Unknown Beginning

Part 57

"Are you sure you don't want to stay in and spend the night with me?"

"Riles, I was with you all last night!"

"You were with the whole team last night, not just me. Plus you still ended up spending the night at Tyler's after the party."

"I barely got to hang out with him though! We basically just went to sleep. And I haven't been with him all afternoon because he had to work."

"God forbid you go twenty-four hours without seeing each other" Riley muttered.

"Riley."

"Sorry. I just miss you. And I'm gonna be all alone tonight."

"You like being all alone," Kenny replied, exasperated.

"Well yeah" Riley huffed "But not tonight!"

"Listen. I promise I'll be back by twelve tomorrow and then we can spend the rest of the day together, ok?" Kenny consoled.

"Fine." Riley replied grumpily.

"Great" Kenny said cheerfully, then "Love you, Riles!" as she hugged Riley and then hurried out the front door.

"Yeah. Love you." Came Riley's moody response to no one.

Slowly she pushed herself from her bedroom door frame where she had been leaning, arms crossed, watching Kenny pack up her things in her room and the living room. Riley had already had dinner at the dining hall with Russ but he had other plans for the night so now Riley was on her own. Feeling irritated, Riley sat at her desk and began diligently working on her schoolwork.

9:00 pm rolled around and Riley heard a knock, followed by Steph opening the front door. Unconcerned, Riley returned to her work until she heard "Rumor has it you're all alone tonight."

"How did you-" she began.

"Steph." they said simultaneously.

Riley shook her head. "You two are quite the schemers you know."

"Oh, we know." James smirked, taking a step into the room and closing the door behind her. "Mind if I put on some music?" she asked innocently.

" Of course not," Riley replied as she stood to get her speaker.

Glancing at James she noticed the same necklace Riley had commented on before. Riley moved to stand in front of James and said "Nice necklace" as she reached out to grasp it. Carefully, she then used the necklace to pull James closer to her. "I think it would stand out more if you weren't wearing this" as she gestured to James' top.

"Oh. Huh. I never considered that." James replied thoughtfully. "Guess we won't know until I try" and pulled her shirt over her head.

"Much better" Riley agreed after surveying James, unable to hide the lust in her eyes.

"Well I think you would look better not wearing..." she tugged at Riley's sweatshirt, "all this".

Riley laughed "Verrryyyy slick".

James laughed too but pulled Riley's sweatshirt and shirt over her head.

After they exchanged a few kisses and then locked into a feverish make-out, tongues swirling, James lifted Riley to sit on the edge of her bed. "You know...I also heard that pants really aren't that good for us. Too restrictive or something." She mumbled the last bit as her lips were now kissing Riley's neck and collarbones.

"Mhmm I heard that too" Riley agreed, unbuttoning the top of James' pants while she stood in front of her.

"Really they should just" James murmured between kisses as she simultaneously slipped out of her pants, revealing boy-shorts underneath, "ban clothes all together. At least for you."

Riley giggled as she pulled James even closer, fingers running lightly from James' neck, shoulders, and arms "Well it's only fair if you don't wear clothes either".

I guess that's fair." James conceded as she guided Riley onto her back, lips never leaving the other's.

James slid her hands down to Riley's hips to slide her pants off. Riley helped by lifting her hips off the bed as she said "Plus I would feel kind of exposed and awkward being the only one naked".

Gingerly pulling Rile's pants completely off to reveal a thong, she tossed the pants onto the ground and said "Oh I won't let anything happen to you. You know I'll always keep you safe" and moved so that she was straddling Riley's hips and bent to kiss her again.

Starting from Riley's neck, then shoulders, slipping her bra off to allow access to each breast, James alternated between kisses, sucking, licking, and touching with her hands until she reached Riley's stomach. James gave Riley a quick searching look, seeking permission, until Riley nodded and James continued to trail her lips further down Riley's body as her gaze flitted from Riley's face to the stretches of soft skin she was exploring. Riley's hip bones could be seen faintly and thus James planted a kiss on each while her hands curved around Riley's ribs, waist, hips and then thighs.

Pausing again, Riley gave another small nod, signaling to James to continue.