Sophie winced at the bars of sunlight slashing across the bedroom as she slowly came to consciousness.
Her body ached in new and interesting places this morning, she mused as she tried to shift, only to find herself pinned to the bed by one of Daniel's very long, very strong arms.
Oh yeah, she thought dreamily, her eyes closing again as she smiled to herself.
No wonder she was so exhausted.
Sophie looked over at Daniel's sleeping form, his face completely relaxed for the first time since she'd met him, all traces of propriety or emotion washed from his face, leaving him as innocent as a babe.
It was a look of his she could definitely get used to seeing more often.
Sophie swallowed thickly, twisting her body back until she was pressed against his body again, feeling his warmth against her naked skin.
She had no idea what last night was.
Lust run amok?
The beginning of a real relationship?
A booty call brought on by the storm?
For all she knew, Daniel would wake up, climb out of bed, say "thanks, babe", and be gone, leaving her exposed and alone.
Great.
Sophie closed her eyes, struggling to push all her self doubt and confusion aside until she found herself unexpectedly falling back asleep in his arms.
**
"You're awake," Daniel said, his hand drawing lazy patterns on her back.
Sophie stifled a yawn and nodded. "I am. Unfortunately. What time is it?"
Daniel leaned over to spy the clock on the bedside table. "Almost ten o'clock already."
"Ten?" Sophie sat bolt upright in bed, the duvet dropped from her shoulders, her entire upper body naked to Daniel's suddenly hungry gaze. "The shop!"
Daniel grabbed her arm as Sophie turned to climb out of bed. "I have a suggestion," he said, his voice calm and quiet.
"Does it involve warp speed?" Sophie asked, her voice high and unsure.
Daniel shook his head no. "It involves playing hooky for the day. I'll skip school if you will."
Sophie looked at him, that mischievous look on his face, and felt her knotted stomach relax incrementally.
He wanted to spend the day with her.
It wasn't nothing – last night wasn't nothing.
Thank god.
She took a deep breath, let it out slowly. "I was always very diligent about going to class."
"Well, I wasn't. Come on, live a little. Belletristic will still be there tomorrow," Daniel's eyes pleaded with her, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "I'll blow off all the paperwork for the farm if you ignore the shop for the day, leaving things in someone else's hands. Let's get out of Hay, see the world a bit."
"Well…"
"I'll even drive," Daniel said with a teasing grin, his attempt at sweetening the pot. "And if you ask very nicely, I'll even make you a bit of toast before we go."
Sophie giggled, then shook her head yes. "Okay. But you're corrupting me."
Daniel growled, sitting up to mirror her pose. "Absolutely," he said, leaning over to nibble on her bottom lip, his hands sliding from her shoulders to lower, more sensitive places.
"Okay," Sophie said, her breath rasping. "Corrupt away."
And with a slow, sweet smile, he bent his head, kissing a freckle on her left shoulder and making her shiver at the touch of his lips.
**
"Where are we going?" Sophie asked two hours later from the front seat of Daniel's car. It had taken them that long to finally emerge from the bedroom, change clothes, grab breakfast, feed Dex and be on their way.
"I thought we might go to Hereford. There's something there I'd like you to see," Daniel said, shifting gears in the car and then resting his hand on Sophie's upper thigh possessively. "Alright with you?"
Sophie nodded. "I'm at your mercy today."
Daniel sent her a smoldering gaze. "In that case, I'll be pulling over this car and having some mercy right now."
Sophie giggled and waggled her finger at him as Daniel suddenly yanked the wheel to the side, planting the car in the weeds along the lane, then grabbing her shoulders and planting a passionate, fervent kiss on her lips.
"We're never going to get to where ever we're going at this rate," Sophie breathed minutes later.
"Do you care?" Daniel asked, wincing as he hit the gear shift in the middle of the car with his long legs, then kept moving towards her.
"Not especially, but Danny, no… we can't have sex on the side of the road!" she squeaked as he tugged on the button of her jeans. "Someone will see!"
"Who?" Daniel asked, looking around and seeing nothing but green fields. "The sheep?"
Sophie giggled again at his incredulous look. "No, stop. This isn't high school."
"I don't know what kind of school you went to, but we definitely didn't have this opportunity at MY school," Daniel said lustily. "I've never done it on the front seat of a car… would you deny me the experience?"
"Danny… Danny!" Sophie's voice got higher and higher as Daniel finally tugged her pants down, maneuvering them both with a lot of giggling and fidgeting until she was planted on his lap, facing him as he slid inside her, making her toes curl and her breath to whoosh out of her lungs even as she called out his name.
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