Ch 18: Waiting (WARNING: SHORT CHAPTER)

I turn my head and kiss Oliver with all my might. It's probably the fiercest kiss we've ever shared. Our lips are crushed against each others and our tongues are clashing for superiority. I felt his hands reach up and cup my butt and squeeze it. I grin into the kiss and squirm in his grip and end up grinding my hips against his. Oliver groans and we separate. His eyes are nearly rolled back into his head and he's panting.

"Katie..." he pants. I get up off him and he stands up, leaning heavily on the rail. I slide an arm around his waist and pull him into our apartment.

"I love you so much," he whispers, picking me up and carrying me into his room. I gasp when I see red candles floating in the air, illuminating a bed covered in red rose petals.

"Oliver! It's so...romantical!" I think I just made that up. Great. Now I sound like an idiot.

But instead he just laughs and drops me on the bed. Wait, more like set me on the bed. He sits down next to me and I finger his tie, looking at the detailed silk. This is such a great tie...maybe I'll borrow it someday.

"Mmm. Gryffindor colors," I murmur, fingering his tie. I look up and see that his eyes are darker than before. I smirk at him and he smirks back. So all this time, those dark eyes were lusty eyes. Well, let's see how much self-control he has.

I tug on his tie and pull his face closer to mine. I smirk again before pushing my lips onto his. He shifts as I suck on his lower lip, and then he swings himself up on top of me, pinning me onto the bed. Rose petals are collecting near my head, and my nostrils are filled with their scent.

"I love the smell of roses," I say, picking one up and stroking his lips with it. His eyes soften as I move the petal to his cheek.

"I know. You told me when we were 12. I guess I never forgot," he says with a shrug. I raise my eyebrows really high on my forehead. He remembered what I said when I was twelve? I don't even remember what I said an hour ago!

"Good memory," I whisper. He closes his eyes and nuzzles my hand affectionately. He tilts his head and kisses the pad of my thumb, opening his eyes only briefly. Then oh wow...this feels great. He's trailing his lips down my hand...up my arm...across my collar bone...(Panting)

"Katie," he groans before kissing me on the lips. I moan deep in my throat and I giggle. It tickles, even though I'm doing it to myself. He separates from my lips and he's kissing down my neck and going lower.

Right now, his lips are between my breasts, and his breath is making the hair on my neck stand up, it feels so...perfect.

"Oliver," I groan, arching into his kiss. I feel him smile against my chest and an arm slinks around my waist, holding me in that position. His other hand, his right hand, caresses my side through my dress, and my skin is burning under his touch. Burning for him...

"Katie, I love you," he whispers, his kisses trailing back up my skin. My eyes are closed and my head is thrown back. It feels like time has stopped and it's just me and him. Nothing else matters.

"I love you, too," I pant back. Geeze, I barely recognize my own voice.

"I want you so much," he groans in my ear before placing his lips around my earlobe and sucking. His hips are directly over mine and well...I can really tell that Oliver wants me. He arches against me, pressing his hips into mine almost painfully, our clothing making a bit of friction. I groan but no. I can't.

"Oliver, stop," I rasp. He stops sucking and rolls over so we're on our sides facing each other. His eyes are half-lidded, but they're full of emotion.

"What's wrong?" he asks, using one hand to stroke his hair out of his eyes. Haha, Oliver looks so cute with his hair ruffled like that.

"I love you and want you too...but. I just can't. I need to wait. We need to wait," I say, stroking a few petals between my fingertips, not meeting his eyes. I guess I'm afraid of his reaction.

"OK," he says. What?! My eyes fly up to meet his, and he's smiling softly. I furrow my brows and before I can say anything, he speaks.

"If you want to wait, we'll wait. I'm in no hurry," he says reassuringly. That's so sweet.

"I love you," I say suddenly, leaning forward to meet his lips with mine. I know, we're saying those three words a lot tonight, but hey, we've never told each other that we love each other, so we're just uh, getting used to it! Yeah, that's it.

The kiss ends and Oliver strokes my head, his rough hand messing up my hair. But like I said earlier, nothing matters right now but me and him.

"I'm going to go take a shower," he says abruptly, sitting up and walking out of the room. Wait, why? Oh...right. He has to take care of something. I kind of feel bad for making him like that, but I have to wait until after we're married. It's just a personal thing I guess.

He came back some 10 odd minutes later, and we slept in the bed of roses, his arms around my waist. Just had an epiphany though...I finally know what true love is. It's Oliver.

Whine all you want, but that's all you're getting for this chapter. HAH! I DIDN'T say that was all for TODAY! ::Shrug:: I warned you guys a while ago that these last chapters were gunna get short, but I'm just trying to reach 20 chapters. But don't worry, I'll update before the day is done! Now for my List of Fabuloso Reviewers! But first, a quick note. There WAS a considerable passage of time (lol, at LEAST three weeks) so it wasnt like 'i love you' and then the next day 'will you marry me?' so yall can just chill about that, mmk? Okies, NOW for the list!
-Paradise-Unknown (sometimes things that you come up with at the last second are the best!)
-Katie
-inu-kokoro
-old school rocker
-creepy susie
-megan
-kathy
-webster
-ihope4anarchy (Seriously...if ONLy they were all TALL and HANDSOME and SWEET. argh, it's hard enough finding a guy taller than me! I'm 5'10" fyi..lol, random i kno)
-crying pixie
-denisee-lahh
-soccer-bitch
-ShadowStar21
-Me
-endlessromance
-candymoon
-lindalee4