First, Best and Always

Chapter 19 - Plan “A”

Raven was laying across her bed crying into her pillow. The drapes in her room were still drawn from the night before, and the darkened room had only the barest bit of light filtering in from around the edges of the window. Her eyes were puffy, her nose was starting to run, and she was just reaching for a tissue when she heard the door to her room open. Looking up as she wiped her nose she fell back against the pillows and said, “What do you want now? Or have you forgotten how to knock too?”

Vin didn’t say a word, just entered the room and sat down on the opposite side of the bed.

“Look” she said, “I’ve had enough arguing for one weekend…hell I’ve had enough arguing for a lifetime, so just leave okay?” “I’m sure you don’t want to be here any more than I want to have you here” getting in the first shot before he had a chance to. Vin ignored her outburst, moving up further onto the bed.

She rambled on, turning over onto her side and presenting him with her back, “There’s no sense in going over it or prolonging it, things are never gonna be the way they were so we just might as well accept that and move on…”

He moved up directly behind her spoon fashion, propping himself up on his left elbow, brushing a wisp of hair from the back of her neck, he gently kissed her whispering, “I’m sorry”

“Well, she continued, “so am I, but it’s done now so…,” he placed his right hand around her waist and pulled her closer to him, again whispering in her ear as he nuzzled her neck,

“Uh huh….done” he said as he slowly ran his tongue over her earlobe.

“We tried to put things back together, and it just didn’t work….”

“Humm, right, back together….,” he said gently turning her over to face him.

She stammered on, “I mean…it’s like nobody’s fault, not really…”

“Uh huh…nobody’s fault” he said covering her face with slow tender kisses as his right hand explored the territory under the shirt she wore.

“We did our best…right baby?” he asked.

“Yes” she said sniffling, “we did everything we could and it just wouldn’t work…”

“Humm, Right! Just wouldn’t work…” he said quietly as his teeth nipped at her breast through the material of the shirt, his right hand sliding beneath the fabric of her panties to find her spot. She gasped, and the sharp intake of air signaled him that he had indeed found what he was looking for. Rolling over onto his back and bringing her to rest partially over him, his left hand guided her face down to his and he kissed her passionately, his tongue intertwining with hers in a snakelike dance. Pulling back from him slightly, she again tried to halfheartedly dissuade him from their current path.

“We gave it a good try,” she whispered breathlessly, moving slowly against him now as his hand continued its exploration. Nuzzling his face and biting him softly on the neck she went on, “it just doesn’t work for us anymore, that’s all…”

Detouring momentarily, he reached up and taking her left hand guided it down to his partially unbuttoned jeans. Slipping her small hand beneath the fabric he ended all further discussion with four whispered words. ”Make it work baby…”