Baggage Claim

Brooke was breathing harder with every thud on the pavement her foot made. She could feel the sweat falling down her back and could only imaging how drenched her shirt was after running as hard as she did for as long as she had. It wasn’t very hot out but with the humidity and next to no breeze, she could feel how sticky she was. As Brooke neared her car she began to slow down until coming to a stop in front of bench and stood there trying to catch her breath. She had driven a little ways out of town to get away from the house and to allow for the change of scenery to try and help her get her thoughts together. She had picked a park that had a trail along the water knowing that not many people would be out there at five thirty on a Saturday morning.

When her breathing started to calm down a bit she started feel how fast her heart was racing and just how bad her legs were burning. She had pushed herself to go faster than she had gone in a really long time and had kept the pace for the majority of the run. She was so confused about her talk with Sidney from the night before and had been hoping that the run would help her figure some things out.
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They had been in the car for about ten minutes before Brooke started to feel restless. She had noticed that Sidney had been driving slower than normal, most likely to have more time to say what he wanted to say but by this point he hadn’t said a word. She just wanted him to get out what he wanted her to hear so she could go home and go to sleep. She felt exhausted after playing baseball and the two beers had helped to loosen her up a bit. They had also given her a little bit of extra courage, which lead her to speak first. “Can you just say what ever it is that you’re chewing on over there?” Brooke said turning to look at him. He looked over at her, tightening his grip on the steering wheel slightly and looked back to the road.

“I want to know why you told me to go back to my girlfriend this morning,” he said glancing at her from the side. She wasn’t expecting him to ask that and she took a deep breath before looking out the front window.

“I just figured you’d want to spend time with her rather than being here,” Brooke said rather quietly before shrugging her shoulders. She didn’t want to talk about this, about him being with Kathy. It hurt her more than she wanted to admit when she had heard about Kathy being in Sochi with him and it wasn’t necessarily a topic of conversation that was high on her list for things to talk about. Sidney sat there silently mulling over what she had said. Broke figured that he had gotten his answer and there wasn’t much else to say. She turned too look back out the window feeling rather awkward now sitting there in silence again and was a little relived when she noticed they were almost at the house.

“Who do you think it is that I’m dating Brooke?” Sidney asked, looking at her waiting for a response. She turned to look at him, feeling her cheeks starting to heat up a bit. She didn’t want to sound like she had been following his life after she left but at this point it was a little unavoidable.

“Kathy,” Brooke said looking out the front window, not wanting to look at him when she said it. She could feel her eyes starting to sting a bit and didn’t want to feel emotional about this. She didn’t want to cry in front of him anymore because she didn’t want to seem weak. She wanted to be flawless and put together just like every woman in his life should be, just like she was.

He wasn’t shocked by her answer but it made him feel bad that she thought he had moved on from her. “I’m not dating her. I’m not dating anyone Brooke and I haven’t been with anyone since you left.”

“What?” she asked turning to look at him. She felt a wave of relief hearing this from him but didn’t really understand. He had pulled in front of her house and put the truck in park, leaning back in his seat. He licked his upper lip, which Brooke had grown to find that he did this when he was really thinking about what he wanted to say. This wasn’t easy for him to talk about either.

“You’re it Brooke. You’re the only person I’ve been with in the past year. Even for a while before that,” he said quite honestly turning to look at her. Her breath was caught in her throat and she thought that she was going to pass out after hearing that. She didn’t know if she had heard him correctly or if the blood rushing through her ears was making her hear things. She noticed that he had cut his hair shorter in the past couple of months since the play offs and it looked so clean and perfect sitting under his Pittsburgh Pirates hat. She also noticed the little bit of stubble that ran along his jaw and she wanted nothing more than to kiss all along it before making her way to his mouth. His mouth. It was perfect and Brooke felt her stomach knotting just thinking about how badly she wanted his mouth on her hers. Working his way down her neck to roam across her body. She looked up into his eyes seeing that he was studying her too and flushed realizing that she had been staring and had been caught. She felt the butterflies coming back to life again and she took in a deep breath trying to calm herself down. They sat there looking at one another for a little while longer before Brooke opened the door and got out. She didn’t turn around to look at him before going inside because she knew if she had, she would have run right back into his arms and she wasn’t sure if her heart was ready for that yet.

One thing she knew for sure was that every one of her nerve ending were on fire just having thought about him and being that close to him again and it took a deep breath to get her heart to calm as she walked into the house and leaned her back against the door. “Fuck,” she said under her breath resting her head back against the wood. She was scared and excited and she had no clue what she wanted to do. She could go to him right now and just get lost in him for hours but she knew she wasn’t emotionally ready to open back up to him right now. But what she also knew was that she was going through one of the worst times of her life right now and there wasn’t alone else in the world that she wanted sitting beside her, comforting her and helping her through it and a little part of her hated herself for it. She didn’t want to be dependent on him for emotional support again after having her heart broken. She didn’t want to give herself up to him but at the same time that was exactly what she wanted to do. Brooke let out a deep breath as she pushed off the door and headed up the stairs to her room. She knew she probably wasn’t going to be getting much sleep that night but a hot shower and climbing into her bed sounded more appealing than it had in a long time.
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Brooke sat down in her car and pulled her phone off of her arm to see that there were two unopened messages in her inbox. She knew one was from Sidney, which she had received last night once he had gotten home, but the other she had gotten while she was running. It was only seven-ten in the morning so not many people she knew would be awake this early on a Saturday morning.

Unknown:Hey Brooke. This is Dr. Lucas Bosna. I hope you’re doing okay since we talked at the funeral. I was just texting you to see if you wanted to grab breakfast or coffee this morning since I’m only on call for surgeries today. Let me know.

Brooke smiled when she read his message. Lucas had shown up to her father’s funeral to see her and though at the time it didn’t really register with her, she really had appreciated that he was there. Kayla had made a comment about how attractive he was but at the time Brooke had just played it off and focused on the people she needed to meet. She sat there contemplating whether she should say yes or not when she saw that there was still an unanswered message from Sidney sitting in her inbox. She quickly got out of Lucas’ message and opened Sidney’s causing for her heart to stop.

I still love you Brooke.

She sat there feeling her hands going numb and dropped her phone in her lap. She looked out the window on the driver’s side looking out at the water and rested her elbow on the door to prop her head on her hand. She didn’t know what to do or what to say. She grabbed her phone again and re-read the message four or five times before setting it down again. She had never been so confused in her life and she hated it. She knew what went on in every part of the brain but right now she couldn’t figure out what she wanted with Sid. She couldn’t figure out if she was willing to give her heart over to the man who she trusted most with it and had broken it so easily. Brooke didn’t know if they were ever going to be able to go back being together or whether they were even meant to be in each others lives again but she so badly wanted it to work. She loved him. She always had loved him and she knew that she always would love him no matter what but that didn’t mean that she was going to end up with him.

Brooke felt the tears leave her eyes and closed her eyelids trying to stop them from coming. She hated not knowing the answers to her questions. She always knew the answers to everything but when it came to Sid she was clueless. Every single day had been a guessing game with him and she didn’t know what she was going to get from one day to the next. And as much as it drove her mad, it made everything so much more exciting. She had never liked to just ‘let things happen’ in her life but with Sidney that’s pretty much all it had been. She had let her feeling for him be known and allowed for her walls towards him come down. She had allowed for her life to revolve around his and had never wanted that to happen, but it did. She let herself fall completely in love with him, head over heels, completely out of control in love with him and she needed to figure out if she wanted that to happen again or not.

She opened her eyes and picked up her phone knowing who she was going to see.
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Brooke pulled up to Sidney’s front gate seeing that it was closed and looked at the code pad not knowing what the four digits were to open it. She decided to try and see if the code was the same for his house in Pittsburgh and to her delight the gate started to open as soon as she pressed enter. She rolled her eyes thinking about how unsafe that could be but silently thanked him for being predictable for once. She pulled her car up the driveway and parked next to his truck in front of the garage and hopped out and walking to the front door. Brooke knocked as hard as she could figuring he would still be in bed and wouldn’t hear her right away. She knocked again trying to be louder, feeling the pain in her knuckles as she continued before seeing a moving figure in the glass of the door. Sidney threw the door open, standing there dressed in only a pair of work out shorts and had a sheen of sweat over his chest. She stood there staring at him feeling in her stomach that she had made the right decision.

Brooke didn’t give him a chance to say anything before she flung herself at him wrapping her arms around his neck and connecting her mouth with his. He never missed a beat and found his hands clenching her sides before moving them down to cup her ass, lifting her up so she could wrap her legs around his waist. She let out a soft moan allowing for Sidney to slip his tongue in against hers as he pushed her back flat against the wall next to the door. She was found her hands in his hair and gripping the ends, feeling how wet it was still with sweat. She had missed him so much and after his at the hospital she knew how much her body still reacted to having his lips on hers. “Couch,” Brooke said detaching her mouth from his only to move down to his jaw, kissing every spot she had wanted too the night before.

Sidney kicked the door shut with his foot before carrying her over to the living room and laying her down on the couch, kneeling in between her legs. She pulled his mouth back to his and had no problem this time allowing him access and moaned when she felt his tongue dancing with hers. He moved his hand down to the bottom of her tank top, peeling it up her stomach and breasts, disconnecting their mouths only the pull the shirt over her head before kissing her once again. Their movements were rushed and their hands and mouths were trying to cover as much skin as they could as fast as it were possible.

Brooke loved that he had so little clothes on, allowing for her to run her hands up his muscled back and across his tight chest. He was rock hard and chiseled in every way and Brooke loved running her hands over every part that she could. She moved her hand down his stomach and as she moved her way closer to the band of his shorts she felt him groan into her mouth. He moved from her mouth down to her neck, kissing just bellow her ear where he knew she always reacted so well to and was rewarded with a moan. At this point his erection was straining against his baggy shorts and pushing into the inner of Brooke’s thigh. He cupped her one breast with his hand, pulling on her nipple while he made his way with his mouth to her other breast, trailing kisses as he went. “Sid,” she let out in a moan as he pulled her nipple into his mouth causing for what ever blood he had left in his body to go directly to his dick. He move his mouth over to her other nipple after working the first one thoroughly. He had slowed down at this point having missed her body so much after being apart and was going to enjoy every single perfect spot she had, giving them the well deserved attention that they needed.

“I need you,” Brooke said in a hushed voice. Sidney smiled and as he moved back up to take her mouth again. He kissed along her jaw as he moved to pull her leggings down over her ass and down her thighs leaving her just in her very thin underwear.

“I need you too,” Sidney whispered in her ear as he moved his hand under the band over her underwear and ran his fingers over her folds. He could how wet she was and smiled knowing that it was all because of him.

“Ahhhhhh,” Brooke’s moan escaped from her mouth as he plunged a finger inside her slowly. She felt like she was so close to the edge already that she was going to come all over his hand just from what they had done so far. He added a second finger causing Brooke to cry out in pleasure again but Sidney silenced her with his mouth, enjoying just how much she was reacting to his touch. He withdrew his fingers, wanting to be inside her a fast as he could, not wanting to be as far away from her as he was. “Off,” She said as she reached for the band of his shorts sitting up slightly and pulling them down from his waist. He kneeled there in front of her letting her undress him as he looked down at her body. She pulled the band of his shorts down freeing his erection and she gasped seeing just how erect it was.

“See what you do to me Brooke,” he said, moving to take the shorts off completely and attaching his mouth to hers again silencing the giggle that had come from her. He decided that Brooke’s underwear had been on long enough at this point and Sidney ripped them at the sides pulling them from her body, causing for her to giggle again.

“I think you felt what you do to me so enough talking,” She said wrapping a hand around the back of his neck and pulling him towards her. Sidney lined himself up with Brooke’s center and entered her slowly. “mhhhhhhh,” she moaned into his mouth feeling him as she adjusted to the size of his cock. Every nerve ending on her body was on fire knowing that it was Sidney who was making her feel this way. And as he pulled back out of her she whimpered feeling less full and pulled on his back to force him back into her. She wanted to feel him inside of her and nothing else.

He groaned and rested his forehead against hers with the eagerness she had when pulling him into her. He didn’t move, feeling her clenching his back and his neck for dear life. She fit around his so perfectly and was so warm that if he didn’t start moving he would finish inside her just like this without giving her the same exact pleasure she was giving him. He moved to sit on the couch, never disconnecting from her and had her straddle his lap. He knew how much more full she felt when they had fucked like this in the past and if she wanted him inside her as much as possible he was going to let her move how she wanted too, filling her the best that he could.

“Fuck,” he said as she started to move on top of him. She smiled, resting her hands on his shoulders and he tightened his hold one her hips helping her as she moved. She was moving slower than she normally would have but she wanted to feel him in every single thrust and remember the feeling of having his length inside her.

“I love you,” she said resting her forehead against his as she moved up and down, gripping the back of his neck. He moved forward to connect their lips and kissed her harder than he had ever kissed her before. She felt his grip on her hips tighten and he started to help guide her so she was moving a bit faster on top of him.

“I love you,” he said in between kissing her and she could hear how raspy his voice had gotten. As she picked up her pace a little more and could feel herself getting dangerously close to the edge.

“Mhmmm, Sidney,” she said swiveling her hips over his. He groaned into her neck where his mouth was latched onto and bit her lightly. He moved to her breast and took her nipple into his mouth again. Brooke felt a wave of electricity go through her and Sidney felt her clam down around his dick as she continued to move. She moaned into his ear as she rode out her orgasm and it was enough to have him explode into her as she slowed on top of him.

Brooke still had her hand gripping the back of his neck and she rested her forehead against his and they came down from their orgasms together. He leaned back against the couch and let out a deep breath before she leaned in to kiss him, this time slow and tender. Sid ran his hand up and down her thigh while he pushed the hair away from her face that had fallen down from her ponytail. “Good morning by the way,” Sidney said smiling at her. She giggled and shook her head.

“Sorry if I interrupted your work out,” she said placing a kiss on his jaw.

“You really have nothing to apologize for,” he said laughing at her. She smiled at him and pecked him on the lips running a hand over his chest.

“I couldn’t sleep last night because I was thinking about you. And us, and maybe a little bit about this,” she said kissing him again.

“Neither could I. I gave up at around four thirty and came down to start working out to try and relieve some frustration,” he said kissing just below her ear again. They both sat there running their hands over one another getting reacquainted with each others bodies and placing their lips where every they could. Brooke was so content with just staying there in his arms on the couch all day but after going for a run and working up a sweat with Sidney she felt like a shower was well needed. She reached behind her head and pulled the elastic from her hair letting it cascade over her shoulders Sidney sat there and looked at her taking in how beautiful she looked.


“Have a shower with me,” she said biting down on her lip. He smiled and moved to stand up with her still around his waist. He made it seem like she weighed nothing to him as he made his way to the stairs. Brooke kissed his jaw and moved down his neck, sucking and biting softly as she made her way across him collar bone. She licked where she had bitten, taking the sting away.

“I don’t know if I’m going to be able to make it up stairs if you keep doing that,” he said with a growl as he started to go up them. Brooke smiled and moved her mouth back to his.

“Guess you better hurry than,” she said with a smirk.

Notes

Sorry for the slow down in posting. To be honest I have been sitting on this chapter for about the last week and a half because I really didn't know how I felt about it and I made some changes to it but I was really considering going in a different direction at one point. I hope that you guys enjoy it!!!

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