Elias and I were lying together in bed. I could feel his hands moving softly over me, and although he was being very gentle, I could also sense how excited he was becoming. That made me feel nervous and a little scared, so I stopped him from going any further.
I quickly sat up and couldn’t bring myself to look at him. I kept saying sorry again and again. I just wasn’t ready for things to go that far between us. But he sat up behind me, rested his chin on my shoulder, and told me not to apologize.
He told me there was nothing for me to feel sorry about. He admitted that he shouldn’t have assumed I was ready. He said he wouldn’t assume again and would let me decide when I was ready to take that step. I just nodded.
We stayed in the motel for the rest of that night, but the next morning, w
