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[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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"I don't know, you just seem like a good guy, from the sound and looks of it - even if I haven't known you all that long, I'm pretty good at reading people, through the contours of their hands or the way they look or express things through facial features," Autumn explained. Yes, she thought that she was extroadinarily gifted at things like that - and she wasn't being cocky or anything, seeing as that was truly how she got to know people. Sometimes without even having a proper conversation but once or twice. Words only got you so far, or at least that's what she thought. "Tell me a little bit about yourself. Are you one for Monopoly, Scrabble?" She laughed at the randomness of her question, but the point being was that she wanted some conversation.

"You're a good flatterer, but sadly, flattery gets you nowhere. Just gives the other person a couple shots of egomania and what have you." Autumn laughed before shaking her head. "Unfortunately, I'm in a dilemna for that the only reason they like me is for my blond hair and pretty little smile. Nothimng more, nothing less, Reason I've never had a real 'suitor,' as you'd put it, only a couple one night stands and an affair with some alcohol," she laughed, tossing her hair behind her shoulders before glancing back over at the stove. They still had a considerable amount of time to just sit there, and talk and what have you; seeing as it took fifteen minutes to a half an hour for a bowl of water to be boiled and then to cook the spaghetti to where it was decent. "If your last inquiry of sorts was any hints, you'd be suprised in the amount of years in which I haven't been properly kissed."

[Benjamin Caden Slater]

Perceptive people and Benji didn't always mix together. There were some things about Benji that he tried to keep from people for a reason, and he didn't want someone to read him throroughly and find out. Even simple emotions he kept hidden from most people. The way he felt really told a lot about his life, and that was a whole other subject that he really didn't want to get into. "I'm more of a Twister kind of guy. You do some things without thinking about it and suddenly you're on your ass on the floor, wondering what the hell happened," he said with a chuckle. The mental image of him playing Twister was incredibly funny. Long, skinny appendages reaching out across the board in awkward angles while he desperately tried to keep balance was the perfect combination of an amazing slapstic comedy. He should play Twister and have someone record it and put it on YouTube. Maybe other people than himself would find it as hysterical.

Benji had mixed emotions about what she said. It was a shame that she didn't have that many boyfriends, since she could easily have any guy she wanted. At the same time, it told a lot about her character. Instead of having any random gorgeous guy she wanted, she wanted to wait for the right person. Benji sort of admired that in a person. It was rare to find someone like that in this city. "You haven't kissed someone in a while? Are you suggesting something?" he asked, moving closer to her. Benji had no clue where that wave of confidence was. Maybe he was still tipsy from the club, though that would have worn off a couple of minutes ago, or maybe he finally couldn't stop denying his own pleasure. It kind of sucked for him that he was so modest, you know. But there was something else besides physical attraction. It felt kind of right for Benji to be with her, as if this was sort of planned. Riding his new wave of confidence, he gently put his hands on her hips, ready to take them off if she was uncomfortable with it.

[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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"Ive never been able to keep a straight face when talking about twister and all the positions I can get myself into in that game. That's why I haven't played it since I was an innocent little adolescant," she giggled, winking at him, before shaking her head once more and laughing. Autumn was suprised at how she could perverse things even worse than some males, but hey, at least she didn't mean it in a genuinely perverted or negative light. She was just trying to be goodnature, and perhaps a little bit on the humorous side. For some reason, she was feeling extremely comfortable around him, and in so many more ways - it was almost like she had met him before. Perhaps if there was such thing as reincarnation, as tacky as it sounds, they might have been ..... She quickly shook the thoughts out of her head and replaced them with a slender smirk, glancing over at the spaghetti and whatnot, seeing they still had a considerable bit of time until the spaghetti would be anywhere near perfectly cooked.

To be honest, Autumn had no idea why she was blabbing and carrying on like she was - perhaps she was now speaking without thinking - a habit that seemed to repeatedly and consistently appear on a regular basis. Sometimes she actually would start a conversation, and by the end of it, wouldn't remember the person's name or what they had originally talked about. Obviously this wasn't the identical case in this scenario, he was just one of those memorable faces that she wouldn't be forgetting anytime soon. "I might be, it just depends on your interpretation," she smirked a little bit, watching, her eyes scanning over him as he rested his hands on her hips and took a couple steps closer - them now standing only inches apart. Autumn pressed her finger against his lips. "I want to try something," she whispered softly, closing her eyes and shifting her weight to the tip of her toes so that she would be able to succesfully clamber up somewhere near his height. Somehow, she indeed did manage to kiss him fully on the mouth, gently.

[Benjamin Caden Slater]

Benji hadn't kissed a girl.... in a really long time. Okay, so that wasn't completely true. He'd made out with plenty of women when he was drunk or high, or even the combination of the two. So he hadn't kissed a girl and meant it or remembered it the next day in a really long time. Going back to not wanting to hurt anyone, he knew that a kiss could mean a lot to a woman, so he didn't want to lead anyone on like that. It was different for Autumn though. His own manly urges were one thing that made him kiss her back, but that wasn't entirely it. He didn't want to admit it, but he was starting to feel something else for Autumn. Something he did and didn't want to be feeling right now. Throughout his life, he wasn't shown that much love or affection. The only time he and his parents interacted was if his father was drunk or his mother was yelling at him. He didn't even want to think about the first one.

He wrapped his arms tighter around her and pulled her closer, kissing her back with the same amount of force she kissed him with. Benji didn't know what kind of girl she was when it came to this sort of thing. He didn't want to rush anything and risk having her slap him and kick him out. It was pretty cold outside and it was a sort of a far walk from her apartment to his. He was also inadept when it came to directions. Even though he lived in the city for three years, he still had his little pocket map somewhere on him, just in case he got lost again.

[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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Autumn knew that sometimes she could perhaps be a little bit too upfront and personal for her own good. That's why half her of her concious was telling her to be wary when kissing a next to complete stranger, or rather acquaintance. Sure it was definitely in her personality to, but at the same time, she wasn't one that dealt with rejection or any of that fairly well. So half of her was kinda nervous because she didn't want to be pushed away, pushed back, or acted like she was repulsive from him - that was a secret paranoid fear of her own - but at the same time, it was pretty damn hard to control her own desires. Her self control had already been somewhat lacking, so this was even more difficult for her to do - to pull back - and she found that she couldn't. Perhaps because there was more than just desires controlling her, genuine feelings of the sort. Rather, more partial or confused, as these two had only met hours before.

She was tempted to push herself away now, almost praying for an excuse to pull away as he kissed her back - anything, a distraction - perhaps the timer on the spaghetti would go off. Well, that was unlikely as only a few minutes ago she had checked on it and they had a considerable amount of time left until it was fully cooked. The thing with her was that she wasn't scared of things, until she jumped onboard. It was like she would climb on a roller coaster, not being scared until it started to go uphill sort of thing. Autumn hadn't been properly kissed by someone that she had any sort of feelings for in a long time, nor had she ever really had memorable sex with anyone. It was obvious she wasn't a virgin, but she hadn't had sex when she wasn't high or drunk. She had suffered through some alcohol issues during her teenage years, but managed to turn herself sober when she started college - focusing more on homework than binge drinking or getting high. Back to subject, she pulled him tighter, her arms around his neck as she stood on her tippy toes to reach him. After a couple more minutes of kissing, taking a thirty second break or two, she reached in and decided to spice things up with a frenchie.

[Benjamin Caden Slater]

He was a bit surprised when she pulled him into a french kiss. They'd only met a couple of hours ago, and they were both sober, well, at least it seemed that they were both. He didn't know how much she drank before she went up to him at the club, but it didn't seem like she was that affected by alcohol. Anyways, to get back from that digression, Benji leaned down more so she didn't have to stand up on her toes that much. His height was really a curse. There were some benefits to being tall when he was a kid, like when he went to amusement parks or when there was a certain height requirement, or when he was underage, his height made him seem older. Now that he was the legal age to drink and do all sorts of things, it wasn't that great. He loomed over everyone and looked pretty intimidating, if it weren't for his pretty calm temperment or his scrawny body. Most of the attractive women he met were at least a foot shorter than him (Autumn being the perfect case), and most of those women didn't want to be with men that loomed over them. It wasn't fair.

Benji lowered his hands from her hips to her ass, ready to pull them off if she felt uncomfortable. Of course he didn't want to stop, but if she wanted to, he wouldn't protest. Men that gentlemanly like that were hard to find these days, but luckily for Autumn, he knew that he wouldn't get very far if he didn't respect women. Making sure there was room on the counter, he lifted her up and sat her on the counter so she could reach his height without having to crane her neck that badly.

[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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The good thing with Autumn was that she wasn't easily intimidated, and by that I mean that she wasn't all scared to approach somebody. Her job description for everything she'd ever worked in had been the kind where she had to be able to express her opinion, or express her thoughts, otherwise she'd get stuck in ugly attire or sweeping the floor for her dayjob. Well then, it was good that she wasn't the feeble chick that was afraid to voice her mind, as well as approach anybody - no matter what the reason. Now there were exceptions, like there was no way she'd approach a stranger with a gun or something - but that was a completely worse case scenario sort of thing.

It was strange, normally she'd be at least a teensy bit uncomfortable if somebody removed their hands from her waist and adjusted them on her ass - but as akward as it sounded - with Benji she didn't feel the need to be. Perhaps it was the fact that she had been able to allow him to draw her fully naked, and remain hardly as immodest as she was to start out with. Perhaps it was because of the occurences they had been through in the past couple hours, perhaps it was one of those sappy little fate sort of things. Who knew. "Thank you, sir," she teased as they took a couple seconds to breathe, her eyes not removing themselves from his as she said such. Autumn continued to kiss him, her hands fingering and grabbing a hold to his shirt cuff, and then moving up to his hairline.

[Benjamin Caden Slater]

Since she was sitting on the counter, it was kind of hard to grab her ass again unless he wanted his hands squished. It wasn't like she was overweight or anything, but he had fragile, brittle bones. His hands traveled up and down her waist and back, stepping closer to the counter so there wasn't any space between them. At this point, meek and modest Benji was being replaced by sexy stud muffin Benji that wasn't afraid of touching women. He didn't care that he was making out with her on her kitchen counter or that his hands were scouring her entire body. Well, not the front, but that would come later. Confident Benji knew that he had to get further than this by the time the night was over.

Soon his hands traveled to the from of her body, tugging the thing that kept her robe together. He honestly didn't think it would have been that loose, but the ribbon untied and her robe seemed to fall off. The embarassing part for Benji was that he kept kissing her after that, not really being able to stop himself. It took him a couple of seconds to finally register that she wasn't wearing anything and immediately pulled back. "I'm so sorry," he said, turning an incredible shade of red and biting his lip. He took a full step away from the counter and looked away from her, the sexy stud muffin Benji disappearing back into the deep parts of his mind.

[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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She noticed a little bit that he was starting to get a little bit more confident,a nd isntead of bothering her, it made her a little bit happier. At least because she knew that he was starting to get comfortable around her, and moreso content than he had been at least a few minutes prior. Autumn felt better when the people around her became happier, and therefore her mood usually increased and reflected the others' around her. She was a person that indeed could be influencd depending on who and where she was around.

Autumn barely even noticed the robe slipped off of her, seeing as she was a fairly coldblooded sort of person - the sudden chill that she got when it slid off her didn't barely affect her and therefore - somehow she didn't even notice until he stopped kissing her and backed away a little bit. "It's fine," she whispered, smirking a tiny bit at his little blushing reaction. "But since you mention it," Autumn lifted her robe, wrapped it around her lower half like some sort of towel - and took his hand, bringing him to her bedroom. "Perhaps neither of us will have to worry about being modesty or fragile in here," Autumn whispered softly, laughing a little bit, and squeezing his hand gently. "You're a very interesting person, you know, Benji. I can't say I'd just leave it at the fact you're intriguing, either. You've got me wanting to know more about you, in each and every...," she allowed herself to trail off, kissing the side of his neck and pressing her fingers against his lips.

[Benjamin Caden Slater]

Hot damn. How did Benji get into her bedroom with her pretty much naked without any alcohol or drugs involved? It was obvious that this sort of thing never happened to him. Getting complimented about his nature never happened either. Growing up, he'd always been that shy kid in the back of the classroom, really wishing that half the people in his school could go die in a hole. The description that she gave about him made him seem more like a sex god or something. Benji had a bad case of no self esteem. There were women who found him attractive, but he didn't really see how he was. Ever since junior high he'd been told that he was scrawny and disgustingly thin. It wasn't like he wanted to be born a skeleton. Being teased by his schoolmates scarred him a little, as bullying often did.

Benji bit his lip as she kissed his neck. His neck was one of the sensitive spots on his body that whenever touched by the opposite sex it would turn him on. It didn't really take that much imagination to guess where the other sensitive spot was. Anyways, he wrapped his arms around her again, starting to go back into confident sexy stud muffin mode. He tugged downt the robe that she had around her waist, hoping to get it off her without having her complain.

[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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"One thing. I need you to know that I'm not a slut. I'm not the person that's going to sleep with somebody right after you or anything. In fact, judging by the fact that this is one out of few times I've felt anything about anybody, I'll probably not sleep with anybody else," she laughed at her own self, akwardly tilting her head - something she did when pondering and arching her eyebrows as her eyes took a better glance at the boy in front of her. Autumn leaned forward and kissed him on the bridge of his nose. "Another thing. I've never had sex without being high or drunk, so just overrule me if I'm doing something wrong," she explained, kissing him once more, but this time on the lips instead of on the bridge of the nose or on the side of the neck.

She was suprised with herself. Normally she wouldn't catch herself dead talking as much as she was to anybody, but that was a good thing she supposed - a sign that she was utterly comfortable around him. Autumn felt the robe that was sliding off of her, and she helped him to kick it off, leaving her unclothed - but him still in all his clothes. That was going to soon changed, she thought to herself devilishly, while unbuttoning his shirt.

[Benjamin Caden Slater]

He gently placed his hand on her cheek, running his thumb over her cheek while pulling back slightly to look her int he eyes. Benji always had issues with looking people directly in the eye, but this was something serious. No matter what the girl ever did to him, he could never think a girl was a slut. Sometimes people got drunk and did things they regretted like cheating and such. He was the perfect example of that. "You'll never be some slut to me," he whispered quietly to her. Benji didn't know what to think about the other thing she said. "I honestly can't tell you what love means to me, since I don't have a very good grasp of what love is," he admitted. This was pretty much true. His parents never showed him that much love and he never wanted to get involved with other women. "I'm not sure what this is to me. Maybe its love, maybe its not," he said, wanting to be completely honest with her. "But if it isn't love, then it probably will turn into love."

He chuckled at what she said next. He was sort of the same way as well. But why dwell on previous fucks? Nope, that would just make everything else awkward. Benji took her hands off of her to help her take his shirt off and unbutton his own pants. To say that he was eager was pretty much an understatement, but he didn't want to come off as too desperate.

[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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Autumn wasn't the least bit dissapointed with his answer. Why? Because it was just as blunt as something that she would say, and it was honest. She smiled as he brought her down to earth a little more, watching as he ran his thumb up and down her cheek absentmindedly. She listened to him speak, looking him directly in the eyes, suprised that she was able to hold his eye contact for the time period he had - as she had noticed earlier that he didn't seem to be one that much enjoyed looking at somebody in the eye. Perhaps it was because he was a seemingly shy sort of fellow. "That's comforting," she whispered, for a moment taken aback and unable to say anything more; meetnig his gaze and managing a soft smile. "You have a beautiful complection," she commented, as she ran her hands through his hair and admired him for a few seconds before continuing to help take off his shirt. She grinned her appreciation when he pulled away only to allow her to take off his attire much easier than it had been for her to do so before.

As he unbuttoned his pants she began to realize that the past couple hours were going by like a whirlwind. She didn't want the rest of the night to, so she leaned forward: kissing benji, before slowly prying the buttons and the zipper down to slide him out of his pants. Meeting his gaze, she managed to sort of tell him through an exchange of eye contact that he could go ahead and take off the remainder of clothing - the only thing left, rather.

[Benjamin Caden Slater]

He blushed slightly when she commented his complexion. With only the moonlight coming from the window on to the both of them, it seemed like he was luminescent. His skin was so pale, it basically reflected the light off of him. Not really what you would call a nice complexion. "Thanks... I guess," he said, feeling shy. The confident stud muffin Benji was starting to crawl into the hole where he came from and the regular, shy modest Benji was starting to resurface. Benji then realized how fast the two of them were going and that neither of them were drunk or high. He didn't want to do something that either of them would regret later on.

"Wait... before we do anything," he said quietly. "I want to make sure that you absolutely want to do this. That you won't regret this tomorrow or ever," he said, pulling back and gently holding her wrists and pulling her back a bit. "I want you to think about that before we do anything else. If you want to stop, I'll be okay with that," he added. It wasn't like he wanted to stop. The giant bulge in his boxers clearly said otherwise. But he didn't want to pressure her into doing anything that she didn't want to do, or was doing just to make him happy.

[Autumn Skye Vista]

picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
somebody calls you, answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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"Don't feel shy, babe, you just got complimented, and sincerlely at that," she smiled softly, biting down on her lip to keep from giggling. For some reason she found it absolutely adorable that he was on the verge of blushing at the moment - but at the otherhand, she was trying to ignore that little fact because she didn't want to embarrass him any more than she probably was at the moment. Then again, he was in a situation that she would think wasn't so much embarrassing for him - unless it was his first time - which from the impression she had gotten from his prior statements - it wasn't. It was a better thing, to her at least, that neither of them were drunk or high. It kinda put the sincerity back into the idea of sex - and made it a little less twentieth century or adolescant - but believe it or not, in a good way.

Her eyebrows furrowed for a split second as she watched him shift, and pull back from the embrace to say something. It took her a couple seconds to actually absorb the words and respond. "Believe me, I'm not one for regrets, and this isn't something I ever will," she gave him a slightly cheesy smile, before kissing him on the forehead. It was nice to meet a guy that actually didn't go ahead with instincts and impulse, and check up on things, it was rather gentleman fashioned. Autumn closed her eyes, brushing hair out of his and her faces, before kissing him once more.