"Kasey? Are you ready to go?"

Kasey jumped at the knock on her bedroom door, slipping a bracelet on her wrist. "Coming!"

Kasey slipped into her heels for the night, and opened the door to see Karl dressed and ready to go with her keys. Karl turned around and was taken aback by the woman before him. She was absolutely stunning.

"Does it look alright?" Kasey asked nervously, based on the expression on his face.

"You look absolutely amazing."

Kasey smiled sheepishly and grabbed his hand. "Alright cowboy, let's go."

—

Kasey was in a daze most of the time during the party. Her and Karl had been separated most of the night, having conversations with people they knew and were friends with. She clung to Molly and Alexis, gabbing about boys and what the future held for 2017. They all agreed it was about to be another hectic year. The music was loud but ambient, and the whole house smelled like liquor. Kasey didn't mind, sipping on third glass of champagne slowly to lessen the buzz as much as she could. When there was one minute remaining until midnight, she broke off from the crowds to find Karl.

"You ready to put the year in the books?" Karl asked, putting an arm around her waist and kissing her cheek.

"Yeah." Kasey rolled her eyes. "I'm putting this one in the history books."

Karl laughed. "Most definitely the history books."

"10!"

"9!"

"8!"

"7!"

"6!"

"5!"

"4!"

"3!"

Karl's grip grew tighter around her hips.

"2!"

Kasey set her drink down as everyone else raised theirs.

"1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

Kasey smiled in relief as she could finally take a breath and say 2016 was over. She and Karl both turned to each other with lifted spirits and  Karl pulled her body flush to his, pressing a searing kiss to her lips. Kasey smiled into the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck. Without warning, Karl bent down and wrapped his arms around her thighs and picked her up, spinning her around, earning squeals of delight from Kasey. It was a new day, a fresh year, and Kasey was more than ready to get on with it.

—

"Kasey..." A knock sounded on her open door even later that night when they got home from the party, and she whipped her head around, standing up to see a now shirtless Karl in her doorway. It was her turn to be speechless. The darkness of her room and the light from the kitchen silhouetted his body.

He looked absolutely breathtaking.

"Yeah, Karl?" She took a few steps forward, hoping to see more of his face, which she did.

"I never got a chance to ask you something  tonight..."

"Go on..." Kasey smiled, a little more hopeful.

Karl chewed on his lip and cursed himself for not knowing what he wanted to say, exactly the way he wanted to say it.

"I can't know what you want if you don't tell me." Kasey stood face to face with him now, her hand caressing his cheek, sliding down his chest, and down his torso, causing him to shiver slightly. She knew where this was headed.

Fed up with himself, Karl took two steps forward and pressed his lips to hers, kissing her deeply. Kasey immediately grabbed onto the belt loops of his jeans, her knees going weak from the passion. They backed up against the wall behind her, and he trapped her in his arms. Kasey squeezed her eyes shut as the atmosphere became hotter. She brought her hands to his biceps and before she could deepen the kiss more, his mouth moved down to her neck. His lips were cold against her neck, and as he began working a mark into her skin, Kasey groaned in pleasure.

"If this isn't what you want...." He whispered against her throat. Kasey's grip tightened on Karl's shoulder as his teeth ran over a more sensitive patch of skin.

"No." She rasped, cutting him off. "I want this. I want you." Kasey ran her nails lightly down his bare back, earning a groan from Karl. His lips trailed back up her neck until their eyes met again. Kasey froze where she was.

She saw everything she needed right in front of her. She safe was in the arms of the man who had been thrust into her life unintentionally. And after the whole year they had known each other, everything seemed to add up. Nobody but Karl could make her feel the way she did. She couldn't bear not having him physically any longer.

"I've always wanted you, Karl Urban."

In one swift motion, her dress was on the floor, completely exposing her naked body underneath. Karl was astonished. He would have never imagined those words coming out of the mouth of the woman he had been madly in love with for months.

He gently lifted his hands to cradle her face as if she was a glass sculpture in danger of breaking. Karl knew this was what the both of them wanted, but he wasn't sure if it was the alcohol talking, or just the two of them.

"Are you sure?" He asked, barely above a whisper.

Kasey reached up on her tiptoes to capture Karl's lips in hers again without hesitation.

"Very sure." She whispered against his lips.

Karl reached down and picked her right off the ground, and Kasey wrapped her legs around his hips as he guided them to the bed.

—

The sun began peeking through the curtains as early as 7 am the next morning. Kasey blinked her eyes open and the headache from her hangover immediately set in. She rolled over onto her back and pinched the bridge of her nose, hopelessly ignoring the pain in her head and the soreness of her legs.

Kasey smirked. The man laying next to her in her guest bedroom was to blame for her sore legs. Karl was peacefully sleeping on his back on the other side of the bed. Kasey sighed heavily and laid back in bed. The few words they said to each other last night rang in her head. They had and seen each other at their most vulnerable now, and a years worth of feelings that had built up had been shown to one another. He was hers now. And she was his now. Was it the alcohol talking? No. She knew he was what she needed.

Karl stirred and groaned when she turned to her side and ran her fingers up and down his arm. He blinked his eyes open, slowly adjusting to the light before turning over to snuggle closer to Kasey, burying his face in the crook of her neck and wrapping an arm around her waist. She kissed his forehead and let her fingers dance along his back. "Good morning, sleepyhead."

"Mornin"

"Did you sleep well?" Kasey took notice to the dull red lines on his back. Definitely from her.

"Best night of sleep in my life." Karl shifted and looked up at her. "And you?"

Kasey traced his bearded jawline. "Amazing, simply because I have you now."

"We finally got smart enough to start this relationship."

Kasey snorted. " I guess we did."

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THEY DID ALL THE THINGS YALL!! ALL THE DIRTY AND RELATIONSHIP THINGS

After a brief scare cause Wattpad almost deleted the entire book, all is well.

This is the last chapter before I go back to a weekly basis. Your next updates will be on Thursdays until my next break. Second semester of University is starting.