We made our way into the dining room about an hour after we arrived and tucked in to enjoy a delicious meal. We had honey ham with scalloped potatoes and tons of different vegetables. Food at the Marx home was top notch.
Dessert was a piping hot chocolate lava cake. I burned my tongue as I ate, but was enjoying it too much to stop. Afterward, we sipped on Irish coffees. Steven refrained so he could drive us home.
At the end of the night, we walked back to Steven's car. His family stood in the open doorway of the home and waved goodbye when we pulled away. As we drove, Steven rested his hand on my knee.
In my heart, I felt like things couldn't have gone any better. But I wanted to make sure it wasn't a one-sided feeling. "That was a perfect evening," I said, shimmying a little lower in the seat to get more comfortable.
"It was," Steven agreed.
"How do you feel about everything?" I asked.
He looked over at me. He was temporarily illuminated by warm white light as we passed under a streetlight. God, he was beautiful.
"I feel pretty damn good," he said, the corners of his mouth curling upward. "I'm completely in love with you, Allie Wright. I need you to know I get why you kept the secret to yourself. I understand now. And, listen, as long as you never keep anything like that from me again, I want to be with you. Not just as friends with benefits. I mean it. For real. I want to make this thing work. I want you. All of you."
My stomach did a backflip. My eyes welled with tears. I half-laughed half-sobbed, and Steven looked over at me in horror.
"Why are you crying?" he asked.
"I'm sorry," I said, dabbing at the corners of my eyes and trying not to smear my eyeliner. "These are happy tears. I can't believe it. You mean it? You and me, a couple?"
"I mean it. You and me. This is how it was always supposed to be, don't you think? I don't know why it took us so long to figure it out. But now that I have you, I don't plan on letting you go."
My heart swelled with joy. I couldn't believe this was happening. As we stopped at a red light, he shot me a dazzling white smile. He looked as happy as I felt. I leaned over, laughing and crying at the same time, and kissed him. He kissed me back, and we only came apart when the light turned green.
The rest of the drive back to his place was the best drive of my life.
We arrived at his home well after midnight. We both kicked our shoes off at the door and went straight to the bathroom. While he brushed his teeth, I took off my makeup. It was such a mundane thing to be doing together, but it felt so good.
"This is pretty cool," I said as I dried my face with one of his washcloths. "You and me. Getting ready for bed together. As a couple."
Steven grinned and patted my ass as he walked past me to go into the bedroom. "It doesn't get better."
I joined him in bed a few minutes later after applying my face creams and brushing my teeth. He pulled the blankets down for me and then wrapped me up in his arms once I was under the covers. I fit perfectly against him. He nuzzled his chin into my shoulder. I listened to him breathe. I focused on being present in the moment: on Steven Marx's arms wrapped around me. My boyfriend.
I smiled into my pillow.
Steven pulled me up tighter beside him. "This is good." He breathed in my ear.
"This is so good." I giggled.
"Maybe a little surreal," he admitted.
"Isn't that how the best things feel at first?" I asked, turning my head to try to look at him.
He planted a kiss on my cheek and pulled my hair off the side of my face. He cupped my cheek and turned me to face him. We kissed, soft and tender, and then he hugged me tighter. "Goodnight, Allie," he said. "Tomorrow morning I'll drive you to work. I'll drive my girlfriend to work," he added. I could hear his smile in his voice.
I sighed happily.
We had made it. Finally.
All the drama, all the bullshit, was behind us. We were taking our next steps together, and I knew there was nothing that was going to get in our way; not this time. This time things were going to work. He and I both wanted this, and we were the kind of people who would do whatever it took to have what we wanted. I think it just took him a bit longer to figure it all out than it did for me.
And I was okay with that. Because now he was mine, and he was curled up against my back. His breathing evened out. I listened to him fall asleep. I felt each of his deep breaths in his chest at my back.
I fell asleep grinning like a fool.
Chapter 31
Steven
When I woke up, I thought I was still dreaming. I was disoriented at first. Probably because it felt like someone was sucking my cock.
I looked down.
Allie was there, kneeling between my legs. She had my dick in her mouth, and she was sliding her lips up and down my shaft. Her dark eyes were fixed on me, and one of her hands was fondling my balls.
I was positive, right then and there, that if there was a Heaven, this is what it would be.
She pressed her tongue along the bottom of my shaft and took all of me in her mouth. I groaned and pressed my head against the pillow. It was common for me to wake up horny. Having her mouth over me in the morning was sending me into overdrive. I was going to come way too quickly.
She played with the tip of my dick, tracing her tongue over the most sensitive spots and smiling at me when I flinched. She lightly traced her nails over the inside of my thighs and up my stomach. She worked me over like she never had. When she knew I was about to explode, she stopped and used her hands.
I sat up and grabbed her wrists. She yelped playfully when I pulled her down on top of me. I propped myself up on my elbows and watched as she grabbed my cock and sat on it. She was so wet and so warm.
"Fuck," I breathed, unable to keep my head.
Allie smiled at me and rocked gently back and forth. She squeezed her breasts and threw her head back to look at the ceiling as she bucked on top of me. The ends of her hair grazed the top of my thighs in a way that made me want to devour her.
Soon she was bouncing up and down. Her tits were begging for me to hold them. I reached out and played with her nipples. She moaned.
I grabbed her hips and held her still. She tried to squirm away from me, shifting from side to side on my cock. I held her tighter, and she fell still. She watched me, her hair falling over her shoulder, as I started to slowly thrust into her, lifting my hips off the mattress. She moaned again. The sound was soft and sweet.
I fucked her harder. Her hands fell to my chest to steady herself. The tips of her fingers pressed into my flesh as she grew closer and closer to her orgasm.
She was tightening around me the way she did right before she came. I gritted my teeth, willing myself to hold on and not finish with her. I wasn't done with her yet. I wanted to fuck her on her back, on her side, on the edge of the bed. To leave her shaking with pleasure.
I got what I wanted. Allie came as I buried myself in her. She cried out, and her thighs tightened around my hips. She was strong. I loved that about her. I fell still beneath her when her orgasm was done. She was breathless and smiling.
I rolled over, taking her with me. Her laughter was high pitched and wonderful. I threw her on her back. She lay beneath me and lifted her arms above her head. She wiggled from side to side, her body twisting like a snake. I traced a finger down the line in the middle of her stomach. She bit her bottom lip.
"You're out of this world sexy," I told her as I pushed her legs apart.
She didn't answer me. I suspected she was incapable of words at the moment. That told me I was doing a good job.
I slid my cock into her. Her back arched, and she moaned at the ceiling. I leaned over her and pinned her wrists above her head with one hand. She tried to escape me weakly and then lifted her head up to kiss my throat. She pinched my skin lightly with her teeth and then rained kisses down my chest as I moved inside her.
She held her legs apart for me. She let her head fall back to the mattress. I tightened my grip on her wrists when I knew she was going to come. Her hips shifted below me as she mounted her orgasm. I knew all the signs.
Her breathing was more rapid now. Her breasts rose and fell with each breath she took. I watched her, soaking in the sight of her as she closed her eyes. I fucked her as hard as I could. She let out a short scream of ecstasy, and I felt her grow even wetter around my cock. I continued thrusting in and out of her, but I was slow this time. I let her descend back down from her orgasm until I knew she was ready for more.
Then, I flipped her over on her knees. I grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled her head back as I entered her. I saw her hands tighten into fists in the sheets. Her back was arched so dramatically that the line of her spine looked two times deeper than normal. The muscles in her shoulders were tight, and the dimples in her back were whispering sweet hellos to me.