Written In the Stars Ch. 07

I groaned and brought my arm up to cover my eyes as I realised I forgot to pull the curtains closed last night. The bright sun was really starting to mess with my warm, blissed out contentedness. I turned to bury my face into my pillow and as I did, my hip brushed against a warm body. I sucked in a soft breath as the memories of last night flooded back and my eyes snapped open. Immediately I was greeted with the sight of Nate's peaceful, sleeping face on the pillow next to mine. My parted lips curled into a smile as I looked over at him, affection for him warming my belly. At least his presence in my bed explained the tenderness between my thighs.

And last night?

God... last night was incredible.

I heard Nate sigh deeply and the eye that wasn't pressed into his pillow peeked open and he looked at me. He reached out and slid his arm around me, pulling my body against his. His hand trailed from my shoulders all the way down, and as they settled over the back of my thighs he gasped, sitting upright and looking down at me.

"Oh damn it, I completely forgot. We... I didn't use protection last night, Nessa," He told me. Already I could see the cogs turning behind his eyes as he bit his lip, one wrong word away from freaking out.

"Nate, it's fine, I'm on the pill," I told him, reaching out and pulling him back down again. Then, I realised something. "Is that why you pulled out?" I asked him.

"No. Honestly? You kinda squeezed me out," He said sheepishly, his cheeks flushing endearingly as he reached out to caress my cheek.

"No way!" I chuckled, nuzzling my face into his palm.

"It's fine, it's been a while for me too." He leaned over, pressing his lips against mine for soft kiss. Then he pulled back, smirking in that teasing way he had. "Unless they are all like that?"

"It's never been a problem before, but I guess we'll have to try again to find out... That is, if you want to try again?" I asked, my eyes finding his as I bite my lip.

"Oh, I do. I plan on trying again."

He kissed my forehead gently.

"And again..."

He kissed the tip of my nose.

"And again until I get it right..." He finished, pressing a soft kiss against my lips.

I couldn't help but moan softly after those kisses, turning around so I could press my body fully against his side.

"Thank goodness, because last night was amazing... I can't imagine not being with you again," I admitted.

"It really was... but now I have a problem..." He said dramatically, rolling onto his back and fixing me with a roguish grin. I couldn't help but smile as I finally saw his playful side again; things had been so tense between us since New Year's that I had almost forgotten it could be like that.

"Oh yeah? And what would that be?" I asked, smirking at him, my eyes slipping down his sheet-covered body.

"I get to hear Darren and my folks say 'I told you so' for the rest of my life..." He groaned, yanking his pillow out from under his head and letting out a mock scream of horror at that thought.

I laughed out loud, pulling my own pillow out and swatting him on the chest with it. I cast it aside before I kicked the sheets off the both of us and threw a thigh over him, pushing myself up until I was straddling his hips.

"You're such a bloody drama queen," I chuckled before looking down at him, taking in the sight of our naked bodies pressed together. His face turned more serious as his eyes caught mine, and his hands fluttered up, starting to gently caress my skin.

"I can deal with it if it means getting to touch you like this," he said softly. There was something in his tone that made me shiver with arousal. My cheeks flushed a little and I bit my lip.

"Well," I said, clearing my throat and trying to gain control of my body and mind, "you'd better get used to it because they're going to say it, a lot."

"I know."

I leaned forward and kissed him deeply. I kissed him until his taste was the only thing I knew. Nate's fingers started to trace sensual lines up and down my back and hips. I dragged my lips from his and started to kiss his neck and shoulders, sucking and nibbling that hot flesh. When I pulled back I bit my lips.

"I think you may need to wear a collared shirt tonight," I told him sheepishly, tracing the outline of the many love bites I had left on his pale skin.

"Make it a certainty," Nate groaned as his hands slid down my body and grabbed my arse. He started to grind against me and I let out a moan. There was no mistaking that hardness between us, the fact that he needed me as much as I needed him.

"You know, if you keep talking to me we may not make it to dinner at all," I warned, leaning back in and nipping at his collarbone.

"Would that be so bad?" Nate asked. I felt my pussy pulse against him as his cock nestled between my folds. My nails dug into the sheets beside his head and he closed his eyes with a groan. "Oh god, Nessa... Take it. Take it again," He almost begged.

I didn't bother answering with words. I don't know if I could have spoken in that moment if I tried. Instead, I shifted my hips, easily catching the top of Nate's hardness against my entrance. His eyes snapped open and he looked up at me, a mix of lustful desperation and sweet tenderness in his gaze. His hands slid down my sides to catch my hips.

"I love you Nessa," He breathed as he pulled me down onto him, making the whispered words in the dark of night real once more. I let out a trembling moan as my body struggled to accommodate him after last night's exertion. "Oh fuck, take it all, take all of me." Nate moaned and then arched his back, pushing him into me. My nails scraped against his chest as his hips met mine.

I propped myself up, hands clutching at his chest. I use the position to sink those last impossible centimeters and make sure he is all the way in. I let out a soft cry as my hips come to rest on his. I felt so full of him that it was a couple of seconds before I could catch my breath. When my eyes open and I look at him I could see the lust in his gaze, see the barely restrained need in the set of his jaw.

"Yes... Ride it just like that so I can watch your body..." He groaned. His hand slid up from my hips to cup my breasts, teasing and massaging them.

"Oh Nate," I gasped, I arched my back and pressed my breasts deeper into his hands as my own slid down his chest, over his stomach, and nestled between my own folds. I gasped as I found my target, and started to massage my most sensitive part as my hips began to buck and writhe.

Given our activities the night before, it wasn't long before I was moaning and panting his name. I was filled with a thrill of anticipation at the thought of having him inside me the whole way through this orgasm. Sensing my climax he pinched my nipples and I cried out.

"Yes, that's it. I want to see and hear it all," Nate groaned.

I couldn't talk anymore. Words were beyond my grasp. All I could do was moan, nod and get ready to come.

"Do it, Nessa, come for me again, let me feel it!" Nate grunted, his hips rising to meet mine with every rock now. It drove him home hard enough that I had no choice.

"Yes Nate! Yes!" I screamed as the peak hit, my entire body thrumming with exquisite awareness. Every part of me tingled, fingers and toes curling, as he drove me to the pinnacle of my pleasure. I was barely aware of Nate's own roar of pleasure as he came with me, his cock pulsing and filling me with his cum. I toppled over, my breasts pressing against his hot chest as I rode out the last vestiges of my orgasm. I felt Nate's lips brush over my shoulder before his teeth sank into my skin. The sharpness made my entire body tremble. The simultaneous eruption of our peaks made both last for longer, blurring the lines between he and I, between pleasure and pain.

Finally the ecstasy dissipated into a slow, lazy satisfaction and I buried my face into his neck, enjoying the way our sweaty, panting bodies moved together. I think we must have stayed there for the better part of an hour as we habited that space between sleepy bliss and affectionate alertness.

"Can we do this all day?" Nate whispered softly, his fingers starting to trail up and down my body.

"That would be amazing," I chuckled, nuzzling my face into his neck and taking a deep breath of him. My mind started to tick over and I remembered a promise I made to my mother the night before. I groaned. "Unfortunately I promised Mum I would make dessert tonight... I have to go to the supermarket to get the stuff for it."

I might have talked of going somewhere, but I made no attempt to move.

"How long do you need?" Nate asked, rolling me under him without slipping out. He grinned at me, impressed with his slick move, before he kissed me. I couldn't help but moan.

"Depends what you want for dessert," I told him between kisses.

"I haven't had breakfast yet..." He murmured, I could feel his lips curl in a grin against mine as he started to grind himself against me. "Oh fuck, I can't help it.."

"I can get something for breakfast while I'm out," I told him. It may have sounded like a parting word, but my legs spread open a little wider to allow him to grind even more. I moaned, my fingers grasping at his arm.

"Can I come with you?" Nate asked, his eyes meeting mine. His hips rocked back, his cock lining up with my entrance, and then he pushed inside me in slow, deep thrusts. We both knew he wasn't talking about coming to the supermarket.

"Nate..." I groaned, my hand sliding down to grasp his arse.

"I'm still not done with you..." Nate groaned as he leaned in and kissed me deeply. Even after the previous night and the way we woke up, he was still so hard for me. His hips continued to thrust and I moaned against his lips, my nails digging into his lower back.

"I hope you're never done with me," I whimpered.

"Now that I've had it, I'll never be sated..."

He kissed my neck and sped up a little, and I forgot all about the things I was supposed to be doing that day. He sped up a little, moving a bit more deliberately. I was sensitive enough that just the movement of his hips was going to tip me over that edge again, and sooner rather than later.

It didn't seem like Nate wanted to hold back either. I could feel him throbbing inside my tender channel and I gasped, grasping at his skin. My moans became louder, and his thrusts became more desperate. In moments we were both rising higher and higher until we came together in a sweating, panting mess. When it subsided his hips slowed to a teasing, sated groan.

I smiled up at him, my best friend, and now my lover.

"This is so-"

I stopped mid-sentence, interrupted by the sound of my phone ringing. I let out a groan and rested my forehead against his chest.

"Think they know already?" He asked teasingly as it continued to ring. I groaned again and buried my face into his skin.

"I wouldn't be surprised with the amount of noise you just made," I joked when my phone finally stopped ringing.

"Me? I seem to remember you were the one waking the neighbours as you screamed my name," Nate shot back. He looked like he was going to say something else when my phone rang again.

"Seriously? Bloody hel-"

"You'd better answer it. Whoever it is is gonna wonder why you're not picking up. Don't want to arouse any suspicions," Nate said gently.

"No, I want to arouse something else," I said petulantly, squeezing my inner muscles around him on purpose to prove my point.

I leaned over and tugged my phone off the charger.

"Hello?"

"Morning sunshine! How are you?" Hannah's voice blasted down the phone with the annoying exuberance of a nest-full of hungry baby birds. I groaned.

"Uh, yeah... Good thanks. You?" I asked. Nate had remained inside me and was grinding against my body in slow, teasing circles. It was hard enough to breathe, let alone concentrate on the conversation with Hannah.

"Just calling to see if you wanna meet for lunch today. Darren has the kids for once and I have my afternoon free," She asked. I realised she was having one of her 'me time' moments that she rarely got. We liked to catch up on those days, just her and I, without the kids or Darren to worry about. It was where we got most of our gossiping and venting done.

It was a testament to all of the work I had done to learn to control all of my emotions at work that I was able to talk when Nate was still moving inside me like that. I bit my lip at him, wondering if he would be upset if I took advantage of the rare chance to catch up with Hannah one-on-one.

"I have to head out to the supermarket later, I'm making dessert tonight... What about coffee?" I offered, looking over at Nate questioningly. He nodded not even a heartbeat later before his lips found my collarbone and he started to kiss the warm, naked skin he found there.

A small moan escaped from my lip but I covered it with a cough.

"Oh, babe, you alright?" Hannah asked, concern tinging her tone. "You're not getting sick, are you?"

"No, no, I'm all good, just clearing my throat. Um. Yeah... So coffee later, same place as usual?"

"Sure, just give me a text when you're leaving."

"Ok... might be a while though, I'm kinda in the middle of something."

"Ha, ok. Well, let me know when you're on the way. In the meantime, if I blow all of our savings in the new bookshop then I'll tell Darren it was because you were late."

That made me laugh and my inner muscles contracted around Nate. He groaned and I quickly covered the receiver until we caught our breath.

"Ok, sure. See you later," I said to Hannah. She said goodbye and I hung up the phone, throwing it onto the other side of the bed.

I sighed and collapsed back into the bed as Nate finally pulled out of me. I looked over at him and gave him a wry smile.

"That was awfully wicked of you, you know. To tease me like that while I was trying to talk to Hannah," I mock-scolded him. He laughed, his hand reaching out to brush over my side.

"Well, you didn't seem to mind when you moaned," Nathan said with a shrug. I poked my tongue out at him.

"I suppose I'd better get going before I try and find out if you could go again," I said, letting my eyes rake over his body. He let out a yawn and nodded.

"Mmmmmm... can I stay in your bed when you go?" He asked, turning to face me and giving me that cute sleepy smile of his. I reached out, cupping his cheek as I leaned in to kiss him.

"Of course. For right now and any other time you want. You're always welcome in my bed," I told him. I knew this would be moving fast in the scheme of any normal relationship, but what Nate and I had wasn't a normal relationship. "I love you Nate..."

"I love you too..." He pecked my lips one last time. "Go... Hannah's probably waiting for you already." He reached for the covers we had kicked off and pulled them up over his naked body.

"I shouldn't have said I would go..." I said, suddenly feeling terrible as I looked at him curling up so contentedly in my bed.

"We have all the time in the world, but we also have lives, Nessa. Lives beyond our bed."

I figured that was his way of letting me know that he understood why I wanted to go, even if I didn't want to leave him behind.

With a groan I hauled my tired, sensitive body out of bed and stretched.

"God, when did you get so sexy? Did I miss it?" Nate asked as he watched me from behind. I could almost feel his eyes on me.

"I don't know, but as long as you see it now it doesn't matter if you didn't earlier," I said with a smile back at him over my shoulder as I made for the bathroom.

~*~

Hannah was sitting in our usual spot by the back window and reading a book when I bustled in. She got up as I approached and gave me a hug before we both sat down together. I had to stop myself from wincing at how hard the seat was against my sensitive body.

"You ordered yet?" I asked as I settled my handbag onto the floor between my feet.

"No, not yet. It's good you arrived though, I think they were just about to tell me to order or leave," Hannah said as she shook her head. I chuckled.

"Ok cool," I said. I then leaned over and picked up the book she had been reading, flipping it over and reading the blurb. "Is this something that you're gonna tell Darren I made you buy?" I asked as I handed it back.

"Yes, and these ones too," She said, reaching under the table and picking up a bag with another three books in it. She pushed them over to me and I laughed out loud, peering in and seeing what she'd bought. "Have you read any of them yet?"

"No, I've mostly been reading and rereading Nate's novel, haven't had time for much else."

I thought of Nate in that moment, still naked and sprawled out on my bed. I reached over and grabbed the bottle of water that was already at the table, pouring myself and Hannah a glass and taking a big swallow to stop myself from blurting about last night.

"How's that going?"

"Oh, it's great," I said without any hesitation, "He's getting close to the final revision, I just don't think he knows it yet."

"I'm really looking forward to reading it. I wish he wasn't being so secretive about it," Hannah said, taking a sip of the water I poured out for her.

"You know how Nate is. I think he's worried about feeling judged."

"He let you read it."

"Yeah, but that's just how things have always been between us."

"And how are things between you now?"

I choked on my water. Hannah's eyebrows cocked up in question. She was about to grill me more but the waitress came over to take our order. We both got a coffee, Hannah got an eclair and I ordered some waffles, aware that I still had not eaten breakfast.

"So tell me, how are Darren and the kids?" I asked, leaning back and getting comfortable in my seat once the waitress is gone. Hannah looks at me with her eyebrow raised.

"Don't think I'm going to let you off the hook that quickly. Not after what happened a couple of weeks ago with Nate. Have things settled back down?" She asked.

"I- uh..." I stumbled over my words and then hesitated before I attempted to correct them. Hannah's eyes widened and she leaned in.

"Yes?"

"Nothing, I... Things are fine. We've gotten over that now," I said, trying to play it cool with a shrug and a casual wave of my hand.

"That's BS and you know it," Hannah accused, pointing a finger at me. I sighed and bit my lip as I considered my options. If I didn't tell her she would just guess anyway. And if I couldn't tell my best friend, who could I tell?

"Ok, I'll talk, I just need you to promise me you won't tell anyone. Not Henry, or Ida, and especially not Darren!" I warned her. She bounced up and down in her seat in excitement and I rolled my eyes.

"I won't tell them a thing, not even Darren! Promise!" She leaned forward then, her eyebrows rising as she waited with anticipation. "So... tell me!"

I bit my lip and looked at her, cheeks flushed. My mind races as I try and figure out the best way to tell her what happened last night and this morning (twice).

"Nathan and I slept together," I blurted, immediately scrunching up my nose at the bluntness of it. Hannah gasped, her hands covering her mouth in shock.

"Oh my god, I can't wait to tell Darren!"

"Hannah!"

"Gah, damn it! I promised, didn't I?" Hannah muttered under her breath, looking utterly disappointed in herself. She got over that soon enough as her eyes returned to mine and narrowed. "Tell me everything!"

So I did.

I explained how I suggested that Nathan and I shared a bed, how we talked about giving a romantic relationship a go... about how we ended up in bed together, and how I told Nathan that I loved him. Hannah listened with rapt attention, her body almost vibrating with excitement. By the time I finished she was smiling so wide I was worried her face might crack.

"Vanessa, that is amazing!" She half-squealed, jumping out of her seat and running around to hug me. I laughed and hugged her back. Then suddenly, she pulled back.