You're My Best Friend

Chapter 21

Caroline counted the number of times the carriage hit large bumps on the way to the inn. To say she was nervous about having well... intercourse with her husband would be an understatement, It wasn't that she was afraid of it. She was more afraid of letting him down.

The carriage hit a large bump, "27" she whispered

"What was that?" Geoffrey asked.

"I've just been counting the number of times we've hit bumps on the way out. We're at 27, well now 28" the carriage hit something causing them to shoot upward.

"You were so talkative this evening" Geoffrey mentioned, putting his arm around her shoulder, "Is everything alright?"

Caroline knew she couldn't lie. But she was nervous about telling the truth. She knew that he wouldn't laugh at her for her innocent thought, but he may be a tad disappointed. It was only a few weeks ago that he had told her that her setting high standards for herself only made him feel bad. She nearly choked on her words, "I'll confess I'm nervous"

"About what?"

Caroline took a deep breath, "About not living up to your expectations."

Caroline watched Geoffrey's face shift into one of confusion, "Have I ever made you feel like you are anything less than perfect?"

Caroline couldn't bear to look at him in the face. Staring out into the darkness rolling by, "No, never. But what if I cannot fulfill your physical expectations."

"I surely doubt it," Geoffrey said, taking his hand and turning her face towards him, "But there is only one way to find out." Leaning inward Geoffrey kissed her on the lips.

It was an orgasmic moment. She felt his hands squeeze her shoulders. Her fears remained, but melted into the backdrop of this passionate moment. "Take me away" she whispered pulling herself backwards to let down her hair.

"We shouldn't be too far from the inn now," Geoffrey answered in between his kisses.

"I don't care," Caroline answered untying her bodice "There's no need for punctuality"

Caroline felt Geoffrey's lips move down her neck and onto her breasts. The air was thick with their love.

"My God" Caroline exclaimed, feeling Geoffrey get lower on her body, "My God!"

Caroline never knew something could feel so good. This was everything and nothing like the servant had explained to her just a few years ago. Things were better when they were happening to you. Caroline ran her hands through Geoffrey's hair. As Geoffrey got lower and lower, her screams became deeper and more meaningful. By the time the carriage pulled up to the inn, Caroline felt like a new woman.

The driver must have known something was going on. Instead of opening the door for the couple when they returned, he simply knocked. It clicked in her mind that he had most definitely heard every sound she made.

"We're here Lord Wyatt"

Caroline looked at her dress, which was lying on the floor of the carriage and back up to Geoffrey.

Geoffrey seemed to answer for his indecently exposed wife, "Just a minute. My wife has lost her earring"

"I think I've lost a lot more than that," Caroline said, trying to shimmy herself back into her dress. She gathered her hair and turned her back to Geoffrey, "would you tie this for me?"

"I'll tie it loosely," Geoffrey said, "So that I may take it off you again more quickly"

Caroline couldn't help but giggle at his remark, "It will be nice to step outside. It's rather hot in here"

Geoffrey opened the carriage door, stepped out, and extended his hand to her, "Have I said I love you recently?"

Caroline shook her head, affirmatively "I think it's been a full twenty minutes"

"That's been too long." he kissed the crown of her head as she stepped down, "I love you"

Hearing him say that gave her more pleasure than anything they had done back in the carriage. "I love you too," she said.

The cool breeze tickled Caroline's clammy skin. It wasn't even a long walk to the inn, nut with Geoffrey , time moved slowly.

"I'll need a room for me and my wife," Geoffrey told the woman behind the table. Caroline couldn't help but notice how tired the woman looked beyond exhausted.

"I figured you two weren't ever going to show up" the woman said, reaching behind her to get a key, "I was just about to go to bed"

"We're sorry" Caroline answered earnestly, "we couldn't seem to get our guests to leave"

The woman behind the counter laughed, 'I've been a newlywed before, you don't have to lie about being late"

Caroline was taken aback, "Oh, I wasn't..."

"My wife isn't one for lying" Geoffrey answered, "and you've never met my in-laws"

The innkeeper seemed put off by Geoffrey's remark, then smiled, "You seem to have gotten a good one" she pointed to Geoffrey. Caroline smiled at her remark.

"Your room is on the left, breakfast is served until nearly noon for those of our guests who tend to...sleep in" the woman winked.

Caroline could not tell if she was blushing, as her skin was still warm from the passions of before.

"Thank you" Geoffrey took the key and drew Caroline in more closely, "I'm sure my wife and I will be sleeping in late tomorrow."

Caroline noticed the bedroom reserved for them in the inn was a little more... rugged than what she was used to. It looked more like a hunting lodge then a bedroom, but it seemed to excite her. The walls were a rich red, and the furniture was combinations of dark hues of brown and greens

"This is a very... outdoorsy room" Caroline sat down on the bed.

She watched Geoffrey undo his cravat, "I suppose so." he threw the cravat to the floor, "It will allow us to bring out our personal Adam and Eve."

Caroline watched him undress in the most fascinated manner, but his words troubled her, "But didn't Adam and Eve partake in the first sin?"

Geoffrey, now fully nude, sat down on the bed next to her, "All the more reason for us to do some sinning too" he kissed her cheek, and she began to undress."