Hope

Chapter Seven

Alright, this is going to be the last chapter for a couple days because I'll be out of town for work. If you like it, please comment and/or vote.

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The next morning, the bright sun woke me up. In the night, Danny had shifted onto his back and I was completely on top of him. I could feel his morning arousal pressing against my thigh, and one of his hands was underneath my shirt, high on my back. Thankfully, it wasn't cupping a breast, but it still stirred feelings in me that I was trying to ignore.

Danny stirred so I pretended to still be asleep, "Shit."

Feigning like I just woke up, I yawned, "You seem to be saying that an awful lot around me."

He quickly extricated himself from the awkward position we were in, and slid as far away from me on the couch as he could, while at the same time trying unsuccessfully to his arousal by crossing his legs, "How did this happen?"

I smiled as I remembered the feeling of his arms around me, "Well you fell asleep on the couch last night after your shower. I brought you a blanket and I think you forgot for a moment it was me, because you grabbed me and held me against you." His face flushed, "You were in such a deep sleep that I didn't want to wake you up. Since I was tired and your arms were warm and comforting, I fell asleep."

Danny looked skeptical, "And all we did was sleep?"

I decided not to tell him that his arousal had been pressing against my thigh when I woke up, or that if his hand had been any higher up my shirt it would have come off, "Well first of all, if we had sex, I would really hope that you would remember it. But yes, all we did was sleep. Trust me, as hot as you are, I'm not ready to do more than cuddle up next to a guy especially since I'm pretty sure that I was raped the night of the car crash."

"You were raped?" his embarrassment was quickly replaced by anger.

I looked at him sharply, "Melody didn't tell you?" I was kind of shocked that she had let me go home with him without telling him about the bruising between my hips that indicated I had been raped.

"No," he said with a weird look on his face. "I was there for a little while because you had an iron grip on my hand, but once you passed out she made me leave. She didn't even tell me what your injuries were, just the stuff that I needed to know for when you came and stayed with me. Like how often to give you pain medicine."

"Honestly, I couldn't say for certain that I was, and Melody didn't say anything to me about it. But I was extremely sore down there the morning after the accident and there are some bruises that couldn't be explained from the accident."

Danny looked really uncomfortable with the way the conversation was going, but at least his arousal was diminished somewhat. "Well..." he started.

"I'm sorry," I said at the same time. Danny nodded for me to continue, "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable by bringing up such an awful topic. I wouldn't have said anything at all if I hadn't thought that you already knew." He made like he was going to say something but I stopped him, placing a finger on his lips, "Really, it's not that big of a deal, it's not like I remember it anyways. I just don't want to get flashbacks to a memory that I have repressed or forgotten in the middle of sex." I blushed and said quietly enough that he pretended not to hear me, "Especially if it is as good as I think it will be."

"If you would have let me say something," Danny said impatiently. "What I was going to say is that I don't make a habit of jumping into bed with women that I've just met. While you are very attractive, and obviously my body reacts to you, I would never try to make the moves on someone who was injured as badly as you are." I gave him a look, "Hey, I was asleep remember? I can't control what my body feels or what my subconscious tries to do while I'm sleeping."