Wanting Her (Loving Her Series) by Amanda Lynn Page B

and Landon forces a smile. I have a feeling that he dreads this about as much as I do. But I want the best for them.
                  I smile. "Let's load up." Preston hugs me, and I just lose it. I start to sob into his chest.
                  "Mom, don't do this. We are only across town and will see each other all the time. I will come home all the time." He rubs my back, trying to console me.
                  "I know." I sniff. "I’m happy for you both. I really am." I wipe a couple tears from my cheeks. Preston kisses my forehead before letting me go and heading out the door. I think he realizes that this is getting harder and harder each year.
                  I turn toward the door and watch as Preston closes it behind him. I look up, and Landon has a sad face. He opens his arms, and I walk into them. "SHHHH...We will be home all the time. It will be as if we never left. I promise." He gently kisses my lips as I lean away from his chest. I just nod. I know with him being a senior and preparing for Law School they won't be around as much as they think. The tears haven't stopped, so he wipes them away with the pads of his thumbs. "Let’s get this over with. My parents are meeting us there with a lot of my stuff." I nod again and follow him out the door, and possibly out of my life.
    **
                  School has started for the boys, so I throw myself into my work. I keep myself busy to keep my mind off the fact that I haven't seen either one in the last two months. I'm miserable, I miss them both for totally different reasons. Landon's texted and called a couple of times. He says that the classes he's chosen have kept him busy and that Preston drags him to a lot of the frat parties that Preston has pledged to this year.  I have a bad gut feeling that he will meet a new girl there. I know all too well what frat parties are like. I should be happy for him, because he needs to move on without me, but I can't be happy.
                  Dan called late this morning wanting to come by and maybe have lunch, but I know what he's thinking. He knows Preston's gone, so he may have a chance of “his alone time with me,” so he calls it when he just wants to fuck. I'm lying out by the pool, getting some much needed sun. It's late October, and it’s sunny and beautiful. I hear Dan approach as he comes from the house.
                  "There's my beautiful girl," he says as he pushes me over on my lounger so he has room to sit. I roll to my side, holding my top to me that I had untied to keep from having a tan line.
                  "Hey, Dan." I can't let go of my top to retie it, or he will get a peep of my boobs. Not that he has never seen them, because he has. He has this funny look on his face. I also notice a bulge in his trousers.
                  "You're so fucking hot, Brooklyn." His face is pained, or maybe it's just the desire I see there. "Let’s go in and up to your room." He reaches over and pulls my top away from my body.
                  I screech. "Stop, Dan." I cover myself with my arms.
                  "You can't tell me to stop. Preston's not here, and it's been like forever since we've been together. You knew this is what I was coming over for." He's about to reach toward me, and I slap his hand away.
                  "Stop, Dan. I mean it. I thought we were going to have lunch."
                  "Why not, Brooklyn? You been giving this pussy to someone else? Is that why I haven't had it in forever?"
                  "Please stop," I cry out. Moments later, I hear my lover.
                  "WHAT THE FUCK?" Landon roars.
    **
Landon
                  I haven't seen Brooklyn in almost two months. I can't seem to keep Preston away from parties. I understand he's excited about pledging and flirting with all the sorority sisters, but I'm