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Lacey smiles up at Danny and says, "We were getting to know each other better and then we were rudely interrupted."

Danny has now made his way over to the loveseat where she's sitting and stands in front of her. He reaches for her hand. "Do you want to continue what we were doing before? I promise we won't go too far. But you have to agree to let me do something."

Lacey eyes him suspiciously. At this point, she might agree to just about anything, but she isn't gonna agree to his request without knowing exactly what he wants to do. "What is it you want me to agree to?"

"Just say yes, Lace." Danny says. The look he has on his face makes her want to say yes, but she isn't that crazy.

"Uh uh. I'm not falling for that, Danny." She says as she starts to laugh.

"I wouldn't ask you to do anything outrageous. Don't you trust me?" He displays the same sad puppy dog expression he used on her in detention. It's almost working. Almost.

"Yes, I trust you. But I'm still not saying yes until you tell me what you want." She folds her arms in defiance and cocks her eyebrow.

I can make faces too, Danny boy.

"Fine. You have to let me take off something that you're wearing. Completely off." There's that smirk again.

Damn him. But I'm about to call his bluff.

"Is that all? I thought it was something major." Lacey says as she stands up and takes her dress off. Danny can't believe his eyes or her boldness. He's shocked speechless by her actions. "Ready?" She's nervous as hell, but she's putting her nerves in a box in the closet right now.

Danny is still trying to get his bearings as he mutters. "Yes." He takes her hand and walks her over to the bed. but he has a trick up his sleeve as well. She lays down on the bed in her previous position and waits for him to join her. He says to her. "Now you know I asked you to let me take off something you're wearing. Since you took your own dress off, it doesn't count." Danny is pleasantly amused when he sees her eyes grow bigger as she takes in what he just said.

"You tricked me. Well done, Desai. Well done." Lacey says as she waits for him to make his move.

"I didn't trick you, Lacey. But I'm glad I can go further than just the dress." Danny says as he gets on the bed beside her the same way he did before they were interrupted.

She looks over at him. "You're really enjoying this aren't you?" Lacey asks him while interrupting his train of thought. He looks as if he's studying her body.

"Yes. Now I'm trying to decide what to take off of you." Danny responds.

"Well, I suggest you choose wisely because you may not get this opportunity again." She says it, but she doesn't really mean it. She has a feeling she'll be getting a lot more naked in the future. If it were any other guy, she might be a whole lot more self-conscious about taking her clothes off, but she isn't with him. He seems to admire her body the way that it is, and that can't do anything but make her feel better about herself.

"You don't really mean that do you, Lacey?" Danny asks as he props himself up on his elbow. He's trying to prolong her being undressed as long as possible. He has a feeling they'll be interrupted again, or it'll be time for him to take her home.

"Yes I do mean it." She lies.

"Well then i guess I'd better get started and savor the moment. Now you suggested that I choose wisely, right?"

"Yes."

"I just have a quick question beforehand." Danny says as moves from on his side, to on his knees beside her.

She's suddenly very nervous. She's laying there in only her bra, panties and stockings. She doubts he'll just take her stockings off. And he may get slick and "accidentally" take off her panties along with her stockings. Either way, one part of her body is about to be completely exposed to him.

"Ok. what's your question?" Lacey asks.

"Are your panties and stockings considered one item? Because from where I'm sitting, it looks like one item." She can't even begin to describe the look he has on his face. It's a mixture of satisfaction, desire, urge, and arousal.

"What? What do you think? You're trying to trick me again."

"Ok, Ok. That isn't really fair. So I guess I'll just have to settle for taking your bra off. But I won't if you really don't want me to or if you really aren't ready."

"You can take it off. But what about you?" Lacey nervously responds. She's about to be topless in front of him. It's kind of a big deal, but she feels like it shouldn't be. It's just her bra, right? And she isn't gonna let him take her panties off. As long as he doesn't ask to take them off. She's finding it extremely hard to say no to him. She doesn't really want to say no though. She just doesn't want to move too fast. And even though it is fast, it doesn't feel fast. She feels like she has known Danny forever. It's extremely difficult for her to believe that she just met him a few days ago. It feels right. She feels safe with him. And you only live once right? Besides, who's gonna know unless he tells someone. She had no intention of telling anybody how far they might go. She told Phoebe about the kissing, but that's just kissing. They've kissed in front of people before. It's no big deal.

But this is a big deal. I'm about to be naked in front of him!

Danny feigns ignorance. "What about me?"

"I'm about to be halfway naked and you're still fully dressed." Lacey says as she looks at him with want in her eyes.

"That's an easy problem to fix." Danny says as he hops off the bed and takes his shirt and jeans off. Lacey gets scared as she notices the huge bulge in the front of his boxers. "Happy now?" He asks her.

If he takes those boxers off, I'm a goner! No, stop, or wait won't be in my vocabulary.

"Yes." She says sheepishly.

He gets back on the bed. "Now back to the matter at hand, you do remember our deal, right?"

Lacey sits up so that he can take her bra off. Her heart is beating a million miles a minute. But she's not scared. Just nervous. This is the first time she has let a boy take her bra off. And he unhooks it with relative ease. He checks with her again to see if she's ok with him taking it completely off. He removes her bra and he's thrilled at the sight before him. Her naked breasts in front of him is almost a little too much for him to handle. He leans in to kiss her.

"You're beautiful." Danny says as kisses her again and lays her back down on the bed. He slowly climbs back on top of her. He moves from her lips to her ear and then her neck. He leaves a trail of kisses from her neck to her chest. Lacey lets out a small yelp as he starts placing kisses to her nipples. He slowly takes one into his mouth. He sucks on it and takes light nibbles on her nipple until he moves to the next one. Her soft moans in his ear are really turning him on. His erect bulge seems to have gotten bigger and harder as it continues to press up against her. She wants to touch it, but is afraid to. She thinks if she touches it, she'll want it inside of her and she's not quite ready for that. So she has to make her hands more useful and just runs her fingers through his hair with soft touches to his neck and back periodically.

Danny moves from her breasts back to her neck. He leaves soft licks in between even softer kisses. He returns to kissing her on the lips and gazing into her eyes. "I want you so bad Lacey." He says between deep kisses. "Do you know how bad I want you?" He asks her, sounding incredibly close to pleading.

Lacey has to catch her breath before answering. "I think I can tell just how bad you want me. I want you really badly too. But I don't think I'm ready yet. I'm sorry."

"No, please don't apologize. You have nothing to be sorry about. I'm ok with taking it slow. I told you I wouldn't push you to do anything you aren't ready for. Did I go too far?" The look on his face is so sincere, Lacey thinks she's about to melt.

"No, you didn't go too far, Danny." Lacey replies as she leans up to kiss him.

"Good. Can I just hold you for a while?" Danny asks as he places a kiss to her nose.

"Of course."

Danny moves from on top of her to right beside her. He shifts both of their bodies so that they're spooning. They just sit in each other's embrace, enjoying each other until Danny breaks the silence. "I think I love you, Lace."

"I think I love you too Danny." Lacey turns her body around to her other side to give Danny a kiss on his lips. She then buries her face into his chest. "I have to go home soon and I really don't want to leave. I could stay in your arms forever."

"I don't want you to leave either. But there's always tomorrow."

"You'll have to put a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door." Lacey says as she starts to laugh.

"I'll pick one up when I take you home."

"You'd better. We got interrupted way too many times."

"I know. We can always go to your house." Danny suggests.

"I have one word for you: Clara."

"On second thought..." Danny says as he pulls Lacey in for another kiss.