I finally pull up at this shitty bar, and it's 11:45. Once I got off the bridge, there was surprisingly no traffic. It was some kind of fucking New Years miracle. I find a tight ass parking spot that takes me a couple tries to get into , but I somehow manage to fit my car into it. Miracles seem to keep happening as I find a few quarters on the floor in the backseat so I can pay this meter for about two hours.
This bar looks fucking packed, and since it's so close to New Years, I'm not that surprised. I walk up to the front door, but as I walk up, my continuous serge of miracles seems to end, because none other than fucking Trevor is walking out with his girlfriend. I try to avoid him, but he nearly collides into me.
"Oh, Hardin." He says as he looks up. His eyes widen, and I'm sure he isn't happy to see me.
"Trevor." I keep my eyes away from his. I don't want to have a conversation with him right now, especially since Tessa isn't here next to me. His girlfriend smiles at me, and I give her a small wave back to be polite.
"That's so funny, I just saw Tessa inside." He laughs, and I roll my eyes.
"Of course you fucking did." I whisper to myself.
"What?" He asks, but I just shake my head.
"Nothing."
"Well, we're headed to go watch the ball drop. Tessa wished us luck, and I honestly think we're gonna need it." He laughs, and I just pretend like I actually give two shits about where he's going. As long as it's far away from this bar, I couldn't give a single fuck.
"I should go in, it's nearly midnight."
"Yeah, we should get going. See you around!" He waves, as well as his girlfriend.
See you around? Not fucking likely.
I walk up to the bouncer to go into the bar, but he holds his hand out to stop me.
"Sorry. We aren't letting people in anymore."
"What?" This has to be some joke.
"It's past 11:45. We stop letting people in."
"Can't I just go in?" He shakes his head, and takes his hand off my chest. He crosses his arms, and stares past me.
"Look, I just sat in god awful traffic for thirty minutes, and nearly crashed my car parking into a small ass spot to get here. I have people waiting in there for me..."
"Did you not hear what I said? No one's allowed in after 11:45. It's too crowded in there."
"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" I throw my hands up in the air, walking back a little so I can have some space to call Tessa. Thankfully, she answers.
"Hey! Are you almost here? It's nearly midnight!"
"I'm in front of the bar, but the douchebag bouncer won't let me in."
"Really? Why not?"
"He just said he 'stopped' letting people in."
"I'll come out and say you're with me. One sec." She hangs up, and I walk back over to the asshole. He has this smug grin on, and I just want to knock it right off his not even pretty looking face. I don't know what the fuck he's even smirking at. He's a fucking bouncer at a shitty Manhattan bar, that's hardly anything to smirk about.
In the window, I see Tessa walking over to the front door, adjusting her dress to show more of her beautiful cleavage. What the fuck is she doing?
"Excuse me, sir?" Tessa taps the shoulder of the bouncer, keeping her foot in the door. He turns around quickly, and his eyes immediately go to her chest. "He's with me." She points back to me.
"I can't let anyone in past 11:45. Bar policy." He tells her.
She takes her hair in her hands, lifting her arms so her tits nearly fall out of her dress. She moves her hair to one shoulder. Tessa's flirting with the motherfucker.
"Tess..." I begin to say, but she holds her hand up to stop me from saying more.
"Couldn't you make an exception? I mean, he's only one extra person, and he's with me and our friends."
His eyes are glued to her chest, and I am sick to my fucking stomach. I want to go into the bar and be with Tessa, Landon and Nora, but not if Tessa has to give this bouncer a floorshow.
"I don't know, ma'am."
"Please..." She pleads with the infamous doe eyes she does so well. She brings her lower lip into her mouth, and sucks on it gently. Damn, she's good. Too fucking good.
He groans loudly. "Fine. Go."
"Thank you so much." Tessa touches the mans shoulder, and gives him the biggest smile. "Hardin?" She gestures for me to follow her back into the bar.
I am so in shock with how Tessa was acting that I nearly forget that I am supposed to be walking into the bar now. I walk past the smug asshole, and push Tessa back inside the bar.
"Wow. Glad to know these things still work." She readjusts her dress to make her cleavage less noticeable.
"I fucking hated that." I roll my eyes as she takes my hand and leads me through the crowded bar.
"Well, you're in here now. Aren't you?" She laughs, and I laugh back. She's not wrong.
"I don't like you showing these to other men. Even if it was to get me in the bar." I trace the outline of her chest, and she swats my hand away.
"I know. I don't like other men looking at them either, but I got them, so I might as well use them to my advantage."
"You really know how to make men do whatever you want." I tease her.
"You know better than anyone, right?" In a sudden move, she grabs my arm, quickly leading me away from the table where I see Landon and Nora sitting and talking.
"Where are we going?" I ask as we plow past groups of drunk people. She is leading me towards the bathroom.
Tessa quickly opens the door, and surprisingly its unoccupied. She pushes me in and slams the door behind her.
"Why are we in this disgusting bathroom?" I ask as she locks the door.
"I missed you." She pushes me against the wall, placing her hands firmly on my chest. She sends small kisses down my neck.
"I missed you, too. I can't believe you didn't wake me up." I tighten my grip on her waist as she begins sucking lightly on my neck.
"Can we move on from that please? I didn't bring you in here to talk about that." She smiles up at me.
"And what exactly did you bring me in here to do?" I ask, acting oblivious even though I know exactly what she wants.
A knock sounds at the door, but we ignore it.
"Couldn't you have dressed up a little more?" Tessa whispers as she unbuttons my signature black jeans.
"No, I couldn't have."
She sarcastically rolls her eyes, as she pulls them down. "Do you understand why I brought you in here now?"
In response to her rhetorical question, I grab her waist and put her on top of the baby changing table this small bathroom has.
"How convenient." She laughs into our kiss, opening her mouth wider so I can put more of my tongue in.
"Yo! Is someone in there?" The person outside the bathroom yells.
"Occupied!" I yell back as I slide Tessa's panties down her thighs. We don't have much time.
I slide down my own underpants before moving Tessa closer to the edge of the changing table. Is it wrong that we are having sex on a table meant for changing babies? Probably. Do we care? Obviously not.
I push her towards me, filling every inch of her with myself. It's been a long time since we've done this: fucked in a public bathroom. We have been in this predicament before at Landon's wedding when she took me back. I will remember that day for the rest of my life because it was one of the best days of my life.
"Hardin..." She huffs, trying not to moan too loud, but I know she can't control herself with the amount of pleasure I am giving her.
"So good, baby." I continue to ease myself in and out of her. I can't control the moans that escape my lips as well. I can feel her full breasts pressed against me, especially with this sinful dress she's wearing. I can feel her bump tap at my stomach each time I move closer to her.
"I'm gonna... I can't." She whispers in my ear.
"Do it." I kiss the spot under her ear that I know drives her crazy. My tongue circles around her ear as I thrust myself into her one last time. Tessa cries out my name and goes limp in my arms, meaning that my job of giving her insane amounts of pleasure was accomplished. I'm not too far behind as I come inside her, nearly falling on the floor. When I come back to reality, I can hear the people in the bar getting louder.
"Twenty! Nineteen! Eighteen!" I hear them chanting outside the bathroom. It must be almost midnight.
"We're gonna miss the ball drop!" I pull away from her quickly, and pull my pants up. I know how much Tessa loves to watch the ball drop. It's one the perks of living in New York City. Most people in the bar step outside to watch the ball drop since you can see it from here. I can feel my phone buzzing in my pocket. It's Landon. "Landon's calling. We should go meet them."
Tessa slowly pulls up her underwear, but makes no move to get off the changing table. "No, it's okay."
"What?"
"Seven! Six! Five!" I hear the bar chant more, growing louder as the countdown continues.
"Come here." She opens her arms to me, which is strange because it's something I usually do with her. I hesitate at first, but then walk into her open arms, wrapping my arms around her back as she does my neck.
"Three! Two! One!" She whispers in my ear.
"Happy New Year!" I hear the bar yell as they explode in cheer. I can hear people clapping, jumping up and down, and clinking drinks, but I'm just here in the bathroom hugging my wife. Tessa pulls back, keeping her arms wrapped around my neck. She kisses me tenderly. It's not as intense because we are both fucking exhausted from what just happened only a twenty seconds before.
"Happy New Year, Hardin." She smiles once she pulls away. I'll never grow tired of hearing those words.
"Happy New Year, Tessa." I'll never grow tired of saying those words. Another New Years is in the books. It's been another year with Tessa, and another year of bettering myself to be the man that she needs me to be.
This past year was the best year of my life. Although there were a lot of obstacles, arguments, tears, and regret, there were some of the best moments of my life too. Tessa's pregnancy and our marriage being the main two moments. Those two moments weigh out all the bad ones.
I can't wait to see what this next year brings. I have never been excited to start a new year, especially before I met Tess, but now, I am actually really excited. It'll be our first full year as a married couple, plus the year we welcome our first child into the world. After that dream I had today, I feel more at ease with welcoming a child into the world. It won't be easy, hell it'll probably be the hardest things that I'll ever experience, but I know that as long as I have Tessa by my side, I can do anything.