you, is because I’m afraid of living there, alone.”
“Are you sure?” I hate seeing uncertainty and doubt on him. Hate it.
“Yes. I’m absolutely sure. I love you, Zack. And I’m terrified of doing the album, but I figure in a few weeks you’ll all realize how much I really do suck and you’ll find a new keyboarder, anyway. But if that doesn’t happen, I’ll do it because I love playing. Always have, and it may just end up being really fun. I’m moving here because I love you and I want to be with you for as long as I can have you.”
“Forever.” He growls as his mouth meets mine again. He pulls back quickly, leaving me wanting more. At my questioning glare, he pulls me to my feet.
“Where are we going?” my voice breathless.
“To celebrate.” He winks and pulls me towards the house and back to his room, our room, where we do just that.
***
Zack
“Hey, wake up,” I say and wrap my arms around Nicole’s waist. She feels fantastic and fits perfectly next to me. She’s been zoning out ever since we celebrated the fact she agreed to move in with me. I’m the luckiest man alive and I don’t care if it makes me sound like a girl. I love her.
I watch her eyes change from that dazed look she gets when she’s remembering Mark and darken to lust. I lift one side of my lips into a grin because I know she’s getting turned on all over again. It’s awesome.
“What?” she asks me with a dream like haze in her voice. It’s soft and smooth and I want to wrap my hand into her long brown hair and take her all over again, but first I want to know what she’s thinking.
“Where were you? You looked like you were on another planet.”
“Just daydreaming, I guess.” She rolls into my arms and I pull her to me tightly. She can feel how aroused I am again and I chuckle softly when she blushes a little bit.
“About?”
“You. How much I love you.”
“Sounds like a good dream,” I whisper softly and shift so I’m hovering over her, just inches from her lips. I press my hips into her just once and smile when her eyes roll back into her head and a little moan escapes her lips. I lean in and kiss her softly because I can’t resist them.
“Hmm…the best,” she murmurs against me.
“Tell me more.” I really want to know what has her smiling and looking so flushed.
My body shivers as she rubs her hands up and down my back. I never knew a woman’s soft hands could make me feel so good until Nicole put hers all over me for the first time. I dip my tongue into her greedy mouth and taste her. She tastes like coffee and sex and it takes all of my self-control to stop from sliding right into her again.
I groan when she whispers, “I don’t feel like talking.”
I don’t either, if I’m being honest. But I see her blush again and I have to know. I’m used to seeing her zone out when she remembers Mark and Andrew. She gets this faraway look in her eyes and sometimes sadness covers them. But sometimes she seems content, and that’s all I want for her. Today though, there is something different in the look and I know she’s hesitant to tell me. I pull back at her and grin.
“Must have been some daydream if you’re blushing just thinking about it.”
She rolls her eyes and laughs. “Not in the way you’re thinking. I was just thinking that six months ago, my life was completely empty. I had no one but Mia, and even then the thought of actually trying to live again was overwhelming. And then you barged into my life and my condo…if I remember correctly stalker.” I laugh. She’s right, I was a total stalker, even though I would never admit it. I wanted her from the night I met her, even if I didn’t understand why at the time.
“I never would have pictured my life could be like this again, or how so quickly it would just seem so perfect. I guess I was thinking of the past…” She looks up at me slowly, “and the future.”
The future? It’s the first time she’s brought it up. I want forever with this woman, and even though she’s always agreed and I know she wants it too, this is the first time she’s spoken