N A T H A N

AFTER FINISHING dinner with Ryan's parents, I drive to a ice cream parlour we use to go to all the time when she was in school. They had the best peanut butter crunch ice cream you've ever tasted - plus a few of Ryan's favourites, so it was a no brainier that we'd end up at Missy's Scooptopia. It has a terrible name, but the ice cream is so goddamn good. I park the car in the front, running round the back of the car to just catch her door in time as she gets out.

"Thanks," she says softly, barely a whisper, smiling.

Locking the car, I place my hand on the small of her back, longing to touch her soft skin again. Her body is drowning in a black oversized sweater and leggings that she changed into before we left with only her right shoulder on show - teasing me with the purple colour of her bra underneath. I would give anything to slip my hand under her sweater and feel her sun kissed skin on my fingertips but I can't. I made a promise to Nic.

But I had a plan that would give us both everything we wanted.

"Hi there, welcome to Missy's. What can I get for you?" A short blonde girl, no older than seventeen greets us with a smile.

"Hi, can I get one tub with two scoops of peanut butter crunch and a scoop of chocolate dream, another tub with bubblegum burst, black cherry and cotton candy twist," I tell her pulling out my wallet then handing her my card. "Oh and add a root beer and a Coke as well, thanks."

"No worries, sir. Coming right up." The server says grabbing the tubs to start our order. When I look over at Ryan she looks at me bewildered, almost confused and I can't help but smile at her.

"Penny for your thought beautiful?"

"You remembered? How did you remember?" she says with a confused look.

"Your ice cream?" I ask, she timidly smiles at me, nodding her head and it takes all of my strength to not reach out to stroke her cheek. I wanted to so badly but I can't... not yet. "Movie night at least once a week, then coming here with you afterwards and you'd think I'd forget a thing like that?" I smile.

We use to go to Missy's at least once a week, maybe twice if she needed cheering up. Ryan was predictable and she always ordered the same thing - bubblegum burst, black cherry and cotton candy twist. Odd times she'd changed to pistachio dream or strawberry swirl, but those three flavours were always her go to and I would never forget her order. Even the added root beer on top.

"I dunno, it's just been awhile since we've been here. I didn't think you'd remember is all," she says, shying away from me. Her cheeks flush a light shade of pink as she smiles at the girl behind the counter and my insides twist, excited that I have her all to myself tonight. When the blonde girl finishes, I grab the our two tubs and the bottles of root beer and Coke, holding the door of the parlour open to beckon her outside. "We're not sitting down?" she points.

"Nah, c'mon beautiful, we're going for a drive," I say nodding my head towards the car.

Skilfully holding everything in my hands, I open up her car door, waiting for her to get in. Once buckled in I hand her my tub of ice cream, closing the door behind me. I've got a plan tonight. Something I'm hoping won't be a mistake. It is a bit of a long shot, but I've got to take the leap and try. It seems to be the only way. Starting the car I drive down the road, watching Ryan from the corner of my eye as she licks her ice cream straight out of the tub.

"Fuck, that's sexy!" I groan in my head as I continue to watch her eat the ice cream from the corner of my eye.

"What are you doing?"

"I really want my ice cream, I can't wait or it'll melt," she moans. A small chuckle leaves my lips and I hold out my hand, gesturing for my tub that she's holding in her's. She giggles, not even a thought passing as she gives me my tub and starts to dig in to her three scoops of blue, pink and red ice mountains in her bowl. "Thank you sir," she giggles with a mouthful.

"If she keeps being this cute my dick is gonna twitch out my pants," I think.

"Where're we going?" She asks a little while later, after finishing her last spoonful and moaning in satisfaction.

"Just somewhere quiet."

"If we don't get there soon you'll be drinking your ice cream," she chuckles.

"Not if you feed me," I smile handing over my tub. She looks at me, amused that I even suggested it, but she takes the round white tub from my hand and scoops up a small mound onto the spoon, placing it in my mouth. "Mmmmm, oh my god... ... I never get why you hate chocolate, Ryan," I mumble through my full mouth of ice cream goodness.

"I could get used to this," I think, opening my mouth for another scoop.

"It's too rich," she says rolling her eyes. In all my life I had never, ever, known a person or even a girl who didn't like chocolate - until I met Ryan. She preferred chips to chocolate or even a bag of candy, Taffy being her favourite, but she hated chocolate and I always said I thought she was the weirdest girl I ever met. But then it also meant there was more chocolate for me. "Now, open up the tunnel for the choo choo train Natey," she giggles.

"Don't you dare tell a soul about this," I warn, pointing my finger at her before opening my mouth for the peanut and chocolatey goodness on the spoon.

"Feeding you like a baby? Can't make any promises," she smiles.

"It could of been sexy if you didn't add the choo choo train bit," I scoff and she slaps me lightly on my shoulder. After she feeds me a few more mouthfuls in silence she starts to giggle, trying her best to hide it, "What?"

"Nothing," she says smiling, covering her mouth with her arm.

"Really? Nothing?"

"Nothing," she says, but still smiles as she brings another spoon to my mouth.

"Go on. What is it?"

"You've got ice cream all over your mouth," she laughs as I lick my lips, trying to get every last drop - not wanting to waste any of the ice cold goodness of Missy's ice cream.

"Gone?"

"Nope."

"How about now?" I say trying to lick the ice cream from my mouth.

"Nah," she smiles, sitting up and reaching over, "here." Ryan leans forward as I try to keep my eyes on the road ahead, still heading towards our destination. Expecting a napkin as I slowly stop at a red light, I feel her bare thumb glide along my lower lip, then down the side of my mouth - cleaning off the excess ice cream I messily got on my face. "There. All clean Mr Greyson," she says and without thinking I grab her hand moving it towards my lips. She watches as I cover her thumb with my mouth, sucking off the ice cream from her digit. Her eyes widen and I see her lick her lower lip, watching my actions as I suck hard, slowly pulling her thumb out of my mouth with a pop.

"I'm not wasting good ice cream," I tell her cheekily, "especially if I have to lick it off you beautiful," I wink.

Ryan turns four shades darker as she blushes, looking down at her lap and sitting back in her seat. A chuckle escapes my lips as I intertwined our fingers, lacing hers with mine to hold her hand in my lap, driving off to the quiet spot I was heading to. There's no tugging on her hand as it sits in my mine, we just sit in comfortable silence while I drive and I thank god I took the SUV that's automatic tonight.
   Driving down a dirt road, the end opens up to a clearing near a cliff - looking out to the whole city. There was nothing around us for miles, only the trees and the city lights twinkling below us under a blanket of darkness and stars. It had been awhile since I had been up here and truth be told I only came here with girls when I was in high school. It was secluded and hardly anyone knew about it because they always headed towards 'Make-out Hilltop' which was on the other side of town. Switching off the engine, I turn the key slightly so that the music still plays in the car from my phone.

"It's beautiful up here. Where are we?" Ryan asks looking out towards the lights ahead.

"Somewhere quiet. No one ever comes here at night, it's a old hiking trail so it's always nice and peaceful," I smile.

"Let me throw these away," she says pulling her hand away from mine, taking the tubs and hopping out the car.

I watch as she walks over to the far side of the cliff - her hair bouncing down her back, dumping the tubs in the trash. Ryan had no idea what she was doing to me with the small sway in her hips or the small smile she had as she turned to walk back. Ryan was stunningly gorgeous and I wanted to tell her how beautiful she is everyday. When she gets back to the car she heads to the back seat, climbing in and taking her sneakers off, stretching out along the back.

"Do I smell?" I laugh, scooting around in my seat to watch her.

"No, but I wanna stretch out."

"I'm taller than you, shouldn't I get the back."

"Nah, you got plenty of room up there," she smiles as she lays herself back against the door, crossing her legs over. "So, Mr Greyson, when am I getting my prize?" She says with a raised eyebrow.

"What prize?" I tease.

"You said if I guessed you was behind me, I'd get a prize. I would like my winnings please," she says leaning forward and placing her palm stretched out towards me. I knew what she meant, trust me I knew because there was no way I was leaving her without paying up her winnings - in full.
   For years we've played that game and it was years that had gone by that she'd always guessed wrong, to my annoyance, on purpose. The prize was always the same, it never changed and I wanted so desperately for her to guess right. I knew there would be one day, just one day that curiosity got the best of her and she would say I was behind her. Only I didn't know it'll be tonight, which probably worked in my favour for my plan to work.

"Answer a question first beautiful, then you may collect your winnings." It was a risk, a massive risk, but since last night there was something that had been eating away in my mind and I desperately wanted to know something.

"That's not fair."

"Answer one question, just one and you can get your prize. Deal?" I ask her, offering my hand to shake on it. She looks down, thinking hard, but finally smiles, grabbing my hand and shaking it to make the deal. "Remember, we made a deal so you have to answer the question." She nods and sits back, crossing her arms across her chest. If there was one thing I loved about Ryan was that she could never lie or could even break a deal - she was completely honest, no matter what question I asked her I knew I'd get the truth.

"Hit me."

"Who did you last have a sex dream about?" I smirk.

Just like I knew she would, her hands shoot up, covering her face. Like I said, the question was a risk, but I was curious to why she made such a big deal about it in the first place and didn't want to answer the question playing the game last night. I thought of all sorts of things she fantasied about, including looking up the name of this Alexander Skarsgard she kept going on about and I could only think he was in her dreams at night. Why be so embarrassed by a celebrity sex dream?

"Urgh Nate," she says muffled under her hands.

"Answer the question beautiful, I'm curious."

"Why that question?"

"Because you owe me an answer that I didn't get last night, running away the first chance you got... so go on. Tell me who you last had a sex dream about," I say raising my eyebrow at her. If she answered the question, which I really hoped she would - it could ease her into the main reason for taking her out tonight. "C'mon beautiful, we made a deal - shaking on it and everything."

After minutes of silence she then breathes out a long sigh, finally giving me an answer. "Fine!" she yells out, taking her hands away from her face. Her cheeks are flushed a crimson red for the second time tonight with me and I only wonder more about her answer. "But you have to turn around and not look at me if I'm going to tell you. I can't say it to your face, I'm so embarrassed," she says, sitting up and bringing her legs to her chest.

"As you wish," I say, quoting a line from one of her favourite films.

I turn round in the front seat of my car, looking out of the window across the city. There's hundreds of thousands of people down there while us two sit here looking down on them, under the cover of the night sky. I hear her shuffling behind me, moving over from the other side of the seat to sit directly behind me. Watching her in the rear view mirror she takes a few deep breaths and I can't help but look at how delicate she is right now. Her hands move round, covering my eyes and I hear her taking deep breaths again to calm herself.

"Promise you won't look at me or tease me if I tell you?"

"No beautiful... ... I promise."

She takes one final breathe, deep, then I hear her shaken voice behind me. "Last week I had a dream about yo-someone," she says, her hands shaking over my eyes. Bringing my hand up, I wrap it around her wrist, finding the skin hidden under her sleeves to rub my thumb reassuringly to comfort her. I didn't understand why she was so nervous to tell me, everyone had sex dreams and it certainly wasn't something to be embarrassed about. After a long pause she continued, "nearly every night I had one about them, the same person... ... in," deep breath. "... ... in different scenarios and then suddenly a few days ago I started having dreams about t-... ... about two people... at the same time."

I wanted to know who they both were, curiosity was my kryptonite right now and I had to ask her again - even though the nerves she was feeling was evident in the air. Softly, with my eyes still covered by her hands I whisper, "who?"

"Y-... ... ...," she moans, frustrated, but I wasn't leaving her till she told me. I had to know. "I can't believe I'm about to tell you this... ... ... okay... it was me with... you... and then you and... ...Nico."

Her breathing stopped, completely stopped and the silence in the car was deathly even though the music from my phone was still playing lightly in the background. I couldn't believe my ears, even if my eyes weren't covered and I watched the words escape her lips I still wouldn't believe her .

"Did she just say... you and Nico?... me and Nic?" I think, my dick twitching with excitement.

I try my hardest to get my head around those words she just said, but it's hard to. I need to ask her if I heard her correctly. To confirm she even said those words or did my brain make them up because that's what I was hoping for?
   Finally removing her hands from my eyes, I hear her slip backwards into the seat behind me and before I even looked at her, I can tell her face is as red as a beetroot right now.

"Me?" I say softly.

"Yeah."

"And Nic? Together?"

"Yep," she whispers, popping the P. "Just... please don't mention this again Nate, I'm embarrassed enough as it is and I especially don't want you to tell Nico. You knowing is bad enough already," she whispers the last part. "God, I'm so embarrassed."

"There's no need to be embarrassed beautiful," I say, a big grin appearing on my face, my back still facing her.

The risk I was taking tonight was all going to play out how I saw it or how I was hoping it would play out. If she was having dreams about both of us, together, then maybe me going behind Nicholas's back to ask her if she would be ours could actually happen. We had both wanted it for so long, even imagined her with us instead of whoever we had that night because it was always Ryan who we wanted. Only Nicholas was too afraid to make her ours, thinking she'd reject us and never speak to us again if she thought we both wanted her. He also was afraid of what it would do to our relationship and not just the one we both had with Ryan already.

"Scoot over beautiful, I need to give you something."

I climb out the car, closing the door behind me - making sure the grin I had plastered on my face since her words filled the car was gone before I grabbed the handle of the back door. Opening it I see her sat there with her leg over the other, sitting sideways, looking down. I was right. Her cheeks are flushed a dark red and she's nervously biting her lip. If only she knew how nervous I was she'd probably be calmer. Climbing in, I shut the door silently, telling her to close her eyes and not to peak. I had waited so long for this moment that my hands shake, just from looking at her.
   I study her face, paying close attention to every little detail. Her heart shaped face was lit by the lamp that was shining just outside the car, making her freckles along her cute button nose appear softly. She apprehensively licks her lower lip, taking in a shaken breathe while I watch her with admiration. Her beautiful plump pink lips were full, but not too full and her long lashes lightly brushed her skin as her eyes flickered with anticipation. She was so beautiful, but she just doesn't know how beautiful she actually is - which was why I called her beautiful all the time.

Leaning forward - her eyes still closed, I hesitate slightly. I was starting to worry she'll reject me straight away, pushing me away from her, but I was preying hard that she wouldn't. Hearing that Nic was her first kiss made my blood boil with jealously, I wanted her too, just as much as him - now I was going to get the kiss I had been thinking about for so long.
   Closing my eyes, I connect our lips together softly, covering her mouth with mine. Finally kissing her. Feeling her start to pull away, I grab the back of her neck softly, keeping her in place. Slowly, I kiss her again, slightly opening my mouth, coaxing her to allow me access, but I didn't want her to do something she didn't want. My lips move slowly over hers, her soft lips touching mine and I can't believe I'm actually kissing her.
   Taking every bit of strength I have in my body, I pull away - connecting her forehead with mine. Opening my eyes I see her gorgeous green marbles looking at me wide eyed, breathing heavily with nerves? Confusion? Excitement? My lips were already cold and pleading with me to kiss her again as I felt the lost of her touch on them. Seconds pass, but we just stare into each other's eyes, not saying a word, her sweet breathe tickling my skin. I want to lean in again, kiss her again while holding her in my arms, only, I need her to make that decision - to make that choice that this is what she wants right now.
   Slowly she brings a hand up, shaking with what I can only think is nerves and places it on the side of my face, caressing the skin with the pad of her thumb. I lean into her touch, the skin she's touching tingles under her palm and I'm completely lost in those gorgeous marbles of hers.

"Nate?" she whispers.

"Yes beautiful?" My voice is raspy and my breathing hitched, speeding up with high hopes of her next move. She stares at me for what feels like hours, but it's only seconds as I watch her emerald green eyes disappear and became a darker shade full of want.

Crashing her lips to mine, hunger filled want in her kiss, the butterflies in my stomach jump. I've wanted her lips hungrily devouring mine for years and I never wanted to over step the boundaries with her, but now I can't believe I'm finally getting my chance to taste her sweet lips. My hands trails down her body, pulling at the back of her knee to straddle me. She sits on my lap, our lips never breaking apart as I hold her hips in place. Taking advantage of the small gasp that escapes her lips, I waste no time in sliding my tongue into her mouth. Gliding in slowly to caress hers with mine, a small moan sounds in the back of her throat and I start to grow hard beneath her.

"Fuck, them noises are sexy," I think.

Pressing into her hips with one hand, my other trails up, tangling my fingers in her chocolate brown hair, trying to get her as close as possible to my body. There's already no space between us, but I want... no, I need her closer. Our lips dance with one another while our tongues fight against each other in a battle. I bring my hand from her hair in my grasp, slowly trailing down her body over her sweatshirt. Pushing my hand up inside the oversized black material she's wearing, I connect my hand with the bare skin on her back, caressing the skin lightly. Her body trembles in my arms as we continue to kiss, tongues clashing together with each other. This is the hottest make-out session I've had in a long time or probably ever because I've wanted it for so long, but also, her body shaking in my arms makes me stop.

Is she scared?

Why is her body shaking like that?

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IT HAPPENED!
IT HAPPENED!
And I promise you, this is no dream sequence, this is a real kiss!

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I'm excited & I already know what's going to happen! 😂😂

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