Free Brothers in Blue: The First Love Match by Jayna Concepcion

you wanted to meet up and watch a movie or come here and hang out or something.  They just kept pressuring me to come out with them.  They don’t want to see me hurt again and they think you’re too young for me.  They kept saying that it was better for you and for me if I just move on now.”
    Ariel felt her heart sinking.  He must have agreed wi th his friends because he had gone out with them, the next day he had cancelled on her.  She broke eye contact with him and laid back to close her eyes.  Why would he bring her here, somewhere romantic just to break things off before they even began? 
                  “I went with them last night, but all I could think about was how I would rather be with you.  So, I started drinking, my ex was there with this new guy, and I drank even more and started talking to a group of girls that the guys met.  One of them seemed to really like me and next thing I knew I was making out with her in a corner and then I asked her where you were and she told me to go home to you.  I was wasted drunk, falling down and told Jeff I was going to call you in the cab on the way home and he took my phone away.    Said it wasn’t the right time for me to call you and apologize for making out with a girl I met at a bar.  He was probably right, but that also meant I didn’t call you with a decent amount of time to cancel our plans.  I’m sorry about that.  I’m sorry I got drunk and messed around with another girl.  I know we haven’t had this conversation yet about seeing other people, but, I sort of assumed you weren’t seeing anyone else.”
    He paused but Ariel didn’t want to reward him with an answer to this one just yet.  The fact was that he had kissed another woman the night before, and that smarted, but it wasn’t technically cheating.  They had been seeing each other but had no concrete agreement to be exclusive and it had been a short time since they had even met each other. 
                  “So don’t feel bad about your email, or hanging up on me. I felt like I deserved both of those things.  I don’t blame you for being disappointed in me, I’m disappointed too.  I screwed up and that’s my fault not yours.”
    He paus ed again and seemed to be done.  Ariel sat up, thinking about how to respond to this.  The guy who she had convinced herself was so perfect had kissed another girl, gotten drunk and ditched her all because his friends thought she was too young.  It was up to her, she could either stick around to try and make this thing work or just move on and forget about John and the way he looked so sexy in his uniform.  John sat up to and put his arm around Ariel’s shoulders, he felt toasty and warm and her skin sparked where they touched.  He silently pulled her closer to him and she let herself relax into his strength.  It felt good to be held. 
                  “I’m not seeing anyone, or talking to anyone or any of those things.  If you and I were to continue seeing each other I think I would want it to be just the two of us, no other partners or anyone else involved if you’re ok with that?”
                  “Yeah, I would like that.”  John had a smile on his face. 
    Ariel nestled herself up close to him and let her hand res t on his upper thigh.  John used his other arm to turn her face towards his and kiss her.  The kiss was sweet and gentle at first but soon Ariel felt like she couldn’t get close enough to him in this position.  Breaking the kiss she grabbed his hand that hand been around her and pulled him so he was facing her and she put his hands on her hips.  Getting onto her knees to reach him she leaned into him and kissed him again with all that she had.  His hands started stroking her up and down her sides, the pressure alternating while she pulled him as close to her as possible moaning as his hands brushed under her arms touching the sides of her breasts gently.