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I nodded. "Yep. I mean, obviously, all the stuffed toys are new, but . . . just kidding."
Cole gazed at my embarrassingly large collection of stuffed toys, the posters on the wall, and my collection of Percy Jackson and Goosebumps Most Wanted novels. "This is amazing."
"Not sure I'd call it that."
"I mean it. I like getting to know you, Elara. Who you were as well as who you are. Thanks for inviting me back here."
My heart pounded in my chest. "You know, the other day, I was reading through my old diary."
"You still keep one?"
"Not anymore. I did when I was a kid, though." My breath caught in my throat. "I found something I wrote about you."
"Really?" He looked genuinely surprised.
"Mmhmm. Wanna see?"
"I don't know. Do I?"
"Sit on my bed," I said.
Cole obliged and I picked out my old diary, before flipping through it. "Now, most of this is very embarrassing, so please don't peep."
"Of course."
"Ahem. Here it is." I read, "The builder at school is called Cole and he is super-hot! I don't know why I like older guys so much, but they're just better. Boys at school are so dumb and mean and all they want is one thing. Cole is so thoughtful and serious and yum yum yum."
Cole grinned. "Thoughtful, huh?"
"And serious.”
“Thing about me, though, is that I also only want one thing." His eyes were dark with lust.
"And I want to give it to you. The sexy older builder."
"I still can't believe how much younger than me you are. I was maybe twenty-six when you wrote that and you were—holy shit, you were sixteen."
"Yep. But I'm not sixteen anymore." I threaded my fingers through his.
"You sure you want to kiss on our first date?"
"I'm so very sure," I said.
He pulled me in close to his warm body, and kissed me deeply, our weight pushing down onto my childhood bed. My body buzzed with pleasure, and as we took our clothes off and lay together in the past, it felt as though another veil of intimacy had been torn down.
The sex was different. It was deeper. As he entered me, I felt more naked than ever before. He pushed me down, held my hands, and gripped my flesh. I moved with him, hips grinding together, our bodies in sync. He hit spots deep inside me, so close to my core it felt like we were melting into one another.
Then I moved around him, got on top, ground down into him as he pushed up into me. He took my breasts in his hands, then pulled me close, kissing me hungrily as I dictated the pace of our passion.
"You're like nothing else, Elara O'Neil," he breathed into my ear as he slipped a finger over my clit.
I squirmed on him, the slickness of my desire making the sensation golden. As my pleasure peaked, I nudged Cole right there with me. I let my arms fall at my sides and closed my eyes as he came, and it felt as though goodness and acceptance poured into me like water into parched earth.
Laying there in the afterglow, our bodies entwined, I couldn't help but smile as my head fell and rose on Cole's chest. The warmth of his skin on mine was a comfort I didn't realize I had been craving.
"Cole, stay with me tonight."
"Absolutely," he replied without hesitation, with a tenderness that made my heart swell.
