Colt pulled away and turned towards the door.

Her hand shot out and grabbed him by the wrist. "Colt?"

He turned to face her. "Yeah?"

Dana stepped up to him and lightly brushed her lips against his. "Thank you," she answered against his mouth. Dana pulled back to look at him, looking for a reaction. He seemed thoughtful, she determined, so she kissed him again applying more pressure.

His hand reached up and stroked her cheek gently as he stared down at her. "Dana," he said quietly.

"Yeah?"

Colt suddenly slid his arm around her waist, pulled her to him, and laid his lips fast and hard on hers. Dana's arms weakly went around his neck and he deepened the kiss, his tongue tangling with hers. Dana melted against him.

She happily thought that she hadn't imagined what an awesome kisser he'd been the night before. He had been and still was.

All thoughts went out of her head as Colt continued kissing her senseless and his hands ran down her back and across the smooth silk, such a thin layer between them.

He groaned. "I've got to go," he muttered between kisses. "I've got work."

"No, stay," Dana complained, putting her arms around his waist and tugged him closer. She kissed him eagerly. "Please, Colt."

"If I stay, I'll never leave," he muttered under her lips.

Dana grinned. "Good."

Colt smiled back. "I can't believe this is happening," he whispered, resting his forehead on hers.

"Me either," Dana answered, touching his cheek.

"Are we really doing this?"

"I guess we are," she said, kissing him again. "If that's okay with you?"

"Yeah, it's definitely okay by me," Colt answered, kissing her back. "Maybe after your party, we can hang out? Just you and me?" he asked, running his hands over the sides of her hips.

Dana gasped and held back a moan at his touch. "I'd like that."

Colt hugged her and then kissed the top of her head. "Get some sleep."

"You expect me to sleep now?" she demanded, nibbling on his chin.

"Uh..." he sucked in a harsh breath, closing his eyes as she flicked the tip of her tongue under his chin. "What time do you have to go to work?" he managed to get out.

"I took off today. Personal day," Dana answered, slowly kissing his neck. She added in a few nibbles and light licks.

He groaned. "You know...I don't really have to be at work until six forty-five," he answered, enjoying the sensations she was creating within him.

Dana chuckled huskily. "Really?"

Colt leaned over and took a nip at her neck with his teeth, following her example. He kissed the arch of her neck as she leaned her head back.

"Heck, I could reschedule the meeting 'til tomorrow," he muttered, moving his kisses downwards until he was kissing the tops of her breasts.

She clutched his hair as his hand slid to one globe and Colt gently caressed it on top of her nightgown.

Dana gasped as he moved the silk aside and ran his tongue across her nipple. "Colt?"

"Sorry," he said shakily. He pulled the silk back across her chest and stood back up straight, trying to steady his breathing.

"That wasn't what I..." Dana shook her head in disbelief at his decency. Colt thought she wanted to stop, so he stopped. No hesitation. No grumbling about her leading him on. No pushing her to continue. "I...just thought we'd be more comfortable in the bedroom," she said, taking his hand.

Colt's eyes widened. "The...uh...are you sure?"

Dana took a step closer to him and untied his tie. She tossed it aside and began unbuttoning his shirt slowly, seductively.

"Guess you are," he answered for himself, watching her as she pulled off his suit jacket, then his shirt, and laid them neatly on the back of Jesse's lazy boy chair he'd left behind.

She took his hand again and tugged, "Come on," she said, walking him towards her bedroom.

Colt followed her and watched her climb onto the bed. She sat down and looked at him expectantly.

"Dana. I want to do this. God, I want to do this. But I don't think we should. Not yet anyway."

She blinked taken aback that he didn't want to have sex. Wasn't that what all men wanted?

"Come, just sleep-sleep with me then," she answered, getting under the comforter and laid down sending him a reassuring smile.

"You're okay with that?"

Dana nodded. "It's a good decision. It's too soon," she answered.

He blew out a breath and nodded. Colt wiped his sweating hands on his pant legs.

She looked up over up and down."Take off your pants or you'll get all wrinkled."

Colt laughed at her concern over his attire. He stepped out of his shoes, opened his belt, and slipped off his pants.

"Hmm...boxer briefs..." she said with a smile.

"Yeah. What you got?" he asked, pulling back the comforter and climbed into bed with her.

"You'll have to wait 'til our next date to find out."

Colt leaned on his elbow and looked down at her fondly with a smile. "Hmm...did we have a first date?" he stroked a strand of hair out of her eyes.

"I think we did. That was a nice, romantic, restaurant you took me to."

He leaned over and kissed her lightly on the mouth. "You thought it was romantic?" he asked insecurely.

Dana stroked his cheek. "Very."

Colt smiled and then laid down to snuggle up next to her. "This is nice."

"Who knew Colt James was such a good cuddler?" she said, nuzzling her nose in his chest. He was silent. "I'm glad we're friends now," she teased.

He laughed. "God, me too," he answered, turning his head to kiss her sweetly on the mouth.