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“Well, losing my daughter for a month did wonders for my self-esteem. By that, I mean I couldn’t be bothered to give a shit what any of them thought of me anymore.”
“Atta girl,” I smile proudly down at her and hold my hand up for a high-five which she returns, giggling. “So… what about me? I’ve kind of already met Luna,”in the most intense way possible, “and I’m here with you.”
“I know, it’s crazy,” she shakes her head with a dreamy look. “You just sort of… happened. And I’m glad you did.”
“You and Luna happened for me too…” I trail off and she must sense my uncertainty.
“You know, we don’t have to have the ‘where do we go from here’talk. Not tonight.” Something changes in her eyes. I see a yearning, a desire there.
“Okay,” I nod, “not tonight.”
The truth is, if you were to ask me right this second, I’d be able to tell you where Iwantthings to go from here, but it’s so soon to tell, especially with the direction of all the other aspects of my life so uncertain. It’d be cruel to promise her a future at this moment when I still have other things to figure out. But I do know that after tonight, I want to get to a place, a moment, where I can. I want more of her, and in so many ways.
For now, I slowly lean down and bring my mouth down on top of hers. The kiss is slow and soft, our lips brushing and plying against each other. I tuck a hand behind her head and stroke her jaw with my thumb as her arms go around my neck.
My movements are slow; deliberate. I enjoy the taste as I kiss her before moving my face to her neck to breathe her in. I never knew I wanted to touch someone ever again until I touched Kasey. I hold her close to me like I’m trying to cyphen all the passion, love, and affection that I didn’t think I wanted or needed over the last five years. Like I was fine without it until she gave it to me, and now I yearn for it.
Her hands find my hair as I kiss my way down to her shoulder, to her collar bone, and then to her chest. Her breathing deepens as I pull the sheet down to expose more of her. I cup her breast and bring my mouth down over her nipple, pressing my tongue against it. She lets out a shuddery breath that I swear I hear my name on. I want to have her again, but this time, I’ll take it slow and enjoy every single second. I’m going to spend the rest of the night making her feel what someone should be making her feel every night of her life.
Kasey
My eyes open easily to sunlight streaming into the room, and I take a deep contented breath. A night like that was long overdue, and I don’t think I could let go of it if I wanted to. The most perfect reminder is pressed against my back in the form of a solid masculine body that’s warm and smells like an ocean breeze. Ben’s warm lips meet my shoulder making the corner of my mouth turn up, and I can’t help rolling over to see what his sleepy morning face looks like.
His light brown eyes are open and I see a smile in them I don’t think I’ve seen before.
“Good morning,” he rumbles in a sexy morning voice.
“Morning,” I parrot back to him and inch over to him, making him roll to his back. I fold my arms on his chest and rest my chin on them. “That was some night.” I act carefree and casual, but I’d be lying if I said some small part of me wasn’t dropping a line to see if he bites. Like I said last night, we don’t have to talk about where this is going, but I wouldn’t mind having an idea.
“You can say that again,” he rasps as he picks up a strand of my hair and begins twirling it around his finger. “You know, last night you said you didn’t want to have ‘the talk’ but…”
“I didn’t say I didn’t want to,” I correct him, feeling a brick sink down in my gut, “I just said we didn’t have to.”
Ben opens his mouth to respond but is cut off by the jiggling of my door handle, causing us both to bolt upright.
“Mom?” Luna’s voice travels through the wood. “Why is your door locked? Can I have breakfast?”
You have got. To be. FuckingKIDDING ME!
Of all mornings,thisis the one the little fart chooses to wake up early?!
Um, um…
I scramble up into a sitting position and Ben whips the covers off his gloriously naked body and scoots out of the bed.
“I must’ve locked it by accident,” I call out to her as I climb out of the bed. “I’m still waking up, why don’t you get yourself some cereal, kid?”
I look around for something to pull on and find a t-shirt on the floor that I wore two days ago, but oh well. I slip it on as Ben pulls up his shorts, being as quiet as he can with his clothes. I frantically look around as he pulls on his shirt and then walks directly to the window. He raises the sill and effortlessly pops out the screen. I can’t believe this is happening.
I shake my head as he tosses his shoes out the window and puts one leg through while steadying himself in the frame.
Oh my God, I’m back in high school.
I can’t help a laugh at the situation as Ben tries to pull his other leg out the window before falling out the other side and landing in the shrubbery.
“Son of a…!” I hear him grunt along with the rustling of the bushes, and I have to press both my hands over my mouth to contain my laughter. When his head reappears in the window, I’m overjoyed to see him smiling wide and silently laughing along with me. His eyes are crinkled with the smile, and I realize I haven’t seen that wide of one on his face before. He should do it more often.
I come over, resting my hands on the sill and he reaches for the side of my face with one hand, still grinning. He kisses me once, then twice before I let him go, and turn to see what kind of damage control I have to do with my daughter.
