[Nick]

I probably shouldn’t have walked out of the room on that note, but I wanted to tease her a little. I mean, hey… I can’t just be Prince Charming, I need to be his cousin Rico Suave who can lure the girl in like some big bass caught on a wire.

Yeah, that made no sense.

I went to take a shower and got ready for bed after I walked away from her. I needed to clear my mind and get the anger out of me. I admit, seeing her upset over him got to me a little. I know she probably still has feelings for him because, after all, he was her first love. I see my first real girlfriend and I get a little wound up too.

I look at myself in the mirror, hoping to God that I’m not giving off the wrong impression. I sleep in boxers and I’m not going to change that just because I’m sharing a bed with her. I’m just hoping she doesn’t think that’s going too far, especially after tonight. God, that kiss when we were under the gazebo before that bastard and his slut walked up was so…. Hot and tingly and awesome and just good. She’s one of the best kissers I’ve ever kissed

I’ve been in here thirty minutes or so, I guess I should go so she can come in and shower. Hopefully she doesn’t think I’m mad and locked myself in the bathroom like a girl.

I look at myself in the mirror and put on one of the hotels white cherry cloth robes, tying it around my waist.

Fine, there.

“Hey Karie,” I said, walking out of the bathroom to see her sitting on the side of the bed, putting lotion on her legs. She had on a white robe like the one I had on and her make-up was off. “Do you need to shower because I’m done –“

“There’s another bathroom outside,” she smiled. “I took a shower out there.” I nodded, closing the bathroom door. I walked over to the windows, looking outside at the lights of Orlando from a distance and the lake. There were a group of people out by the lake, probably some of her high school classmates but I wasn’t going to bring that up to her again.

“Sorry about earlier,” she said as I looked back over my shoulder at her. “I wasn’t trying to push something on you I hope you know. Like, I’m not looking for a committed relationship or anything, it’s just I was wondering what’s going on here, you know?”

“I know,” I smiled, looking back out the window. “I told you though, when we leave Nashville, that doesn’t mean I’m going to just forget I ever knew you.”

“I know,” she said as I turned around, seeing her take her robe off. She had on light baby blue baby doll chemise top with a high waistline and thin spaghetti straps and a matching pair of little shorts. She reached for her brush, leaning over and pulling her thick, long dark hair in a ponytail on top of head.

“I went to take a shower so we could cool off,” I muttered, walking over to the little bar in our bedroom and opened a bottle of water.

“Cool off?” she asked, cracking a smile while putting on some chap stick. “Is that your way of saying I had you worked up?”

“Well I meant from, him,” I said as she sat down on the bed, looking at me.

“Fuck him,” she said as I took my robe off, standing there in nothing but a dark pair of boxers. “That’s all I really have to say about him because I might have been upset but thinking about it… thank God it wasn’t me that got knocked up and how freakin’ many tattoos do you have?” I laughed, looking down at myself. “Jesus, Nick. You almost look like AJ.”

“You don’t like them?” I asked as she sighed. “Admit it, you like them.”

“Don’t make me break out the condoms, okay?” she said as I cracked up laughing. I crawled onto the bed, moving my face closer to hers and smiled. “I’d hate to have to rape you tonight.”

“Oh, is that a fact?” I asked, leaning in to kiss her lips gently. “I never got a chance to tell you tonight but I love the lyrics you wrote.”

“I wrote a few more while I was taking a shower.”

“Oh really?”

“I don’t want to talk about the weather. I don’t want to go out on the town. I don’t want to watch TV together. I just want to kiss you on the mouth. We don’t have to spend a lot of money. We don’t need to get up off this couch. I just want to turn the lights down honey and kiss you on the mouth,” she said as I smiled.

“You already said that,” I said as she put her finger on my lips.

“I want to get drunk on your lips like wine. Get lost in you a thousand times baby while you’re here with me tonight. I don’t want to think about tomorrow. I don’t need to think about that now. I don’t want to ask where this is going. I just want to kiss you on the mouth,” she whispered and I smiled more.

“I wish you would sing it,” I said as she shook her head. My eyes moved down to her neck and to her chest in that little top.

“Dude, you perv,” she laughed, covering her chest and pushing me away. I fell back on the bed laughing. I couldn’t help myself.

“Dude, there nice, I couldn’t help it. I wouldn’t be a man if I hadn’t looked,” I said as she picked up a pillow and threw it at me. I watched her as she crawled under the cover on the bed and I took a cue from her and did the same before turning out the lights.

It didn’t take a few minutes before she was lying directly beside me. I could feel her smooth legs next to mine and I couldn’t help but smile.

“Nick,” she said as she rolled over her stomach, resting her chin and hand on my chest as I lay on my back. I felt her fingers tap my chest slowly as if she were thinking. “Thank you.”

“For what?” I asked.

“Everything.”

“No problem, babe,” I whispered as I felt her lips on my chest, barely touching my skin. I closed my eyes, wanting so badly to tell her to keep going but knowing that if she didn’t stop, that I was going to be showing her where this was going.

[/Nick]

[Karie]

I kissed his skin lightly, barely brushing my lips upon it and looked up to see his eyes looking down at me. I felt his arm wrap around my waist and before I knew it, I was on my back and he was halfway on top of me, looking down in my eyes.

He kept moving his lips as if he wanted to say something but the words never came out. His lips moved to mine, kissing me as deeply and slowly as he had outside. His kiss was like fire, hot and tingly, seeing shivers down my spine and to the bottom of my feet. His hand moved to my stomach and up under my top, caressing my tummy.

He broke away from the kiss, moving his lips down my chin line and to my neck, sucking and licking his way across my skin. My breathing was becoming heavy and I was feeling things that I hadn’t felt in such a long time. His lips moved back up my chest, to my chin and found their way back to my lips.

“Nick,” I breathed in between kisses. He kissed his way along the side of my face and whispered “what” in my ear. That alone almost drove me up the wall. “Nick…”

“I want you so bad right now,” Nick whispered, moving his nose to mine so that we were eye to eye. He rubbed his nose against mine and I smiled. “I’m just telling myself no but I just want to spend all night being a part of you, tasting you, licking you, not getting enough of you.”

Damn.

“I want you too,” I whispered, running my hand across his forehead, causing him to smile. “Sex complicates everything though and I hate to ruin everything with you.”

“It won’t ruin it if you don’t let it,” he replied, running his finger over my bottom lip. “I just… I’m so trying to be the good guy here who doesn’t push the girl into sex and stuff but God, I can’t help myself with you.”

“I can’t help myself either,” I said.

“We just have to prove everybody wrong… you know, your Mom with her condoms and the guys. They were shocked I hadn’t already slept with you.”

“Nick…”

“Yeah?”

“Shut up and just kiss me,” I said as he smiled, moving his lips closer to mine. I closed my eyes and smiled, feeling his lips touch mine gentley. “Nick…” I whispered as he moved them away. I opened my eyes to see him smiling at me.

“Let’s just go to sleep,” he whispered, moving off of me and curling up next to my body. I moved to my side, feeling his body cuddle up next to mine .

“Nick..”

“Yeah?”

“There’s something hard against my ass,” I bluntly said, feeling his hard on against me. He cracked up laughing, burying his face into my back. I felt his arm wrap around my stomach and for some reason, it sent chills up my spine. I had never experienced anything like this before. I had never slept in the same bed with a guy before. Sure, I’ve had sex and stuff, but it was always just pure sex… fucking. There wasn’t anything intimate about it. There was no cuddling or anything of the sort.

“Nick…”

“Yeah?”

“Why are you all hugging up next to me and stuff?” I asked. I felt his head move up to my shoulder and could feel the smile on his face.

“Honestly, I don’t know. I just grabbed a hold of you,” he chuckled. “Want me to stop?”

“No, I like it,” I smiled, feeling his lips on my shoulder. I closed my eyes, trying not to think about the fact that I could tear him apart right now and blow his mind all at once.

[/Karie]