say anything,” he breathed as he leaned close to her and kissed her again. His lips moved over hers and everything in her ached for him. Her hands moved to his face, holding him as she kissed him back, giving him in return all the passion that he was giving her, and knowing without a doubt that there was nothing at all fake about it.
They let each other go, and neither of them spoke a word to the other for a long moment. That was when Ronald walked up to them and stopped, facing Julia.
“May I have this dance, please?” he asked politely.
Derek and she both looked up and Derek stood up before Ronald, his eyes holding him with a serious expression. “I’m sorry, Ronald, but this lady will be busy with me for the rest of the weekend. We wish you a pleasant evening.” And with that, he took Julia’s hand and lifted her from her seat, walking out onto the dance floor with her and wrapping his arms tightly around her, holding her close to him in such a way that nothing and no one could have gotten to her, except the bride and groom who came to tell her goodnight before they left for their honeymoon.
Derek and she both hugged them goodbye, and she kissed their cheeks and waved as they disappeared in the crowd of family and off into their new lives as a married couple.
Julia turned to Derek and smiled at him and he smiled back down at her and sighed. “Well, it’s almost over,” he said quietly.
A frown pulled her full lips down and she looked up at him. “I wish it wasn’t,” she said softly, looking at him as they held each other close and danced.
He raised an eyebrow. “No? Why is that?”
She laughed a little and raised the corner of her mouth a bit. “This feels like a fairytale dream and I don’t want to wake up. I want to hold on to it for as long as I can. I want...” she paused, her eyes on his, and then she stopped speaking and looked down, only to have him slip his finger beneath her chin and lift it so that she was looking at him.
“What do you want?” he asked. “I can try to give you whatever you want.”
She shook her head. “We can’t,” she whispered.
He smiled and looked around them. “Of course we can. We can do anything. We’re here, and while we are here, anything is possible. What do you want, Julia?” he asked again, his eyes looking straight into her with a hunger that made her focus on nothing but him.
She leaned close to him and whispered against his lips. “I want you,” she said aloud, not believing she had spoken the words to him, and not entirely sure that they wouldn’t break the magical spell around them that made if feel as if the whole weekend had been real.
She had barely said the words when he gasped almost inaudibly and in the next breath, his lips were on hers and he was pulling her firmly against him. He kissed her long and passionately, and then let her go and he looked at her.
“I am yours whenever you want me,” he said quietly, and without a word, she turned and took him by the hand, leading him back to their room. She didn’t stop to say anything to her family or their friends. She just walked straight to their room with him and locked the main door behind her.
Hand in hand they went, until the bed was beside them, and then she turned and looked at him and the words finally came to her.
“I don’t know what it is about you. I don’t know what happened between us here, or what will happen when we leave and go back to San Francisco. All I know is that I feel something for you; I feel... such a pull to you. I want you. You have made me want you so much that I can’t pretend anymore that we are just acting this out for my family. I want it to be real with you. Even if it’s just for one night. Even if it’s just for a few hours, and when we leave tomorrow you go back to your life and I go back to mine, I don’t want to lose this time or this chance with you. I have to ask you. I want to have you in my bed with me tonight, in my arms. Will
They let each other go, and neither of them spoke a word to the other for a long moment. That was when Ronald walked up to them and stopped, facing Julia.
“May I have this dance, please?” he asked politely.
Derek and she both looked up and Derek stood up before Ronald, his eyes holding him with a serious expression. “I’m sorry, Ronald, but this lady will be busy with me for the rest of the weekend. We wish you a pleasant evening.” And with that, he took Julia’s hand and lifted her from her seat, walking out onto the dance floor with her and wrapping his arms tightly around her, holding her close to him in such a way that nothing and no one could have gotten to her, except the bride and groom who came to tell her goodnight before they left for their honeymoon.
Derek and she both hugged them goodbye, and she kissed their cheeks and waved as they disappeared in the crowd of family and off into their new lives as a married couple.
Julia turned to Derek and smiled at him and he smiled back down at her and sighed. “Well, it’s almost over,” he said quietly.
A frown pulled her full lips down and she looked up at him. “I wish it wasn’t,” she said softly, looking at him as they held each other close and danced.
He raised an eyebrow. “No? Why is that?”
She laughed a little and raised the corner of her mouth a bit. “This feels like a fairytale dream and I don’t want to wake up. I want to hold on to it for as long as I can. I want...” she paused, her eyes on his, and then she stopped speaking and looked down, only to have him slip his finger beneath her chin and lift it so that she was looking at him.
“What do you want?” he asked. “I can try to give you whatever you want.”
She shook her head. “We can’t,” she whispered.
He smiled and looked around them. “Of course we can. We can do anything. We’re here, and while we are here, anything is possible. What do you want, Julia?” he asked again, his eyes looking straight into her with a hunger that made her focus on nothing but him.
She leaned close to him and whispered against his lips. “I want you,” she said aloud, not believing she had spoken the words to him, and not entirely sure that they wouldn’t break the magical spell around them that made if feel as if the whole weekend had been real.
She had barely said the words when he gasped almost inaudibly and in the next breath, his lips were on hers and he was pulling her firmly against him. He kissed her long and passionately, and then let her go and he looked at her.
“I am yours whenever you want me,” he said quietly, and without a word, she turned and took him by the hand, leading him back to their room. She didn’t stop to say anything to her family or their friends. She just walked straight to their room with him and locked the main door behind her.
Hand in hand they went, until the bed was beside them, and then she turned and looked at him and the words finally came to her.
“I don’t know what it is about you. I don’t know what happened between us here, or what will happen when we leave and go back to San Francisco. All I know is that I feel something for you; I feel... such a pull to you. I want you. You have made me want you so much that I can’t pretend anymore that we are just acting this out for my family. I want it to be real with you. Even if it’s just for one night. Even if it’s just for a few hours, and when we leave tomorrow you go back to your life and I go back to mine, I don’t want to lose this time or this chance with you. I have to ask you. I want to have you in my bed with me tonight, in my arms. Will
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