I’d had to wait on Dalton before but it was never like this. It had never felt as important as this did.
I had to put it out of my mind and find some way to distract myself.
Maybe that wasn’t the best way to put it, especially since the first thing I thought of was spending time with Jessica. And yeah, I realized that there wasn’t much else to do right now given that we were currently both sort of trapped in this cabin.
What I should have said was that I was excited to see her this morning because that was very much true. Even though she’d come crawling into bed with me hours ago, I was currently laying here alone. She must have slipped out at some point but I knew it wasn’t because she was trying to get away from me. I was actually surprised that I’d fallen that deeply into sleep that I hadn’t noticed her leaving. But instead of getting freaked out by it, I saw it as something good. At least with her by my side, I wasn’t up all night worried about the things that were to come.
I went to the doorway and listened for a long second. Yeah, I heard her downstairs moving around. By the sounds of it, I would have bet she was in the kitchen.
I took a shower, feeling like I needed to be fresh for some reason.
Then I went in search of her, finding her in the kitchen attempting to make some eggs.
“Morning,” I said as I went and grabbed a cup so I could get coffee into me immediately.
“Morning,” she parroted with a small smile.
I wasn’t sure why, but this felt a little bit awkward.
I stood there and debated what I should do for far too long. I was sure I looked like an idiot holding the cup in mid-air while my hand was frozen like I was reaching for the fresh pot of coffee.
Should I kiss her?
Should I act like this is any other day we’ve had together?
Should I pretend last night never happened?
What the hell?! No, I knew that last one was all wrong. Not like I could even if I tried.
So, I’d never really done that whole morning after thing. Not that I was saying this was anything close to that. But I was basically clueless when it came to the next step kind of thing.
“I want to kiss you again,” I told her without realizing that I’d actually said that out loud. Then I mentally tugged on my balls and fucking went for it with more confidence. “I’m going to kiss you again. Right now, and later too.”
“Oh my God,” she said as she turned to face me and her hand definitely came up to slap me on my good shoulder. At least she was laughing. “I can’t believe you. Have you always been this smooth or is it just me?”
“It’s all you, I can’t even lie about that.” My shoulder gave a little shrug like I wasn’t even sorry about it.
“Okay, from now on, if you want to kiss me, then just do it. Don’t tell me you’re going to. I’m telling you that it is a welcome thing. Alright?”
“Yeah?” I asked with a hint of playfulness as I snagged the bottom of her shirt and pulled her in closer. “So, I should just do it then.”
“You are so ruining this, I hope you know that.” She giggled and it was so cute. Her hands went around my neck like it was the most natural thing. “Plant one on me, baby.”
“Baby, huh?” I said as my lips drifted closer to hers. I wasn’t sure what I liked more, the playful banter that just seemed to flow between us or the kissing.
The kissing, oh, yeah. That was for sure the winner. But everything else with her was a close second.
“Shhh,” she whispered as her eyes drifted closed and her lips met mine.
AndshhhI did.
Her soft lips slid against mine and it was all I could do to hold myself back. I had made a promise in my head that I was going to take this slow. One thing at a time and I was going to fucking savor and enjoy every step.
My fingers slid into her hair and I loved the feeling of us being connected. Not to sound sappy, but the world sort of fell away for a moment.
Her lips parted on a soft sigh and I went for it, you know, in the sweet, tender way, taking her bottom lip into my mouth and nibbling on it lightly.
I felt the tip of her tongue brush over my top lip and I held onto her tighter. I didn’t want to stop this but I had a feeling if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be able to take it slow.
