Chapter Seventeen: Colin

I had the girl of my dreams right in my arms and it turns out she felt the same. But it was more than that, I couldn't explain it. It was like something snapped into place in my brain, her scent filled my body, and I felt nothing more than my need for her. I ran my fingers through her hair as we laid in her bed. I was so tired from the night's events, was it fear driving her closer to me? I don't have time for these thoughts, I told myself. I focused on the in and out of Amber's breathing.

I looked down at her and scooped her chin up with my hand. I brought my lips down to hers again and pulled her closer. I could feel her melt into my touch as I moved my hand down to her hip. I gripped her with my fingertips as she kissed me hungrily. I could feel her emotions in how she reacted to me. I wanted her so bad, and she wanted me, and that was enough to drive me insane. Not to mention, I knew how every inch of her body tasted, how it felt around me, and judging by how her body was reacting, she was thinking about that too. We knew how our bodies fit together in sync and there was not much keeping me back from her now.

Amber slid her hands up my shirt to my chest. I gasped a little at the cold of her touch.

"Your hands are freezing!" I looked her in the eye, half chuckling.

"Sorry!" Amber blushed, I could see she was genuinely embarrassed and worried she could still scare me away.

"It's okay, it's refreshing. Let me help warm then up!" I blurted out so she didn't feel awkward. I pulled her closer to share my body heat, laying my hands over hers on my chest to warm them up. Just then her face scrunched up into a cute yawn. I think tonight's excitement had been too much for her; I really did need to let her sleep. There was plenty of time to explore her again later, as much as I wanted her now...

"Alright Amber, get some sleep. I'll be here in the morning." I told her gently but firmly.

"Mmm, but things were just getting fun." She grumbled through another yawn. Her blue eyes seemed darker than normal as she batted her lashes at me.

"There will be plenty of time for that." I laughed and moved my hand up to trace circles on her back and ran my fingers through her hair as I lulled her to sleep. I smiled as I felt her breathing slowly against me, the little wrinkles in her forehead smoothing as she drifted deeper and deeper asleep. Shortly after she fell asleep, I felt myself drifting off as well with the help of thinking over tonight's alarm sobering me up enough from the high of her showing just as much lust for me as I felt for her. But eventually, I fell into a calm sleep; it was the first night since that night in the club that I wasn't chased by nightmares without drinking myself to sleep.

Before I knew it, the warm morning light was peaking in through the curtains draped from her window. I smiled down at Amber and kissed the top of her head, remembering last night's events. I would talk to my father about the alarms later, but for now, I wanted to soak this in. It was all I could do to keep myself from kissing her awake.

Amber's chest rose and fell with mine; it was like we were in perfect sync. I wasn't going to be the one to wake her so I laid as still as I could to let her sleep. She looked so sweet and peaceful, but I couldn't help but think about the taste of her lips. I tried to clear those invasive thoughts out of my head as I decided to keep myself busy on my phone. Something told me being poked by my member first thing in the morning was not the way she would want to be woken up.

I tried to think of something we could do today, when I remembered she had her graduation test coming up in a month so this would most likely be one of the last "carefree" days before she had to really hit the books and prepare herself. The last time I had sat with my dad alone to talk he explained that if Amber was to be what everyone expected of her, she had to do well finishing up her schooling. Now, I completely understood my father's concerns, I just did not doubt her ability to adapt to our curriculum. Although, it was a lot of pressure on her to unlearn a life of lies and relearn our truths. Hmm, what was a good way to relax, to forget all that for the day? It had to be something she would feel comfortable not getting dressed up for, honestly, who said we even had to leave the room for the day?

That's when the perfect idea hit me, scary movie marathon day, I could keep her close, but we could still just relax. I slipped out of bed carefully so as not to wake her and made my way to the kitchen. As I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, I made us both some coffee to pair with scrambled eggs, avocado, tomato and toast. I brought the food back to her room to find a sleepy Amber rubbing her eyes and starting to sit up in the bed. She was still in my sweatshirt from last night, it came down to about her mid-thigh and hid the shorts she wore underneath. She was so petite but also curvy in all the right places, when I held her, my height enveloped her.

"Good morning, I bring the gift of breakfast!" I laughed at how cute she was. The feeling I felt with her was one I had only read about in books before.

"It smells amazing, thank you Colin." She told me. I handed her the coffee then grabbed a lap tray so we could eat sitting in bed.

"It's not a problem, you deserve it after the chaos lately." I said and pulled her into my lap so we could begin to eat.

"So, I was thinking a scary movie marathon today, how's that sound?" I asked her and she nodded excitedly. We finished up our breakfast and I moved the food tray to my desk. Climbing back into the bed, I pulled Amber into my lap and got comfortable. I pressed a button on the remote next to her bed, so a projector mounted on the ceiling hummed to life. Then a second button, which turned the room light off. Finally, I handed the remote to Amber, "Your choice first." I told her.

"Hmmm, how about this one?" She picked am ancient scary movie called Jeepers Creepers. I had seen it a million times before, it was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

"Sounds good to me!" I encouraged her choice. I draped my arms around her waist and rested my chin on the top of her head. I felt Amber wiggle her hips back, further into my lap, I smiled into her hair and hugged her to my chest.

We made it about halfway through the movie when all of the sudden, I felt Amber's dainty hand running up and down my thigh nonchalantly, it was innocent on her end, but my thoughts kept getting away from me, especially after feeling her body so close against me last night. Sparks were left behind from her fingertips; I couldn't control the excitement that buzzed through me.

My rational thinking must have shut down because at that moment I used my hips to help turn her to face me and kissed her all in one motion. As she deepened the kiss, my hand cupped her cheek. Something about her little frame hovering over me, made me feel powerful.

"Sorry," I murmured against her lips, "You just do something to me, I couldn't control myself."

I had promised myself I was not going to be a distraction to her and get in the way of her goals; not to mention my father had already scolded me about getting in the way when he began to see how much time we spent together, and the way we looked at each other. I guess we were both the last to know, as everyone around us seemed to think our connection weas obvious. At some point it became unspoken knowledge that we were soulmates. I just wanted her so badly, what was one day of fun? I pulled my lips away and vocalized my thoughts.

"Well, I only have one month until I'm graduated, can you wait until then? Then we can figure out what you and I are. But like you said, what's the harm in one day of fun?" Amber confirmed, mulling over the information I had just thrown at her. She whispered the last sentence into my ear. I could feel the smirk on her lips as she felt my body twitch in response.

"Only if you're sure..." I said, already kissing down her neck.

"I've never been more sure." She confirmed, to show she meant business, she pulled my sweatshirt up over her head, exposing her lacy bralette, much more casual than the one from the club but they held her chest up perfectly. Usually, her chest was covered up by loose shirts or sweatshirts, but now I could clearly see how full and round they were. I kissed down along her collarbone and chest. There was that beautiful moan I'd longed to hear since that night, breathy and just for me.

Amber tugged my sweatpants down my hips and slid her hands into my boxers. She pulled my length out through the fly of my boxers and began stroking me. Now was my turn to moan, as she moved her dainty hands on me, I sucked the smooth skin of her left breast into my mouth, not caring about the marks I'd be leaving. I lifted her up long enough to get her out of her shorts and underwear, I could feel the wetness between her legs as she settled back into my lap. She slid the tip of my length inside of her and rode me to climax.

The next month stretched on but also flew by. I keptmy word and helped her with her studies, alongside Astrid and we got her allthe way to graduation day, which was also her birthday. When Amber was not atmy side, I spent time doing researching and looking through security cameras. Ihad to hold myself over with occasional kisses and holding her close... Well andmy hands accompanied by the thoughts of her when I was alone.