Page 89 of Molly: Part One
“I’m not gonna lie, I’ve thought and dreamt about this so many times over the last couple of months that I’ve lost count but I don’t want to rush this. I’ve spent so long convincing myself that this, us, is a bad idea that I want to enjoy the build up. I don’t just want to jump in headfirst. Does that make any sense?”
“Yes, it makes perfect sense. I know exactly what you mean and I am happy as long as I know you’re mine. And for the record, I’ve thought and dreamt about this everyday and night practically since you moved in.” Molly smiles down at me before settling back down cuddled against my side.
“Did you see Emma yesterday in the end?”
“Yeah I did, we actually spent all night chatting and catching up, it was really nice.”
“What did she have to say about this?” I say gesturing between us.
“She said the same that she told you in the summer apparently. Why didn’t you tell me you went to see her?”
“I wanted her to know the truth about what was going on so that she wasn’t just making stuff up in her head. I told her everything but I’m guessing she told you that.”
“She didn’t say much about what you said just that she told you she would support us whatever we decided but it might take her sometime to get used to it.”
“Oh, she didn’t tell you anything else?” I was sure Emma wouldn’t be able to keep her mouth shut but maybe I was wrong.
“Umm…” She looks guilty as sin looking up at me so I know she knows something else.
“She told you, didn’t she?”
“I said something that made her think I already knew something but she didn’t tell me outright.”
Ha, I knew it, bloody gossiping girls. I’m not ready to tell Molly how I feel yet, it’s got to be right.
“One day soon Molly, I will tell you exactly what I told Emma that day but only when it’s the perfect time.” She flashes me a dazzling smile and nods at me. “Shall we get out, the water is cold and it’s probably getting late, we’ve got the stag do tomorrow so we are going to need our sleep!”
“Yeah, you’re right there, it’s going to be a wild night.”
I give her a quick kiss on the lips before jumping out and grabbing a towel. I turn back to look at her before I wrap the towel around my waist and see her eyes are fixed on my arse.
“Molly, if you keep looking at me like that neither of us is going to leave his house again, ever!”
“Sorry,” she says shaking her head. “I can’t help it. Plus, I know for a fact if you just watched me jump out the bath and walk naked to the towels you would be looking at me in exactly the same way.”
She’s got me there, I would probably be worse if I was honest.
“Yeah, okay. Here,” I say holding open a large towel that I can wrap her in.” She just shakes her head at me. “What?”
“Shut your eyes.”
“Are you serious?”
“Deadly. I said we were taking this slow, that includes you seeing me naked.”
“Okay fine. I shut my eyes and hold the towel up again.”
I hear the water slosh before I feel her press against the towel in my hands. I wrap it around her body then open my eyes and watch as she adjusts it and tucks it in place. She looks up at me with a smile before walking out of the bathroom. I go over and let the water out, turn the music off and grab her still three quarters full glass of wine. I think that was forgotten when I suddenly stormed in.
When I enter her bedroom she is propped up against her headboard, still wrapped in her fluffy towel. I walk straight over to the other side of the bed, put her glass down then lie next to her, immediately pulling her to me and placing my lips back where they belong, on hers.
I pull away from her when things start to get a bit heated again. What I said in the bath was true, I will wait forever as long as I have her in my arms and on my lips. I roll on my back and pull her so she is once again tucked into my side. She puts a leg over mine and wraps her arm around my waist, holding tight. She places her head on my chest right above my heart, she must be able to hear and feel it racing.
“Goodnight gorgeous,” I whisper into her head before placing a kiss there.
“Goodnight Ryan. Thank you.”
“For what?”
“Just being you.”
I doze off to sleep with a big smile plastered on my face that night.
