Previously
The music died and Kayla Cooper put her head down. There was a choking tightness in her chest. She dashed the angry tears away with the back of her hand on the way to her room. Noah Summerville was stretched out on her bed reading a magazine. She watched him turn a page and smiled at the way he absentmindedly scratched at a mosquito bite.
His long bare foot jerked back when she ticked it and the magazine dropped as he turned to face her. Seconds later she was flat on her back and being very thoroughly kissed. She swept her long hair back while he massaged her left breast. Kayla stopped kissing him so he rolled back onto his side and picked his magazine back up. But there was an adorably impish smile on his face.
Kayla grabbed his magazine. He put his lips on the soft underside of her arm. She gathered her hair together pulling it back before lying down next to him. She put her head in the crook of his elbow and sighed even though she knew he couldn’t hear her. He put his arm around her so she put her head on his chest still thinking about how much she loved him. She sat up and kissed him on the cheek. “What’s the matter?”
He gave her the briefest of smiles and grimaced in frustration. She wanted to put her head down on his shoulder but she knew he liked being able to see people when he was talking. His eyes went to the front of her shirt. He wanted to rip it off and throw her clothes across the room. He wanted her to tear his own clothes off and he wanted to know what love really was. He gave her another small smile knowing that she would understand. “I’ve got a crush on Lana.”
He had the same oddly pitched voice that his deaf friends did but Kayla didn’t care. She knew it bothered him and that saddened her as she thought about what he had said. Lana was his cousin’s wife. She was..., pretty wasn’t exactly the right word. Kayla nodded thoughtfully. She knew why he liked Lana. “I have a crush on her too, she’s hot.”
A slow smile spread across his face. He was so cute and sweet that Kayla kissed him again. His finger went under the straps of her layered tanktop as he kissed her. Kayla kissed him back and unfastened the button on her shorts. Noah laid her down and kissed the soft skin near her navel. He put his head between her breasts and she put her hands in his bright blonde hair. His blue-green eyes held her deep brown ones and he gave her another light kiss when what he really wanted to do was crush her against him.
Her hands covered his ears and tried to imagine what it must be like to be deaf. To have never heard a sound, any sound, even a screechy, annoying, whining one. She kissed him again and sat up on her knees. She pulled her tank top off and discarded her bra while his eyes feasted on her body. It was youthful and sleekly muscled. Noah rubbed her arms and slid his hands down. Kayla took her shorts off and pulled on the front of his shirt. He laid it on the chair by her desk and smiled as she hugged him. Their bare chests met and his hands moved down her back.
Soon they were both naked and lying next to each other. She curled up next to him and he smiled. He kissed her again and she looked at him curiously. “What’s the matter?”
He didn’t want to talk he wanted her to keep going. Her scent was all around him and he knew that if her mother dropped by they’d both be in deep shit. He prayed that she would so he’d get the ass kicking he deserved. This wasn’t about love it was about lust. Kayla had always been serious and she was even more so now. Her eyes never moved from his as she reached under the mattress. He almost laughed when she pulled a condom out. Had she known that he had just been to the store? Sometimes they were so much alike it scared him.
Her eyes were warm as she tore the package open. Every warning and statistic he had ever heard ran through his head as he watched her lips form the words he needed to see.
“I love you Noah.”
It was the best thing she could have said. She was perfect. He took the condom away and put his fingers back inside of her.
“I love you.” He wanted to drive her over the edge. Just once he wanted her to be the one losing control. His fingers moved and Kayla squirmed against him. Was that real passion or was she just uncomfortable? Her room was bright and it made the fact that they were both naked even more terrifying. But she was ready. Ready for sex and ready for him. She wanted him to do it for him because he meant so much to her. It didn’t bother her that she never felt anything when he was caressing her. She loved him heart and soul and all that meant was she wasn't a sleazy tramp like some girls she knew. She wanted this day and this moment to be special. So special that he’d never forget it or her. She tried to think…
“Do you want a blow job?”
His fingers stopped. Was he imagining things or was she really wetter than she had been? A blow job. She had gone down on him before but he had never had an orgasm from it mainly because he felt as if she didn’t really want to be doing it. How could he break through and get to the real her? Kayla saw him hesitate. She smiled to herself. Today she was going to give him something to remember. He was always thinking but she never knew what he was thinking about. Did he think about her the way that she thought about him? She watched him lick his fingers and her innermost muscles tightened. Sex would hurt but she loved him. She smiled at him and reached up to pull his shoulders down.
He settled himself between her legs. All he was going to do was rub up against her because she was driving him crazy and he couldn’t take it anymore. He wasn’t going to go inside though, that wouldn’t be right. He could wait. “Noah…”
He kissed and caressed her. His hand moved down, he couldn’t stop kissing her. But he wanted to talk to her too. Kayla squeezed his arms and moved her hips. Whatever he was doing now felt different. She felt different. The air conditioning was on but the sun beat down and it was hot in her room. His hands were moving but not fast enough. Strange parts of her body ached. A twinge went through her and she felt like laughing and crying at the same time.
He couldn’t hear his name but he saw it on her lips. He tried to hold back because he wanted this to be perfect, for her. Her limbs twitched. Sensation washed over her and she cried out as she grabbed at him. He was beyond noticing. She handed him some tissues and he put a soft kiss on her shoulder. “I love you Kayla.”
Her bow shaped lips curved into a smile. “I love you too-a Noah.”
That brought a smile to his face but it quickly faded. He tossed the tissues aside and picked her up. “I talked to Lana. She thinks you should go to school to be a pediatrician. What do you think of that Kay-la?”
She was bathed in contentment and serenity. He was holding her and that was what she wanted most out of life. Someone to hold her. The tears that hadn’t fallen earlier started. Her body shook, he held her more tightly and kissed the top of her head. The tissues were crumpled and damp with tears. She leaned against him and cursed because it wasn’t fair. Life wasn’t fair. How could he be so young and so old at the same time? He was more mature than some of the guys that she knew who were way older than he was. She would be eighteen in October and he had just turned sweet sixteen the day before yesterday. “I want to marry you.”
His words startled her and she smiled through her tears. “I want to marry you Noah. When you’re eighteen we’ll do it. We’ll, I don’t want anyone else to be there. Just you and me.”
He nodded and kissed her hair again. “My stupid fucking parents better not give me any shit about it either. We could get married now if I had parental consent. Fuck that.”
“Noah,” She held his face in her hands and gave him a long and lingering kiss. “I can wait. Your parents are a lot better than mine are. I’m, we have to think about this. We have to think about where we’re going to live as long as we’re both in school.”
“Lana will help us. She told me to hang in there. She said that she held me when I was a baby and…,” He looked down at her hands. “I can’t help it if I have a crush on her. She said she wished she never would have dropped out of grad school so we have to learn from her mistakes. Don’t drop out of school when you turn eighteen even if you can. She said you’d be a good nurse but you’d be an even better doctor. She’s not just saying that either. You know she doesn't do shit like that.”
Kayla nodded and looked out the window. “I was playing a song for you. Did you hear it?”
He smiled and put his arms back around her. He rested his chin on the top of her head and she heard his words but she could also feel them through his chest. “I love you.”
She turned to face him. She kissed him and smiled as she rubbed her nose against his. She pictured being married to him. Getting rid of the last name Cooper once and for all. The thought brought a smile back. “That’s Dr Summerville to you buddy. Just you wait.”
Noah smiled and kissed her forehead. He could picture talking to Lana again. She was right. Their thoughts were separate. He was thinking of her and she was thinking of him but the same words went through their different minds.
Right now it was a time to wait. They laid back down on the bed together thinking that they would never forget this day. | 
