Falling for the Fire

Chapter 32

*Brooklyn's POV

Ariana's words were enough to take away any hesitations that I had, at least for the moment.

I felt her hand slide around to my back as my fingers curled around the side of her neck.

I searched her eyes for a brief moment, trying to give her one last chance to change her mind before I did anything.

Every bone in my body was telling me that this was a bad idea, but the pounding in my chest told me otherwise. I couldn't stop myself any longer, no matter how badly this might end.

I leaned in closer to Ariana, my lips hovering in front of hers. The scent of her sweet perfume that I'd gotten so used to filled my nose as I took a deep breath.

"Would you please just kiss me already?" She asked.

I let out a quiet laugh before finally closing the short distance between us and pressing my lips against hers.

I felt a surge of electricity crackle through my body as we connected, and I wasn't sure if I hated it, or loved it. I didn't want to be feeling these things with anyone, but fuck it was nice.

Ari pulled on my waist so my body was resting against hers, and I felt the heat radiating from both of us.

My thumb trailed along her jaw as I leaned into the kiss, and it was everything that I'd been waiting for.

When I pulled back a moment later, I rested my forehead against hers as I met her gaze.

"Come back to my house," she said in a breathy voice.

"Ariana I don't - are you sure?" I asked.

I didn't want to hurt her, and I had no idea what she was expecting this to be.

"Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be," she said as her grip on my waist tightened, "I don't care about that right now, I just need you to come home with me."

"You need me to, huh?" I smirked.

"Yes," she nodded as she gave me another quick kiss, "that is what I said."

"Alright, well I can't resist that," I responded, "lead the way."

I stepped away from her and we both got into our cars and started towards her house.

I was still having reservations about doing this, no matter how badly I wanted it to happen; but I had been clear with her...right?

At least that's what I was telling myself so that I didn't turn around and go back home.

I pulled behind her in her driveway, and when we got out of our cars, she held her hand out to me.

I grinned sheepishly as I took ahold of it and followed her inside.

She flipped the lights on and dropped my hand as she turned around to look at me. She pushed her brown hair back out of her face, and I watched her closely.

Jesus she was gorgeous, I couldn't wait to get my hands on her again.

"Come on," she said as she nodded for me to follow.

I walked after her and admired the view as we made our way back to her bedroom. I looked around as she shut the door behind us.

I slowly walked up behind her and wrapped an arm around her waist. I heard her let out a quiet sigh as I took her hair and pushed it aside, leaving the bare skin on her neck exposed for me.

I kissed slowly up to her ear before speaking quietly.

"Last chance for you to back out."

"Shut the hell up," she said as she turned around to face me and grinned.

"Show me," I said to her as I put my other arm on her waist.

"Show you?" Ariana questioned.

My lips hovered dangerously close to hers as I quietly responded, "show me that you don't want to back out."

She let out a quiet laugh as she wrapped her arms around the back of my neck.

"You are something else Brooklyn Beal," she grinned.

"But yeah," Ari continued, "I'm pretty sure that I can do that."

She placed an extremely slow kiss on my lips, and I felt her hands drop from my neck and move lower. She unbuttoned my pants and started to push them down my legs before I stepped the rest of the way out.

Her fingers moved deftly as she undid the buttons down the front of my shirt and quickly pulled it off.

I watched as she stepped back and began to strip out of her own clothes, and it took everything in me to not grab her and throw her on to the bed. Although I don't think she would have minded if I had.

She came back up to me and hooked her fingers under the straps of my bra, slowly pulling them down over my shoulders. Her hands moved around to my back and unclasped it as she kissed along the side of my neck.

I took a sharp breath in as she nipped and sucked at the sensitive skin and continued to pull my bra all of the way off.

Once it had fallen to the floor, she stepped back again and looked at me.

"Lay down on the bed so I can really show you," she said with a smirk.

The words sent a shiver down my body as the heat grew between my legs. I grinned back at her before I settled down on the bed and waited for her to join me.

"Look at you taking charge," I teased, "I'm impressed."

"I'm surprised you're letting me," she responded as she crawled over top of my body.

"You're making me do a lot of things that I wouldn't normally do," I said, watching her inch closer.

She put her hands on either side of my head and leaned down to kiss me. The fabric from her bra grazed against my already hardening nipples, and it made me ache for her touch even more.

She straddled my lap as she backed away, and her fingertips began to trace over all of my curves.

My eyes fluttered shut as I felt them go over my breasts and slowly down to my hips. She grabbed on to my underwear and pulled them down my legs, leaning over to kiss along my waist.

Her hands went down to the inside of my thighs and pushed them apart. I looked down at her and watched with anticipation as her mouth inched closer to my center.

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