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He washes and rinses his hair, and I letdown there But he didn’t tell h the skin at the base of his penis "That’s the piercing you were tellingwater from his lips I opened the door to all this intimacy when I told him my name

"Emily Madison," I say "My name It’s Emily Madison"

He stills "Where are you from?" he asks He turns the water off, but never looks away from me

"California"

"The opposite coast," he breathes He takes ain "It suits you"

I grin "I’an steps out of the tub, and comes back with tels He dries me off and wraps me in one towel The other he uses on himself, and then wraps it around his hips

"Do you want to go to bed?" he asks He fakes a yawn "I’h "If you think you’re getting any sleep tonight, you are sadly er at hirowls as he lifts an

She’s so fking beautiful that I can barely breathe "Emily," I say I want to say it over and over and over She told me her last name, too, but for the life of me all I can remember is ritten on the piece of paper

"That’s my name Don’t wear it out," she teases

I pick her up, and she wraps her legs around ainst her heat But I’m not ready yet I want to savor every second I carry her into the bedroom She kisses me as I walk, and I can barely take a step, I’m so wrapped up in her

"Is anyone here?" She sits back froh to ask

God, I hope not "Don’t think so," I say

"What if they are?" she asks

"Then you’re going to have to be quiet" I laugh Because the odds of her being quiet during all the things I plan to do to her is ludicrous

She buries her head into ainst, but then I feel the scrape of her teeth against the tender skin and I really, really want her to keep doing what she’s doing She bites down gently, and then sucks the pain away "Jesus," I roan I slam the bedrooand for the first time in my life, I don’t knohat to do next

So I can collect myself, I take a moment to stop and I unwrap the plastic and tape froe back, but she catches?" she asks, taking my face in her hands

"I feel like a fourteen year old fuirl," I admit "I don’t knohat to do next"

I lift up and open her towel, and unhookit from between us "You’ve done this soher eyes

I still "I have never done this before"

Her eyes narrow

"I’ve never done this with soirl, you ht off?" she asks Then it dawns on her that I can’t see her lips if we don’t keep the light on "Never ht bother you?" I ask I workher all over, just because I can

Her nad thighs wrap around my hips, and the slickness of her makes this so real "Shit," I say

"What?" She freezes

"I forgot to get a condoers and shakes her head "It’s all right We don’t need one" She stops and bites her lip "Unless, uo e all had bonefor Matt I’m clean "I’ve never done this without one" I’m afraid More afraid than I’ve ever been

I don’t knohat to do next, I want her so bad My breath falters, and ht

We have a lifetiet any better

I take it sloant to reroan as I bury my face in her neck and slide inside her

I look up at her face and there are tears in her eyes "Have I hurt you?" I ask I bracket her face with my hands and swipe her tears aith the pads of ainstacrossmy name over and over and over I can see it on her lips I move inside her until she falls apart with me

Her arms wrap around me when I collapse on top of her and she squeezesI can feel it I lift myself up "What?" I ask "I didn’t hurt you, did I?" Fear clutches at" She chuckles, her body shaking with laughter

I roll to my side, but I don’t want to be far from her, so I turn her to face me I brush her hair back from her face with both hands "I love you," I say

She s her face abashedly in the pillow "I love you too," she says "No matter what happens, please know that what I feel for you is real That I don’t kno I could live without you"

I lean back, appraising her closely Why would she say such a thing? But she reaches for ainstme to places I have never, ever been

When we’re done, I roll to the side and pull her to lie on ainst her forehead and hold them there

She sits up with her elbows on an," she says Then she dips her head, settles against my chest, and falls asleep