3 Weeks Later

"So, you and Chase then?" I leaned against the doorway of my bedroom. There were boxes everywhere with bags of clothes laying on the bed. Madison gave me a small smile and ignored me for the most part.
"Please don't make this awkward, Ryan." She tossed a handful of her bathroom stuff onto the bed and looked at me.
"It's not awkward, Madi, I want you to be happy and I know Chase is a good guy. If anything, I'm happy you two connected. I know he needs someone like you."
"Would it be awful if I said the same thing? I mean, I love you, Ryan, and that is never going to change, but things with Chase are... different. I don't know what it is. I don't regret our relationship one bit, Ryan. I know we came into each other's lives when we needed it but..."
"Chase makes you feel a certain type of way, doesn't he?" I watched her reaction as she smiled and looked away from me to continue packing.

I waited for that feeling of jealousy to hit me, but it didn't. It made me realize that my feelings for Madison shifted to where I just want whatever is best for her - even if it is my bestfriend.

"I'm going to miss your baking though, that's for sure." Madison laughed and threw a towel at me.
"Shut up and help me pack."
"Think you can bake some cupcakes before you leave? You know vanilla buttercream is my favorite."
"Swing by the bakery in the morning, I'll have a box ready for you." Madison rolled her eyes and smiled at me.

I never thought I would see the day that Madison would pack up and move out. I really thought her and I were endgame, but obviously the universe had other plans. I'm just glad we're ending on a friendly note, otherwise, it would be really awkward when Chase and I hung out knowing he was with Madison when I broke her heart.

My phone buzzed in my pocket and I pulled it out, smiling when I saw a new text from Dani.

I miss you. How's everything going? Sorry I can't be there to help.

The moment we landed back from Phoenix, Dani marched herself over to Joe Gibbs Racing and handed in her resignation. Now she's working at Hendrick Motorsports in public relations and will become the new PR girl for whoever takes over the 48 next season. I was so proud of her for not giving up her dream even after the shit Erik put her through.

Miss you more. & we're loading the last of the boxes. Tell Jimmie Jam to let you come home early.

Pretty sure if I called him Jimmie Jam he'll have me run laps =P

I'll send you to work with a Tall Boy, that's the way to his heart.

Isn't that the way to yours?

I laughed, she was right.

"Danielle?" I looked up to see Madison standing in the doorway. "I've never seen you smile like that before, Ry, it looks good on you."

Maybe, why don't you bring some home and see what happens? I got to go, love you.

Love you more.

"Are you all packed up?" I ignored her comment, not wanting to make a big deal out of it.
"I am, I actually called Chase to come drive the truck, if that's okay."
"Oh, so he gets to do the easy part." Madison laughed and walked over to me.
"Love you, Ryan, I always will. Please take care of Dani, she deserves nothing but the best." Strugill barked at her, wagging his tail until she bent down to pet him. "And I'll miss you, too."
"Don't forget, vanilla buttercream. I want a dozen." I winked, kissing Madison's cheek as she laughed.

I was so grateful to end this relationship on a good note. Things could have been disastrous once she found Dani and I sleeping together on the beach. I know I should have ended things way before then, which I've apologized for, multiple times since coming home from the West Coast.

Madison had a soft heart and not once did she get angry with me. I told Chase if he pulled the same shit as me, I was going to murder him. He told me things felt different this time with Madison, like she was the missing piece to his puzzle. I've never seen Chase like that, ever. So I knew she was in good hands.

I said goodbye to Madison, telling her I'd see her bright in early for my cupcakes before Chase drove her rental truck away. It was bittersweet. I knew it wasn't goodbye forever, but it was for sure an end to our chapter.

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"One Tall Boy for my big boy." A can of beer was placed in front of my face. I grabbed it eagerly and popped the top. "If I would have known you were that thirsty I would have gotten you a whole case." Dani leaned over the back of the couch and smiled at me. "Good thing I know my man well enough to do that." She held up a case of my favorite brand looking very proud of herself. "And dinner, because Lord knows you won't eat unless I feed you."
"Hey, I can cook."
"What did you have for lunch?"
I pursed my lips, "I was busy."
"What am I going to do with you?" She shook her head and placed both the bag of food and beer on the couch next to me.
"I can think of something." I grabbed her, pulling her over the back of the couch to where she was laying on her back with me hovering over her.

She giggled, the sweet noise filling the living room area as I began to tickle her. "Stop!" She laughed even more, pushing me away but it was no use. "Ryannnn." She squirmed beneath me and I kissed her real quick. Dani stopped moving and looked up at me. "Do that again." I bent down, taking her bottom lip in between mine, sucking it slightly before placing a longer kiss on her lips before moving away and looking down at her.

Her hazel eyes turned a dark shade of green as I looked into them. She reached up, grabbing the back of my neck and pulled me down and opened her mouth to me.

I moaned into the kiss, licking my way into her mouth until I tasted the sweet mint of her gum and kissed her like I was starving. When I pulled away, her pupils were blown out and her breathing was heavier. "Make love to me, Ryan." It was a soft whisper as she looked in my eyes. "I'm ready, more then."
"Are you positive? You know I'm willing to wait." Dani pushed away a strand of my hair that fell into my face.
"I love you, Ryan... I want you." She pulled me down, pressing her lips to mine and seek out my tongue.

I placed my hand on her thighs, gently pushing up the fabric of her sweater dress so I could feel her soft skin. She gasped when I brushed against her center in a teasing manner before moving further up to cup her breast.

Dani broke the kiss, reaching to push down my gym shorts but I stopped her. "Not here," I breathed into her neck, "I want this to be about you, not me."
"I want this to feel good for you, too."
"It will be, believe me, it will." I smiled and laughed into her neck when she realized how eager I really am.

I've been nothing but patient with Dani and not once approaching her for sex. As much as I wanted it, I needed her to initiate it. We've explored our bodies in other ways, getting high off of each other and falling over that blissful edge in a way that neither of us have before.

We also haven't had time. I've been away at the track while she's been stuck home training for her new job. On top of that, we made the decision to have her move in once Madison moved out. It's been a whirlwind over the past few weeks and now that things seemed to calm down, I get to give Madison the one thing she's been desiring.

And the fact that I finally get to be her last first had me fucking over the moon.

I moved down Dani's body, placing kisses down her neck, sucking her collarbone and reluctantly got up. I helped her up, pushing a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear and cupped her cheeks. "I love you," I whispered, pressing a tender kiss to her lips.
"I love you, too." I smiled, my heart skipping a beat when she said that.
"I'm never going to get tired of you saying that." I brushed my nose against hers as she reached up on her tippy toes.
"I love you, Ryan Micheal Blaney." Dani yelped when I bent down and picked her up, her arms going tightly around my neck. "Where are you taking me?" She laughed as I went down the hall.
"To our bedroom."
"But isn't it upstairs?" I shook my head no.
"I thought we should move into the master, Madison didn't like it and I wanted something to call our own.

I opened the door to our new bedroom and turned on the lights to a soft dim. I've been working on it nonstop for the past week as a surprise for her. I painted it a soft gray with an accent wall of dark wallpaper with giant flowers with a new king sized bed in the center of it. I know she's a girly girl at heart and wanted her to love this space, just as much as I loved her.

"Ryan..." I let her down as she walked into the room. "When did you do this? It's absolutely gorgeous."
"Over the last week or so. I wanted to do something special for you." Dani went over to the bedspread, brushing her fingers over it while she looked around the room. I could tell she was overwhelmed by how quiet she was.
"It's perfect," she whispered, "how did I get so lucky?"
"I don't know if it's luck, you're the one that begged me to kiss you."
"And who's the one who kissed me back?"
"I don't know..." I teased, acting like it was her when in reality it was all me.

One kiss from her was enough to turn my world upside down and it was all I needed to chase after her. Now she was mine and I was never going to let her go.

"You're incredible, you know that, right?"
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Dani laughed, wrapping her arms around my neck as mine went to her hips.
"Make me moan your name, Ryan." I swallowed a groan at her sudden seriousness, "I want to feel you inside of me." Dani held my eyes as she took a step back from me and pulled her dress up and over her head.

My eyes narrowed in on her barely there black lacy bra and matching panties. She reached behind her to unhook the material but I stopped her. "I want to finish undressing you." I whispered reaching out to trace over the design of her bra right over her nipple.
"That feels good," she gasped, arching herself into me.

I pulled down the material, opening my mouth and swirling my tongue around her erect nipple. Dani threaded her fingers through my hair and I groaned slightly when she pulled my hair.

"I still can't get over this tattoo." I pulled down the front of her bra completely to expose the delicate design. I traced over the lotus with my tongue as the fabric fell to the floor. I massaged her both of her breasts, feeling appreciated for their heaviness and the selfish thought that they're mine.

"You're so beautiful, Dani," I whispered into her neck, trailing my fingernails down her side until I got to the string on her hips. "And you don't need these anymore." I easily tore apart the lace and tossed it to the floor. Before Dani could react, I touched her heat, relishing in her wetness.

Dani placed her forehead on my shoulder, holding onto my arm as my fingers explored her folds. I focused on her clit, rubbing it in slow tight circles and then off to the side like I knew she liked. "Ryan," she gasped as her body began to tense up, "right there." I focused on the spot that had her cursing and ultimately coming on my fingers in the next breath.

I kissed Dani through her orgasm, walking her backwards until she hit the bed and sat down on the edge. I pulled my shirt up and over my head as she pulled down my shorts and boxers in one go.

I cursed loudly as her mouth wrapped around my member, licking and sucking my mushroom head as began to bobbed up and down. I love her new found confidence when it came to her taking what she wanted. She was shy the first time she got her mouth on me, but since then, she wasn't afraid to try new things and to unravel me in ways I never thought possible.

I pushed her hair away from her face while her tongue swirled around my base and the underside of my cock. A rush of pleasure shot through me when she massaged my balls, taking them into her soft hands and putting enough pressure on them to have me twitch on her tongue.

"Slow down, baby girl, I'm not ready to come yet." I tipped her head up and kissed her lips to distract her from getting me off. "I want to take care of you first."
"You already did," she protested.
"I'm afraid of hurting you, so I need to make sure you're ready."
"I know you're not going to hurt me on purpose."
"Still, love, I want to take care of you." I captured her lips in mine, pushing her further up in bed so I could hover over her.

"You're so beautiful," I said more to myself than to her as I admire her naked body. I placed a trail of opened mouth kisses down her down her body. I opened her legs wide, placing one leg over my shoulder and nosed her inner thigh. "And you smell absolutely divine."

Dani arched her back off the bed when I licked up her creamy wetness, her already sensitive nub twitching against my lips. I sucked on her folds, zigzagging my tongue down until I got to her entrance.

I focused on it, dipping my tongue inside and licking her inner walls. Dani's fingers found my head, pulling my hair and arching her hips up to me to rub herself on my face. "Fuck," she cursed when I replaced my tongue with two fingers, plunging them inside and curling. "Ryan, fuck, right there." Soft whimpers fell from her lips and I could feel her walls clenching around my fingers.

I inserted a third finger, stretching her wider while my mouth latched onto her clit. I wasn't going to move from this spot until she came undone on my tongue. I needed to know she was ready for me. I was hard to the point where I was throbbing and desperate to feel her heat wrapped around me but I had to make sure she was ready.

I reached down, fisting myself for some relief but groaned at the surreal of everything. My mouth was on her with my fingers deep in her pussy. She was calling out my name in pure ecstasy and all of that almost had me coming with a few jerks of my wrist.

"I'm going to come," she confessed, moving her hips against the thrusting of my fingers, "Ryan!" Dani exploded on my fingers, my tongue lapping up the excess fluid as it ran out of her. I lapped up every drop, dipping down to catch it down her thighs and her ass. The sweet saltiness delighted my taste buds and I had to dive back in for more.

"Ryan, I can't, it's too much." She sat up on her elbows and pulled me off of her, "if you touch my clit again I'm going to explode."
"Is that so?" I touched her center again and she whimpered, falling apart beneath me for a third time.

"I need you, Ryan." Danielle grabbed the back of my neck and crashed her lips to mine in a messy kiss. "I'm aching so much for you, please." My dick twitched against my lower stomach at her desperation.

I've been waiting for this moment since the first time she confessed she's never been touched by a man. I didn't know back then that I would be the one, I really thought I was just doing her a favor and giving her the confidence she needed to be with someone else - not setting things in motion that it would be me.

I felt selfish and yet elated. I was in love with this woman and I was determined to make her feel worthy for waiting for the right partner and for the right moment.

I rolled away from Dani, reaching towards the nightstand for a condom when she stopped me. "I got on the pill," I looked at her in surprise. "I wanted to be careful."
"Are you sure?"
"I want to feel you, Ryan." I felt paralyzed by her comment while her hands ran down my chest and down to my hardness.

She jerked me off teasingly, her wrists twisting in a lazy manner while she rubbed her tip against her clit. I let her, even though I was losing my restraint, but watching her have another orgasm with just the ridge of my crown just made this whole experience for her so much more.

"Dani", I groaned against her neck, sucking on her skin and batting her hand away so I could take control.
"Ryan," she gasped and looked into my eyes - I saw nothing but love and desire there.

I captured her lips, licking my way into her mouth while I lined myself up with her. I gently pushed inside, stilling when she gasped and broke the kiss. I waited until she took another breath and pushed even further inside but couldn't when she clenched around me, trapping my dick.

"Dani," I blew out an unsteady breath, "you have to relax." I groaned as she clenched me harder. I knew it was her natural reaction but the way she felt wrapped around me had cursing underneath my breath. "Dani," I pleaded, my cock twitching, moving inside of her even more until I fully bottom out.

"Ryan!" Dani cried out in pain, digging her fingernails into my backside and slamming her eyes shut.

I hated this moment, knowing I was stretching her in a painful way. I kissed away a lone tear that fell down her cheek and whispered how much I loved her. I continued to praise her, telling Dani how beautiful she was, rubbing my hand up and down her sides and placing kisses on her neck.

I kissed her passionately, distracting her from the pain that she was no doubt feeling. She sighed into the kiss, threading her fingers through my hair until her whole body visible relaxed.

"Okay," she nodded and looked up at me.
"I'll move slowly."

I slowly pulled out of her, watching her face for any signs of discomfort as I slowly moved back in. She gasped, digging her nails into me once again and I stilled. "Please," she whimpered, and that desperation in her voice returned but I shook my head no.

"We have to take it slow..." My words got lost in my voice as she took the incentive, moving her hips against me.
"I don't feel that much pain," she moaned out, "you feel so fucking good, Ryan." Dani arched herself up to me, whimpering with every passing of my cock.

I closed my eyes, my lips finding hers in a lazy kiss as I allowed myself to finally fall and give into our desires. With every passing breath I would moan her name, or tell her how good she felt. I'd let her know how much I loved her and that this moment was so fucking perfect.

Which, it was. I've never felt this connection with anyone before. The way Dani and I moved together was as one, each of us taking and giving what the other person needed.

I would thrust in slowly, watching her smile to herself and she would clench around me, watching my reaction as she did so. We both did this until it was too much, both of us moving faster and faster together.

I rolled over to the side, taking her with me so her leg wrapped around my hip. Dani moaned at this new depth, throwing her head back in pleasure. I sucked on her creamy, white neck, leaving a small pink mark in its wake.

"Ryannn," Dani whimpered and then moaned loudly, "I'm close... I can feel your cock rubbing against my g-spot." I cursed loudly at this news, knocking my forehead against hers.
"Come with me then?"
"Yes," she said, grabbing a hold of me and rocking her hips against mine as fast as she could.

My thrusts became erratic as I chased my orgasm. I felt her body tense against mine, her soft whimpers becoming loud moans and suddenly she was calling out my name as her body began to shake.

"I'm coming," she announced, clenching tightly against me as her body released onto my hardness in a rush of wetness. My hips slammed against hers, once, twice more before my own release hit me. 

I called out Dani's name, thrusting one more time and stilling, my seed spilling inside her warmth while words of adoration fell from my lips.

I finally opened my eyes after coming down from my high, Dani was smiling up at me with tears in her eyes. "You're glowing," I said, kissing her lips.
"It's because I just had the best sex of my life." I couldn't help but laugh at her.
"You mean the only sex of your life."
"Still," she giggled and I couldn't help but match her smile. "We should have done that a long time ago," she confessed, "but I'm happy I waited."
"Me too," I kissed her forehead and pulled her even closer.

I know we should move and clean up, but I didn't want this moment to end. I was eternally grateful that I got to experience all of Dani's firsts with her and I couldn't wait for her to check off a few firsts of mine.

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A/N:  First off, I'm sorry for the delay in updating! Things have been tough and writing has been the last thing on my mind.  Plus I wanted this chapter to be perfect since a lot of you have been waiting for this moment.

Any guesses what could be a first for Ryan's??  I have one coming up in the next (last) chapter and I'm so excited to write it!

Also - Madison and Chase are still up in the air... even though in my head there's a LOT of drama even though they both admit things are perfect.  We'll see.

Thank you to everyone who's read and left a comment, it means the world to me! Love you guys!!