Disclaimer: In chapters 1-5, I used them… eventually, I will put them back… I swear…
A/N: Sarah, Sarah, Sarah… what am I going to do with you? With the way she ended chapter 5, I had to write this the way I wrote it… but hey, I somehow managed to take this where I wanted to take it… I think you'll like how it turned out… Sarah and I skipped out on classes today to finish this up… who needs a degree? lol
A/N2: We can leave this as it is, or… over the weekend we can come up with some more and post what we come up with on Monday. You guys just let us know… do we stop here or what? Good reviews equals more typing time for me and Sarah… bland reviews, well then… the story stays as is and we start on something else… it's up to y'all. Either way, we'll write…
Coveted Cotton
"Tell-All-Your-Friends"
Chapter 6
I kick off my shoes, rid myself of socks, and when I look up at her, I stop and stand completely still…
She is staring at me, her eyes full of concern…
I don't have to ask her what's wrong.
I already know.
She's worried about consequences…
She's thinking that this is going to change everything…
She's wondering if she's really ready to take this step…
Without saying a word, I walk over to her and pull her into my arms.
I hold her close to me, feeling her body shake as I listen to her sob quietly…
I kiss her on top of the head and, my voice a whisper, I ask her, "Is it okay if I just hold you?"
She pulls away from me a little, looks up at me, and nods.
I walk over to her bed and pull the covers back. I crawl into the bed and she crawls in next to me, burying her face in my shoulder.
I wrap my arms around her and close my eyes.
"I'm sorry." She says, her voice muffled.
I pull her closer to me and whisper, "You don't owe me an apology… or an explanation."
She positions herself so that she can look me in the eyes.
"It's not that I don't want to…" She says, her words interrupted as I press my index finger to her lips.
"Mac… I understand." I tell her, looking into her eyes. I flash her a smile and add, "Besides… this is nice."
I feel her slip her hand into mine as she says, "I want to be with you…"
Laying here, holding her close to me, I remember something that I realized years ago but somehow allowed myself to forget…
She is the best thing that has ever happened to me.
She snuggles up against me and whispers, "I want to get this right… I can't mess things up with you… I can't afford to… with the others, I had nothing to lose… with you… it's different. I want to be with you… you're the one… "
I close my eyes and feel them start to burn as tears form.
That's all I've ever wanted…
I have wanted to be the one she wants to be with, the one she loves, the one she comes home to, the one she shares herself with… the one who kisses her until she is breathless, the one who makes love to her, the one hold who holds her while she sleeps…
I open my eyes and, with tears streaking my face, I whisper, "Lets take forever one day, one hour, one minute… one step at the time."
She pulls away from me and, when she sees my tears, she starts crying again.
She presses her lips to mine and as we kiss, her free hand makes it's way up my chest.
When the kiss ends, I smile at her and whisper, "I love you… you know that, right?"
She nods and tells me, "I know… and the feeling is oh, so mutual…"
"So… you love me, huh?" I ask, my hand slipping out of her hand and around her waist.
I trace a line from her shoulder down to her hand, and, holding her hand once again, I lean in close to her and kiss her again.
This kiss is long, slow… deepened as she opens her mouth, allowing our tongues to dual passionately…
I pull away, breathless, and she looks into my eyes.
"I love you." She says simply.
Once again, my lips find their way to hers, and as we kiss, our hands busy themselves exploring each other's bodies…
We pull away from each other and she smiles up at me.
"I bet you some amazing, tell-all-of-you-friends sex that I get to that shirt before you do…" She says, tossing the covers off of her and getting out of bed.
Hot damn!
I fight the covers and, unsuccessful in my attempts to free myself from them, I fall face-first onto her floor.
Crawling and still struggling with the covers, I slowly but surely make my way into her living room.
She is laughing as I stand up and struggle to untangle myself.
"I win…" She says, holding the shirt in her hand.
I shake my head.
If it wasn't for my bad luck, I'd have no luck at all…
"Congratulations." I say dejectedly.
She is still smiling as she walks over to me.
"You lost our little bet, didn't you?" She asks, ruffling my hair and laughing.
"Yeah… I lost the bet… but in a way, I still won." I tell her, smiling at her.
She raises an eyebrow and threatens, "If you try to take this away from me, I will forget that I love you and I will kick your ass…"
I laugh as I take a step towards her.
"I lost the bet… but I still have you… so, in a way… I still won." I explain, reaching out to her.
She drops the shirt and leans up against me.
"I won the bet… so… what do I get?" She asks playfully.
I think for a second, and then, it occurs to me just exactly what she has won…
"How about some amazing, tell-all-your-friends sex?" I offer, flashing her a smile.
She frowns.
Shit.
Way to go, Rabb…
Once again, you've done something wrong.
"One problem with collecting my winnings…" She says, still frowning.
I sigh.
I can't believe that I am such a… man…
There I go again, thinking with my dick…
"What's the problem?" I ask, knowing I have messed up yet again.
She is pouting as she says, "We're going to have amazing sex… and I've got no friends to tell…"
She starts laughing and I can't help but smile.
Taking her by the hand and leading her back into the bedroom, I tell her, "If you want to talk about it, I promise I'll listen…"
We both laugh as I pull you up against me.
Once in her bedroom, we spend the rest of the afternoon making love.
I caress her fears away, and with my body, I say what I cannot say with words.
With each moan and sigh, I make promises that I intend to keep… and I assure her that this is where we are supposed to be… that we are finally getting it right…
During the night, we make love once… twice… then at dawn, we make love once again…