"Jake..." she said after a while, their noses and foreheads touching.

"Yes, sis?"

She looked him in the eye as she said: "I really meant it when I said I'm all yours, you know..."

"I know, Jess," he replied, playing distractedly with a strand of her long blond hair, wrapping it around his finger before tucking it behind her ear.

"No, I mean... I'm really ALL yours. All of me, Jake..."

His mouth wet dry for a second as Jess's words sank in. Her green, shining, soulful eyes were staring into his, telling him he had it right, confirming that yes, indeed, that was exactly what she meant. Her skin...