“If you're looking for romance, you’re barking up the wrong tree. I’m not a romantic guy. When I want something, I get it. Always. That’s how I’ve lived my life, and it’s gotten me this far.”
“Are you happy, though?”
I took a chance and reached out for her. I let my hand settle into the natural crook of her waist and felt her skin jump underneath my touch. But she didn’t pull away, so I scooted closer to her. Just to be nearer to her warmth.
“I don’t think ‘happy’ is the word,” I said.
She sighed. “Then what are you when you’re with me? Why put all of this energy into a girl who you had a feeling couldn't give you what you usually want from women?”
I shrugged. “You… make me feel something.”
“What do I make you feel?”
“I don't know, Dani. Usually, I don’t feel anything. The other girls I’m with? They’re a way to pass the time. I feel time passing with them. That’s what I feel. But with you, it stops.”
“What stops?”
“Time stops.”
She blushed. “Oh.”
I slid my hand over the swell of her hip and down the side of her thigh. She moved her leg toward me and I opened my own, capturing her against my body. With her leg pressed between my own, I rested against her. I scooted closer, letting my hand slide back over her waist and around to her back. She kept jumping. Flinching. But her skin puckered and her eyes fluttered closed. I kept shifting closer until her chest fell against my own. Until our bodies rested without a space between us.
Her eyes opened and found me again.
“Hey there.”
She smiled. “Hi.”
“Feeling better?”
She drew in a deep breath. “Much.”
“Dani, I don’t have answers for you. The only thing I know is that I want you. I’ve wanted you since the first moment I saw you. I don’t know what it is, and I don’t know what is different with you. I just know it is different.”
“I feel the same way. I think that’s part of why I’m so confused. I don't know why I’m drawn to you. I just am.”
My hand slid up to her cheek. “So with all of that said, I’ll wait as long as it takes. You’re not ready for sex? Fine by me. There are plenty of other things I can do to your body that would make you scream, beautiful.”
She blushed deeply. “Those might be fun.”
I chuckled. “Trust me, they are fun. But if you really want this, if you really want to stick around, you need to listen to me. Are you listening?”
“Yes. I’m listening.”
I quickly rolled her over onto her back and she yelped. I pinned her down with my pelvis, feeling her legs automatically spread for me. Her chest rose and fell with her short breaths. Her eyes widened as she stared back at me. I planted my hands firmly on either side of her body as I scooted closer. Tighter, between her legs. Until I sat on my knees and her ankles locked around me naturally.
As if her body were made for mine.
“Mark my words, Dani. You’ll be mine. All of you. Every inch of you. Until you’re covered in me. And when I finally get wha
t I want, I promise you one thing.”
She cleared her throat. “What’s that?”
I leaned my lips down to her ear. “You’ll scream my name at the ceiling when I make you come.”
I kissed the shell of her ear and heard her gasp. Her neck turned the cutest shade of pink as I dragged my lips softly along her skin. She turned her head and captured my lips. My tongue found hers as her hands landed on my back. I felt them roaming, her fingertips rumbling over my muscles. I sucked on her lower lip and dragged my stubble along her neck before I placed a kiss within the valley of her breasts. And when her nails dug into my skin, I laid my teeth into her. Sucking and licking. Softly chewing and biting.