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It had never been so quiet in my head.

Reid’s tongue stroked my bottom lip and I heard another moan. That one was definitely me.

At the sound, Reid wrenched away from me, gasping.

“I’m sorry!” I said as my eyes flew open to see Reid standing a few feet away from me with a dazed look on her face and reddened lips.

“Don’t be sorry,” she said, her voice soft. “I’m… I didn’t intend for it to be, uh, like that.”

She licked her lips and I had to close my eyes to get a hold of myself. I hid my shaking hands behind my back. Every inch of my skin felt sensitized and raw. As if the kiss had affected my entire body. I didn’t know kisses could do that.

“Are you okay?” she asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine. How was it? For you?” I wasn’t sure if I could put into words how it was for me. Had words been invented yet for a kiss like that?

“Oh, uh, yeah. No, you’re good. I mean, if you kiss someone else, you definitely know what you’re doing. You’ll be fine.”

She didn’t seem so steady herself, and I couldn’t help but feel a little smug about that. I guess I’d affected her too.

“Anything I need to work on? Or change?” I asked to see her reaction.

Reid blinked once at me. “No, I wouldn’t, um, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

That was quite a compliment. “Thank you.”

Reid chuckled. “You’re welcome, I guess.”

Silence fell between us for a few moments.

“There was one thing that we didn’t do that I wanted to check.”

Reid’s eyebrows shot all the way up her forehead.

“And what’s that?” she asked.

“French kissing. It can go so wrong, you know. I want to make sure I’m doing it right.” This was both a truth and a lie. I did want to make sure that I wasn’t doing anything bad with my tongue, but I also wanted to get her tongue in my mouth. Immediately. I wasn’t above begging if I had to.

“Oh. That makes sense,” Reid said slowly. “I wouldn’t want to be derelict in my duty as your tutor.”

Was she making a joke? I stared at her and she chuckled.

“Come here, Soph.” Her tone was just a little stern and it was like she’d tugged a string inside my body and pulled me closer.

That was new and interesting.

Since I hadn’t really been with anyone, sex was still so much of a mystery. I’d been able to figure out some things on my own, but there was only so much you could do unless you had a partner to try things with.

“Ready?” she asked me again. This time I decided to hold onto her waist, curling my fingers into the fabric of her T-shirt.

One of her hands went to the back of my neck and the other to my side.

“I’m ready,” I said in a trembling voice and then we both moved toward each other in a rush, nearly colliding.

Reid managed to hit the brakes enough at the last second so there wasn’t a clash of teeth as she captured my mouth again. This time she didn’t start with being soft. No. She went right for the most intense, dizzying, deepest kiss I’d ever experienced.

And then she slicked her tongue along my bottom lip again and I opened my mouth to her. Come in, I’m so glad you’re here. Welcome.

I’d had a tongue in my mouth before, but it had all been very wet and weird and unpleasant.