Ok, I know it's been awhile, sorry for that! I am a student and had lots of work to do these past months. I also realized that there hasn't been any sex in the past few chapters so although this one is on the short side, I can guarantee it is worth the read. As usual, this is all from my imagination and/or fantasies so no characters or events are based on real things blah blah blah.
Again, sorry for the long wait!
-Slickey
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I awoke the next morning in the exact same position I fell asleep in. My arm was still draped over Casey's middle. While it may not have been the most comfortable with the broken ribs, I was willing to sacrifice a little to be close to Casey. I didn't want to wake her, but I had to move and stretch my muscles after spending so much time lying down in the hospital.
I tried to get up to use the restroom and inevitably woke Casey up. She rolled over and her deep blue eyes met mine.
"Morning beautiful" I smiled down at her.
She lifted her head and gently brushed her lips against mine. It was like all of my senses were on overload and my brain couldn't connect with my body. I was still in the same position with my eyes closed and my lips pursed as Casey started to giggle at me. It took me awhile to come back t to reality but what I'm sure was a big goofy grin was plastered to my face. She reached up and brushed a piece of hair behind my ear.
"How could I have been so oblivious to you for all those years?" She asked rhetorically while stroking the side of my face. "I wish I could take all of those years back. You know, you would have had a fighting chance if I hadn't met Collin" she said.
My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. I thought I knew everything about Casey. I guess we never really talked about her relationships before Collin.
"Wha...what do you mean?" I asked confused.
Casey had a shit eating grin on her face. I couldn't help but giggle and smile back.
"Wait, are you saying..." I let the sentence hang to see what Casey's response would be.
"Well, truth be told I've considered myself bisexual since I realized that I found the average girl more attractive that a straight girl should. So I identified as bi from the time I was a junior in high school on. Now I never lied or anything, I never dated a girl but that's the reason I was so comfortable with us getting a little physical when were in college when we would go out dancing or whatever. And then I was with Collin."
"So are you saying that if you had met me earlier that we would have had a chance seven years ago?"
"Yeah, but by the time I got to know you well enough, Collin and I were already an item." Casey replied.
Through this whole conversation, Casey seemed saddened by the fact that she had been with Collin while I was pining after her for all of those years having to hide how I really felt.
"I wouldn't trade what happened for anything" I stated.
"Really? You wouldn't want those years back?" Casey asked.
"Nope, because you are here now and that's all that matters to me. I love you Casey, I always have and I always will. Time won't change that."
She looked like she was going to cry and softly whispered, "I love you too Charlie"
Now I was the one tearing up. I thought about turning so that Casey couldn't see how she affected me, but for the first time in my life I felt comfortable and at peace sharing all of my feelings and opening up with Casey. I was never one to wear my heart on my sleeve, I was too afraid that people would see me as weak. But in that moment I wanted nothing more than to open up my soul and share it with Casey. So that's exactly what I did.
In the years that I had known Casey I had only cried in front of her a handful of times. When our watery eyes met, I could tell that she knew I was opening up to her, inviting her to share my soul and I hers. She leaned into me, quickly pressed our lips together and then snuggled against me.
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We got into a daily routine quickly and the time seemed to be flying by. I was healing nicely and stopped the pain meds a few days after I left the hospital because I didn't like the way they made me so drowsy. I was still on crutches and slow to get around but I managed a basically normal life.
Casey returned to work and after just a few short days of not being able bodied and not having much to do but cook dinner, I was going stir crazy. I am not normally a neat freak, but I was used to being able to go out for a run or walk to the local coffee shop and while I was recovering nicely, I still wasn't up for anything too strenuous. The house was the cleanest it had ever been. I would clean for a bit and then take a break when I got tired and then I couldn't think of anything else to do so I would go back to cleaning. The entire house was probably cleaned four times over before I gave in and called work.
They wanted me to take another week out of the office, but my boss agreed to let me work from home and said he would send Casey home with the necessary papers. Most of my work was done through the computer so it was mostly just instructions on how to connect my computer into the hospitals network.
I was so excited that I was actually going to have something to do the next day that I accidently almost tackled Casey when she walked in the door. I didn't like using the crutches in the house so I usually just hobbled from room to room. I heard Casey's car pull up in the driveway and before I could open the front door to greet her, I went off balance and fell right into Casey when she walked in the door. We both fell to the floor in a tangle of limbs.
"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" Casey asked frantically
I burst into a fit of giggles. I was laughing so hard that I was trying to tell Casey what happened but could only get two and three word phrases out before the giggles would start again. Eventually I gave up trying to explain as Casey joined in my laughter.
We were both lying in the entree way floor catching our breath when I rolled over so I was half on top of Casey. My face was directly over hers and I swear I could see hers eyes darken a few shade of blue. I was just staring into her eyes, letting the moment build as I stroked her hair back out of her eyes and tucked it behind her ear. I continued lightly tracing my finger down the side of her neck, slowly across her collar bone and then added a little more pressure as I scraped my nails down her arm. I could see the goose bumps rise on her skin as she bit her lower lip and stared right back into my eyes.
I dropped my head down so that our lips were so close I could feel her shallow breaths on my face. When she tried to lift her head so that our lips would meet, I pulled just out of her reach so that our lips barely brushed.
"Be patient" I whispered. "It is soooo much better when you deprive yourself in the beginning. It builds"
I lowered myself so that my lips could caress her neck, just under her jaw bone.
"And builds" I whispered as I continued to kiss and suck down her neck. By now my hand that had scraped down her arm moments ago had worked its way barely enough under her shirt to tease the sensitive spot on her hip. By now I knew I had Casey where I wanted her.
"And builds" I added one last time as I sucked her earlobe into my mouth and nibbled it a little.
I hear Casey make this noise that was so hot. She was trying to suppress a moan but part of it still escaped. I couldn't hold out much longer. I had been cooped up in the house and horny as hell since I had been home from the hospital and not been able to do much about it.
I positioned my face directly over Casey's one last time as she reached up with both hands one went and grabbed the hair at the nape of my neck so that I couldn't pull away again as the other one gently traced down my cheek bone. Casey half pulled me down, half raised her own head up as our lips finally met in an explosion of sensation. The combination of the being controlled by the hand behind my head, knowing I was trapped and in Casey's control, and the finger gently caressing down my face that physically showed how much Casey was in love with me too, made me completely give into the sensations that were washing over my entire body.
So many emotions passed in that one kiss that there are no words that would even come close to the feelings it expressed. We deepened out kiss as tongues and lips brushed past each other and occasionally added a nibble.