Say Yes

by Mellie George

  My hands roamed down to the bottom of his tee shirt and without hesitation he let me pull it over his head and I tossed it to the floor. I took a minute to stare at his chest and I could say with certainty that I had never been more turned on in my life. He was tall, lean, and cut in all the right places. I ran my hand over his abs which clenched under my touch. I moved my hand up to his neck and I pulled him into another steamy kiss. He started to move us toward the staircase, and we stopped at the bottom of the stairs and he leaned me against the wall. One hand was on the small of my back and his other hand roamed down to my bottom, feeling my curves. He pulled my leg up around his waist, and I wiggled a little bit under his touch. He groaned loudly as I felt his arousal against me.

  “Oh Lilly, I want you so much,” he breathed, and he started trailing feather-light kisses down my neck. I took his hand and started up the stairs.

  “Which one is your room?” I asked. I had been to the lake house before when Luke’s parents would host parties but I had never been upstairs.

  “It’s the first one at the top of the stairs,” he said, and once we reached the top we walked into his room together. It was a great room. It looked like a typical teenage boy’s room with posters and trophies, but it also had a fireplace and an entire wall was made of glass and it overlooked the huge lake. The view was so beautiful. My eyes left the view from the glass wall and they landed on the full size bed in the middle of the room. Luke was sitting on the end of the bed with his hands on his knees. He looked devastatingly handsome in the moonlight. I felt like my blood had caught fire, and without another thought I kicked off my flip flops, took my hair out of its ponytail and walked over to him and took my shirt off. His eyes widened and his mouth fell open. He pulled me close to him and he started kissing my stomach. I felt tingles all through my body and I started running my fingers through his hair. He moved his kisses up past my breasts to my neck and finally back to my mouth. My hands started to make short work of his belt buckle while his hands rested on my backside. Once I got his belt unbuckled, he spun me around and gently nudged me toward the bed and I fell back. I stared at him as he removed his pants and shoes, and stood before me in just his boxers. I started to shake in anticipation.

  “You okay?” he asked. I nodded, panting with desire. I really was surprised that I wasn’t more nervous. I mean, I was about to lose my virginity. But, I trusted him. He was one of my best friends, and if you can’t trust your best friend, who can you trust? Besides, he seemed so in control and he seemed to know what he was doing. He’s obviously done this before. I banished the jealous thoughts that were threatening to splash a bucket of cold water on my libido, and I started to unbutton my jean shorts. He leaned over me and stopped my hands. “Let me,” he said, and I put my hands on the bed. He unbuttoned my shorts and slid them off quickly. I was laying on Luke’s bed wearing nothing my matching pink flowered bra and panties…thank God I had chosen to wear them today. “Oh wow…” he breathed.

  “What?” I asked, and sat up quickly, afraid he was going to change his mind about this. When I did, my hair fell forward and covered the material of my bra. He sharply inhaled.

  “Nothing. It’s just…God, you’re so beautiful,” he said. He slowly crawled on the bed and laid down on top me of, his body resting between my trembling legs. He kissed my lips softly and parted them with his tongue. My hands moved up and down his back, and my fingers rested on the waistband of his boxers, waiting to push them down. He moved his mouth down my neck and his left hand slid the strap of my bra off my shoulder, trailing kisses along my collarbone. He did the same to the other side, and then he rolled me on top of him. He undid the clasp on my bra, and I sat up on his lap and slowly slid it off. His eyes widened as he stared at my naked chest, and if there was no proof that he was turned on before his rock hard erection pressing into my thigh pretty much gave it away. He leaned up and began trailing his tongue along my breasts, and I threw my head back and moaned loudly. He then grabbed a hold of my waist with his arms and rolled us over again, my back down on the bed and my head resting on his pillow. He sat up on his knees and pulled my panties off. He tossed them to the floor and I sat up, pushing his boxers down. He grinned and pulled them down to his knees and maneuvered them the rest of the way off. He leaned back up and my eyes roamed down his naked frame. I caught sight of him, and I thought I was going to faint. His manhood was so huge…how was it supposed to fit? I could feel my palms sweating and I was starting to shake again. Now I was a little nervous. Granted, I had never in my life seen a naked man in real life before, but I wasn’t stupid and I knew he was huge. While my mind was racing and about to ruin everything, he reached over to his nightstand and pulled a foil packet out of the drawer. Before he tore it open, he whispered, “Lilly, are you sure you’re ready for this?”

  I just nodded my head, my eyes wide. I couldn’t speak. I knew if I didn’t calm down he wouldn’t want this to happen, so the only thing I could think to do was to take the foil packet from his hands and open it with shaking hands. I tossed the wrapper to the floor and held up the condom, staring at it. He smiled at me, and took it from my hands. He said nothing but his eyes held mine as he rolled it over his impressive length. My eyes momentarily flicked down to what he was doing, and I started to breathe rapidly. He left one hand on his length, and with the other he lifted my chin and looked into my eyes again. “Don’t worry, it will fit. We’ll fit together,” he whispered. “I won’t hurt you, I promise. I love you, Lilly.” I knew he wouldn’t hurt me, and I trusted him. He moved his whole body down on top of me and my legs parted in invitation. I shivered from the feel of our bodies lying together, skin on skin. He leaned in and kissed me, and I melted all over again. Luke moved one hand down between my legs and I felt electricity shoot through me as he explored me with his hands. I cried out, and he moaned in pleasure. His fingers touched in all the right places. “You feel so good,” he whispered against my neck. I know that I was new to all of this, but I had never felt anything so amazing in my life. If his hands could make me feel like I was losing control, I could only imagine how the rest of him felt. I began to claw at his back, not wanting to wait anymore.

  “Luke, please,” I panted, not knowing what else to say.

  “Are you ready?”

  “Yes,” I breathed, my body still quivering.

  “I’m going to go real slow. If it hurts, Lilly, you have to tell me, and I’ll stop, okay?” he asked, and looked into my eyes, waiting for my answer.

  I nodded and whispered, “Okay.”

  “You promise?”

  “Promise.” I felt Luke’s hand move from inside me to his length that rested right at my entrance. With achingly slow agony, he started to ease himself into me. I inhaled sharply…oh my God, he felt bigger than he looked.

  He moaned loudly, and then he looked at me. “Are you okay?”

  I nodded, and wiggled my hips to allow him to ease in more which made him cry out. I knew he was holding back to keep from hurting me, but the wait was killing me. It felt like there was something in the way, and I moved my hands to his bottom and pushed with my hands, urging him to go all way in. “Luke…”

  “Lilly, we have to go slow or I’ll hurt you. Trust me?”

  I answered his question with a kiss. Each time he moved in and out lightly my body began to adjust to him. It felt amazing but it was also driving me crazy. Then, after what seemed like forever, he eased almost out, and then thrust himself all the way in one swift movement, breaking down the barrier that was between us. I cried out from both pleasure and pain. A deep stinging pinch burned inside me, but it wasn’t unpleasant. I was actually relieved. We both cried out loudly, with Luke shouting a couple of swear words, which made the corner of my mouth turn up into a hidden smile. My body was on fire from everything he’d done already and after we moved together for a few minutes I felt an exquisite clench deep in my belly. I think he was feeling the same sensation because he was moaning loudly and everything he was trying to
say just wasn’t making sense. I didn’t know how much longer this would go on because I felt like I couldn’t hold on anymore. Then, my body exploded and, screaming his name, I surrendered to him. He thrust himself into me two more times before his body stilled and he moaned loudly into my neck.

  “Lilly…” he panted, kissing my neck. We just laid there together, his hands on either side of my head, and my arms wrapped around his strong back. This was as close to heaven as I’ll ever know. Blinking a few times, I suddenly realized I had tears rolling down my cheeks. When I sniffed, his head shot up. “Lilly, are you okay?” he asked, worried.

  I smiled at him, and wiped the few tears away. “I’m better than okay. That was…” I trailed off.

  Luke smiled sexily at me, almost making me turn to goo. “I know. It was.” He raised his hand and caressed my tear stained cheek.

  I moved a hand from his back and trailed my fingers across his forehead. “You’re all sweaty,” I giggled. “That’s kind of sexy.”

  He grinned even more, and chuckled. “I love you, Lilly Harrington,” he said, a big smile on his face. He leaned in and kissed me again, and when my heart beat finally slowed down, I felt overwhelmingly tired. He started moving his kisses down my neck, and I stifled a yawn. He stopped and looked at me. “You tired?”

  “A little,” I admitted, and he smiled. He pulled himself out of me, and I gasped a little. It felt strange.

  He rolled off of me and onto his side. Wrapping me into his arms, he whispered in my ear, “Then sleep, sweetheart. And dream of me…”

  Chapter 11

  Dinner Invitation

  I sat straight up in my bed, my body covered in sweat. My heart was racing…I had dreamed of Luke again. Every night for twelve solid days. I looked over at the alarm clock on my night stand. Five thirty-seven. I laid back on my pillow, my body covered in a cold sweat, heart racing, and my thoughts still on Luke. It had been more than a week and a half since the fight at the bar, and more than a week and a half since I had seen him. Everything changed for me that night. I was worried that Luke might start to develop feelings for me again if we hung around each other too much, but I was the one that fell first. Seeing him defend me like that, the girl he gave his heart to that was too much of a coward to accept it, lit a spark in me. I couldn’t stop thinking about him. We had talked on the phone a couple of times and we’d been texting back and forth almost daily, but I hadn’t been able to see him face to face. He told me that everything was fine and that he wasn’t mad at me for what happened, but I could definitely tell something had shifted in him. He was obviously avoiding me and I needed to know why. It was now exactly three days until the wedding, and I was desperate to clear the air between us.

  Things with my family had never been better. Everything was right on track with the wedding, and everyone was getting excited. We had had our final fittings a few days ago, and I cried when Violet tried on her dress for the last time. She took my breath away. We had her bridal shower the following weekend, which was so much fun. Since Daisy was in charge of the bachelorette party, she let me take control of the shower, and I didn’t know planning it would be so much fun. Violet wanted to have a tea party theme, so that was very simple to arrange, and I made all the food so that saved on hiring a caterer. She absolutely loved it, especially the food. I hadn’t realized until that moment that no one in my family had sampled any of my cooking yet, so it was a treat to do that for them. She didn’t even get to open her gifts in front of all of us because all we did was eat and laugh. The bachelorette party was coming up in two days, and I know I was definitely excited for that. Daisy and I had met up with Brooke for lunch two days ago and we decided to have Violet’s party at Brody’s. Brooke offered the place to us to use exclusively after what had happened the first Friday I was back. There were no night clubs or bars close to here besides Brody’s, so Brooke offered to shut the place down and let us have the bar for the night. That way we could dance, get drunk, and have a blast without fear of any men like Jared bothering us. My heart was just bursting with happiness for her and Evan.

  We also had one hell of a surprise for Violet. Even though she insisted she didn’t want any strippers at her bachelorette party (because she said Evan was the only man she wanted to see naked for the rest of her life), she was getting the ultimate stripper: Evan himself. I had called him and asked if he might be up for something like that, and it thought it was hilarious and was completely in. Violet thought that he and his friends were just going to be having a guy’s night in and playing poker at Jack’s house, so this was going to be a total shock to her. I couldn’t wait to see the look on her face when he showed up.

  Daisy’s stress over Jack seemed to be subsiding as well, because she had stopped getting sick about a week ago and was feeling better. She also had taken another pregnancy test and it was negative, so after that she was visibly more relaxed. I will admit though, I wish that she and Jack could work things out. Better yet, Daisy should knock off the whole “I like my freedom” stuff and open her eyes and see she had a wonderful man standing there in front of her. I had been able to spend more time with Jack the past week and half as well, and I remember why I always liked him. He was like the brother I never had, and he had such a good heart. He could make me laugh like no other just by being himself. I admired him even more because of the kind of work he did. As a reproductive endocrinologist, it was his job to be able to help couples struggling to conceive make their dreams of family come true. The practice that he, Evan, and Luke were starting together was going to be such a great place for families. From preconception to pregnancy and all way through childhood, this practice was going to be a wonderful option for the families of Glenbrook and hopefully the surrounding cities. I was so proud of the three of them.

  For all the advice I had been trying to give Daisy on her love life, I had no clue what to do about my own. Not being able to talk to Luke had been driving me insane, so I had a plan this time. Asking to meet up for coffee or inviting him to come hang out in a group hadn’t worked, so I was just going to ambush him at the hospital today. Daddy wanted me to stop by his office that morning and “show me off” to his colleagues, so it’s not like I didn’t have an excuse to be there. After I left Daddy’s office I was just going to stop by Luke’s and invite him to our house for dinner. I was hoping that he wouldn’t be able to say no if he was put on the spot. I know it seemed kind of stalkerish, but at this point I didn’t care.

  I threw back my blankets and rolled out of bed. I grabbed my robe and headed to my bathroom to take a shower. I turned the water on and decided to brush my teeth while I waited for the water to warm up. While my teeth were being scrubbed to a minty clean shine, my mind started wandering again. Having the same dream night after night was making it feel so real to me. It was like I had gone back in time. I could still feel Luke’s hands on me, feel him kissing my neck, his naked body on mine. My eyes began to drift closed and sensation took over me. I didn’t notice how far my mind was wandering until the toothbrush dropped out of my mouth and onto the sink, splashing toothpaste all over my chest. “Damn it,” I cursed, and used a hand towel to clean up the mess. By then the water was hot, so I stripped off my robe and pajamas, jumped into the warm water, and let the remains of my dream wash away.

  After spending a wonderful day with Mama, I was headed to the hospital to meet Daddy that afternoon. I pulled my rental car into a parking spot in the hospital garage and shut off the engine. I grabbed my bag and pulled out my cell phone to check to see if I had any messages before I went in to see Daddy. Two from Tara, one from Alejandro…and nothing from Luke. My heart sank just a little bit. I knew he wasn’t my boyfriend by any means, but I still felt a little sad that I hadn’t heard from him. I knew in my head that pining over a high school sweetheart was childish and stupid, but my heart was drowning out those thoughts. As I was putting my phone back in my bag, it started to ring. I was hopeful at first, until I saw it was Tara. I sighed and opened the driver
side door and got out. As I was locking the car, I decided to answer. “Hey girl,” I said. “You must be on lunch.”

  “Yep, I'm on my way to the restaurant now. How’s everything going there? You didn’t elope with a cowboy yet, did you?” she said.

  I sighed. “No Tara, I didn’t. But I am about to go meet a dashing doctor who’s going to show me off to his rich friends though,” I joked.

  “What? Who?” she asked, irritation in her voice.

  “Relax, it’s just my dad. He asked me to come into his office today. I’m actually here now,” I answered. “So, how’s it going there?”

  “It’s going great. Busy as hell, but ‘tis the season, right?” she said.

  “Yeah, I know what you mean. It’s been so hectic here getting ready for this wedding. I can’t believe it’s only three days away,” I said as I walked through the sliding doors.

  “Yeah, how’s that going? You getting nervous?”

  I chuckled. “Why would I be nervous?”

  “Well, you know. You’re almost thirty, you’re single, and your twenty-two year old model-looking sister is getting married before you. I would be drunk for the whole wedding if it were me,” she said.

  “Nice, Tara. I am very happy for Violet. I am not upset at all. Why would you even say that?” I asked. I walked past a huge water fountain in the foyer and headed straight to the elevators. I pushed the up arrow, and when the doors opened I walked into the elevator. Pushing the button for the floor Daddy’s office was on, I waited for her answer.