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Fight Fire With Fire; James/OFC, Het, 1999
Topic Started: February 17, 2013, 12:58 pm (18,426 Views)
Jaymez
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:nanner: This is all so amazing. James is almost like a kid in his first relationship, in a good way. It's all very sweet and I love the promise ring bit.
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Sol
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Addicted. :)

I cannot wait for the next chapter!
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He's a different person since rehab. I like how cautious he is being.

MOAR!!!
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The bed dipping woke me up early the next morning. I rolled over onto my back and stretched out.

Where are you going?” I looked at up James who was fully dressed.

“Furniture shopping”

“Are you kidding?” I tried my best not to laugh but I couldn’t exactly see James in a store picking out fabrics and colors.

“No. I need to get stuff for my office, remember?”

“Oh…okay”

“Kirk called and he needs you at HQ but not for a while yet. Oh and I left some guitars at the door so could you bring those with you?”

“Yeah sure. Why are you up so early?”

“I don’t know. I slept well I guess. I’ll meet you back here tonight alright?” he kissed my forehead and left.

I got up shortly after James left and had a shower and dressed myself in denim shorts and a faded Ramones t shirt. It was still pretty early so I didn’t have to rush. I was glad James felt motivated to get his office sorted even if that meant going furniture shopping. I made myself some pancakes and smothered them in syrup and chilled in front of morning tv before I had to leave. I stared at my ring and smiled knowing James was making progress.

I loaded James’ guitars into my car and set off for HQ. The traffic was extremely light for midday but I wasn’t complaining. When I arrived at HQ there were two huge vans at the back gate. I already knew by that that I had a busy day ahead of me. I started my trip bringing four of James’ guitars one by one into the rehearsal area and try to talk to Kirk but he seemed to be as busy as I was. Luckily I hadn’t seen Lars since I arrived.

After my trip with James’ guitars, I started moving the brand new guitars Kirk was having delivered from the vans I saw earlier; one full of guitars with the tags on then another full of amps and cabinets. By 2pm I was already exhausted. I sat at the kitchen table drinking my weight in water. Even watching people pass me carrying things was wearing me out.

“Tired?” Kirk patted me on the back laughing.

“Yeah…haven’t done this in a while”

“You’ll get used to it again. Were you here yesterday by the way?”

“Um…yeah. I got James to come down and check the place out”

“Oh that’s alright then because I thought I was going crazy. I came in this morning and I was like ‘I don’t remember leaving James’ guitar plugged in’”

“Oops. I knew I forgot to do something!”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s great you got him to come down and play. Even if it was by himself”

“Yeah he seems really into the idea of coming back now. He’s out furniture shopping for his office right now”

“No way!” both of us cracked up when I said that.

“I know I was shocked too!”

“Well it’s awesome he’s into coming back”

I finished my work at HQ around 4.30pm and Kirk let me go home. When I was opening my car door I got a tap on the shoulder that made me jump. I turned around and saw Lars with his head cocked to the side gawking at me.

“I don’t wanna pick a fight, Lars” I began.

“Neither do I. James was here yesterday?”

“Yeah…we both were…but only for a while”

“Huh” he said and walked into HQ. I didn’t think it was possible to have such a short conversation with Lars.

When I got home I kicked off my shoes at the door and dropped my bag beside them. I saw the back door was open and went in search of James. I found him lying on a sun chair in just a pair of shorts soaking up the afternoon sun.

“Well for some huh?”

“Oh hey” he shot me a toothy smile and took off his sunglasses.

“How was chair shopping?” I sat across his lap.

“Good. The stuff will be delivered next week. How was work?”

“Exhausting” I lowered myself so that my head was resting on his bare chest.

“Tired?”

“Mhmm” I moaned with my eyes closed, trying not to fall asleep on him.

“Better wake you up then” he sat up and lifted me in his arms and threw me in the deep end of the pool.

“You…fuck…dammit” the shock of the water had winded me so I couldn’t breathe properly let alone formulate words. He jumped in after me unaffected by the cold water and swam over to me.

“Are you awake now?”

“Very much so” I rubbed my eyes as the chlorine stung them.

“Good” he walked me backwards until my back hit the wall of the pool.

“This is the second time you’ve thrown me into a pool while I’ve been dressed”

“Yeah but you won’t have to pay a fine for breaking a hotel key this time because you’ll be staying in my bed anyway” he said hoarsely as he spread wet kisses on my neck.

“James…don’t get me excited if you’re not going to do anything about it”

“Who says I’m not?” he whispered against my lips as he struggled to undo the button on my denim shorts underwater. “Trust me, no sex has been driving me crazy too” he finally managed to undo my shorts and underwear and tugged them down my legs then threw them on the ground behind me.

He pressed himself against me and I felt him hard against my stomach. His tongue snaked into my mouth with hunger. I lowered my hands from tangling in his wet hair to undo the little plastic button on his shorts underwater.

“Do you think almost four months is a long enough wait?” he continued to tease me and pressed himself against the inside of my thigh.

“If you think about it, it’s been almost two years but yes, I think we’ve waited long enough”

“I’m glad you agree” he grinned and but his lip then entered me easily after what felt like a lifetime. A loud moan escaped him that resonated against my own stomach. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders for support as he held onto the edge of the pool behind me, moving in and out of me at a steady rhythm. ”Mmmf…fuck. Why did we wait this long?” I wanted to give him a lecture about how it was all his idea but my mind was somewhere else completely.

“Faster” I told him and he obliged. My short fingernails dug deeper into his slippery shoulder blades. “I’m gonna come” I breathed.

“Don’t” he pleaded gritting his teeth but I tightened around him and my head fell back as I rode my orgasm. It wasn’t long before he reached his own climax.

“I have some news” he spoke after his breathing stabilized, resting his head on my shoulder. “I’m going back to work on Monday” I gave him the biggest smile I possibly could. “You think it’s a good idea?”

“Sex and you’re going back to Metallica? Yeah, I think it’s pretty awesome!”
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Jaymez
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Yay!! James is going back!! Can't wait to read more!! :nanner: :nanner: :nanner:
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So glad he's getting back on the horse, so to speak. *cough* That was kinda hot.
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^^ :lol: nice choice of words.

I'm super stoked he's going into HQ, I just hope Lars won't be such a dick and lays off him a little :rolleyes:
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Just a short part right now, writing some more that should be up tomorrow :heart:

Monday arrived quicker than expected. James had spent the weekend clearing out his storage room to take the stuff to HQ to decorate his office. He had agreed to work to a schedule from 12-4 so as to not over-work and stress himself out. I moved all my stuff from my dad’s house back over to James’ for the second time like I promised over the weekend too.

“Do you think you’re going to jam today? Or are you guys just going to talk?” I asked him as we ate breakfast in the kitchen.

“I don’t know. I know that Phil will be there so he’ll want us to talk and I’ll have to explain a lot to them”

“I’ll tune your guitars just in case. See you later” I put my coffee mug in the sink and grabbed my keys to leave.

“You’re not coming with me?”

“No. Kirk wants me there early”

“Okay. See you at HQ then” he smiled.

When I walked through the kitchen door at HQ at 11am, the whole room, including band members, management, and a therapist turned and stared at me. Everyone knew James was coming back today so they were expecting him. Their shoulders slumped when they realized it was just me. I saw Lars was tense sitting at the table beside Bob and Phil. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge then went to the rehearsal room to set up for the guys later on.

I tuned Kirk’s guitars and left them to one side in their rack. James’ few guitars were still where I left them a few days ago. I opened their cases, changed their strings and tuned them the same as Kirk’s. I put the last one on a stand and Kirk walked into the room with a confused look on his face.

“You think James is gonna play with us today?”

“Maybe. Best to be safe though, right?”

“Yeah. Is he looking forward to coming back?”

“He seems to be. He has all the stuff ready for his office and was pretty happy when I left this morning but I guess you’ll find out in a little while”

“What time is he coming down?”

“12. He has some stuff to explain to you guys”

As soon as I said that, we heard a cheering and James’ voice coming from the kitchen.

“I guess he’s early”

“Told you he’s changed” I laughed as we walked to the kitchen and saw James hugging Bob. I watched from the doorway as they all sat around the table and teased James about his glasses. He winked at me with a huge smile on his face and I got back to work in the rehearsal room. After an hour or so of talking to Zach I noticed the ring James had given me wasn’t on my finger. I retraced my steps around HQ but found nothing.

I ran out of the room and straight into James’ chest in a panic though I tried my best to hide it. I shoved my left hand in my pocket when I saw him.

“Whoa. Are you okay?” he pulled me aside.

“Yeah…actually no. I don’t feel so good so I’m gonna go home. Tell Kirk I’m sorry”

“You’re not pregnant are you?” he whispered. “Do you want me to come with you?”

“No I’m fine. You stay here”

I got to my car and looked in every cubby hole, crack and under every seat but it wasn’t there. When I got home I went to the bedroom I emptied out my wardrobe onto the floor and checked every pocket, every sock and shoe, I stripped the bed to check the sheets but found nothing. The shower drain. Nothing. The sides of the couch. Nothing. Every cabinet in the kitchen. Nothing.

I decided to call my dad to see if he’d seen the ring around the house if it had slipped off my finger while I was there.

“Hey, dad. You haven’t seen a ring at home have you?” I spoke as fast as I could with worry giving him no time to say hello back to me.

“What kind of ring?”

“A silver one. The one James gave me”

“No, honey I haven’t. Have you lost it?”

“Yeah” I sighed.

“Oh…well keep searching and it’ll turn up”

“I’ll call you if I find it. Bye”

After hours of tearing the house apart I gave up and slouched on the couch without the ring. I felt so horrible from being so careless. I looked around at the mess I caused and heard James’ key turn in the door.

“Um…Ruth? Have we been burgled?” he shouted from the hallway after closing the door.

“No”

“What happened? Are you alright?” he came and sat beside me with a worried look on his face.

“Listen, I have something to tell you” I began. “I lost the ring”
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O MY GOODNESS!!!!! The ring is lost!! :oI had a similar situation where I lost a locket my boyfriend gave me. Luckily it was just hiding in my bookshelf! I have a little bit of a hunch as to where the ring is is... I'll be here, patiently waiting (on the edge of my seat) for more. :biggrin
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Uh oh... I hope he isn't pissed!!!! Some Kind of Monster Era James was so ... unpredictable.
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:o I cannot believe she lost the ring!! I would be in hysterics right now if I were Ruth! I'm sure it'll turn up though.
Anyway, great up date. Can't wait to see James reaction, hope he doesn't get too pissed.
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He picked the pillows from the couch off the floor and put them back so he could sit down. He crossed one leg over the other and looked over at me.

“You lost the ring?” he said with a look of disappointment on his face. The feeling of letting someone you love down had to be one of the worst feelings in the world.

“Yeah. I’m so sorry. I looked everywhere. That’s why the place is such a mess. I know it was probably really expensive and—“

“This ring?” he pulled his hand out of his pocket and showed me the ring.

“Oh my god! Where did you find it?!” I went to take it from him but he stopped me.

“I didn’t. I took it from you last night”

“And you let me mess the house up this bad?! Man, you suck so hard” I half laughed, half cried.

“I didn’t see this coming and I’m surprised it took you so long to notice. I thought you’d have felt that it wasn’t on your finger when you woke up” he chuckled to himself.

“But why did you take it?”

“Because I realized I was wrong”

“About what?”

“About it being a promise ring. I want it to be more than that. I want you to marry me”

“What?” I stared at him shocked.

“Marry me? Um…please?” he giggled nervously.

“You’re crazy”

“Why?”

“Because you’re asking me to marry you even after I’ve wrecked your house”

“Nothing that can’t be cleaned up or fixed”

“You wouldn’t have asked if you’d seen upstairs”

“Ruth, all this talking is great but if my heart keeps beating this fast I might have a heart attack”

“Alright. Ask me again” I wiped my face and turned towards him on the couch.

“Marry me?”

“Okay” we both smiled and he put the ring on the correct finger. I leaned against his chest and started to cry again. The feeling of relief and happiness got the better of me. “What changed between the few days of it being a promise ring and an engagement ring?”

“I did want it to be an engagement ring but I chickened out. But then after you encouraged me to go to HQ and go back to work, it made me see that you’re the best thing I’ve got and I know that I wouldn’t have done all that stuff without you. I put you through some horrible stuff and you stuck around and I’m still trying to figure out why but hopefully this will make you stick around a bit longer” he tapped the ring on my finger. I tried to say that I loved him back but a sob came out instead. “Can you please stop crying?” he smiled down at me.

“I’m just so happy and I love you so much but—“

“But what?”

“But please don’t go upstairs until I’ve finished cleaning up because I don’t want you to take this ring back”

“It can’t be that bad”

“It’s bad. Trust me. I pulled everything apart looking for this”

“Maybe I should have just asked you”

“Nah. A little panic attack or two every now and again keeps you on your toes” I smiled and looked at the small diamond in the ring shine as I turned my hand. “Did you ask my dad?”

“Ask him what?”

“If you could marry me”

“Uh…no? Should I have? Is he all traditional like that?”

“No. I’m sure he’ll be okay once he gets an invite to the wedding. What did you do at HQ today?”

“How about you go clean upstairs a bit and I’ll cook something then I’ll tell you all about it”

I went upstairs to begin cleaning up my mess. I folded all our clothes that I had thrown onto the floor and put them back in our closets neatly. That in itself took almost an hour but I could finally see the floor again. I tidied up all the bits of paper and that had been thrown out of drawers and put them back where they belonged. I vacuumed the room and changed the bed sheets. I laid back on the bed exhausted but extremely happy. I closed my eyes and played with the ring on my finger. It felt right on my ring finger now.

Later, I felt James shaking my hip. When I looked out the window it was dark and the alarm clock read 10:45pm.

“Hey wake up or you won’t sleep later” he told me.

“Why didn’t you wake me earlier?” I stretched and yawned.

“You were tired and it was probably my fault anyway. Are you hungry?”

“No. Tell me about HQ” I said as I stood up and took off my jeans and shoes then climbed into bed properly beside him. He was already ready to go to bed.

“I told them about working from 12-4 and they were fine with that. Then we talked a bit about the album and how we’re going to go about it”

“How was Lars?”

“He was okay. I could see he didn’t really understand the whole rehab thing and I think my schedule will run into his a bit but it should work itself out” he said positively.

“What was it like jamming with them again?”

“Different. Good, though. Making a riff up right there on the spot then have Kirk and Lars join and add something in was cool”

“Not as scary as you thought it would be then?”

“No. It was cool. Can’t wait to go back tomorrow” he grinned.

“That’s what I like to hear. Is there talk of a tour yet?”

“Not yet but we kinda need an album for that”

“I guess so. Did you get your office decorated and stuff?”

“No but you’ll be my wife soon so you can do all that”

“Hey!” I hit his chest.

“What?! You proved that you’re very good at cleaning up here tonight!”

“So you’re only marrying me so I can clean up after you?”

“Duh. Get some sleep because the carpet in my office has a stain on it with your name all over it” he reached over and turned off the lamp. “Good night, wife to be”

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:nanner: YAY! I knew he was gonna ask her to marry him!! How adorable!

I need more ASAP!! :biggrin
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I knew my hunch was on track!!! Yay! A wedding! Can't wait! :biggrin :biggrin :biggrin
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:dance YAYYYYYYY!!!! FINALLY!!!!
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