Welcome to New Haven (90 page)

They’d been slowly moving further into the house, and Holly found herself against a kitchen counter. Alex pulled back and held her waist before lifting to sit her on the counter top.

He found her lips again, and Holly parted her legs so Alex could step closer, the dress making it easier, and also baring her leg.

Alex ran his hand over her thigh and grabbed the rest of her skirt to pull over the other leg. Baring that one too. Holly’s arms around his neck, gripping his hair. His hands on her naked legs as she squeezed him.

Alex ran his hands up, inside her dress and cupped her rear.

He moaned with sounds of carnality reverberating in his throat.
 

Holly was hot.

Hot and turned on and ready to explode.

She couldn’t bear it any longer. She wanted to touch Alex, need to touch him and if she couldn’t have direct access to his smooth flesh she would scream.

Her hands slid from his hair, his neck, and down over his chest to his shirt buttons.

She found the first one and opened it.

She moved to the next…opened that too.

Alex wasn’t stopping her. In fact, he appeared to be more aroused for every button she opened.

Holly popped the last button and slowly opened Alex’s shirt, breaking their kiss so she could see him.

His body was sheer perfection.

His hard, square pecs, his abs…tight and prominent, his obliques… She wanted to sink her teeth into them, and he had a ‘V’ where his pants sat on his hips.

Holly sighed in admiration.

“Wow. You’re perfect. So…” she lightly stroked down his torso, watching her fingers as they travelled. She couldn’t help herself. She leant forward and kissed his chest.
 

“Agh, Holly!” Alex sounded strained, but she continued kissing him.

“You’re gorgeous” she sighed.

Alex lifted her chin to take her mouth again. His assault on her lips reached right down, pulsating in her centre. She felt on the verge of combustion, running her hands over his hot, hard, muscular body whilst his hands ran down the side of her thighs and back up the fronts. His thumbs on the insides.

Yes!

His hands climbed higher.

They reached the top of her thighs, where her legs met her body.

Alex turned to whisper in her ear.
 

“I love you, Holly. Forever.” And he began kissing her neck.
 

“Alex, I love you so much, always.”
 

His thumbs moved inwards towards her underwear. The fabric that covered her aching parts. Alex looked deep into her eyes, her hands continuing to roam his sculpted body. One hand left her thigh and she instantly wanted it back until she felt it on her breast, softly kneading her through her dress.

“Oh
God
” she panted. “Alex. I…need you…” Alex’s hand on her thigh moved further inwards.

Almost.

So close.
 

“Hol, we’re back!” shouted Kim as the front door opened.

“Shit.” Holly said, and Alex’s hands shot off her ‘areas’. He pulled her off the counter and fastened his shirt at lightening speed.
 

They ran to the dining table and sat down.
 

“Oh hi. I thought you were staying longer?” she asked, flushing red.

Kim and Oli looked between them for a few seconds.

“Uh, Alex, your Mom and Dad said they’re going to stay at the hotel with their parents for a while. They’re off tomorrow so they’ll get a cab back when they’re ready.” Said Oli.
 

“Ok, thanks.” Said Alex as he too, was blushing.

Kim looked between them again and frowned, a little, but a slow smile crept across her face,
 

“Oh crap” Holly whispered to Alex. They were expecting some sort of embarrassing comment.
 

“I’ll put the kettle on. Kim said, getting up, as Oli stayed at the table. Kim made them all tea, and they chatted about the party.

Holly knew something was coming by the way her Mum and Dad were looking at them and then at each other. It was only a matter of time before one of them caved.
 

“I should go.” Said Alex when Kim and Oli looked at each other again, as if they were trying not to laugh.
 

“Well, you do have school tomorrow.” Said Oli.
 

“That’s a pity really. You could’ve stayed up…all night…if you didn’t.” Kim added and Oli snorted the laugh he was holding in.
 

“You two really
are
children.” Said Holly, annoyed, shaking her head as they both sat there, laughing.

Holly began walking to the door but stopped and turned.

“Oh and there’s not just the nighttime you know…” That made them stop laughing and Holly and Alex continued to the door.

“I’m so sorry about them. Again.” She groaned.

“It’s ok, babe.
 
They’re just making light of it. Maybe to say they’re ok with it? I don’t know.” He suggested.

“Yeah, maybe. I suppose if they weren’t, they’d be telling us off instead.” She shrugged.

Kim
had
said she would be giving Holly a lecture, instead of joking, if she thought she was going to just ‘jump into bed’ with Alex. It was more than obvious that they loved each other.
 

“But…” Alex added. “If they knew what we’d just been doing then maybe they wouldn’t be joking so much.”

Holly paused, thinking. She smiled mischievously.
 

“You’re right.” She said, getting excited. “Let’s see how funny they think they are when they have an ‘idea’ of what we did.”
 

“Like what?”
 

“Just put the thought into their head, without giving any details.”
 

“I’ll think of something”
 

“You’re a bad girl” he whispered and pulled her in tight, for a kiss.
 

“You’re just as bad as me, Mr. Valencia.” She breathed.
 

“And I’m getting worse every day, babe” he chuckled.
 

“Fine by me”
 

“I love you, baby. I’ll see you tomorrow when I pick you up for school” he said, giving her one last kiss and walked out the door.
 

“I love you too, babe. Don’t forget to text when you get home.”

Holly watched Alex drive away then she shut the door before turning and going back to the kitchen. She stood by the counter that Alex had sat her on.
 

“I’m going to bed now” she looked down at the counter top and smiled, running her hands over the granite surface, biting her lip as she grinned. She knew her parents were watching her.
 

“Hmmm.” She let out a little sigh, then turned for the door.
 

“Uh…Holly?” Kim said, after her.

“Goodnight!” Holly called out, waving her hand.

Think about
that!
 

Holly went upstairs and got herself undressed, ready for her shower. She smiled as she thought about Alex sitting her on the countertop, standing between her legs and moving the skirt of her dress out of his way to bare both of her legs.

If the split were any higher, or she’d hitched her dress up he would’ve been able to see her underwear.

He would’ve burst!

Holly giggled to herself, when her phone beeped.

A: I’m home, babe. I miss you already. X

H: I miss you too. Xx But we’ll see each other tomorrow morning.
 

A: We have all of our class together too. :)

H: Yes, that’s great! :D

A: Yeah it is. :D

H: What are you going to do now?

A: Shower and then bed. Are you in the shower now?

H: Just about to. ;)

A: Mmmm. I want to watch :)

H: Alex! O.O

A: Haha! Am I bad?

H: Very! Naughty boy. XD

A: Just for you baby

H: I like it.
 

A: So do I. Very much.

H: I would’ve liked it more if my parents hadn't had come home when they did.

Holly knew Alex would understand completely what she meant by that.
 
She was grinning to herself, even though she was aching again.

It was annoying that her parents had come home earlier than planned.

There always seemed to be someone interrupting them.
 

A: That was my intention. ;)

H: Was it now, mister?

A: Soon baby.
 

H: Mmmm

A: Aaagghh!

H: ;P You go and shower, Mr Tease, and I’ll see you soon. Xx I love you.

A: You’re a tease too! ;D I love you too, babe. See you in the morning. xx

H: Sweet dreams. I know I will.xx

A: !! Goodnight my precious girl. Xx

Alex was burning up.

All the talk, well text, about what they had done was causing his brain to short circuit. All he knew was that every time he was with Holly, his senses told him what to do.

He’d never touched a girl, in a sexual way, so shouldn’t he be a fumbling idiot?
 

Instead, he paid attention to her body and did what he felt was natural. He hoped he didn’t screw it up when it came to them being together completely.

Alex stepped into the shower and sorted himself out.

All of the night’s events playing his mind weren't helping his situation, at all.
 

Holly said she had liked me doing this to myself.

He’d felt guilty at doing it at first.

But he had to. Otherwise, he’d be going to breakfast with an unwelcome guest or trying to sleep when his ‘friend’ was wide awake and ready to play, ever since he had met Holly.

“What has she done to me?” He whispered and silently laughed.

She woke him up, and he fell in love.

That’s what she did.

Chapter 28

The next morning, Alex got showered, dressed and had his breakfast quickly.
 

“When did Ben leave?” He asked Dev.
 

“I saw his car when I came home, but I didn’t hear him go.”
 

“Oh…um…It was quite late, I think. You might have been in the shower when he left.” She replied with a blush and a not-so-well-hidden smile.
 

Alex knew they’d been in her room. He’d not been quiet when he got back and had made sure his presence was known.
 
He hadn’t heard anything so he didn’t know if they were doing anything.

Thank God.

“Does he want us to pick him up for school?” He asked.
 

They rarely took both of their cars to school, unless they’d had to be somewhere straight after.
 

“I think so; I’ll text him.” She said, getting out her phone. A big grin spread across her face. “Yeah. He’ll be ready soon.”
 

Alex stared at his sister and slowly smiled.
 

“What?” she asked, still beaming with a glint in her eye.
 

“I’m happy for you, Dev. I like it when you’re happy.”
 

“I am.” She replied with a sigh. “So…you’re ok with Ben and I?”

“Actually, yeah. I thought it’d be weird, but it’s not. I’m sorry I came between you guys.” He said in apology.

“It’s ok Ben told me about it. He was worried that I didn’t like him that way. Well, after I’d kissed him, and he freaked.” She said. Dev told him about why Ben had taken so long to tell her.

When he’d bought her the fairy on their fourteenth birthday. She’d kissed him, and he kissed her back. He was worried that their relationship would change, Alex would tear him a new one and he’d never see either of them again.

He’d thought, at the time, the best option would be to say it shouldn’t have happened. He would rather Dev got over him and be happy, than him possibly screwing it up and hurting her.

But, the older they got, the harder it got, and their slight bickering got worse until Dev barely spoke to him. Arguing with her was the only way she would talk to him, unless there was gossip and their problems were put aside until the details were spilled.

Holly had been right about that. It all came to Ben not being able to hold it in anymore.
 
He’d been angry with himself for upsetting her, the day they had gone shopping after Stacey had broken in. The thought of her getting hurt and how she’d cried later, because of him.

“So that conversation at lunch, about being rejected…?” Alex asked.

“Yeah. I was talking about that time. But, if I’d actually
listened
to him instead of trying to win the argument, I would’ve realized he was telling me how
he
felt.” She laughed and shook her head. “We’re both as stubborn as each other sometimes.”
 

Alex stood and hugged her, kissing the top of her head.

“I’m happy for you Dev. I really am.”

“So. Should we open our presents before we go?”
 

“Sure.” He chuckled.

“
Wow!
Kim got me a spa day!” Squealed Dev. “My favourite place too, with a choice of
five
treatments. That’s so nice of them.”
 

Alex opened his, and it was a designer T-shirt from the UK. It was a deep red, V-neck with the designer’s name on the hem. The fabric was soft and felt high quality. On the left side, on the chest area, was an embroidered designer logo. He took off his shirt to try it, and it fitted perfectly. He suspected Holly chose it and got his size from the T-shirt she’d worn after the pool incident.
 

“That’s
nice
.” Said Dev. “They have good taste. I bet Holly had some input though.” She said with a wink. “Oh yeah, and why has Holly only seen you with your shirt off once? When you were swimming too, so that doesn’t even count.”
 

Alex’s eyes widened.
 

“Dev!”
 

“Oh come on, Alex. It’s not like you guys are going to
do
anything just because your shirt comes off.” She snickered.