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Sienna opened her mouth and closed it again. She reached for her beer and took a long drink. “Is that it?”
“Is that not enough?” Natalie wet her lips. There was no anger in either of their voices. And it was probably for the best that they were talking this out now and not in the morning with both of them in Sienna’s bed.
“I’m just wondering if you have any other arguments?” Sienna took another drink before setting it back on the coffee table.
Natalie tilted her head, somewhat perplexed by Sienna’s semi-confident, almost casual approach to this conversation. “Well, I’d also say that since your mother threw out my CDs and called me a home-wrecker, I doubt I’d be welcome for Thanksgiving dinner.”
Sienna grinned, a gentle laugh bubbling up as she spoke. “Okay, that’s true.”
“Why are you taking this so well?” Natalie asked, searching Sienna’s eyes. She expected Sienna to be angry with her, to flat out tell her that she was wrong, that they could work.
“Because you didn’t push me away.”
Natalie rolled her eyes as she got up, unable to sit still any longer, not with Sienna that close anyway. She didn’t know what to do now that she was standing, with Sienna looking up at her, that smirk still on her lips.
“You’re too confident for your own good,” Natalie said, raking a hand through her hair.
Sienna stood up. “I was listening to what you said.” She came into her space, her hand finding Natalie’s at her side, Sienna’s thumb delicately caressing the inside of her wrist. “And on paper? Yeah, this probably doesn’t make much sense. But when we’re together?” Sienna held her gaze, lifting her other hand to brush Natalie’s hair behind her ear, the sensation sending a jolt of electricity through her entire body. “This last month has been…” Her voice trailed off. “I’ve never felt like this before. I know it doesn’t make sense. But whenever we’re together, neither of us wants the night to end. Time is irrelevant when I’m with you.”
Natalie’s breath caught in her throat. It didn’t make sense. But it was undeniable.
Natalie brought her hand up to Sienna’s neck, her thumb lightly stroking the soft skin beneath her hair. “I know,” she said in just above a whisper. “I feel the same way.” She searched Sienna’s eyes. “But I can’t get in the way of—”
Sienna silenced her with her lips, and Natalie could feel her resolve evaporating as her other hand slid underneath Sienna’s top, her palm gliding over her hip and around to her back, their bodies pressed together now, their kisses growing more heated.
This was insane.
Natalie still fought with that voice in the back of her head telling her she could still stop, but then another thought jumped to the front of her mind, and she did pull away, just far enough to still share the same breath, for their noses to be touching.
“Sienna,” Natalie breathed. “I haven’t…” She swallowed. “It’s been a really long time since…”
“Hey,” Sienna said softly, her thumb running along Natalie’s jawline as she leaned back far enough to meet Natalie’s eyes. “We can take this slow. And also, it’s been a while for me too.”
“Really?”
Sienna nodded.
Natalie had made assumptions. That even though Sienna wasn’t out, she surely had a friends-with-benefits situation or a long-distance off and on again kind of relationship going on at some point in the last year.
Natalie almost countered her, that however long it had been for Sienna, it had been much longer for her, but she swallowed down those words. She was done fighting this. Her whole body was on fire, and she couldn’t remember the last time she’d felt this alive.
Natalie’s hands were on Sienna’s hips now, knowing that Sienna was waiting for her to determine how this night would go. Were they going to pause this now or give in?
Her hands slid down to Sienna’s ass, the fabric of her white wash jeans smooth beneath her fingertips, and before she knew what she was doing, she was leaning in and kissing Sienna again.
12
Sienna flicked the switch for the accent lights, keeping the lighting low and warm as she closed her bedroom door behind them, and any thoughts of taking this slow were thrown out the window when Natalie backed her up against the door, her hungry eyes raking over her before she pushed Sienna’s hands above her head and kissed her thoroughly.
Sienna moaned into the kiss. Natalie’s body pressed against hers, and Sienna lost herself in the kiss, in the urgent and all-consuming way that Natalie had taken over.
When Sienna felt the weight against her hands lessen, Sienna slid them out from underneath Natalie’s, giving into the desire to touch Natalie. She let her hands roam over Natalie’s jeans and up along her sides as Sienna took charge of the kiss now, eventually backing Natalie up against the bed.
Sienna gently pushed her back, and Natalie sat on the edge, her palms resting on the sheets behind her as she leaned back a little, looking her up and down.
“I have to say, this is unexpected,” Sienna said with a slight grin as she took off her shirt, loving the way that Natalie was looking at her right now. “Not that I spent much time imagining this. But I never would have guessed it’d be like this.”
“How do you know what it’s going to be like?” Natalie asked, sitting up to run her hands over Sienna’s skin, sliding up her sides to palm her breasts through her bra. “We haven’t been together yet,” Natalie said as she groped Sienna’s breasts, her fingers toying with Sienna’s nipples through the thin fabric.
