Jack felt his heart beating in his chest. He was unfamiliar with the feeling as it had been so long since anyone had made it thump so hard. He looked down and could actually see his ribcage rising and falling with each lovesick beat of his heart. He looked back up at her and he smiled. She reached over and took his hand in hers and smiled back. It was everything Jack had been wishing about for the last several years. He looked into her eyes and leaned in for a kiss. A passionate kiss, something he hadn’t done in ages. He was honestly nervous about it. He’d done his fair share of kissing but it didn’t have the same gravity as this particular kiss. It was this kiss he had missed.
Their lips met and there was a spark. Jack could have sworn he saw a bright blue flash and then felt her soft lips pressing gently against his. He relaxed and put his arms around her and pulled her in closer, reaching up and gently caressing her delicate cheek. They were breathing in sync and he could tell that she was just as nervous as he. He put a reassuring hand on the back of her neck soothed her until she seemed to melt against his chest. They fell into an instant routine, as if they had been kissing each other all their lives.
Jack’s mind reeled as he thought about all the great kisses in his life. There was his first kiss of course, but that wasn’t all that great. He actually couldn’t remember the girl’s name or under what circumstances it occurred, but he was pretty sure he had made a big deal of it at the time. He remembered his last real kiss before this one and how sad it was as it had come at the end of a relationship. All the other kisses in the middle, he suddenly couldn’t remember, as this kiss started to overwhelm him.
She had his head cocked off to the right side as she delicately bit and pecked Jack’s lips, playfully rubbing the back of his neck. Jack usually wasn’t all that aroused by a woman touching his neck or ears or anything but this girl; in this girl’s hands he was pure putty. Jack realized he had his eyes closed very tight. He seemed to think that if he opened his eyes and saw this beautiful woman, this woman who wanted him, that this dream would come to an end and he’d wake up in his bed all alone.
Jack opened his eyes and caught her looking at him too. She smiled and Jack smiled back. It was almost involuntary, these two smiling eye smiles. She leaned in and kissed Jack again, softly, deeply and sweetly.
“I think we need a cigarette”, she said and she slowly pulled back.
“I think we should keep kissing”, said Jack.
She smiled and leaned toward the coffee table to get her cigarettes, leaving one hand playfully balanced on Jack’s knee. Jack felt his heart start to thump again and he never wanted that hand to leave his side ever again.
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