Page 67 of Two Hearts' Christmas Homecoming

When they kissed, he knew that they weren’t going to wait. Besides, what the heck was he waiting for? There wasn’t anyone else in the world that he wanted to be with besides Amy. Even though she was only twenty, there wasn’t a doubt in his mind that she hadn’t considered her actions.

“We’re not waiting, are we?” she asked in an unsteady voice when they finally broke apart for air.

“Not unless you want to?”

“Are you kidding?” She snorted. “I’ve been wondering all day about how I was going to talk you into it.”

He barked out a laugh. “Oh, Amy. I don’t know what I would have done without you in my life.”

“I don’t remember a time since we met that I didn’t feel the same way myself,” she answered, becoming thoughtful. “You always seemed to get me. And you never really treated me like a kid, even when everyone else did.”

They sat up in the bed, and Lex’s mouth covered hers again, moving from her lips to her cheeks and throat. He hoped he wasn’t rushing her into this because he just couldn’t seem to stop.

“That sexy nightgown has to go,” he growled, gently moving his hands down over the satiny fabric clinging to her skin. Fingering the hem, he helped her tug if off over her head.

She wasn’t shy as his eyes roved over her slim yet shapely figure.

Lex quickly slipped off his shorts, throwing them to the foot of the bed. Reaching into the drawer of his nightstand, he pulled out a condom and suited himself up. “We’re going to be extra careful here. I meant it when I said I wanted you to continue school. I’m not going to let you get pregnant.”

Of course, he might not be able to get her pregnant anyway, he realized, suddenly thinking about what Doc Donnelly had said to him years ago.

“Okay, I agree,” she admitted. “We’ll talk more about it later.”

He laid his mouth gently over one breast and then over the other, before his lips roved lower still, touching and tasting as she laid back on the bed, leaving no part of her body untouched or unloved.

The tension within her seemed to build to an incredible degree, finally bursting free.

Lex was trembling as he moved his mouth gently over her body, before finally reaching her lips once again. Amy’s hands were caressing his back and buttocks as she urged him closer.

“This first time will be a little quick, Amy,” he said gently. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Unless you stopped loving me, nothing you could do would ever hurt me, Lex,” she said in a breathy voice.

But he needed to be inside of her, the ultimate connection that they’d both unconsciously craved for what seemed like forever. He covered her, entered her slowly, and then thrust into her deeply as Amy clung to him tightly.

“Are you okay?” he asked in an unsteady voice.

“More than okay,” she muttered. “Don’t stop.”

“Alright.” Suddenly, Lex laughed. “I won’t.”

He thrust deeper, harder, and she gasped, her body arching under his. Lifting upward, he studied her face as she moved with each thrust, absorbed each forceful penetration as he rode her and filled her, pushing her closer to the peak.

Amy reached for him, pulling him against her as his mouth crushed hers deeply again.

Her body coiled in response when she tightened beneath him, her thighs gripping his while their breathing filled the air when he shuddered and released.

As they laid there in silence for a few long breathless moments, Lex finally heaved a sigh, giving her an unsteady smile. “I have a feeling that I’m not going to be able to keep my hands off you anymore. Before we go for a second round, can I ask you something important?”

She shivered, kissing him on the cheek, cuddling closer. “Sure.”

“Amy, will you marry me? I don’t think we should wait.”

She sprang upright in the bed, frowning. “Where did that come from? I thought we already decided it would be better to wait?”

Lex was unsure about her reaction. What did it mean?

“I’m afraid if I go away, you’re going to end up staying at home and getting a job to help Mom and Dad financially after junior college, even though they probably won’t take anything from you.”

---