Two in a Million
"Please!" Miranda purred into Ben's ear.
"No more. I'm done! Jesus, baby!" he said falling onto his back.
"Lightweight," she answered. She pulled the covers up to her face.
"How many damn times can we christen an apartment?"
"Apparently, seven." Miranda put her head on his shoulder and played with his chest hair. She loved how she could tell exactly where his body had changed from the nineteen-year old boy who'd kissed her first, turning her predictable world upside down. He was not only her best friend, but her lover—the best of both worlds.
"Hey," he whispered.
"Yeah, babe?" Her voice equally low.
"How?"
"How what?"
"How did I get you?"
Miranda bit the corner of her bottom lip and blushed. "Birthday wishes."
"Whaaa?" He said looking over at her. She giggled.
"You told me at my thirteenth birthday party that you wished for a friend."
"And?"
"And I wished for the same thing that you did: a friend who would always be by my side. Something corny like that," she told him. "And maybe for my parents to let me go out with Steve." They cracked up at the mention of her ex-boyfriend.
"So you picked Steve over me?" She kicked him. "Ohh!" He yelled putting a hand to his chest. "You wanted him more, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did," she said. She fingered his skin. Her eyes started to close and she felt the bed move as he shifted his body.
"I am exhausted," he said after a while.
"That's what you get for changing my mind and convincing me to have sex after a long day of moving!" She told him with a yawn.
"I did no such thing," Ben commented, putting his large hands on her thighs. She gasped. He knew that was her weak spot. His hands caressed her legs sending tingles up and down her body.
"Your eyes and hands said it all," she said softly.
"What are they saying now?" He asked. She reached up and touched his cheek, peering into his eyes.
"That you love me."
"Close."
She rolled her eyes. "Then what is it?"
"That I'm happy to be here with you. In our new apartment, starting our life together."
She smiled widely. "Baby." He kissed down her body and put his head on her stomach. "Mmmhm, look at you. I thought you were exhausted."
"I am."
"Then what are you doing down there?" She said making circles on his back. He looked up at her and stuck out his bottom lip. "You are so damn odd!"
"I thought I was weird."
She gave him a half-smile. "You're that, too."