tell_a_tale_mod (tell_a_tale_mod) wrote in tell_a_tale, @ 2007-10-12 21:38:00 |
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Entry tags: | ashleigh barton, ed mcmillan, player: crystal, player: lena |
Original poster: giantone
Who: Ed McMillan and Ashleigh Barton
What: Partay!
Where: Some frat house
When: [backdated] Tuesday night
Rating: PG, I think?
Status: Incomplete| Closed
They'd been at the party for a few hours and they'd both been drinking and dancing and talking. Some things had seemed a little bit off, but he tried to write it off as the aftereffects of a weekend away or something. Besides, the more she drank and started to relax.
The pace of the music slowed a bit and he slipped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him, bending down to brush his lips over hers in a brief kiss.
"Mmmmm, I'm really glad you agreed to come tonight," he told her softly, smiling down at her and brushing lightly at a stray strand of hair.
[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-13 01:06 (link)
In the end, Ashleigh had decided to simply get over what she'd heard Emma say that morning. Regardless of how it seemed, she and Ed weren't officially together and she had no right to question him about what or who he'd been doing while she was away.
They were just having fun, right? No strings attached, fun... and she'd just force herself to hold that same mindset. No more forgetting just because he was acting exceptionally boyfriendly.
Originally, she hadn't intended to have more than one drink. However, she'd found that it was easier to forget about one Emma Daly after that single drink and another two or three had successfully wiped the girl from her mind... mostly.
Regardless of how it may seem, Ashleigh was only nineteen and she rarely made a habit of drinking. Honestly, she wasn't the get drunk type. That, of course, showed particularly well at the moment because the three (maybe four) drinks she'd had made her quite tipsy.
As the music slowed, she allowed him to pull her close and she happily returned the kiss he was brushing over her lips. Even if he had spent Sunday night with Emma, he was definitely spending tonight with her and... that was enough for her. (At least, that's what she was telling herself.)
"Me too," she agreed with a slight nod. "I'd definitely missed this with you while I was gone..."
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[info]giantone
2007-10-13 01:13 (link)
Ed was, of course, still completely clueless to anything that was going on in Ashleigh's head. In his mind, they were together, even if it wasn't official or exclusive. They were together in that he didn't want to be at anyone else, that no other girl could possibly hold his interest the way she did.
If she was a little tipsy, Ed certainly didn't mind. He was glad to hold her close and that just provided an extra excuse to do so.
"So did I," he whispered, brushing another light kiss over her lips. "I missed you. Quite a lot, actually. I'm really glad you're back."
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-13 07:55 (link)
Until this morning, a huge part of her had thought that they were together. It had been a cold, hard pull into reality to over-hear Emma's phone conversation.
At the beginning of the night, Ashleigh had been very... standoffish. She hadn't sat nearly as close as she usually would. She wasn't giving him the cold shoulder but she hadn't looked for reasons to touch him, she hadn't gone out of her way to show him a little bit of affection. If Ed had picked up on this change in her behavior, he hadn't really let on.
"I'm glad to be home," she mumbled softly, returning yet another gentle kiss. "New Orleans was a lot of fun but it's not Boston..."
Her mood had definitely improved now that she'd had a few drinks. Without really realizing it, she'd slipped back into her normal, affectionate self.
"There were many southern gentleman with that attractive drawl but... none of them curled my toes the way that you do."
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[info]giantone
2007-10-13 11:44 (link)
"Oh? I curl your toes, do I?" That made Ed smile as he brushed his thumb lightly over her cheek. He knew she was a little drunk and that she likely wouldn't say such things sober, but it didn't make him any less happy to hear it.
He pulled her a little closer, giving her another soft brush of lips that he deepened into more of a proper kiss after a moment or two.
"I'm glad," he added softly, resting his forehead against hers.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-13 18:06 (link)
The alcohol was doing a fine job of loosening her tongue but that didn't make her words untrue. She meant exactly what she'd said. With a simple look, he could quite literally curl her toes. No one else had ever been able to make her feel the way that he made her feel.
When their lips met again, she easily followed him into the deeper kiss. For days on end, she'd only wanted to do this with him and she was quite pleased to finally be able to.
"Yeah," she breathed when he pulled back and rested his forehead against hers. "You really really do."
She danced in silence for a moment before turning her face up to his. "Come up stairs with me," she requested quietly, her eyes locked with his.
That was definitely not something a sober Ashleigh would have asked of him but this Ashleigh, the one that had had just enough alcohol not to care, wasn't ready to stop kissing him yet.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-14 00:54 (link)
Ed grinned at that, at her confirmation that he did, indeed, make her toes curl. He loved knowing that, knowing that he had that kind of an effect on her.
He looked at her in surprise when she made her request, his eyes locking with hers for a moment, trying to see if she meant it.
"Okay," he nodded after a moment, letting his hand slip down into hers and pressing another quick kiss to her lips. "Let's go." He smiled as he gripped her hand a little tighter and started to pull her off the dance floor, to lead her towards the stairs.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-14 06:14 (link)
This Ashleigh, the one that had consumed a few alcoholic beverages, meant it and her eyes didn't betray her as he looked for some sort of confirmation.
Honestly, she didn't know what she was doing. She wanted to be alone with him and this seemed to be the only opportunity she was going to get. At least, until Matt had gone home. Not that she didn't like Matt. He seemed to be a nice guy... most of the time.
Her hand tightened on his and she gave the room a brief glance as they disappeared up the stairs. Moments later, she found herself entering an empty bedroom.
It wasn't sparkling clean but it wasn't completely nasty either and she found herself thinking that it would work nicely for her purpose. Not that she knew what her purpose was, exactly.
As soon as the door had closed, she turned and wrapped her arms around him. "I really missed you," she mumbled and then her lips were pressed to his in the hungry kiss she'd been dying to give him since she'd gotten off of the airplane.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-14 10:31 (link)
Ed didn't know what she had in mind, really, but it wasn't hard to guess that she'd wanted to be alone with him and he certainly had no plans to object to the way she was kissing him right now.
"I missed you to-" His words were cut off with a suddenly demanding kiss that he was only too happy to return. His arms moved around her, pulling her closer to him and he almost groaned against her lips as his hands moved up, pushing just barely under her shirt, his thumbs rubbing lightly against her skin.
God, he'd missed her.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-14 13:49 (link)
Ashleigh wasn't usually this aggressive... or aggressive at all, really. Without alcohol, she wouldn't have had the nerve to kiss him the way she was currently kissing him. Not without encouragement, anyway. Right now, though, this was what she wanted and she honestly didn't see him turning her down so... why not take exactly what she wanted?
He didn't groan but she gave a very quiet groan when his fingers slipped just under her shirt and slid across her skin. If she had been sober, a touch like that would've made her nervous or, in the very least, caused a blush. As it was, though, it only encouraged her.
Without a thought in her head or a care in the world, she started walking moving backward, her lips barely leaving his as she did so. In her previous survey of the room, she'd noticed a bed. There had been a pair of jeans lazying haphazardly across the corner but, otherwise, it had looked mostly clean. That bed was now her destination.
Yeah, a sober Ashleigh wouldn't have behaved in such a way. This Ashleigh? Well, she seemed to be in her natural habitat.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-14 16:58 (link)
Ed wasn't complaining at the moment about how aggressive his not-quite-girlfriend was being. Kissing Ashleigh was definitely one of his favorite things to do and he was ready to throw a party at the way she didn't protest when his hands grazed bare skin.
She started to move and he moved with her, not at all upset to note they seemed to be headed in the direction of someone's bed. Ed definitely couldn't complain about that.
"Mmmm... do I finally get to see that tattoo?" he drawled as he dragged his mouth from hers to kiss over her neck.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-14 19:28 (link)
Protest? Now? Not likely.
Right now, Ashleigh quite liked the feel of his hands on her bare skin. His touch was warm, the simple brush of his fingers sent little chills up and down her spine. As a matter of fact, she was thinking that she wouldn't mind if he touched her a little more.
"That's the general idea," she hummed as she shifted onto the bed, pulling him over her.
His lips were busy working over her neck and she gave a quiet moan. Yes, this is definitely why she'd wanted to come upstairs. She might not have known it at the time but it was very clear now.
"Feels good," she mumbled as her fingers fell to the closure of her jeans. After flipping the button and opening the zipper, her thumbs hooked into the waist of her pants and panties. She lifted her hips, allowing her hands to push at the material.
In the end she'd pushed her clothes just a little further than necessary but with her current alcohol levels, she didn't exactly notice or care.
Other than the ladybug tattooed on her hip, Ed got a nice enough view to learn that Ashleigh kept herself pretty well shaved. That was certainly not something she would normally show off but she didn't seen an issue with it at the moment.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-14 22:33 (link)
"Mmmmm..." Ed wasn't really pating much attention, because he was a bit caught up in how her skin tasted. He ran his tongue lightly over her neck, moving his lips lower to her collar..
And then he realized what she was doing. He was surprised, but he had asked to see the tattoo.
"Oh.. that's..." he pulled away for a good look and lowered his lips to the spot of the tattoo. "Very, very sexy," he murmured, slowly pressing his lips to the small ladybug on her hip.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 09:21 (link)
For once, Ashleigh was intoxicated enough that she didn't squirm under his gaze. For probably the first time in her life, she felt completely confident in her appearance. She wasn't worried about whether or not he found her attractive or if he saw any flaws... she wasn't worried at all.
She gave a bit of a smirk when he said that it was sexy. That was definitely what she'd hoped he'd say when she finally let him see it. Dari's had been dead sexy and she'd hoped hers would be too.
There was an obvious gasp when his lips pressed to the tender skin. Sure, it was slightly sore but, more importantly, his lips were pressed to a spot no one else had ever kissed before.
The gasp faded into a quiet moan, though, indicating that she really did like what he was doing.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 10:43 (link)
"Mmmm, like that?" he drawled, pressing his lips back to that piece of skin once again. He wasn't thinking, at the moment, about how drunk she was, how he'd never be allowed to do this if she was sober. Her moans were encouraging him far, far too much.
"How 'bout this?" he asked, smirking mischievously as his lips moved in slightly, kissing just on the other side of that tattoo, slowly working his way inward.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 11:18 (link)
No, he'd definitely not be allowed to do this if she'd been stone cold sober. They wouldn't even be in some random bedroom in some random frat house if she would have been sober.
In her current state, though, she was quite happy to be here.
"Mmmhmmm," she practically purred as she nodded in answer to his question.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 11:28 (link)
Ed grinned against her skin, working his way over until he was kissing over her lower abdomen. Her skin was so soft and she smelled so nice. Ed was a little bit lost on how nice this was.
"Mmmm.. missed you so much," he mumbled, not giving much thought to what he was saying. His hands moved to her hips as he shifted so that he could give a bit more attention to that bit of skin.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 11:46 (link)
Ed was a little lost? Ashleigh was completely gone. Right now, the only thing that mattered was him and how good it felt to be touched, how good it was to hear him murmuring about how he missed her. Not some hot-to-trot cheerleader... he missed her.
She couldn't think clearly enough to return those words, though. Between the alcohol and his lips, she was far to distracted for actual thoughts or sentences.
"Mmmmm... good."
One of her hands gentle cupped his face, definitely encouraging what he was doing.
She might regret the way she was behaving the following morning but, right now, she was quite happy with how things were progressing.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 11:54 (link)
Yes, this was definitely good. Some part of Ed remembered that this wasn't a good idea, though and he moved back up, rubbing his thumb over her cheek, pressing his lips back to hers in a tender kiss.
"We should probably stop," he mumbled softly against her lips. He didn't want to, but.. she was drunk. He didn't want to take advantage. More importantly, he didn't want her to hate him in the morning. Having her long-term affection was much more important to him than just getting laid.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 12:44 (link)
Ashleigh didn't exactly mind when his lips pulled away from their work along her abdomen. Sure, she hadn't been remotely close to wanting him to stop but it wasn't like he'd pulled away from her completely. He was kissing her and that was definitely enough to keep her satisfied... until he said those words.
Her eyes had been closed but they popped open at that, searching his for a moment before she responded.
"You don't want me?" she asked, not sure if she was hurt or angry over this sudden realization.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 12:48 (link)
Ed shook his head furiously as she reacted to his words.
"I do want you.. so much, but... you're drunk, Ashleigh. I don't want to take advantage."
She definitely looked upset and and didn't want to be the cause of that, but he didn't want them to do anything she'd regret later, either.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 13:11 (link)
A moment ago, she hadn't had a care in the world. Now, though, she was suddenly very very embarrassed and hurt and partly angry. It was strange how so many emotions could flood over one person when that one person was intoxicated.
"You..." she stammered as she began shifting away from him in an attempt to sit up.
"You... I..." she bit her lip, then, thinking that she shouldn't say anything at all. Even in her drunken state, she knew that she didn't have a right to say anything. She knew that she should just shut up, close her pants, and go home but she couldn't quite manage it. This was simply more than she could bear.
"You spent the night with her but you don't want to.. with me? Am I not.. you've acted like.. she.. I'm an idiot. I shouldn't have done.. I shouldn't have come to this party."
She moved then, trying to get off of the bed and completely out of his reach.
"Of course you wouldn't want me. Not if you want Emma," she was mostly talking to herself now but he could definitely definitely hear every word she was saying. "We're complete opposites.. she's a cheerleader and.. not a virgin. Of course you wouldn't..."
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 16:07 (link)
"Spent the night with who?" he started to ask, starting at her in confusion as she babbled on about how he'd apparently spent the night with someone and didn't want her an...
Ed reached out and caught her hand, moving closer to her again, trying to stop her from leaving.
"Emma?" he repeated incredulously? "You think I want Emma?" He blinked and stared again, shaking his head furiously at the accusation. "Ash," he didn't even notice how he'd shortened her name as he ran a frustrated hand through his hair and shook his head again. "I want you. Not Emma. Not anyone else. Just you."
He didn't understand why she'd think otherwise. He thought he'd done a decent job of showing her just how smitten with her he was, even if he wasn't one to say as much.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 17:50 (link)
Lost in her babble, Ashleigh couldn't hear him until his hand had taken a hold of hers.
"This morning... she said... she was on the phone and I heard... you spent Sunday night with her. She said it. She said that she was planning to see you again tonight."
Before, the alcohol had given her some sort of liquid courage and, now, it prevented her from hiding emotions she wouldn't normally buried completely.
"Now you want me," she mumbled with tears in her eyes, "but you just didn't... and when I was gone... she said ..."
She couldn't repeat everything Emma had said. It made her stomach turn to think about it. He smelled good, moved good... and, apparently, he was better than anything imaginable. Ashleigh just didn't want to think about Emma learning these things... and apparently, he didn't want to be that way with her.
No, she wasn't really making sense but she couldn't quite help it at the moment. Pent up emotions and alcohol wasn't a sane mixture and she couldn't think properly...
Sure, he'd done a brilliant job of showing her that he was smitten with her. It had all been dashed earlier that morning, though. Hearing Emma had completely overruled anything she may have thought that she knew about them
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 18:11 (link)
"Spent the night?" Ed laughed at that. He couldn't help himself. He supposed you could say he had, but not the way Ashleigh had taken it.
"Asheigh," he said her name firmly, pulling her to him, putting a hand under her chin, letting his thumb rub over her cheek.
"I didn't. Not the way you're thinking. There was a party. I danced with her for awhile, talked a little bit. But that's all it was, alright? Hell, I didn't even kiss her, didn't even want to. She's a nice girl, but.. she's nothing to me, not compared to you."
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 18:29 (link)
Ashleigh's brow furrowed when he repeated her words and laughed. She didn't think that anything she'd said was funny. Yet, there he was, laughing at her.
"You don't have to..." she started to speak but, then, his hand was under her chin and he was touching her cheek in a way that made her want to melt into his hand.
She didn't want to hear about a party and she certainly didn't want to hear about them dancing and talking but she listened without pulling away or protesting.
"She... she said that you..." she swallowed hard before continuing, "she said that you move well... and that it was better than anything imaginable."
His last words quieted her murmurs, though, and she sat there staring into his eyes. Emma was nothing compared to her... and that was something important.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 18:37 (link)
"Well, I am a good dancer," he remarked lightly, though the comment wasn't accompanied by his usual smirk. This was serious, if Ashleigh really thought he'd slept with the girl, because he hadn't and he didn't want Ashleigh thinking he had. Or that he would.
"I know.. I know we haven't said anything official or anything," he told her after a moment, moving his hand lightly over her cheek, continuing to meet her gaze with him, "but I kind of though I was your guy... and I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that."
He'd meant everything he said. Ashleigh was.. she was amazing. The only girl he wanted to be with. Sure, he'd had fun hanging out with Emma, but it was nothing compared to how much he enjoyed being with this girl.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 18:55 (link)
Honestly, Ashleigh didn't know what she thought. If Ed said that he hadn't slept with Emma, she believed him. It wasn't like he had a reason to lie. They weren't exclusive or official. If he wanted to sleep with Emma, he'd have every right to.
She tried to drop her gaze when he began speaking again but he held her cheek so that her eyes were locked with his.
"I... I kind of thought so too," she admitted. "I've not... I wouldn't... I haven't done anything that would change that."
Yes, she'd allowed herself to become far too attached to him and that was showing now.
"If you..." she began, but hesitated as she gently bit her lip. "Why don't you want me, then?"
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 19:00 (link)
"I do.. I do want you," he assured her, pulling her into a brief kiss. "But do you really want to do it here, after several drinks in some frat boy's dirty dorm room? You deserve better than that.."
He paused and pressed his lips back to hers, let his fingers slip through her hair, before pulling back again to look at her.
"The first time we... it should be special, shouldn't it?" Yeah, that sounded like a horribly girly thing to say, but even though Ed had slept with other girls before meeting this one, even he though his first time with this one should be... nicer than this, and certainly much more romantic.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-15 20:03 (link)
Ashleigh was going to be so very embarrassed the following morning. It would be a wonder if she managed to muster up the courage to face him after this.
She'd thrown herself at him... at some stupid frat party... in some strange bed. If she wasn't hung over the memory of this would definitely be enough to keep her in bed for the day...
Even if she'd felt truly hurt just moments before, she returned each of his kisses. "You're right," she admitted after a moment. "It... not like this."
She'd always said that she wanted her first time to be special. This was nothing like she'd imagined it to be... and, if the truth was told, she wasn't ready to take such a huge step. Not yet, anyway.
Really, it was best that he'd stopped things when he had. It was certainly the gentlemanly thing to do. She'd rather wait then rush and regret it later.
"Kiss me again," she requested softly. "Then we can go back down to the party."
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[info]giantone
2007-10-15 23:28 (link)
"I'll kiss you for as long as you want," he promised her quietly, pushing his hands into her hair as he pressed his lips to hers, mumbling something about how he could really kiss her forever before he deepened the kiss a bit more.
One arm slipped down, around her waist and he pulled her in closer to her, close enough to feel her curves through their clothing.
He may have put a stop to.. something he was sure was going to lead to them going a bit too far, but this? Kissing Ashleigh was definitely one of his most favorite things and it certainly wasn't anything he wanted to stop anytime soon.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-16 09:06 (link)
Ashleigh gave a soft whimper when his lips pressed to hers. This was exactly what she'd wanted. Things had escalated but... she'd just wanted to kiss him.
There was definitely a good chance that she was going to get far too caught up in his kiss but, really, could she be blamed? On a good day, on a sober day, she couldn't resist him. How was she meant to have self-control when she was intoxicated?
He pulled her closer and she practically melted against him as their lips worked together. Their bodies were pressed flush and she couldn't deny liking the way it felt
She'd said that they could go back to the party if he'd give her one kiss but, now, she wasn't really wanting that kiss to end. Not yet, anyway. She'd missed him an awful lot when she'd been in New Orleans. This was the first opportunity she'd had to make up for lost time.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-16 10:12 (link)
Did she know that when she whimpered like that, it drove him a bit crazy? A good kind of crazy, of course, but it made it a little difficult to be as gentlemanly as he was trying to be here tonight.
Ed didn't want the kiss to end, either. He broke it just long enough to breath, to rub a thumb over her cheek and mumble something about how beautiful she was, how much he'd missed her, and then he was pressing his lips back to hers again, letting his actions show just how much he'd miss her.
"Mmmmm.. still want to go back to that party?" he murmured against her lips, barely even breaking the kiss to say it and going right back to what he was doing.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-16 11:08 (link)
Actions definitely spoke louder than words. Sure, she enjoyed hearing how much he missed her and how beautiful he thought she was. Kissing, though, that was much much better than anything else he could say or do at the moment.
"No," she mumbled between breathless kisses that seemed to get hungrier each time she pulled away to speak. "No. I.. want to.. do this."
She cared very little about the party, now. She'd cared very little about the party before now. Being like this with him, though, was better than anything in the entire world and, honestly, alcohol made it just that much more better.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-16 11:19 (link)
"Alright," he drawled, smiling as he inched them back over to the bed, pulling her down onto it with him. No, he didn't plan on doing anything she might regret, but that wasn't to say they couldn't just lie there and kiss for a few hours.
Once he'd pulled them both onto the bed, he went right back to the kissing, running his fingers through her hair as he pulled her into a deep kiss. This was definitely much better than the party going on downstairs.
"Mmmm, I like our party better, anyway," he mumbled between kisses.
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[info]talks_to_water
2007-10-16 17:21 (link)
Ashleigh was more than thrilled to find herself back on the bed with him... even happier that his lips were on hers.
She wound her arms around him, pulling him just as close as she could as she poured desires she'd never really felt before into that kiss.
"Me, too," she agreed without hesitation.
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[info]giantone
2007-10-16 17:26 (link)
This was great, a great way to spend the evening. Maybe he should feel guilty about ditching his best friend on his last night here, but Matt had looked plenty entertained when he'd last seen him and... kissing Ashleigh was pretty much better than anything.
He was content. And glad she was done freaking out about things he hadn't even done. Now, the only thing on his mind was staying here and kissing her until she told him to stop. However long that might be.