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She ran her hands through her hair, pulled her ponytail out and then fixed it. “It was all those things, but then it was more. Looking back, it was stupid, but again we were kids.”

He waited a second and then said, “Don’t tell me someone was giving you a hard time about dating me. Or not being good enough.”

“Yeah,” she said. “Nothing more than I always dealt with in life. You were this nice kid and you didn’t need to be dragged down by dating me.”

“What the hell nonsense is that? There was no dragging down.”

How had they gone from saying they loved each other to this?

“I know that now,” she said. “And don’t get upset. It’s as you said—we were sixteen. And when a few weeks went by and you didn’t even talk to me again, I just told myself it was for the best. That I did us both a favor.”

“No,” he said. “You didn’t. I can’t profess to say we would have never broken up. No one knows that. I just know that you broke up with me and I let you go. That is how I see it.”

“You let me go?” she asked.

“Yeah,” he said. “Back then I moved on like I did so much in my life, but I always regretted not asking you why. Or finding out more. But time went by and...here we are. I want the truth now.”

“It’s what I told you. Nothing more. I promise.”

“I want to be annoyed, but I can’t. We were kids. We both did stupid shit in our lives as kids, but now we are in a different spot. One I don’t want to get out of.”

“Me neither,” she said. “So I’m going to tell you to take me to bed. I’m hot and tired and sweaty so I guess I should say I need a shower first.”

“We can take a shower together,” he said. It seemed she didn’t want to talk about this anymore. He should push more, but he was content with the answers he’d gotten.

“We haven’t done that yet,” she said.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her up the stairs. They were both shedding their clothes on the way and by the time they got to her room, they were stepping out of their undergarments and he was turning the shower on.

This room needed some work too, but it wasn’t horrible. The shower was nice and big and would hold them both. The tub with all the jets had seen better days, but he’d told himself he wasn’t going to bring it up.

Together they’d been working on her hall bathroom upstairs in the past two weeks. She’d brought it up and he was thrilled.

“I need a condom,” he said, turning when she went to grab his hand and pull him into the shower.

“Nope,” she said. “Not unless you want to. I’m on birth control.”

“That works for me,” he said, joining her.

He adjusted the water so that it was cooler than normal and felt wonderful on his overheated skin.

They could make their own heat and steam anyway.

Her arms went around his neck, he walked a few steps to the back of the shower and had the water hitting him on the back now, her up against the cool tiles.

He pushed her wet ponytail away from her face and had it behind her. His hair was plastered to him too.

It didn’t seem to matter when they were like this and naked though.

“How do you want to do this?” she asked.

“Hop up and put your legs around my waist. I’ve got you. I promise.”

“I trust you,” she said.

In his eyes that was more important than her words of love.

His mouth sought hers savagely, his dick probing around until it found her opening, then slid in.

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