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“Come on.” Taking Sadie’s hand again, the two briskly walked across the yard to the garage.

“They’re all going to know what we’re doing,” Sadie said as she kept looking over her shoulder.

“They will if you keep making it look so obvious,” Ellie laughed as she opened the door to the stairs. She let Sadie go up first, and soon as they were alone in the apartment, their kissing continued. They kicked their sandals off by the door as they walked into the living room lip locked.

“Sadie?”

“Hmm?”

“Do you want this?”

“More than anything.” Sadie breathlessly kissed Ellie’s neck several times, knowing the spot was one Ellie loved. The previous hickey had taught Sadie that much. “Do you want this?”

“I do.”

“Good.”

“Couch or bed?”

“What?” Sadie asked between kisses on Ellie’s neck and ears.

“Bed, right? We should do it on the bed. My bed is way more comfortable than the couch. Not that my couchisn’tcomfortable. But I totally think that the bed is…”

Sadie covered Ellie’s lips with her own as she stopped her rambling. She felt Ellie relax as she moved her arms slowly from Sadie’s side to around her back. Doing the same, Sadie pulled Ellie closer. And Ellie’s moan as Sadie pressed her tongue into her mouth nearly drove her insane in the best way.

“Did you just stop my nervous ramblings by kissing me?”

“It worked, didn’t it?”

Sadie smirked as she took a moment to really read Ellie. She was nervous, that much Sadie could tell. But Sadie was nervous as well, so it made her feel better Ellie was as well. But there was something else in Ellie’s eyes that Sadie hadn’t seen before.

Desire.

Licking her lips, Sadie tenderly framed Ellie’s face with her hands. She forced herself to take in a few long, slow breaths.

“Are you nervous?”

“Yeah,” Ellie nodded. “You?”

“Yeah,” Sadie paused, pulling away from Ellie just a little more, but still staying in her arms. “Do you want to stop?”

“No,” Ellie firmly shook her head as Sadie moved her hands down to Ellie’s hips. “I’m not nervous in a bad way. It’s the kind of nervous when you’re on stage and the curtain is about to go up and it’s your big moment. Or when you’re on the mound ready to pitch before a big game.”

“I’m kinda impressed you knew it was a mound.”

“Shut up and kiss me again.”

And Sadie did. She kissed her as she slowly led Ellie backward toward the bed. Ellie put her hands under Sadie’s tank top as they walked, lifting it over her head and letting it fall to the floor. Her hands seemed to instantly gravitate toward Sadie’s breasts as she gently took each of them in her hands.

“You’ve been hiding these under a shirt for too long.” Ellie reached around Sadie’s back, unhooking her bra effortlessly and dropped it to the floor by her tank top.

“That was smooth.”

“Thanks,” Ellie giggled.

“Is it okay if I take your dress off?”

“Absolutely.”