Author's Note: All right, I know it's been a while but I've been working some other (non-erotic) stories, and I couldn't find the time to finish chapter 20. But here it is.
I also wanted to make people aware that I now have an online journal dedicated to Party of Five and my other erotica, so if you want things like updates on new chapters and to discuss how the story is going, with me and with other readers, give it a look. I can't actually put the address in this author's note, but if you click on my username above (it's blue) it will lead you to my member's page, where you can find the link in the Biography tab. Hopefully someone's interested. Enjoy the chapter.
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Chapter 20
After Valerie left on Monday afternoon, Josh chased Dawn around the house for close to an hour, until he finally cornered her in her room and threw her down on the bed. He gripped her wrists and brought his face close to hers, smiling now that the adrenaline had eroded his anger. A few months ago, Dawn would have done anything (including kneeing Josh in the crotch that she now loved so much) to get him off her. Now though, she looked entirely pleased with their current position.
"What're you gonna do, Josh?" she asked him, grinning like mad. "Are you gonna spank me? Have I been a naughty girl?"
Josh suppressed his smile and lowered his face until their noses were almost touching – something he never would have done a few months ago. He articulated each syllable carefully as he spoke. "Leave – Valerie – alone."
"Ooh, sticking up for your girl are you?" said Dawn. "I bet you'd never stick up for me. Or would you?" she added, tapping Josh's crotch lightly with her knee. He was hard, of course, and of course Dawn's grin widened.
Josh turned around to check that the door was closed, then turned back to Dawn. "She's not my girl," he said. "She's my friend. And if you embarrass me in front of her again..."
"You'll do what?" said Dawn. "Spank me? Slap me? Whip me? Because I'm fine with any of those."
Josh grunted in frustration and let Dawn's wrists go. Dawn sat up slowly and looked up at him, smiling brilliantly. She ran her hands over his chest, then took his hands in her own and pulled him gradually down on top of her. "Want me to make it up to you?"
"Dawn..." Josh replied, sounding reluctant; but her lips found his and she kissed him until he was forced to kiss her back. Josh hadn't realised how much pent up excitement he had, after suppressing it when he was with Valerie. He didn't like to ogle her like a piece of meat (not that he liked to do that to
anyone
), but he couldn't fail to notice her bare legs or the soft curve of her breasts, much smaller than his sisters' but much cuter too. Luckily though, he managed to keep his hormones under control when she was around.
"She's cute," said Dawn, after she had turned her head aside to let Josh kiss her neck.
"Can we please not talk about her now," said Josh. "I feel bad enough as it is doing this after she's just left."
"Why?" said Dawn. "You're not dating her."
"No," said Josh. "But I still feel guilty."
"Mmm ... I don't know why," said Dawn, as Josh slid his tongue up the side of her neck. "She might be a lot more open-minded than you think. Maybe the real reason she was blushing in front of us was because she was getting all we—"
"Don't!" said Josh, clapping his hand over Dawn's mouth. "Don't finish that sentence." Dawn's tongue slithered out from between her lips and licked Josh's palm all over. "That won't work anymore," he said with a satisfied smile.
In response, Dawn arched her back so that her breasts were pressing up against Josh's chest, and moaned deeply. Josh staggered back a bit, his hand coming off her mouth. Dawn giggled and pulled him back by his hand, sucking each of his fingers into her mouth in turn. "Valerie might not have been wet," she said, "but I am. Wanna see?"
Josh yanked his hand back and stood up straight. "No, not now," he said, even though he was trembling with excitement. "We can do that tomorrow. Jacquie's going out with some friends. She'll be gone all day."
"She will?" said Dawn, looking as though Christmas had come early and Josh hadn't gotten any presents. "And can you stay home from school?"
"I have one class in the morning that I have to go to," said Josh, "but I can come back after that. Should be around ten-thirty."
"And then we can
make love
," said Dawn, with a funny twist in her tone on the last two words.
"Yes," said Josh. "Then we can make love. Although I'm still doubting your ability to do so."
"Oh, I'll be good," Dawn promised. "I'll get rid of all those nasty hormones tonight. I think that if I finger myself, say...eight or nine times...I'll be right." Josh's body shook. Dawn grinned as she noticed it. "You could always do it for me."
Josh shook his head clear. "I think I'll leave you to it."
Dawn shrugged. "Suit yourself."
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Josh was so excitable that night that he, like Dawn, had to relieve some of those nasty hormones. It was true that he was doubting Dawn's ability to make actual love to someone, but he was also doubting his own ability to make love to
her
. She wasn't the kind of girl that inspired a slow pace when it came to sex. One look at her supple young body was enough to make most guys want to tear her clothes off, and other guys to cum straight away. Josh wasn't sure if he'd be able to restrain himself, but he liked a challenge.
Though he only had one class at school that he really needed to go to that day, it dragged as long as five classes. Luckily, he didn't see Valerie, so he managed to avoid the inevitable guilt trip that would result if he did. He was burning and itching and tingling all over to get home to Dawn, but he reminded himself that she wouldn't be satisfying his urges with a quick blowjob this time. So he calmed his nerves with a few deep breaths and began the seemingly long walk home.
He found Dawn in the kitchen when he arrived; all the curtains were pulled shut across the windows and backlit by the orange light of the sun. It was dark inside, but that only added to the atmosphere. Dawn stood up when she saw him and Josh almost burst out laughing. "Pigtails?" he said dubiously.
Dawn shook them from side to side with a grin. "Like 'em?"
He did. He'd never seen Dawn with pigtails before, and she did look quite cute with them, but Josh hoped she wasn't wearing them for the wrong reasons. He chose not to say anything though.
Aside from the new hairdo, Dawn looked positively divine in the semi-darkness. The light that filtered through the blinds turned her skin a coppery colour and accentuated all the soft curves of her body. Even her eyes, which were usually the only sharpened parts of her, looked soft. Josh couldn't help but smile with amusement as Dawn crossed the kitchen and stood on her toes to kiss him. She didn't really need to stand on her toes to reach his mouth, but it did make her look awfully adorable.
Josh remembered suddenly that day he had read Dawn's diary aloud to her, and made her cry. It was the first time he had ever seen her without her emotional defences up, and he remembered liking it, just as he liked the way she was rubbing her hands up and down his arms now. And that smile...
"Come on," said Dawn, taking him by the hand and leading him upstairs. She took him into her bedroom, where the blinds were closed and the darkness lit only by—
"Candles?" Josh laughed. The entire room was bathed in the scent of jasmine or lavender or one of those girlish aromas that his sisters seemed to like so much. It was quite pleasant though. But... "You lit
candles
?"
Dawn was smiling. "I found them in my closet. I think Jacquie gave them to me, but I've never used them." Her smile widened as she drew Josh over to the bed and sat down. She was holding his hands lightly with her fingers and smiling expectantly up at him. Josh, however, was still looking bewilderedly at the purple stalks burning around the room. "I can't believe you lit candles," he said, laughing.
"Would shut up about the fucking candles!" Dawn barked, then sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose in exasperation. "This isn't off to a very good start."
"Sorry," said Josh, turning to look at her. "I just...I mean...
candles
..."
Dawn grunted irately and yanked Josh down onto her. "Come here!" Losing his balance, Josh tumbled forward and flattened Dawn to the bed. She didn't seem to mind though; she let out a long, calming breath and forced her face into a smile again. "Now...are you going to make love to me, or not?"
In reply, Josh lowered his face and pressed his lips against Dawn's. Her arms snaked around his neck, and it was nice to be able to kiss her without having the breath squeezed out of him as he did. Maybe Dawn
was
up to this.
They managed to shuffle around on the bed without breaking the contact between their lips, so that Dawn's head was resting on her pillow. "Under the sheets?" she asked.
"If you like."
Dawn held them up for Josh to crawl under, and once he had, he realised suddenly how nervous he felt. It was different, being this close to Dawn when she was smiling at him like that. She usually looked into his eyes when they were intimate, but instead of their normal impish twinkle, Dawn's green eyes now held a polite curiosity and seemed to be looking far deeper into Josh's. That, coupled with her beatific smile and adorable pigtails made her look...rather pleasant. Josh couldn't help but stare at her, and marvel at the sheer amount of beauty that existed within her body. She was gorgeous.
"Josh," Dawn chorused. "You're staring."
"Sorry," said Josh, making no effort to stop. It wasn't until Dawn raised her head, with some effort, and kissed him that Josh was snapped out of his reverie. With a soft smile, he wrapped his arms around her and began to cover her entire face and neck with kisses. Dawn closed her eyes with a sigh and let Josh do as he pleased.
The kissing was addictive. Minutes passed, and Josh knew he should move onto something else, but he didn't want to take his lips off Dawn's. If he ever needed any pointers on kissing (not that he would, now that he had three grown-up girls to practice with) he was sure he'd ask Dawn – she was incredible at it. Every kiss was different, every sensation unique. One moment she would drag her tongue along the roof of his mouth, the next she would nibble on his lip, and then, to Josh's utter delight, she would take the entire length of his tongue inside her mouth and suck on it until he trembled. And when he had any kind of reaction to her kisses, like trembling, Dawn would always smile, which, as their lips were still pressed together, aroused another sensation yet again.