Saving Audrey

Chapter 14

"Well, here we are," Oliver said as he laid Audrey on his bed in the guest room.

"Yep, here we are. I guess we should go to sleep now. Good night." Audrey rolled over, laughing at the expression she knew Oliver was giving her back. Instead, he just began kissing her shoulders. "I can't go to sleep with you doing that!"

"It's so hard to resist my charm, I know."

Audrey turned so she was facing him again. Instead of the kiss he was expecting, Oliver received a pillow upside his head. "Hey, what was that for?"

"That, love, was for being conceited. Your charm is worthless on me. I was simply implying that your moves were annoying and that..." Before Audrey could get out another word, Oliver was on top of her tickling her so she could no longer breath, much less speak.

"Oliver....get....off...of me.....right....this....instance!"

"Say the magic words!"

"Or....I....will....never....kiss...you again!."

Oliver rolled off of her. "Not the words I was expecting, but oh well!"

"Now that we are exiting immaturity..." It was now Oliver that was underneath as Audrey lay across him kissing any part of Oliver that was exposed. In response, Oliver began doing the same to her. This of course was as far as they had ever gone. After they tired of this, Audrey sat up and leaned back on the balls her feet, still straddling Oliver.

"Audrey, have you ever, you know?"

"Have I ever what?"

"You know, had..."

"Had sex?"

"Yeah."

"Yeah."

"When? With who? Roger"

"Good Lord, no. It was when I was still in school here. It was this guy named Josh I dated."

"How was it?"

"I kind of numbed myself to the whole thing."

"What?"

"We'd been dating a while and I knew he was used to it. I thought I might love him, but I wasn't sure. Didn't really matter either way to me, so I did it. "

"Audrey, that doesn't really seem like you."

"It wasn't. It's like I told you, I was a different person before you met me."

"So, you've never had sex with anyone else?"

"Nope."

"Did you love him?"

"I never really loved anybody Oliver."

"No one?"

"Until you, at least.(long pause) Have you ever?"

"Never."

"Even with Elizabeth? But I thought she..."

"Yeah, I'm probably about the only one she hasn't been with. But I didn't want to with her, not my first time. I wanted to be with somebody I loved. I wanted my first time to be with you."

"Do you still want it to? I mean, even after what I told you?"

"Yes. There's not much you can tell me to change the way I feel about you. I love you Audrey, I've never felt this way before. Whenever you are ready, I want to share it with you."

"Oliver?"

"Yes?"

"I'm ready."

That was all it took. A few more passionate kisses and a lot less clothing and Oliver was inside her. Nothing had ever felt so good or right to either. Audrey felt like it was her first time, and emotionally, though not physically, it was. In that moment, it was as if they had always loved each other, and always would.

After that night, there relationship seemed to mean much more to the two of them. When it was time for Oliver to go back home, Audrey felt as if she had lost a part of her, even if it was only for a couple of weeks.