Chapter 64

"Yes," he sighed in relief. Standing, he turned to face her, keeping his eyes averted, but the Bond open so he could sense her true feelings.

Catherine was glad she had blown out the candles she was holding or more than just her desires would have been set aflame as her hands trembled. When she had caught her breath, she said, "Vincent you are proportioned quite naturally for the size of man that you are."

"I was afraid that I would not fi…that we might not be able to…"

"Hush!" she insisted. Putting the candles down and relighting them, she moved towards him. "Vincent, everything will be just fine! We will take things slowly and I can assure you I will be ready for you. Now get into bed while I finish undressing and join you."

Vincent did as he was told, never taking his eyes off of her for even an instant. Maybe he should have looked away for propriety sake. Maybe he should have given her some privacy. The problem was that he just couldn't do that. Other than the nudes in Father's art books, and the one brief glimpse of a Playboy magazine that Devin had smuggled down to the tunnels, the only naked females he had ever seen were the girls of his own age swimming in the Mirror Pool before Father thought he shouldn't display his differences, or the times he would help Mary bathe the children in the nursery.

A nude Catherine however, was a completely different subject than any of those. She was much more beautiful than either of the first two, and there was just no comparison to the second two at all!

Catherine had felt his eyes on her as she undressed and while she wasn't particularly modest, she was a bit shy about how Vincent would react to her. She let her eyes meet his as her panties fell to the floor, the wonder she saw in his face was all the reassurance she needed that she wouldn't please him. With a smile, she lifted the covers and slid into bed with him.

After a night of 'firsts' there was one more that awoke Vincent the next morning. He and Catherine had made love three different times and during each he had learned something new. One thing that had become crystal clear during those hours of his education was that pleasing the one you love made your own experiences all that much better. They had fallen into an exhausted, but fulfilled sleep in each others arms. But now a new 'first' accosted Vincent as he slept.

The first rays of dawn were coloring the sky and started creeping their way into Catherine's bedroom. One of them boldly crawled across Vincent's face startling him awake. His panicked eyes took in the sunlight and he was about to jump from the bed and flee Below until he felt Catherine stir in his arms.

Distracted from flight and completely captivated by the sleeping beauty nestled in his arms, Vincent realized that he didn't need to run. Also, other than loving this incredible woman, the only thing he needed to do was leave a message that he would be spending the entire weekend Above. Vincent had just a moment to wonder what Father's reaction would be to get that message before Catherine's eyes fluttered open.

"You're awake," she smiled.

"The sun woke me Catherine," he answered in amazement.

Grinning she looked over his shoulder at the bright culprit, "Another first?"

"Yes," he admitted remembering each and every one that had happened in the last few hours. Each and every moment of this night would be indelible etched in his memory forever.

"Vincent would you like to make love in the sunlight?"

Reluctantly, he told her, "I should go Below before people start to wake and let the sentries know I will remain Above all weekend."

Catherine was just about to protest that it could wait a little while longer when the phone rang. She knew that no one in their right mind would be calling at dawn on a Saturday unless it was an emergency. Picking up the receiver and saying, "Hello?" Catherine discovered that it wasn't someone in their right mind!

To be continued….