"I've discovered something else I like about having a boyfriend." Lucy stated as she opened the door to her room.

"Really. Share." Stig said, following her in loaded up with bags.

"I like that when you go Christmas shopping with them they are contractually obliged to carry the bags."

"Thanks." He said wryly. Lucy grinned.

"How about I make it up to you with a takeaway pizza?"

"Cheater. Someone told you that the way to a Venturi's heart was through his stomach, didn't they?"

"Come on. Let's go get the pizza. I've got a film we can watch tonight as well."

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They had been dating for most of the semester, and on a timeline of relationships it still felt like they had barely breached the first minute. Lucy was the complete antithesis of the girls Stig had dated in school, and now he was kicking himself for the wasted years. Now he realised why his dad looked at his mom the way he did, why it was so hard for them to be apart.

And yeah. He sort of understood the sex part too.

Although that part of Stig and Lucy's relationship had yet to be explored.

They ate the pizza and chips on her bed in the dorm, watching the film. When the food was gone and the cartons discarded, he slipped his arms around her and they moved together.

"This film is crap." Lucy said after another ten minutes.

"Don't watch it then." Stig said against her neck.

"Are you trying to distract me?"
"Is it working?"
"Yes." She murmured against his lips. They started to kiss and Lucy turned her body towards his and joined in with enthusiasm.

They had a very physical relationship, but it hadn't gone the distance. They had talked briefly about it, and decided to just let nature take its course.

Tonight as they kissed, however, and aware as she was of the approaching Christmas break when they would not be able to see each other quite as much, Lucy wasn't sure she wanted to wait any longer. Her hands started to explore. Stig caught her pace and soon they were shedding clothes and slipping beneath the covers, the film long since switched off.

But this was still nothing new.

"This is going to be difficult in London." Stig said as he kissed his way down her body.

"Hmm." Lucy said distractedly, as he reached her thighs. She lost herself for a while as his kisses became intimate and then before he could go too far, she pulled him back up to her, shaking her head. He frowned and she reached into the drawer next to her bed.

His eyes widened. "Now?" he asked.

"Yes." She said and then there was no time for talking.

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"I suppose it was obvious." Stig said, combing her damp hair with his fingers.

"What was?" she raised her head from his chest.

"That the one person who knew I was a virgin would be the person I lost my virginity to."

Lucy grinned. "You couldn't tell. Speaking as someone with no experience at all." She kissed him. "Steven. Stay tonight."

"Do I look like I'm going anywhere?"

"If you keep touching me there I'm going to padlock my door so you never escape." She said giggling and turned towards him again.

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"I need to go home and have a shower and change."

"You need to start leaving some things here." Lucy said.

"I think your dorm mates might have a problem with me using their showers."

"I bumped into Anna's boyfriend coming out of the shower the other day. They'll get over it."

"Next year, one of us needs to get an apartment. Or both of us, together. That would save a lot of time and effort."
"Would this be something else that you are planning to palm off to your dad as 'looking after Lucy'."

"Hmmm. Do you think our parents will guess that we're sleeping together?"

"Parents have a sixth sense for that sort of thing."

"Do you think they will say anything?"

"Nah. Just like we don't like to think of our parents having sex, I guess they don't want to know about us doing it."

"Lucy?"
"Hmm?"

"I love you. And I don't just mean because of what happened last night. I should have said it to you a long time ago."

"I love you too. And you are forgiven. Or at least you will be, if you stop talking about getting out of bed, and start thinking about distracting me again."
"Jeez woman. Is there no satisfying you?" he grinned and pressed his mouth against hers.