Page 39 of Time To Learn

My legs are tangled up in the blankets, and my breaths burst hard and fast from mylips.

There’s sweat on my forehead, but it’s not the clammy kind brought on by a bad dream. So it wasn’t a nightmare that woke me up. But what wasit?

I disentangle my legs from my sheets and place a palm on my chest, trying to control my breathing. While my heart slowly ceases its relentless hammering against my rib cage, my breaths don’t slow down. I frown as I attempt to take stock of my surroundings—maybe Ailith woke up from a bad dream and called out to me. But she isn’t in my room, and if I squint hard enough, I can just make out the closed door to my bedroom in the glow from the full moon shining through my windows.

I kick the blankets away, still with a sense of urgency running through my veins, and I finally realise why I wokeup.

The throbbing between my legs is difficult to ignore. I run my right hand across my hardened nipples over my night shirt, gasping as my touch sends a shock wave through my body at the friction.

“Crap,” I whisper. Feeling a blush creeping up my neck, I turn around to lie flat on my stomach.

I don’t need this right now. I glance at the alarm clock on my nightstand, groaning when I realise it’s only three a.m. I have to be up in three hours.

Sighing, I roll back to lie flat on my back and close my eyes, willing myself to fall asleep again.

My body ignores my demand.

“Kissme.”

Moaning at the memory, the throbbing intensifies, and I rub my thighs against each other, trying to alleviate the building tension. It’s no use, and, almost in anger, I shove my right hand up to fondle my breast while my left finds its way into my knickers.

I gasp as my index finger finds my clit, and I pinch my nipplehard.

“Oh, crap,” I whimper as more wetness gathers in my pussy. I can’t stop now. I rub my clit, sighing as I imagine Kristian’s head between my legs, going down on me. When I think about his full, firm lips, I picture them sucking on myclit.

With a wild urgency I can’t remember having felt in so long, I release my breast and turn to rummage through my drawer. My breath comes out in shallow beats, urging me to keep the pressure on my pussy, but I resist.

I find the bullet quickly, hoping I’ve remembered to change the batteries. A small smile of victory forms on my lips when I turn on the switch and the low, buzzing sound fills the silence in my bedroom. I bite my lower lip as I lie back down on the bed, widening my legs. I bend my knees, and slowly, I put the bullet on my clit. A low moan escapes my lips as pleasure shoots through my over sensitisedskin.

I apply more pressure on my clit and push two fingers inside my pussy, all the while my imagination runs wild with images of Kristian worshipping my body with his mouth, his teeth, his tongue.

As the pressure builds, I finger fuck my pussy, and at last, tingles radiate all over my body, and the orgasm explodes through me. I have to turn my head and bite my pillow to prevent myself from calling out his name as I come, riding my fingers, drawing out the very last ripples of the pleasurewave.

“Bollocks,” I whisper as I come down from my high. It’s been a really long time since I’ve woken up in the middle of the night, completely turned on and yearning for the touch of aman.

When you go without sex for a long time, you bury the needs you used to have. I haven’t missed them until now. But, bam, here they are, back in full force. Awakened because some stupid, arrogant, tattooed guy asked me to kisshim.

“It won’t happen.”

Saying the words out loud feels good, but a small thought niggles in my head, taunting and teasing me, because somehow, I’m not so sure I believe it anymore.

I look at my alarm clock again, sighing as my eyelids start to grow heavy. Turning to lie on my stomach, I pull the blankets up to cover my body, and as sleep overtakes me, I smile slowly.

I forgot how good it felt to give in to my urges, but maybe I shouldn’t hold them back again.

* * *

With happy tearsmisting my eyes, I watch Ailith thank the judge when he puts puts the blue ribbon on Lady’s harness.

“I’m so proud,” Mum murmurs besideme.

I nod as I take a shaky breath.

“Me, too. A second place in this class is more than she’d hopedfor.”

I touch Mum’s hand as she places it on my shoulder and smile at her when she winks.

“I best find an outfit to wear into town. Got to keep my promise toher.”