Page 64 of Sparks Like Ours

Elle nodded, not quite finished. “And surprising. And torturous,until it wasn’t.”

“Okay.” Gia smiled, picking up on the trend.

“Then it was simply…decadent.” As they talked, Gia continued totouch Elle, who loved every second of it. Her stomach, her breasts, hercollarbone, and more intimately along the insides of her thighs. “It still is,what you’re doing to me. I’m still humming over here, because you’re pullingnew urges.”

“That’s a good report card,” Gia said, and dipped her head tonibble on Elle’s neck.

“Which should be rewarded, I would say.”

Gia studied her briefly before going back to the tingle-inducingnibbling, probably unsure what to make of that sentence.

It was clear Gia hadn’t come into tonight with any expectations,but Elle certainly had a few that had yet to be explored. “Which means it’stime for you to stop that.” She gently pulled Gia’s face back to hers and kissedher hard and fast. Pulling her lips from the dizzying kiss, she sat up andpulled Gia with her. “You might have to be patient with me.”

Gia nodded, her eyes dark once again.

Wordlessly, Elle unclasped the blue bra, freeing the breasts she’dbeen thinking about for weeks on end, anxious to get her hands on them at last.She looked up at Gia and smiled, her stomach dipping noticeably in appreciationof what she could only describe as simply beautiful breasts. Not large, butdefinitely not small. Perfectly round. She ran a finger from the top of eachbreast to the bottom before lifting one and taking the nipple into her mouth.The move pulled a groan from Gia, sending a bolt of arousal to Elle’s center.She was lost again in a haze of lust, longing to do so many things at once,like a kid who had been long denied the candy store. She spent a lot of time onthose breasts, bathing them, running her tongue across each nipple, suckingone, then the other firmly. Maybe even too much time, but the quiet sounds Giamade told her the attention was not wasted. Somehow, they ended up lying down,Elle’s naked body on top of Gia’s. Elle wasn’t quite sure which of them hadmade that move, but she liked the feel of being on top, their breasts pushedtogether with delicious friction while her hips moved instinctively againstGia’s. She gave her head a small shake, attempting to clear it from the rush ofsensations it juggled. But maybe it was better this way. Unable to think, shewas unable to second-guess her actions. She had zero experience in what she wasabout to do, and in her present condition, that didn’t seem like a problem atall. She followed her instincts, her desire, and kissed a path down Gia’sstomach, taking her time and savoring each response she pulled, memorizing it.

She kissed the insides of Gia’s thighs, licked them, heady withpower and longing to take Gia to the places she’d just taken Elle. She slowlyparted Gia’s thighs and delicately touched her on the outside of her underwearwith one finger and first and then her entire palm. Gia hissed in a breath.Full of anticipation, Elle looped her thumbs through the black bikini briefsand pulled them down Gia’s legs. She took a moment to just stare, now wet againherself. She leaned down and tasted Gia for the first time. Lightly with hertongue at first, and then more deliberately with her mouth, her lips. Just asGia had done, she made small, gentle circles with her tongue. Gia moaned andbucked her hips, looking for more. Elle matched that rhythm with her tongue.She watched for signals, Gia’s breathing, the increased movement of her hips,the intoxicating sounds she made. When she seemed close, Elle pushed herfingers inside, steadying herself from the overwhelming feeling of connectionthat hit all at once. Gia was no longer quiet, tossing her head on the pillowas Elle moved in and out, loving the sensation of Gia enveloping her. Shedidn’t want this to end, but to her surprise, Gia grabbed a fistful of theblanket beneath her and cried out, her hips going wild and then still.

Elle exhaled in awe of the sight. Looking down at Gia’s nakedbody, spent and glistening, was perhaps the most beautiful image she’d everseen. She made a point to memorize it for all time. “Are you sure it has to beover?” Elle asked, kissing the insides of Gia’s thighs, nibbling her way backto where she had been most effective just moments before.

“Not sure I can withstand much more of that,” Gia said, with alaugh, and gently pulled Elle up the bed toward her.

“That was so different from what I expected it to be,” Elle said,still processing.

Gia nodded, allowing her to do so. “Can you tell me how?”

“So muchmore,”Elle said, staring out the ceiling. She flung her arm over her forehead andexhaled. “All this time, this was here, and I had no idea.” She shook her headand looked over at Gia. “I’ve just been doing it wrong.”

“I don’t know if wrong is the word,” Gia said, turning onto herside and smoothing Elle’s hair.

“I do.”

“So, are you okay?” Gia asked with a smile. Though it alreadylooked like she knew the answer to that question.

“I’m more than okay.” Elle sat up, not knowing what to do withherself. “I’m excited, and inquisitive, and also a little mystified. Did I sayrelieved? Because I’m that as well. So many battling emotions, but they’re allgood, and powerful. Did I mention powerful? God.”

Gia laughed. “You’re talking really fast.”

“Am I? That would make sense.”

Gia held out an arm. “Here. Why don’t you lie back down and take adeep breath.”

Because Gia looked more than a little inviting, Elle returned tothe pillow next to her and slid her hand onto Gia’s chest. “Yeah, this isbetter.”

“Hi,” Gia said, quietly.

Elle smiled. “Hi.”

Maybe it was the proximity, or the few minutes it had been sincethey’d touched each other, but like a magnet they came back together. Shewasn’t sure who’d made the first move, but that was all it took to ignite theirpassion all over again. Kissing, touching, and so much more.

When they were happy and spent and barely able to move, they layside by side facing each other, on the same pillow once again, in the verylate—make that very early—hours. Neither one of them seemed to want to sleep.Elle, for one, needed to hang on to this night for as long as possible. It feltlike her world had shifted dramatically, and she didn’t want to miss a singleminute.

“Why aren’t people having sex all the time?” she finally asked.

Gia laughed quietly. “I mean…I think they are.”

“They should. And like that. Exactly what we just did.” She shookher head. “That was the longest sex I’ve ever had.” She ran her fingers acrossGia’s collarbone, still marveling at how soft her skin was, and that she hadfree rein to explore it.

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