Ellie pulled away from me after what I swear was the most powerful kiss of my goddamn life. She was panting hard as she looked at me. I had one more thing to do.

I took the ring out of the box and slipped it onto her left hand. Not that I was happy about it, but in that moment I was glad she broke her right arm instead of her left. She stared down at the ring for a few minutes before those beautiful blue eyes looked into mine again. I was about to ask if she wanted a glass of champagne when I noticed her eyes look up and over at the massive king-size bed and then back down to me again.

Well, well, my sweet little Ellie was anxious to move to the more entertaining part of the evening.

She looked down at my lips while she started to lick hers before biting down on her bottom lip.

Holy fucking hell. I never wanted her more than I did at that very moment.

“I still have thirty days . . .”

She let out a laugh and looked back over to the bed. This was it. I was really about to make love to her. My heart was pounding. I felt like it was my first time I was so fucking nervous. I stood up and reached down for her hand. She placed her left hand in mine, and I helped her up and started to walk backward toward the bed. I stopped right at the foot of the bed. God, she looked so beautiful in the candlelight. Colbie Caillat, her favorite singer, was singing in the background. It could not have been more perfect.

“Are you scared, Ellie?”

“No.”

“Are you nervous, baby?”

“Yes.”

“Don’t be nervous, Ellie.”

“What if . . . what if I don’t do something right?”

Oh my God, could she be any fucking cuter?

I smiled at her and pushed a piece of her hair back behind her ear.

“Ellie, you have nothing to worry about, sweetheart. It’s going to be perfect.”

As much as I wanted to just toss her on the bed and get to it, I also wanted to take my time and savor every single moment. I loved giving Ellie all of her firsts. This was the most important one. One she would remember for the rest of her life.

She was dressed in blue jeans and a UT football T-shirt. Ari told me how upset Ellie was because the red sweater she bought wouldn’t fit over her cast. I reached up and cupped her face as I gently rubbed my lips across her lips a few times.

“More . . .”

I let out a laugh. “Greedy little thing, aren’t you?”

I felt her smile against my lips. She lifted her left hand and started to run it through my hair. Holy fuck! I sure hope I lasted at least two minutes inside of her. She was already starting to drive me insane. I reached down with my hands and lifted her T-shirt up and pulled it over her head, only breaking our kiss to get the shirt over her face. My hands started to shake as I reached down and started to unbutton her jeans. Once they were unbuttoned, I slowly took my lips from hers and started to kiss down her neck, in between her breasts, and then down her stomach until I was slipping her pants down her legs. She lifted one foot and then the other out of her pants. I leaned in and kissed her upper thigh as she let out a soft moan.

Fuck, her body was perfect. As I started to stand up, I noticed she had on red thong panties. I just stared at them for a few seconds before I started to get up all the way and my eyes landed on the matching red lace push-up bra. Motherfucker, she had the most amazing breasts. It felt like I was seeing them for the first time. I looked into her eyes and she was staring at me hard, watching every move I made. I leaned down to kiss her again softly on the lips. I took my hand and reached behind her to unhook her bra. I felt it pop open and I slowly used both of my hands to move it down her shoulders, out her left arm, and carefully over her right arm and cast.

Even with that damn pink cast she had on, she was still the sexiest thing I’d ever laid eyes on.

I stood there just looking at her breasts. I took my hands and cupped both of them as Ellie threw her head back and moaned. I leaned down and took one in my mouth as I slid my other hand down her stomach and ran my finger along her panty line. I felt her whole body shiver, and it felt like my dick was going to explode.

“Oh God, Drew.”

“I know, baby . . .”

I went back to kissing and sucking on her breasts as I slipped my hand into her panties. She bucked her hips into me and let out a moan.

Holy fuck. I loved to feel her fall apart because of my touch.

I moved my mouth up to her neck and started to kiss along her neck and collarbone. I slowly slid one finger into her. She sucked in a breath of air.

“Ohmygod . . .”

Holy shit, she was so fucking wet . . .

“Jesus, Ellie, you’re so wet and ready, baby.”

“Gunner . . . oh God, that feels so good.”

I took another finger and slid it in. God, how much longer could I hold off . . .

“More . . . please, Gunner, more.”

I had to smile against her neck . . . she really was a greedy little thing.

I slid in another finger. She was so fucking tight . . . so damn wet . . . She leaned her head back and moaned again.

I took my thumb and started to move it against her sensitive nub. She started to buck her hips and grind harder into my hand. I started to slide my fingers in and out faster. I could tell she was getting close. She grabbed me with her left hand and started to scream out my name as she buried her head into my chest.

Motherfucker, I could feel her squeezing my fingers. My head was spinning as Ellie just kept screaming out my name. Shit, this had got to be the longest orgasm she’d ever had.

Finally she stopped calling out my name, and I felt her body starting to go limp in my arms. I just stood there and held her as her breathing came back under control. She pulled her head back and looked up at me.

“Wow!”

“‘Wow’ is fucking right. I think that was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen, Ellie.”

Ellie started to laugh. Her smile faded as I felt her hand trying to undo the buttons to my jeans. Poor baby was having a hard time with only being able to use her left hand. I pulled my hand out from her panties, grabbed her hand, and moved it away from my jeans. I slowly took off her panties and turned her to lay her on the bed. I felt her body starting to shake. I knew she was nervous; shit, so was I. I just hoped like hell I didn’t lose control and hurt her.

“Ellie, baby, lie down . . .”

Her eyes grew bigger and she grabbed onto my shirt. She started to sit down on the bed. Fuck, my heart was beating a mile a minute. I could actually hear it in my ears. She started to scoot back until she was lying back with her head on the pillows. I was kneeling along the side of her body since she never let go of the death grip she had on my shirt. I had to smile at how sweet and innocent she was. To think I was going to be the only man ever to be inside her made me almost start to fucking cry. Last thing I needed was to cry right now.

I leaned down and brushed my lips against hers. She captured my bottom lip with her teeth and started to smile. I pulled back to look at her. I just wanted to look at her perfect beautiful body lying there, waiting for me . . . only me.

“Gunner?”

“Hmmm?”

“What’s wrong? Why are you just staring at me?” she said as her voice cracked.

“Nothing’s wrong, baby, nothing at all. I’m just looking at your beautiful body. It’s so fucking beautiful.”

She started to cover up her breasts, and I looked at her flushed red face.

“No, Ellie, don’t ever cover yourself up. I love to look at your body. This is the first time I’ve ever seen you totally nude, sweetheart, and I just want to take it all in.”

“Ohh . . . okay.”

So. Fucking. Cute.

I stood back up and started to take off my jeans. Ellie’s eyes grew bigger when I slid my jeans down my legs and stepped out of them. I saw her eyes moving up and down my body with a hungry look as she stopped twice to look harder, once at my chest and my tattoo, and then again at my dick. Her mouth made a small o shape and she started to lick her lips. Shit, I would love to have that mouth wrapped around my cock, but not tonight. Tonight was for Ellie.

I reached down and pulled out a condom. She sat up and was sitting on her elbows.

“We don’t need that.”

“What? Of course we do, Ellie.”

“No, Gunner, we don’t. I’m on the pill.”

What? Why the fuck was she on the pill?

“After we came back from the ranch the first time I decided I better start protection just in case, you know, well, in case we couldn’t stop the next time.” She shrugged her shoulders as she explained her reason for being on the pill. Fuck, I loved her.

No condom. I’d never had sex with no condom on before. This was going to make it even harder not to come the second I entered her body.

“Have you always used a condom, Gunner?”

“Yes!” I couldn’t believe she even asked that.

“Is that why your face is white? The thought of not using one, does it have you scared, because if you feel more comfortable wearing it . . .”

Holy fuck, she was worried about that?

“Ellie, baby, that’s not what it is.” I crawled onto the bed and moved over her and held myself up above her body. She let her head fall back onto her pillow.

“I’m worried that it’s going to feel so fucking good I won’t last thirty seconds.”

“Ohh . . . oh, well . . . um . . .” she crinkled up her nose and smiled. I could not have loved her more in that moment.

“I love you, Ellie . . .” I said as I leaned down and started to gently brush my lips against hers.

“Oh, Drew, I love you, too.”

I could tell she was frustrated with her broken arm. She kept trying to lift it up, and I finally took it and put it up over her head. She took her left hand and ran it though my hair, then down the side of my face, neck, and she finally ended up on my chest. I did not take my shirt off very often, so I knew this was a treat for her. She had gotten a little tipsy the night of her birthday and begged me to let her lick my tattoo. I wanted so badly to let her, but knew I would lose control. Tonight was a whole different ball game.

She took her fingertip and started to trace the tattoo. First on my chest, then over my shoulder and down my arm . . . My body was starting to shake. She leaned up and kissed my chest and I let out a moan.

“If I lie on you Ellie, is it going to hurt your ribs, sweetheart?

She looked up at me shocked. She didn’t think I noticed every time I hugged her or picked her up that she winced in pain each time.

“You noticed, huh?”

“Yes, baby, I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Trust me, you’re not going to hurt me Gunner. You’re killing me, though, by making me wait . . .”

I laughed and nipped at her nose.

“Where did this greedy little Ellie come from?”

“Umm, she’s been here the whole time, she just can’t wait for her future husband to make love to her any longer.”

Future husband . . .

I leaned down to kiss her and she grabbed me by the back of the neck. She sucked at my tongue causing me to let out a moan. She was pulling me farther down as she spread her legs open wider.

Holy shit . . . My dick was pressed up against her. I reached down and slid a finger inside her. Fuck me . . .

“Jesus, Ellie . . . you’re so wet, baby.”

“Yes, Gunner, I want you so bad . . . Please . . .,” she begged as she pushed her hips up against me.

I slid two more fingers inside her and started to work my fingers in and out. Ellie let out a moan and started to move her hips. She was about to come again. I took my fingers out and moved over her again. She looked up at me, briefly confused as to why I moved my fingers.

“I want you to come again, but with me inside you, Ellie.”

She was panting hard. Her eyes captured mine and held me still for a moment. I was about to make love to the only girl I’ve ever loved. My heart was filled with so much love for her. Dear God, please let me be slow and gentle with her.

I slowly pushed the head of my dick against her opening. Her eyes grew larger, and a moment of panic crossed over her face.

“I’ll go slow, baby, but you have to relax, okay? Can you relax for me, Ellie?”

“What if . . . what if it doesn’t fit?”

I didn’t want to laugh at how innocent her question was. I leaned down and started to kiss her as I slowly started to make my way into her.

“It will fit, baby, trust me . . . Relax, Ells.”

I felt her whole body relax. Even her grip on my arm, which she was holding onto for dear life, was relaxing. I pushed a little more and felt it sliding in easier with how fucking wet she was.

I saw her make a pained face and I stopped . . . I was hurting her. Fuck! I’d never been with a virgin so I was not sure if I should go slow or just thrust it in, like taking off a Band-Aid. . . Quick and fast . . .

Fucking hell, I’m thinking about fucking Band-Aids?

“Don’t stop.” Ellie was now pushing her hips into mine.

Oh, sweet Jesus, I’d never felt such pure heaven in my life.

“Ohhh, Ellie, you’re so tight, baby, and so fucking warm,” I whispered against her ear.

“Gunner . . . please . . .”

Just a little more, and I would be in all the way. Ellie let out a small whimper and it about killed me. I slowly started to move in and out of her. Fucking heaven . . .

I captured her mouth with mine and she kissed me with such passion.

“Gunner. Oh God . . . it feels so good . . .”

“Ellie, you feel like heaven, baby.”

“Can you go faster?”

Did she really just ask me that?

“Yes, baby . . . Faster I can do!”

I picked up the pace and noticed she was moving right along with me. I wasn’t going to last much longer doing it this fast.

Then I saw her whole body start to tense up. I literally felt her tightening around my dick. Holy shit. Come on, Ellie, baby, please hurry.

“Oh, Gunner! Oh God, yes!” She arched her back and that was it . . . I lost it.

“Oh, Ellie!”

We both came together. How perfect was that . . . To come together the first time we made love.

I was leaning on my elbows, which were placed on both sides of Ellie’s head. We were both panting like we just got done running a marathon.

I opened my eyes to see her watching me. Those blue eyes seemed to look brighter and her smile . . . Oh God, her smile was to die for. We just stayed there like that for a few minutes. I slowly pulled out of her and rolled to her left side to avoid her broken arm.

“Gunner, I never dreamed it was going to feel so good. I always heard that the first time would hurt like hell. It hurt at first, but then it quickly turned into nothing but pure pleasure.”

I let out a laugh and ran my hand through my hair. I just made love to Ellie and I wanted to jump up and down on the bed and do a few fist pumps.

“I’m so glad, baby, that it felt good for you. It felt like pure heaven for me. I’ve never experienced anything like that before, Ellie.”

She smiled as she laid her cast across my chest. It was totally true. I had sex before, but never had I made love.

“Um, Gunner, when can we do it again?”

“Jesus, Ellie! Are you ready already?”

She looked at me with such an innocent look on her face and nodded.

She laid her head on my chest, and before I knew it I heard her softly breathing as she slipped into a slumber. I closed my eyes and dreamed of the many more times I planned on doing that again. I just needed at least thirty minutes and then I could wake her up.