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"Our love is so strong," he whispered "it protects us"

I was thinking that too For a few ein a cold rain, feel soothed, comforted protected

I kept my eyes closed as he unbuttoned my blouse and took it off and then unfastened my bra and slipped it away His lips were oneach nipple Every , I, ,

"Tell ht his fingers to the button on my jeans and undid it

I should I thought, but I didn't want him to At least, not just yet Just a little ood and I had been terrified ever since the date rape that loving would never be Good for ain

His handht his lips tothe jeans just a few inches at a time to clear the way for his lips Soon, they were down to my knees

"I love you so much Summer," he said "I love you too Harley"

"Tell me to stop," he repeated, butso he could gently get them off and then he pulled back and took off his jeans too

"We're going too far," he said ht He sounded like he arning hi me

"I know" I whispered I felt drank,ininsideme in places I touched myself in dreams

There's a point of no return I toldit You're almost there My panties were off He was naked too We held each other, gasping, hesitant but knowing there was a flood of passion about to overwhelm us

"Tell ht his hardness to me

Maybe I really did want to prove to myself that I hadn't been ruined for life by Duncan Maybethat all restraint and caution was tra feet Maybe I had simply lost control and was at the mercy of the winds of my own unleashed animal desire Whatever the reason I did not say stop Instead, I liftedmy lips to his and he enteredourselves higher and higher, to lift ourselves out of our pain and fear, to reach the clouds and float away on a ic carpet of love

However long it lasted was far too short I clung to hi to retreat His heavy breathing slowed against an to reappear, the realization of e had done settled over both of us like a cold, wet blanket

He lifted hian to put on his underwear and his jeans I turned over on my stomach and buried raph needle going round and round at the end of the record until now He went over and lifted the arm away and then he went into the small bathroom