Thirty Nine: Strawberries and More

Teddy's Apartment: 11:30PM

Ted and Tamera ended up at Teddy's place at the end of the night. She plopped down on his couch. She was thankful that they were finally in for the night. She ran her hand through her partly damp curls. It had just started to rain as they made it through the door. She closed her eyes and listened to the gentle falling of the rain. She was so relaxed and at peace. She hadn't remembered ever feeling this comfortable in her own skin. Ted made her feel beautiful. She remembered the way that his blue eyes had gazed upon her today. He viewed her as if he were in awe of something special and priceless.

She opened her eyes to find Teddy staring at her with that same gaze. He seemed a little embarrassed to be caught staring at her. Tamera had never seen her him look so bashful, she was surprised that he could look so freaking attractive, it didn't hurt that he was also topless. Tamera allowed her eyes to wander over his defined six pack and sexy V that led to his navy blue pajama bottoms, she was the one that should be in awe. He handed Tamera the matching top to the pajama bottoms he was wearing.

"No pants?" She arched her eyebrow and snickered.

"I would offer you some but I would just end up pulling them off anyway. I figured I'd save us both an unnecessary step." Tamera blushed at Teddy's honesty and took top.

She quickly changed and rejoined Teddy in the living room. When she rejoined him as soon as he saw her his eyes hungrily devoured her. He started at her feet, to her calves, and to her that's … of God her thighs. Tamera inched her way towards him shakily. Tamera felt that tonight would probably be the night she would lose her virginity. That would be the only reason he'd want to come back to his place.

"Look, I made dessert," he said proudly as he gestured toward his coffee table. He set out strawberries and chocolate.

"I see," she chuckled as she sat down beside him. Tam was not an expert in regards to romance and seduction, but she knew that strawberries were positively correlated to seduction. The very sight of them made her anxious and excited at the same time. Teddy was a little confused by the look Tam was giving his efforts. He thought she liked strawberries; he shrugged off her weird behavior and helped himself to the snack before him. He noticed how Tam's eye's followed the fruit as he placed it to his lips and took a bite. Her eyes were hooded and her lips parted, he loved when she looked at him this way. It made him feel powerful and it fueled a part of himself that he was trying to control. He took the rest of the strawberry and offered it to her. Her lips touched his fingers as he fed her.

"Hmm," she nodded as she appreciated the taste. The strawberries were juicy the excess juice dripped down her chin.

"My thoughts exactly," he murmured as he ran his thumb along her chin and then smoothed his bottom lip. "Do you want more?" His voice was drenched with seduction.

"Yeah," Tam answered quickly, and never took her eyes off Ted. He took another strawberry, dipped the tipe of it in chocolate, and offered it to her. Tam did like she always did with fruit she sucked the chocolate off first and then took a bite.

"You're doing that to fuck with me aren't you?"

"Doing what?" She pulled away from in a small state of alarm.

"Why do you … suck on it first? You do that with a lot of stuff. I always thought you were trying to be nasty." Tam pulled her feet onto the couch and burst into laughter.

"Are you serious?" Ted nodded and looked at her as if he expected an answer.

"I bet you'd like that wouldn't you." She narrowed her eyes.

"No, I wouldn't. I promised myself I'd do this thing right, but my resolve isn't but so strong. Do it again I can't promise you virtue will remain intact."

"You've already begun to do damage to my so called virtue Teddy. Nobody talks like that about virginity anymore by the way." Tam took another strawberry off the plate.

"So Tam, I know we talked about this a little bit but why are you still a virgin? I know you said that you weren't really inspired before, but you've bound to be curious and guys have hit on you." Tam rolled her eyes and then gave Ted's question some real thought.

"The only thing I really thought about regarding sex was that there was something wrong with me for not wanting that level of intimacy with someone. I thought that there may be something wrong with my hormones, so I had my doctor do some tests … they all came back clear." She shrugged and Teddy tried to fight his urge to chuckle.

"I can't believe you wasted money on tests!" He snickered and shook his head.

"Well, I thought something was really wrong! If I knew I would eventually feel the way I do now I wouldn't have bothered."

"How do you feel now?" Teddy asked as but he was kind of nervous of her response. She looked at Ted and gave him a glare that said I hate you for asking this question.

"Ted, I can't really put what I've felt the past few weeks into words," she let out an uneasy chuckle.

"Try," he would look at her as he muttered his request.

"Well … whenever I'm around you … my heart pounds and my mouth goes dry. It's so weird lately I think less about talking to you and more about that things you could do to me … and I really want you to. Every little touch you give me means something different. I feel so special, attractive … sexy." She almost whispered the last word. Ted took his pointer finger and placed it under her chin. He ensured that they had full eye contact with each other. He quickly became lost in her golden hazel eyes.

"You are all of those things Tam. I don't know why it took me this long to see you in this light. To be completely honest I've always thought you beautiful, I just thought that you would never see me as a man. Plus, I was all about fucking … no relationships, but you've change my mind. I want more … I need more from you, baby." He said as he gently placed his lips on hers and she almost too eagerly responded. She aggressively placed herself in his lap and threw her arms around his neck. It he wanted more she'd gladly give it to him.

Author's Note: I'm a woman of my word! I said I'd have another chapter out by Wednesday and here it is! I think next chapter I will jump in time a bit. Not much but enough to move the story along. It's getting a little stagnant. I love you all for reading and sticking with me! I will probably update again over the weekend. As always please read, review, and no flames!