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Guilty Pleasures
Chapter 7
The ride to Naomi's house was made in silence, apart from Naomi pointing out directions. Gerard kept a close eye on her as he drove, worried by her silence. By the time he pulled into her driveway, he was starting to think he took advantage of her.
Turning off the engine, his hand grasped Naomi's as hers reached out for the door handle. “Naomi-“
“You don’t have to say it,” Naomi said quietly, avoiding his eyes. “Nobody
will ever know…I promise.”
Gerard's questioning look returned as he tilted his head to stare at her.
“Good to know, sugar, but that’s actually not what I was going to ask you.”
Her eyes finally rose to his as she waited.
“What’s wrong?”
Naomi looked down at their hands, still joined, though it was obvious that
it was more of a way to keep her in the car and not a show of intimacy. “I
don’t know how to do this,” she whispered.
“Do what, love?”
“This,” she replied, gesturing to both of them.
“You mean what comes next?”
Naomi's wide eyes shot up to his. “Next?”
“Naomi, I know you’ve done this before, since this wasn’t your first time.”
Gerard tried to push down the stab of jealousy that the thought of her with
someone else seemed to evoke.
“That’s just it,” Naomi said with an embarrassed smile. “It wasn’t exactly
the best experience to learn on.”
Gerard had to resist the smile when she said ‘experience’ in the single
context. “What happened?” he asked, real concern lacing its way through his
voice as he watched her carefully.
Naomi turned away from him, looking out the window as the leaves rustled in
the gentle wind, offering her a welcome distraction from the memories that
assaulted her. “It’s me,” she whispered. “I’m not…he didn’t want me.”
“He?”
“The first guy I…”
“And he told you this?” Gerard asked, feeling anger flood his body, his grip
on her hand tightening involuntarily before he realized what he was doing.
“He didn’t have to,” Naomi said quietly. “I kind of figured it out when I
woke up alone and went to look for him. He was…he was with someone else.”
Gerard closed his eyes, wanting to pull her into his arms and comfort her
but settled on twisting his hand until it was holding hers in a comfortable
grip. “He was a fool,” Gerard replied softly. “Any man would be a fool to
leave you.”
Naomi looked at him with tears glistening in her eyes. “Is this all it was,
Gee?” she whispered, not sure if she wanted to know the answer but
knowing that she needed to know.
Gerard gave her a gentle smile before leaning forward to leave a tender kiss
on her lips. Pulling back after a moment, he stared into her eyes. “This
is only the beginning."
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Sweet after sex moment.. I feel it needed it =]
Turning off the engine, his hand grasped Naomi's as hers reached out for the door handle. “Naomi-“
“You don’t have to say it,” Naomi said quietly, avoiding his eyes. “Nobody
will ever know…I promise.”
Gerard's questioning look returned as he tilted his head to stare at her.
“Good to know, sugar, but that’s actually not what I was going to ask you.”
Her eyes finally rose to his as she waited.
“What’s wrong?”
Naomi looked down at their hands, still joined, though it was obvious that
it was more of a way to keep her in the car and not a show of intimacy. “I
don’t know how to do this,” she whispered.
“Do what, love?”
“This,” she replied, gesturing to both of them.
“You mean what comes next?”
Naomi's wide eyes shot up to his. “Next?”
“Naomi, I know you’ve done this before, since this wasn’t your first time.”
Gerard tried to push down the stab of jealousy that the thought of her with
someone else seemed to evoke.
“That’s just it,” Naomi said with an embarrassed smile. “It wasn’t exactly
the best experience to learn on.”
Gerard had to resist the smile when she said ‘experience’ in the single
context. “What happened?” he asked, real concern lacing its way through his
voice as he watched her carefully.
Naomi turned away from him, looking out the window as the leaves rustled in
the gentle wind, offering her a welcome distraction from the memories that
assaulted her. “It’s me,” she whispered. “I’m not…he didn’t want me.”
“He?”
“The first guy I…”
“And he told you this?” Gerard asked, feeling anger flood his body, his grip
on her hand tightening involuntarily before he realized what he was doing.
“He didn’t have to,” Naomi said quietly. “I kind of figured it out when I
woke up alone and went to look for him. He was…he was with someone else.”
Gerard closed his eyes, wanting to pull her into his arms and comfort her
but settled on twisting his hand until it was holding hers in a comfortable
grip. “He was a fool,” Gerard replied softly. “Any man would be a fool to
leave you.”
Naomi looked at him with tears glistening in her eyes. “Is this all it was,
Gee?” she whispered, not sure if she wanted to know the answer but
knowing that she needed to know.
Gerard gave her a gentle smile before leaning forward to leave a tender kiss
on her lips. Pulling back after a moment, he stared into her eyes. “This
is only the beginning."
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Sweet after sex moment.. I feel it needed it =]