Fate (21 page)

They backed up into the wall
,
kissing deeply. As their kisses became more frantic
,
she tugged his hand and pulled h
im away from the wall. “C’mon.”

He followed her to her bedroom and stopped at the door. “Rose, I don’t think I should be in here.”

“Well of course you shouldn’t
,
but Sal and Grace won’t be back for hours. It’s their first night out since the baby was born. They’re on a very romantic dinner cruise
,
and then they’re going to meet up with everyone else and go dancing. They’ll be out until late.”

“Yeah but—”

Rose’s lips were on his
,
and there was no resisting them.
Instinctively
he sucked her lips and tongue back hard. She tugged his hand again
,
pulling him to her bed. She fell back into the bed
,
and he fell with her. Vince thought of the special night he’d mentally planned for their first time and then wondered if maybe it wouldn’t be better that their first time be right there in her bed. She’d think about it every time she went to bed
,
and that made him smile.

Within minutes her cotton top and bra were off
,
and he was sucking softly on her breasts
,
but the longer he sucked
,
the urgency to have her completely naked became overwhelming. She arched her back
,
moaning a little louder with each tug Vince’s lips took of her nipples. Sliding a hand into her shorts, his fingers grazed the warmth that awaited him as she spread her legs for him. He stopped and looked at her
;
both were breathing heavy as they stared into each other’s eyes
.

“We’ll be alone for hours,” she whispered. “Did you bring protection?”

He nodded, his eyes going from hers to her lips and back up to her eyes again. Even in all the times he’d been in trouble—all the times the adrenaline had pumped through his veins as he readied himself to kick someone’s ass—he’d never felt his heart beat this erratically. “Rosie,” he whispered
,
“
y
ou’re posi
tively sure about this, right?”

She smiled
,
running her fingers through his hair. “Positive, Vincent, I love you.”

Her soft touch alone followed by her words did things to him he couldn’t explain. He’d felt this many times when he was around her. She didn’t even know it
,
but he was already completely at her mercy. Rosie could do no wrong—
she was
faultless. And now she’d be his
completely
. It was as alarming as it was thrilling.

Forcing himself to get his thoughts together
,
he took a deep breath before kissing her again softly. “You should get a towel.” He swallowed back the immense fear that suddenly inundated him. This was really happening. “You might bleed, baby.”

Her eyes widened. “Oh
,
”
s
he nodded as the fear swept across her face, too
,
“
r
ight.”

He lifted
himself away from her,
and
she slid off the side of the bed and walked out into the hallway. She walked back in, covering her bare chest with a towel
, and smiled at him nervously.

Since this wasn’t so spontaneous anymore
,
Vince stood and helped move her teddy bears aside. It made him smile to see out of all the bears on her bed
,
the pink one—the he’d won for her—was front and center. He stopped to kiss her again then lifted the bedspread. This was only his second time doing it in a comfort of a bed. Ironically it’d also been when a girl he knew had called him to ask him if he wanted to
hang out
while she babysat. He’d gone over and
hung out
then he left immediately after. His friends were parked
up the street waiting for him.

All the other times had been in backseats, front seats, on the roof of his apartment building
;
he’d even made use of public bathroom stalls a few times. None of those times had he given any thought to the outcome—the consequences. The only consequence he’d ever worried about was the possibility of getting one of them pregnant. Otherwise it was just something he’d enjoy and never think twice about. This—this had him thinking so differently now. Rose being pregnant with his baby was almost a pleasant thought. It didn’t scare him half as much as what Sal would do to him if he knew what was about to go
down—under Sal’s very own roof.

Rose placed the towel on the bed. Vince closed in from behind her
,
kissing her neck and
cupping
her perfect breast
s
in his hand
s
. “I don’t think you realize,” he whispered in her ear then sucked her lobe
,
“
w
hat you do to me.”

She turned around to face him and smiled. “If it’s anything like what I’m feeling
,
then I do.”

He shook his head staring in her eyes. “No,” he said slipping his hand behind her neck
,
“I am so crazy about you, Rosie. I really don’t think you have any idea.” He gulped again
,
trying to suppress the fear
,
but only because it was her
would
he share a little of what he was feeling. “It’s terrifying.”

Her eyes widened again
,
searching his. “Why?”

There was no way to explain it. “I don’t know
,
b
ut after we do this
,
I know it’ll be even worse. No one ha
s
and I don’t think anyone will ever come close to making me feel what you do
,
e
ver
.”

“Good
,
”
s
he smirked
,
“
b
ecause I don’t want you to ever be with anyone else. I know
I
don’t wan
t to be with anyone else…ever.”

God
,
t
hat’s exactly what he needed to hear. Taking her face in his hands
,
he smiled
,
groaning as he kissed her with the same urgency he’d kissed her earlier. Within seconds
,
they were back on her bed. He kissed her deeply before moving down to her soft breasts again.

Knowing he was the only guy that had ever had the pleasure of even kissing her
and
hearing her say she wanted to keep it this way alleviated a little of his fear. Vince had no doubt he could stay out of the normal stuff he usually got into trouble for. After his punishment for the Randy fight
,
he decided nothing that petty was worth it.
He realized that
taking any kind of chance was a slap in the face to Rose who herself said she’d never chance something like that. But lately just thinking of her being so far
away
and the possibility that any other guys might make a move was more than enough to make his blood boil.

After today he knew that feeling would be magnified a thousand times. This past month away from her had been torture. He loved and trusted her completely
,
but it still didn’t take from the fear that he may someday snap
,
and his ability to be around her would be taken from him for good. She
was
after all still a minor—woul
d be for another year.

Vince stopped suddenly, lifting his head when he heard something. “It’s the baby
,
” Rose said running her fingers through his hair
,
smiling,
and gesturing to the monitor. “He makes
noises in his sleep.”

His relieved heart thumped a little less violently. “We’d hear them before th
ey’d walk in the house, right?”

Vince was having visions of jumping out her window into the backyard while she threw his clothes at him frantically. He’d be dead if Sal caught them. She nodded. “Yes,” she smiled obviously trying to reassure him. “They come in through the garage
,
and we’ll hear the garage door open before they even drive up the driveway. But I’m telling you
t
hey’ll be gone for hours.” She pulled his shirt to bring him closer and kissed him even more passionately.

After a very long kiss that had him harder and more ready than he’d ever been to take things further with Rose, he moved away from her and pulled his shirt off over his head. Rose smiled
,
running her fingers over his muscled stomach and chest. She’d done that every chance she got when they went swimming in the pool or at the beach. “Very nice
,
y
our
muscles get bigger and harder every time I see you.”

Vince smiled back proudly
,
loving that she enjoyed touching his muscular chest almost as much as he enjoyed running his hands up and down her long legs. Then he stopped when he heard something again
,
making Rose giggle. “Will you relax? Right now
,
they’re on a boat. Even if they wanted to suddenly leave
,
they can’t. Grace wa
s actually worried about that.”

That made him feel a tiny bit better
,
but he still knew anything could happen. Sal wasn’t stupid. He could have someone else drop by and check on them, especially
since
Grace was worried about leaving the baby this long for the first time.

As much as he wanted to take his time and make her first time as special as possible, slow was
n’t happening
in Sal’s house. He’d save that for when he got them a room. With that in mind he stood up and unbuttoned his jeans. “Take your shorts
off,” he said with a sly smile.

They were soft cotton shorts
,
the kind she’d taken to wearing a lot more often lately since they’d graduated to third base. He could do things to her with his fingers without actually having to take her clothes off in case someone arrived suddenly. But even that they’d do in the family room or the backyard where it didn’t look so bad if someone suddenly got home.

Vince was trying his best to not let this being in her room in Sal’s house
naked
ruin the mood for him. He stopped to admire her nude body before him. Damn
,
he could hardly believe she was
all
his.

Just as nude himself now
,
he ran his hand down her thigh before opening the condom and slipping it on. “I hope you don’t mind
,
but I can’t do slow in Sal’s house. Every little
,
fucking noise has me jumping out of my skin
,
but I’d be crazy to stop now.”

Her smile waned a bit
,
but Vince knew it wasn’t from disappointment
.
I
t was from the nerves. As much as she was trying to play it off that she wasn’t scared
,
he could see that she was. He’d be gentle. He just wasn’t throwing on the ballads and making this last all night.
B
eing her first time, it probably wouldn’t be too pleasant to even try to go all night anyway.

Lifting himself over her, he kissed her a few times long and soft. He wanted to assure her that’s how soft he’d be doing everything to her. He noticed that somewhere along the way she’d stiffened a bit. “You still sure about this?” he whispered against her ear then looked her in the eyes.

She nodded. “Yes,”
l
icking her lips she added
,
“I’m just nervous
,
b
ut I’m sure.”

Kissing her very softly again
,
he whispered, “Don’t be nervous.” Moving things along so as to not make her anymore nervous
,
he warned her with another whisper as he spread her legs, “I’ll
be real gentle
. But you tell me if you need me to stop
,
okay?”

Again she stiffened in anticipation. “Relax,” he added kissing her temple
,
and she did
a
little
.

His own heart was going wild
,
but he wouldn’t prolong this
one
second more. He spread her with his fingers
,
dipping one in
to
her slowly.
Oh yeah. It was time.
Spreading her even wider
,
he began to enter and knew the second he met resistance that this was going to be painful for her. He was grateful he’d thought of the towel. The moment he heard her gasp
,
he stopped. Studying her pained expression
,
he watched intently as she licked her lips
,
inhaled deeply
,
and opened her eyes. She squeezed his shoulders with both hands. “Don’t stop, Vincent. I’m even more convinced now that doing this with you is the
only
way I’d ever want to.” He stared at her as her expression softened into a smile. “It feels
perfect
that you’re the one.”