The Honeymoon Period (The Austin Series) (9 page)

‘I wonder
how people get those jobs? I’m going to look into that. Here’s my taxi, are you
ok here alone?’

‘Mia, I’m
at a bus stop with loads of traffic going past. No one’s going to strangle me
here. Have fun and let me know how it goes, stripper,’ she winked. I stuck my
tongue out and got in the taxi and headed back to Gabe’s.

I felt
nervous at the front door, like it was a first date. Even with all the daily playing
with toys and him using his fingers on me, it felt like it was going to be our
first time again. I took a couple of deep breaths and was about to put my key
in the door and he opened it.

‘Welcome
home baby.’

‘You’ve a
very big grin on your face, Gabe and no sling. God, I’m so glad to see the back
of that ugly blue thing. Can I please hug you properly now?’ He bit his lip and
nodded, looking so excited. I stepped inside, shut the door and walked up close
to him and carefully put my hands on his chest, leaving a few inches between us,
scared to hurt him. He quickly put his arms around my waist and yanked me onto
him tightly. I nuzzled against him as his one hand stroked my back and he nosed
my hair as I slid my hands under his arms and gently held his shoulder blades.
It felt so good to feel the full length of his body against mine, his strong
arms enveloping me again. Even to have his erection poking my stomach for the
first time in weeks. I felt a few tears of happiness roll down my cheeks and I
really hoped that this would get us over the last few horrendous weeks and we
could move forward and forget it all.

‘O God Mia,
I’ve missed holding you so much. It felt like I’d lost a limb and now I
suddenly feel whole again,’ he whispered and tightened his grip on me.

‘I know, I
feel it too.’

‘Are you
crying baby?’

‘Yes,’ I
whispered.

‘So am I,’
he said with a big sniff. We both laughed and he released me and cupped my
cheeks in his palms smiling at me before bending and kissing me. As his lips
met mine I got goose bumps all over my arms and my stomach flipped. I held onto
his shoulders tightly as we rediscovered each other’s mouths from this much
missed position. Both of us sighed with pleasure and I had to pull away and
grab the hall table behind me. ‘Mia?’

‘You’ve
made my legs go all weak, I just need a minute. God I’ve missed kissing you
straight on. Are you hurting at all?’

‘I still
have an ache in my shoulder and collarbone but that’s not made it worse. If
anything, it’s made it better. Can we do it again?’

‘Give me a
second, you really don’t understand the impact of your kissing prowess do you?
Tell me these two bits of good news, I’m desperate to find out.’

He stepped
to me and stroked my hair away from my face and behind my shoulders. ‘We’ve the
keys to our new apartment,’ he said with a smile.

‘Are you
serious?’

‘Yes, completed
at lunch time. Doug took me to pick up the keys on the way to Physio. I can
finally take you inside and the builders are moving in Monday.’

‘O God Gabe
I’m so excited, that’s fantastic.’ I stood up and squeezed him around the waist
and kissed him, grinning up at him as he clutched my bottom and looked down at
me equally happily.

‘I’ve
booked Tom for two p.m. tomorrow so thought we could have lunch out and head
over to meet him there, what do you think?’

‘I think
yes. It’s the biggest smile I’ve seen on you since I gave you your miniature Lamborghini
key ring and put on that nurse’s uniform when you got home.’

‘You didn’t
see me smiling when I was holding you a minute ago, Mia. I’m so happy,’ he said
kissing me again.

‘So what’s
the second piece of good news? Please tell me it’s what we were hoping for?’

‘Shit,
sorry no, it’s something else.’

‘O right,’ I
bit my lip and tried not to look disappointed.

‘O baby
your face, you look so gutted. I’m sorry I’m teasing you, we’re good to go, sex
is back on the menu.’

‘GABE.’ I
let go of him and punched him on the good shoulder.

‘I’m sorry,
I couldn’t resist,’ he laughed.

‘So why haven’t
you ripped my clothes off and had me up against the door already? You’ve been a
walking pot of testosterone the last five weeks.’

‘It’s got
to be gentle sex, with me on my back the first time to test me out. If that’s ok,
we can try other positions, but I’ve got to avoid putting any weight on my
right shoulder for now.’

‘I can do
gentle sex, gentle sex is so much better than no sex. What are we waiting for?
Get your sweet arse upstairs, I’m going to ride you like a stallion.’

‘Wow, you’re
keen.’ He looked taken aback. ‘You don’t want a drink or something first?’

‘O my God.
What’s wrong with you? Have you gone off me?’

‘Of course
I’ve not gone off you, I could never go off you.’ He grabbed my hand and pushed
it against his solid erection, which moved under his jeans, fighting to get
out. ‘I’m just kind of nervous.’

‘About it
hurting your shoulder?’

‘No, about
having sex with you again. It’s been so long, it sort of feels like it’s going
to be our first time.’

‘You were
nervous our first time?’ I uttered, astonished.

‘Yes,
because I knew it wasn’t just sex for me and I was worried you were going to
break my heart.’

‘I had no
idea. Well, it’s fine that you’re nervous now, I feel the same. I was standing
on the door step thinking just that. We’ve had our first time Gabe, we’ve had
many times, hard and gentle and I’ve loved all of them. We’re going to be fine
and I think the sooner we do it, the better. Like before we go out.’

‘I was sort
of hoping you’d say that,’ he smiled and kissed me again quickly and grabbed my
hand and led me upstairs. He opened the bedroom door and nodded me through and
I stood in the doorway open mouthed. He’d closed the shutters and recreated our
first week’s anniversary, with so many flickering tea lights, but he’d not
stopped there. There were rose petals all over the bed and he’d put hand tied,
free standing bouquets of white roses dotted around the room, except for one
red rose on my bedside table. I was speechless and a few more tears started
rolling as I turned around and buried my face into him as he held me. ‘I
thought it might be a bit more romantic than just fucking against the door. White
roses symbolise new beginnings, which seemed appropriate today and, of course,
the red rose means I love you, but you already know that.’

‘It’s so
beautiful Gabe, you can be so romantic, thank you,’ I reached up and kissed him
and he wiped the tears away from under my eyes and took my hand closing the
door behind us and led me to the bed.

We held
onto each other and kissed again and he stepped back and I slowly unbuttoned
his shirt, my fingers trembling and shrugged it off him. His body was still in
perfect shape, the scars just added even more sex appeal that he didn’t need. I
ran my hand over his hard abs before rolling my tongue around his nipples until
he moaned and clutched my head, holding me to him as I nibbled.

He grabbed
the hem of my jumper and pulled it over my head and he pulled me back to him,
kissing my neck, making me moan as he reached around and undid my bra. He
looked at me as he slipped it down my shoulders and arms and dropped it, before
he ran his fingers over my breasts and around my nipples, smiling as I opened
my mouth and gasped. I kicked off my trainers and undid each of the buttons on
his jeans and pulled them down, along with his boxers, kissing his stomach on
the way and when he stepped out of them he did the same to me. Neither of us
said a word, but we kept as much eye contact as possible throughout. We stood
in front of each other naked, the glow of the candle light made his skin look
luminous. To see him looking at me, which such awe on his face, made me feel
all shy. It was unexpected, I’d thought he’d rip my clothes off and go at it
frantically to get all his pent up aggression and anger out. He took my hand,
kissed it and then sat down and looked up at me, I could see in his face that he
was struggling with something.

‘Gabe,
what’s wrong?’

‘I feel so
nervous, Mia.’

‘We’ve done
this
a lot
Gabe,
you’ve
done this a lot. What are you nervous
about?’ I asked as I ran my fingers through his hair.

‘I should
be making love to you, not the other way around.’

‘We need to
road test you, so you don’t hurt yourself. Let me do this, lie down.’

‘What if it’s
not good, what if I …’ he buried his face in my stomach, his fingers gripping
my hips.

‘Are you
worried about coming too soon?’ I whispered and he looked up at me and bit his
lip and nodded.

‘It’s been
so long and I want you so badly Mia, I don’t know if I’ll be able to contain
myself.’ He hung his head and I tucked my fingers under his chin and lifted it
back up.

‘It’s ok if
you come quickly Gabe, it
has
been a long time, but your erections are
like buses, there’s one every ten minutes. Baby we’ve so many days ahead of us
to take advantage of having sex again, you’ve made everything else perfect, but
this doesn’t have to be. I just want to feel you inside me again, to be
reminded how good it feels to be that connected to you. I don’t care how long
it lasts or even if I come, I just want to please you. Move up the bed and lie
down for me.’

‘I don’t
deserve you,’ he sighed.

‘Stop that
right now Gabe, I love you, now do as you’re told and let me take charge,’ I
ordered. He shuffled backwards and lay back and I looked down at him and smiled.
It felt like he was the virgin this time and I was about to deflower him. I
climbed over him on all fours and kissed him, he put one hand in my hair and
the other reached between my legs and I caught it and pinned it to his hip and
pulled myself up and did the same with his other one. ‘No Gabe, I don’t need
that, I’m ready for you already. I just need you inside me.’ I reached down and
caught him in my palm, he was so thick and heavy and his tip glistened with his
arousal. I took a deep breath as I held him, hoping he’d still fit and lowered
myself down, slowly. I watched his face react and a groan escaped his lips as I
let him nudge into me inch by inch. I cried out as I felt my muscles resist, it
had been so long, they’d forgotten how to welcome him. I struggled to sink all
the way down to his pelvic bone, he was too big for me again and it was actually
bordering on being painful to have him inside.

‘Mia,’ he groaned.
He reached with his left hand and linked it with mine to help hold me up. I put
my other hand on his left hip, which he covered and I very slowly started to
move on him, feeling him filling me, stretching me and every sensation was
heightened. It felt like his very life force was flowing into me and mine to
him. I squealed as I looked in his eyes and saw he was feeling it too and he
squeezed my fingers. I leaned down as I moved and bent my head to kiss him.

‘I love you,
Mia,’ he whispered. Those words coming with my body’s response to having him
inside me again, moving in me, feeling his hot skin against mine was enough to
make me climax.

‘Gabe?’ I
whimpered as I felt my insides contract. My body began to tremble above his as
I looked deep into his eyes, not sure if I could cope with such a powerful
orgasm again after so long, it felt like a hurricane battering my body in
comparison to the gentle sirocco’s of our recent foreplay.

‘It’s ok
baby, it’s ok.’ His hand gently palmed my cheek and I leaned into it as I came
and tightened my muscles around him. He groaned and I felt the powerful force and
heat of his ejaculation hit and spread downward, he was so far inside me there
was nowhere left for it to go. He pulled me down onto his good shoulder and
kissed my neck again and again as he stroked my hair and put his other arm
around my waist.

‘That was
so amazing and beautiful. I don’t want to move,’ I whispered.

‘We can
stay like this as long as you want Mia, we don’t have to go out.’ Tempting as
it was, I’d made a commitment to Cindy and she’d gone out of her way to help
me.

‘No, we can
do this over and over and I’ve this surprise planned for you.’ I pulled myself
up. ‘God, it just feels so good you being inside me again. I’m sorry I came so
quickly, but you felt so big and it’s been so long.’

‘Baby, I
was ready to come the minute you lowered yourself onto me. I wanted to hold off
until you came, so I’m glad you did it so quickly.’

‘Did it
hurt your shoulder?’

‘No, not at
all, maybe we can try a different way later?’

‘I liked
this way,’ I smiled.

‘This is
how our first time would have been if I’d known, but with me on top.’

‘Then I
feel like I got two first times and I loved each of them.’

‘Come on
then, I’ve about a hundred candles to blow out before we leave.’

‘I need a
shower and some privacy to get ready if that’s ok?’

‘Hmmm, what
are you up to baby?’ he quizzed.