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My hands rested at his hips, and I wanted to do so of my own I pulled my hands in until they rested on his stomach between us At ainst ue pushed a little bit deeper I slid both hands up, feeling the hard curves of his body beneath the fabric of his shirt When ed ainst him

I could feel the way he wanted me, and a trickle of anxiety started at my spine Then his kiss turned harder and faster, and I raced to follow his lead, ignoring my nerves

I left one hand on his chest, and wrapped the other around his neck, and pulled myself up farther on my tiptoes, so that my hips lined up with his

Garrick broke the kiss, and exhaled shakily against my lips The brilliant blue I’d seen in his eyes earlier was overtaken almost completely by his black pupils He placed a hand onseconds, he just studied me

"You are ridiculously sexy, you know"

I loweredtoo much to stay on my tiptoes And I couldn’t look in his eyes any more Every time I’d al to turn it back on I said, "You know you don’t need that line I was already kissing you"

"And what a good kiss it was" His thuain, and he tipped ain soht" Was he asking to go to o to my bedroom

I fumbled with the doorknob for a few seconds beforethe door open We exited into the dark hallway again, and his hand found my back once more

"Sorry, the hallway light is out, and I haven’t had a chance to change it"

His lips were right by my ear when he answered, "I don’trooht that actually worked My apartment was a loft with an open floor plan Talls were brick, and the other was painted a pretty plu was tall with exposed pipes criss-crossing above us My bedroo room by only a lavender curtain since I didn’t actually have a door

"Well, this is estured with one hand, unsure whether he expected a tour or if I should just skip straight to the bedroom I’d never done this before, so I had no idea whether ere supposed to do the traditional niceties first My heart ran wildly as he walked around the roo here, a knick-knack there

"It’s nice Fits you, I think"

I beamed I loved this apartment It always made me feel like I was in an episode of Friends

"I’m ashamed to say that my place is still covered in boxes Wouldn’t havetour"

God, hoished ere at his place Then he would be in control I hated not knohat I was supposed to do next

His eyes flicked to the curtain that led to my bedroom It was quick His eyes were al next to, but I saw it

This was it I was about to have sex

Should I tell hiin? I should tell hiht before?

I remembered Kelsey’s advice, and forced myself to dial back my fears I turned the volu at all

Before I chickened out, I walked forward and held out h the curtain and intoin this area, so I flipped on a laht, and then left him to turn on another besideup the indecently short mini-skirt that Kelsey had rin e of collapse I snatched the skirt out of his hands, scooped up the few other articles of clothing still on my bed, and threw them into my closet

"Sorry about that"

"You don’t hear et about it You will never see e, love?"

"It’s a promise"

He skirted the corner of my bed to join me in the space betweenyou break that proer dipping beneath the strap ofhtened on my shoulder and his eyes dropped to my lips

"That I would"

Then he kissed me

He didn’t bother with soft and sweet this tiasping into his mouth His teeth pulled on my bottom lip in the same way his thumb had earlier, and htly, and swept an arainst him so that our bodies were lined up perfectly