High Country Christmas

“It’s okay.” Disappointment and frustration were etched into the features of her pretty face.

“No, it’s not.” Tyler shook his head. He couldn’t believe that he’d just managed to screw up lovemaking with his dream woman.

“It’s not your fault, okay?” London looked up at him. “I’ve always had a hard time...getting there...”

“Then I’ll just have to work a little harder next time, won’t I?”

“Sure,” she agreed. “Next time.”

They parted ways. Tyler went into the adjoining bathroom and she started to get dressed.

“Hey...” Tyler reappeared, still naked, holding a washcloth. “Where are you going?”

“We both have busy days tomorrow...”

“Uh-uh. No way.” Tyler took her bra out of her hands and led her back to his bed. “That was just the warm-up...”

London let him guide her back down on the mattress, and she let him slip her underwear over her hips. The warmth of a washcloth felt good between her legs, but it felt even better when Tyler replaced the washcloth with the warmth of his mouth.

“Just relax and enjoy,” she heard him say. And it didn’t take long for Tyler to make her forget that she had intended to leave.

With his hands, Tyler massaged her breast while he kept her aroused with his tongue. She tasted sweet on his lips and Tyler feasted on her delectable pink flower until his body was ready for lovemaking again.

“Don’t go anywhere...” He pulled open the nightstand drawer and searched for another condom.

When he didn’t find one, he stood up, turned on the light so he could search more quickly.

“You’ve got to be kidding me...” After another search, he stared at the few items in the drawer.

“What’s wrong?” she asked in a tense voice.

He looked at her with a shake of his head. “I think that was the last condom.”

London covered her face with her hands to stop herself from screaming at him. She was so off-the-charts frustrated that she almost told him to forget about the condom. But she couldn’t get the words out of her mouth.

“Wait...” Tyler went over to his dresser, riffled through the top drawer. Beneath the socks and the underwear, he found what he was looking for.

“Found one,” he quickly reassured London. He ripped the package open and put it on. It was too tight, but he didn’t care at this point.

“Green?” London was propped on her side, staring at the condom.

“As long as it works, does the color really matter?”

London shook her head; she moved over so he could join her in bed again. He pulled the covers up over their bodies, but when he tried to cover her body with his, she pushed him onto his back playfully. There was an excited spark in her bright blue eyes as climbed on top of him, slipped down onto his erect shaft and moaned gratefully. Tyler groaned loudly and grabbed her hips to push deeper inside her. Moving her hips slowly, London opened her eyes and found Tyler watching her take her pleasure.

She smiled at him in a way she had never smiled at him before. She closed her eyes again, tilted back her head, letting the soft ends of her hair brush across his thighs as she rocked her hips.

“Come on, baby...” Tyler felt her quicken her pace, felt her thigh muscles tighten around him. She was close, so very close.

London’s rhythm became frantic; she gripped his tensed biceps, their bodies locked tightly together, until he saw a look of sheer ecstasy wash over her face. She bit her lip hard to stop herself from crying out as her body finally began to shudder. Witnessing the beautiful sight of London’s climax, Tyler couldn’t hold back any longer. He grabbed her hips, started to thrust harder and deeper, harder and deeper, until he finally exploded inside her for a second time that night.

His heart slamming in his chest from exertion, Tyler opened his eyes to discover that London had been watching him as closely as he had watched her. They started into each other’s eyes, both of them flushed with satisfaction.

“So...how was that for you?” he asked after he caught his breath.

London laughed. She leaned down and kissed him lightly. “Incredible!”

She wasn’t much of a touchy-feely person. She never had been. But after such intense lovemaking, she wanted to be close to Tyler. She snuggled down onto his chest, rested her ear over his strongly beating heart, and let him wrap his arms around her.

“London?”

“Hmm?”

“I think you’re a very special person...”

She smiled faintly. “Thank you.”

“...and you know that I think we should be more than just friends...”

London didn’t want him to finish his sentence. She pushed herself out of his arms and stood up.

Tyler cursed under his breath. “Why isn’t it okay for me to say that, London?”

“Because I’ve already told you that I’m moving back to Virginia after I graduate. You’re staying here. I don’t understand why we have to keep on having the same pointless conversation.” With her back to him, London started to get dressed.

“A woman with a degree in equine science can write her own ticket in Montana.”

London yanked on her jeans and quickly slipped on her tank top. “Don’t ruin this, Tyler...we had a good time.”

Irritated, Tyler rolled to the other side of the bed and stood up. He reached for the condom to pull it off and discard it.

“Oh, crap...”

“What?” London spun around.

“The condom broke.”

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“What?” She stared disbelievingly at Tyler’s back. “No...”

Her normally slow and steady heartbeat started to pound like a jackhammer in her chest. She quickly moved to the other side of the bed, where Tyler was examining the broken green condom. They both stood there silently and studied it. The tip of the condom had blown apart and it was obvious that it hadn’t provided any protection at all.

Tyler shook his head in disgust and tossed the condom in the trash. London felt as if she would start cursing if she let herself speak, so she silently pulled on her socks and her boots.

Tyler zipped up his jeans, buttoned them and then turned to her. He looked as sick as she felt.

“That’s never happened to me before...” He’d never come this close to the possibility of a woman being pregnant with his child. He had strong feelings for London, feelings that he doubted she returned. But the last thing he wanted right now was the responsibility of a kid.