Bella
My chin tilts down as he stands closer to me, practically over the top of me. His dominance has me feeling so wet right here on his table that I know if I get up now there’s going to be a visible spot underneath me.
I wanted to get a reaction out of him and boy did I ever.
His hand comes up taking my chin in his forefinger and thumb and I feel their strength as he raises my chin so my eyes meet his gaze. I’m surprised that his hands are so rough. I feel calluses on his fingers and remember that being a doctor isn’t the only thing he does with his hands.
He’s an outdoors kind of guy and judging by his physique he lifts a lot of weights, and likely heavy ones at that. The steel barbells with the grooves in the areas for his hands must cut up his grip. I’ve seen those big bars at the gym before and the men that lift them as I stood there in awe of the size and strength of a man who could bench press so much weight.
He’s not just one of those men. He’s the mightiest of those men. Even through his smock I can see his barrel chest flexing less than a foot from my face before he opens his mouth to speak.
“Everything about you is incredible. Everything I somehow missed when I blinked and you became an adult overnight. From the curve of your hip to the curve of your lower back. From the dimples in your cheeks that are somehow now gone to the two holes I see are now in your ears as you’re wearing earrings…something else I didn’t catch on to. But when you walked into my office yesterday I realized I’d missed a lot of things that had recently changed about you, but what’s even more important is that I knew that instant that I don’t want to miss a single thing about you ever again.”
I breathe in deep through my nose at the seriousness of his comments and the way his eyes narrow when he speaks.
“And that’s why I’m letting you know right now that you are mine. No ifs ands or buts about it. You’re my girl now. And if one of those boys your age, or anyone male or female for that matter, tries to so much as think that they can touch you or even look at you just a little to long then they have to answer to me. And it’s a two way street, just so we’re clear. I’m just as equally yours as you are mine.”
“I want that,” I say.
“Good,” he says and I feel his fingers put a light upward pressure on my jaw as I stand up on one foot balancing my other foot on his doctor’s stool as my hand grabs the side of his arm.
“And I want you,” he says. “All of you and I can’t wait any longer.”
He moves in closer to me as his head turns and he stops just short.
I can feel the warmth of his skin and then his breath on mine as his lips part slightly and then mine do the same.
Just as my eyes close I feel his lips come crashing into mine and I surrender, my body melting forward into his and all those fantasies I’ve had about him suddenly stop being fantasies and become true with one kiss.
“Doctor December, I almost forgot my kid’s got piano less—oh!”
His lips come off mine and he snarls at the nurse.
“He was just testing my balance,” I say.
“Of course,” the nurse says and she shuts the door.
“Do you think she saw us?”
“I don’t care. All I care about is you,” he says.
“But what about my dad? She knows him.”
“I know him too. He’s my best friend.”
“I know and that’s what’s going to make this a lot more complicated.”
“Hey! Making progress,” my dad says suddenly entering the room. I thought the nurse had closed the door, but apparently not. Either that or she was going to mention my dad was here after she told Declan about her child’s piano lesson. At least that’s what I think she was going to say when she caught our faces glued together.
My dad freezes and I can see a look on his face like something is a little off between Declan and I. Like we just got caught doing something we shouldn’t but then I see the thought leave his face as he must realize there’s no way in the world that could happen.
And I would have thought the same just over twenty-four hours ago, but now I know differently.
Now I know exactly what Declan feels about me and suddenly everything makes sense to me.
Except how I’m going to break the news to my dad.
Or even if I’m going to break the news to my dad.
“I was just telling her how her body is incredible…in its ability to heal,” Declan says, his eyes still on me. Finally he turns back to my dad. “She’s even able to balance just by putting her hand on my arm.”
“That’s great,” my dad says. “But then again your arm is the size of a small tree trunk. Those forearms would make Popeye jealous.”
I just smile. If only my dad knew how it makes me feel to have those gigantic forearms in my tiny little hands. How he makes me feel safe and protected.
But will he be able to protect the both of us when my dad eventually finds out.
Because if there’s one thing I know about my dad is that he likes to keep an eye on me…a very close eye.
And apparently Declan does too.
And Declan’s going to get an eyeful of a lot more of me real soon if I have anything to say about it.
But the trick will be making sure my dad doesn’t see or hear about it.
“So,” my dad says as he tries to cut the awkward silence.
“So,” Declan says. “I’ll see you tomorrow to see how you’re coming along.”
“Okay,” I say. “Same time.”
“Same time and place,” he says.
“I’m working late tomorrow,” my dad says. “So I won’t be able to pick you up.”
I didn’t even know he was planning on picking me up right now.
“I’ll drop her off when we’re done.”
“Are you sure it’s no trouble?”
“Positive. Plus she’ll be my last patient of the day so it will be as simple as closing up shop and giving her a ride home.”
“Sure you don’t mind?”
“Positive,” Declan says.
“Great. It’s all set then,” my dad says.
“All set,” I say. But what I’m thinking is that now my first time is all set.
Tomorrow I give Declan the special gift I’ve been saving my entire life…just for him.