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At Long Last

It's 3pm, I've crossed the border to England after hours of driving. Sitting in a car all day is surprisingly exhausting but with this summer heat who can blame me for being a little tired? My name is Iona and I met my boyfriend Harris online 6 months ago, today is the day I can finally see him in person and I'm understandably nervous about it.

Hopefully Harris and I still get along well in person after being so used to talking to each other through a screen for so long. Anyway enough of that overthinking, I'm now at my hotel putting my luggage away and Harris should be waiting outside for me any minute now... WAIT IS THAT HIM? I see a tall figure standing in the car park with short brown hair, a blue denim jacket, black ripped jeans and I think I can see the thin frame of a pair of glasses. I'm sure that's him so I'm going to go out there and hopefully I don't have a panic attack. In that moment Harris ran up to me and gave me the biggest hug I've ever received, as we let go of each other he looked into my eyes and it felt like falling in love with him all over again.

Now me and Harris are having dinner in a local restaurant for our first date and as usual he has ordered a burger, one thing you should know about him is he loves burgers... anyway with dinner finished and our stomachs full we headed back to his house to watch a movie and cuddle for a while. Shrek was the movie of choice as it's a favourite of ours so with some snacks and the lights dimmed a little we cuddled happily.

Half way through the film Harris turned to me and said "Iona, I love you so much you know?" To which I responded "of course, I love you too handsome." He then gently tilted my chin up with his hand and leaned in to kiss me, his lips were so soft and he was a great kisser. We thought it would just be a quick kiss since it was our first but no... I sat on his lap while we were still on his bed and he pulled me in close, we were now making out. In the excitement of it all I ended up pushing him over so I was now sitting on top of him as he lay on the bed. Harris whispered "Iona, it's ok if you don't want to but... can we slowly strip off some layers of clothing and see where things go from there?" Flustered and surprised I responded "I'm new to this so I'm kinda anxious, but I trust you to go easy on me." I lay on top of him kissing him passionately, I felt Harris's hand carefully slip down my back, slowly and gently his tongue went down my throat. We began to remove our clothes, unwrapping each other like Christmas presents. This is when we both knew things were getting hotter, and I don't mean temperature wise.