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“You’re happy?”
She looked at him in disbelief. “You couldn't tell?”
He chuckled softly and they kissed more, neither ready to break their bubble of intimacy, and soon they settled down and pulled each other close.
“I just need to make sure this is really what you wanted,” he said.
“I never would have allowed it to happen if I wasn’t sure.” She paused. “Are you happy?”
He chuckled sleepily. “Mm-hmm. Very happy. Happy, and right.”
“Right?”
“You don't remember? I told you a month ago that when we made love, when it finally happened, it would be amazing.” He smiled and tucked her under his chin. “It was the arrogant versus confident thing.”
She sighed and spoke against his chest. “Go ahead, say it.”
He paused and then whispered in her ear. “I told you so.”
They both laughed, and as the sun began its ascent into the sky, they curled together and drifted off into a contented sleep.
* * *
Will watched Elizabeth stretch,roll over, and reach for him—but he was sitting in the chair. It was nearly nine thirty, and he’d risen about fifteen minutes earlier, donned his jeans, and was quietly playing his guitar, waiting for her to wake.
She opened her eyes and smiled sleepily, then burrowed further under the covers. “Hi. How–how long have you been up?”
He smiled and lightly strummed his guitar. “Not long. I've just been watching you sleep.”
He grinned when she blushed. The sheet had slipped at one point when she’d rolled toward him, revealing a very attractive breast, and he’d grown hard just looking at her. Eventually she’d shifted her position again, covering herself up, and his body had calmed. But he’d enjoyed watching her sleep, her hair spread out on the pillow, her face relaxed, lips slightly parted, begging to be kissed…
I love her. I love her.
It was all he could think about, and being with her this morning, making love to her, had been a remarkably intense experience. It was so much more than he’d imagined it would be, and he knew it was because his feelings were intertwined; it wasn't just sex. Still, he had a hard time putting his feelings into words. How could he ever tell her how she made him feel? How she’d altered and brightened his world so completely?
He tapped his guitar. “I hope I didn't wake you.”
She sat up in the bed, propping the pillows to lean against them and pulling the covers up under her arms. “I’m happy to wake up to the sound of you playing.”
“I would love to wake up to the sight of you just as you are right now, every morning.” Her lips were plump from being kissed so thoroughly, her dark hair a tumbling, curly mass around her shoulders, and her eyes shining bright. “Where is your camera?”
Her eyebrows rose. “My camera? Why?”
He stood and walked toward the bed, and when she started to get up, he stopped her. “Don't move, just tell me—” He froze and sank to the bed as his stomach suddenly rolled. “Oh, shit. I’m–I’m sorry, I shouldn’t–I wasn't going to do anything inappropriate, I swear.”
She frowned, appearing confused, and then her eyes widened. “Will, its fine. This is…it’s completely different. It’s not the same thing at all.”
“It’s just–it’s your face. Your eyes, your expression. You just–you look so beautiful, just as you are right now. I want to be able to see you just like this whenever I want to. I just–I just want a picture of your face.”
“Selfish man,” she teased lightly.
“Will you indulge me?”
She smiled shyly. “Okay.”
When she told him where to find her digital camera, he shook his head. “No, I don’t want to use the digital, and I don’t want to use my phone. I want realpictures, from film. I like the way it looks. Do you have any?”
She did, of course, and he returned a moment later with her 35mm camera and a fresh roll of color film. He sat on the edge of the bed, loaded the camera, and set it on her nightstand. Putting a hand on either side of her, he leaned in and kissed her slowly, lingering, letting his tongue move sensually with hers, then pulling away slightly to suck on her bottom lip. He moved his lips to her neck, and as he did, he slowly pulled the sheet down, exposing her breasts.
