Chapter 2

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter deals with adult themes. If you don't care for those or they make you uncomfortable, you might want to skip this chapter. And if I offend anyone, my apologies.

As Cody and Bailey walked along the beach, they stopped at a dune to watch the sun set. Bailey sat there with her arm hooked with Cody's and her head on his shoulder. As the sun continued to go down, Bailey knew it was time.

"Cody?"

Cody eyes stayed on the sunset. "Yes, Sweetie?"

"I was wondering if we could talk..."

Cody turns to Bailey. Those were the dreaded words no man likes to hear. "Sure, Bails...what's up?"

Bailey sighs. "I'm not sure how to talk about this exactly..."

Cody is getting concerned. "You know you can tell me anything."

"I know...Its just...Can I ask you a question, Cody?"

"Of course..."

Bailey pauses. "Have you...have you thought about us taking our relationship to the next level?"

Cody is taken aback and sighs. "Was it that noticeable?"

Now Bailey is confused. "Huh? What do you mean?"

Cody begins to ramble. "I had hoped I was able to hide it better than I did. Was it really that evident? I thought those cold showers before bed had helped..."

Bailey can't help but laugh. "Cody, what are you talking about?"

"I thought we were talking about you noticing that I had been thinking about us...you know..."

Bailey is taken aback. "You have?"

Now Cody is confused again. "Well...yeah. Isn't that what you were talking about?"

Bailey smiles. "No...I have been thinking about it too..."

"Really?"

"Yeah...You remember that kiss we had before Moose interrupted us?"

Cody pauses. "Do I ever..."

"Cody, that kiss...I felt myself getting lost in that kiss. I was surrendering to it completely..."

Cody nods. "I don't remember putting up much of a fight myself..."

"Well, since then, our kisses have gotten more and more passionate..."

Cody begins to worry. He didn't want her to think he had any ulterior motives. "Bailey, I'm sorry...I never meant to give you the impression that..."

Bailey cuts him off. "I never said I didn't like them. In fact, quite the opposite. I just know that with the way they are intensifying, that sooner or later..."

"Not if you're not ready..."

"But that's the thing, Cody...I think I am..."

"Are you sure about that? I meant what I said, I have absolutely no problem waiting however long it takes..."

Bailey smiles. "I know. And you have no idea what that means to me. But, I do think I'm ready...what about you? Are you ready?"

Cody pauses. "Part of me tells me that I am..."

"And the other part?"

"The other part is scared to death..."

"Of what?"

"Of doing anything that could cause us any problems. I would never do anything to risk what we have..."

"I wouldn't either...but...maybe it will make things even better?"

"You're right...It could...But there's more..."

"What else?"

"Bailey, this is something I've never done before..."

"I know...I haven't either..."

Cody nods. "I know...its just that with any thing I else I've never done before, I've always been able to look to a book to figure out how to do something. With this, it just doesn't feel right to read about it in a book..."

Bailey nods. "I can understand that..."

"I didn't need a book to know I was in love with you. I just knew. I listened to my heart. And this should be something I listen to my heart about as well..."

"What is your heart telling you?"

"Its telling me this would be another way for me to show you how much I love you...But then my brain has to interrupt..."

"And what's it saying?"

"It keeps asking me...'What if you aren't any good at it?' 'What if you hurt Bailey' 'What if she doesn't enjoy it as much as you do?' 'What if she sees you naked and doesn't like what she sees?' Stuff like that..."

Bailey smiles. "Don't you think my brain is telling me the same things?"

"What do you tell yourself then?"

"I tell myself that for everything I don't know, there are two things I know for an absolute fact...One, I know that I love you. Two, I know that you love me. Beyond that, it doesn't matter. We may not be any good at it. Do you remember the time we tried to learn to surf?"

Cody smiles remembering it. "Yeah I do...We were terrible...We kept wiping out..."

Bailey smiles. "Yeah, we did...but we both still had fun. And a lot of that was the fact that it was you that I was with. It would be the same thing here."

Cody nods. "Yeah, I guess you're right...But there is another concern...This could lead us to a consequence that will affect us our whole lives. Bailey, I want kids with you someday, but I think we are at least five years away from that being a viable option..."

Bailey smiles. Leave it to Cody to think of everything. "That's one thing we don't have to worry about..."

"What do you mean?"

"When I went for my physical, the doctor suggested I go on birth control pills to help regulate myself..."

Cody pauses. "I take its the kind of regular that fiber won't help..."

Bailey laughs. "Correct..."

Cody smiles. "Well, I know you can tell your brain one thing. I know I will definitely like what I see. You will always be the most beautiful woman in the world to me. And if I haven't said it before, the sexiest too..."

Bailey blushes. "Thank you. And you can tell yourself the same thing. I know I will like what I see too. And don't think I don't know about you and Arwin hitting the gym. I know its only been about a month, but I can already see results..."

Cody is surprised. "Really?"

"Yeah, but don't get too buff on me. Just remember, I love you just the way you are."

"And I love you just the way you are too..." Cody thinks. "So, are we saying...?"

Bailey nods. "I think we are..."

Cody swallows. "So, why am I still so nervous?"

"For probably the same reason I am..."

Cody thinks. "But I want to...as long as you still do..."

"Me too..."

"Sooo...shall we head back to our room?" Cody asks as he holds out his hand.

Bailey takes it and they both make their way back to their room. Before they head in, Cody stops and turns to face Bailey.

"No matter what happens, know that I love you and always will..."

"I know. I feel the exact same way."

Cody unlocks the door and turns back to Bailey. "I'm going to do this right..." And with that, he lifts a giggling Bailey up into his arms and carries her across the threshold into the room. He kicks the door closed with is foot.

Cody leans down and kisses Bailey. He kisses her with all of the passion he has inside of him, and she returns the kiss in the same manner. When they finally break apart, both are breathless. Bailey looks into Cody's deep blue eyes and can see his love for her shining in them. "Cody..."

"Yes, Bailey?"

"Make love to me..."

To be continued...