I apologize for the lapse of time between this chapter and the last. I would suggest that you read the first 5 chapters before jumping into the story at this point. If you chose not to do this, here's a brief re-cap.
Twenty three year old Rosemarie Thornton lives in an affluent area of Indianapolis, Indiana with her parents during the hot summer of 1919. The Thorntons neighbors are the Collier family, and Mr. Collier's nephew, Jake Collier, has decided to take a vacation from the family publishing business in New York to visit his Uncle's family in Indiana. His room faced Rosemarie's across the wide lawn and she, unconsciously at first but, later, intentionally gave Jake several enticing glimpses of her in the altogether as she would attempt to gain relief from the heat by sponging herself off in the middle of the night in front of the french doors of her room. Jake initially is taken by her physical beauty however is more and more drawn to Rose's intelligence and engaging personality as well.
In the previous chapter, after her parents have taken a train trip out of town to visit friends, Jake and Rose finally engaged in a passionate encounter on the patio in the Thornton's back yard. With Jake having just relieved Rose of her virginity, we join them now in the aftermath....
Chapter 6
As their breathing gradually slowed, the new lovers became aware that the storm around them had slowed in intensity, as if the storm itself was guided by their passion. Jake finally lifted his head and looked down into the face of the woman beneath him.
God, she was beautiful. Her lips were kissed to a sensuous red fullness, her cheeks were flushed with color from their exertions, and her eyes were heavy lidded and luminous. Her body felt as soft and welcoming as a down mattress covered in satin. He didn't want to move.
For Rose's part, she was enjoying the aftermath of their storm, enjoying the weight of his body on top of hers as they were still joined. She thought his face the most handsome she'd ever seen, appearing relaxed and extremely satisfied. Her lips curved as he dipped his head to kiss her deeply, his hand caressing the smooth thigh that was still wrapped around him. Upon breaking the kiss, he looked at her contemplatively.
"So, Miss Rose, will you tell me true?" he began, running his hand up her side then to her face, stroking her jawline with his fingertips. "Have you indeed been tempting me from your room for the last few weeks?"
Rose found it strange that she could feel a blush staining her cheeks after what they'd just done AND the fact that their bodies were still joined, but blush she did. Unable to look him directly in the eye, she traced his lips with her fingers and whispered, "Perhaps."
"A reserved young lady by day and a temptress by night, hmmmmm?" he inquired, lazily, pressing small kisses against her temple, cheek and corner of her mouth. "What an intriguing combination."
"I'm glad that you think so, Mr. Collier," she said, lightly running her hands over his back and down to his buttocks, lightly caressing them.
"Indeed I do, I most definitely do," he said, lifting his head and then looking into her eyes once more, taking on a less playful tone. "Was this what you expected it to be, Rose? Did it feel the way you expected it to feel?"
"Did I expect to be deflowered in the midst of a rainstorm on our patio?" she asked, rhetorically. "No, I didn't. Being the virtuous young woman that I am, I always expected it to occur on my wedding night as a blushing bride. But, THIS....well....this was much more memorable, don't you think?" she asked lightly, running her fingers through his hair.
"I know that I'll certainly never forget it," he said, pressing another kiss against her lips before, reluctantly, withdrawing from her as she winced, and then rolling to his side. He propped his head on his hand and looked down at her body, placing his hand upon her stomach and lightly caressing with his fingers. "Do you know that you have the most beautiful body that I've ever seen?"
"I'm glad that you think so," she responded, blushing again now that his body wasn't covering hers, leaving her completely exposed to his gaze. "I feel the same about you, but then I really don't have any other point of reference."
"I admit, I'd wondered a bit about that," he said, dropping a kiss against her shoulder. "I wondered about that moron, Arlen Morton. I'd worked it out in my mind that, if you had been intimate, he'd have never let you go."
"That's a very chivalrous thing to say," Rose smiled, letting her fingers roam through the hair on his chest. "I'm not sure that it's true, but it's chivalrous."
"I don't know that that's the correct word to describe the man who's just taken your virtue," Jake said in a tone that was a mixture of light humor and seriousness.
"You only took something that I was willing to give," Rose said, not wanting to hear him voice any regrets or platitudes. She knew exactly what she'd done and she wasn't going to try to pretend that she'd been the innocent victim in the situation.
Jake smiled and grasped her hand in his, bringing it to his mouth and kissing her fingertips. It was then that he noticed the coolness in her hands and realized that she was covered in goosebumps. The rain on their bodies had dried but her hair was still very wet AND the storm had definitely caused the temperature to drop. That, combined with the fact that they were both outside, as naked as the day they were born, made Jake realize that Rose was cold.
"We need to get you inside. If you catch a cold we'll both be hard pressed to explain it," Jake said, a bit ruefully. He rolled off the chaise and reached for Rose's hand, helping to pull her over to the same side and then stand up. As he did so, his eyes were drawn to a few small drops on the cushion and he realized that they were the telltale signs of her virginity, or rather, the LOSS of her virginity.
Rose's eyes followed his and she once again blushed, at both the stains and at the fact that she unexpectedly felt a trickle of liquid run down the inside of her leg. No one had mentioned this to her!
"I'll try to clean that later today," she said, a bit embarrassed. "If I can't, I'll turn the cushion's over."
Jake reached out and cupped her cheek in his hand for a moment and then let it drop. Walking across the patio, he retrieved his still wet pants and then walked a short distance across the lawn to pick up the remnants of her nightgown. He walked back over to her, examining the item as he remembered his fit of passion when he'd literally torn it from her body.