Broken #5 (The Broken Series - Book #5) (4 page)

Jet moved back and watched. It
appeared that he was waiting to see what Eric was going to do next. It wasn't
long before he found out. Eric charged at Jet, and when he did, Jet feinted as
Eric swung right. Jet came back with a punch to the gut, ribs and also the jaw.
Eric was starting to look sweaty and bloody; he hadn't been able to pull off
much on Jet.

The girls in the arena were going
nuts at that point, and I could barely breathe myself.

Eric came at Jet and landed a
punch on his face, and just as his hand dropped, Jet shot out a high kick and
landed it against Eric's head.

After that, one right hook landed
Eric on the canvas, and the next thing I knew, Jet's arm was raised up in the
air as the victor for the night. Jet didn’t smile. His nostrils flared, and he
looked exhausted, but he had that fire in his eyes. The crowd was going crazy,
and once again, Jet met my eyes. He was trying to catch his breath as he
watched me, and I could tell he wanted to rip my clothes off and fuck me.

I couldn’t wait to have him all
to myself after the fight. Not only did I want him to take me in the most
aggressive way, but I also wanted him to cuddle me, and make me feel warm and
safe.

“
Jettt
!!”
the crowd screamed as he was announced the winner of that evening’s fight. He was
pumped―I could see it, and I was so thrilled that my man won the title
fight of the finals!

He came out of the cage, and I stood
up as he came to me, and embraced me in a kiss that I would never forget.

Chapter Six

Jet

Shuffling through my drawers, I
was determining what to pack for my trip to Natalie's parents’ house. They had
snow, and the temperature was supposed to be well below zero. I needed to make
sure to pack clothing that would keep me warm.

I packed some jogging pants,
hoodies, and suitable attire for Christmas dinner. I was nervous as hell to
meet her parents. In truth, I had never been serious enough with a girl to deem
meeting her parents. I wasn't really sure what to expect, or what kind of people
they would be. From the sound of things, they were pretty laid back, and that
was probably a lot more comforting than Natalie having to meet my parents. I
think I could handle laid back, as long as her dad didn't have a shotgun
perched somewhere.

Kyle popped his head into my room
as I packed. “Meeting the parents, right? Wow, big change for Jet.”

I laughed. “Shut up, man.”

“Are you nervous?”

I paused. “No, I'm a grown man,
for God’s sake.”

“I'll take that as a yes.”

I chuckled. “Whatever.”

“Long drive.”

“Yeah, it's a hike. We will have
to stop somewhere and sleep if we don't make good time.”

“Ah, a nice little road trip
doesn't hurt.”

“What are you doing for
Christmas?”

“Oh, I'm hitting up family. I
have a dinner at my parents’ and then another at my grandmother's house, so I
should be pretty fat by the time the holidays are over.”

“I hear
ya
.
I'll be hitting up the gym hard-core when I return.”

“No doubt.”

“Why don't you ask Katie out on a
date, man? She's great, and well, I think you guys would do well.”

“She's totally out of my league,
man. I don't like admitting such things, but she is.”

I looked up from my suitcase.
“Just don't treat her like a piece of meat, and you'll do just fine. Men are
idiots, you know that. We behave like we own the world. Treat a girl right and
you can have any girl you want.”

“Thanks, man. Have a safe trip,
and I'll see
ya
when you return.”

I waved him off. I finished
packing and headed out the door to go get Natalie.

She was waiting outside on the
steps of her apartment, looking casually beautiful. I got out of the car and
met her, giving her a kiss on the mouth.

“Hey, beautiful.
Ready to go?”

“I sure am. Are you? Or are you
having regrets about going with me?”

I laughed. “Maybe, but I'll deal
with it.”

“Good. I like brave men.”

“Oh do you? Are you sure you
don't want to have a quickie before we leave?”

She giggled, and it was just
about the sexiest thing I’d ever heard.
“Not if we have any
prayer of getting there by tomorrow.”

 
We got on the road shortly after lunch. It had
been really hard not to take her to bed with me, but she was right, we had a
destination to get to. However, I planned on ravishing her at the hotel that
night. She wouldn't be able to get away from me then.
 
It was about a ten-hour drive to her parents’
house, and it seemed as if we kissed for five hours straight. I would have
thought being closed up in a vehicle with Natalie for that long would cause us
to grow irritated with one another, but the total opposite happened. We talked
the entire way there, and seemed to solidify our bond even more. She was
nothing like any girl I had ever dated before, and I couldn't believe how lucky
I had been to win her over. There were a few times I had to pull the car over, especially
once Natalie straddled me and started kissing my neck. I would have killed us both
for sure, because the moment she did it, I could hardly remember my own name.
She was insatiable, really, she couldn’t get enough of me, and I certainly
wasn't complaining. Everything she did drove me a little crazy, and it took
everything I muster not to take her right there in the car. But I had to settle
with some quick make-out sessions before we headed back on the road. Due to
these make-out sessions, we were making terrible time. But it was our Christmas
vacation, and if we got there a few hours later, so what?
 
It was a beautiful drive, and the winding
roads were breathtaking. There wasn’t enough room on either side of the road to
stop, so Natalie had to take pictures from the moving car.
 
It was amazing to be driving along the sides
of cliffs, and the view was incredible.
 
I couldn't have asked for a better trip. The sights were great, the
company was even better, and I had a few days off from school and training.

We reached North Carolina at
around 1:00 in the morning. We still had a few hours to drive to get to our
destination, so we decided to stop at a hotel for the night.
 
It turned out that Natalie had assumed I had
booked us a room for the evening, but I hadn't. In fact, aside from thinking of
seducing her in a hotel, I hadn't thought much about it at all. So our only
other option at that point was to drive around and stop at one. The problem
with that, however, was that there were no vacancies anywhere. All the chain
hotels were booked up for the night due to Christmas, and so we were left with
the motels in the area, and even then, we continued to drive by them, seeing
all the “vacancy” lights turned off. I was starting to panic as I saw Natalie's
irritation level rising quickly.

“I just don't understand why you
didn't do it. What did you think was going to happen when we arrived in the
city during Christmastime?”

“You're right, Natalie, I'm
totally to blame. I do remember you asking me to. But with the fight and
everything else, it just slipped my mind. And yes, I did think that I could
just drive up to one, and that it would be okay.”

“It's
okay,
I'm just starting to wonder what we are going to do. I don't exactly want to
spend the night in your car.”

“We won't; I will find us
something.”

Well the problem with that little
promise was that there was nothing out there. As we kept driving, I finally saw
a vacancy sign in the distance.

“There's one,” she practically
shouted at me.

I pulled into the only motel we
could find in the area, and to be honest, it reminded me of the Bates Motel. I
parked, feeling a little uneasy, and I smiled at her before I got out of the
car. “See, we found one.”

She looked a little unsure of my
confidence as she took a good look at the long line of rooms before us. I
couldn't blame her; it definitely looked like I had pulled into the scene of
the next horror movie. Being stabbed to death in her sleep wasn't exactly her
idea of a Christmas vacation, I was sure of that much. I left the car and went
into the office to get a room. I was relieved at least when the motel manager
didn't resemble Norman Bates.

“Hey there, I need a room for the
night.”

The manager slid the guest book
in from of me like we were still in the 1950s, and I scrawled my name in it. I
paid cash for the room and took the key from his hand. I ran back out to the
car, drove to Room 21, and parked in front of it. Natalie was looking out the
windshield at the room and turned to me.

“How much did it cost?”

“It's not important. Let's go.”
We both got out of the car and headed to the door.

“Jet, how much did the room
cost?” She wasn't letting it go, and I really didn't want to tell her.

“Jet?”

I put the key in the lock, and
laughed, as I said, “Fifty bucks.”

“Fifty! Oh, this is going to be
good! Just great, I don't think I've ever heard of a room for rent for that
low.”

“Well, it was a first for me too,
but I'm sure it's delightful.”

She looked at me and shook her
head, looking vaguely unimpressed.

I pushed open the door and it
swung open to reveal a dark, musty room. The oldest furniture known to man
littered the room, and some of it looked to be falling apart. The walls were
yellow from smoke, and the bedding looked like it had never been washed. It was
covered with stains. It was one of the most terrifying scenes I had ever seen,
and I'm a fighter. Natalie burst out laughing and left the room. I looked after
her and wondered if she was planning on coming back. I eyeballed the room, and
figured she probably wasn't planning on it. I followed her outside and found
her leaning against the hood of the car.

“I am
not
sleeping in that
room!”

“Natalie.”

“Jet, no.
Seriously.
Go get your money back, we’re leaving!”

“Baby, where are we going to go?
We have been driving around for a half hour, and there's just nothing out
there. I'm
sorry,
we are going to have to tough it out
for the night.”

“Have you lost your mind? Do you
want to take another look in there?” She walked back over to the room and
pushed the door open again. “That is a roach motel in there!”

I laughed. “Baby, we have nowhere
else to go, you know that. You didn't want to sleep in the car, and really,
that would be our only other option at this point.”

“Jet ... ugh, I'm not doing
this!”

“Baby, are you yelling at me?” I
laughed.

She shook her head laughing.
“Find someplace else, and find it now. I don't like acting like a princess, but
in this case it's happening right now. ”

“Sweetie, I know you deserve the
Ritz, and if I could find one, I would take you there in an instant, but I
can’t; this is it. I fucked up, I know, but this is what we have for tonight.”

“Jet, I don’t need the Ritz, but
did you see the sheets? I’m sure if you did, we wouldn’t be having this
conversation.”

I grinned. “Wow, how is it that
when you’re mad you turn me on, and all I want to do is fix it?”

She laughed. “Don’t even think about
getting lucky on those sheets.”

“Baby, you make me crazy.”

“Jet, I’d rather sleep in the
car.”

“Don’t be silly. It’ll be okay,
it’s just one night.”

I took her hand and pulled her in
the room, closing the door behind us.

“Jet, you know this place has
cockroaches, it’s inevitable. You also know the moment one touches me your life
is over.
True story.”

I growled. “Baby … man, what I
wouldn’t do for clean sheets.”

Natalie burst out laughing.

“
Mmm
… there’s
my girl.
 
I’ll protect you, baby.”

“We are so sleeping with the
lights on. What a nightmare.”
      

I kissed her. “Don’t be mad, sweetie.
Let’s make the best of it, okay? It's going to be great, trust me.”

She gave me a small smile.
“Alright, we'll stay.”

I hugged her to me tightly. “Now,
let’s go look at the shower.”

She groaned.

Chapter Seven

Natalie

We arrived late to my parents’
house on Christmas Eve. Due to our adventure, we didn't make very good time at
all. We made sure to get up early out of the roach motel, so that I wasn't
exposed to it any longer than I had to be. I still couldn't believe we stayed
there.