Page 119 of The Rules Of Attraction
“Can’t we have fast and slow?” I wanted both.
He narrowed his eyes as if he were considering it. “Hmmmm.”
“Maybe we could decide which days we could do fast, and which will be slow. I want both with you.” I added in a lower stilled tone.
“Both?” He continued to consider it.
“Fast is physical, and I want physical. But I want to know you. I want to know what your favorite things are too, enjoy dinner with you. I want my chance to spoil you too. And we have to dance.” I remembered the fun we had dancing at the club.
His eyes were gentle and contemplative, alive with hope and excitement.
It was how I felt too.
This was new for me. It felt good.
“Let’s do it,” his whole face spread into a smile.
I beamed up at him, and slipped my arms around his neck. “Fast and slow?”
He nodded. “Fast and slow. I hope you can keep up.”
“Worry about yourself.” I teased.
“Fuck, Summer don’t make me fast track fast.”
We both laughed.
“Ready to hear the next two rules?” he asked
“Just two, how many rules does attraction have?”
“Seven.”
“Can’t you just tell me all of them?”
“You have to wait for the last.” One thing was certain about this guy, he never ceased to amaze me or keep me fascinated with him.
“Okay I’ll play.”
“Rule five nothing else matters when we’re together. Nothing from the real world.”
“Nothing?”
“Nope. We can talk about things on or minds on a very minimal level, but not so much that it takes away from this bubble we’re creating now.”
I nodded. “I like it.’”
“Good, you’ll like rule six too. Get lost in each other until you burn out. So we escape life together. We’re exclusive to each other until the day when we can’t feel this connection anymore.”
“What if it doesn’t burn out? What if we always feel like this?” Those rules assumed an end point, but what if it never came? Surely we couldn’t just keep going, and waiting for the connection to frazzle out.
He held my gaze and really looked at me. “Then we’ll have to decide what we do next based on rule seven.”
I looked at him askance. “You have to tell me what rule seven is.” I giggled feeling the suspense killing me.
“We both have to wait. It’ll be worth it if we get there.”
“Have you ever gotten there before?” I knew that was maybe a personal question, but on account of him knowing he was the second man I’d ever been with I figured it was a good trade.
