I own none of the characters of October Road or "Just a Kiss" by Lady Antebellum
Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
I'm caught up in this moment, caught up in your smile
I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
We don't need to rush this, let's just take it slow
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
And I don't want to mess this thing up
No, I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright with just a kiss goodnight
I know that if we give this a little time
It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real, no, it's never felt so right
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No, I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright with just a kiss goodnight
No, I don't want to say goodnight
I know it's time to leave
But you'll be in my dreams
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
And I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright
Oh, let's do this right with just a kiss goodnight
With a kiss goodnight, kiss goodnight
Eddie Latekka had been in his room, in front of his mirror for the last twenty minutes changing his clothes. He had literally changed his clothes four times and that has never happened before a date before. That woman, she was changing the way Eddie looked at everything.
Eddie and Janet Meadows had been dating for six weeks and that was a first for him. He hadn't had a meaningful relationship, one that lasted more than two weeks since he was in high school and he wasn't sure if he could call that relationship meaningful. The experience he has been having with Janet was different from anything he had ever experienced before and he was in awe of it.
Janet was different than any woman he had ever dated and it was different in a good way. He thought that she was the most beautiful woman that he had ever met and had a personality to match. She was smart and she challenged him in ways no other has before both intellectually and emotionally. He couldn't stop thinking about her and he wanted to spend all of his free time with her. She worked at Sully's, the only stand alone bar in town, and whenever she was working and he wasn't he was there at the bar; eating a meal or just hanging out nursing a beer. He just had to be near her and when neither of them were working at the same time, he was taking her out on dates. He liked her. He liked her a lot. In fact, he was falling hard for her. Eddie knew it and what scared him the most was the fact that he had no desire to resist the feelings he was experiencing or Janet.
Once he finally approved of his outfit he went to his dresser and grabbed his wallet. Before putting it in his back pocket he opened his top drawer and pulled out a few condoms from the box he kept there. He and Janet have been together for six weeks and he has been referring to her as his girlfriend for the past four so it was time in their relationship to make love. Janet hadn't said anything about making love; that was the one area in her life where she is shy and won't speak her mind but Eddie knew she wanted it. He wanted it. It was all he dreamed about. Every night while he slept he would dream of running his hands over her naked body and following his caresses up with kisses. He would dream of being inside of her, worshiping her body with his until she cried out in pure joy and then wilted in his arms. He woke up every morning with the taste of her on his lips so he knew without a doubt he wanted to make love to her but there was a small part of him that wanted to wait. He wanted to wait and see what happened between them because he had a feeling that what they had would turn into something amazing. Janet could be his meant to be.
Janet stood in front of the mirror looking at herself with a critical eye. Before a date with Eddie no matter how much time that she spent getting ready, she never felt like she looked good enough to be the girl walking and holding hands with Eddie Latekka but the instant he saw her, after kissing her hello, he always told her that she looked pretty. Grabbing a pair of earrings and spraying what had become Eddie's favorite perfume over her body she decided that she was ready.
Glancing at the clock, she saw she still had about ten minutes before Eddie was due to pick her up so Janet straightened up her already straightened bed; more out of nervousness than anything else. She thought or had been thinking all week that tonight may be the" night." Over the past few weeks, the two of them had engaged in some hot and heavy make-out sessions that involved some over and under the clothes petting. Janet had never kissed anyone like Eddie before. He was the best kisser she had ever encountered. He wasn't a sloppy kisser, leaving salvia all over her face. He didn't use too much tongue. It was the perfect amount and the kisses he left on her neck; they sent her over the edge. They hadn't actually sat down and talked about making love but it has been hinted at. In fact, when they spoke on the phone the night before, Eddie promised a really fun and long night.
Janet Meadows realized that she was developing feelings for the man that she was dating. Her heart pounded in anticipation every time she saw or even thought about him. They had spent many nights, talking on the phone until late at night or early in the morning, depending on how they looked at it. During those conversations, they talked about anything and everything. Janet opened up to Eddie, more than she has ever opened up to anyone, even Hannah and from their conversations Janet is assuming that Eddie is opening up to her as well. She has tried not to get her hopes up in regards to her relationship with Eddie but it didn't work. She wanted, desperately wanted things to work out with Eddie.
These past six weeks that the two of them had been in a relationship had been the best six weeks of her life. She never thought that he, of all people, would ask her out and their first date was dream come true. He was a perfect gentleman throughout the evening and on the way home, as she sat next to him in his truck he reached over and took her hand. When they arrived at her house, he ended the evening with a kiss under the porch light. Janet was falling hard for him. She was cautious with what she was feeling at first. She was after all dating Eddie Latekka who was best known for his very short lived relationships. She was afraid to give into the thought that something amazing was happening between them but after two weeks and five amazing dates and Eddie passed his normal relationship expiration date Janet let herself believe that Eddie may be the one and he has yet to disappointment so maybe, they were the real thing.
A knock at the door caused Janet to jump. He was here. With one last glance in her bedroom she made her way to the front door. She took a deep breath, to calm her excited nerves and opened the door. When their eyes met, identical smiles appeared on both of their faces. "Hi." Eddie greeted.
"Hi." Janet moved to the side. "Come on in." Eddie grinned and stepped in. As soon as Janet shut the door Eddie leaned down and kissed her. They were past the awkward stage in their relationship when they stood around trying to decide who should make the first move and initiate a kiss. Now, they just went for it.
"Hi again." Eddie said with a grin when they finally broke their kiss. "You look real pretty Janet." Eddie told her and she blushed, as she always does. She wasn't wearing anything special. Just a pair of jeans and a nice shirt, but to Eddie, she looked beautiful.
"Thank you." She whispered shyly. She wasn't used to a man, Eddie especially telling her that she was pretty. That has never happened before and by her reaction every time he complimented her, Eddie figured out that Janet wasn't used to compliments and he vowed to change that.
"So are you ready to get out of here?"
"Where are we going?"
"You're just going to have to wait and see." He told her with a wink.
"Well then lets go." Janet grabbed her purse and Eddie grabbed her hand and together they began their date.
After a nice, long and leisurely dinner the next stop was go-kart racing. Janet hadn't raced a go-kart since she was in high school and she had a blast. Eddie paid for multiple races and Janet won most of them and Eddie wasn't even letting her win. He was really trying and was failing miserably but the smile that he saw when he crossed the finish line was worth every humiliating lose he endured. After the go-kart races, they stopped for some ice cream and ended the night walking a paved bike trail at the park. During that walk, sometimes they talked and laughed and others they just walked in silence, lost in their thoughts of each other and the possibility of what was going to happen later that night.
They returned to Janet's house as the sun was setting. Janet poured them each a glass of wine, trying to set the mood. They put in a movie, a comedy, and cuddled together on the couch, Janet lying against Eddie's chest and his arm wrapped tightly around his girl. It took about forty-five minutes before the two of them gave into the desire that they were feeling. It didn't take long after that first kiss until Janet was lying back on the couch and Eddie was half sitting, half lying on top of her with his hand up her shirt.
"How about taking this to a more comfortable place, like your bedroom room?" Eddie asked when he finally managed to pull away from her. "My back is killing me. I must be getting old."
"I...I would like that." It took everything Janet had not to grin like an idiot. Her heart was racing. This was really happening. They were going to make love.
Eddie stood, rubbed his lower back and then held out his hand. Janet reached out, linked her fingers with his and Eddie pulled her to her feet. With a soft, sweet smile, he leaned down and kissed her softly, leaving them both wanting more when they broke apart. They stood there, for a minute, looking into each other's eyes until Eddie finally broke the spell and led them to her room, to her bed.
Without any fanfare, they climbed into the still made bed, rolled onto their sides to face each other and resumed kissing. At first they just held hands while kissing and then those hands broke apart and began to roam. Janet's hand ran over Eddie's strong muscular back while Eddie's hand lightly ran up and down Janet's arm and then under her shirt, tracing light patterns over her belly. Eventually, Eddie swung a leg around Janet's legs, drawing them even closer together and Janet could feel his desire pressing against her.
Eddie had never been in a situation that allowed for so much kissing. Normally, when he became intimate with a woman, there was some kissing but it mainly it was get to a bed, get naked and have sex but not tonight. Tonight, he had spent more time just lying on Janet's bed kissing her than most of his past sexual encounters had taken and Eddie had to desire to rush this evening. He was truly enjoying holding and just kissing Janet.
"Can we talk?" Eddie asked breathlessly after probably an hour of kissing.
"Sure." They only pulled slightly apart from each other and linked hands.
"I've never done anything like this before." He admitted softly in the darkness.
"Had sex? Everyone in town knows that's not true."
"Not sex. I have had sex." He said with a laugh. "I have never just laid in bed, kissing a woman like I have been kissing you."
"Is that a bad thing?" Janet whispered.
"No Janet it is a wonderful thing."
"I'm glad." Janet leaned forward and kissed him again.
"Janet, I really, really like you." Eddie was about to open up to Janet more than he had prior.
"I really like you too Eddie."
"I feel that what we have, what we are building here, it's just the start of something wonderful."
"These last few weeks that we have spent together has made me think that you are my meant to be." Janet found herself admitting. "Oh God, you must think that I am crazy admitting that to you."
"I don't think that you are crazy at all sweetheart. Not at all." It was the first time that Eddie had called her sweetheart and Janet would remember that moment for the rest of her life. "I am feeling things for and about you that I have never felt before."
"So am I. When we aren't together, you are all that I think about."
"Me too. What I am feeling for you Janet, it's never felt so real before and honestly that scares me."
"Why does it scare you?"
"I'm scared of things going wrong. I am so invested in you and in us and the thought of losing what we have, what we can have scares the hell out me." Janet had never seen Eddie so vulnerable before and he had never felt so vulnerable before.
"That scares me as well. When I think of the two of us I think that we may be what we have been waiting for our entire lives. I know that we have only been dating for a few weeks and it may be too soon to be thinking those kinds of thoughts…"
"I am falling in love with you Janet Meadows." Eddie blurted out.
"I'm falling too Eddie." With a grin, Eddie leaned over and kissed Janet sweetly, over, over, and over again.
When they finally broke apart Eddie glanced at the clock and saw that it was almost midnight. He couldn't believe how fast that time had gone. He made the decision during this last make out session that he wanted to wait before making love. He just hoped that Janet would understand.
"Janet." "Eddie." They both said at the same time.
"Go ahead." Eddie told her.
"Please don't take this the wrong way. I know that this is a little late since we are lying in bed but I want to wait to make love. Things are going so well between us and I don't want to take a chance and mess things up." Janet whispered with a shaking voice. She was terrified that Eddie would reject her for this.
"Lying here, next to you, holding you in my arms I am filled with such strong feelings that it's hard to breathe. Hell, it's hard to formulate a rational thought but I agree with you. I don't want to rush this. There is no need to. I think that if we give us a little more time it will bring us closer to what we want to find with each other."
"What are you hoping to find Eddie?" Janet asked softly.
"Love. I'm hoping like hell to find a love of a lifetime. Nothing before you has ever felt so real; so right." Eddie reached out and began to play with one of curls. "What about you? Are you hoping to find something?"
"Like you, I want to find a or the love of my lifetime and I...I think that may be you."
"Man, that is really good news. So you're okay with waiting?"
"Yes I am and I am so glad that you are okay with it as well. I was so scared that you would walk away."
"I have no plans on going anywhere anytime soon and honestly, I thought the same thing. I am so glad that we are on the same page here."
"Me too." This time Janet was the one that initiated the kiss and Eddie was in heaven. He has never kissed anyone like her before. Her lips were so soft and at first, they tasted like strawberries from her lip gloss but that had worn off a long time ago. When he put his tongue in her mouth he found it to be soft and inviting. When Janet reciprocated the move he got shivers as she ran her tongue across his teeth. They both knew that they could easily lie there all night and be perfectly happy sharing kisses.
"So I guess that I should probably go." Eddie regretfully whispered after another round of kissing.
"You don't have to." Janet answered with a grin.
"Oh really?"
"If you just want to stay here and kiss some more I am okay with that." Janet was so comfortable in his embrace and she wasn't ready to break it yet.
"I believe that can be arranged." Wearing matching smiles, the couple leaned towards each other, closed their eyes and pressed their lips together.
"Okay I really need to go." Eddie groaned. It was 3:20 in the morning and he and Janet had been lying on her bed talking and kissing for the last three hours. He had been saying that he should go for the past hour but the only place he ended up was back to Janet's lips so this time he pulled away and sat up. He found his shoes on the floor and put them on.
"Okay if you insist." Once Eddie had his shoes back on and his wallet in his pocket, he was ready, He really didn't want to leave but he knew the probability of waiting to make love would go out the window if he stayed.
"Walk me out?"
"Of course." Together, they went out to Eddie's truck bathed in moonlight. The moon was so bright that they could see each other perfectly. "Thank you for a wonderful evening." Janet told him.
"Thank you for a wonderful evening." He replied. "You're lips aren't too sore for a kiss goodnight are they?"
"Absolutely not." Janet wrapped her arms around his neck. "Goodnight." She stood on her tiptoes and pressed her lips to his.
"My, God, you look so beautiful." Eddie commented when their kiss ended. When he opened his eyes and saw her standing in front of him, bathed in moonlight he was suddenly blown away by her beauty. Even with swollen lips, smudged makeup and mused hair, he thought that she was truly the most beautiful woman that he had ever laid eyes on.
"Thank you." She answered shyly.
"You're not used to hearing how beautiful you are, are you?"
"No I'm not. No one has ever told me that before, well besides my parents." Janet dropped her eyes to the ground in embarrassment.
"Well get used to it because you are going to hear it all of the time from me." Eddie placed his thumb under her chin and lifted her face. He could see tears shining in her eyes. "Janet you really are beautiful."
"Thank you."
"How about one last kiss goodnight?" He didn't give her time to answer. He cupped her cheeks in his hands, leaned in and kissed her softly one last time. When they came up for air, they leaned their foreheads against each other while they caught their breath and then very slowly, Eddie pulled away and climbed into his truck.
"Sweet dreams." Janet told him when he rolled his window down.
"Oh I will because it's all about you. You will be in my dreams tonight."
"I have a feeling that you will be in my dreams too." Eddie started his truck.
"Goodnight sweetheart."
"Goodnight Eddie."
This is for Hookedonfanfics. Thanks for the request. I am LOVING this song right now.