Chapter 35
35
Because it was for visitors to the base, Rachel’s bedroom had its own bath. After I disposed of the condom and washed up, I came back to bed and lay down with her.
The cot was so small that she had to lie at my side with her body pressed against mine.
I don’t think she minded. I certainly didn’t.
“Hope I succeeded in keeping you awake for a while,” I said smiling as I lay there with my arm around her.
“Mmmmm… that was an incredibly nice way of passing the time before my flight,” she murmured.
Suddenly, a mortar shell exploded nearby – closer than the others we’d heard on the walk over, and close enough to rattle the building slightly.
BOOM.
Rachel’s head jerked up off the cot.
“It’s fine,” I said, taking her hand in mine and kissing it. “That was still pretty far out p>
“I don’t think I could have slept anyway with all that going on,” she muttered.
“Then all my efforts were wasted,” I joked.
“Mm. Definitely not wasted,” she said right before she kissed me.
A second mortar round made her flinch, though. She broke off our kiss and looked around, although there were no windows to see outside.
“How do you do it?” she asked.
“Do what p>
“Keep so calm p>
“You get used to it p>
“But how do you sleep with those explosions p>
“I didn’t at first. I had a really bad week when I first got here – barely slept at all. And then I reached the point of exhaustion and decided that if my number was up, it was up, and there was nothing I could do about it but accept it. After that, I slept like a baby p>
“I don’t know if I could do that p>
“I’ve had a lot of experience accepting things I couldn’t change,” I said quietly.
She lifted her head again, not saying anything.
It took me a moment to realize she was listening for another explosion… but there wasn’t one.
“The shelling stopped,” she said.
“It comes and goes. Sort of like you p>
She frowned quizzically.
“You come… and then you go…?” I said, explaining the joke.
She rolled her eyes but still gave a tiny snort of a laugh. “Oh my god p>
“That’s what you said when you came. ‘Oh my god – p>
She gave me a real laugh that time. “Well, you said ‘fuck’ an awful lot when you came p>
“Did I p>
“Yes p>
“I didn’t notice p>
“I did,” she purred, then said with exaggerated helplessness, “Without the explosions, however will I stay awake p>
I grinned. “I can think of a way p>
“You can, can you?” she murmured back. “Sei cosi seducente p>
The way she said it was like music.
“What did that mean?” I asked.
“‘You’re quite seductive p>
“Mmm. Tell me more p>
“You tell me something in Swedish p>
“Jag vill ha dig p>
She frowned. “…what p>
“It means, ‘I want you p>
She raised an eyebrow. “…I like the sentiment p>
“Just not in Swedish,” I suggested, and we both laughed. “If we’re going to keep it sexy, let’s stick to Italian p>
“I agree… Hai gli occhi più belli che abbia mai visto p>
Her voice was like a velvet glove.
“What was that p>
“You have the most beautiful eyes I’ve ever seen,” she whispered as she peered at me.
“Sounds like something I should say to you. Just not in Swedish p>
She laughed out loud.
“Tell me something else,” I murmured.
Her hand dropped below my waist and softly stroked my cock. It was already getting hard from me hearing her speak Italian… and her touch sped up things considerably.
“Hai un cazzo incredible… e lo voglio dentro di me adesso p>
I tilted my head and asked her with my eyes what it meant.
“It means,” she whispered, “you have the most incredible cock… and I want it inside me right now p>
Fuuuuuuck.
I kissed her hard and cupped her breast as she ran her hand up and down my shaft.
“Hold on,” I said as I turned and reached down for my pants again.
“What are you doing p>
“Getting another condom p>
“…have you been tested p>
I looked back at her and nodded. “We have to whenever we deploy. And I haven’t had sex since I’ve been here p>
“…I’m on birth control… if you want to without the condom p>
I looked deep into her eyes. “Are you sure p>
She stared at me… then silently nodded yes.
I cupped her face in my hands… kissed her… got on top of her… and slowly eased inside her.
Her mouth dropped open in that sexy look of surprise. “Oh p>
“Unh,” I grunted as I slowly slid inside her, inch by inch.
Sex with a condom had been very, very good.
But being inside her, skin to skin?
It was amazing.
She was so wet… so soft… so warm…
I’d never felt anything as good in my life.
From the look on Rachel’s face, I was pretty sure she felt the same way.