Chapter 2

Lucas silently opened the door wider, allowing her to dart into the room, where she stood against the wall facing his bed. Confused, he sat down on the bed watching her. Riley took a deep breath and rushed out "I love you, I've loved you for four years, and I've never gotten over you. I know you don't love me and that is fine, I just needed to tell you before I went crazy". Lucas sat there shocked, watching her brown eyes dart back and forth, her fingers interlacing, realizing how nervous she was. Then it hit him, the girls he dated, they always broke up after a few weeks because "something was wrong". Nothing was really wrong with them, they just weren't Riley. Standing he walked slowly toward her. "Riley, you are the most amazing woman I've ever known, how could I not love you?" Before she had time to respond, he put both hands on her face, bent down and kissed her. As the kiss broke, he stared into her beautiful brown eyes, peaceful now, focused on him, no longer darting around the room. "More" she breathed. Not needing to be told twice, Lucas kissed her again, deepening the kiss as her lips parted and his tongue invaded her mouth. Riley wrapped her arms around his neck, breaking his hold on her face. As they continued to kiss, Lucas' hands travelled down Riley's back, stopping at her hips and pulling her tighter against him. Riley responded by wrapping her legs around him, forcing him to hold her up by her perfect ass. Even though she was very light and Lucas could easily hold her, he wanted to explore as much of her body as possible, so still kissing, he turned around and carried her to the bed. As they hit the bed the kiss broke, and Lucas proceeded to plant feather-light kisses from her ear, down to her neck and collarbone, holding himself up slightly so as not to put too much weight on her. Riley's hands were tugging on his hair and her breathing had accelerated. As he reached the top of her shirt, she arched her back and stripped off the shirt, shocking him. He took a second to appreciate the vision of Riley in just her jeans and light blue bra, her tight tummy and the top of her breasts exposed. Lucas began to kiss his way down her chests, being careful to stay between her breasts so as not to rush her. Suddenly he felt her hands at his waistband as she pulled off his shirt and began to run her fingers up and down his chest and back, her nails lightly scratching him and causing his erection to pulse. As he made her way down her stomach, her hips began to rotate beneath him, and she arched her back to remove her bra. "Wait Riley are you sure?" Lucas asked shocked. "Absolutely" she responded, removing her bra to reveal her firm breasts and erect nipples. With this wondrous new flesh exposed, Lucas growled low in his throat and lost some control, kneading and kissing her breasts and sucking on her nipples as her hips rotated and her hands massaged the muscles in his back. It wasn't until Riley reached down to unbutton her jeans that Lucas snapped back to reality.

"Riley, wait, no, we have to stop" he panted. Riley looked confused and a bit rejected. "But, I want you", she said, "I want you to be my first, you don't want me?" Lucas looked into her eyes sighing, sadness in his eyes. "Baby I want you to be my first too, just not now" he explained, "I never thought this would happen and I don't, I'm not…" Riley looked at him quizzically. "I don't have a condom" he finished. Recognition began to dawn in Riley's eyes. "Don't worry baby", Lucas said as he kissed her on the forehead, "when we are ready and prepared, you will be my first, and I will be yours". Suddenly Riley realized what he was saying. "Wait are you a virgin"? she asked. Lucas looked at her strangely. "Of course I am", he answered, "do you really think I would have lost my virginity to someone I didn't really care about? I was waiting for the right woman, I was waiting for you". Riley flushed at his words as Lucas settled in next to her, pulling her into his arms. After a few minutes Lucas realized there was no way his erection was going away holding her half-naked body. "Riley", he asked, "could you do something for me?" "You want me to leave?" Riley replied. "No, just put your shirt back on, its really hard for me to um, relax with your beautiful body displayed like that" he responded. Riley looked up at him confused, so Lucas pointedly looked down at the bulge in his jeans. Riley still didn't completely understand, but complied and put her bra and shirt back on, snuggling back into his arms. Unfortunately, her closeness still didn't solve Lucas' problem. "Actually Riley", he said regretfully, "you probably better go, everyone will be coming back soon". They got up and started to walk towards the door. "Lucas wait", Riley said, "peek out the door and see if anyone is nearby". Lucas opened the door a crack and stuck his head out while Riley hung back. "All clear" he answered. The two started to hug goodbye, which turned into kissing, which turned into Lucas forcing himself to separate so Riley could leave. She opened the door and entered the hallway, not checking to see if it was still all clear. She took two steps towards her room.

"Riley, what are you doing here?" a familiar voice asked from behind her.

Uh-oh.