Unexpected Temptations

Chapter: 7

Pairing: Reba & Brock

Rating: PG

"Are you okay?"

Reba pulled back, her hands pushing hard against his arms to separate their embrace. She was literally holding him at arms length. "Brock." she breathed out. "This feels..."

"Please don't say it." he was pleading with her.

"No." she smiled. "What I was going to say was this feels right." she told him. "I mean I know that it's wrong but it just feels so right. And that scares me."

"Why?"

"It's an impossible situation." she said, softly. "People are going to get hurt."

"People always get hurt, Reba." he told her. "Rather we mean for them to or not."

"It's more than that, Brock." she said, separating herself from him completely. "I've been on the other side of this and I wouldn't put anyone through that. Not even the woman who hurt me."

"This is different."

"Is it?" she asked. "Because right now I'll cling to anything that might make sense."

Brock pulled her back into his arms. "If you wanted this, if you really wanted this, then nothing would stand in your way."

"I do want this." she said, relaxing into his arms. "More than you know." her eyes welled up with tears. "This is the first time in a really long time that I've felt this good."

"Then let's not end this." he said. "Especially when nothing has even happened yet. We can take this nice and slow."

"Nice and slow." she repeated, inching closer to him. Her lips softly collided with his as he wrapped his arms around her. They kissed tenderly for what felt like forever. Long, slow, deep passionate kissing that set every inch of their bodies aflame. Lips caressed and tongues glided together effortlessly. Perfectly.

Reba pulled away from him again but this time for lack of oxygen. "I want this." she told him. "I want you." she hesitated. "But everything seems to be moving so fast. I think I need a little time to breath."

"I understand." he said. "Are you sure we can't just skip all this middle stuff though and get right down to the good stuff."

Color swept into her cheeks. "I think I need a few more evenings like tonight first."

"I see." he smiled. "You wanted to be courted." he said. "I can do that. We can go to dinner and take long walks, maybe go dancing."

"Now this is the Brock that I remember." she told him. "This is the man that I fell in love with. Kind and gentle and romantic."

"This time around is going to be even better than you remember." he promised her. "You should go upstairs and get to bed because we're heading out bright and early tomorrow."

She arched an eyebrow. "Tomorrow?" she asked. "What's tomorrow?"

"A surprise." he smiled. "One that you'll love."

tbc...