Friends With Extra Benefits [closed]

[slut_in_white]

Alexis Grace was feeling a little overwhelmed. She worked at an architecture firm as one of the junior architects - she was good at her job, and her boss was already considering her for promotion, but she hadn't been there that long. She was still young, and she had a bright future ahead of her... even more so now that her first big project had finally finished.

It had been riddled with issues and bad luck since the very beginning. She wasn't the project manager - no, one of the more experienced architects had taken on that responsibility. Only then, his wife had fallen sick. Poor man. Alexis didn't blame him in the slightest for being unable to take on the full responsibilities of the project, but no one else had been available to take over for him, so he'd ended up having to delegate much more work to his team than had original been planned. The team wasn't big enough, and some of the other, more junior members of the team clearly hadn't expected to have to work 60 hours a week on this thing. In fairness, neither had Alexis, but she couldn't really resent her manager for the extra work.

Then, on top of that, one of the contractors had tried to screw the company, taking money for high-quality materials, buying cheap ones and pocketing the difference. It had been sheer luck that they'd discovered them as quickly as they did, or the project would have been over. As it was, they had to tear down the existing construction and start again. More work.

But it was done now, and as thanks, the whole team had been given the following week off for vacation, which was particularly fantastic for Alexis, since it meant she could go to her high school reunion after all.

She remembered a few weeks ago, getting the invitation by email and then getting a message from her best friend, Luke, over Skype almost immediately afterwards, wanting to know if she'd be there. At the time Alexis had figured she'd need to work - it was a bit too far of a drive to make it there, even if she left work right at 5pm. She'd need a day off in order to make it, and she couldn't afford to take one at the time. He'd been understandably disappointed. Now, though? She was excited to surprise him. They'd been best, best friends since they were little kids. They'd grown up together, practically lived at each other's houses and had been utterly inseparable from the time they were 5 years old until the September after graduating high school, when, sadly, they'd ended up at schools painfully far away from each other. On the other hand, technology was such these days that even that kind of distance couldn't really keep people apart. Instead, their friendship had simply shifted into more of an online one. They Skyped with each other several times a week at least, sometimes up to every day. And when they weren't Skyping, they were texting or IMing each other. It would be hard to claim they weren't just as close as they used to be - the relationship had simply changed a little.

It was still Luke that she'd gone to when her mother had died unexpectedly a few years ago, even though she hadn't been able to physically go to him for hugs. Instead, they sat and talked about her all night, until Alexis had fallen asleep at her computer with the Skype session still going. It was still Luke that she talked to whenever her latest boyfriend was behaving stupidly - and they did that a lot. She thought she had bad luck when it came to jealous boyfriends, but it was probably more accurate to say that any man would be hard pressed not to be jealous of her closeness to Luke. He was the one she talked to after a hard day at work, and the one she celebrated with when something in her life was going particularly well.

Well, she celebrated with him most of the time. This time, at the end of her project, she'd decided against calling him, deciding on a slightly more devious and much more fun idea. She knew he was going to the reunion, and she knew he was sorely disappointed that she couldn't... except now she could. And she was totally going to just show up unexpectedly and surprise him.

She decided to spend her Monday off shopping for a dress for the reunion. It was time-honoured tradition, after all, to show up at the reunion looking your best. Half the fun was seeing who had done well for themselves, in their career, in their love life, and physically. And Alexis had one hell of a body to show off. For most of high school, she'd been a little pudgy - not terribly overweight, but not super fit either. Since leaving high school, she'd taken up dance, which had not only thinned her out into a more lithe, svelt shape, but had given her a certain kind of grace and confidence, too. But more problematically, her natural body shape during high school had been rather... round. She'd been somewhat of a late bloomer, to say the least, with only limited breasts and no hips at the time. Now, though? She had lovely curves - a generous chest, a narrow waist and flaring hips. She'd let her once-short hair grow out into long, lovely caramel curls, and the nasty flares of acne she used to have were cleared up entirely, leaving her with soft, lightly tanned skin. In short, she'd grown out of that awkward teenage phase with one hell of a vengeance.

She ended up with a pretty blue dress, short enough to be tempting but long enough to be appropriate. And Luke's favourite colour was blue. She smiled at the thought of seeing him in person for the first time in years, and set about booking a hotel in their hometown for the night of the reunion. Feeling a little giddy, and anxious to go, she had trouble sleeping the next night, only to get up early the following morning and set out.

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The reunion looked the way she had expected. It was cheesy - the venue had been decorated with pictures from their graduating year book, and the DJ was playing music released on the year of their graduation - but in a charming kind of way. Alexis was unreasonably nervous. She'd already been getting some looks from people who either didn't recognize her at all or were baffled to realize just how much she'd changed since high school, but she didn't care about any of them. She wanted to see Luke. It hadn't really struck her how much she missed his physical presence until now. Her heart was hammering in her chest, and she gripped her drink tightly, her eyes scanning the room for him as she walked in. She couldn't imagine wanting anything at the moment but to just... be with him.

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke closed his laptop and powered down his lab station. "I'll figure you out, you crafty piece of plastic," he muttered to a piece of material sitting on his workbench. If someone were to actually ask him what it was, Luke would launch into a 30 to 45 minute lecture of the substance that made it and why it wasn't quite what he needed yet again. It had taken him the better part of the year to get to the current mix and it still wasn't good enough, but standing here and running even more simulations wasn't going to get it any better. Grabbing his bag and coat, he flicked off the lights in the lab and locked the door. Waving to the cleaning staff on his way out, he checked his phone as he walked out the massive steps at the front of the building. "Department of Material Science" shone in the street lights as Luke walked to the staff parking lot and made for home. Before getting in his car, however, Luke replayed the message from Alexis, <i>his</> Alexis.

"Look work just is piling up as I'm sure it is for you and I don't think I can make it to the reunion."

He still couldn't believe that she wasn't going. It had been so long since he saw her in person that he assumed it would be a given that Alexis would be at the reunion. That's why he never deleted the message: he had to play it every so often to remind himself that it was real. This time, it did not survive his listening and he pressed the delete message on the screen. 'Either way, I still have to pack,' Luke thought as he drove home that night.

It had been a night like this when he got the call from Alexis that nearly stopped his heart. It was a few years ago now, but it was the night her mom had passed. It had taken nearly 4 hours for him to get her to stop crying when he eventually turned Skype on and talked to her "face to face". They had always been close, but there was something about that night, something that stuck with Luke. It was the night that brought back so much history, their history, and he'd thought a lot about it. Alexis was always just there, for as long as he had memories, Alexis had been in them. It had been hard to keep it going when she went to learn how to keep buildings from falling down while he went to learn how to build them smarter. It was not impossible as they both found out in the advent of social media.

Luke got home and saw his whiteboard of notes on his lab work and couldn't help but stop and make some more alterations and rearrange some equations before forcing himself to put the marker down. He had a flight back home in the morning and wanted to make sure everything was set. It was the sort of planning he did all the time, usually to the dismay of significant others. More often than not, he'd be trying to explain his towel system to Alexis and why he uses it than his girlfriends of the past 10 years. Then again, he talked to Alexis about everything. In fact, his last girlfriend pointed out how much more he confided in Alexis than her when she pointed out that Alexis knew before she did that Luke had gotten his professorship at the school where he did his post-grad work.

It felt odd to celebrate with a woman so far away on the other side of he screen but it felt so natural to do so with Alexis. Everything he did with Alexis just felt right. And now he wasn't going to see her this weekend. He folded his suit into a garment bag. He frowned as he did as he was sure that everyone would see how out of place it looked on him. Alexis wasn't going so he didn't see much point in wearing it, but he knew that the place where the reunion was taking place would be the sort of place for him to wear a suit so in the bag it went. The suitcase beside it was jeans and t-shirts. It was just easier to be casual in his mind and he was going home to relax and clear his head for a few days. Maybe the air back home will clear his brain and make him think up the answer to his research project.

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Luke had made it to the reunion early. Between the time difference and the jet lag, he wasn't sure what time it was. Still, he wasn't alone. He mingled with the other members of the track team, reminiscing about past district and state championships and some of the more embarrassing things that happened when they would run off school grounds. It was because of all the running that Luke had stayed pretty much a wiry rail-thin kid all through high school. It also made running a habit for him as he would run on and on and on. As he got older and filled out a bit more, the running helped keep the lean frame, leaving very little fat on his bones.

He was in the middle of telling a story when he realized that no one was looking at him. They were looking at the door. Standing there, like something out of a classic Hollywood movie, was Alexis. She looked stunning; he realized that he'd very rarely seen her from the shoulders down ever since they were together last. He excused himself from the guys and made his way over, trying to stay out of sight before he sprang out and scooped Alexis up.

"LEXY!" he yelled drawing a few eyes as Luke spun her around in a hug before setting her down on her feet. "You told me you weren't coming! How did this happen?" He said, still not releasing the hug fully yet.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis frowned a bit when she realized everyone had stopped talking to stare at her. She had known she was going to turn some heads, but this was ridiculous. Did she had mustard on her face or something?

She hadn't seen Luke coming until he popped up beside her abruptly, pulling her into a hug so tight that he lifted her clean off the floor. Her heart just about leapt into her throat because his sudden appearance had startled her, but then she just started laughing, holding tight to him while he spun her around. It was better than she had imagined to finally be with him again. She didn't miss the feeling of hard muscles under his suit - not that he'd been unfit in high school, but he certainly hadn't had those. She'd always wondered how dumb his exes had to be that they kept breaking up with such a sweet, funny guy, but now she wondered if they'd been blind, too. Luke was the sort of catch most women would claim to kill for, and they'd been giving him up? On purpose? She had no idea, of course, that she was the reason why.

When he finally put her down and asked how this was happening, she couldn't contain the mischievous little giggle that escaped her throat. "So... You know how I was pulling 60 or 80 hour weeks for the past 4 months? The project finished on Friday, and as a reward for getting it finished on time and on budget, despite it being such a royal mess, my boss gave me this week off. I was going to tell you but..." She grinned, biting her lip. "I figured you might like this better."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

"Oh yes, this is a much better choice." He hugged her again. "I am so happy to see you again." He smiled and slid his arm around her waist to walk with her into the room. "I told you. I told you to take time off regardless of whether or not they'd give you the time when that project was over. I never thought you would because working seems to be your natural state," he teased as he picked up a flute of champagne from the bar. "But it's so good that you're here."

He looked in her eyes, feeling like she saw her yesterday. The time since they were together dropped away in this moment. He wanted to talk with her, to pick up the conversation they always seemed to be having. His mind was elsewhere, however. When he held her to his side, he couldn't help but feel her trim waist and long lean figure through the dress. He knew she'd been dancing, but didn't expect it to carve her like a Grecian statue, some classical ideal of beauty.

"To reunions..." He said instead, proposing a brief toast as he held his glass up.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis felt like she'd come home. Not back to her home town - she'd never felt especially attached to this place - but home to Luke. She found herself marveling at how she'd managed to convince herself that their online friendship was enough, because now that she had him back, now that they were walking through the reunion with his arm slipped easily around her waist, she couldn't imagine being happy going back to that. They'd have to figure something out, some way to be in the same city, or close enough. But they could figure that out later.

"To reunions," he said, holding up his glass.

She giggled, clinking her glass gently against his. "To our reunion," she answered.

"I KNEW IT!" The moment was broken by the sound of a laughing woman, shouting that as she approached them. Alexis turned to see a woman who had to be Stephanie, grinning maniacly, and a man who had to be Steve just behind her. They'd both hung out with Alexis and Luke in high school from time to time. "Pay up," she ordered, grinning at Steve, who reluctantly handed her a wad of money.

Alexis frowned. "Were you betting on us?"

Stephanie nodded, still looking supremely pleased. "Oh yeah. Steve said you two wouldn't end up as an item when you graduated, but clearly he was wrong! I knew it!"

Alexis blushed brightly, suddenly aware of Luke's arm casually around her waist, his fingers grazing her hip. She liked it, but she realized abruptly that they looked... romantically involved. "I, uh, hate to burst your bubble, Steph, but we're not actually dating."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

People had been assuming that Luke and Alexis were bound to wind up together ever since the two of them were in grade school. They hung out all the time and both of them had heard their relatives teasing about how the other was their girlfriend of boyfriend that it had become more of an annoyance than a remote possibility for either of them. Luke had developed a defense mechanism to get people to stop talking about it, however, and Alexis had given him the window he had been searching for.

Turning to Alexis and throwing up his hands in feigned rage, Luke erupted. "What?! We're not a couple?! Oh, what will I tell little Elizabeth and Luke, Jr. when we get home? Oh, how her mother has ruined this family? How could you be so cruel and rip my heart out like this in front of everyone?" He stopped and grinned out of the corner of his eye at Alexis. He'd done this before when they were at a family barbecue for their families and someone made the comment about prom that year and asked about their plans, naturally assuming that they were going together.

Looking back at Stephanie and Steve, he let the beat of silence pass before smiling wider at them.

That little move garnered a slap to his shoulder from Stephanie. Luke loved getting over on her and it usually meant a slap, but it was worth it. "You ass! You really had me going there for a second. Well, are either of you here with someone then?" She asked as she passed the money back to Steve. Steve kept his hand out and Stephanie sighed in disgust. "Ugh, fine..." she muttered before fetching a fold of bills from her clutch and pushing them into his waiting hand. Steve was always the quiet one of the bunch and he was content to stand there with a grin on his face as Stephanie waited for an answer.

"Nope, I'm here stag. I was hoping to chat with the PWBs (Pasty white boys was the nickname the distance runners gave themselves) and maybe get some free booze and a hang. I don't want to speak for her, but I don't know of any men in Lexy's life." He looked over, waiting to see if he was right. She never mentioned a man during their many chats so if she had come with someone it would be a huge shock to him.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis's eyes went wide for a moment at Luke's sudden outburst. Of course, she knew it was just a joke, but Stephanie and Steve didn't and she wanted to let Luke have some fun with them. The only problem was, Alexis was terrible at keeping a straight face. Just the worst. She pressed her lips together hard in a desperate attempt to hide her smile, and her cheeks started going pink with the effort of suppressing her laughter. Thankfully, though, it seemed that Steph and Steve had misinterpreted her expression as discomfort of some more unpleasant kind, because their eyes went wide with horror at the scene playing out in front of them.... at least until Luke started grinning at them. Alexis took that opportunity to burst out laughing, releasing the little bubble of giggles that she'd been holding down and leaning into Luke until her forehead was resting against his shoulder while she laughed.

By the time she'd calmed her little fit of giggles, Stephanie and Steve had exchanged more money, and Luke was explaining that he wasn't here with anyone.

I don't want to speak for her, but I don't know of any men in Lexy's life.

Alexis shot him a look that said, Are you kidding? Like he wasn't always the first to know whenever someone came into her life. He was the first to know everything about her life... which was probably why the men in her life didn't really stick around that long. "Please, with the number of hours I've been working recently, you think I have time for anything but working and sleeping?" She shook her head. "No, I've been single for..." She winced. "God, since that disaster with Paul." As mentioned, most men in Alexis's life left because they didn't like playing second fiddle to Luke. Paul had been no exception, but Paul had been somewhat... explosive about it. It was the only time in her life Alexis had actually be afraid that her boyfriend (or ex, as he was at that point) was going to do something violent. That had been 9 months ago, and Alexis hadn't really considered herself "on the market" since. She used the excuse that she was too busy at work to have a boyfriend, but she probably could have paired up with a man who was as busy as she was - they weren't hard to find. Realistically, it was because she'd wanted a little bit of a break from dating after that particular breakup. Besides, outside of some pent up sexual tension from time to time, Alexis hadn't really missed having a man around. She had Luke.

Stephanie was looking back and forth between the two of them again. Immediately after Luke's faux outburst, his hand had come to rest on Alexis's back again. In fact, they hadn't actually stopped touching each other since Alexis had walked into the room. A wide grin spread slowly across Stephanie's face, and she turned to Steve again. "Okay, I'm raising the stakes. Double or nothing. I bet you that these two are going to end up together or at least sleeping together before they leave town."

Alexis rolled her eyes. "Steph!"

Stephanie laughed. "What? You two are perfect for each other! Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't true!"

Alexis groaned. "Come on, you're basically betting that I'm going to sleep with my brother." She felt a slight twinge of dishonesty in saying that, which surprised her a little. She'd always thought of Luke as a brother - when had that changed? But it was hard to deny, the subtle pleasure she felt at his hand on her hip wasn't exactly fraternal...

Stephanie just scoffed and shook her head. "Yeah, whatever. Brother." She turned to Steve. "Seal the bet with a drink?" And the two of them took off towards the bar, leaving Alexis and Luke alone once again.

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke saw that look from Alexis. Yeah, he knew she was alone, but for some reason, he didn't want to let on that he talked with Alexis nearly every day since they separated. He wasn't sure why and he was thinking about it when she brought up Paul. Oh man, Paul... he was never more scared for Alexis than when he got the phone call during his tirade about their relationship. He was partly surprised she thought to call when the whole point seemed to be about the relationship he and Alexis shared, but he was glad she did as he was able to hear that she was okay in real time when he finally left.

It was hard to not go and travel to her. He wanted to come stay with her a while after a break up like that, mostly in case Paul had come back. Alexis talked him down and he stayed at home, keeping her company nearly every day since then. It was nearly like living with her without the pantyhose in the sink.

When Stephanie upped her bet, Luke's eyes widened. Sleep with Alexis? "Ugh, come on, Steph. Alexis is like family." He said in agreement with Lexy, but he couldn't deny his body's reaction to the news. Also, how long had he been keeping his hand on her hip? Shouldn't he have let her go by now? He looked over at Alexis as Steph and Steve turned and left. As they left, he reminded himself to see about going to dinner with those two before he left. Maybe Alexis would like to join them... That thought stopped as he looked in her eyes.

There was something in her eyes he hadn't seen before. He couldn't place it, but there was something she was thinking about now. Had Steph hit close to the mark? He couldn't ask, but turned to the table behind them. "Boy, can you believe what Steph said? I mean, the two of us hooking up..." he said, testing the waters a little, trying not to sound too committed to one option or the other regarding that idea. Honestly, he'd never thought about Alexis that way; when someone is in your life for that long, your brain forms to think of them a certain way. He was not prepared to think of her as a sexual partner, though his body was telling him that it was ready.

 

[slut_in_white]

I mean, the two of us hooking up...

Alexis nodded. "It does seem kind of weird," she agreed, though the blush that was rising on her cheeks said maybe she didn't mind the idea as much as she might have thought. She felt more than a little awkward about the warm gathering in her belly at the thought, so she decided to change the subject, putting down her glass and taking his hands. "Dance with me?"

As they stepped out onto the dance floor, Luke's arms around her and her body brushing lightly against his as they moved ensured that she couldn't think about anything but how very unfraternal her feelings about him were becoming. His eyes were bright with excitement, which is placed (perhaps wrongly) as residual excitement from the surprise of her being here. His arm were warm around her, the faint scent of his cologne much more enticing than it should have been... Oh yeah, dancing had been a really dumb suggestion for a woman trying to forget just how suddenly attractive her "brother" had become.

 

[such_a_bad_man]

"Yeah... It would be weird after all this time." Luke said, just playing along, but now that he had started thinking about it, he found that he couldn't stop thinking about it. Thankfully, Alexis pulled him to the dance floor in her way of suggesting via a question. He nodded and followed her along, taking her in his arms again on the dance floor. That was a terrible mistake.

As soon as he was pressed to her by the crowd and enveloped in her arms, he could drink her in with all of his senses. Even his sens of smell was alive with the delicate floral and citrus scent she wore. It must be a combination of perfume and shampoo and it fit her so perfectly. Luke could feel her long, slim body under his hands as he held her, dancing slowly. Instantly, his mind began imagining her naked. This just furthered the ramping excitement he was feeling and the response it was pulling from his body was getting more and more evident. He had to do something to think of something else.

"You look great tonight. Did you pick this dress for me?" he asked as she swayed across the floor. 'Shit, why did you ask that, you moron?!' he thought to himself, trying to hide that reaction in his face as he looked deep in her eyes.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis grinned sheepishly at the question. "Oh wow, I'm really transparent, aren't I?" She looked away from him, a bit embarrassed by the admission; "You might have been the inspiration for the colour choice. Maybe. A little bit."

She looked back up into his eyes and fell silent for a moment. There was something electric between them, something that held her gaze to his, that made her want to close the short distance between their lips. His looked so soft and warm... And when had she started staring at his lips?! She blushed, looking away again.

"I, uh, really need a drink," she managed to choke out before pulling out of his arms and practically fleeing to the bar. She ordered a shot of tequila, downed it, frowned at the fact that her nerves were still on overdrive. So she ordered another and downed it too. That one hit the spot - she felt the heat of the alcohol making her limbs tingle, and her heartbeat finally stopped stuttering every time she so much as thought about Luke. Of course, had she been thinking straight, she would have realized that not enough time has passed for the first shot to hit her before she took the second one. Her inhibitions were about to be gone.

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke smiled when it turned out that he had called it correctly. He was a terrific fan of blue; nearly every car he'd owned had been blue. As he thought about it, his girlfriends all had blue eyes... that was weird. He snapped out of it as he looked into Lexy's eyes, seeing that she was looking at him like he had just been. He took a deep breath, wondering what that might mean.

Then, she was turning away and looking for a drink. Was Alexis a drinker? She usually wasn't when they would chat, aside from nights where she needed a glass of red wine. Paul and her mom pulled those nights out of her understandably, but he couldn't remember her drinking any more than that. The last time that stood out was the graduation after-party they had with Steph and Steve. The four of them just sitting around and going through Steve's dad's liquor cabinet. No one wanted to go home and so they just stayed and drank through everything.

Luke caught up with her when she was putting back what looked like her second shot. He sidled up to her. "Wow, that was fast. Let me keep you from drinking alone." He indicated to the bartender and got two poured for himself as well.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis looked up at him with a sheepish grin. "Sorry. I'm not usually one to get drunk like this but... I don't know, the dance floor was starting to feel a little claustrophobic, don't you think?" They both probably knew that was bullshit, but she didn't really feel like talking about why. Luke was drawing up all kinds of emotions in her that were making her question her relationship with him, and that relationship had been a solid rock for her for her entire life. Questioning that shook her a little more than she had expected.

Still, she didn't want to waste her precious time spent with him with these silly worries, so she looked up at him, smiling while he downed his own shots, and stood up. "Let's go... somewhere. I think I'd more like to talk to you somewhere quiet than stick around here where it's crammed and they're blaring crappy music. What do you say?"

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke looked over his shoulder at the dance floor. It didn't seem that crowded, but he wasn't about to call Alexis a liar. If she legitimately needed to get off the floor and had to give him a story, he wasn't going to question it.

Turning back to his drinks, Luke poured one down after the other, wincing as he always did when he shot tequila. There was just something about the flavor that didn't sit right with him, but it was something that got the buzz going faster than anything he'd drink. As the alcohol burned in his chest, he looked back at Alexis. Her face was reddening already which wasn't unusual when she drank, but he saw her cheeks that red when they were on the dance floor. He bit his lip in indecision over whether he should ask if her feelings had changed. He'd hate to be wrong; he'd hate to make things awkward between them after so many years of knowing where he stood when it came to Alexis.

Either way, he was more than happy to join her some place more private. To be honest, she was the only one he wanted to talk with now that she was here. He nodded to her question and looked around. "Want to take a walk around the hotel? I'm sure the other guests are trying to avoid this wing of the place and the drunk people pouring out of it."

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis smiled as his agreement. "Let's go then!" She took his hand to pull him off the bar stool and they headed out of the room, though she didn't let him go once they were outside.

They ended up making several circuits around the hotel while they talked. They talked about everything, like they always did, but this time when they laughed, Alexis would nudge him or rest her head on his shoulder, and when she stumbled a little with her tipsiness, he'd catch her and hold her steady against his side. And she loved it. She couldn't remember ever being this comfortable with any of her other boyfriends. This relationship could be so easy if she'd just let it...

They ended up on the roof of the building. They probably weren't supposed to be up there, but it was quiet and private and they were standing, leaning against the ledge, looking out over the city. Alexis was leaning into him, seeking out his warmth against the cool night breeze. "I'm really glad I got to come," she admitted, sounding a bit sleepy. "I really, really missed you."

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke wasn't sure how they ended up on the roof. He couldn't even remember how much time had passed or what time it was. This happened every time he got to talking with Alexis. He'd have to force himself to log off and go to bed or he'd just keep going. It was so good to do this face to face again and he couldn't keep from touching Alexis, sliding his arm around her and holding her about the shoulders or waist as they walked.

He missed being home. Looking out at the city, he thought back to less complicated times and simpler life with Alexis by his side for all those days. A feeling swept over him: he would only be happy with Alexis in his life and he couldn't go back to seeing her through a screen. He had to be living with her again.

When she spoke of missing him, he turned, no longer holding her to his side, but in front of him. He looked down into her radiant eyes and spoke softly. "You don't have to miss me. I'm here now. I'm back where I belong...holding you." Swept up in the moment, Luke did something he wouldn't have done on any other day. He leaned in slowly, before pressing his lips to hers. He'd never kissed Alexis like this and they both knew it.

 

[slut_in_white]

Time felt like it had stopped when Luke's lips eased gently over Alexis's. They'd never kissed each other before (excluding kisses on the cheek), but she couldn't, at the moment, imagine why on earth they had waited so long. He tasted faintly of alcohol, but she was certain she did too. His lips were warm and soft, and the sensation of them, and of his arms tightening around her, of his chest crushed against hers, all conspired to make her dizzy. She gasped into his mouth, and her arms went around his neck, holding him against her as much as he was.

It was like opening the floodgates on all the pent up tension that had been building in her all night. She kissed him fiercely, her mouth eager to taste more of him. Soon she was trailing soft little kisses along his neck and collarbone until she reached the collar of his shirt. She wanted it out of the way to continue her meandering path over his skin, so she started undoing the buttons of his shirt to grant freer access to his chest before she stopped, realizing exactly what she was doing.

She looked sheepishly up at him, expecting him to look uncomfortable or something. Like she shouldn't have started stripping him like that, at least. But she saw the opposite, and the look he was giving her ignited a fire in her belly. She lifted her lips to his again, once more, before she let out a ragged whisper; "Maybe we should continue this somewhere else?"

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke felt so good as he kissed her like he was finding a new source of water. He felt a rush of energy sweeping over him. As he felt her lips he wondered why he never bothered to try kissing her before. All those times alone and it never crossed his mind until tonight. He didn't move to stop her as he felt her lips working down his neck and collarbone, so when she stopped herself, he thought maybe she had come to her senses. Then, she asked to continue.

Luke smiled and slipped his hand into his back pocket, producing a key card from his back pocket. "I thought I might be in no position to drive after the party so I planned ahead. I'm so glad I did now. He beamed wide as he looked into her eyes. Not waiting for her to respond for fear of having her chicken out, he took her hand and lead her back inside, working their way to his room.

One swipe in the door lock later and they were alone in his rather sterile hotel room. There were still things strewn about from when he got ready before the party, but all that was forgotten as he stood there. His eyes lingered on Alexis' body, really taking in how she looked now. The camera didn't do her any justice; the pixelated feed of their chat had hidden how beautiful she had become since he'd seen her last. "I should have followed you to school." He muttered, calling back to an old conversation they had before they both left for college. He'd gotten into a number of schools, one of which Alexis wanted to attend. They must have talked for hours about it, but she convinced him to go where he felt he'd do the best for his future. How things might have been different...

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis stumbled into the room and grinned when she saw his stuff strewn about. Hotel rooms weren't really her favourite - they always felt so cookie-cutter and sterile. His stuff, even just the few clothing items discarded on the floor or hung over the chair, made the room unmistakably his, and she like it. A lot.

The door clicked closed behind her and she turned to face Luke, whose gaze was raking unabashedly up her body.

I should have followed you to school.

Alexis's expression immediately went soft. They'd had a long, difficult conversation about it when they left for school. Luke had been sorely tempted to follow her, even if it meant giving up a place at one of the best schools in the country for his program, but she wouldn't hear of it. And she still thought it was the right decision. She'd missed him terribly, but it still would have been immensely selfish of her to drag him away from a opportunity like that.

Closing the distance between them, she lifted her hands to his face, making him look her in the eye. "You made the right decision," she assured him softly. She pushed herself up onto her tiptoes to reach his mouth and kissed him again. This time, it was gentle, less excited and more comforting. When they parted, she only drew back enough to speak, their faces still so close her nose was bumping against his. "Besides, now we have as much time as we want to make up for lost time." She grinned at that and kissed him once more, feeling desperately hungry for him again.

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Alexis was right. They both made the right decision 10 years ago. They both were where they wanted to be professionally. Now, they had enough control over their lives that they might be able to do something about it now. Her comforting kiss helped him clear his head and realize where they are at in their lives. Her follow-up kiss, however, reminded him what they both really wanted now.

He lifted her up into the kiss, feeling how much shorter she was to him by how far she had to strain to meet his lips. It was such a strange and wonderful sensation to kiss Alexis. For now, it's all he wanted to do. That was until his body reacted stranger and stronger to the kiss. Holding her in a tight hug to his chest, Luke picked Alexis up off the floor and carried her into the middle of the hotel room, finally moving away from the door. He set her down gently on her feet, still managing to maintain the desperately hungry kiss they shared.

Once she felt stable on her feet again, his hug softened and his hands slid over the back of her dress. Without asking or fear of rejection, Luke started easing the zipper open on her dress like she had started opening his shirt on the roof. As it came open, he immediately started to caress the bare skin of her back, feeling a surge of energy wash through him as he touched her so intimately. It felt so right to touch her like this; her skin and body felt so good to caress. He finally moved his lips to her neck as he gently eased her dress from her shoulders, the straps catching on her bent elbows. Slowly, he leaned back, looking deep in her eyes to see if she still felt this was a good idea.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis couldn't hold back the little sounds of desire that rose up in her throat as Luke started caressing her exposed skin. His touch left fiery trails over her back, and left her wanting more. His lips, too, left a hot trail over her neck while the soft material of her dress slipped off her shoulders. She tilted her head back, granting him better access to her neck and throat, trusting his hand on her back to hold her body tight against his.

The dress hung from the crook of her arm and, for a moment, she was so loathe to let go of him that she didn't want to let it drop the rest of the way off. Instead, her fingers returned to the buttons of his shirt and she started undoing them again. Once she finished, she pressed her hands against the flat planes of his chest, gasping at how warm his skin felt under her hands. Then she decided that she needed to feel more of him against her, and finally convinced herself to let go of him for long enough to let the dress drop the rest of the way off.

It left her in nothing but a pair of white lace panties. She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck again, pulling her body tight to his and reveling in the feeling of the skin of her bare chest pressed hard to his.

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke's lips found hers again, kissing her like he might never see her again. His passion was overwhelming; the sight of Alexis nearly naked was causing a raging fire to burn out of control inside him. He hadn't thought she'd gone bra-less but seeing her breasts sitting high and firm explained why she hadn't. As they fell back into the kiss, his hands slid gently over her skin, testing and teasing her all over. He even reached down and cupped her perky ass cheeks in his hand, lifting her up against him slightly. Finally he'd had enough and opened his own pants, letting them fall to the floor as he walked out of them towards the bed in the room.

Slowly, he cradled Alexis to lay her gently on the bed before kissing down her body slowly. His hands preceded his lips which paused to tease her hardening nipples with soft kisses and teasing licks. As he lingered, his hands found her cute lace panties and started to slip them off. He had to see her completely naked; he'd been denying himself this pleasure for too long. Up they slid along her raised toned legs before getting added to her dress on the floor. "Ohhhh Lexy...." Luke sighed out at the look of her laid out on the bed for him. He instinctively stroked himself through his thin underwear as he took in how sexy and beautiful she looked for him.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis sighed and moaned as Luke's hands and lips worked their way slowly down her body. His lips found her nipples and she arched into him, her hands coming to knot in his hair, as if trying to hold him against her chest. His mouth felt amazing on her skin. Despite the vague awareness that things were only going to get better, she still didn't exactly want him to stop teasing her breasts with his soft kisses.

Still, once his fingers hooked into her panties, she let go and let him straighten, lifting her legs to help him slid the last item of clothing off her body. And then... God, the way he looked at her. The dark fire of lust in his eyes, and the adoration was almost too much to take. Her heart flipped in her chest while her own gaze roamed unabashedly over his firm, sculpted chest. To say he'd filled out since high school would be an understatement.

She sat up suddenly and shifted until she was kneeling in front of him, then hooked her thumbs into the waistband of his boxers, tugging them down. He helped her shed them entirely and then they were both naked together, and Alexis reached down to replace his gently stroking hand with her own.

 

[such_a_bad_man]

Luke closed his eyes and stood tall as he felt Alexis take him in her hand. It had been such a long lay off from his ex and the added energy from having Lexy stroking him now sent energy flooding up through him. He slid his fingers through her hair as he finally looked down into her eyes. He didn't know what to say at this moment, but he had a strong feeling he didn't need to. He'd peeped on her once when they were teenagers, more out of curiosity than malice or naughty thoughts. She didn't look nearly as feminine as she did now. Losing the weight was only part of it.

He nodded slightly, egging her on to continue in whatever way she felt most natural. If she was half as turned on as he was, he wasn't sure how much longer she'd wait. Then again, after so many years of denial, maybe she was willing to experience and savor it all. He did slide his hands over her skin gently, caressing her skin to enjoy how it felt.

 

[slut_in_white]

Alexis chewed her lips, stroking a little harder and faster, her breath quickening along with Luke's. She leaned forward to kiss him again, sighing as his hands started stroking her body.

After a moment or two, though, she made a small noise of impatience and pulled him suddenly toward her, sending both of them tumbling down to the bed. Giggling, she rolled over atop him and started trailing a series of kisses across his face, down his neck, over his chest, leaving little licks and bites as she went. She continued down his body, slowing until she reached his groin. She looked up at him, a question in her eyes, then, apparently seeing what she was looking for, slowly took the head of his cock in her mouth, sucking softly.