Laura looked up at Mark. "I love you too." She said. Mark kissed her on the top of her head and led her into the house. "How long on dinner?" he asked. "Half an hour." She said. Mark nodded and took her hand and led her to the den. He sat down on the couch and pulled her down to straddle his lap facing him. Mark leaned toward her and kissed her cheek. Laura was just staring at Mark; he was so gorgeous, those startling green eyes, long lashes, those full lips. She raised a hand and ran it threw his short auburn hair; her hand came down his neck and to his face to caress his goatee. Her eyes never left his. "You are so Beautiful." She told him. Mark had been called a lot of things, sexy, handsome, and hot. But never beautiful. It was his undoing. He gently cupped the back of her head and drew her lips down to his. He caressed her bottom lip with his. She moaned and tried to move closer to him. Mark opened his mouth and used his tongue to trace her lips. Laura was spiraling out of control; she had never felt anything like she was feeling now. He pulled back just an inch. "Open your mouth for me Baby girl." He said. She could feel his warm breath on her lips. He lowered his lips to hers again and once again ran his tongue across her lips; he gently pushed against her lips with his tongue. Laura opened her mouth to him. He gently slid his tongue in her mouth invaded the warm recesses of her mouth. Laura moaned and pushed herself as close to him as she could get. His tongue found hers and dueled with it over and over. Laura gently closed her lips around his tongue and gently sucked on it. Mark groaned with passion. He pulled his lips from her pulled her to him and buried his face in her neck. Laura tried to pull his face back to hers. But he didn't let her. "Baby, its time for dinner, go on I'll be there in a minute." She looked at him, but got up. He stood up and kissed her cheek gently. "Go on; ill be there in a minute." She went to the kitchen. Mark old boy that was really stupid. You're playing with fire. He told himself. His body had a mind of its on and right now he was telling it to calm down and shut up. You should have never started that Mark. Mark paced a few minutes to calm himself down and went to the kitchen.
Dinner wasn't the quite affair he thought it would be. Laura didn't seem to be the least upset and she chatted on about school and her computer program. Mark felt himself relax and thing were back to normal for him by the end of the meal. They got up and washed the dishes and Laura went up to take a shower.
Laura threw off her clothes and hopped in the shower. The water seemed to torture her already frustrated body. She was blown away by the kiss Mark had given her. He body was so wound up. She sighed. Mark was not to going to do anything more till she was older, she knew that, in fact respected him and loved him for that. But it was still frustrating. Well she only had a little more than 3 months till she was 18. When that time came she wasn't going to let Mark stop with a kiss. She loved Mark and wanted to be with him in everyway. Well you're just going to have to be patient Laura.
Laura woke up Saturday to Mark gently shaking her. "Baby doll, wake up." He said. Laura opened her eyes and smiled at him. "Morning." "Morning, sweetness." He said. "Lets go for a ride." He said. "Okay, one condition, I want to ride with you" she said. Mark was mildly surprised. Once she had got her motorcycle license, she loved to ride on her own. "Sure Baby." he said. "Breakfast is ready, get dressed and come on down." He said. "Okay." She sat up in the bed. "Hey wait; you didn't give me a kiss." She pouted. Mark grinned. She was full of the devil this morning. He walked back over to the bed. "Sorry little lady, what was I thinking." He said. He bent over her and gave her a kiss on the head. "Well if that's the best ya can do, I suppose that's fine." She said. She put her feet over the edge of the bed to get up. Mark grabbed her and sat her on his lap. "What ya trying to say, little girl?" He asked. Laura giggled. "That was just kinda pathetic, that's all." She said. "Pathetic huh?" He asked. He bent and gave her a soft kiss on her lips. "That better." He asked. "Yea, much better." She put her arms around him and hugged him. "You being a naughty little thing this morning." He said. She just smiled at him and got up to get dressed. Mark left and she pulled out some jeans and a tank top. It was nice day out she wouldn't need her jacket she thought.
They had a great day. They rode most of the morning. Laura enjoyed riding with her arms wrapped around Mark. They had packed a picnic lunch and stopped and ate in a beautiful meadow. When they finished eating. They sat talking about what colleges she had applied to. She was to take her SAT's Monday. Mark wanted her to go to college, but the thought of her moving away was killing him. She saw the look on his face. "Mark I applied to the University of Houston. If I get accepted that's the one I'm going to." She said. Mark looked at her. "Laura I don't want you to move away, but I want you to go wherever you want to." "Mark I want to be near you, so I can see you when your home." She said. "Mark if I stay here in Houston, can I still stay at the house, even after you go back on the road?" She asked. "Of course you can Baby, you can stay there as long as you want." He said "Even if you aint home, I will feel close to you staying there." She said. Mark pulled her close to him. "I'm going to miss you when I go back on the road, but I will call ya everyday." he said. Laura didn't even want to think about Mark leaving. Mark yawned. He was sleepy. Laura pulled the big man over. "Put your head in my lap." She said. Mark stretched out and put his hand in her lap. She started rubbing her fingers threw his hair and massaging his scalp. "Mmm, that feels good." He said. Mark fell to sleep. Laura set there and watched him sleep. She ran her fingers threw his hair loving the feel of it. "I love you so much." She whispered.
Laura sat at the computer doing some work on one of her programs, when her cell rang. It was Jason. "Hi Jason, what's up" she said. "My Uncle wants to buy that program from you, and check this out, He want you to come work for him." He said. "Your kidding." she yelled. "Nope, he wants you to come in to see him Tuesday." He said. "Tell him I'll be there." She said. "Sure thing." He said. They talked for a while longer about the SAT's coming up Monday. Jason had applied to Houston University too. They were hoping they both got accepted. "Well I gotta go, Ill see ya." She said. "See ya." Jason said.
Laura was excited, a job a real job, she couldn't believe it. She went to look for Mark. He was on the deck drinking a beer. "Guess what?" she said, sitting down on his lap. Mark set the beer down and wrapped his arms around her. "What?" he said. "Jason's Uncle wants to buy that program I wrote and he wants to hire me to work for him." She said. "Baby that's great, I'm so proud of you." Mark said. "I knew my baby girl was a genius." He teased. She grinned at him. "Mark none of this wouldn't ever had happened if it wasn't for you, Thank you." She said. "Laura you done all the hard work yourself, you deserve good things." Mark said. Laura laid her head on Marks chest. "I wish we could stay like this forever Mark." She said. Mark stroked her back. "Me too Baby, me too." He said. "Come on in, it's getting chilly." Mark said. They went to the den and they sat down to watch some TV. Laura laid there against Mark trying to figure out how to get him to kiss her. He seemed totally into the news. Great she thought. Laura started rubbing his arm. He didn't take a bit of notice. Laura couldn't set still and kept wiggling around like she couldn't get comfortable. Mark looked down at her. "What in the world is wrong with ya girl?" he asked. "Nothing." She said. He just shook his head and turned back to the TV. Laura continued too squirm around on the couch. "Damn girl, your giving me the jitters, set still." Mark said. "Sorry." She muttered. Okay nothing was working she thought. Mark looked over at her. Damn what was she pouting about he thought. Her bottom lip was practically dragging the floor. "Want to tell me what the problem is?" He asked. "There aint no problem." She snapped. "Why ya sitting over there pouting for then?" he asked. "I AINT POUTING." She hollered. "Don't raise your voice to me, little girl." He said. She crossed her arms and sat there looking mad as hell. "Why don't ya go to bed, your probably just tired." He said. That did it. "I am not a 2 year old that needs a nap cause I'm cranky." She screeched at him. "Well you could have fooled me, cause that's exactly what you acting like." He said. "Well just screw you and your stupid opinions Mark." She yelled. Mark gave her a dangerous look. "One more word and I'm going to put you across my knee." He said in a dark tone. "Oh Yeah, well what's the word, ASSHOLE?" she said. "That was it." He said and dragged her across his lap. Mark didn't like this one bit. Laura was the sweetest girl, what the hell was wrong with her. He sat there with Laura across his lap. Damn he didn't want to do this. But she had crossed the line, he had warned her, if he backed up now, she would be running over him like a freight train. "Ya know, all the blood is rushing to my head, anytime today ya want to get this over with." She said. All the anger had left Laura, she knew she had acted like a nut; love can make you crazy she thought. Mark grinned in spite of himself. "Hello, can't this cause like a brain aneurysm or something." She said. Mark wiped the smile off his face and carefully put on the undertaker look. He sat her up on his lap. "Laura, we can do this two ways, you can tell me what the hell the problem is and we can talk about it or you can go right back across my knee." He said. There he thought, he got out of having to do something he didn't want to, but he still sounded like he was in charge and wasn't going to take no shit. "Do what ya gotta do," she said, "I was acting like a total spaz I deserve it." Laura thought what the hell am I going to tell him I was mad cause he was watching TV. Yeah that sounds real mature. Mark just sat there, she was not cooperating. She was supposed to tell him what's wrong, not give him the go ahead to spank her. She peeked at Mark, he had that mean look on his face that she didn't like. Mark sighed "You sure you don't want to talk about this?" he said. Laura looked at him, there was no way she was going to tell him she was mad cause she wanted to kiss and she couldn't figure out how to get his attention. It made her sound like a dork. She shook her head. She got up and bent over his lap, waiting. "Aww Hell." He picked her up and sat her on the couch. "I'm just a damn wimp, Darlin I can't spank ya, I aint even mad no more. Laura looked over at him and started to cry. "You're too good for me Mark, I don't deserve you. I said all that awful stuff to ya." she said. Mark moved over to her and put his arm around her. "Don't cry baby, tell me what's bothering you." "I didn't mean that stuff I said." She told him. "I know that little girl." He said. "Now dry up those tears and tell me what's wrong." She sniffed and looked down at her hands. "Its stupid." She said. "It aint stupid if it got you so upset." He said. Okay I might as well tell him, then he would know what a total idiot I am. "I wanted you too….I mean you just kept watching TV and…Aww hell." She said. Mark looked at her confused. Jeez she felt stupid. "I wanted ya to kiss me and I got mad cause you kept watching TV." She said. There I said it she thought. Laura kept her head down and her face was red. "Come here girl." She went over to Mark. He lifted her chin up and looked at her. "I think I'm in the mood to spank ya again, why the hell didn't ya just say so." He shook his head. Women were weird creatures. "You're a silly little thing, I don't know whether to kiss ya or spank ya." He said. "Well I'm kinda going for the kiss." Laura said and smiled. "Oh you are are you?" Mark said. Mark laid her across his lap and cradled her in his arms. He bent his head down and captured her lips with his. He flicked his tongue across her lips. Laura opened her mouth and ran her tongue around his lips. Mark groaned. Mark crushed her to him and drove his tongue into her mouth over and over. Mark pulled back and placed kisses all over her face. Laura was breathing hard, damn but he set her on fire. "Next time ya want a kiss baby just ask Now get up to bed." Mark said. Laura giggled "Yes Lord Of Darkness." She said. She leaned over and gave him a quick kiss. "I love you." She said. "I love ya too Baby.".