Ok, there was a more tame chapter here, but I'm replacing it after 10 requests for the original version. Enjoy it here the way I originally meant it.

Chapter 8: A Bet is a Bet

It finally struck Solo that she had intended this bet to happen since before she showed up tonight. He got it loud and clear. She wanted to have sex with him to hide from her deeper emotions. So here they were again back at the beginning of the circle albeit with a slight difference this time. They were on base and in the Falcon. Chewie was just down the hallway. He wished he knew what was going on with her, but right now, he wasn't as interested in asking questions. It seemed like she was about to give him a repeat performance of their first time together right here in the Falcon's lounge.

"One of the best nights of my life, Sweetheart." He had trouble finishing his sentence because she already had him exposed and erect.

Suddenly, there was a loud snorting snore from the direction of Chewbacca's cabin. Leia looked at Han and smirked wickedly. "We obviously don't have to worry about being interrupted."

Leia's skills had definitely advanced in this area. He was at her mercy in moments versus minutes. Somehow, he drew her off of him. There was no way she was going to be in charge of this. She may think she just pulled a fast one on him, but this wasn't his first go round in life or with her.

He stood up and used his hands on her shoulders to encourage her to do the same. "Nah, uh,uh, Princess. I won the bet, so I decide what we do and when we do it."

Her eyebrows knitted in disbelief. "Since when you do not want me to do that?"

"Let's just say I have something else in mind."

"What?"

His lopsided grin slid up the right side of his handsome face. "Half the fun is you finding out along the way."

He tucked himself back into his pants albeit reluctantly, but he had to stick to the greater cause the best he knew how. Then, he took her by the hand with the intention of taking her back to his cabin, but she looked so sexy with her quizzical smile lifting just the corners of her mouth while her eyes virtually sparkled with curiosity that he couldn't help stopping and a few steps later and pushing her up against the access door of the circuitry alcove.

He studied her face for a moment and felt his emotions hitch in his stomach. He wanted her. He wanted all of her and he wanted it more desperately than he thought was possible. It scared him how much he wanted this woman and how much he wanted her to want him the same way.

His intense gaze went from her eyes to her lips and back to her eyes. It was the only subtle hint he was going to give her about his intention to kiss her. If she were going to rebuff him, now would be the moment. Instead of rebuffing him, she copied his action, making a point to linger her own gaze on his lips before dragging her eyes back up to his, her lips parted spontaneously as her eyes locked back into his.

Han let the intensity between them build as his fingertips stroked through her hair and his hand slowly found a place behind her ear. Once their lips touched, he was lost in their connection. Her lips felt softer than he remembered from their last mission. She felt softer, too. He crushed her closer to him and deepened the kiss. He felt her respond and lean into him as she succumbed to his mouth and body.

"Time to take this somewhere more comfortable, Princess." His voice had a hoarseness to it after breaking the kiss. In seconds, he had them already half undressed and in the Captain's cabin with the door locked.

His initial plan had been to make love to her, sweetly, gently, taking their time. He wanted to show her the difference between fucking and making love with the hope that she would allow her emotions to meld with her lust and they would have something real between them. Han knew that particular something was already there just waiting for them. He felt it and he knew she had to feel it, too. But this extremely hot yet mindless sex was getting in the way of them having it all.

That was the plan, but right now, it had been too long since he had been inside of her and he had already tried to slow things down once tonight to no avail. He was a man in control, but he was too aroused and she was too beautiful and willing. The fact that he knew she would be wet and ready for him already was driving him to the brink of his current insanity. He wasn't so far gone that the momentousness of the moment was lost, however.

He did take a moment to sit up and look at her in his bunk.

"What's wrong?" She asked in response to his wry smile.

"Just want to remember seeing you here." He stroked her from her cheek down over her sensual curves and smiled hungrily as his gaze lingered over her naked skin enjoying the way his touch made her eyes close awash in desire. "Like this. With me."

He moved to frame his body over hers, positioning himself at her entrance. Now face to face, he lost himself in her eyes as her body beneath him invited him to bring them both the completeness they longed for. "You're amazing, Princess."

He brought his lips to hers and felt his body respond when she initiated deepening the kiss by thrusting her tongue into his mouth as she curved her body and shifted so he would slip into her. As before, Han groaned loudly into her mouth and was surprised he didn't orgasm right then. Leia had a way of exciting him that made him have to fight for control. She could do that without kissing him. Now that she was willing to kiss him, she brought his excitement to levels he never knew existed.

He broke free of her mouth in order to continue what she essentially started. There was no going slow about this anymore. He was driving them fast and hard. He heard her moan as she threw her head back and knew she was close. She held tight to his arms as she met him in their passionate rhythm. Moments later, her eyes pinched shut and she moaned in sheer satisfaction. That had all he had been waiting for. Solo let himself follow her into orgasm, openly growling at the release before collapsing.

After a few moments, he regained consciousness enough to disengage their slick bodies, but was still panting for breath.

"I'm beginning to think this is the best bet I ever made."

Leia slung an arm over her face attempting to regain her breath as well. If she agreed, she wasn't saying it out loud. In fact, a few moments later, instead of reaching for the covers, she rolled off the bunk and went in search of her clothes on the floor.

"What're you doing?"

She smirked as she picked up her shirt and dropped it over her head. "I'm guessing we're done here for the night."

Han jumped out of bed and pulled her to his naked body. "That doesn't mean I want you to leave." He kissed her softly feeling her shirt between them. "C'mon, stay."

She knew she should go. He was stirring up real feelings, the warm and loving sort and she didn't like it. This bet was supposed to give her that step backwards with him, not forward. She needed to be separate from her feelings, not attached to them. That was the whole point so she could let them be fettered away. She needed to steer this back into that direction right now.

"I have things to do besides you." Leia insisted lightly inserting the sexual overtone to her words on purpose.

He hugged her tighter and then let his hands drop down to caress her lower still naked curves. He gave her his best come-hither smolder and narrowed his eyes. "You know I like it when you talk dirty."

Yes, she did. It was exactly why she said it that way. Her hands moved off of his shoulders and down to his forearms to encourage him to let go. "I believe that I've fulfilled my end of the bet enough for tonight."

Han smiled. She was making this too easy, besides he knew it sparked her just as much when he talked dirty, too. "You mean that I've 'fulfilled' you, but I would love a shot at fulfilling your end, Sweetheart." He finished his thought with a sensual deep kiss thrusting his tongue into her mouth and dragging it along the roof of her mouth purposefully.

The kiss had left her somewhat breathless, but she was still quick with her sultry comeback. "I bet you would, Hotshot, but some other time. I doubt you're up for that tonight."

Was she kidding? He was already halfway there in the head above his ears and was feeling stirrings below. This openly erotic woman had always had a phenomenal effect on him that he could never explain. He hadn't been able to have this quick of a turnaround since he was nineteen. Again he crushed her to him in a searing kiss. His hands pushed from under her buttocks bringing her pelvis up towards his now hardening groin. He reached under her as his fingers found their way into her still dripping wet folds and teased her a bit. Then, while his left hand kept up the teasing, a wet finger on his right hand dipped ever so gently into her anus a couple of times. Clearly, he was ready to make good on the side bet if she was willing.

"You should know better than to make a bet with me by now. Especially one where I end up inside of you," he rumbled seductively as he let her catch her breath once again. He expected her to be surprised at his maneuver. They had done a lot of various positions before and he'd even done that finger play before making sure she was already very relaxed and heady from orgasm, but not the actual act they were toying with presently. Instead of her eyes being fearful or showing any sort of trepidation, he saw the spark of her wanting to play and that ignited him even further.

"We would need-"

"In the drawer next to the bed." He knew she was referring to lubricant. "Lonely nights between missions with you, Your Worship," he explained in answer to her raised eyebrow. The addition of her other eyebrow rising to meet the other in surprise also gave him an excuse to inject some more emotional connection. "I've only been with you since we started. You're the only one I want, Leia."

They hadn't talked about being exclusive and he had only briefly wondered about it in the beginning. He knew that once the first sexual experience was had, it wasn't a big leap to wanting more. Just because they had been together during missions, didn't mean she wasn't seeking out intimacy with someone else. She was a master at discretion and hiding, after all. He looked at her expectantly hoping she would answer the unspoken question hanging in the air between them.

Leia waited what seemed an interminable amount of time, she seemed to be weighing his confession and her expected answer. Finally, she whispered, "I've only been with you, too."

Still holding her close, he kissed her again and whispered, "Are you really in rush? 'Cause this is can't be rushed."

She considered it for a few moments as if she were again assessing him for something else. "I'm willing to take the time. Have you done it before?"

"Enough to know what I'm doing and how to make it good for you. We can stop at any time, but it's about full submission. Can you handle that?" He wondered if this was really a good point in their 'relationship' for this. The thought of it drove him wild, but it would be a big deal for her. She'd always been sexually adventurous with him, but this was on a whole different level. It had to be one hundred percent her call.

"You said you wanted me." She stroked his chest lightly, her eyes following the trails left by her fingers. Realizing he was waiting for her to look up at him, she lifted her eyes to his sincere stare.

"I do want you, Leia."

"Take me."