Shane arrived to pick Mason up, and although he did not stay long, he did express his happiness that Ryan and I were back together.

"You got this sis. He's a good guy. Just let yourself be happy." He whispered in my ear when he hugged me.

"I know Shane, and I will." I promised.

After Shane and Mason left, I knew I had to do something with my dirty, smelly dog before anything else, so we went back into the house.

Ryan and I stood by the free standing shower in the bathroom/mud room located off of the back door entrance of the house, looking at Riley who actually had the audacity to look pleased with himself.

"How are your dog bathing skills?" I asked Ryan playfully.

"I'm an excellent dog bather. My hands are very skilled." He replied back with a smirk.

Don't I know it.

"Are you ready to put those skilled hands to use because I could really use them." I asked, and he raised his eyebrows suggestively.

"Dog first. Me later." I said with a grin.

We got Riley into the shower and I turned on the water and handed Ryan the hand held shower nozzle. He immediately sprayed me down, soaking the front of my shirt.

"You're supposed to spray the dog, not me." I sputtered laughing.

"You're dirty too. I was just giving you a hand like you asked." He smirked.

Not to be outdone, I grabbed the nozzle from him and sprayed him down, just as effectively as he got me. "Now we're even." I giggled.

"I can see straight through your shirt. That flimsy bra doesn't hide much." He grinned.

"Not when it's soaked through it doesn't. Besides, it's nothing you haven't seen before." I grinned back.

"As long as I get to see everything later."

Fuck

We finally got serious enough to tackle the task at hand, which was actually bathing a squirming eighty pound dog who hated baths. The cleaner Riley got, it seemed the messier Ryan and I got.

We laughed the entire time, splashing water and flinging soap at each other, sharing a few steamy kisses in between. Who would have ever thought bathing a dog could be so much fun? And so sexy?

Once Riley was clean and towel dried, I opened the door for him to run out and roll around like he usually did after a bath, then used more towels to dry the floor and Ryan and myself.

"We need to get out of these wet clothes." Ryan said, pulling his shirt over his head.

Damn he was hot with his bare chest, tattoos and abs. His shorts hanging low on his hips.

He peeled my wet shorts and underwear down my legs, while I removed my wet shirt and bra.

"Fuck! Six days away from you was six days too long." He commented, his eyes raking up and down my naked body. He pulled me to him, and his lips crashed onto mine as my hands fumbled with the button and zipper of his shorts.

He lifted me up to sit down on the counter, and I finally got his shorts and underwear down his legs. Fuck the bedroom. I wanted him now.

His fingers began to work me as I wrapped my hand around his fully hard cock and guided it to my entrance. His lips attacked mine, and in one smooth thrust, he was fully inside of me.

"God I missed you." I moaned, throwing my head back, giving him access to place open mouth kisses along my throat. When his lips trailed down to my breast, and wrapped around my nipple, I gasped as the jolt of pleasure went straight to my clit. I began grinding against him, driving him even deeper into me, chasing that release I so desperately needed.

Sensing my urgency, his hips began moving faster and harder, and he began rubbing my clit with his thumb.

"Right there. Don't stop." I moaned, as my walls began to collapse around him. The warmth in my core began to build, and I quivered as the waves started to crash over me. My eyes rolled back into my head, my eyelids fluttered and my mouth fell open as I moaned in ecstasy as it peaked. I clung to him tightly, riding the waves as his own orgasm followed. His hips stuttered, then stilled and I was filled with the warmth of his seed.

He kissed me deeply before slowly pulling out, then handed me a towel to clean up. Both of us too out of breath to speak at the moment. We kissed softly, our hands caressing each other's bodies, just taking in the moment. Our time apart from each other making us needier than ever to touch each other.

"Bedroom." I muttered under my breath, knowing we were long from finished with each other.

******

"Fuck." I arched my back up off the mattress and hissed, as the most delicious wave of pleasure shot up and down my spine as Ryan slowly dragged his tongue along my slick folds after draping my legs over his shoulders. He had been at this for...who the hell knows how long, but he had already given me two earth shattering orgasms.

He rubbed his nose against my clit as his tongue plunged into me. My toes curled as he devoured my heat, causing my lower half to shoot up from the mattress. He had been teasing me by licking all around my pussy and clit, that when his tongue finally entered me, I came undone, my thighs squeezing around his head as I released.

After lapping up my wetness, he lifted his head and locked eyes with me and grinned, knowing just how good at this he was.

He moved up to cover my body with his, and when his cock rubbed against my clit, I gasped at just how sensitive I was. I snaked my hand around his neck and brought his head to mine for a kiss, savoring the taste of him, mixed with the taste of myself. I could not believe I had been willing to give him up.

We kissed for a long while, just relishing in the intimacy of it. Knowing we had a lifetime to look forward to this, I smiled blissfully into the soul scorching kiss. He pulled away and smiled back, and my heart nearly exploded with the love I saw in his eyes.

"Make love to me." I whispered against his lips, and he slid slowly into me. I sighed blissfully, I felt so full, but more than that, I felt loved. "I love you." I said, just before nibbling the sweet spot just below his ear.

Our lovemaking was a slow and tender, sensuous and so very satisfying. I was never letting go of this man again.

When it was over, we lay there holding each other, relishing in the afterglow of post orgasmic bliss. Our hands softly caressing each other.

"Thank you for coming back to me. For willing to fight for me." I said softly, choking down the lump in my throat, as I was filled with emotion.

"You're worth fighting for. We are worth fighting for. I told you I wasn't going to give up on you." He spoke, his own voice choked with emotion. "We are going to make this work Kelsie, kids or no kids, we are going to make this work because I'm not letting you go again. We have options if we choose them, but us not being together is not an option. Not for me anyway."

"It's not an option for me either. This last week has been the worst of my life, and that's saying a lot. I'm so sorry I put you through that. I was so stupid." I felt the tear slip out of the corner of my eye."

"No. Never stupid, just confused. I know you thought you were doing the best thing for me, even though you are the best thing for me. I know we moved fast, but I feel like I have waited my whole life for you." He said softly.

"I think I fell for you that first night we met. If not then, then for sure the second night, when you carried Mason into the house, although I had a bit of a fangirl crush on you for a long time." I admitted.

"I think I may have fallen for you even before then, just from our DM's. When I first saw you, you literally took my breath away. You still take my breath away." His voice was raspy with emotion, and I felt another tear escape the corner of my eye.

"I hope those are happy tears." He said, wiping the moisture from my face.

"Very happy tears." I replied with a smile. For once, I had no doubts running through my head. I had never been more sure of anything in my life than I was about him. "I meant it when I said I'm all in."

"So did I. No matter what, we are going to make this work." He said.

"No matter what." I promised. I meant it with every fiber of my being. Regardless of what the future might hold, I was all in. Heart and soul.