CHAPTER 32
W hen they’d gone to bed, Rory hadn’t known what to do. She’d never had anyone sleep over in her bed before, not even Candace or another friend. Logan had been wearing her pajamas, and they’d looked really cute on her. Rory also had gotten to see Logan’s long, muscled legs in shorts for the first time, and she hadn’t minded that at all. They had shared the bathroom for a few minutes, brushing teeth, and then, Logan had given her some privacy while she’d climbed into Rory’s bed. She’d been there when Rory got out of the bathroom, pulling back the blanket for her. Rory had climbed in next to her, and her head had gone to Logan’s chest. Logan’s arm had gone around her, and that had been all she wanted. Well, she was really starting to want other things, too, but this had to do for now.
When she woke up, Logan was still asleep, which made sense because Logan worked late most nights, and Rory was a morning person. Logan was wrapped around her, though, and Rory was burning up. Still, she didn’t dare to move because Logan’s face was buried in her neck, and her arm was around Rory’s waist and a little under her shirt. That hand was a solid block of fire against Rory’s skin, and it felt like she’d start sweating soon, but she never wanted that hand to move at the same time.
“Why are you awake?” Logan mumbled into her hair.
“Because it’s morning, and you’re a furnace over here,” she replied with a smile.
“I told you I sleep hot.”
Rory felt lips press to her neck and closed her eyes.
“Good morning,” she said.
“Morning,” Logan replied. “Now, can we please go back to sleep for another four to six hours? You had me up late watching movies.”
“It was two movies, and you fell asleep halfway through the second one,” Rory said. “I had to wake you up so that we could go to bed.”
Logan kind of hummed behind her and said, “I like the sound of that.”
“What?”
“Us going to bed,” she replied and kissed Rory in the same spot once more.
“Me too. I want to do it again.”
“Name the time,” Logan replied, and her hand moved a little higher on Rory’s stomach.
“Tonight?”
“Yeah?” Logan asked and pressed her hand into Rory’s stomach, indicating that she wanted her to roll over.
Rory did, and suddenly, Logan and her half-tired eyes were staring down at her as she hovered at Rory’s side.
“Can you?”
“Yeah, I have a short shift today. Candace asked if I’d actually fix some stuff around the bar. She’s paying me a lot, too.”
“She is?”
“I told her last night that I’m pretty good with plumbing. She mentioned that a few things needed to be looked at, so I told her I could do it today and run out to the hardware store if I need parts.”
“That’s kind of sexy,” Rory noted.
“Hardware stores?”
“No, that you can fix things like that,” she replied.
“So, the idea of having a plumber for a girlfriend doesn’t bother you? It can be pretty gross sometimes.”
“Plumber?” she asked as she ran a hand through Logan’s short, messy hair.
“Yeah. I’ve been thinking about going back to that.”
“Really?” Rory asked.
“Maybe. I don’t know. I’m still mulling it over.”
“That’s great, Logan,” she replied. “And you just said, ‘Girlfriend.’”
“Well, that’s where we’re headed, right?”
“That’s where we’re headed, yes.” Rory nodded. “I’d be okay if we were already there, though.”
“Really?” Logan asked with a smile. “Are you sure? I just told you that I might go back into plumbing.”
“I heard you. And I think that’s great if that’s what you want.”
“I want you .” Logan climbed on top of her quickly.
Rory looked up at her and realized that this was the first time they’d been like this before. Logan was on top of her, and they were in Rory’s bed. She swallowed and stared into Logan’s eyes, which she loved so much already.
“Remember when I said that I’d kiss you with morning breath?” Logan asked.
Rory quickly covered her mouth and asked, “Are you taking that back now?”
Logan laughed and pulled Rory’s hand away.
“No, I’m proving my point.” She lowered her lips to Rory’s and captured them.
The fire that had dissipated when Rory had rolled over was back and even hotter than it had been before because Logan was on top of her. Rory’s shirt had ridden up a bit, and Logan’s stomach was pressed to hers, radiating heat. Rory needed them to get above this blanket, but she wasn’t about to request that Logan stop kissing her just so that they could move. That was especially true when Logan’s lips shifted to her jaw and then, her neck. When she felt a hand on her hip, Rory didn’t know what to do, but Logan moved it lower and tapped the outside of her thigh. Rory spread her legs to allow her to settle between them and moaned. When Logan licked the shell of her ear, Rory gasped.
“Is this okay?” Logan asked her.
“Yes,” she whispered and pulled at the back of Logan’s shirt, which was really Rory’s shirt that she wanted off.
“Hold on,” Logan said and kissed her again, not taking the shirt off, to Rory’s dismay.
Their position didn’t allow Rory to pull it off herself, though, so she refocused her effort on the kissing because the kissing was really, really good. Logan’s hand was under Rory’s shirt, but she wasn’t making any attempt to touch anything. It was just resting there, taunting Rory because she wanted it everywhere. When Logan pulled out of the kiss and returned her lips to Rory’s neck, Rory shifted a little to encourage Logan’s hand to move, but that only got Logan’s hips to shift instead. Rory wanted them to move again. She wanted them pressed against one another, with Logan rocking into her until Rory couldn’t take it anymore.
When Logan lowered her lips a bit, Rory felt her shirt begin to lift a little.
‘Finally,’ she thought to herself.
Logan moved lower, and Rory thought a million things at once. She was about to have sex with someone she really wanted to have sex with. She was finally going to have sex with a woman. Logan’s lips met her stomach, and she slowly slid them over Rory’s skin. Rory lifted her own shirt a little higher to tell Logan what she wanted. Logan’s lips did move up, but they only kissed the underside of Rory’s breasts and lowered again. Not what Rory had wanted, but she didn’t want to beg. Instead, she waited as Logan cupped her left breast over her shirt.
“Oh, yes,” she said.
Logan squeezed it, and her other hand cupped Rory’s other breast and did the same. No one had ever touched her like this before, but Rory was ready for more. Logan didn’t lift her shirt any higher, though. Her hands slowly massaged Rory’s breasts for a few minutes while the kissing continued, and then she stopped and moved back up Rory’s body before she kissed her lips again just as slowly.
“Logan,” she let out, trying to beg without actually begging.
“You have work in an hour,” Logan replied and kissed her again. “Trust me, I want to.”
“I can be late.”
“It’s your newest job out of eleven jobs,” Logan teased and kissed Rory’s nose. “You can’t be late.”
“I can call in sick. It’s Jill and Melinda.”
“Babe, it’ll happen,” Logan said. “And when it does, we won’t rush through it, and you won’t call in sick or be late to a job you just started. I don’t want you to be worried about that during our first time.”
“I can barely process any thoughts at all right now. I highly doubt I’ll be thinking about work when we do that.”
“We can wait as long as you–”
“Logan, we can wait as long as you need to,” Rory told her as she wrapped her arms around Logan’s neck. “But I’m ready.”
“For me, right? Not just to do that for the first time. You want it with–”
“With you,” Rory interrupted her and cupped Logan’s cheeks this time. “Only you.”
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“Rough night?” Jill asked her when Rory walked into NOLA Guides.
“Not exactly,” she said and took a drink of the coffee she’d picked up on the way in.
“You look upset about something.”
“Not upset,” she said and walked around the counter. “Honestly, I’m just…”
“Oh, wait. I know that look.” Jill pointed at her. “Wait. No, I don’t. I was going to say that you look like you were up having sex all night, and now, you’re exhausted but still have to go to work, but that’s not it, is it?”
“No, it’s not,” Rory replied.
“It’s the opposite!” Jill guessed. “You didn’t have sex, but you wanted it, and now, you’re frustrated.”
“How do you know that?” Rory asked.
Jill shrugged and replied, “It’s a gift.” She laughed lightly and added, “This is your sexually frustrated face, huh? Horny and didn’t get any from Logan?”
“Yes,” she said and leaned over the counter. “God, I am so ready.”
“Yeah? It’s only been a few dates. Is she that good of a kisser?”
“Yes, but it’s not just that.”
“Oh. You’ve never done it.”
Rory looked around. The place was empty, but she still didn’t need that shouted where others might hear it.
“Not with a woman, no. And Logan is gorgeous. I’m crazy about her. We were–” Rory stopped herself.
“You were fooling around?” Jill guessed.
“Yes. It was really, really good, and I was ready, but she reminded me that I had work. She’s also helping Candace with some repairs or something today, so we didn’t have time.”
“And she wants to take her time with you? God, you’re so lucky. That is such a good thing. I don’t have anyone who wants to take their time with me, and I dream of that.”
“Should I shut up? I’ve never had anything like this to talk about, so I don’t really know the rules.”
“No, don’t shut up. Just tell me how frustrated you are right now so that we can be frustrated together.”
“Very frustrated,” Rory replied. “I was ready for her to do anything to me, and I’ve never been like that before.”
“Damn. How far did you two get?”
“Not far enough.” Rory sighed and took another drink of her coffee. “She kissed me goodbye at my door, and I almost pulled her back into my apartment and called you to tell you I needed an hour.”
“I wouldn’t have cared. Mel probably would have, but you’re still in training.”
“So, I really could have?” Rory asked and sighed loudly again.
Jill laughed and said, “I would have told her you were sick or something.”
“Can I tell you something?”
“She had her hand in your pants?”
Rory laughed and replied, “No. But I think I might be falling in love with her already.”
“Why does that not surprise me?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Have you met our friends? Kyle and Mel were practically living together by the end of month one. Bridgette and Monica weren’t that far behind them. You get what I’m saying here… Hell, I know Ash and Linden knew each other before they started dating, but they’re talking marriage and houses already like two idiots trying to make up for lost time. Sophie and Bryce are trying to get Bryce to wrap things up in Tennessee so that she can move here. You are now just joining their ranks.”
“I’m not telling her or anything,” Rory said. “I just think I might feel it.”
“I think you’re also feeling ready for sex, so maybe focus on that first.”
Rory laughed as Jill walked around her to go into the office.