Free Absolute Lovers (Absolute #2) by S.J. Hooks Page B

asked.
    "I'm…"
    Ecstatic? Thrilled? Exultant? Blissful?
    No word seemed strong enough to accurately describe how I
was feeling at this moment. My heart's desire, the unattainable girl who I
never thought would see me as more than a casual sex-partner, was suddenly,
gloriously mine . My girlfriend to kiss and hold, take out on dates and
make love to, hold hands with in public and embrace at night, care for and
support in every way.
    "I have no words to describe it," I said simply.
"I'm speechless with happiness."
    She gave me a tentative smile and moved closer to me until
she was curled up in my lap.
    "This is new," she whispered. "I don't know
how to be this way."
    "I think you're doing great," I said, making her
laugh.
    "You're not so bad yourself. If I didn't know better, I
wouldn't believe that you’d never had a girlfriend before."
    "Trust me, I haven't," I said, wrapping my arms
around her. "I'm a beginner at this."
    "An absolute beginner. I love that song."
    "What song?" I asked.
    " ‘Absolute Beginners,’ " she told me. “You remember
my saying that Bowie is a favorite of mine, right?”
    "How does it go?"
    "I'm not much of a singer," she warned.
    "That's OK," I assured her. "I'd like to hear
it."
    Her voice was low and beautiful as she sang to me. Maybe she
wasn’t completely on key the whole time, but that didn’t matter at all. It was
perfect.
    "He could have written it about me," she added,
snuggling closer to me.
    One line kept playing in my head: I absolutely love you.
I absolutely love you.
    Was this Julia's way of telling me that she loved me? I
swallowed nervously and held her a little tighter.
    "It could be about me as well," I whispered.
    I absolutely love you.
    Julia drew a ragged breath and leaned her head on my
shoulder. I held her like that for a long time and I was amazed that someone
who felt so small in my arms could encompass my heart entirely and turn my
world upside down.
    "I'm sorry I tried to leave," she whispered.
    "Did you really want to?" I asked quietly.
    "No," she said, sighing. "You were right. I
got scared."
    "So you don't really think I'm too old for you?"
    "No, not at all.”
    "And are there still things you can teach me?"
    She laughed softly. "Yeah, if you want."
    "I do," I confirmed. "I want to learn, uh,
for you. To please you."
    "Maybe next time I'll tie you up and use you for my
pleasure," she suggested, kissing my neck.
    "O-OK," I stuttered, very much aware of the
distinctive twitches under the covers. I was fairly certain that Julia felt
them as well since she was seated in my lap. But she didn't mention anything
and neither did I.
    "Maybe I should go take a shower and then I'll make us
some breakfast?" I suggested.
    "Can I come with you?"
    Where?
    "In the, um, shower?" I asked.
    "Yes," she said, chuckling. "Why do you look
so shocked?"
    "I don't know. People really do that? Outsides the
movies, I mean."
    "Sure." Julia shrugged. "But I don't have
to."
    "No, you can come with me.”
    "Great, I'll join you in a minute," she said,
climbing off my lap.
    I stumbled into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and
stepped in. It had never occurred to me that people shared the shower. It did seem prudent in terms of conserving water, but that probably wasn’t the primary
reason why people did it.
    The second I felt Julia's arms around my waist, her breasts pressed
against my back, I knew that saving water would not be on today's agenda.
    This will be the longest shower I have ever had .
    She placed soft kisses between my shoulder blades and her
hands moved slowly up and down my torso. I turned and slicked my hair off my
forehead to look at her. She smiled up at me and I gawked at her like someone
who had never seen a naked woman before. Truthfully, I had never seen a naked, wet woman before and I hoped this excused my ogling.
    "I can't believe no one has ever called you beautiful
before me.”
    Julia smiled even more broadly and stepped under the spray
to wet her hair while I ran my