Eli had an arm draped around Grace's bare shoulders, her body pressing against Eli's as she slept peacefully in his arms.
Eli watched as she slept. She looks like an angel, he thought to himself, as he examined her glowing skin, the fine laughing lines at the corner of her mouth, red supple lips, and her long eyelashes that were comfortably closed- dreaming serenely.
It was 5:30, Eli had watched as the hour's passed- he was too blissful and content to sleep, so instead he cradled Grace in his arms, watching as she dreamt away, and they'd been like this for the last 3 hours or so.
Perhaps he should have been worried, about getting Grace home, but for now, he was just glad to hold her- and know that he loved her, and that she loved him - - - and that they'd loved each other that night;
ELI making love to her was the most natural, brilliant, beautiful thing I'd ever done. And holding her in my arms all through the night…..indescribable!
Eli's thoughts began to race, images of Grace's naked body entwining with his own as they made love - - - he'd be lying if he said she was the best he'd ever had. She was nervous, he could tell, and her positioning was clumsy and agile. But it didn't matter, because Eli knew, Grace was the first person he'd slept with that he actually loved. Truly, madly, deeply loved. And that was all that mattered.
Eli looked through the windshield, sunlight began hitting the ocean; pinks, oranges, reds, purples- colours from the sun began reflecting the water, and melted into one another in the sky above.
Eli lowered his head and kissed Grace gently on the cheek; he smiled as he saw her eyes flutter open, and stare into his own.
"Morning" he whispered, bowing his head to kiss her soft lips.
"Morning" Grace said, a little groggily.
Eli reached his free arm over her waist and groped around for his jumper.
He felt as Grace's body shivered slightly, and he handed her his over-sized jumper.
"Thanks" she whispered, draping it over herself.
Eli was only wearing his boxer shorts, and Grace only wore her black underwear- and though the windows were still a little foggy, the car had chilled slightly.
"Look" Eli motioned his head towards the ocean, and Grace leaned forward to stare out through the windscreen.
"It's beautiful," she gasped, and Eli ran a hand through her hair, wrapping an arm around her curvy waist and pressed his lips against her soft neck.
"You're beautiful," he whispered, pulling his lips away from her skin for only a moment.
Grace giggled, closing her eyes as she felt his moist lips press against her neck.
Eli pulled away, and Grace turned to look into his eyes, "I love you" she whispered, and Eli brushed a hand against her cheek, "I love you too" - they gazed into one another's eyes for a long moment.
"I better get dressed" Grace whispered, breaking the comfortable silence.
She turned around and leaned forward, searching the front seat for her jumper.
She found it, and pulled it on over her head, forgetting that she needed her bra aswell.
"Grace-" Eli creased his brow, knowing that he needed to ask that question that had stopped him from making love to Grace a few weeks ago- - -
Grace sat back next to Eli, handing him his jumper "what?" she asked, smiling.
"You don't regret-?" Eli began, but Grace rested a finger against his lips, silencing him.
"Not at all" she whispered, and took her finger away, to lay a soft kiss on his lips.
GRACE it was perfect. He was perfect- - - he MADE it perfect!
Eli had a smile on his face as they pulled away, "I better go home" Grace sighed, and Eli's smile disappeared; back into hiding, he thought to himself.
"Ok" he sighed, and started pulling his clothes back on.
Eli pulled up, a few houses down from Grace's place.
"You going to be ok?" he asked as he pulled the keys out of the ignition.
Grace turned and smiled at him "yeah, if I get caught I'll make up an excuse" Grace answered him.
Eli gave a small smile "I didn't mean about that" he said, and looked down at his hands.
Grace lunged forward, cupped his head with her hands, and gave him a deep, passionate kiss.
When they pulled away, Grace had a massive smile on her face, and Eli, gasping for air, was shocked by her sudden kiss- but more than pleased.
"What do I have to do to convince you that I'm glad I had sex?" Grace smiled, and reached for Eli's hand "and I am glad that I had sex with you" she added, staring into his eye.
Eli smiled, "I love you" he whispered, and leaned in for a gentle kiss.
As they pulled apart Grace stared into his eyes, her brow creased now, and Eli knew she needed to ask him something.
"What?" Eli asked, brushing his free hand against her cheek.
"Was I-" Grace hesitated for a moment "-Was I ok?" she asked timidly.
Eli gave her an earnest smile "amazing" he breathed, and Grace beamed back at him.
She leaned forward and pecked him on the cheek, and then opened the car door, and slid out.
"Bye" Eli said, and Grace turned, and started walking towards her house, hearing as Eli's engine started up.
Grace smiled to herself;
GRACE does this make me a woman now?
Grace stood on the pavement outside her house, taking deep, long breaths as she ran excuses through her mind.
But she couldn't stop thinking about what she and Eli had shared- it was the most incredible thing she'd ever done. And while she suspected Eli was lying about her being 'amazing', she knew Eli was definitely……..MIND BLOWING!
Grace closed her eyes for a moment, remembering the feel of Eli's hard, muscular body pressing against her- the way he perfectly manoeuvred himself around her, sliding into her- making her cry out for more.
Grace smiled nervously as she walked up her driveway, and headed around the back of the house.
Before she clasped her hand around the door handle, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes- and pushed the door open.
"Where have you been?"
Grace shivered, and opened her eyes to see Lily standing in front of her, still dressed in her robe and holding a cup of coffee.
Grace turned around and closed the door, and then looked at her mother with a wide smile "I went for a jog" she lied.
Lily looked her up and down, and then raised an eyebrow "In jeans?" she asked, quizzically.
Grace looked down at herself "err, yeah" she replied shakily.
Grace could tell that Lily had other questions for her, so before she could open her mouth, Grace took a hold of the cup of coffee she was holding, and took a sip "Yeah, and now I am totally exhausted" Grace announced, handing the cup back to her mother "So I'm gonna go have a shower, get changed" Grace began walking away- - not giving Lily a word in edgeways.
LILY right then my woman's intuition kicked in!
Grace walked upstairs, glad that her mother seemed to be none the wiser.
But as she opened the door to her room, she was greeted by Jessie, who was sitting on the edge of her bed-a sly smile on her face.
"Tell me everything," she said slowly, still smiling.
Grace sighed and gave her a coy grin, closing the door behind her; "None of you're business…….." she began
AUTHORS NOTE
Ok, in the last chapter, Eli said to Grace 'you're the only girl who can make my heart beat fast and slow at the same time'.
Well I cannot, unfortunately, take credit for that oh so sweet line!
It's actually one of the big 'one liners' from the flick 'The Hot Chick'. I saw it the other day and thought that was a really sweet compliment, so I used it.
Don't want to get bagged for Plagiarism, so there you have it!
Okay, hope you liked this chapter; look back on Monday for updates.
