She snorts and buries her face in my chest, putting all of her weight on me. “I’m not quite sitting on your dick,” she says quietly. I rock against her center, which is slippery wet against me.

“I know. Can you fix that, please?” I say. I make like I’m trying to adjust her hips, but I know I need to get a condom first. I might have been asleep, but I’m not stupid.

She lifts up a little and points down toward my dick. “I’m a little intimidated by that,” she whispers playfully.

I chuckle. “Why? I promise it won’t hurt you. I’ll make sure he behaves.” I hug her to me. My heart is almost full to bursting, and I can’t think of anything I’d rather do. Well, I’d kind of like to f**k her, too, but I do have priorities, even right now.

“I wasn’t talking about your…parts.” Her face gets all rosy.

A laugh bursts from my throat. “Parts? You talk about me like I’m a washing machine.”

“Washing machines are not pierced, Matt,” she says.

“Oh,” I breathe. “You mean that.” I run my fingers through her hair like a comb. “It won’t bite. I promise.”

“I was kind of looking while you were sleeping,” she admits.

“Looking at my face, I’m sure,” I tease. “Was I drooling?”

“Nope.” She shakes her head. “Down there. It looked at me first,” she says.

“I told him about that shit,” I gripe. “Dicks never listen. Just ask any man. He’ll tell you the same.”

She giggles against my chest. “You always wake up so ready?”

I lift my head and look down at her. “Usually, yeah,” I admit. “It’s a guy thing.”

“And I thought it was just for me.”

“Well, no one else is getting him,” I say. “So, that would apply.” I squeeze her naked bottom in my hand, and she yelps.

“Apparently, I have a lot to learn about men,” she says.

“Thank God I’m willing to teach you.” I growl as I hook an arm around her waist and flip her over so that I’m above her. I look down into her face, and my heart skips a beat. I want inside her so bad I can taste it, but I’m afraid to rush it.

I know what it’s like to have meaningless sex, and I’m afraid she does, too. This isn’t meaningless. At least not for me. This is so much more, and I want to savor every second. I also want to be sure she’s feeling as strongly for me as I’m feeling for her. If there’s anyone who could break my f**king heart, it’s her. She’s everything I ever wanted.

“You’re sure you’re in love with me, right?” I ask as I dip my head to kiss her.

She murmurs against my lips. “As sure as I can be.”

I lift my head. “What does that mean?” I brace my elbows on either side of her head and use my thumbs to brush her hair from forehead, sweeping across the delicate arch of her brow.

“I’m still learning what all this is about,” she says. “I don’t fully understand it, and I wasn’t looking for it. I don’t know how to analyze it.”

“I don’t know how to take that,” I admit.

“I just… I know I haven’t ever felt this way about anybody, particularly not this fast. And I’m scared, Matt. I’m terrified. But I like this. I like these feelings, as much as I dislike them.” She bites her lower lip between her teeth. “Can I tell you something?”

“You can tell me anything.” I scoot down so that I can touch my lips to her neck. It’s there and it’s so pretty and soft against my lips. She smells like citrus and soap, and I love every inch of her. I am enamored with the wet parts, and I rock my hips so that I can slide against her heat. She gasps and arches her hips to meet me.

“You’re the only one I needed today after I left my mom. You’re the one who makes me feel safe. I think I can tell you anything and you won’t judge. You dropped everything at Reed’s just to come with me, you listened to me, and then you took care of me until I fell asleep on you.” She winces. “Sorry about that.”

I chuckle against her skin. “Are you kidding? I enjoyed that as much as you did.”

“But you didn’t even…” She blushes, and she’s so pretty that she makes my belly flip.

“I can get off anytime. Getting you off,” I tell her, “that was a dream come true.” I cup her breast in my hand and plump it gently. It’s barely a handful, but it’s mine and I am already in love with it. In fact, I plan to spend a lot more time with it. Along with other slippery parts of her. I take her nipple into my mouth and abrade it with the flat of my tongue. She squirms beneath me, and if she moves one more inch, I’ll be inside her.

“Matt,” she says, her voice quivering. Her legs come up to wrap around my hips, and I notch my dick at her cleft. It know it’s risky, but I want to bump the head of my dick against her clit and see if she’ll get even wetter for me.

Her eyes fall closed, and her head turns to the side. A shiver trembles up her spine, and I rock my hips. “I think you like that piercing you were so scared of a minute ago,” I say quietly beside her ear. Her eyes fly open.

“That’s what that is?” she whispers.

“Well, I take all the credit if you really like it,” I whisper, and I drag through her heat again. She trembles in my arms.