Free Falling

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Adam stared deeply into Taylor's sapphire eyes, he was studying her, gauging her facial expression. Suddenly Taylor felt incredibly stupid. Her face turned pale, she trained her eyes onto her hands, wishing that she could be anywhere but in this car with Adam. She couldn't believe she had just asked a man, let alone after the first date, if he would catch her because she was falling for him. Oh my god, what did I just do. How much wine did I drink? This is why I never drink! It makes my mind go all fuzzy. Taylor's thoughts were rapidly flowing through her mind. Had she just ruined everything that could have been, oh dear lord taylor do you hear yourself, she thought. While her brain was rapidly firing Taylor had slowly pulled away from Adam and was now sitting, very tensely on the opposite side of the car. The car kept moving, the driver oblivious to the steaming tension occurring behind him on the other side of the partition.
Taylor slowly raised her gaze, after ten minutes of silence she couldn't take it anymore. She expected Adam to be freaked out, completely in shock, and beyond ready to be done with the night. Instead she found him chuckling to himself, just staring at her while shaking his head.
She immediately got defensive, she saw his laughing as him mocking her. " Oh okay then, see I am exactly as the media says, all needy and willing to fall in love at the drop of a pin, go ahead and laugh and make fun of me. Run off to all your little buddies and tell them about pathetic little Taylor and how she dared to fall for you after one night and" Adam cut her off. He slid toward her on the seat and grabbed onto her hands. "Oh Taylor that's absolutely not how I feel, and I would never do that, I'm not that kind of person, I was laughing because your reaction was amusingly cute, you care, you cared about me immediately and that's nothing to be ashamed of. I don't see that as a negative thing, not the least bit negative. In fact it's a positive thing, it takes an incredibly strong person to let people in in an intimate way after being hurt the way you have, in a way I would never dream of hurting you. I told you so much about myself tonight, a lot of things most of my closest friends don't know. And then you did the same. I think that means that we both know that we have something here. And I want to hold onto it as long as we can, don't you?"
Taylor was so surprised by his reaction she could let form words for a few seconds. Adam began to look worried, so without thinking Taylor slowly pulled herself closer to him. Their foreheads were almost touching, she was staring directly into his eyes, his into hers. He had yet to let go of her hands and gave them a gentle squeeze, almost encouraging her, he knew what she was contemplating doing. He just wanted her to make the first move, especially after her little outburst there a few minutes ago.
She knew what he was doing she could read it in his face. Before she could talk herself out of it she leaned in and pressed her lips on to his. Gently at first, almost hesitantly. Then he added a little bit of pressure, encouraging her to continue. Suddenly she no longer felt nervous. She began to kiss him, really kiss him. Their lips were soon moving together in a perfect passionate dance. Adam let go of her hands which caused Taylor to pull back a little. Then he grabbed onto her hips and pulled her closer to him. " okay?" He whispered to her, making sure she was comfortable with all of this. In response Taylor swung her leg over his lap, straddling him. Adam let out a small, quiet laugh, " I'm gonna take that as a yes" and leaned back in to their kiss. Taylor had no idea where this was leading but she liked it. They eventually slowed down the kiss, it was less frantic but just as passionate.
With very little hesitation Adam ran his tongue across her lower lip, causing her to gasp, taken aback by surprise. Adam seized the opportunity and began to explore her mouth. He went slowly at first, running his tongue along hers, asking permission to continue. Taylor ran her hands through his hair and then down his toned back, letting out a barely audible sigh. For Adam that was permission enough. Their kiss was suddenly becoming intense and soft moans were escaping Taylor lips as Adam ran his hands up and down her sides. Coming dangerously close to the sides of her bra. When the car stopped, they both suddenly pulled apart, surprised by the sudden shift.
They both realized that they had arrived back at Taylor's. She swung her leg back over Adams and blushing, re adjusted her dress and smoothed down her hair. She turned to Adam and just smiled faintly at him and whispered "well that was, uh, fun, but I think we kinda need to talk about everything that just went down, don't ya think" "yeah" replied Adam " that would probably be the best idea" He smiled at her and brushed a piece of hair out of her face with his thumb and protectively grabbed her hand, even though there was no paparazzi and nothing to protect her from. He opened his car door and slid out, he turned around to help Taylor out of the car and slung his arm around her waist. She blushed, but leaned into him. She enjoyed feeling this way. Protected, safe, and cared for.
They arrived in Taylor's kitchen and she noticed the bottle of water that she had set aside for Adam was still siting there, totally forgotten. She grab it and another smart water for herself from the fridge and slid them across the island to where she had three bar stools. She leaned against the counter toward Adam. She suddenly blurted out " so what does this all mean,
I don't know, I mean I never know, it's not like I need a definition, I just need, I don't know some kind of confirmation, or well, just something...." "Well" replied Adam " here's how I see it, I like you, a lot, we have this unbelievable connection, and I want to explore it, I care about you even after just one night which says a lot, so I'm asking you if you will be my girlfriend and go out on another date with me tomorrow?" He smiled at her, he was confident in his words, he knew what he wanted and wasn't going to shy away from it, and he wanted Taylor. " That's it" she replied " it's that simple, I just become your girlfriend, no I don't know, requirements or something?" She looked almost confused and definitely surprised. "Well, uh, yeah" said Adam "I didn't think that it needed to be complicated and stuff, I really like you and you really like me so we are going to date and get to know each other, so yeah no requirements or anything, just me and you and our relationship" "don't forget the cats" replied Taylor cheekily and she leaned in and kissed him for the second time that night.

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I'm planning on this being a ten to twenty part story!