by Terry Towers
She'd wanted to, but his experience and her lack thereof back then had intimidated her. So they'd broken up before they actually had a chance to do more than a little heavy petting. In a way it made meeting him again even more exciting and nerve wrecking.
When her eyes met his once again, she was pleasantly pleased to see a faint flush on his handsome features. A feeling of self-satisfaction rushed through her and her nervousness simmered slightly. The always cocky, always confident Dean Samson was nervous? She liked the idea that perhaps she wasn't alone in the stress she was feeling over the reunion, and it helped ease her.
Feeling a moment of boldness, she stepped up to him, and ran her index finger down the length of his upper arm. The muscle in his bicep rippled under her touch. Damn, it was as sexy as hell and made her long to see and touch more of him.
Her eyes shifted from his bicep back up to meet his heated grey eyes. "You on the other hand; even sexier than I remember." She took her lower lip between her teeth as she cringed inwardly, horrified at the come-on line that came out of her mouth. But it was so true. It was taking all of her restraint to keep from throwing herself into his arms and begging him to find them a secluded spot so they could explore each others bodies' further.
While she was still somewhat conservative sexually, she was no longer the shy girl he once knew. She wondered briefly, if he could be the man who brought her fully out of her shell, both emotionally and sexually.
Dean stepped back from her, but kept her hand in his as he began to guide them from the llamas. "So a zoo huh?" He gave her a sly smile and a wink. "Scared I might come on too strong and thought a public place would keep me at bay?" he teased.
Elizabeth opened her mouth to reply, and then snapped it shut giving him a sideways look, a saucy grin touching her lips. "Maybe I was looking out for you."
"Me, really?"
He gave her hand a light squeeze. It felt good, comforting, her nervousness was quickly melting away and it was beginning to feel more like old times by the second. "Well yes. I didn't want you thinking I was meeting you just for some wild and hot sex."
Dean gave her another once over. "Oh, I don't think I would have minded."
The electricity sizzling between them was - intense.
