of them were arching into each other, their hips clashing, their
 
 bodies straining, everything just heat and light and pleasure.
 
 Adalynn had never felt anything so intense. She was amazed.
 
 She felt broken, shifted, like her body had gone to another
 
 time and place and come back not quite how it had been put
 
 together just a few seconds before.
 
 After their climaxes rocked them both, Adalynn recognized
 
 the afterglow setting in. She was painfully aware that she was
 
 afraid of sharing it with Cassia, and she hated herself for that.
 
 She firmly told herself that in this, she wouldn’t be a coward.
 
 So instead of trying to distance herself from Cassia, she shifted
 
 her so that she was lying on her side, then draped her arm
 
 around her and pulled her close, so tight that there was no
 
 space between them. She pulled the blankets of her bed over
 
 them, no longer caring that it had been messy and unmade.
 
 She knew it was a dangerous thing to get so close to someone,
 
 but she knew how stupid it was for her to be afraid of the thing
 
 she wanted most. For tonight, at any rate, she wanted to have
 
 this. She wanted to have it with Cassia. She wanted to be bold
 
 and just enjoy their time together, enjoy her afterglow, enjoy
 
 the softness and the sweetness and the warmth of Cassia as she
 
 snuggled against her.
 
 “What are you thinking about?” Cassia whispered,
 
 snuggling in deeper against Adalynn, so that she could feel her
 
 heartbeat thumping softly against the palm of her hand where
 
 it rested. She breathed in against Cassia’s hair, savoring the
 
 intimacy and the tenderness of the moment.
 
 “I was thinking about what you said about never having a
 
 sleepover before.”
 
 Cassia froze. “You mean that?” she asked softly. “You want