So Sorry For The Major Delay This Picks Up Where The Last Chapter Left Off

"Nell, are you almost ready?" Eric called

"Yeah, gimme one more minute!" Nell said through the bathroom door.

"Well hurry because I hear that the waves are awesome today"

"Kay, I'm done", said Nell as she opened the door sporting a floral patterned sun skirt and plain white tank top.

"Wow, you look great," Eric complimented.

"Thanks," she replied with a shy smile.

As she walked past him to the kitchen he noticed a tattoo on her left shoulder blade; it looked like a flower, a hibiscus to be specific.

"Is that a tattoo?"

"Uh yeah; wait...where; which one?"

"On your shoulder blade, there." Eric answered as he touched the spot where the tattoo was. "There's more?" he questioned, referring to her words earlier.

"Yeah there's more." she said giving him a kiss, "But we can explore those later" she whispered in his ear.

Well two can play this game, he thought.

"Are you sure that you wanna go to the beach, I mean we have all day we could just stay here if you would like" He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her softly and trailed down to her neck sending shivers down her spine.

"Hmm, I would love to take you up on that and maybe explore the piercings too, but you said you would take me to the beach and we are going to the beach." she replied.

"Okay, let's go"

The crowds at the beach were surprisingly small for a Saturday, so Eric had no trouble parking and getting to the beach.

For the next 2 hours she sat and wondered how she could ever get so lucky to have such a wonderful man in her life. He was everything that her mom and sisters taught her to look for in a man. He was a complete gentleman, he was kind and loving and he didn't pressure her for sex.

When he came out of the water, he dried off and sat next to Nell and gently pulled her into his lap and kissed her hair just enjoying her presence. For the first time in years he felt at ease and happy. Nell's soft voice brought him out of his thoughts.

"Wanna go grab lunch and then head back to your place for movies?"

"Sounds perfect."

Two hours later, the two had eaten and returned to Eric's apartment to watch movies.

"Okay let's watch The Matrix Trilogy, and if we finish we can watch all the Avenger movies separate then watch The Avengers" Nell called from the bathroom, where she was changing into her pyjamas.

"Sure baby, that sounds good," Eric replied as he set up the DVD player. He turned around to see Nell smiling leaning against the wall wearing one of his t-shirts and a pair of short shorts.

"Like what you see Ms. Jones?"

"Oh, believe me I do." She replied with a seductive smile as she closed the distance between them and wrapped her arms around his waist, stood on tip toe and kissed him, but pulled back as he tried to deepen it.

"No sex, remember" Nell reminded him.

"Yea sorry I couldn't help myself" He said looking slightly guilt.

"It's ok but Eric I have a confession to make" Nell said looking a little embarrassed.

"Hey its okay Rockstar you can tell me anything."

"Eric this could possibly change our relationship quite a bit."

"Nell please, tell me, you can trust me."

"Eric I am a virgin."