15. Kissing Under the Moon
"I feel the same. Since we became comfortable together." Vanessa stared into his eyes and smiled as she laid her head on his chest. He smiled at this and kissed her hair. She turned her head and found his lips, "I love you Vanessa." He smiled once this was out. "Patrick, I love you. I have loved you since the first time I saw Phantom two years ago."
Vanessa smiled and kissed those lips she'd learned to love. ((Skye: "She had to learn?")) He, Patrick, was gentle and Asher was rough. Patrick was like an adorable puppy, kind and loving, and Asher was a tiger, cute at first, then rough and mean. He had gotten too into the kiss whenever they kissed. But Patrick, Vanessa could stay there forever. He started to pull away and Vanessa kissed his lips as they moved farther from hers.
He smiled down on her, "Ness, let's stop for now." Patrick looked at the sky as she put her head on his strong chest. He started to ramble on and on; Vanessa listened then fell into a deep sleep. Patrick looked at Vanessa's sleeping body against his. He held her threshold style and carried her to their room.
Patrick unlocked the door with great difficulty. He looked over at Larc's bed once he'd walked into that part of the suite. She appeared to either sleeping or gone, Patrick didn't care. He walked to Vanessa's bed and sat down. He kicked off his shoes and then took hers off. He slid over and lay down. He tried to leave her, but she clung to him. He flipped over so they were face to face. He slept the whole night like this.
Vanessa woke at dawn and fluttered her eyes open. She saw Patrick then moved the covers to see what she was wearing, if anything at all. She sighed with relief when she saw that they both had their clothes on. She pulled the covers up then snuggled into him. She looked over at Larc's bed – it was empty. She vaguely wondered where Larc could have gone at this time, but dismissed it as Patrick stirred quietly.
Vanessa stroked his cheek softly, whispering, "Shh... Let's sleep for just a bit longer." Patrick seemed to have agreed, because he didn't reply. Vanessa smiled and kissed his cheek, easing herself back into the world of dreams.