The Secret of Ella and Micha

against his. He tempts me with a soft brush of his lips and every ounce of sexual tension between us explodes. I can’t help myself—I fall into him.
    My lips part willingly, lost in the mind-numbing moment as he slips his tongue deep inside my mouth, devouring me thoroughly. He tastes like cigarettes mingled with mint and the scent of his cologne is intoxicating.
    My hands trace up the front of his bare chest, and I loop my arms around his neck. The links of the fence dig into my skin as we crush it between our bodies, trying to bury ourselves into one another. Micha pulls away for a second and my lips falter in protest, but he lifts me up over the fence and encourages my legs around his waist. My inner thighs burn as they graze his hips. Every part of him touches me and it makes my body flame. I arch into him, moaning as his lips return to mine even more ravenously.
    “Oh my God, this feels so good.” He groans, before heading toward his house.
    “What are you doing?” I whisper against his lips, knowing where he’s going, but I’m not sure I’m ready for it yet.
    “Shh…” His warm tongue slips deep inside my mouth and I forget about arguing.
    His hands hold me up by the ass as he kicks the back door open and stumbles into his kitchen. He knocks over a lamp and bumps into the wall as he carries me blindly down the hall and into his room. Then we collapse on the bed, tangled together. The music is loud and he reaches over to the stereo and turns it down so it filters through the room softly.
    “Ow,” I squeal, squirming. “Something just poked me.”
    “I’m pretty sure that’s supposed to happen,” Micha jokes with feral eyes.
    I swat his chest and reach underneath me, retrieving a drumstick. He snatches it from my hand, laughing softly as he chucks it over his shoulder and it lands somewhere in the dark.
    His face turns serious as he smoothes my hair back, looking into my eyes so passionately, my nerves crack through. “Do you know I realized I loved you when we were like sixteen? But I didn’t want to tell you because I was afraid you’d run away.”
    I prop up on my elbows, making our faces inches away. Strands of his hair hang in my face. “But I was normal back then. Or at least partly normal.”
    He lets his forehead rest against mine. “Yeah, but I thought that’s how things were supposed to happen when people were in love.”
    I realize how bad I must have hurt him when I ran off after he tried to tell me he loved me. “Micha, I’m sorry.”
    His jaw spasms and he tips his head back up. When he kisses me again, it feels different somehow—more intimate. My apprehension starts to emerge, but I choke it down and let my head fall back against the pillow. His lips follow mine and he kisses all the fear out of me. My chest presses into his as my neck arches against his trail of kisses along my skin, sucking and nipping at it all the way down.
    “Fuck,” he groans when his mouth reaches the curve of my breast. The fabric of my tank top is thin and I don’t have a bra on. Hesitantly, his tongue lightly slides between my breasts. Instantly, my nipples harden and an irrepressible moan escapes from my lips as desire takes over my body.
    I sit up, stunning him, and he moves back.
    “What’s wrong?” he asks.
    Sucking in a deep breath of air, I shut my eyes and wiggle my shirt off. My chest heaves, bare and exposed, as my lungs strain for air. I’ve never been this far with a guy before—never wanted to. Getting close to someone meant getting attached and getting attached has only brought me hurt in the past. But Micha’s different. He always has been. I just didn’t realize it until now.
    He takes me in deliberately and then covers his body with mine, colliding our bare chest together as we collapse back onto the mattress. My fingers tangle in his soft hair as his hands travel down my shoulders to my breasts. My back bows up, seeking to feed a starvation inside my body, but unsure how to do it. Pausing, I curve my hips and rub up against him. A shot of ecstasy swells through my body and a gasp fumbles from my lips.
    Hearing the unrestrained noise sends me into a state of anxiety and I fall back to reality. I’m not sure if my mind is ready to go where my body obviously wants to—whether I can allow myself to completely let go.
    “Micha wait,” I say in a strained voice.
    He jerks back quickly, his hand still cupping my breast. “What is it?”
    “I’m sorry. I just