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crawled over her lips had me wondering if we were once again sharing the same thought. She looked out the front window and seemed to shake her head a bit.
    “You have to promise me something,” she said as she put the car in drive.
    “Sure, anything,” and I would promise her anything.
    “Promise me that someday you will take me for a ride on your motorcycle,” she grinned as she pulled away.
    “You like riding?” the thought of her arms encircling me from behind was a heady feeling, and one I had better put to rest before I got uncomfortable in the seat.
    “Don’t know. I have never been on one.”
    “What? You have never been on a motorcycle before?” Disbelief resounded in my voice. I was amazed; I had been riding motorcycles for so many years I sort of figured everyone had been on one.
    She laughed, “I have never trusted anyone enough to allow them to drive me around.”
    “So you trust me, huh?”
    Her face took on a serious tone for a moment. “Yeah, I guess I do.” She glanced at me before directing her attention back to the traffic in front of her.
    I would do everything I could to protect her. That is what police officers do, they protect, although my need to protect her seemed to be for a totally different reason than as described in our profession. I had feelings for her that grew deeper with each moment we spent together.
    “I’d keep you safe,” I winked at her when she glanced my way again.
    “Okay, deal, next time you do the driving.”
    We settled into some small talk as she drove about an hour north of where we both lived. We were far enough away that the chances of running into anyone we knew were slimmer. While we had never discussed it, I was sure that was why she had picked this location.
    We climbed out of her car in a dirt parking lot and made our way towards a path that ran beside a large rushing creek. The sounds of the water relaxed us even further as we walked in silence for a few minutes.
    She stopped to point out a large bluebird. “He is almost the same color as the center of your eyes,” she whispered.
    I tucked her hand into mine, the texture of her skin soft as I ran my thumb over it. We continued until we came to a large rock near a small waterfall.
    She led me to the rock, and we sat down with our legs dangling over the edge. Peace filled me as I sat by her side. We didn’t need to talk, the small glances we gave each other said enough. Just being beside her was enough. Well not exactly, I wanted more, I wanted to pull her into my arms and kiss her.
    She turned to me as if I had voiced those words aloud. I pulled her to me just seconds after the vision crossed my mind. I slid my hand to her neck and led her lips to mine.
    The kiss blazed an electrical path through every nerve ending in my body, and I pulled her body as close to mine as I could, but even that wasn’t enough. I needed more.
    She seemed to agree because she shifted and broke the kiss apart to move back from the edge. She moved back into my arms immediately and we lay down on the hard stone side by side. My right arm under her head to support and protect it from the stone ground.
    Her arm wrapped around my back, holding me close. Urgency was building within us, a need that was identical in both of us. She moaned into my mouth, and I swallowed it. I wanted to touch every inch of her body, feel every muscle move, and hear her cry out my name.
    The kiss slowed, softened, and then she pulled back, her eyes glazed, her breathing fast.
    “I don’t understand how you can make me feel this way,” the words slipped off her swollen lips.
    “I know. I feel it, too.” I ran my finger over the soft pink lips.
    “This scares me, Mitchell,” she whispered.
    “What? What we are doing? We can stop. I don’t want to scare you, Corey.” I moved up on my elbow, giving her some space.
    She shook her head, “No, not this. The feelings I have for you.” The touch of her hand caressing my cheek was like a slice of