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I slid her close to ain, and we both pulled out the various pictures and love notes I’d given her She had dried the rose I gave her the summer before our junior year, its pedals flat and crisp now She giggled when I tried to sniff it, and scrunched , idiot," she joked, giggling a little quietly

I sat back after a while and just watched her as she went through the various ite back for fondood that was us I couldn’t take my eyes off her Nolan had always been beautiful, uniquely beautiful She didn’t needShe was a what-you-see-is-what-you-get A, broavy hair caressed her shoulders, and fras if her life depended on it Yes, she’d always been a beautiful girl But as a wo And while the curves and softness of her naked body and the sexiness of her lips drovefor air She was it forinto the kitchen to put the boxes back on the counter, when I noticed she’d paused in front of one of Rosie’s sprigs offrom one of the wooden archways I raced to my feet and was next to her in seconds, my chest flat to her back while I slowly slid my hands up the sides of her ar it to reveal her long, slender neck I breathed against it softly at first, s her skin before biting at her earlobe I felt her body quiver, and she started to turn to face me, her eyes cautious, but full of want I pointed up above her as she facedone side of my mouth up, sinisterly "You can’t mess with mistletoe I have to kiss you, it’s the rule"

Nolan’s face slid into a s her bottom lip while her eyes shifted between ed with every second My palry to touch her, feel her I slid theripping her bare skin, feeling the heat of it alongher gaze

She stepped intothe center of ht where ht up ather lip harder now, her eyelids heavy I felt her hands grip the bottoin to pull it up, so I helped her pull it over my head and discard it on the floor Her hands continued to roa up my chest and to my chin and neck and then back down Our eyes were locked, and the tension was fking undeniable I wanted her And she was givingwith myself, afraid it was too soon, that our trust hadn’t been h

I was lost in ainsther way up to rip on the back of the sweatpants she earing, like a leash keeping my hands in check I didn’t have h And when Nolan reached down to pull her own shirt up and over her head, pressing her bare skin against

Our tongues tangled as I reached behind her and lifted her to htly "We can’t stay here," I said into her ear as I kissedhter as I turned to the stairs, and carried her all the way to my room I kicked the door closed behindhers I leaned forward, laying her down, and held h to look into her wanting eyes--just long enough to ht When she slid up the bed and pulled me with her, I had the confir forto her in seconds, almost as if my body would suffocate without her touch I peeled her bra down her shoulders before re ht to end I rolled her on top ofintoover our faces I reached up to tuck it behind her ears, and she licked at her lips softly to moisten them Fuck I was done