Ch. 21 In My Room
(CLARE)
I really did not want to part my lips from Owen but I needed to breathe so I did pull my lips away but with a huge smile on my face.
"Let's go home." Owen said also with a huge smile on his face.
He kept holding me and carried me to the car, unlocking the passenger door and putting me in. He drives home fairly fast and even though there's lights on in the great room we still go in through his private entrance. He locks the outside door as I drop my purse on his desk then closes his bedroom door as I sit on the bed. Owen picks me up and places me on his lap and I place my arms around his neck.
"You know what the best part is about us being an actual couple and not a fake one?" He asks me with an impish grin.
"What's that?" I question.
"I can do this," he says and then connects his lips with mine briefly, "without needing anyone to be watching and the only reason I need is that you're my girlfriend."
With that he lays me back on his bed and I kick off my shoes as his lips latch onto mine. He licks across my lower lip and I open my mouth slightly to allow his tongue in. I feel him kick off his shoes and he keeps kissing me while he hops over me and lays on his side next to me, I turn on my side and put my arms around his neck his arms go around my lower back pressing me to him. I can feel the bulge in his pants and I don't even get nervous. Every few minutes we pull away for a deep breath and then bring our lips back together. We kiss for hours, I have no idea when we actually got home but it's almost one when we stop. We only stopped because I yawned, I would have happily kissed him all night but I know there will be lots more kissing.
"We should get some sleep Dad's company picnic is tomorrow." Owen says. We untangle from each other so we can get off the bed and I go to the dresser getting out my pajamas and start walking to the washroom when Owen grabs me from behind and kisses my neck. "Where are you going?" He inquires.
"To the washroom to change and get ready for bed." I tell him.
"You can change in here." He says.
"I love you but I'm not ready to change in front of you." I inform him.
"You saw me naked." He retorts.
"In the washroom mirror because you didn't close the washroom door all the way." I remind him.
"Fine go change but hurry back." He sort of grumbles.
I go to the washroom put on my PJ's, brush my teeth, wash my face and then leave the washroom to find Owen leaning against the wall waiting. He smiles when he sees me and he's already stripped to his boxers and I smile at the sight.
"I have to brush my teeth." He says and then kisses me before going into the washroom and he leaves the door open again.
I walk back to his room with a permanent smile affixed to my lips because I am in love. I know for sure that I was never even close to this with K.C. and while I did love Eli in a way it was not like this at all, this feeling of being lighter than air and like the world is all cotton candy and rainbows. I am thoroughly, entirely in love with Owen Milligan and he is in love with me! I get in bed and wait for him, he comes in a minute later, turning off his light, closing his door and getting in bed with me. He lies on his back; I roll over on my side put my head on his chest and lay my arm over his stomach. He puts his arms around me and kisses my head.
"You want to watch a movie?" He asks.
"Mmmm uh uh." I shake my head.
"You wanna make out some more?" He asks.
I don't answer just prop myself up on my arm and capture his lips. After another hour or so of lots and lots of kissing we finally break apart to go to sleep. I lay my head back on his chest and he wraps his arms around me and soon we fall asleep.
(OWEN)
I wake up to Clare still in my arms, something I have done most mornings recently but this morning is different. We're in love, truthfully we've probably been in love with each other for a while but we were too scared to admit it to the other. She wakes up at the same time, looks up at me and smiles; I smile back and kiss her gently.
"Good morning Beautiful." I say when I pull my lips from hers.
"Morning Hubby Boyfriend," she giggles.
I grimace at her for still calling me that but kiss her again. "Come on let's go have breakfast." I insist pulling her up.
Knowing that my parents are actually home today and awake as it's after ten I pull on a pair of shorts before we go out to the kitchen, walking out with my arm around Clare. Mom actually made breakfast and left it out for us as we're the last ones up. I get out the plate of pancakes mom left to keep warm in the oven while Clare makes us coffee and we sit down. There's whipped cream on the table to top the pancakes and I just can't resist.
"I've been wanting to do this for a couple weeks now." I tell her as I pick up the canister.
"Wanting to do…" she starts but stops when I spray the whipped cream on her chest just above her pajama top. "You've already done that." She giggles.
"Yeah but not this." I reply and lick it off of her.
"Ahh Owen!" She squeals.
"What I can do that now?" I shrug.
"Technically no one was stopping you before." She smiles coyly.
"You may not have stopped me before but you would have run home the first chance you got." I say and she doesn't argue.
We eat pretty quickly not saying much but smiling and watching each other a lot. When we're done we get up and take our plates to the sink, she tries to turn around but I trap her with my arms and apprehend her lips in a kiss. She puts her hands on my shoulders and parts her lips sliding her tongue out to meet mine.
"Geez did you two get shot by cupid again or something." Tris teases and I break away from Clare to glare at him.
"We uh said I love you last night." She tells him with a smile and slightly blushing cheeks.
"Aww you two are totes adorable, you're so getting married." Tris says.
"Umm I'm gonna go shower." Clare sort of laughs.
She slips under my arm and I follow her back to my room, she starts heading for the closet to get clothes but I grab her and pull her to the bed.
"You don't need a shower, let's go back to bed." I insist.
"I do need a shower and we have to leave for the picnic soon." She argues.
"Fine can I shower with you then?" I ask hopefully.
"Owen," she giggles, "Eli and I never got past kissing and sharing a bed with you was farther than I ever got with Eli."
"It better be." I say in a firm voice, glowering a little and tensing at Eli's name.
She gently brushes her lips to mine and I relax. "We'll work up to showering together." She smiles. I sigh but let go of her so she can start getting clothes and I lay on the bed. "You know," she says turning to me when she has all her clothes, "it's funny I'm so happy and I feel like I should be telling people that we're together but your parents already know, I mean they thought we were dating before. So do my parents, not that they care but they know. So do the kids at the ravine and Sherry, Cinder, Scott and Tommy."
"We could announce it on facerange." I suggest.
"Let's not." She shakes her head with an interesting look on her face.
"You embarrassed by me or something Hot Legs?" I ask.
She comes over and gives me a quick and soft kiss. "Not at all but I don't know how most of my friends will react, you haven't exactly been nice to them all in the past and you have to admit before a few weeks ago it never entered your mind that we'd even go out let alone fall in love. Don't you think your friends are going to think we're crazy? Julian didn't even know my name." She says.
"I guess you're right." I sigh.
"There are three people that we should probably tell though; Adam, Drew and Bianca. They are the only ones that knew about our deal and the whole fake couple thing we should probably tell them we're a real one now." She points out.
"I still say we should just go back to bed." I say pulling her onto the bed again.
"Owen." She says in a scolding tone.
"Okay okay go shower, I'll call Drew and see if we can come over after the picnic." I sigh letting her up but lightly smack her butt as she walks away.
She just looks back at me biting her lip and I really want to pull her back into the bed but I restrain myself, at least she really is a hundred percent mine now. I take it back someone up there loves me. When I hear the washroom door close I grab my phone from the desk and call Drew.
"What's up?" Drew asks when he answers the phone.
"What are you, B and Adam up to tonight? Around seven or eight?" I ask.
"I don't know?" Drew says.
"Then can we come over for a bit?" I question.
"Sure Mom and Dad are going to some dinner thing tonight so anytime after six should be good." Drew tells me.
"See you tonight then, later." I say and hang up.
Clare's still in the shower so I switch on the TV until I hear it shut off. She takes forever to come out and eventually I lose patience and I go knock on the door.
"I need to shower too." I call through the door.
She opens the door with her mouth twisted at me. "Just a second, I'm drying my hair and then I'll do my makeup in your room." She says.
"Why don't you just do them both in here while I shower?" I query as I take her waist, pick her up and move her away from the door so I can get in.
"I don't think I have a choice." She kind of laughs.
"What you're my girlfriend now, actual real girlfriend and everything and besides you've already seen me which I still don't think is fair." I gripe lightly.
She gives me a sideways look and I turn on the shower setting it to the temperature I like and I look back at her. She's wearing a blue green summer dress with a low neckline and blow drying her hair so it's straight. I just stand there watching her until she looks over at me.
"Are you going to shower Hubby Boyfriend or just stand there watching me?" She asks.
I scowl at her slightly and start taking off my shorts and boxers, she glances over at me her cheeks turn red, she bites her lip and looks away. I laugh and get in the shower as there's a glass door she is very careful not to look over, it's kind of amusing and quite adorable. After she dries her hair she takes her makeup to my room to put it on. I shower quickly and get out wrapping a towel around my waist to go to my room and dress.
"I think you just want me to see you naked because you know what it does to me." She comments.
I look over at her with a cocked eyebrow; she's sitting at my desk and go up behind her putting my arm around her chest and kissing her neck.
"And what does it do to you hmm?" I inquire.
She giggles but before she can answer my dad yells for us that we're leaving in ten minutes so I leave her to get dressed although I'd rather keeping kissing her neck.
(CLARE)
I'm sitting in the back seat of Eric's very nice car on our way to his company picnic. I sit between Tristan and Owen, the former has his arm around me and I'm surprisingly nervous. Last time I was this nervous was when I first met his family and we weren't really a couple then. I'm not meeting any of his family this time just Eric's co-workers and their families but this is our first outing as a couple, a real one. I look at Owen he smiles at me and kisses me gently, I smile when he takes his lips from mine and I lean against him. Eric parks a short time later and I sit up to look out the window, we're at a large park and I see a very large gathering of people just ahead which I assume is the company picnic. We all get out and Owen puts his arm around my waist as we start walking to the group of people.
"Eric glad you make it, get you out of that office for a few hours." A tall man with sandy blonde hair and green eyes greets coming up to us and shaking Eric's hand before turning to Wendy and kissing her cheek. "Wendy lovely as always and is this Tristan you're growing up into a fine young man. Owen good to see you and who is this beautiful creature?" The man asks smiling at me.
"Robert this is my girlfriend Clare." Owen introduces me.
"It's nice to meet you." I say politely as he shakes my hand.
"You too it's about time Owen got a girlfriend, well come on in and enjoy the party." Robert says and we follow him into the gathering of people.
In the next ten minutes I meet at least twenty people most of which work with Eric, almost all of them say the same thing about it being time that Owen has a girlfriend after the first five people say it he gets tense and I reach up and kiss him every time someone says it. Eventually people stop greeting us and we go to the BBQ area to get food. There's picnic tables but also blankets and we sit on a blanket to eat. We don't eat for long before more people come over to say hi and talk, I'm starting to feel slightly out of place as Eric's been with the company for fifteen years and so they've all seen Owen and Tristan grow up and I'm totally new to this group. Owen puts his arm around me though and then everything is fine.
Even though he took twice the amount of food as me Owen finishes before I do, he must have been really hungry and when he finishes he lays on his back on the blanket and puts his head on my lap. I smile at him and run my fingers through his hair and see Owen's parents smiling at us. When Owen's parents are done eating they get up to go socialize and we get up to throw away our plates.
"Hey Owen you want to play Frisbee with us?" A girl around our age asks and she's sort of flirting.
"Thanks but I'd rather sit on the blanket with my girlfriend." Owen says putting his arm around me and now the girl sort of glares at me but Owen doesn't seem to notice. "Clare that's Jessica she's the daughter of Greg one of the marketers." Owen introduces us and then escorts me back to the blanket.
"They had strawberry shortcake for dessert so I got you guys some because I know how you loooove whipped cream." Tris says with a teasing smile.
Owen gives him a look and Tristan walks away laughing, we sit down on the blanket and I take one of the strawberries, swirl it in the whipped cream and feed it to Owen. He smiles and does the same to me, he then sticks his finger in the whipped cream to coat my lips with it and lick it off and I see the glint in his eye that tells me this will quickly progress so when he sticks his finger back in the whipped cream I lick it off his finger before he can put it anywhere else on me.
"We're in public behave." I warn him.
"But I don't want to, you're my girlfriend and I can do things to you without needing a reason other than that." He says in a sort of whiny voice but it's still sweet and I kiss him.
"Let's save the whipped cream fights for your house." I say.
He huffs but gives in and we do actually eat the rest of our dessert although there is more feeding strawberries to each other.
"Owen they're getting ready for the touch football game." Eric says approaching us with another man and a boy around our age, the guys son I assume as they look very similar.
"You can watch me from the sidelines with Mom and Tris." Owen says standing and pulling me up.
We start walking to a nearby field and I get introduced to the man and the boy.
"Score lots of touchdown's Hubby Boyfriend." I smile when we reach the field.
He gives me a lopsided smile and lifts me up by the waist to kiss me before putting me down again. "CHEER NICE AND LOUD FOR ME HOT LEGS!" He calls as I start walking to stand with his mom and Tris.
I freeze and look back at him with a glower on my face, he blows me a kiss and I have to laugh. I stand by Wendy and Tristan and they're both giving me about the same look, which is either for the kiss or the nickname.
"Hot Legs suits you." Tristan smiles.
Wendy just gives me a smile as the game begins; Owen and Eric are on the red team but I've been to two whole football games in my life and I don't remember the names of all the positions or what they do as Spinner explained that all to me two years ago. Oh well I'm really just watching Owen anyway.
"Go Owen whoooo!" I scream when Owen gets the ball and starts running for the goal. He makes the goal and I scream louder.
"So how long have you and Owen been dating?" Jessica asks me.
"Since the beginning of summer but we go to the same school." I tell her.
"He always told me he didn't date, that he didn't want a girlfriend." She says in a slightly snide tone and I have a feeling she's had a crush on him for a while.
I don't blame her one little bit for having a crush but he's mine! I decide to ignore her and just cheer for Owen she seems to get the hint and walks away. Owen's team wins and I run out to the field and throw my arms around him, he picks me up and spins me around before our lips meet. After a couple more hours and lots of meeting people that work with Eric it's time to go, we stop for dinner on the way home and as soon as we're home we get in Owen's car to drive to Adam's. We go to the basement door as always, Owen walking behind me and Adam lets us in. I sit on the sofa next to Adam and Owen sits next to me but refrains from putting his arm around me or anything I think he's waiting to tell them.
"So what do you guys want to do?" Bianca asks.
"Actually before we do anything since you three are the only ones that know about our deal we thought you should know we're dating now. For real this time, we're actually a couple." I tell them and then Owen not only puts his arm around me but pulls me into his lap.
"Yeah I saw that one coming like two weeks ago when you two were sharing a tent on the beach and calling each other Hot Legs and Hubby Boyfriend." Bianca says.
"It's about goddamn time." Drew responds.
"Yeah even I figured you two would be dating soon before you left for the wedding." Adam tells us.
"His family already thought we were dating and my parents, not that they care and the kids from the ravine like Cody and Shelly but we're not telling anyone else yet. Most people didn't take it well that we were even hanging out." I apprise them.
"I won't tell Eli, I'm afraid of what he'd do but what about Alli and the others?" Adam inquires.
"Alli, Wes, Connor and Dave won't be back until right before school starts so I'll deal with it when I see them. Jenna and K.C. have Tyson and I haven't seen or heard from them in a few weeks." I inform them.
"So Hot Legs and Hubby Boyfriend I have to be home in a few hours because I'm still grounded so let's watch movies or something." Bianca insists.
"Movies sound good but nothing scary." I stipulate.
"But scaring you is so much fun." Drew says.
"Plus now that you're mine you can just cower in my arms the whole time." Owen tells me.
"I'm pretty sure she did that last time but I'll put on a comedy." Adam says.
Adam puts in a movie and I stay on Owen's lap for the movie, his lap is quite comfy.
"I have to use the washroom and we need snacks," Bianca announces pausing the movie and getting up.
"I'll make popcorn and grab snacks." Drew says.
"I'll help." Owen offers taking me off his lap.
"I told you he felt the same way about you." Adam insists when the others go upstairs, I grab the throw pillow next to me and smack him with it. "So how did it happen?" Adam asks.
I tell him about the party last night with Anya and how that led to our kiss and confession.
(OWEN)
"So now that you're a real couple how is sleeping in the same bed?" Drew sort of snickers when we get to the kitchen.
"Dude falling asleep with her in my arms all cuddled up to my chest, after a few hours of making out, was awesome!" I tell him as I grab some sodas from the fridge for everybody.
"Aside from making out a lot, anything else change now that you're official?" Drew asks as the popcorn starts popping.
"I don't need a reason or someone to be watching us to kiss her or hold her and all the stuff that I was cautious about before because I was afraid of scaring her off I don't have to be anymore. Like licking whipped cream off her chest for example." I enlighten Drew and he looks at me.
"Kinky." Bianca comments coming out of the washroom.
Drew puts the popcorn in two separate bowls, Bianca grabs a bag of chips and we go back downstairs. Adam and Clare are laughing about something but stop when we come down the stairs. I don't know if it's better or worse that her best friend is a guy and not a girl. We sit back down but since we're eating Clare doesn't get back on my lap. We finish the first movie and then Drew puts in another one, a scary one at which point Clare does get back in my lap and spends most of the movie with her head on my shoulder and my arms tightly around her. When that movie ends and Audra calls to say they'll be home soon we decide to go home as does Bianca. It's only a little after ten when we get back to my place but my parents are already upstairs in their room and Tris went to Tori's. We go down to my room, it's entirely dark in this part of the house and Clare is in front of me and when I shut the door to my room it becomes pitch black and she gasps a little.
"You're awfully jumpy, was it the movie or you afraid of me?" I ask walking to my bed and pulling her with me.
"I would never be afraid of you; I know you'll protect me." She says as she slides her arms around my neck and ensnares my lips in a kiss.
I slip my shoes off and I feel her shoes as they hit the floor next to my feet. Since her dress unzips in the back I start unzipping it slowly then slip the sleeves down her arms and pull the dress over her head, breaking form the kiss to do so and toss it toward the closet. I expect her to stop me at any minute but instead she pulls at my shirt and takes it off me. I lay her back on the bed and bring my lips to hers again, propping myself on one arm so I can kiss her and caress her stomach with my free hand. She's so soft, it's like silk, I want to touch her always, it's almost addicting the feel of her. I'm kissing her with fervor and I'm getting very turned on just kissing her and caressing her belly.
She may really be my girlfriend now but she still hasn't gone past making out and I know she's kinda of shy and cautious about it, so I'm not about to just start fondling her. I'm not going to ask either because she could feel pressured if I ask her or get too scared to do anything if we start talking about it. Instead I'll just experiment I'm pretty sure she'll speak up if I do something she doesn't want me to but even if she doesn't I know how to read her well enough by now, even in the dark, to know when she's nervous.
I start by taking my lips from hers and kissing down her neck and the top of her breasts above her bra. Her breathing hitches slightly and somehow I just know she's biting her lip, she moans a little and her hands come to my head her fingers combing through my hair. I move to kissing her belly and her back arches slightly, her moaning getting a little louder. Clare hasn't stopped me yet so the next time her back arches I move my hands under her and unhook her bra. I stop kissing her skin to take off her bra and now she gets nervous. She doesn't say anything but she tenses a little, and makes the slightest of scared whimpers. Her arms go to her chest and she covers her breasts, I stop everything, dropping her bra to the floor I move up again and lay on my side next to her.
"You okay? We can stop." I tell her, I have no desire to stop but my love for her far outweighs my horny self.
"I'm just nervous, I've never done this." She says a little timidly.
I kiss her softly and stroke her arm. "You don't have to do anything; we don't have to do anything if you want we'll just go to bed right now." I assure her and she kisses me again.
"Stay above the waist and I should be okay." She says.
"Clare I'll be perfectly happy just holding you all night." I tell her.
She puts her hand behind my head and pulls me into a kiss, a passionate loving kiss, her teeth gently tug at my bottom lip before her tongue snakes into my mouth and for once her tongue dominates mine. She's kissing me so hard and with so much feverish passion just the kiss is making me that much more aroused and then she pulls away.
"I know you would but I want to, I trust you. Sex is still scary and I don't know how much I'm ready for but I know you won't hurt me or do anything I don't want. I trust you, I love you Owen." She says to me.
It's amazing how simple word so commonly said every day when grouped together in the right order in a sentence can make your heart soar.
"I love you too Clare." I say it back almost as a whisper as I move a little.
I take her arms gently and take them from her breasts; I wish it wasn't dark so I could see them. She doesn't resist and her arms go to her sides. I don't want her to feel like she's being pinned so I let go of her arms and very softly place my lips on the supple skin of her breasts. She takes a sharp intake of breath and her back arches a little but she doesn't stop me. The skin on her breasts is just as soft as the rest of her skin, like succulent silk and I never want to stop touching her. For several minutes I kiss around her breasts lightly, then I gently graze my nose up to her nipple and it's hard. Moving slowly I open my mouth and envelope her nipple in between my lips. She makes a loud gasp then a moan as her back arches and her hands come to my head again. Swirling her nipple with my tongue and then gingerly sucking on it before I move on to the other to give it equal attention.
"Stop." She sort of whispers when I take my mouth from this nipple.
I move to lying next to her again, propped on my arm and stroking her hair. "Are you okay?" I ask.
She puts her hand on my shoulder and kisses me, softly but with much passion. "I'm fine, I just…" her sentence trails off and so I kiss her.
"It's fine I understand. I'll be right back I have to go take care of something in the washroom." I tell her starting to get up but she stops me.
"I want to help." She says.
"You don't have to." I tell her.
"I want to Owen." She tells me in a determined voice.
I get out of the remainder of my clothes and lie back on the bed. She lies on her side now, propped on her arm and I can feel the heat of her hand as it hovers above my skin, I gently take her wrist and guide her to the base of my throbbing erect dick. She makes a gentle oh sound when she touches me and I moan a little as her nimble fingers embrace me. Without any further direction Clare begins stroking and the feel of her delicately creamy skin feels fucking fantastic. I'm already pretty horny from kissing her and fondling her breasts so it only takes a few minutes before I'm ready to come, since I doubt she wants me to shoot all over her her first time I take over and take her hand away.
"Kiss me." I command softly and her lips are instantly on mine. I moan into the kiss as I climax and she's practically attacking my lips she's kissing me so hard. "I'll be back in a minute; I need to clean up a little." I tell her when I'm done.
I leave the dark room for the dark hall way and clean up as quickly as I can so I can get back to holding her. I expect her to be in pajamas when I go back to the bed but when I get under the covers and she turns over putting her head on my chest and draping her arm over me I'm pleasantly surprised to find she's still only wearing panties.
"You'll hold me all night won't you?" She whispers in a tiny yawn.
"Of course I will, I'm never letting you go again." I assure her.
"I love you Hubby Boyfriend." She says and I can feel her smile against my chest.
"I love you Hot Legs." I reply and kiss her head.
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