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to kiss it. His
mouth is so warm. He stops and looks up at me.
    “Tell me what you want. I’ll do anything you want me to.”
    I’m at a loss for what to say to him. I’ve never been with a
guy who wanted to please me so much.I
take his hand and move it between my legs. He smiles, slides his hand into my
panties, and then brings his mouth back to mine and kisses me as his fingers
slide up and down my slit.
    “You’re already so wet for me.” He rubs his knuckle in small
circles and I feel my entire body tense, all my nerves are focused on the
burning sensation between my legs.He
kisses my mouth and my neck; his hot breath is in my ear. I hear him pant and
feel his hard length press into my leg.I
gasp.
    “You feel so good inside.” His pace quickens and I begin to
sweat. I open my eyes to find he’s watching me. He begins to grind his hips
into my thigh. “Don’t look away from me, please, Claire.”
    His hands and his words push me over the edge, I cry out, my
whole body warms, and I keep my gaze fixed on his fierce eyes, until the
pleasure I feel causes them to close.
    When my breathing returns to normal, he
kisses me again and props himself up on his elbow. I roll over onto my
side to remain close to him.
    “Is that what you wanted to show me?” I ask.
    He laughs and runs his fingers through his hair.
    “No, we didn’t make it that far. Do you want to see what I
wanted to show you?”
    “Of course I do.”
    “All right, hold on.”
    He gets up from the bed and goes over to his closet. He
fusses with something for a moment and returns to me carrying a blanket, a
sweatshirt, and some socks. He hands me the socks and sweatshirt.
    “Put these on.”
    “Are we going somewhere? It’s raining isn’t it?”
    “No. It stopped a couple of hours ago. Get dressed.”
    He zips up his sweatshirt and walks over to the window
carrying the blanket.He opens the
window, and I watch as the muscles in his back and arms move and flex as he
forces it open.He turns to me. “Come
on.”
    He gestures for me to step through the open window. His window
opens out onto a fire escape.I step
through the window and he follows. The night sky is clear. Out across the
endless span of rooftops, I can actually see stars twinkling overhead. The air
smells like wet concrete.
    He spreads out the blanket. “Sit.”
    “You’re kinda bossy, you know
that?”
    The grin emerges. “Yeah, I do. Now sit.”
    He sits next to me, takes out a cigarette and lights it.
    “Can I have one of those?” I ask.
    “This is the last one I have. We’ll share it.”
    He passes it to me once it’s lit and as I take the cigarette
from him my fingers brush against his. I feel the electricity from this small
touch in spite of how intimate we have just been.
    “This view is really beautiful.”
    “I love it out here at night. It brings me peace.” He stares
out over the rooftops. “So, what were you doing at the gym today?”
    “I was swimming.”
    “You swim?” He seems surprised.
    “Yeah, I was a lifeguard in high school.”
    “Why did you run out of the gym? I wanted to talk to you.”
    “You saw that, huh? I was nervous I guess.”
    “Do I make your nervous?” His eyes twinkle in the light from
his window.
    “Yes, you do.”
    “Well, I’ll have to fix that.”
    I pass the cigarette back to him and he places his arm
around my waist and pulls me closer.
    “Are you nervous now?” he whispers.
    “Not really.”I smile
and look down at my hands.“I saw you
today at the café.”
    “You did? I didn’t see you.”
    “Yeah, I was with Kat. I didn’t want to bother you, since
you were with your girlfriend .”
    “She is not my girlfriend, Claire. Look at me.”
    I turn my face toward his.
    “She’s not my girl.”
    “Okay.”
    We sit in silence, smoking together. After passing the
cigarette back and forth several times, Jason flicks it off the fire escape. We
lean back against the brick and look at the stars. I place my head on