"Actually yeah," Carrie said. Then she licked her lips one more time before leaning forward to kiss me again. This time, I leaned forward and actually managed to make my hands reach out to gently hold her hips while we kissed. "Not afraid to taste your cum in my mouth?" Carrie asked, pulling away momentarily.

"Honestly?" I replied. "I didn't even think about it. And I'd kiss you if you'd been eating raw garlic for an hour first." I cut off her laugh with another kiss.

I was surging with a feeling of confidence I had never experienced before. It warred with the sheer terror I still felt at the...