Therapy is Good for the Soul

Tyler was gently running his fingers through Bailey’s hair as he watched her sleeping in his arms with her head resting on his chest. He enjoyed watching her sleep; she always looked so serene and angelic. Bailey took a deep breath and opened her eyes to find Tyler staring at her.

“What are you lookin at?” She asked tilting her head up to look directly at Tyler.

“My beautiful girlfriend. You always look so peaceful when you sleep.”

“Thank you and that’s because I have the best pillow in the world.” She said with a smile as she pat Tyler’s chest.

“You sure you don’t wish you had something a little softer?”

“Hmm, let me see.” Bailey sat up slightly before lifting Tyler’s shirt up just enough to reveal his perfect abdominal muscles. She gingerly traced over his glorious six-pack causing Tyler to shudder slightly. She then leaned down and planted a kiss on his stomach just above his bellybutton. “Nah, looks pretty perfect to me.”

“Perfect, eh?”

Tyler’s smile suddenly turned dark and full of desire. He pressed his lips on hers. His kisses were hungry and desperate. Bailey’s hands slid into his hair, gripping at him as he pulled her closer to him. His body was against hers so tight she could feel just how much he wanted her. She could feel the throbbing force of his desire. There was an unfamiliar but thrilling hardness against her thigh as he pulled her left leg across his own. She was melting against him and knew he wanted to go way beyond kissing.

Tyler pulled his t-shirt off, tossing it on the floor rewarding Bailey with a glimpse of his bare chest and rock hard abs. She ran her fingers slowly down his chest, relishing the touch of his bare skin. She leaned into his chest to plant a kiss on his stomach. Tyler inhaled sharply as she kissed him again and again. Bailey could spend the whole day kissing him and feeling his well-sculpted chest and arms all the while getting closer and closer to the next step in their relationship. He grinned as his fingers caressed the inside of her thigh, making her shudder, tracing a slow and path upwards that made her moan slightly. Tyler’s eyes glistened with longing, with the force of his need. He wanted Bailey. In that moment she couldn’t think or concentrate on anything but how much she wanted him too. Just as Tyler’s fingers started to fumble with the button and zipper on her jeans, the rational part of her brain woke up and told Bailey to hold back and clarify expectations with Tyler. As much as she wanted to tell the rational part of her brain to shut the hell up and give into her desires she knew she would regret it later. Just as Bailey began to pull away, Marshall started barking and scratching on Tyler’s bedroom door, needing to be let out.

“Damn” Tyler muttered. “Maybe he can wait a little longer.”

Marshall started howling as soon as Tyler got those words out, causing Bailey to burst into a fit of giggles.

“Doesn’t sound like it. You better go before he has an accident.”

As much as he hated it, he knew Bailey was right. He leaned in and gave Bailey one last kiss before he slowly got out of the bed, put his shirt back on and left his room to take Marshall out.

Bailey heard Tyler’s voice raise a couple of octaves as Marshall greeted him outside his bedroom door. “Marshall, you have the worst timing! You’re suppose to be my wingman buddy; we’re gonna have to work on that. Come on let’s go.” Tyler put Marshall’s leash on and took him out.

Bailey couldn’t help but giggle at the conversation Tyler was having with Marshall. She was personally relieved and grateful for Marshall’s timing. He saved her the embarrassment and awkwardness of having to tell Tyler to stop after she realized she was getting carried away and let passion rule her senses for a few moments. She was going to give him a treat and play with Marshall to thank him later.

When Tyler got back from taking Marshall out, to his disappointment he found Bailey in the kitchen working on their dinner. He took the leash off Marshall and gave him a good pat on his head, before heading in the kitchen to join Bailey.

He leaned down and kissed Bailey on the corner of her lips. “You sure this can’t wait until later?” He planted a few more small kisses along her neck.

“I don’t really want to eat at 9:00, sorry.”

Tyler sighed in disappointment, gave her one more quick kiss on the lips before washing his hands. “How can I help?” he asked as he dried his hands.

“You can cut the red potatoes into quarters and put them in this dish while I work on the chicken and slice the onion.”

Tyler got out another cutting board and took the bag of potatoes and created a little workstation on the counter behind Bailey. He brushed up against her each time he brought over a few potatoes to put in the dish. He also kissed her cheek before returning to cut more potatoes. After he finished cutting all the potatoes, Bailey added green beans, squash, onions, the chicken, olive oil, fresh lemon, garlic, rosemary and thyme to the baking dish and popped it in the oven. Then they started cutting vegetables for salads. Tyler started slicing the red and green bell peppers while Bailey was cleaning and preparing the different greens. Tyler would bring a few pieces of the peppers over at a time as opposed to completely cutting the peppers and taking all of them to the salad bowl at once. He again brushed gently up against Bailey each time he came over “accidentally” grazing a different part of her body. She stilled with each of these seemingly innocent touches.

“What are you doin?”

“Chopping vegetables.” He said with a smirk.

Tyler continued gingerly touch Bailey until he finished cutting the peppers. He put down his knife and sauntered slowly over to her, his eyes burning. He leaned down past her and placed the rest of the peppers in the salad bowl. He wrapped his arms around her waist and his lips reached Bailey’s jaw, tracing the lines of from her ear to her collarbone. They were so soft against her skin like soft, little fluffy pillows, reminding her of fairy floss. Bailey’s heart started pounding in her chest. She could feel her own body starting to tense, set aflame by his desire causing her to put down her knife.

Tyler turned Bailey’s face toward his and ran his finger over her lips. His tongue slightly touched the corner of her lips while he pressed the length of his body against hers. It went from a simple kiss to a delicious passionate one. His mouth moved from her lips to her neck than lower. He nibbled lightly on her earlobes as he moved his hands under her shirt up to her bra. Tyler’s fingers lightly stroked her nipples through the delicate lace of her bra. Bailey closed her eyes in sheer pleasure as his fingers relentlessly flicked back and forth, making it hard for her to concentrate. For a second her body relaxed, instinctively forgetting all her tension and all her worry as she gave herself over to the warm pleasure of his touch.

“It feels good doesn’t it?” he asked, his hot breath ever so slightly tickling her ear, his tongue flecking against her earlobe.

“I …Tyler, we…” She pleaded half heartedly, but he wasn’t having any of it. She tried to concentrate, but couldn’t bring herself to push him away. This overwhelming sense of desire clouded her brain and made her want to vanish into his arms, give herself to the wealth of physical sensation she was now experiencing. She couldn’t breathe; she couldn’t think. She was having a hard time doing anything but give herself over to the passion she felt for him.

“We can’t.” She eventually mustered in a barely audible whisper.

“Really.” Tyler flicked his tongue over her lips. “You seem to be enjoying this.” His smile was filled with longing and ideas of exactly what he’d like to do to Bailey, that she couldn’t help but lean back into him, allowing him to explore her even more.

He smiled, his eyes glittering with desire. “Let go.” One of Tyler’s hands seductively slid down below her waist. He unbuttoned and unzipped her jeans, sliding his hand even lower. “Just relax and let me handle things for a while. Ok.” He started to gently stroke her over her silky underwear, his hands just close enough to make her release a slight gasp.

“But… but…” she half protested.

Tyler gave a low laugh before stopping, withdrawing his hand and wrapping his fingers around hers. “Do you really want me to stop? I want to bring you pleasure more than you know. I’ve been dreaming about this since we first met.” He kissed her passionately on the lips; she moaned lost in how good he was making her feel. But when his hand slid back down below her waist, she grabbed it and turned to face him.

“Tyler, I” Before she got her words out Freddy was entering the condo.

Tyler groaned out of frustration. Bailey inhaled deeply before she quickly refastened her pants, straightened out her shirt, ducked under Tyler’s arms and walked over greeting Freddy with a hug.

“Hey Freddy, want to join us for dinner? We made pan-roasted chicken with lemon garlic green beans, squash, and red potatoes. It should be ready in about 30 minutes and there’s plenty for all of us.”

Tyler was standing in the kitchen waving to Freddy and shaking his head no, but made sure to stay out of Bailey’s view. He quickly shot Freddy a text. “I need to talk to Bailey, do you mind getting lost for a few hours?”

“Hold on” Freddy held up a finger to Bailey as he pulled his now buzzing phone out of his pocket. After reading Tyler’s message he gave him a quick nod, then answered Bailey. “Thanks for the offer Bailey, but I just came to change my clothes and then head back out. I think I’ll surprise Christina at work and see if she wants to grab a quick bite on her break.”

“She’ll like that. Have fun!” Bailey turned to Tyler, “I’ll be right back.” She headed to the bathroom to gather her thoughts, leaving Freddy and Tyler alone.

“Thanks man, I owe you big time!”

“No problem. Is everything ok between you two?”

“Yea, Its just I get some mixed signals from her sometimes and want to find out why?”

“Ok, well let me go change so she doesn’t find this suspicious, and then I’ll be out of your hair.”

Freddy headed to his room to change and Tyler took a seat on the couch. Bailey came out of the bathroom a few minutes later and gave Tyler a quick peck on his lips before heading to the kitchen. She opened the oven door and checked on their dinner.

“It should be ready soon.”

Bailey closed the oven and preceded to finish cutting the tomatoes and carrots for the salad, she was working on when Tyler interrupted her earlier. After she finished the salad, she grabbed two glasses out of the cabinet adding ice and water to them. She placed them on the table when Freddy came out of his room.

“I’m headed out. Catch you later.” Freddy said as he put on his winter coat.

Tyler and Bailey both said and waved goodbye to him. After Freddy was gone Tyler came into the kitchen and took the baking dish out of the oven, placed it on top of the stove, and turned off the timer.

“What are you doin? It’s not done yet.”

“I know, we can finish cooking it later. I need to talk to you and didn’t want it to burn.” Tyler said as he took Bailey’s hand and lead her over to the couch.

“Ok, is something wrong?”

“I’m not sure, you tell me.”

Bailey looked at Tyler confused. “I don’t know what you mean?”

“Bay, every time we start to get intimate you pull back. Am I doing something wrong?”

Bailey turned several shades of bright scarlet; Tyler’s eyebrows crinkled in confusion. It was abundantly clear that he had no idea why she was holding back. She looked down and started fidgeting with her fingers.

“You can tell me Bay. We have to be honest or this won’t work.”

Bailey bit her bottom lip before speaking in almost a whisper. “Tyler you’ve been with a lot of girls. Have you been tested?”

“Oh, is that what this is about? I haven’t been tested in a while, but we can both go tomorrow if you’d like.”

“I don’t need to go.”

“Have you recently been tested?”

“No.”

“Bay, you know that girls can pass STDs and HIV on too.”

“I’m not stupid!”

“Well then you need to get tested with me.” He paused for a moment, watching Bailey and noticed how uncomfortable she was at the moment. “Oh God, do you have something? It’s ok if you do, you can tell me.”

“WHAT? NOOO!! EWW Gross! Why would you think that?” Bailey put her head in her hands to cover her now absolutely humiliated face.

“Bay, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to offend you. I’m just confused. I don’t understand why I need to get tested and you don’t unless you’ve already done it.” Tyler reached out and tried to pull her hand away from her face. “PLEASE LOOK AT ME! You promised you wouldn’t put up a wall again!”

Bailey squirmed uncomfortably as she stared at her now knotted fingers. “I’m a….” She was having a hard time getting the words out, not sure if she was ashamed or not. “I’m a virgin.” She finally spat out, still unable to look Tyler in the eyes.

“A virgin, really?” he breathed a sigh of relief.

She flushed again “I’m sorry, are you mad?”

“Mad? You have nothing to apologize for. I just assumed… You could have told me you know.”

She shook her head. “I’ve just, I mean It’s not that I didn’t have opportunities, but it never felt right. I was raised to wait until you find the right person and get married. ”

“You want to wait until you’re married?”

“Yes; maybe; oh I don’t know any more. I’m so confused! Tyler you’re the first man I’ve ever wanted to have sex with; trust me when I say you make it very hard to resist. I’m not saying I’ll wait that long, but we’ve only been together for a month and I know I’m not ready yet. Once you find out if you’re ok I might want to do some things, but I’m not sure. I need you to be patient with me and take things slow.” Bailey paused for a moment and took a deep breath before continuing. “I understand if you don’t want to do that. You can have any girl you want that would be more than happy to satisfy your needs. I’ll just go.” Bailey stood with her head down trying to hide the tears of embarrassment now falling and started to walk away. Tyler grabbed her hand, pulled her back down and into his lap. He wiped away a tear with his thumb and kissed her sweetly on the lips.

“Bay, I don’t want any other women. I’m in love with you! Why can’t you see that?”

Blinking away her tears, Bailey finally looked Tyler in his eyes and saw the warmth of his look. “What did you say?”

“I LOVE YOU! I think I have since the day I met you and you turned me down.”

Bailey thought she could explode when he said those three special words to her. It was more magical than she imagined in her dreams. The corners of Bailey’s lips turned up into a smile and she leaned in and touched her lips to his. They breathed their souls and their love into each other in that kiss. The kiss was hard, but soft, fiery but cool. In that one kiss, her love for him grew even more.

“Bay, I promise I’ll go as slow and be as gentle as you want and need. I don’t want you to do anything until you’re ready. I’m not going to lie and say I’m not a little disappointed and there will be times I’m going to get frustrated, but I don’t care as long as we’re together. It just means I have to work extra hard and have time to make this very special for both of us. Not that you aren’t already special to me.” There was a soft cadence to Tyler’s voice. “When the time is right, I’m going to make everything perfect for you!”

Caressing her cheek, Tyler lifted Bailey’s chin until their noses almost touched. She could feel the warmth of his breath brushing the top of her lip. Bailey stared back into his big brown eyes and parted her lips slightly. She leaned in towards him, yielding to the soft strength of his kiss.

“I love you.” Bailey whispered into Tyler’s ear.

Notes

Hope y'all enjoyed this chapter, especially the ending! Does her nervousness, insecurities, and fear of getting hurt by Tyler make more sense now? Would love to hear your thoughts on Bailey and Tyler's relationship. I'll try to get another chapter up by next weekend.