Touch of Eden by Jessie M

honey, we're going to bed.”
    “ I'll stay here on the sofa, if you don't mind.”
    “ No I insist you share my bed tonight. Just make sure you don't fuck me. Again.”
    “ And j ust make sure you don't fuck me either, okay?” She smiles at me. I love her smile. I love everything about her. Even her rattiness and the way she thumps me really hard on the arm.
    Five minutes later we're undressed and in bed, lying there silently in the dark, two feet apart. I'm almost beside myself with desire. My dick is so hard I can't stand it and my balls are aching beyond belief.
    “ Josh... Tell me, what are you thinking about right now?”
    “ You.” The word is out before I can stop it. Damn.
    She switches the light on and leans up, looking at me with a serious expression.
    “What about me exactly?”
    “ I'm not sure I should tell you.”
    “ Yes you bloody should...”
    “ Promise me you won't get angry, or upset or thump me hard if I do.”
    “ Okay I promise, now for crissakes tell me...”
    “ I want you. In fact I want you so much I'm about to die wanting you.”
    “ I've wanted you for a long time Josh.”
    “ Really? Well this is a surprise, I'd never have guessed. ” I can't help the smile that is rising up inside me like the birth of a new star. My spirits rise up to the heavens to thank the dear Lord for delivering her to me so fast. This is a very, very promising development.
    But the deeply stirring, happy feeling is short lived.
    “I've kept it to myself and for good reason. I'm not like you and I don't want to be with someone who fucks around for fun. I'm very serious about who I get involved with. I've thought about this moment over and over again in the past, and I think it's best we keep things as they are, just good friends.”
    “ I understand why you feel that way, but I don't want to fuck around any more, really, I don't. I feel so much for you. And definitely not in the platonic sense. I don't know if I can do 'just good friends' anymore.” 
    I'm already reaching for her, desperate to touch her, tentatively putting my hand on her waist. She moves a little closer which is encouraging. I am so in love with her my heart is about to melt. My brain too. In fact everything, except my dick. That's not melting any time soon.
    “Well you'll have to live with it somehow. I manage.”
    “ There must be something I can say to change your mind about me?”
    “ No, there's nothing you can say. I know you all too well, remember. But, as we're being totally honest with each other at the moment, there is something I really want from you.”
    “ What's that?”
    “ One kiss. That's all.”
    “ I don't think I can do that honey.”
    “ Oh come on... It's just a little kiss. Please?”
    “ Eden no... We're almost naked in bed together. Do you really think one kiss is going to be enough for me, or for you either?”
    “ Two then?” Oh bloody ha ha... She's such a fucking laugh.
    “ Don't tease me, please. ”
    “ Look, if you won't kiss me, I'll have to kiss you, won't I?”
    “ I'm not going to be responsible for my actions if you do.”
    “ Yes you will.”
    “ All right, as you seem determined, come on then, let's do it.” This could be my one and only chance to get close to her. A kiss is better than nothing. I'm not missing out on it, no matter how much more I want her afterwards. I'll deal with that as best I can later.
    I lean over her and her long slender arms slip around me. God, I'm in paradise already. It's a strange but beautiful moment. I'm about to kiss my best friend passionately. We gaze at each other in a daze. I keep my eyes fixed on her face despite the fact that her naked breasts are taunting me to look at them. She closes her eyes and sighs deeply.
    My breathing is harsh and uneven as my lips touch hers. Their beautiful softness instantly sends hot shivers running all around me. She pulls me down towards her and I feel her body mould itself against the length of mine, her soft