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“You’re not Chaucer is,” I said, and yawned again “How come you’re so wide-eyed and bushy-tailed?”

“You forget, I usually work till 3 in the ”

“Oh yeah…”

“You should go to sleep and get up and study in the ”

I shookperson I’ll be useless if I try to do that I have to stay up as late as I can”

“You want to stay awake?”

“Yeah, of course,” I said, and yawned again

“Okay… I’ll keep you awake,” he said softly, and leaned in to kiss me

It took me completely by surprise

Maybe it was that he’d kept things decidedly platonic ever since our conversation in the parking lot

Maybe it was that I’d been lulled into a sense of false security

Maybe it was because I was so tired

All I know is that I jerked back a little – just an inch or two, and stared at him in shock

He didn’t stop He just leaned in a little farther

And this time… I didn’t move

I just stayed there and let him kiss me

His lips touched ainstme When I didn’t pull away or say ‘stop,’ he closed his eyes and began to kiss entle, soft pressure… his full, sensual lips against mine

My heart stopped – and then began to pound in my chest

But I closed my eyes and kissed him back

It was like a dreaave me smaller, tinier kisses on my top lip… my bottom lip… the corners of ainst ain

I are of the tiniest things: the warmth and softness of his lips The taste of ht hint of aftershave

He put his hand lightly to ainst ently cup my face

I felt the tip of his tongue slip between my lips – just a soft, sloet, sensual pressure… and I knehat he wanted, what he was asking for

And I gave it to him

I opened my mouth and let him inside me

He took his tientle as his first tentative kiss At first it was sloet and hot and soft… and gradually I began tothe wetness and tasting the ue, pulling gently onme into his entle, like I was hypnotized