Ben’s hands roamed down my naked back and he cupped my bum. He pulled me firmly towards him and the water around us rippled. I let out a breathy moan as he slid one of his legs between mine. If he was trying not to have sex with me tonight, this wasn’t exactly the right thing to be doing.
“Trust me. I just know these things.”
57. Ben 4 Sera 4 Eva
It felt like we stayed in the bath kissing for hours. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d kissed someone for so long. And when we weren’t kissing, we were staring into each other’s eyes and smiling like idiots.
By the time we’d climbed out of the bath, my lips were red and stinging from the endless friction. Ben wrapped me up in a towel and then took me by the hand and took me to the bed.
It suddenly dawned on me that this was our first sleepover together. It was strange how our relationship had played out in reverse: sex on the first night to not having sex during our first official sleepover. But with Ben I couldn’t imagine the relationship playing out any other way. He constantly surprised me. “Which side of the bed do you sleep on?” he asked.
“Um . . .” I hesitated as I tried to remember. “I think that side.” I pointed to the left, but before I could move to climb in, Ben took me by the shoulders and marched me to the other side of the bed. He pulled the blanket down and maneuvered me in. He then jumped over me and climbed into “my” side.
“Why did you do that?”
Ben moved closer. “Because,” he said slowly, loosening the towel and letting it fall to the floor. His hand reached inside and ran over my stomach. “I don’t want this to be like sleeping in bed with any other guy.”
I pushed his hand away quickly. “That’s kind of rich coming from you.” I’d intended it to come out playfully, but there had definitely been a slight sting in my voice.
“Okay, let’s just pretend we’re both innocent virgins doing everything for the first time and—”
I burst out laughing. “Not likely.”
“Why? It’s not such a leap, everything I do with you feels like a first.” The look in his eyes transformed the moment again.
I sighed out loud. “Did you enroll in a course where they taught you what women want to hear? I mean . . .are you for real?”
“You’ll just have to find out tomorrow night.” His contagious smile had me smiling again.
“What the hell have you got planned for tomorrow night?” I asked, giggling slightly as I wrapped my arms around him. Suddenly, without warning, Ben rolled me over so I was sitting on top of him.
“I already told you what’s happening tomorrow night,” he said with that familiar confidence.
“That I’m going to confess my undying love to you?” My tone was slightly mocking.
Ben nodded, looking dead serious. “Exactly!”
“You’re crazy, you know that?” I laughed, putting my hands on his chest and then running them over the lines of one of his tattoos. We both watched as my fingers traced the dark lines up and down his torso, his arms and neck. He let out a sigh as goosebumps broke out across his skin.
“There’s a gap here,” I said when I came to a place that hadn’t been covered. He tilted his head up and looked down.
“Oh, that’s where I’m getting our names tattooed. Ben 4 Sera 4 eva!” He followed the sentence with one of those iceberg-melting smiles.
“Like I said . . .crazy!”
He wrapped he arms around me. “You think I’m joking?” he asked.
I stopped and thought about it for a second. Did I think Ben was capable of tattooing something like that on his chest?Well, if there was one person on earth who might do something that ridiculous, it probably would be Ben. “I’m not actually sure,” I confessed.
Ben pulled me down and laughed. “Oh Sera, Sera, Sera . . . you’ll just have to wait and see, won’t you?”
58. A Small Human Girl Child
We woke up completely tangled in each other’s arms and legs. Even our fingers were intertwined.
“Morning,” Ben said when I finally opened my eyes. He was propped up on his elbow, looking at me intently.
“Have you been watching me?”
