Definitely Memorable

by Cara Roman

  "OK, just don't put them online please." She without thinking. She had quite a few followers thanks to her books, and she was always careful about what she posted on her social media accounts.

  "Ye've my word they will be just for me." He said with a strange look on his face. Before she could ask what he was thinking the elevator doors whooshed open and they walked out into the lobby.

  They took their time making their way across the city. Caitlyn kept stopping to take a picture of this, or posing with Nolan in front of that. It was at least an hour before they made it to tour the Guinness Storehouse. They signed up for the tasting tour, and Nolan insisted on paying for it. They spent the next two hours exploring the expansive place. The history of the place fascinated Caitlyn. Their guide was an older gentleman who explained all about how the stout was made, from beginning to end. The indoor waterfall had her laughing with complete abandon. The neon glow heading into the tasting rooms bathed them both in an warm red glow. The complete blank whiteness of the tasting room itself was quite a shock after all of the blazing color leading in. After that they wandered around the exhibit of the ships that used to carry Guinness overseas. They took pictures next to the famous Guinness harp, smiling like the happiest of fools. The view from the Gravity Bar up on the top floor was nearly magical. Looking out across the whole of Dublin made her say a silent thanks again for being here in Ireland.

  Caitlyn looked over to see Nolan watching her as she experienced the view. "Look at this Nolan, isn't it just amazing?" She asked.

  "Beyond beautiful." He said his eyes never leaving her face, and wrapped his arm around her pulling her in tight to his body. They stood there exactly like that for a few minutes until he led them back down to the street. They wandered around the city without any specific destinations after that. Walking with her hand tucked in his she was falling in love with him, and didn't even know it yet. Nolan nodded at a lot of people in passing, and Caitlyn figured he must know half of Dublin from the looks of it. Nobody stopped to talk to him, though she was sure his friends would have plenty of questions for him later about her.

  They popped into a small restaurant they happened to be passing at dinner time, and ate their meal nestled close together in the corner oblivious to everyone else in the room but each other. The food was good, but the tenor of her vacation had changed. It was no longer just about stacking up experiences in Ireland. It was about making memories with Nolan. The long list of things she thought she absolutely had to see or the trip was a bust shrunk smaller and smaller with every slide of his eyes towards hers, every laugh, every touch. This was what she came here for, to live in full vibrancy. Feeling things with reckless enjoyment. She just hadn't known it yet when she stepped off the airplane.

  Chapter 7

  They were walking back towards the hotel hand in hand in the evening when the sky finally decided to open up pouring rain down on to them. Caitlyn ducked quickly under the nearest building overhang and was rummaging through her purse for the little umbrella stashed in there. She noticed that Nolan was still standing in the rain, and smiling he reached his hand out inviting her to come and join him. "Come dance with me, love." He said grinning even bigger. Helpless to do anything else but go to him she stepped away from the safety of the building and into his arms. He started humming a slow tune and swayed with her in time to the music playing inside his head. Lost in the feeling of his arms around her as they moved in time, and the way his eyes glinted in the dim lighting she felt the rest of the world drift away. People passing by them while tucked safely up under their umbrellas stopped to watch the beautiful couple lost in the magic of each others arms, getting drenched down to the skin. One woman said in a wistful voice to her husband that they must have been newlyweds to still be so spontaneously romantic.

  When Nolan finished humming what she realized was an actual song, and not just random melodies he leaned down and whispered softly in her ear. "Tucking that memory away forever. I've always wanted to do that."

  "Me too, Nolan." She pulled him closer to her, not even noticing the water dripping off of her anymore. They walked the rest of the way back to the hotel in the rain happily, never bothering to pull out the umbrella.

  The bellhop in the lobby scolded them asking if they had forgotten their umbrella when they walked into the hotel. Nolan just grinned at the man and shook his head as they walked towards the elevator. Caitlyn rode the whole way up to the sixth floor with her head tucked against Nolan's wet chest listening to the sound of his heart beating. There was so much she wanted to say to him, but nothing seemed to come out. Some things were just too precious for words. This time when they stepped out of the elevator onto the floor he led the way to the room. Reaching a hand into his back pocket Nolan pulled out the second key card they had picked up from the desk earlier. Not wanting to break the connection, his other arm was still holding Caitlyn tight against his body as he swiped the card to unlock the door and let them both into the room.

  Caitlyn shucked her purse next to the writing desk, and stepped out of her wet shoes setting them by the heater vents to dry out. Nolan watched her without saying a word and set his own shoes down next to hers. She walked over to him and peeled his wet shirt up and over his head while he watched her, his eyes already simmering with heat. Carefully slipping his belt out from his pants she reached back and set it down on the desk behind her. Unbuttoning his pants she slowly pushed them down his hips, leaving the boxers in place. He had on another pair of simple white ones, and for some reason that had her smiling. Stepping away from him she crossed her arms in front of her body and pulled the purple shirt up and over her body. The gray lacy bra underneath hid nothing from him, her dark pink nipples clearly visible.

  Nolan's hands clenched into fists at his sides, and she knew he was struggling not to touch her, but was letting her lead, for now. Pushing her pants over her hips and down her legs in a smooth bending motion she kept her eyes on him. Walking past him she trailed her hand invitingly across the skin of his abdomen as she headed into the bathroom. She was reaching into the shower to turn it on when she saw his reflection in the mirror. He was leaning casually against the door jam, and everything about his posture said he was enjoying the show, but the heat in his eyes hinted at the effort that control was costing him.

  Deciding she wanted to see the moment the chain he was holding himself on snapped she reached behind her and unsnapped her bra, letting it fall away from her full breasts as she stepped up to him. Running her hands up into his gloriously wet brown hair she pulled him down until her teeth grazed lightly along the side of his jaw. She was nibbling on the side of his neck when he arms came around her, reaching behind her she caught them and pulled them off of her body. Shaking her head she headed down to lick one of his flat masculine nipples until it pebbled against her tongue. "Just let me." She said feeling his effort to hold still while she was pressed this close to him. Drinking in the power of that she licked her way down his body until she was kneeling in front of him. She could see his dick straining against the wet fabric, and she rubbed her hand reverently over it before pulling the boxers down. Remembering how much pleasure this had given her last night she wrapped her fingers around the base and licked up the length of him savoring the taste of his skin. Nolan's whole body trembled which had her smiling up at him. Swirling her tongue around the swollen head she watched his jaw tighten until the muscle was actually twitching. Opening her lips she took as much of him into her mouth as she could fit before lifting off him with a popping sound. Licking him slowly she sucked him back into her mouth, moving her hands around the base, she worked him. She watched as the simmering heat in his blue green eyes grew until they were completely ablaze.

  A groan bubbled up his throat just before she felt his hands drifting into her wet hair. Lifting her off him he pulled her up and crushed his mouth down on hers. He kissed her like a starving man feasting for the first time in his life, pushing her panties down urgently with one hand and walking them into t
he shower already full of steam. He pressed her against the wall and he reached down, unerringly finding her clit. Stroking the already sensitive bud she gasped right into his mouth. Leaning into him she grabbed him, and stroked his dick in time to what his nimble fingers were doing to her pussy. She was scant seconds away from coming when Nolan pulled back abruptly.

  "Sweet-mother-Mary, hold that thought." He growled and dashed out of the shower leaving the glass door open. Caitlyn stood there so turned on her brain refused to function. Nolan popped back in, shiny foil packet in hand. "Almost forgot." He muttered slightly embarrassed. She didn't bother telling him she had forgotten too, that was pretty obvious. "Now where were we?"

  Dropping down he pulled her hips to his face, his tongue darting out to lick her clit. She cried out, bucking against tongue, the orgasm swiftly ripping through her body. Nolan stood up so quickly that Caitlyn had to lean back against the tiled wall to stay upright as she watched him rip the foil packet open with his teeth. It took him what felt like a lifetime to get the latex rolled onto his length while she waited with anticipation. He stepped back to her and reaching down he grabbed both of her legs lifting them up and opening them wide, his hips pressing her into the tiles as his dick slid all the way inside of her waiting pussy in one smooth stroke. Wrapping her arms around his neck she held on as his body pumped deliciously, and mercilessly into hers. He kissed her breathless as the steam clouded around them, the heels of her feet digging hard into his ass, desperate to pull him in tighter. Crying out into his mouth she came, bucking her hips greedily against him. She felt his rhythm falter, and knew he was almost there. Not giving him time to back away from that edge she bit her teeth into his bottom lip and dragged him into the storm with her. He came with a loud groan stilling deep within her before his head sagged against her shoulder.

  They stayed there like that leaning up against the wall while both of their heart beats stopped rushing at breakneck pace as the water rushed out from the shower head next to them. Caitlyn ran her hands in lazy strokes over the top of Nolan's shoulders wondering how she was going to be able to walk away from him when it was time to go back home. He lifted his head and lowered her down slowly until she could touch the floor again, and slipped out of her. With a wink he pulled the condom off, and stepped out to toss it in the bin. She was pouring shampoo from the bottle into her hand when he made it back into the shower. He leaned against the wall and watched her wash her hair with a satisfied crooked smile.

  "Pretty happy with yourself huh?" She asked as she leaned back into the spray rinsing the suds out of her long hair.

  "I've no complaints at the moment. How about ye, my love?" He asked with a charming raise of his eyebrows and an adorable laugh.

  "I'll let you know when I can actually think again." She laughed back at him as she stepped out of the spray so he could wash off.

  Chapter 8

  They lay tucked up in bed talking about all the little things couples who are discovering each other have a tendency to do. Nolan told her what it had been like for him growing up in Ireland. Turns out they each had only a brother, and that the relationships between them were complicated. Her little brother took after their mother, thought he could do no wrong, and never apologized for anything. She didn't see either one of them if she could help it. Nolan's older brother was always jealous of everything he did, and no matter how hard Nolan tried he couldn't connect to him. He also avoided him whenever he could. Caitlyn told him all about her sons. How much Mason looked like her, and how Wyatt at 15 was almost grown up and it scared her sometimes.

  He asked her in a quiet voice about her divorce. She found herself telling him how there wasn't a big explosion, one mountain they couldn't find a way around. That it was just a million small things pulling them apart for years. The space between them was growing and that she had looked up one day and realized they weren't even a couple anymore. Bryan hadn't seemed bothered by it at all, which was when she knew there was nothing left. She confessed about all of the guilt she held onto for too long because she was the one to ask for the divorce. That she was learning to forgive herself, because everyone deserved happiness. She told him how the boys seemed to take it all in stride, thankfully, and they adjusted better than she could have asked for. When she was finished laying it all out she asked him if there was anyone that had ever ripped him up inside.

  He told her about a woman a while ago who kept him on the back burner while she flitted back and forth to another man. That every time he thought it was good between them she ran back into that other guy's arms. He finally couldn't take the roller coaster anymore and broke it off, realizing that maybe she was only ever with him to make the other man jealous. The woman hadn't even cared when he said goodbye, but she called him crying sometimes now and begged him to come back. He said the first time had nearly undone him, but he knew that it would change nothing, and she probably only reached out to him when she was fighting with her man. The part that bothered him the most now was how she told everyone he had been the one to break her heart.

  Caitlyn thought about what a damn fool that woman had been. Nolan was a gift, and to string him along, and jerk him around like that just wasn't forgivable in her mind. She was thinking about it, quietly lost in her own thoughts for awhile when he tipped her face up to his.

  "What is running through yer mind right now?" He asked smoothing her fiery hair back off of her face.

  "Just wondering what you're going to tell the next woman that is laying here inside your arms when she asks about me. I can only give you a few days Nolan, and that's not really long enough to make a blip in a lifetime. I can't figure out if I want this to mean nothing so it doesn't hurt, or to mean everything beautiful and precious. Its messing with my head." She said watching the sadness creep into his beautiful eyes.

  "Thinking about another woman being in me arms feels wrong, love. Ye fit so well here." He said softly.

  "We both know this has to be just a fun vacation fling." She said feeling her own words slice into her soul like a thousand jagged razor blades.

  "Maybe, but yer not going to be an easy woman to replace. I can't imagine anyone being able to top this. It just don't feel right." He admitted.

  "I don't want that. I want to be able to close my eyes at night and think of you happy here. Going to the pub and trying to steal Keely from Sean, or wandering the streets looking Irish as hell in your cap. You have so much to give Nolan, so damn much its staggering. You keeping all of that locked inside because of this, and not sharing it would be a real shame." She said running her finger tips over the hair on his jaw.

  "Caitlyn, how can ye say that and expect me to pretend its just casual between us? Ye see things inside of me that no one ever has. I'm good at playing the good time up for a laugh lad, and nobody really bothers to look past that. Thinking of another man wrapping his arms around ye, and holding you pressed close to him in the dark has me stomach filling with fucking rocks. Will he be able to make ye feel what I can? Will he appreciate how honestly ye give yourself, without pretenses? Thinking about someone else being the one to watch yer beautiful eyes while yer body explodes around his might just be the end of me." Nolan said closing his eyes for a few minutes, and missing the tears shining in Caitlyn's.

  "I guess we grab all that we can, and wish each other happiness for the rest of it. I don't want you to regret me." She said laying her head down on his chest. "Maybe I shouldn't have walked back into that pub to you."

  "I will never regret ye, that's just mental, that. I wouldn't trade the time I've spent with ye for anything in all of heaven or earth."

  "Even if this leaves us both hurting? Because I've gotta be honest Nolan, flying away is going to rip a piece of me out." She held her breath in the darkness waiting to hear what his answer would be.

  "When I'm old and gray and I count up all my mistakes this won't be one. That piece, I'll happily keep it, and knowing I have it will selfishly make me feel better. We didn't mean for this to be so deep
when we took that chance. Best I can figure is this was fated, love. We don't know how our story ends, it may surprise ye." He said pressing a kiss to her temple.

  "I don't want to talk about this anymore tonight. I just want to be lost in this moment with you. Just hold me please." She asked him in a shaky voice, wanting to tuck the fears away and soak up the comforting warmth in his arms instead.

  "Anytime ye want love." He said wrapping his arms tighter around her body. "What do ye want to see tomorrow?" He asked changing the subject.

  "Maybe we could get out of the city and go for a drive into the countryside?" She said quietly.

  "That suits me down to da ground. I've somewhere in mind. Go on to sleep now beautiful., and put yer mind at ease." He said his fingers rubbing soothingly down her back. He started humming the same thing he had been when they were dancing earlier. Caitlyn meant to ask him what song it was, but sleep claimed her before the words ever made it out. Nolan lay there thinking he was already completely defenseless when it came to her, and being powerless had never felt so right to him before.

  Chapter 9

  Eyes drifting slowly open, Caitlyn soaked up the feel of Nolan's warmth pressed up tight against her back. One of his arms was slung around her, holding her securely to him. Something told her that if she were to move away from him he would just tug her right back into his body. A small smile on her face she pulled away, testing her theory she put a small space in between them. Nolan didn't disappoint her, bringing her right back towards him as he scooted forward to meet her. Thinking about him chasing her all over the bed while she slept had a swarm of butterflies tickling her insides again. Finding a man who cuddled you after sex wasn't difficult, but one who held you close all night long, that was a rarity indeed.