Close to You (Fusion 2)

“What else, my love?”

“That.” I rest on my elbows at either side of her head, let go of her hands, and grin when she immediately grabs on to my ass.

“Calling you my love?”

She nods.

“You are.” I kiss her nose and move my hips slowly. “My love.”

“You’re my love,” she says softly. She drags her foot up the back of my leg and hitches it over my hip, making my eyes cross with how deep I can go. “And I need you to move, babe.”

“I am moving.”

“Faster.”

“No.”

She cocks a brow. “Why?”

I don’t answer. I just kiss her, saying without words everything she needs to hear. Because I need to make this last. Because she’s amazing and I need to show her just how incredible she is.

Because while fucking her was and is some of the best damn sex I’ve ever had, it’s nothing compared to what it feels like to revel in her.

So I keep this slow, steady pace and make her feel things she never has before.

“TELL ME AGAIN why I have to go to your girls’ brunch.” I pull into a parking space outside of the popular breakfast joint in Northwest Portland on Sunday and look over at Cami, who looks soft and still a little sleepy.

“Because you’re taking me to the movies after this,” she says, her voice perfectly reasonable. “There’s no need for you to go do your own thing, just to meet up with me in two hours. Plus, you’re hungry.”

“I’m always hungry,” I reply as I take her hand in mine and lead her down the sidewalk and inside the restaurant. It’s not as busy as usual, but then, it’s almost noon.

The girls slept in this morning.

“They’re back here,” Cami says, pointing. She leads us to the far side of the restaurant, where Riley, Mia, Kat, and Addie are already munching on fresh fruit.

“Hi!” Riley says, smiling. “We haven’t ordered yet. Addie was just starving, so we had them bring some fruit.”

“I’m telling you,” Addie says after I kiss her cheek and sit between her and Cami. “This baby is going to be a football player. All I do is eat. He’s going to make me gain a hundred pounds.”

“Not if you eat the right things,” Riley says, and spears a strawberry.

“I don’t want celery, Ri,” Addie says.

“How are you, big brother?” Mia asks.

“Good.” I glance around and notice that all five pairs of eyes are on me. “What?”

“Glad you could join girls’ breakfast,” Kat says with a smirk.

“She made me come,” I insist, pointing at Cami. “Tell them.”

“I did,” she admits, and chews on a slice of melon. “We’re going to the movies later, so it seemed logical to bring him.”

“But I can leave,” I offer, and push my chair back, secretly hoping they’ll let me escape, but they just laugh.

“No, we’re just flipping you shit,” Kat says. “Just beware that there will be girl talk. We’re too comfortable with you to censor ourselves.”

“There’s no alcohol here,” I reply. “I think I’m safe.”

But my stomach clenches when they all snicker.

I’m in trouble.

“So, as I was saying,” Addie continues. “This baby is sucking the life out of me.”

“I think that’s a bit dramatic,” Cami says.

“No, it’s true. My boobs hurt so bad. Jake and I were having sex, and he had me bent over the bed, and he reached down to grab my tits and I almost kicked him in the balls.”

“And there it is,” Mia says with a laugh. “Welcome to girl talk, big brother.”

I simply shrug and study my menu. These women are a lot of fun, and maybe slightly crazy. I’d rather be anywhere but here, but if Cami wants me here, I’ll stay.

I’ll do just about anything that Cami wants me to, and I’m not ashamed to admit it.

The waitress comes to take our orders and refresh our drinks.

“So, we hear you dropped the L-bomb,” Riley says, and sips her orange juice.

“Riley!” Cami hisses, then hides her face in her napkin.

“What? Is it a secret?”

“It’s not a secret,” I reply, and laugh, rubbing Cami’s leg under the table.

“We tell each other everything,” Addie says, almost apologetically. “To be fair, she didn’t text us until yesterday.”

“Yeah, it’s not like she texted us while you were in the heat of the moment,” Kat says. “That would just take it too far.”

“Ew,” Mia says. “You know, talking about sex before was all well and good until you started banging my brother.”

“And boy, do we bang,” Cami says with a smug smile. “A lot. Like, over and over again.”

The other girls all laugh their asses off while Mia makes gagging sounds.

“Did you just shudder?” Riley asks Mia.

“Hell yes. I don’t want to ever have a reason to think of my brother naked.”

“He’s impressive naked,” Cami says.

“I can see that,” Kat says as her eyes travel up and down my torso. “You should take your shirt off, just to give us a sneak peek.”

“I’m not sharing him,” Cami replies, rolling her eyes. “You’ll just have to take my word for it.”

“Thank the baby Jesus,” Mia mutters just as my phone rings. I glance down and recognize the number.