FERRY-LOVE-BOAT

Chapter 27

Maya's POV:

How can someone be such a good kisser?

It was the only thing I could think of as Carina's mouth devoured mine, as her skilled tongue subdued mine with ferocity and I didn't even bother to completely surrender to her mercy. Both her hands dug into my hair and my fingers tightened around her waist as I pulled her to me - I wanted to never have to part from that body that I had desired for so long - and the sighs that Carina let out during the kiss made me forget about the world around us.

I had never felt comfortable with public displays of affection and here I was, kissing so passionately the woman who had invaded my dreams for ten years and was now invading my thoughts as well. And I couldn't care less what the people around us thought because the only thing I knew for sure was that I didn't want this moment to ever pass.

-Talk. - She spoke in a whisper when we pulled away for a few seconds. - We need to talk, right?

-Yes, - I answered in the same tone, looking into those chocolate-colored eyes that warmed me up inside.

Her mouth was red and swollen from our kisses, her face was slightly flushed under her usual tan color, her eyes darted from mine to my mouth, and her lips parted in a silent invitation that I was now more than happy to accept.

It was my turn to take one of my hands to the back of her neck and pull her face back to mine, initiating another kiss. Now slow, wet, and sensual. The middle of my legs felt warm, I could feel a thin layer of sweat on my back, and the cold wind that was uncomfortable before was now a relief to my body. I bit her bottom lip gently before sucking it into my mouth, letting it escape with a discreet 'pop' before running my tongue over her lips and seeking her tongue again.

Her body rippled lightly against mine, but the rubbing - albeit light - of her breasts against mine made me moan against her lips. There was no room for embarrassment, I wanted her to hear me moan, I wanted her to know how much I wanted her, how much I wanted to take her home with me and get rid of her clothes.

-Don't do that. - She sighed, pulling away after holding both sides of my face.

-What? - I asked, trying to lean forward again and kiss her once more.

-We should stop. - She ignored my question and my desire to seal my lips on hers again. - I have to go to the hospital soon.

Now I remembered our conversation a few days ago when she had told me that she would be on duty that night - at 10 pm, if I am not mistaken - and I looked at the watch on my wrist to check the time. 8:24 pm. I looked at our surroundings, some people really looked at us with annoyed looks, others smiled at the scene we had caused, but what really worried me was realizing that we would be returning to our departure side of the Ferry in about 20 minutes.

-What does this mean? - Carina asked softly, stroking my face with her thumbs and making me look at her face again. How could someone be so beautiful?

-I don't know. - I confessed because I really hadn't thought beyond the desire I had to kiss her lips since the first time I had seen her at the Ferry so many years ago. For me, this possibility had always been so distant that I couldn't imagine what the next steps would be.

Carina was not just anyone, and I knew it. I knew that I also could not treat her like every other woman I would take to my bed, fuck all night, and ask to leave my apartment as quickly as possible.

I knew there was more.

I knew that there were feelings involved.

-What I do know is that I really enjoyed kissing you, and I want to do it again as many times as you let me. - I smiled sideways as I confessed the only certainty I had at that moment.

-That good, huh? - She smiled sideways at me, full of herself, making me roll my eyes. - I had been wanting to do that for a long time.

-Precisely ten years. - I joked, and she laughed, tilting her face, and brushing her nose against mine. I closed my eyes to enjoy this gesture of affection and my heart fluttered in my chest, reminding me that I was not used to this kind of warmth.

There were no boyfriends and girlfriends in my past. I had never been deeply in love. There were people who had had a greater or lesser impact on my life but thinking back with the maturity I have today I believe it was a matter of greater or lesser chemistry during sex and perhaps greater or lesser number of orgasms exchanged.

-Are you okay? - She asked softly, and I opened my eyes again, being greeted with hers and my heartbeat quickened again.

You're not the person who gets butterflies in your stomach when you kiss someone, Maya! You feel fire between your legs, and you put it out with one or two orgasms and that's it!

But that wasn't it with Carina.

-Yes, you? - I asked back.

-Si. - She smiled openly, and that smile could change my mind about every conception of romance and relationships I had ever had.

And that scared the crap out of me.

-Good. - I said softly.

I felt overwhelmed and overstimulated at that moment. There was a whirlwind of emotions inside me - most of them unfamiliar and I couldn't even name everything I was feeling - and my mind was equally troubled, full of doubts and questions that I had no answers for. I needed to calm down, and I thought about what had calmed me down the last time.

-Can you hold me? - I asked, embarrassed, in a whisper that took a lot of courage.

Carina didn't answer me, she just moved her hands from my face to my back so gently it was almost a massage and pulled me against her body before squeezing me to keep me there. Her embrace was warm, not physically, but emotionally, and provided a calmness that I had never experienced in the past - not the calm I felt after returning from a call, or after running for minutes and minutes, it was a calmness that soothed my soul.

I felt weird being so vulnerable, so full of feelings. I knew that to develop feelings for someone was to give them power over your life, to be certain that that person now had the power to hurt me, to make me suffer, to make me cry. And even with all the walls around my heart, I knew that when it came to Carina they would never be as effective.

And that scared the crap out of me too.