Page 113 of Derivation

“Here, what?”

“I want to touch you here.”

“Here? As in outside?”

Gabi nodded.

“Babe, there’s a fence, but it’s not exactly private.”

“Your tree and the other two block most of the yard, and it’s dark, babe. Arlowe didn’t even leave the lights on for us. No one knows we’re here.”

“Why, though, when we can go inside?”

“Because I can see the moonlight in your eyes, and you are just so beautiful right now,” Gabi replied.

“I’ve never…”

“Neither have I. And I think this is way better than a car, don’t you?”

Sarai smiled shyly.

“Take this risk with me?” Gabi asked softly.

“I feel like I could take all the risks with you.”

Gabi kissed her again and let the kiss build this time because she wanted the slow, deliberate kiss that Sarai was so good at. She had this way of knowing exactly when to let her tongue join with Gabi’s and when to drag it over Gabi’s bottom lip. Sarai also knew when to nip on that lip just a bit before moving the kiss along a little faster. Gabi could live in these kisses. When Sarai moaned, though, she thought for a second about how people might not see them, but they would be able to hear them if they went outside, with how close the houses were to each other, and she worried that Sarai would be thinking that, too, but then, she felt Sarai’s hands on the hem of her sweater, lifting it, so she raised her arms and let Sarai pull it off.

Over the course of their week together, they hadn’t made it any further than this. Skin had yet to be fully revealed, and they hadn’t even taken off their T-shirts, having slept in pajama pants or shorts, so when Sarai reached for the button and zipper on Gabi’s jeans, Gabi knew that they were about to take a very important step in their relationship. That step mattered a lot to both of them, but it had been Sarai who’d requested they wait a bit, and now, Sarai was the one lifting Gabi’s T-shirt after having undone her pants.

“Lie back,” Sarai told her when she had Gabi’s shirt off and it was tossed into the grass. “Please,” she added, kissing Gabi’s neck a little more quickly than she had been before.

“You’re not giving me any incentive to move, Sarai,” Gabi teased with a smile.

“I promise, I will when you do,” Sarai replied.

Gabi bit her bottom lip at that and moved off her girlfriend’s lap. She lay back on the blanket and watched as Sarai pulled off her own sweater and moved on top of her.

“Are you sure?” she checked after wrapping her arms around Sarai’s neck as she lay there in her bra and jeans.

“For the first time in a very long time,” Sarai replied.

CHAPTER 30

Sarai was on top of her girlfriend. It wasn’t the first time she’d been on top of Gabi, but it was the first time that she’d been on top of Gabi after they’d applied that label, and Sarai hadn’t planned on taking that step just yet. It had only been a couple of weeks of them officially dating, but when the word had fallen from her lips, it had felt right. She’d been worried about how Gabi would handle it, but she hadn’t needed to worry because Gabi had been fine with it. She’d been happy about it.

Now, she was lying on top of Gabi, kissing her neck, and trying not to think about the fact that they were outside in her backyard, about to have sex for the first time. That was not something she thought she’d ever do, but Gabi’s words about the moonlight and how Sarai had looked had hit her, and she’d decided to throw caution to the wind. Gabi’s hands moved up and down her back for a few minutes before they stopped at Sarai’s bra, so she shifted to sit up with her knees between Gabi’s spread legs.

“You want this off?”

“Yes,” Gabi replied.

When Sarai pulled off her shirt, Gabi sat up fast, and her hands were on Sarai’s bra clasp before Sarai could even reach around her back to undo it herself. Gabi had her bra off not long after, and Sarai was sitting there half-naked in her backyard. Gabi looked up at her, licked her lips, and looked back down. She kissed between Sarai’s breasts, and Sarai let out a deep breath. It had been a while for her, but this also felt different. It felt like she might have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Gabi then reached behind her own back, undid her bra, leaned back a little to pull it off, and a second later, Sarai was staring at Gabi’s full breasts.

“Beautiful,” she said and moved forward, which made Gabi lie back down, and Sarai couldn’t wait.

She leaned in for a deep kiss, and their breasts pressed together for the first time. Hard nipples pressed to hard nipples, and Gabi gasped as Sarai settled between her legs. Her hips began moving on their own, and it took everything in her not to thrust, but to slowly roll them down against Gabi instead.

“Please,” Gabi whispered.