?”

      “Fine,” she said with a smile. Then her eyes turned to Avery. “I was just talking to your new girlfriend.”

      I smiled at Avery again and squeezed her hand. “Yeah, she’s great huh?”

      Avery’s eyes locked with mine and I seemed to skip a breath. God, she is too beautiful to be real. I love her so much.

      Mom didn’t say anything as she looked at the two of us and then glanced at our intertwined hands. Then she set a smile on her face – a fake one – and looked at Avery.

      “So Avery, what do you do for a living?”

      “Oh, I’m a kindergarten teacher,” she replied before taking a sip of water.

      Mom’s eyebrows rose in surprise; she clearly didn’t expect that. “Really?” she questioned rhetorically. “You must work well with children then.”

      Avery nodded. “Yeah, I do,” she said with a smile.

      I could see that Mom was impressed but she was trying her darnest to hide it. Mom was a traditionalist and quite a strict Catholic which obviously wasn’t something that was moulded into me or my siblings because we never stuck to the Catholic guidelines. Mom wanted all of us to grow up, study in college, get married and have children. She also wanted a lot of grandchildren and she seemed disappointed at the moment because she only has two – Danny and Freya’s kids – and that clearly wasn’t enough for her. She also wanted all of us to marry in the order that we were born for some reason. I didn’t think that that was a big problem. We can’t help who we fall in love with or when that happens so it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Danny and Freya are the only married couple in our family and Kalie – the youngest – was getting married in a couple of days which left the middle three children unmarried and apparently this was unacceptable for our mother. I didn’t really care though because now that I had found Avery, I was determined to marry her and have a bucket load of children with her regardless of whether my mother approved of her or not.

      Avery’s questioning continued and my girl patiently answered all of Mom’s questions calmly. It was more like an interrogation than a conversation but Avery was doing great.

      “Maryse,” Dad said finally. “I think you’ve grilled Avery more than enough.”

      “I have no idea what you’re talking about Cane,” Mom said. “I’m merely having idle chit-chat.”

      Dad and I laughed.

      “Of course,” Dad said with a smirk. “Why don’t the two of you settle yourselves in before dinner? Your bedroom’s been cleaned out and everything.”

      I silently thanked my Dad and led Avery to my bedroom. It was the last room at the end of the upstairs hallway and one of my favourite places ever. I had missed my bedroom when I left home but I always knew that whenever I come back, it would be here for me.

      Opening the door, I saw that Mom had changed the sheets and cleaned up everything but the rest was the same. The second the door was closed, I pulled Avery into my arms and gave a long, sweet kiss.

      We both collapsed on the bed and just stared at the ceiling while we caught our breath from the kiss. Avery turned to face me and I did the same.

      “Your Mom…” she said, leaving the sentence trailing.

      I laughed. “Don’t worry, things will get easier now.”

      “You promise?” she asked.

      I nodded. “Promise.”

      I trailed my finger up her arm. “Y’know, we still have a couple of hours until dinner.”

      Her eyebrows rose slightly and her eyes seemed to sparkle mischievously. “Really?”

      “Yeah, got any idea what we could do to pass the time?”

      “I can think of a few.”

      I smiled and leaned closer to kiss her. The moment my lips touched hers, I knew that there was no way that I would ever let her go until she was under me, screaming my name. She wasn’t just someone to have a one night stand with. She wasn’t someone to date a few times and then never see again. No, Avery was someone that lit my whole world on fire with just one kiss. She was someone that I would be happy with no matter where we were. She was the last person I wanted to see when I went to sleep that the first person when I wake up. She was absolute perfection and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her and her alone.

      My hands found the zip at the back of her dress and I slowly, almost teasingly pulled it down. In a matter of seconds, the lovely white dress was off her body and forgotten on the floor. My mouth moved down her neck to kiss and suckle on her skin. I removed her bra as well and then feasted on her soft round breasts while her fingers tangled in my hair and urged me on.  I sucked one of her nipples continuously until it was hard and red and then did the same to the other. Her soft moans were sending me over the edge but I wanted to savour her.

      My lips travelled down her body. My tongue dipped into her belly button for a moment before I got to her panties. My thumbs hooked onto the material and I tugged the lace down her legs and onto the floor. I parted her legs and kissed up one leg to her core. I ran my tongue over her opening and smiled as she shivered in anticipation. Parting her inner lips slightly, I delved my tongue deeper into her but very very slowly. It was maddening for me so it must have been absolute torture for her. My tongue then rolled up and circled her clit. I was careful not to touch there just to tease for a little longer.

      “Oh Zach, please!”

      I held on a little and went back to licking her opening. Then I planted a soft kiss on her clit before flicking my tongue over it once. I blew cold hair on it and felt the tremors of Avery’s body. I couldn’t wait any longer; I needed to taste her completely. My mouth latched onto her clit and I sucked it into my mouth. I continued to suck and suck until the small nub grew bigger and harder.

      My finger stroked along her entrance and then pushed inside of her, pumping in and out. I added another two fingers and pumped in time with my tongue over her clit and built up a delicious friction.

      Avery was writhing on the bed and so I clamped my free hand on her thigh to keep her legs apart while I continued to pleasure her.

      “Oh God, Zach! ZACH!” she cried out as her orgasm hit her and she released.

      I lapped up her delicious juices and waited for the tremors of her body to subside. I stood up off the bed and started to shed my clothes, impatient to get inside of her. Avery obviously had other plans because she climbed off the bed too and kissed me just as I was about to remove my boxers.

      She suddenly dropped to knees and my head shot down to look at her. A gasp slipped from my mouth when her hand cupped me through my boxers.

      “Avery…” I said. Was she really…?

      She looked up at me and then slowly pulled my boxers down. My manhood sprung out, long and painfully hard. Avery smirked up at me before placing a soft kiss on the head. A strangled moan escaped me and I tangled my hands into her hair.

      Her tongue licked over the head as her hand gripped the base, her hand unable to make a full circle around me.

      “Fuck…” I mumbled softly. My hips thrust forward almost unconsciously and I almost shouted out when her mouth took in more than half of me. I pulled back out and then thrust back in, deeper this time. Her mouth tightened around me and I groaned aloud.

      I pulled my rod out of her mouth which was glistening with wetness and even bigger than before. She pulled it back into her mouth again and started to bob. In and out, in and out. Her lips tightening and loosening. I thrust into her hard and she took me as deep as she could and then slowly let me pull out, scraping her teeth along the length of me and adding to the already immense pleasure.

      “God Avery, you’re gonna kill me.”

      She smiled around my manhood and then continued sucking, licking and biting taking me deeper and deeper inside her mouth. She bit down softly and I came. I held tightly on her head as she swallowed and licked away every drop of my release. By the time she was done, I was already growing harder and I needed to be inside of her.

      Pushing her onto the bed roughly, my lips came down on hers. There was nothing soft and sweet, just raw, feral passion and she happily matched my feeling.

      Without warning, I slammed into her and started to build up a rhythm. Then I forgot about being careful and drove into her deep and hard.

      “Oh yes!” she cried. “Just like that Zach, just like that.”

      I gained in speed and pounded into her harder and deeper until I felt her walls tighten around me. A few more thrusts were needed before we both cried out and I released inside of her.

      I collapsed beside her and tried to catch my breath. God, she literally takes my breath away. I chuckled softly at my own stupid thought.

      “What’s so funny?” she asked.

      “Nothing,” I shook my head at her before claiming her lips and making love to her again.