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The realization startled me like waking from a dream. I wound my hands around Blake’s neck and pulled him closer. Ineededhim to be closer. To know that he was really here.
Nothing existed outside of this—us.
There was no Derek or Marie. No Brittany or Anthony Weston.
There was only a girl in love with a boy.
The boy who saved her.
Lifting me into his arm, Blake smiled against my lips, cradling my body to his. He moved through my apartment as if he belonged here, and I clung to him as the light faded into darkness.
He lowered me onto the bed, and followed me down, covering my body with his. Our kisses turned playful and teasing and Blake peppered kisses along the edge of my jaw and down my neck, sending tiny shocks through me.
I’d imagined this. The feel of Blake’s lips on my skin, how it would make me feel.
Nothing compared.
I burned for him. A wildfire rushing through me.
Featherlight kisses became gentle nips as he teased and tasted my skin, and when his teeth gently grazed the sensitive skin along my collarbone, I arched into him as my breathing became choppy.
“Penny, I love you so damn much.” His confession lingered on my skin, and then he was looking down at me in awe. “Do you realize how many nights I have spent dreaming of this moment?”
Suddenly, overwhelmed, I dropped my gaze.
“Hey, hey.” Blake tried to coax me to look at him. “Penny, please.”
What was I doing?
Things had unraveled so quickly that I’d had little time to process what was happening between us. I was too caught up in Blake. But now, I was very aware that he was here, in my apartment, lying on top of me.
Expecting what?
Something I didn’t know if I was ready to give.
“Penny, look at me. What is it?”
Slowly, I opened my eyes. The wariness in Blake’s gaze was back, and embarrassment started to unfurl in my stomach.
“I…” The words lodged in my throat, and I shoved Blake away so I could sit up. I couldn’t breathe with him weighing down on me like that. “There’s…” I inhaled a shaky breath. “There’s something you should know.”
Fear flashed in his eyes, and the knot in my stomach tightened, but I needed to do this.
This was a part of me.
Quietly, I said, “I’ve never been with anyone, you know… inthatway.”
“I don’t understand.” Blake rolled away to sit on the edge of the bed.
I shuffled up and sat up against the headboard.
“What do you mean that way?”
“I’m a virgin, Blake.” I ripped off the Band-Aid.
“You mean, you’ve never…” He didn’t say the words, he didn’t need to. “But how is that possible?”
It probably wasn’t meant as a joke, but a small laugh bubbled up my throat. “If I have to explain that part to you, you’re probably doing it all wrong.”
