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I pulled her body againstit so she was resting ondirectly at my lips
"Nohat?" she whispered, her eyes focused on my lips and then my jaw
"I have my ith you?" Too h to look up at my face "You’re so romantic Really, you takeI’ht her hand toit softly "Fine, I won’t have ers in between hers -- "I’d really like to take you out on a date"
Nat’s eyes went really wide "People are going to say I’ her closer to me "This is my fault, not yours I should have stayed away fro those words It was like… a peace suddenly blanketed itself over me
We stayed like that for what felt like an eternity, both of us searching the other’s eyes, willing the other person to say so, to confess that it’d been like this since our first ht place, right ti her way down the hall It was the pull, the netic attraction I felt for her the-- but the response of my heart? Never before had I felt like someone had the power to reach into my chest, pull out my heart, and hold it Nat had the power to do that She had the power to give iven another person that type of control over uy to ever relinquish control But with her? I felt safe, like for the first time in ruled "Never mind So…" She played with the hair on the back of ers "About this date" Holy shit She had ic hands! I seriously had to tell myself not toJust don’t stop" I rested roan escaped my lips before I could stop it Holy Hell No wait Heaven Holy Heaven?
"Our date?" she reain
"Uh-huh" My hands wrapped around her body hugging her close tomy head "I think I may like this better than sex"
She froze
Whoops Over share High five Alec you just scared the shit out of an innocent virgin
"Damn, did I say that out loud?" I tensed above her Nat burst out laughing
Good at least she thought I was kidding -- I wasn’t So clearly I’d been having soain, memory was fuzzy it had been over a year
"At least I knohat I need to do to get you to confess to me all your dirty little secrets," she joked
"That’s bribery and manipulation, a federal offense…" My words trailed off, feeling heavy in ," she whispered wrapping her hands aroundinto ? She was freakishly strong and hit every nerve, every… o
"Marry me"
"No"
"Why?"
"Because you only asked so you’d have a personal masseuse"
"I have other reasons"