When I woke I wondered for a moment where I was. Then my eyes fell on Beth, her hair spread across the pillow, her chest rising and falling with her slow breathing. The duvet had slipped down, and I let my eyes linger on her perfect breasts before leaning over to kiss her softly. "Morning..."
She stirred, her lips curving in a smile. "Mmm."
She turned to face me, propping herself on one elbow. "Waking up next to you is everything I ever wanted."
I reached out to touch her cheek. "Me too."
Beth put her hand over mine, turning to kiss my palm. "So we'd better figure out the next part of our plan."
I nodded. "Let's have breakfast, do that unpacking. Then we can relax."
Beth's expression turned knowing. "Mm, yes."
"And talk," I teased. "Don't forget talk."
"That too."
She stretched. "Think I need a shower before anything else, though. Want to see if that cubicle really is big enough for two?"
"Sure."
The shower was everything it had promised, and Beth closed her eyes, letting the water sluice down her body as I washed her. "Mmm... One day I will definitely let you fuck me in here."
Breakfast was toast with honey - Beth deliberately made her fingers sticky, gave them to me to suck off the sweetness. "That's making me wet already," she confessed.
"Patience," I wagged my finger at her. "Everything has to be in its right place before we can have a break."
"Then there's one more thing that's definitely going to be in the place where I want it," she breathed, sending a definite thrill through my body. "OK, let's get these boxes unpacked."
Finally the flat started to look more lived-in, and Beth sprawled on the sofa. "Come here and kiss me."
I complied, kneeling on the floor, and she accepted a kiss, then pillowed her head on her hands. "So how do we convince Mum and Dad I have a boyfriend, but they can't meet him anytime soon, and I'm going to start staying overnight sometimes?"
"How about this?" I suggested. "He's a medic - maybe a junior doctor - and he's doing crazy shifts, he's on call all the time so he can't go far from the hospital. So you have to spend time with him when he's off duty, and it's easier to stay over."
"Sounds great," nodded Beth. "And I can always play the 'I'll sleep with him anyway if I want to, whether I can stay there or not' card - Mum always said it was up to me as long as I was careful."
"Sorted, then."
Beth hesitated. "We need a name for this boyfriend..."
"Something neutral - Paul?"
"Sure."
I grinned. "Here's an idea. We can make 'Paul' part of our pretending - what you like him to do, what he wants you to do to him. Then if it catches our imagination, we can do it for real."
"Mm," grinned Beth. "That has distinct possibilities."
She glanced at me. "Talking of possibilities - is it time for us to relax yet?"
"Oh, I think so."
She sat up, stretched. "Bedroom?"
"Mmhm."
We'd not bothered to dress - "That's a definite house rule," Beth grinned - and when we got to the bedroom, Beth sprawled on her front, head turned to look at me. "Start off like this, see where we go?"
"Sure."
I knelt next to her, starting to massage her shoulders, and she sighed. "That feels nice. But it'd be easier if you slid across, wouldn't it?"
I complied, kneeling with my legs either side of her thighs, and leaned forward to knead her shoulders again. "Hmm," smiled Beth, "I can feel you."